The time of the city

Mo Yu went upstairs to her room and dialed the number Ni Jiamu gave her.

Song Fei was taking a shower and getting ready for bed when the phone rang. She picked it up and saw that it was an unfamiliar number from China. She thought it was a scam call and hung up.

"Why did you hang up?" Mo Yu called again. Facing another call, Song Fei hesitated for a moment before answering the call.

Mo Yu's joyful voice instantly reached her ears. "Fei Fei, why did you just hang up on me? I can finally call you after all these days. I missed you so much."

Miss me? Then why did you go back to City A without saying a word? A series of questions popped up in Song Fei's mind. After a moment, she just said lightly: "Well, I'm going to bed."

"Fei Fei, why are you so cold? Are you angry?"

"No, why would I be angry?"

"You are angry. Are you angry that I didn't tell you that I was going back to City A? I made a last-minute decision because of something at home, and I forgot my phone at home in the United States. This phone is new. I will call you as soon as I get your number."

"Okay, okay, I get it. I misunderstood you." After knowing the truth, Song Fei felt much better.

"Did you really transfer schools?" Song Fei continued to ask.

"I don't want to either, but my mother doesn't want my brother and I to leave. She hasn't been in a good mood recently. But don't worry, Feifei. I will come back to see you when I have time."

"So am I your best friend?"

"You and Xiaoxiao are both my best friends. I'll introduce Xiaoxiao to you when I have time."

The two chatted for a few more words, and when it was almost eleven o'clock in the evening in the United States, Mo Yu reluctantly hung up the phone.

Downstairs, Ni Jiamu was in the middle of a video conference. Mo Yu's call had sent him straight home, and the subsequent meeting hadn't started. Since no one was in the living room, he simply went ahead with the video conference.

In the first few minutes, Mo Yu came downstairs in her slippers, singing "Let's row our oars and push the waves away..."

For a moment, everyone in the video stopped talking and listened to Mo Yu's tone-deaf singing, but she didn't know that she unexpectedly had so many listeners.

Mo Yu's sudden singing disrupted Ni Jiamu's thoughts. Looking at the red faces on the screen, Ni Jiamu said two words for a long time, "Dismissed."

"Xiao Yu," Ni Jiamu called out to Mo Yu, who was sitting on a chair in the restaurant, eating a watermelon.

"Ah~" Mo Yu was so scared that her watermelon fell to the ground. She thought Ni Jiamu had left and no one was home, so she dared to sing wildly. But she didn't expect Ni Jiamu to stay and even heard her ghostly howling.

"What's wrong?" Ni Jiamu thought she had fallen, so he quickly put down his computer and ran to the restaurant. He was relieved when he saw her sitting safely on the stool.

"Brother, have you been in the living room all the time?" Mo Yu's face was flushed, and there was watermelon juice hanging on the corners of her mouth.

"Yes." Ni Jiamu bent down, picked up the watermelon on the ground and threw it into the trash can. "What's wrong?"

"Then did you hear me singing? How embarrassing! I was born with a left-handed singing voice."

"I didn't hear it. I was wearing headphones the whole time. What a pity, I didn't hear my Xiaoyu singing."

After hearing what Ni Jiamu said, Mo Yu became happy again. "That's good, otherwise I could really dig a hole in the ground and crawl into it."

Ever since she found out that she was tone-deaf, she had only dared to hum quietly. Today, when she saw that there was no one at home and she contacted Song Fei, she suddenly had the urge to sing loudly.

"There's a dog hole in the backyard, so you don't have to dig it yourself. Don't tire my Xiaoyu." Ni Jiamu touched her head and smiled affectionately.

"Hmph." Mo Yu put her hands on her hips and pouted angrily.

"I won't tease you anymore. My brother is out, and Aunt Wang is out buying groceries. She'll be back to cook soon. If you're hungry, have some cake first. I've put it in the fridge. Don't order takeout."

"Where are you going, brother?"

"Going to the company" was interrupted twice by his children. He had to go to the company to apologize to everyone and shut everyone up to ensure that no gossipers would record Mo Yu's singing and post it in the company group.

After school, Lin Xiao leisurely walked toward the school gate. She had already decided where to go for some barbecue. However, as soon as she left the school gate, she saw Qiao Mu standing on the side of the road. The embarrassing experience of that night came flooding back to her mind.

There was only one word in Lin Xiao's mind: "slip". She took off her bag to cover her face and slowly moved forward.

"Do you think that guy looks like a thief?" several girls whispered to each other when they saw Lin Xiao. "You look like a thief. I was forced to do this because of the situation." Lin Xiao whispered back.

Qiao Mu turned around and saw Lin Xiao, who was hiding her face with a bag and walking forward with small steps.

"I'm not Lin Xiao, you've got the wrong person." Lin Xiao buried her face completely in the bag and answered while pinching her nose.

Qiao Mu said with a scoundrel smile, "You are the only one who is so wretched, Lin Xiao. Come here, I have something to talk to you about."

"I told you I'm not." Lin Xiao strode forward.

"Stop, Lin Xiao, are you still running?" Qiao Mu took a few steps forward and grabbed her collar, then took off the bag that was covering her face. "Let me see if it's Lin Xiao," he pinched her face. "Although she's a little fatter, it's definitely Lin Xiao."

"You're the one who's fat!" Lin Xiao stepped heavily on the back of his foot.

"Hiss, are you serious?" Qiao Mu held his foot, his face twitching in pain.

"Tell me, what do you want from me?" The two came to the fried skewers shop.

Qiao Mu stared at the menu. "Don't be in a hurry, let me order first." He flipped the menu over and over and turned to the waiter and said, "Five of each."

"Are you crazy? There's no way the two of us can eat that much, and you're feeding the pigs?"

"I'm starving. I haven't eaten since last night. Why did you just get out of school? Do you have a full morning class? I've been waiting for you for a long time."

"What does your hunger have to do with me being late for school?"

"Why not?" Qiao Mu picked up the skewers that had just been served and started eating. "My dad asked me to go on a blind date, but I refused. He froze all my credit cards, confiscated my car, and told my friends not to lend me money. That's why I had no choice but to come to you."

"Then why don't you go on a blind date?"

"I said I will marry you."

Lin Xiao, who was eating, paused for several seconds when she heard Qiao Mu's words. "Are you okay? Are you using me as a shield?"

Qiao Mu took the fried skewers from her hand and threw them on the table, then held her hand. "I don't care. You have to be a shield to the end. I heard that you moved out, so it's convenient for me to move in. After eating, take me to buy daily necessities."

"What if I don't?"

"Then I will pester you every day."

The two hadn't seen each other since the dinner, but now they met again and they were living together. Lin Xiao looked at Qiao Mu's back as he was shopping in the supermarket, and her mind was full of the word "ridiculous".

"Lin Xiao, is this shower gel better or that one?" Qiao Mu turned around and asked her with a bottle of shower gel in his hand.

"Don't get so close to me. What if someone takes a picture of us? It will have a bad impact on Qiao Feng."

"She really thinks she's Mrs. Qiao. She bought all the shower gel here and paid for it."

In a blink of an eye, Lin Xiao saw the salesperson packing boxes of shower gel. "Ah~ Qiao Mu, why did you buy so much shower gel? You can't use it all even if you wash your bald skin."

"I'm happy to. Mrs. Joe is so rich, so what if she spends some money on me?"