Time moved forward a little.
Xia Yanran came next door. The first thing she saw was the mess in the living room, then she found Lin Mowei sprawled naked on the floor.
“Eh?” She let out a confused sound, then hurried over and helped Lin Mowei up, letting her lean against herself.
She gently shook her, “Sister Lin, Sister Lin?”
Although Lin Mowei was still unconscious, Xia Yanran saw that her breathing was steady and her body temperature normal. Coupled with her mother’s calm attitude, she didn’t feel particularly worried.
But she couldn’t help but wonder, just like Lin Yu earlier, why her mother hadn’t helped Lin Mowei put her clothes on and bring her back to the bedroom.
She subconsciously glanced at the room next door and muttered, “By the way, what are they talking about?”
Although she hadn’t awakened her ability yet, her physical strength wasn’t weak at all. She easily picked Lin Mowei up around the waist and walked toward the bedroom.
As she walked, she couldn’t help but study the delicate body of the woman in her arms.
“So beautiful…” She couldn’t help but sigh from the bottom of her heart, then immediately recalled her earlier thoughts, “That guy definitely saw everything, hmph…”
Xia Yanran bit her lip, feeling somewhat indignant. In the end, she was still a little jealous.
Even though she and Lin Yu had grown up together, bare-bottomed since childhood, ever since they entered puberty, they hadn’t bathed together again.
She wanted to see what Lin Yu looked like now that he’d grown up, and she wanted him to see how she’d grown up, too.
“Blockhead, talking about being just friends… Who wants to be just friends with you…”
Xia Yanran wasn’t slow-witted, just a little slow to catch on. In the end, she realized that Lin Yu’s whole “theory” was just to brush her off.
What made her angry was that she still couldn’t figure out how to refute him!
After helping Lin Mowei into a nightgown and covering her with the blanket, Xia Yanran planned to tidy up the living room a bit as well.
“Seriously, how does a simple fever end up like this?” She muttered to herself as she walked out, planning to ask her mother what had happened just now.
After she closed the door and left, Lin Mowei, lying on the bed, murmured in her sleep, “Xiao Yu… don’t leave sister…”
In the living room, Xia Yanran put her hands on her hips, pondering how to clean up.
She had just moved the sofa back into place.
“Knock, knock, knock.” There was a knock at the door.
“Hm?” She walked to the entrance and opened the door, seeing a short-haired woman outside.
Dressed in a well-tailored women’s suit, her sharp appearance immediately marked her as a career woman.
“And you are?”
The woman was briefly surprised to see Xia Yanran. “Hello, my name is Mu Qingqing. Is this the home of Section Chief Lin Mowei?”
Where did this little girl come from? She hadn’t heard that the Section Chief had a younger sister.
“Hello, hello. Yes, this is Sister Lin’s house. I live next door. My name is Xia Yanran.”
Mu Qingqing smiled, “Nice to meet you. Could you please ask our Section Chief to come out for a moment? I have a document that needs her confirmation. I couldn’t get in touch with her just now.”
Xia Yanran pursed her lips and blinked, secretly impressed by how dedicated this older sister was to her work.
But she looked a little hesitant. “Is it, um, very important?”
Mu Qingqing frowned slightly, not understanding what the girl meant.
“Well, it’s just… She’s not really available right now.”
“?”
“Ah.” Xia Yanran stepped out and closed the door behind her. “Why don’t you come over to my place? Let my mom have a look, that should be fine.”
She was pretty alert, after all. She knew that in Lin Mowei’s current state, she shouldn’t let a stranger see her. Especially since there’d been news recently about subversive organizations causing trouble.
Mu Qingqing quickly picked up on the girl’s intentions. She didn’t mind—after all, it was normal.
This document wasn’t extremely urgent, just a follow-up report confirmation. Lin Mowei had left in a hurry and forgotten about it.
“Your mother is?”
“My mother’s name is Qin Wuyue. I don’t know if you know her. She’s the school doctor at Qiongdian Academy.”
Mu Qingqing’s eyes widened slightly. Of course she knew Qin Wuyue, and she was far more than just the academy’s school doctor.
Bringing Mu Qingqing to her own door, Xia Yanran naturally opened it.
Hearing the sound of the door, Lin Yu’s tone was full of panic.
“This is bad, Aunt Qin, Yanran is back! If she sees us like this, it’s over. Hurry and get up, stop messing around.”
Even though he said that, Lin Yu actually felt a bit of vengeful satisfaction in his heart.
Serves you right for always stirring things up. Now let’s see what you’ll do.
“……”
Qin Wuyue wanted nothing more than to jump up and give this little rascal a beating when she heard that.
Me, messing around? Do I look like I’m playing around with you? Now who’s to blame for this? Wasn’t it you poking around where you shouldn’t?
Right now, not only did she have no strength to move, she couldn’t even speak.
As improper as it sounded, her mind was racing, wondering how she could bluff her daughter in a moment.
“Mom, I’m back… You guys, what are you doing?”
Qin Wuyue couldn’t see behind her, only hearing her daughter’s voice change from normal to a tone as if the sky was falling.
My reputation…
She had only one thought now: regret. Extreme regret.
What was I thinking, messing around with this kid… Sigh…
As she was feeling a swirl of emotions, she heard Lin Yu speak up:
“Yanran, you’re finally back! Hurry and help Aunt Qin up. I don’t know what happened—she suddenly fainted. I can’t move her. Come give me a hand.”
Hmm? If he says it like that… it might just work!
Hearing Lin Yu, Qin Wuyue instantly made up her mind: Just go along with him. She’s just fainted.
Even if the Jade Emperor himself came today, I won’t wake up! But…
You brat, we’re not done about you calling me fat!
Lin Yu wouldn’t really leave Qin Wuyue hanging, just wanted to scare her a bit so she’d learn her lesson.
He just hadn’t expected that, to cover up the lie, he’d purposely mention her “overweight” and that she’d actually remember it for later.
If he knew what Qin Wuyue was thinking, he’d probably sigh, “No good deed goes unpunished.”
“Is… that so?” Xia Yanran looked skeptical.
She didn’t believe it, but she didn’t want to believe what her eyes were telling her either. Now, with Lin Yu saying this, she had a perfect excuse to deny it all to herself.
“Of course! What are you waiting for? Hurry over here!”
Lin Yu kept his arms open wide, not touching any part of Qin Wuyue’s disheveled clothes.
Xia Yanran glared at Lin Yu first, then helped her “unconscious” mother to the sofa.
While fixing her mother’s rumpled nightwear, she didn’t forget to warn Lin Yu, “Turn around. You’re not allowed to look!”
“Alright, alright, I won’t look. I didn’t see anything. I’m going home, okay?”
“Hmph…” Xia Yanran’s mind was a jumbled mess from all this, so much so that she completely forgot about Mu Qingqing, who had followed her in.
Mu Qingqing exchanged a glance with Lin Yu as they passed each other. Then her gaze landed on Qin Wuyue on the sofa, and she couldn’t help but think to herself:
Dr. Qin’s tastes are certainly… youthful. By the way, that young man from earlier looks familiar. Who was he again?
At this moment, after helping her mother tidy up and cover what shouldn’t be seen, Xia Yanran gave Mu Qingqing an awkward smile.
“Sorry, Miss Mu, for letting you see such a… such a… heh.” She didn’t even know what to say.
“It’s fine, it’s fine. I understand, rea—uh…”
Just as Mu Qingqing was about to respond politely, she suddenly felt a murderous aura directed at her, and cold sweat started breaking out on her back.
In an instant, it was as if she realized something, and she couldn’t help swallowing nervously, instinctively glancing at the “unconscious” Qin Wuyue.
It’s over. My job, my life—it’s all over…