Volume 1 Chapter 95: A Question Without an Answer
Bai Muxue forced down the urge to complain and pouted slightly.
“Speaking of that, Xiyao, you asked me what my plans are today... are you trying to drag me out to play again?”
“Uh...”
Looking at Bai Muxue’s helpless expression on the screen, Qin Xiyao suddenly did not know what to say.
Wasn’t it you who took the initiative to invite me out last time? What do you mean “again”?
She gave a dissatisfied snort.
“It’s not like I want that so badly! I-I’m not saying you absolutely have to go out with me. Going out by yourself for a walk is fine too.”
“Really? So Xiyao isn’t secretly hinting that we should go out together?”
“You don’t have to go out with me! You can also go exercise by yourself sometimes, seriously!”
Thinking about Bai Muxue’s messy daily routine, Qin Xiyao’s tone unconsciously became more serious and full of blame.
“Xiao Xue really needs to fix her schedule. Staying up late and playing around all the time is seriously bad for your health. You can’t just rely on being young and do whatever you want. If this keeps going, it will affect your body’s growth and development, understand...?”
The more Qin Xiyao spoke, the more serious she became. She even forgot the small jealous feelings from earlier, and her words became filled with genuine concern.
Looking at Qin Xiyao’s eyes, which carried both blame and care, Bai Muxue suddenly felt a little awkward inside. She almost did not dare meet the girl’s gaze.
After all, Bai Muxue had always considered herself a mentally mature adult. Normally, she was the one taking care of and worrying about the immature girls around her.
Who would have thought the situation would be reversed one day?
Being lectured by a teenage girl about sleeping early and waking early...
That really felt strange.
Still, sleeping late was understandable this time, okay? Yesterday she had genuinely fought someone for real!
Heh, thinking about it, maybe because of her family situation, Xiyao really did mature early...
Unlike Xingwan, who acted silly all day long without any seriousness. Who knew when that girl would finally grow up...
Besides, in my current condition, do I even have three days left? Or only two?
Talking about growing taller and body development doesn’t really matter anymore...
Bai Muxue’s thoughts slowly drifted away. She rested her cheek on one hand and listened with a faint smile while Qin Xiyao seriously explained all the harms caused by staying up late.
“Xiao Xue really needs to take this seriously. Not only should you sleep early and wake early, but you should also go outside and walk around more whenever you have time...”
Qin Xiyao kept talking and talking until her throat started feeling dry. Only then did she finally stop.
At that moment, she suddenly realized she had seriously lectured Xiao Xue for such a long time...
And Xiao Xue had not interrupted her even once!
Qin Xiyao’s pale cheeks quickly turned red at a visible speed. She could no longer suppress the embarrassment in her heart, and even her heartbeat quietly sped up.
Would Xiao Xue think... I’m really naggy, like some old grandmother...?
That thought suddenly appeared in her mind.
But when she carefully shifted her gaze toward Bai Muxue’s face, she saw the girl lightly tapping her chin with her finger. Her bright eyes were full of amusement.
Good grief, she wasn’t listening at all, was she!?
So you were just watching me embarrass myself this whole time!?
The embarrassment in Qin Xiyao’s heart instantly disappeared and was replaced by resentment instead.
“Xiao Xue, were you even listening?”
“Ah, yes, of course!”
Hearing that, Bai Muxue nodded seriously.
“With Xiyao taking care of my daily life and meals, I already feel much healthier now!”
“How about this? Xiyao should just move in with me and watch over me every day. I think that would be even better.”
Qin Xiyao froze for a moment after hearing that. Then she pouted slightly.
“Hmph. So you want me to move in and work for you for free? No way...”
Even though she said words of refusal, the girl could not stop herself from seriously thinking about whether this invitation was possible.
Actually... it doesn’t sound impossible.
After all, she was the only one living at home anyway. If she called her mother and explained that she would be staying at Xiao Xue’s place where someone could look after her, her mother probably would not worry too much...
Ah!
Qin Xiyao, who had been seriously thinking with a frown on her face, suddenly came back to her senses.
Xiao Xue only made a casual joke, so why am I seriously thinking about it!?
Seriously...
“Hmph, forget it. I’m too lazy to keep talking to Xiao Xue anymore.”
She complained angrily in a spoiled tone.
“I’m hanging up!”
“Okay then~ Bye-bye, Xiyao~”
Bai Muxue’s eyes curved like little crescents, while her fair little feet lightly swung back and forth.
After the call ended, Qin Xiyao casually tossed her phone aside and fell backward onto the bed, hugging the pillow tightly with some frustration.
What the heck!
Xiao Xue is obviously so smart. She clearly knows what I’m trying to hint at, but she keeps pretending not to understand on purpose!
Several times already, it felt like every little hint she gave, whether intentional or not, had been directly avoided by Bai Muxue.
How could Xiao Xue possibly not understand her feelings?
The dissatisfaction in her heart slowly faded away, but as Qin Xiyao looked at the empty room around her, the sour sadness that had already disappeared quietly rose again.
Although she had purposely changed the topic earlier, the image of that blonde girl in the maid outfit still lingered in Qin Xiyao’s mind and refused to disappear.
That girl...
She was definitely not just a maid working in Xiao Xue’s house. Qin Xiyao was sure of that.
At the very least, if she were only a maid, Xiao Xue’s tone when speaking to her... would never have been that gentle.
And if she was not simply working there, yet was still so close to Xiao Xue, then could she really be just an ordinary girl?
Even though Qin Xiyao clearly knew Bai Muxue was hiding something from her, and even though she felt confused and uneasy inside, she still did not dare force Bai Muxue to explain anything in detail.
The reason was simple.
She did not have the right to interfere.
She was only...
Xiao Xue’s good friend, nothing more.
Since Xiao Xue had already told her that the girl was their family’s maid, then Qin Xiyao had no position to keep questioning further.
That was why she stopped pursuing the topic earlier and willingly followed Bai Muxue’s lead instead.
Because she clearly understood that if she continued asking, both of them would only end up feeling awkward.
Qin Xiyao did not want that.
She also did not want Bai Muxue to feel troubled.
So she would rather keep all these bitter feelings hidden deep in her own heart than let Bai Muxue know about them.
“So... what exactly is Xiao Xue thinking...?”
Qin Xiyao quietly muttered to herself while staring at the lonely lamp on the ceiling.
But that question was destined to remain unanswered.
What Qin Xiyao did not know was that on the other side, Bai Muxue was also lying blankly on her bed, silently staring at the luxurious chandelier hanging above her.
“I shouldn’t have let an ordinary person like Xiyao come into contact with Heidi in the first place...”
Now things were troublesome.
If one day Xiyao happened to see Heidi on television or online, how would she explain it then?
And honestly, if a blonde, red-eyed girl suddenly appeared beside her without raising suspicion, that would be stranger instead.
Bai Muxue softly sighed, her slender fingers deeply sinking into her dark hair.
Thinking about it now, although keeping Heidi by her side really was the best solution she could come up with...
What about the others?
What would Xiyao and Shen Jingyi think?
Could she really balance the relationship between her “ordinary life” and her “extraordinary life”?
Maybe the old her could confidently answer yes.
But now...
She had already brought someone like Heidi, someone completely belonging to the “extraordinary” side, into her normal daily life.
And this question also had no one who could answer it.