Since Xu Moqi had come to Yinghua that one time, Ji Xiaotiao had become very popular at Yinghua. Wherever she went, she could hear someone talking about her. Gossip about her was heard without end.

“Look, here, that’s her!”

“Ah! Are you kidding? Is it her?”

“I was just as surprised as you at the beginning, but you have to believe it. Xu Moqi came to our school to admit it in person. It can’t be a rumor.”

“Are men blind nowadays?”

Ji Xiaotiao walked calmly, turning a deaf ear to the words of these people pa.s.sing by. It was just a little weird. When did these rich ladies become so interested in her?

Back in cla.s.s, she saw that Qianhui and Moli were leaning together like Siamese twins and talking quietly. When they saw Ji Xiaotiao come in, they both rolled their eyes at her.

Ji Xiaotiao had become accustomed to the way they greeted her, so she shrugged her shoulders and sat back in her seat casually.

When the bell rang, the noisy crowd quieted down and everyone went back to their seats. Qianhui and Moli glanced at each other, as if they had planned something. They looked at her back with treacherous grins.

Ji Xiaotiao was a good student. In school, she obeyed her teachers, studied hard, and asked for advice modestly. After returning home, she obeyed the young master, sweeping the floor and wiping the table.

At present, after a day of cla.s.ses, she packed up her small bag and was ready to go home to be a competent maid. Otherwise, he would mock her and say that she was the busiest, silliest maid he had ever seen.

As soon as she got up to leave, Qianhui and Moli gathered around her.

“Xiaotiao, it was my fault before, I shouldn’t have slapped you before I got the full picture. A great man rarely stoops to pettiness or harbors grievance for past wrongs. Can you forgive me?”

Moli stood in front of Ji Xiaotiao with her head hanging slightly and her face full of guilt.

Ji Xiaotiao was stunned immediately when she saw this scene. Her mind was blank for a long time. Qianhui seemed to be unable to bear it any longer, so she reached out and pushed her. When she saw that Ji Xiaotiao turned her head back, she quickly said with a smile, “Xiaotiao, Moli was soft-spoken and submissive enough to admit her fault, so can you forgive her this time?”

Ji Xiaotiao blinked and looked at these two ladies who seemed to be friendly suddenly. Although she was puzzled about all of this, she nodded subconsciously.

When they saw that, they immediately took a secret glance at each other. Then they showed a very happy expression one after another, and held Ji Xiaotiao’s hands enthusiastically.

“It’s very kind of you to forgive me, Xiaotiao! Today is my birthday. I have invited several friends to my house for a party. Xiaotiao, please come along with them.” Moli smiled and issued the invitation eagerly.

What?

Ji Xiaotiao could not react to the capricious situation. Birthday? They were just apologizing. Why did they suddenly start talking about birthdays?

Without waiting for Ji Xiaotiao’s response, Qianhui hurriedly pulled her and pushed her out of the door. As she walked along, she said, “Moli’s parents live overseas. She invited all our cla.s.smates and friends on her birthday. What’s more, she knows you like delicious food. So she specially invited a French chef to cook. She sincerely apologized to you, and you forgave her just now, so you’re bound to come, aren’t you?”

“Ah? But, but I . . . ”

Ji Xiaotiao was pushed and forced to go forward. It was true that she liked delicious food, but there was a young master waiting for her to come home and cook. What’s more, she had no interest in going to a rich ladies’ birthday party at all. She had no common language with them whatsoever.

“Come on! Don’t hesitate.” Moli also started pulling her. “If you refuse to go, it means you haven’t really forgiven me. If that’s the case, I will be very sad.”

“Ah! But I, I . . . ”

Ji Xiaotiao stuttered and couldn’t say a complete word. Anyway, she couldn’t tell them the truth that she lived with Xu Moqi now and had to go back to cook for him.

If she said that, she would die soon.

So the silly girl was fooled and pushed all the way out of the school gate and into a luxury car. When the car started, she couldn’t help sighing. When she returned tonight, she would surely be a dead man, wouldn’t she?

At the entrance of Fenghua School, Ye Xuan waved goodbye to other students and walked back to his dormitory. As he pa.s.sed Yinghua, he happened to see Ji Xiaotiao being pushed into a car.

“What? Isn’t that the silly little girlfriend of Xu Moqi?”

In confusion, he thought for a moment, then he took out his cell phone from his pocket and dialed a series of numbers.

The beep lasted a long time before someone lazily answered the phone.

“What’s the matter?”

Alas, Ye Xuan raised his eyebrows. From his tone of voice, he knew that he was not in a very good mood at the moment.

“Uh. Xu Moqi, are you feeling down now? Who has offended you?”

“Speak up if you have something to say! Otherwise I’ll hang up.”

“Ah! Don’t do that! I have something very important to tell you!” Moreover, he was afraid that Xu Moqi wouldn’t believe him, so he hastened to add a sentence. “It’s about your little girlfriend!”

Xu Moqi stood at the window. When he heard Ye Xuan’s last words, the expression in his eyes changed instantly.

“What’s wrong with her?”

His dormitory was close to Yinghua, and occasionally he would go to the playground to play basketball after cla.s.s. So usually she came back earlier than him. But today, when he came back, he found that the silly girl who should have prepared an apology dish for him was not there. He was angry at once!

His finger was pressing on the keypad, hesitating to call for information. It just so happened that at that moment, Ye Xuan called.

“Uh. Xu Moqi, is she really your girlfriend?”

Since Ye Xuan had met Ji Xiaotiao that day, he had thought it over carefully, but he still couldn’t understand why Xu Moqi would like her.

A deep sigh came from the other end of the phone, as if his endurance had reached its limit.

“Ye Xuan, if you don’t tell me about the important thing, you can’t expect that I’ll help you with your lesson!”

“. . . ” A word poked at his key point; Ye Xuan hastened to say, “Well! I will say it now! I pa.s.sed by Yinghua and saw your little girlfriend being pushed into a luxury car by two girls. Uh, they both got in with her. Then the car drove away. I thought something was wrong, so I called you.”

Beep!

Just after Ye Xuan had said this, he was hung up on. Ye Xuan shrugged his shoulders as he watched his cell phone and continued on his way back. He was still puzzled. It was weird. Why on earth did Xu Moqi like her?

“Sorry! The number you dialed is powered off.”

There was a pleasant voice coming from the microphone, but it was extremely strident for Xu Moqi’s ears at the moment. His eyebrows furrowed, and he quickly thought about the words that Ye Xuan had just said.

The silly girl had few friends. Even if she had, it was impossible for her to make friends with young ladies from wealthy families.

A luxury car? Two girls?

Suddenly, Xu Moqi’s eyes lit up. He picked up his coat from the sofa and walked out the door quickly.