Xi Xiaye wanted to refute his statement . However, a scene played back in her mind .
On a certain night on Han Yifeng's birthday, she did give him a full jar of folded paper stars, and then…
She went quiet .
He already knew the answer just by looking at her reaction .
He had to admit that he was jealous of Han Yifeng . What had he done to deserve so much attention from her?
“If I had met you earlier, I would've folded tonnes of paper stars for you . ” She sighed after a while as she looked at him seriously .
He smiled and patted on her head . “With that determination of yours, it's a much better gift than tonnes and tonnes of folded paper stars . ”
She leaned against the side of his body and smiled . “Well, I can start folding later…”
He chuckled as he patted her more firmly . “We're not young anymore . Do you still think you're a teenage girl?”
“Who said only young people can do that? Well, I do think we're still pretty young after all . ”
Xi Xiaye stared at him . Then, she went to the table after casually grabbing a thick book and flipped through it . It was a collection of poems . The pages still felt pretty new . After flipping through several pages, just when she was about to close it, a photo slipped out and gently fell beside her feet .
Frowning slightly, she squatted down to pick it up . Then, she realized it was a photo that had turned yellow . It was kind of blurry, but the people in the photo were still identifiable — Mu Zi, also known as Mu Zixi!
It seemed to be a photo of a gathering . The photo consisted of her and three other people, one woman and two handsome-looking guys with sunglasses on . They seemed to be pretty close to Mu Zixi .
When Xi Xiaye wanted to get a better look at it, a large hand came over and grabbed the photo .
“It's Aunty… and some others . Can you recognize them?” Xi Xiaye looked at him and asked .
Mu Yuchen stared at the photo for some time as he pondered quietly . The light in his eyes faded a little and he shook his head . “It's not very clear . ”
They wore sunglasses and hardly any facial features could be distinguished although they did look rather handsome just like that .
“Aunty was really beautiful when she was young!” Xi Xiaye studied the woman in the photo . Indeed, she was a charismatic lady .
“My grandparents were really good-looking when they were young too . Of course, my aunt inherited it from them,” Mu Yuchen replied as he kept his eyes glued onto the photo .
“Can we find the woman inside the photo? She seems very close to Aunty . We might be able to find something out from her,” suggested Xi Xiaye after giving it some thought .
Mu Yuchen frowned slightly . He grabbed a chair and sat down as he held a corner of the photo and continued staring at it without replying .
“There are some words on the back!” Xi Xiaye glanced over and saw a line of words on the back . Immediately, Mu Yuchen flipped the photo over and saw the line which looked like the handwriting of a woman .
At times, you look at me . At times, you look at the clouds . I think that it's far when you look at me, and it's near when you look at the clouds .
Xi Xiaye snuggled over and read the text out loud . She was surprised . “This is very familiar . It sounds like Gu Cheng's 'Far and Near', but what does it mean?”
Mu Yuchen had some doubts . He studied the photo back and forth several times and still could not figure it out .
“Is this Aunty's handwriting? Or Ah Shi's?” Xi Xiaye raised her eyebrows as she asked .
He took a deep breath as he put the photo on the table . “It should be Aunty's . Lingshi's handwriting is really illegible . ”
“Mmm, the ink looks like it's been there for many years . Why is this photo inside here? And this line of words…”
“Let's not think about it now . Pack up and check if there's anything else we need to bring . ” Mu Yuchen put the photo back into the book and left it there . “Remember to take this book out later on . ”
Xi Xiaye nodded while her eyes were still focused on the book . “Can we find out a bit more? That lady just now looked a little familiar . Maybe she's a good friend within the industry . ”
“We'll find out soon . Are you done?” He went up to her as she carried a thick stack of books .
“I'm done . Let's go . There's nothing much here, just a few books . As for these music scores, I don't understand them either Hmm, did Ah Shi inherit her musical talent from Aunty as well? I remember that Aunty has a nice voice . She was very highly praised in the industry for her marvelous singing . Many of the popular songs that were trending back then were written by herself . To a certain extent, she was really talented in music too . ”
Xi Xiaye somewhat remembered some of the information that she had read up on Mu Zi .
“Mmm, she's indeed musically talented . She joined many competitions while she was still in school and easily won numerous awards . My grandparents were really proud of her . ”
“Ah Shi seems like her now . She's really enjoying being a DJ, and she's managing the Imperial Sky Entertainment Club well . ”
“As long as she likes it . After all, she learned a lot from working in several clubs in New York and France in the past few years, so it's best for her to apply what she's learned . ” Mu Yuchen felt comforted when they talked about this and his face softened .
She followed behind him with a stack of books as she said, “How can you not worry about leaving a girl like her at those places?”
“Lingshi is strong, and always being reliant on others isn't going to last long . Most importantly, she needs to know how to protect herself,” he replied as he put an arm over her shoulder and his other hand into his pocket as they strolled .
Chapter end
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