The time of the city

Mo Yu fell into a deep sleep just before dawn, while Ni Jiamu did not sleep all night.

When it was dawn, he glanced at the time. It was almost seven o'clock. Mo Yu had an early class today, so he had to get up and cook for her.

I got up, changed my clothes, and washed my face with cold water several times before my foggy mind cleared up a bit. The wound on my hand had scabbed over, but it still looked horrible.

Ni Jiamu found some gauze to bandage the wound and went into the kitchen to make breakfast. When he raised his hand, the wound was torn and it hurt. He spent half an hour to make breakfast that could be finished in 20 minutes.

"Xiaoyu should be coming down soon. I'll sit here and wait for her." Ni Jiamu brought out breakfast, sat on a stool and stared at the stairs.

But after waiting for a long time, Mo Yu still didn't come downstairs. Ni Jiamu took out his cell phone. It was already 7:50, and there were still 20 minutes before Mo Yu's class.

Anxiety welled up in his heart. Would something happen to Mo Yu? Ni Jiamu quickly ran upstairs and knocked on Mo Yu's door. "Xiao Yu, Xiao Yu, are you still sleeping?"

Hearing Ni Jiamu's voice outside the door, Mo Yu threw her pillow to the ground in frustration and picked up the phone on the bedside table. It was filled with messages from Lin Xiao:

7:20: "Xiaoyu, I'll be waiting for you at the school gate. I'm leaving now!"

7:40: "I'm at the school gate. You should be here soon. I'm waiting for you and brought you breakfast."

7:50: "Xiaoyu, are you here? Please reply to my message. Are you still sleeping?"

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"Oh no, I overslept." Mo Yu replied and quickly got up to wash and change clothes.

Seeing that Mo Yu had not replied to him for a long time and there was no movement from inside, Ni Jiamu went downstairs to get the spare key. Just as he was about to insert the key into the keyhole, the door opened from the inside.

"Xiaoyu, you didn't reply to me, so I wanted to open the door."

Mo Yu glanced at him without any extra expression on her face, walked around him and went downstairs.

"Xiaoyu, it's too late to eat breakfast now. Wait for me for a moment. I'll put breakfast in a thermos box for you to take to school."

"No need." Her tone lost its usual playfulness and was filled with alienation.

"Then I'll take you to school and buy it for you on the way, okay? You must eat breakfast." Ni Jiamu followed Mo Yu and spoke carefully. Mo Yu's attitude towards him really made him feel at a loss.

"No need, I'll take a taxi and Xiaoxiao will bring it to me."

Watching Mo Yu's departing figure, Ni Jiamu stood there motionless for about ten minutes, "Is Xiao Yu really ignoring me?"

Mo Yu rushed to school, five minutes after the bell rang. Lin Xiao was standing at the school gate not far away, waving at her. Her arms were bulging, and she didn't know what was in them.

"Xiaoxiao, I told you to go first, why are you still waiting for me?"

Lin Xiao twirled her hair with her fingers and smiled at her foolishly, "I said I would wait for you. I can't let my Xiaoyu be late alone. Oh, none of that matters. What matters is that the breakfast I brought you isn't cold."

As she spoke, she took out a pocket from her bosom, which was full of breakfast, and there was still steam coming out of it. It seemed that Lin Xiao's method of keeping warm was very effective.

Mo Yu's eyes moistened unconsciously. She was really moved by the silly girl in front of her.

Isn't there a saying that goes, there are all kinds of people in this world, and we just happen to become friends. It's not fate, it's because we should be friends. Friends are another version of ourselves in the world. We take off our masks in front of each other, comfortably doing what we want to do and saying what we want to say.

She is really lucky to be friends with Lin Xiao.

"Eat it while it's hot, then go to school. You're a good student, and the devil won't scold you. I won't go, for fear that I'll make her retire early."

Mo Yu took a bite of the bun and said, "Then I won't go either. I'll skip class with you."

"The female devil would never have thought that a good student like you would skip classes. I feel happy just thinking about her expression. Hey, why do you have such heavy dark circles under your eyes? Did you steal a cow yesterday?" Lin Xiao turned Mo Yu's face and looked at it carefully.

"I didn't sleep much last night. Xiaoxiao, why did you suddenly come to my house to see me? You didn't even send me a WeChat message."

Lin Xiao paused, looking puzzled. "I didn't look for you. Could it be true, as Qiao Mu said, that you and Brother Jiamu had a world war?"

"What World War?"

Lin Xiao walked forward slowly with her hands in her trouser pockets. "Yesterday, Qiao Mu and I were playing games, and Jia Mu called to discuss something. Qiao Mu was on speakerphone, and then I said something, and Jia Mu asked, 'You three are together, aren't you watching a movie?'"

Hearing this, Mo Yu roughly understood that it was Ni Jiamu who was harassing her last night, and Lin Xiao didn't go looking for her at all.

Lin Xiao continued, "Qiao Mu replied, 'It's just me and Lin Xiao, we're at home.' Brother Jiamu seemed a little angry and hung up the phone. 'Where have you been? Why are you using me as an excuse? Did you two have a fight last night?'"

"I went out with the boy I mentioned in class a few days ago. My brother and I did have a fight, and he..." Mo Yu found it a little difficult to say it out loud, her face flushed red.

Lin Xiao's gossip addiction suddenly came up. "What else is he going to do? He won't hit you, will he? I think Brother Jiamu is quite fierce and he doesn't smile much."

As she spoke, she stepped forward and lifted Mo Yu's collar, imitating, "Why did you lie to me about going to see Lin Xiao? Why did you go on a date with another man? You're courting death! I'll break your legs."

Mo Yu pushed Lin Xiao away. "He didn't hit me. He wasn't violent. He kissed me."

"Kiss you?" Lin Xiao raised her voice several notches. Passersby on the street looked at them. Realizing something was wrong, she lowered her voice again, "Where did I kiss you? On your face?"

Mo Yu's face turned even redder. "He kissed her here." She touched her mouth.

"Fuck, is Brother Jiamu really that brave? Qiaomu said he liked you before, but I didn't believe it. Now that I think about it, his feelings for you really don't seem like brotherly love."

"He likes me?" Mo Yu shook her head. "No, my brother doesn't like me at all. He kissed me just to humiliate me."

Lin Xiao covered her stomach and laughed so hard she couldn't straighten her back. "What kind of imagination do you have? Jiamu brother is so outstanding. If he doesn't like you, he won't care where you go. Even if he wants to insult you, there are a thousand ways to do it. Why kiss you? Is this an insult to you or to him?"

When Lin Xiao said this, her mind became even more confused. "Then what should I do? How can I face my brother in the future?"

"Your broken head can't figure it out. Sister will take you shopping. Don't think about it for now. If it doesn't work out, just marry Brother Jiamu. He's not bad. It's better to keep the wealth within the family."

"What nonsense are you talking about?"

"Okay, okay, I'm just kidding. I'll take you to Jingxing Street. There are a lot of snacks there."

As she was speaking, Mo Yu's WeChat notification sounded. She opened her phone and saw a WeChat message from Ni Jiamu: "Xiao Yu, I'll pick you up this afternoon. I'll buy some fish and cook it for you, okay?" He also added a cute emoticon at the end.

Mo Yu saw the content and thought about what happened last night. Combined with Lin Xiao's words, she felt a little irritated. She turned off her phone and put it back in her bag.