Desk mate, your persona has crumbled.

(joy!)

Sensing Ms. Fang Yi's emotions, Xu Mo was momentarily at a loss for words.

No, Mom, why are you so happy?

On the other side, Song Shuyan's emotion was not fear, but only tension!

Please, you weren't like this when you met me that day!

After a brief silence, Ms. Fang Yi finally found her voice:

"Xu Mo? This... who is this student?"

Xu Moteng stood up abruptly and strode quickly to his mother.

"Mom, this is my deskmate, Song Shuyan."

After saying that, Xu Mo leaned close to Ms. Fang Yi's ear and said very quickly, "Mom, she's a bit socially awkward, so don't scare her."

Social anxiety?

Fang Yi tilted her head and glanced at the girl next to the sofa.

The girl stood upright, her face cool and aloof.

This is clearly aloofness, how could it be social anxiety!

Fang Yi glanced at Xu Mo, her eyes filled with obvious doubt.

Xu Mo nodded.

It's social anxiety.

"hiss……"

Now it's Fang Yi's turn to be unable to answer.

Ms. Fang Yi is now really looking for a Baidu search result for her son's crush, who is socially awkward.

Cleverly snatching the sack!

Fang Yi looked at her eldest son and asked softly:

"She has social anxiety, how did you manage to trick her into coming here?"

"She's my friend. What, don't you trust your son's social skills? I can cure social anxiety too."

After saying that, Xu Mo reminded him again, "Don't scare them."

Fang Yi smiled and said, "Okay, okay, Mom knows."

The mother and son turned around and looked at Song Shuyan together.

Ms. Fang Yi's face immediately broke into a warm smile:

"Hello, Song Shuyan, welcome to my home. I'm Xu Mo's mother, my surname is Fang."

Song Shuyan was already nervous when Fang Yi entered the room, and she became even more nervous upon hearing the greeting.

The girl opened her mouth with difficulty and spoke in a very soft voice:

"Ah... Auntie."

(Super nervous!)

Although Fang Yi didn't have Xu Mo's abilities, she could still clearly see the girl's unease.

This was completely different from the aloof girl's reaction that she had expected.

This isn't indifference; it's clearly a fear of communicating with people.

The experienced Fang Yi immediately understood what to do.

"Hey! You guys keep doing your homework. Auntie just got back, go change your clothes first."

She walked briskly toward the bedroom as she spoke, deliberately avoiding drawing more attention to Song Shuyan.

As she reached the end of the corridor, she turned back and said to her son in her usual tone, "Xu Mo, make sure you treat your classmates well."

Seeing his mother's reaction, Xu Mo breathed a sigh of relief, knowing that his mother had taken his words to heart.

He glanced at the clock on the wall and replied, "Okay, Mom. Uncle Song will be off work soon; I'll take her home in a bit."

Fang Yi stopped in her tracks.

"Go home? Is it far?"

She assumed the little girl was a classmate who lived elsewhere.

Xu Mo pointed outside and said casually, "It's not far, it's in our neighborhood, just those few buildings in front."

He added, "You've probably seen them when you walk your dog at night."

"what?"

Fang Yi was truly stunned this time, and her gaze fell back on Song Shuyan, who was standing by the sofa.

She looked the pretty girl up and down, then hesitated before speaking:

"Is your mother... named Yang Muyun?"

Song Shuyan was slightly taken aback. Although she didn't know why Xu Mo's mother knew her mother's name, she still nodded.

Fang Yi immediately turned to Xu Mo, her expression suddenly realizing, "No wonder he looked so familiar!"

Xu Mo looked bewildered: "What's wrong?"

"Her mother works at the same company as me! We're just in different departments, so we don't see each other very often."

Now it was Xu Mo and Song Shuyan's turn to be shocked.

Why are they all so small?

"Wait a minute, Mom, haven't you ever encountered this at a parent-teacher conference before, growing up?"

Logically speaking, Xu Mo and Song Shuyan have been in the same school since childhood, even though they are not in the same class. But what if they run into each other at a parent-teacher conference?

Fang Yi frowned: "I've never encountered that before."

Xu Mo looked at Song Shuyan.

Tsk.

If they had met earlier, maybe he and Song Shuyan could have been childhood sweethearts again.

No, I'm not thinking about anything.

At this moment, Song Shuyan spoke up.

"It was... Dad who went."

The girl's voice was clear, and she expressed her meaning.

"oh--"

Fang Yi suddenly realized, "I knew it! If your mother had gone, I definitely would have recognized her. But then again, your mother is indeed quite busy."

Thinking of this, Ms. Fang Yi suddenly smiled again.

Tsk tsk, going to work next week won't be boring anymore.

"I'm going to change my clothes first. You guys get ready. You should all be home by now."

After saying that, Ms. Fang Yi went back to her room.

Song Jianghuai's call came very quickly.

After answering the call, Song Shuyan picked up his schoolbag and stood up.

"Xu Mo, let's go back."

Xu Mo nodded: "I'll take you back. I already told Uncle Song."

"Um!"

The two went to the entrance to change their shoes.

The girl lowered her head to put on her white sneakers.

As Xu Mo half-squatted to tie his sneakers, his peripheral vision unconsciously swept over her ankles.

Pure white cotton socks wrapped around her slender joints, the toes of the socks tightening slightly as she put on her shoes.

Upon seeing this, he quickly looked away, his Adam's apple bobbing.

Xu Mo quickly put on his shoes and stood up.

This time, Song Shuyan did not notice.

"Mom, I'll go see Song Shuyan off!"

"knew!"

After saying that, Xu Mo pushed open the door.

This time, Xu Mo didn't go downstairs directly, but chose to take the elevator.

The elevator doors slowly opened, and the two of them stepped inside one after the other.

Xu Mo pressed the button for the first floor, and the elevator doors closed, leaving only the two of them in the small space.

The two stood side by side. Xu Mo turned his head to look at the girl beside him, breaking the silence:

"I never expected that my mom and your mom would work in the same company."

Song Shuyan looked at Xu Mo and nodded slightly.

"Um."

Xu Mo smiled, a hint of reverie in his eyes, and continued:

"You know, if your mom also went to parent-teacher conferences often... we might have known each other by now."

The boy's tone carried a hint of jest, but also a touch of imagination about another possibility.

After all, they went to the same schools from elementary to high school.

Song Shuyan's fingertips unconsciously curled up on the strap of her schoolbag.

She looked at the two figures vaguely reflected in the elevator door, then glanced at Xu Mo's smiling profile beside her.

This assumption, which she had known for a long time, stirred something within her.

If she had known Xu Mo earlier, perhaps she would have overcome her social anxiety long ago.

Song Shuyan opened his mouth, as if he wanted to say something.

"bite--"

Just then, the crisp sound of the elevator arriving at the first floor interrupted my brief thoughts.

The elevator doors then slid open to both sides.

"Let's go! Your dad should be waiting at the door!"

Song Shuyan watched the boy's retreating figure as he led the way and responded with a sound of agreement.

As for what she wanted to say earlier, she didn't say it again.