Chapter 4

Chapter 4

Yi Feng sat in the back seat of the car, his left hand gently encircling her slender waist.

The cool spring breeze caressed their faces, the air filled with the fresh scent of campus grass, refreshing and invigorating.

This was the spring of 2000!

He took a deep breath and suddenly realized that the air also carried the fragrance of Gu Muxi’s hair.

“Gu Muxi, what brand of shampoo do you use?” Yi Feng asked curiously.

“Fenghua,” she replied. “Why?”

“It smells pretty good.”

“Hmph, just say if you want to use it, just remember to give it back after.”

“Really?”

“Hey, Yi Feng, when have you ever been polite with me from childhood till now?”

Yi Feng thought about it and realized... he really hadn’t.

The Yi and Gu families had always been very close; Yi Feng’s mother and Gu Muxi’s mother were best friends.

Thus, from a young age, his mother took him to visit the Gu family, and he and Gu Muxi grew up together like childhood sweethearts.

“Gu Muxi, it’s your eighteenth birthday in two weeks, right?”

“Yeah, so what, you got a present ready?”

“No.”

Gu Muxi: “......”

“Then why did you ask?”

“I just asked casually.”

“What are you planning to give me for my birthday present?”

“Hehe, anyway, it’s something you will definitely like.”

“Cut it out, I don’t believe you.”

“We grew up together, how could I not know what you like? You’re underestimating me.”

“Then tell me, what do I like?”

“Em... airplanes.”

“What? Why would I like airplanes?”

“Because you have a ready-made field.”

“Huh?... Yi Feng! Please move at 360 degrees with the least friction and leave here quickly!”

“What?”

“Scram.”

Gu Muxi suddenly stopped short, wanting to shake him off.

But Yi Feng firmly grasped her waist, binding them together.

It has to be said... Gu Muxi’s slender waist was really thin... and very pleasant to the touch.

“Hmph, if you make me angry again, I’ll throw you off,” Gu Muxi snorted, not minding the hands around her waist, seemingly accustomed to it.

“Okay, okay, calm down, I’ll buy you an old-fashioned ice pop later,” Yi Feng soothed.

“Hmph, you think an old-fashioned ice pop will calm me down?”

“Two.”

“Okay, deal!”

Ten minutes later, Gu Muxi drove him to the entrance of the Guangxi No.3 Rolling Mill Workers’ Quarters, then to the Orchid Convenience Store.

“Aunt Wang, I want two old-fashioned ice pops,” Gu Muxi parked the car and shouted into the store.

Yi Feng looked back and saw Wang Tie behind them, shouting, “Aunt Wang, add two more, four in total.”

A middle-aged woman in a floral shirt came out, smiling, “Muxi, Yi Feng, you’re off school.”

“What, what do you want?” Gu Muxi bared her teeth, glaring at him, her eyes slightly panicked.

Yi Feng’s right hand pinned her against the wall, their bodies extremely close, almost feeling each other’s breath.

Gu Muxi’s breathing became erratic, her heart pounding.

She looked into Yi Feng’s eyes, which were different from before, making her nervous.

What’s with Yi Feng today?

Why does he seem so strange?

“Tell me, how are you going to compensate me?” Yi Feng asked with narrowed eyes.

“Hmph, wishful thinking, you took advantage of me today, and I haven’t even settled the score with you!” Gu Muxi pouted stubbornly.

Yi Feng gazed at her fair skin, beautiful face, and those vividly tempting lips, momentarily lost in thought.

Now that he thought about it, Gu Muxi really was the school belle, so beautiful!

How did he not notice her beauty in his previous life?

Was it because they were too close?

“Yi Feng, your mom’s here!” Gu Muxi glared straight at him.

“Hmph, still trying to trick me with that? I won’t fall for it!” Yi Feng shook his head, not believing her.

Suddenly, a hand grabbed his ear.

“Do you believe it now?”

A familiar voice sounded from behind.

Yi Feng turned around to see that familiar, yet long-missed face, his mother, Meng Xiaoyun.

He was stunned.

“Mom!”

Yi Feng was overjoyed, hugging his mother tightly.

In his previous life, his mother passed away from illness just before he was about to graduate from his junior year of college, and his father, depressed, accidentally drowned in a lake while drunk.

Losing both parents had been a huge blow to him.

To escape the pain of missing them, he could only numb himself with work.

Seeing his mother again, he couldn’t calm down.

His mother had succumbed to overwork, developing liver cancer. The family was poor back then, and all the money went to his education, so she endured without getting checked even when she was sick.

By the time she went for a check-up, it was too late.

Now that he had a second chance at life, he couldn’t let tragedy strike again!

Meng Xiaoyun was stunned for a moment, then grabbed his ear, asking, “What are you doing, kid? Causing trouble outside again?”

“I said, I can’t cover for you anymore!”

“Ouch, ouch, mom, I didn’t, I really didn’t cause any trouble!” Yi Feng winced in pain but smiled.

It felt so good to have his ear pulled by his mom!

“Really didn’t?” Meng Xiaoyun finally let go of his ear.

“Mom, really, if you don’t believe me, ask Gu Muxi.” Yi Feng rubbed his ear.

Unexpectedly, Gu Muxi looked “wronged” and said, “Auntie, he, he didn’t bully me...”

Yi Feng: “???”

Meng Xiaoyun grabbed Yi Feng’s ear again: “Oh, so you were bullying Xixi?”

“Xixi, don’t be afraid, I’ll deal with him when I get back.”

Gu Muxi smiled brightly, “Okay, then Auntie, I’ll go first!”

“Auntie, goodbye~”

Gu Muxi dashed upstairs.

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