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She has already lost the person she loved most, and she cannot bear to lose the person she cherishes most as well.

“I transferred 100,000 yuan to your card, which should be enough for you to go to college. If you don’t want to go with Mom, then live your life on your own.”

The mother gently stroked Hu Yu'en's hair, her body and mind extremely weak. Hu Yu'en couldn't speak in her arms, she just held her tightly and couldn't stop crying.

"You must find someone you can trust, so you don't end up like your mother who was deceived twice."

"He embezzled company money. Mom is the legal representative. He swindled me out of everything. The house will be sold soon too. Yu'en, Mom has rented you a smaller place. Don't mind it..."

This "he" is, of course, the one who hurt his mother...

"If you feel you don't have enough money, go find your dad... Without me, your dad will be willing to take care of you..."

Hu Yu'en was stunned again, only then realizing that her mother's guilt towards her had reached an extreme level. Unable to repay her debts and unwilling to let her suffer hardship, her mother could only resort to the most extreme form of self-destruction.

The conflict between her mother and father was almost irreconcilable. Her mother's implication was that, for Hu Yu'en to have a good life in the future... the only solution was for her to pass away. That way, her father wouldn't hold any grudges against her and would be willing to support her...

She suddenly realized that her feelings for Lin Mo were just as extreme as her mother's guilt towards her...

This won't do; it will hurt everyone.

Hu Yu'en didn't know what to do. She didn't know, she only knew that she couldn't let go of her mother's embrace now, otherwise she would end up like Lin Mo, drifting further and further away from her...

what to do...

What should we do? Someone please help her...

"I... I'll call Dad right now. Mom... please, please don't do that. I'll beg him for help..."

“It’s no use. It was my own mistake. He wished your mother were gone so he could take you away…” Hu Yu’en’s mother sighed. “Perhaps, I should have handed you over to your father in the first place.”

"Following me has made you suffer a lot, hasn't it? How long has it been since I took you out to play?"

"Mommy, I don't want to play... I just want you to be okay..."

"..."

Her mother hugged her tightly, stroking Hu Yu'en's cheeks, and suddenly laughed.

"Okay...actually, Mom was just kidding. It's not that bad. Mom just has to go on a long business trip. I'm just playing with Yu-en. Don't worry..."

"Mom's with you every day now, isn't that great? Let's move together, and when Mom goes on her business trip, you can go visit your dad..."

Hu Yu'en shook her head frantically in refusal.

How could such a simple lie possibly fool her...?

These dramatic changes, both internal and external, are enough to make one feel utterly hopeless.

Could it be that she really did something wrong...? Stealing her friend's feelings and being punished by God...?

"Ring ring ring..."

Just then, her mother's phone rang. She released Hu Yu'en and answered the phone as if preparing to face her final judgment.

But what was expected to be a death sentence didn't arrive as anticipated...

...

Here, this is yours~

"Sister, you're so pretty! I used all my New Year's money to buy your milk tea. Can you hug me?" A little girl took the milk tea from Shen Yanxi and smiled sweetly.

"Sister isn't cheap, someone has already bought my whole life, your little bit of New Year's money isn't enough~" Shen Yanxi squatted down, rubbed the little girl's cheek, and said with a grin.

But she still picked up the little girl and lifted her high.

The little girl cheered and ran to her parents, proudly showing off her milk tea, saying she had met an angelic older sister. Her parents, however, pulled her aside to apologize to Shen Yanxi.

Shen Yanxi smiled and said it was nothing.

Then, watching the store's customer flow gradually thin out, and glancing at the happy, carefree backs of the family of three,

She let out a quiet sigh, but quickly put on her signature business smile again.

"Yanxi, you still have to work the night shift?" another female employee suddenly asked as she came out of the workroom.

"Hmm~ Since I'm living in the shop, and I've been having trouble sleeping lately, I might as well keep the shop open."

"Oh, you're still in high school, right? If you're a senior, school starts in the next couple of days?"

"That's how it is... So, from now on, I can only work on weekends. I'll just stay here a little longer for the boss now. It would be too embarrassing to stay here with her."

"Sigh, really, what kind of parents do you have? Why don't they help you? They just left you alone in the city to study... really!"

"Hahaha..." Shen Yanxi smiled and accepted the comments from others with composure.

The female employee leaned closer and suddenly said, "Yanxi, don't blame me for not telling you, after you've received your wages for the past few days, why don't you find another job, or ask a relative for help, borrow some money to continue your studies..."

"The owner here is really nice..."

"No matter how good a person is, you should understand that they definitely won't keep you around forever. Besides, I heard that the boss is already planning to sell this milk tea shop!"

"This shop either needs to change owners, or it will be demolished and converted into another type of shop!"

Shen Yanxi was taken aback. "The landlady didn't tell me..."

"I don't know, I just overheard the landlady on the phone... Sigh, Yanxi, you'd better be prepared..."

"That's it for me, I'm off work now. Good luck to you."

The female employee was just a temporary worker, working sporadically and not caring at all.

Shen Yanxi felt another wave of envy, envying others' carefree lives, followed by a wave of worry about her own future...

Borrow money? It's easy to say. I have no relatives or friends here. Do you really expect me to borrow from Qingran? That would be shameless.

Being naive and inexperienced, she knew nothing.

Shen Yanxi leaned on the cashier's counter, her gaze inadvertently falling on the calendar.

Hmm... just over three more months. If I can hang in there, the worst that can happen is I'll sleep in the classroom and eat steamed buns and soup in the cafeteria. Ah, even then, I'll have to eat secretly, hiding from others, otherwise they'll notice something's wrong...

You'll be free soon, very soon...

But after she's free... where will she go? Will she really be free?

The freedom I desire most seems to have become a distant dream.

What she wanted most seemed to have vanished from her world. What was the point of continuing? Was it to see a bigger world? But what meaning would even the biggest world have without him...?

"Ah, cheer up, Shen Yanxi! Don't cry, it won't look good if the guests see you..."

She no longer refers to herself as "Xixi" or "Lady Xixi," and she doesn't know why, but...

Lin Mo said that using reduplicated words to act cute is disgusting.

Okay, now no one can make her act cute anymore, and of course, it won't be disgusting.

"Ugh...it's so cold! There's no heating in the shop, especially at night. Qingran's place is so much more comfortable..."

Just then, the phone in the store rang.

It was usually the boss who called, so Shen Yanxi didn't dare to be negligent and answered the call with a nervous heart.

"Hello...boss..."

But the boss's voice sounded strange today. Shen Yanxi was confused for a moment, then said "Hello" again.

"Who gave you permission to open the shop at night?" This time she heard clearly.

"Oh, I'm so sorry, boss... I just wanted to sell more milk tea..."

"Who's going to buy milk tea tonight? The little you sell isn't even enough to cover the water and electricity bills."

"I'm sorry... please don't fire me, boss..."

"Then close the shop now and get ready to rest."

"Oh? I still need to clean up..."

"Just rest when I tell you to. Remember, the air conditioner installer will be here tomorrow. If it gets cold at night, just turn it on and sleep." The voice on the phone said.

"...Boss? You, you're still the same boss? This, this isn't appropriate..." Shen Yanxi hesitated.

"What's wrong with that? Customers will want to be more comfortable in the store if the heating is on, right? Consider it a benefit for your employees."

"Okay, okay... thank you, boss~"

"Also, you can use this as your dorm while you're in school. You can come back and work for me to pay off your debts after you graduate."

"..."

Shen Yanxi remained silent.

"Did you hear me?"

"..."

"Lin Mo, is that you?"

"Dududu..."

The phone hangs up.

Shen Yanxi was in a daze for a long time.

The girl got up, braving the cold wind outside, dragging her tired body, obediently closed the roller shutter door, returned to the cashier's counter, and thought, "I'll make a phone call home."

I held back.

Because she didn't want to be a thief.

But I couldn't hold back my tears.

Because a thief stole her heart.

Chapter 172 Jiang Wanfeng's Little Cake

"Where's that idiot Lin Heigou?"

"Who knows? Biyang probably fled to avoid punishment. I couldn't find him during winter break to play Genshin Impact, and sending him lewd pictures didn't summon him back either."

"School's been in session for weeks, why isn't he back yet? Doesn't the advertising guy want to have a little talk with his parents?"

Li Huowang coughed and said, "Old P, think about what you just said."

P-chan scratched her head, then suddenly realized, "Oh crap, I forgot about him..."

P-chan was only halfway through her sentence when she suddenly felt a chill run down her spine. In the blink of an eye, Li Huowang and the others had vanished to who-knows-where.

"Excuse me," Li Qingran said in a deep voice, walking past with a cold expression. "Lin Mo has family, thank you."

"Ah...yes, yes, yes...I don't have any land, I just blocked the bridge too much..."

P-chan panicked and explained, then rushed out of the classroom and delivered a crushing blow to the group of people.

A commotion erupted outside the classroom.

Shen Yanxi couldn't help but glance at her a few more times, then looked at Li Qingran, who had become her deskmate, and sat back down in her seat.

"Those boys are still just as noisy as ever," Shen Yanxi murmured, "but it feels like something's missing..."

"Hmm." Li Qingran nodded. "How have you been lately?"

"Hey! Qingran, you're finally talking to me?" Shen Yanxi exclaimed in surprise. "I'm doing great~"

"I don't want to talk these past few days." Li Qingran lowered her eyes, a hint of melancholy flashing across them.

"Oh..." Shen Yanxi's enthusiasm, which had just been piqued, waned again.

A few days, it's been much longer than just a few days.

She wanted to ask why Lin Mo wasn't coming to school anymore, but now Lin Mo belonged to "Li Qingran," so asking that would be like dancing on someone's sensitive area.

What kind of mistress goes to the wife and asks, 'Hey, where's your husband? I need to talk to him.'

He'll get hacked to death...

Shen Yanxi didn't know if Lin Mo was afraid to face the girls, which was why he hadn't come to school, or if Li Qingran wanted to protect him and prevent him from having contact with them...

I must extinguish the last vestige of hope...

Time flowed by as usual, and the second semester of senior year was dull and monotonous; the sounds of boys playing around became less frequent.

A silence began to spread between the two of them, settling and then disappearing with the ringing of the school bell, gradually transforming into a tacit, unchanging consensus.