Volume 1 Chapter 62: Everything Is Going According to Plan
“…How do you know that?” the girl suddenly turned around, her face full of shock.
“It’s nothing,” Bai Muxue said with a soft smile. Her eyes shone with a sly light. “I just had a little connection with Miss Liu back then…”
“Back then… you mean back then?!”
The girl’s expression changed greatly.
The girl in front of her first mentioned her mother’s name, and then deliberately stressed the words “back then.” What else could that mean?
The things from that time… even though she was just a child who didn’t understand much, she still remembered them very clearly.
“Where did you hear about this? Who sent you here?”
The girl looked at Bai Muxue with strong caution. Her mother had always warned her again and again that when working outside, she must be careful. Someone from the past might come looking for them…
That had made her very scared back then.
But over the years, nothing strange had happened. Her mother’s life and work slowly improved, and she also stopped thinking about those warnings.
She never thought she would meet someone like this today.
Looking at the girl, she did not seem very old. A high school student? No… maybe middle school? Ten years had already passed. She couldn’t be someone from her mother’s old enemies…
The girl unconsciously stepped back two steps. She seriously suspected that this girl in front of her had been sent by someone else, and might be trying to harm her mother.
Oh?
Bai Muxue originally just wanted to test her a little, but she did not expect such a big reaction from her casual words.
Heh, that nervous expression… so her mother really has something to hide?
The girl was now clearly very alert. If she did not explain properly, she might really call the police.
But Bai Muxue was not here to cause conflict with Liu Li’s daughter. She had her own plan. Before she achieved her goal, starting trouble would only ruin everything.
“No, you’re thinking too much…”
But before she could finish speaking, the girl coldly cut her off.
“I’m not a child. I know a bit about what happened back then… It’s true my mother did something wrong. But she has already changed. She has paid what she needed to pay. What else do you want?”
The girl looked around. There were no other customers in the shop now, but her guard did not relax at all.
“So tell me, what is your purpose in coming here? If you don’t speak, I’ll call someone!”
Has she really changed? Probably not…
Otherwise, how did that amusement park “jellyfish” incident happen?
I can even imagine the unwilling look on your mother’s face when she paid the compensation…
Bai Muxue covered her mouth and chuckled.
“Miss Liu, are you threatening me?”
Hearing this, the girl became even more angry. She slammed the two cups of milk tea onto the table.
“I don’t care where you heard those old stories, but I don’t have a good relationship with my mother. Using me to threaten her won’t work. I won’t tell my mother about this today. But I hope you don’t come looking for me again.”
For some reason, even though this girl looked much younger and weak, she gave her a strange feeling… like fear.
“Miss Liu, I really didn’t come here under anyone’s order,” Bai Muxue said, blinking innocently and smiling harmlessly.
“I just had some connection with your mother back then, so I came to catch up, that’s all. Of course I’m not here for revenge. And as you can see, I don’t really have any way to threaten you, right?”
At this moment, her eyes were slightly lowered, filled with a soft, watery glow. Her eyelashes fluttered like butterfly wings, moving up and down and giving off a fragile, almost heartbreaking feeling.
Seeing Bai Muxue like this, the girl froze for a moment. The caution and worry in her heart quietly eased a little.
“Really…?”
“Yes, really.”
Bai Muxue nodded sincerely.
It had to be said, Bai Muxue was very good at using her own advantages. With her delicate and refined appearance, as long as she softened her attitude a little and acted harmless and weak, it was very easy to trigger other people’s sympathy. No matter how strong their guard was, it would slowly weaken.
And with those deep, clear black eyes, it felt like if you looked into them, you would naturally believe everything she said, believing that every word she spoke was true.
The girl hesitated for a long time. As she slowly calmed down, a different thought even began to appear in her mind.
Maybe… what this girl said actually makes sense?
She had not done anything suspicious from start to finish… and she also patiently explained things when questioned.
If she came to collect a debt, why not go directly to her mother? If she came for revenge, she was just a thin young girl with no one else with her, what kind of revenge could she take?
The more the girl thought about it, the more uneasy she felt. It seemed that from the beginning, this person had kept saying she meant no harm, while she herself had been acting very aggressive the whole time.
“So… you really just came… to see?” the girl asked softly, feeling a little embarrassed.
“Didn’t I already say it? I just came by to see Miss Liu’s daughter and catch up a bit…” Bai Muxue said with a helpless shrug.
“Uh, catch up…”
Looking at Bai Muxue, who clearly looked young but spoke in a very mature way, the girl’s mouth twitched slightly.
“How old are you this year?”
When that incident happened, this girl must have only been a few years old. What kind of “catching up” could there be? It couldn’t be some kind of friendship with a big age gap… that would be too strange.
“Age doesn’t matter. As long as the feeling is there, it’s fine.” Bai Muxue smiled. “Oh right, speaking of which, why is Miss Liu working here…”
Seeing that the girl’s attitude had clearly softened, Bai Muxue smiled lightly and smoothly continued the conversation.
Since there were no other customers in the shop, and with Bai Muxue gently guiding the topic, the girl who was once very cautious slowly started talking more and more about her mother.
At the same time, Bai Muxue carefully avoided topics that might reveal her own personal information. With the experience of someone who had worked many jobs and was used to small talk, she kept changing topics naturally and slowly lowered the girl’s guard.
Mm, about time. Xiyao should already be here.
She glanced at the clock on the wall and politely nodded to the girl.
“It was really nice meeting Miss Liu today. Let’s talk again another time.”
“Ah, okay.”
The girl, who had already started talking about gossip related to her mother, only then came back to her senses. She awkwardly handed the two cups of milk tea to Bai Muxue.
“Sorry for doubting you earlier… Next time you come for milk tea, it’s on me!”
“No, no, it’s fine. I just came by today anyway…”
Bai Muxue shook her head in a slightly panicked way and reached out to take the milk tea.
And in that brief moment, a light flashed in her eyes. Her finger subtly hooked, and a card-like object silently slipped from the edge of the counter into her sleeve.
She had taken the girl’s work ID card.