The mind-reading fake heiress changes her fate by eating melons.

The bell had rung, signaling the end of lunch break, and the students who had been napping would soon be returning to their classrooms, but An Jun still looked as wilted as a frostbitten eggplant.

Tu Lan could only try to persuade him, "I really didn't mean anything by saying this, I just hope you won't care so much about what happened more than ten years ago."

“Okay,” An Yun replied softly. “Can we exchange contact information? Please let me know if you need anything in the future.”

Tu Lan nodded and exchanged contact information with An Yun and An Ling.

An Yun then stuffed the jade pendant directly into Tu Lan's hand.

"This is something I wanted to give you thirteen years ago. Although it's so late, it has finally returned to the right person. Even if you don't need me to do anything for you now, please at least accept this. Consider it as fulfilling one of my wishes."

An Yun spoke very sincerely, her tone even carrying a hint of pleading, making it impossible for Tu Lan to refuse.

She hesitated for a long time but still accepted it.

"Thank you, I will keep it well."

Seeing that Tu Lan had accepted it, An Jun finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"No, it's not about safekeeping. As long as you're willing to accept it, you're free to do whatever you want with it later."

But then he went a step further and took out a bank card and stuffed it into Tu Lan's hand.

"I didn't mean anything by it. This is something my parents insisted I give to you. I promised them I would let you accept it."

After he finished speaking, he gave Anling a wink.

An Ling received her second brother's message and immediately echoed:

"Yes, yes, yes, Mom and Dad said if he doesn't complete the task, they'll break his legs and kick him out of the house. Sister Tu Lan, please be kind and accept him."

Zhao Niannian felt that she seemed out of place by remaining silent, so she quickly nodded as well.

"Yes, yes, I heard it too."

As a result, all three of them were kicked out of the classroom.

Tu Lan escorted them all the way to the school gate and said:

"Alright, I appreciate your kind gesture. There's no place to stay in Huailin Town, so let's head back to the city as soon as possible. It gets dark early in winter, and it'll be even harder to drive if we delay any longer."

"Classes are about to start, and it's really inconvenient for me to entertain you. Thank you for making this special trip so I can see that the little boy from back then has grown up safely. Let's all go back to our own lives."

Tu Lan smiled and waved to them, "Go back now."

She turned around and walked back towards the teaching building. Students came from the direction of the dormitory one after another. When they saw Tu Lan, they smiled and greeted her. Tu Lan nodded in response to each of them.

An Yun and An Ling, who were standing at the school gate, bowed deeply to her departing figure once again, and Zhao Niannian did the same.

The three of them didn't say a word until they watched Tu Lan enter the teaching building before speaking again.

"Why are you making it sound so serious!" An Yun said to An Ling. "Now look what's happened, we've all been kicked out."

An Ling retorted, unconvinced:

"Well, who told you not to coordinate with me first? Besides, I was just afraid that if I didn't make it sound serious, Sister Tu Lan wouldn't accept it."

"That's way too serious, who would believe that!"

Zhao Niannian looked at this one and then at that one, unsure whether they were simply bickering or really arguing, so she could only try to persuade them:

“I don’t think Teacher Tu Lan will accept anything you say. She kicked us out because she wanted us to get back to the city as soon as possible, since it’s not safe to drive at night.”

An Ling and An Yun both sighed at the same time.

They understand the reasoning, but they still feel bad about it.

In the end, An Jun made the decision. He turned around, walked to the van, opened the door, and gestured for An Ling to get in.

"Let's go, Xiaoling. Let's listen to her and go back. Staying here will only cause her more trouble."

"If we just go back like this, what will happen to that card?"

“Don’t worry,” An Jun grinned, “I will use it where it’s meant to be.”

……

The van drove back the way it came, and for a long time An Jun stared silently at the scenery outside the window, lost in thought.

After a long while, he spoke softly, it was unclear whether he was talking to himself or asking the other two people in the car.

Why are there such big differences between people?

Just as An Ling said in her previous thoughts, did An Jun really not notice a single suspicious point about Tu Mumu back then?

Of course not, but he felt sorry for Tu Mumu. It's normal for her to feel insecure and sensitive growing up in that kind of family.

Therefore, An Jun could ignore those odd things. He hoped that one day he could completely rescue Tu Mumu from that sense of unease, and he also believed that one day he could make Tu Mumu completely trust and rely on him.

But the absurd reality dealt him a heavy blow.

He could no longer distinguish whether all of this was Tu Mumu's fault or the result of his indulgence.

If he had paid attention to those odd things earlier and investigated the truth sooner, would Tu Mumu have ended up like this?

It wasn't until he met Tu Lan today that he realized his assumption was completely meaningless.

The shock that Tu Lan brought to him was truly immense.

Why is it that after experiencing so much hardship, she was able to bloom the most beautiful flower from the cracks in the rock?

No, she was not just a flower; she grew into a towering tree, not only providing shelter for herself but also protecting countless children like herself, constantly shielding them from the wind and rain.

She doesn't need to rely on anyone; she can save herself from dire straits.

“There’s no why,” Anling understood his unspoken meaning, “The difference between people is greater than the difference between people and dogs.”

"That's a rather crude way of putting it," An Yun couldn't help but chuckle.

"I'm sorry, I shouldn't have scolded the dog," An Ling quickly admitted her mistake.

The three of them returned to the city safely before dark. Zhao Niannian originally wanted to stay at a hotel with An Yun and An Ling, but they sent him home to be with his family.

They planned to rest here for the night and then see if they could hire a car to the train station the next day.

Since Zhao Niannian rarely comes back, An Yun and An Ling wanted to give him a few days off so he could rest at home and not have to go back with them.

At first, Zhao Niannian refused no matter what they said, insisting on going back to Haicheng with them. It was only after they persuaded him and even had his parents send him a message that he finally agreed.

However, he refused to let An Ling and An Jun go to the train station by themselves, and the next morning he and his brother waited for them at the hotel entrance.

He only felt relieved and happily went home with his brother after safely delivering the siblings to the train station.