“Bro, you go ahead and do your work. I'm going back.”

Fu Tingyan stood up from the leather chair, trying to escape.

“Stop right there. You haven't answered my question.”

Before he could take two steps, he heard his brother's extremely cold voice.

Fu Tingyan's footsteps stopped abruptly, and his back stiffened. He turned his head to look at his brother with difficulty. His brother's gaze was colder than ice.

He swallowed hard. “Bro I might have seen wrongly.”

Fu Tingyu asked in a deep voice, “What did you see?”

Fu Tingyan pursed his lips. “I saw Sc.u.m Shen coming to the school gate, but I didn't see Qin Shu having any contact with him. She was opposite the school gate.”

Fu Tingyu suddenly tightened his grip on the desk. His knuckles had turned white because he had used too much force.

“Then do you know why Shen came to school?”

“I don't know. He was being helped into the car when I came out.”

As soon as Fu Tingyan finished speaking, the office suddenly became unusually quiet.

Fu Tingyan saw that his brother did not speak, so he tried to say, “Bro, maybe I saw wrongly.”

After a long silence, Fu Tingyu said, “You can go back now.”

Fu Tingyan called out uneasily, “Bro.”

Fu Tingyu only said two words coldly, “Go back.”

Fu Tingyan stood upright in front of his desk. He opened his mouth, wanting to say something, but in the end, he didn't say a word and walked away.

Fu Tingyan closed the door behind him after leaving the office. He stood at the door for a long time, thinking about the same question.

Did he make a mistake?

His brother not only looked angry but also sad.

It was true that he had never been in a relations.h.i.+p before. He did not know that liking someone could be like how much his brother liked Qin Shu.

He knew that the other party did not like him, and he knew that there was someone else in the other party's heart, yet he still wanted to marry her.

“What does it mean to like someone?”

“When you are willing to use your life to protect that person. That's what liking someone is like.”

That's what his brother had said the last time he asked him.

Fu Tingyan pursed his lips and walked away.

At this time, in the Chinese restaurant

“Qin Shu, why was there a scar on the corner of your eye in that picture on the forum?”

After Ye Xue and Qin Shu became close friends, Ye Xue's voice had become louder than before. However, she was still a little timid before others.

Qin Shu raised her eyes and glanced at ye Xue. Seeing her curious expression, Qin Shu said, “It was the summer break of the year of the middle school entrance examination. That's when I got the scar at the corner of my eye. However, it was cured some time ago.”

Qin Shu said casually.

Ye Xue stopped eating. That scar had been with Qin Shu for several years, and her hair had been draped over her face for several years. Just thinking about it made Ye Xue feel a little sorry for her.

Qin Shu saw the pity and sympathy in Ye Xue's eyes, and she smiled indifferently. “There's no need to look like that. It's all in the past.”

At the dining table beside them-

After listening to the conversation between the two girls next to them, Hua Wuyan leaned into Han Xiao's ear. “Han Xiao, the girl at the next table seems to be your rumored girlfriend.”

Han Xiao swept his eyes coldly over Hua Wuyan.

Hua Wuyan looked at him unhappily. “If you don't clarify your relations.h.i.+p, isn't she your rumored girlfriend?”

“…” Han Xiao said, “There's no need.”

“So that Qin Shu had her hair down over her face because there was a scar at the corner of her eye. I wonder how she looks like now that it's gone,” Hua Wuyan said thoughtfully.

Han Xiao stopped eating. He thought back to when he had met Qin Shu. She did indeed have her hair down over her face. He had met her twice, but he did not know how she looked like.

“Han Xiao, do you want to go over and take a look?”

“…” Han Xiao lowered his head and continued eating.

Hua Wuyan saw that Han Xiao was not speaking, so he continued, “There is a rumor around Lin Xi that is saying that Qin Shu is very beautiful. She is even more beautiful than the two school belles. I'm really curious about how she looks when she ties up her hair.”

Hua Wuyan glanced at Han Xiao. He did not believe that Han Xiao was not curious at all.

Han Xiao finally put down the chopsticks in his hand and gave him the side-eye. His voice was cold. “Have you fallen for her?”

Hua Wuyan raised his eyebrows and looked at him. “Do I look like the type of person who only cares about appearances?”

“Then why are you so curious?”

“Aren't you curious? She sat across you and also got full marks on the exam…”

“I just want to know where she is.”

Hua Wuyan was stunned for a moment. That's right, they came to Jiangcheng for one purpose, and that was to find her.

However, three years had pa.s.sed, and there was still no news.

It was as if that person was drowned in the sea of people in this world, and not a trace of her could be found.

“Han Xiao, we will find her.” Hua Wuyan's voice was firm, no longer sounding as frivolous as usual.

There was a long silence

“Is she avoiding me on purpose?”

Han Xiao's voice was very low. It was as if he was talking to himself.

However, Hua Wuyan still heard it. He did not say anything because he knew Han Xiao too well.

Hua Wuyan and Han Xiao spoke in low voices, so Qin Shu and Ye Xue, who were seated next to them, did not hear them.

Meanwhile-

Qin Shu and Ye Xue finished their lunch and walked out of the Chinese restaurant.

Han Xiao and Hua Wuyan also happened to walk out.

The four of them walked out of the restaurant one after the other.

Ye Xue remembered that she had bought a lot of clothes, but Qin Shu had not bought a single piece of clothing. She held Qin Shu's hand and asked, “Qin Shu, you didn't buy any clothes today. Do you want to buy some?”

Hua Wuyan, who was walking behind, heard the two words Qin Shu and looked at the two girls walking in front.

The girl Called Qin Shu had a high ponytail. She was dressed simply but elegantly, exuding a youthful aura.

He nudged Han Xiao's arm with his elbow.

Han Xiao glanced at the two girls in front of him. His gaze fell on the girl with the high ponytail. Her figure looked somewhat similar to Qin Shu's.

Qin Shu shook her head. “There's no need. I bought a lot of clothes some time ago.”

The cloakroom was basically filled with her clothes. There was no need for her to worry when the seasons changed. Fu Tingyu would always update the clothes inside.

Moreover, every piece of clothing was tailored to her size.

Ye Xue did not ask further.

The two of them walked out of the mall one after another.

When the girls walked around the corner, Hua Wuyan and Han Xiao saw Qin Shu's profile.

Hua Wuyan was stunned by what he saw and stopped in his tracks. He elbowed Han Xiao's arm again. “Han Xiao, did you see that?”

Han Xiao looked up and asked, “What?”

Hua Wuyan turned around to look at Han Xiao. There was a hint of uncertainty in his eyes.

“What's wrong?”

“Nothing. Maybe I was wrong.”

Hua Wuyan looking in front and realized that Qin Shu had already walked far away. Maybe he had seen wrongly.

After walking around the mall, Qin Shu and Ye Xue did not continue to shop. Instead, they took the car back.

Ye Luo drove towards Ye Xue's house.

Before getting out of the car, Ye Xue said goodbye to Qin Shu. Then, she got out of the car and left.

After Ye Xue got out of the car, Ye Luo said, “Young madam, it's time to head back.”

Qin Shu glanced at Ye Luo who was seated at the driver's seat. It had been hard on him having to follow behind her and Ye Xue.

“I don't want to go back for the time being.”

Ye Luo thought to himself “…”

“Don't you have violent tendencies?”

Qin Shu suddenly asked with a smile. When she smiled, she revealed two small canine teeth, which made her look especially playful and vindictive.