Reincarnated as a Poor Little Green Tea, Am I Destined to Be Bullied? - Volume 1 Chapter 71

Chapter 71: Friends?

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When did Mujin… when did she arrive?

The guards at the gate were only responsible for guarding the door, they weren’t psychologists. If the young lady wanted to visit her own parents’ residence, she naturally could come and go freely, without being stopped or announced.

Su Shuolan was truly panicked now…

The argument from earlier was clearly not something appropriate for Mujin to hear, and Su Shuolan had distinctly heard her say “I’ll go send him off.”

Go send him off… was Mujin saying what she thought she meant?

Regardless, Su Shuolan didn’t plan to bring up that topic again in front of her before confirming the situation.

Quickly replacing the panic on her face with a forced smile, Su Shuolan very naturally walked down the stairs to greet Xia Mujin.

“Jin’er? Why aren’t you sleeping so late? It’s autumn now and so cold at night. Look at you, how could you come out wearing such a thin coat?”

“Mom, it’s fine, it’s not that cold today.”

Xia Mujin’s eyes were lifeless, and she didn’t avoid Su Shuolan’s movements as she helped fasten her outer coat buttons.

Xia Qinyang and Luo Yahan also arrived at the first floor where they were, slightly later.

It was obvious that both heads of the Xia family were forcing themselves to stay calm.

Luo Yahan didn’t need to pretend.

She had always maintained this calm demeanor, it was natural to her. Making her panic was quite difficult.

So at times like this, she was usually the first to react.

To probe how much she had heard without bringing up what happened earlier wasn’t difficult to ask.

“You came at the right time. Did you hear what we were discussing just now?”

“Probably… yes… um… what was it about again?”

Xia Mujin’s gaze was as if her soul had left her body, seemingly experiencing some intense inner torment. When her vision finally turned completely toward Luo Yahan, looking into her eyes, she finally understood and said with a bitter smile.

“The burial… it’s the day after tomorrow?”

“……”

She had indeed heard everything.

But why force herself like this…

She must have quietly followed after Luo Yahan left earlier…

Why she would follow here, perhaps Luo Yahan knew.

Xia Muqing’s remains had already been cremated, but she hadn’t gone to send him off.

So she unconsciously followed behind Luo Yahan, hoping to catch up to something before she walked too far.

Where to follow, where to go, this poor lost child hadn’t considered at all.

Su Shuolan’s eyes filled with tears as she pulled Xia Mujin into her embrace, stroking her hair, full of heartache.

“Jin’er… we won’t go… we won’t go. Mom will stay home with you that day. Let’s go watch a movie… didn’t you say there was a movie you liked coming out soon? Let’s go watch a movie and go home… then everything will be over, okay…?”

“Mom… what are you talking about…? Go where…?”

“We won’t go anywhere… nowhere at all…”

Originally, Xia Qinyang had made up his mind to take Xia Mujin to attend her brother’s funeral this time.

But when this towering man saw his daughter’s bewildered expression, unable to even squeeze out tears, how cruel would it be for a father to say “you can’t keep running away”?

So he remained silent, with no words of persuasion left to say. He only felt deep guilt and self-blame for not protecting the siblings well enough back then, heartbroken and distressed.

“Mujin, go back to sleep,” Xia Qinyang shook his head and turned away, no longer mentioning anything about the day after tomorrow. “Leave these matters to your parents, we can handle everything.”

“No…”

“Mujin?”

She refused.

She shook her head in Su Shuolan’s embrace, seemingly saying she was fine.

Even though Su Shuolan was worried inside, seeing her like this, she had no choice but to release her first.

Standing to the side, Xia Mujin clasped her hands in front of her, smiling gently with an appearance of acceptance.

“Dad, Mom, and Yahan, I’m sorry for making you worry all these years… but I’m really not the same person I was as a child anymore. I’m much stronger mentally now… Isn’t the day after tomorrow the last chance for me to see brother? If I don’t even go then, that wouldn’t be right, would it?”

“Mujin…?!”

Su Shuolan’s heart was filled with joy!

She had never heard Jin’er say such things in all these years. That she could say this now made Su Shuolan truly relieved.

But Xia Mujin’s following mumbled words made everyone’s hearts sink into an icy abyss.

“So… when is brother coming home?”

Just like what her parents had always promised in previous years.

【Don’t worry, we’ll definitely find your brother and bring him back to you.】

“I feel like I’ve been waiting for him for so many years?”

【He’ll come back, he’ll definitely return home safely.】

“He himself said he’d be home soon, right?”

【Mujin, you go home first, brother will be back soon… to celebrate your birthday.】

Tears fell unknowingly onto the expensive floor, and Xia Mujin dazedly touched her cheeks, surprised at why she was crying.

“Eh… what’s… wrong with me?”

Seeing this, Su Shuolan and Xia Qinyang’s hearts broke and wanted to go comfort her, but before they could step forward, they were stopped by Luo Yahan.

“Being able to cry isn’t a bad thing, she needs to release it.”

Please don’t keep pushing her tears back into her heart every time she wants to cry, that will only make her condition worse.

In this matter, there was nothing they could do.

But even without her parents’ comfort, after wiping away her tears, Xia Mujin couldn’t continue crying.

Instead, a pathological smile crawled across her beautiful face, smiling so innocently in front of her parents, yet full of vicissitudes.

“Mom, Dad… don’t worry, I’ll go send him off the day after tomorrow. I won’t cry this time. Oh right… can I bring a friend along? I want brother to meet her too. When brother was little, he teased me for being cooped up at home without any friends. This time I have to get back at him properly!”

“Friend…? Of… of course! Jin’er can invite whoever she wants!”

“Really? That’s great, um… no time to waste, I’ll go send her a message right now.”

Turning around in place, Xia Mujin shook off the tears in her eyes, seemingly about to leave.

But she seemed to be muttering something.

“Go send him off, mm… go send him off.”

“Go send brother off.”

“Go send the liar off…”

Liar.

You said you’d come home.

You said you’d celebrate my birthday.

More than ten birthdays have passed.

Where are you?

Liar.

Xia Mujin was still saying some “anticipating” words, not looking back, walking an unsteady path back towards her own mansion outside.

“Mom, Dad, I… I’m going back to sleep now, good night?”

Seeing her like this, Luo Yahan couldn’t feel at ease.

But she didn’t follow.

After all, Su Shuolan had already chased after her with a fleece-lined coat.

She was already trying her hardest to reassure her parents.

But her own heart had long been sealed in an icy plain, growing colder with the biting wind as “he” went further and further away.

Xia Qinyang, who remained behind, held his forehead, even when Xia family faced bankruptcy crisis back then, he hadn’t felt such heartache.

But as a father, within his abilities, he naturally noticed the unusual parts of the conversation.

“Friend… friend… Yahan, do you know who this friend Mujin mentioned… is?”

“I probably… know.”

“That child has never said she made any friends before…”

“Indeed, I also find this quite surprising.”

“Could this be some kind of turning point?!”

“Well…”

“I mean, could we ask this friend of hers to help guide her mentally! Maybe this is a new way of think…”

“Sorry, Uncle, I’m not sure either.”

“I…! Ah, sorry, I got too anxious. Yes… who could say for sure about these things.”

“It’s alright, I understand.”

Parents’ hearts are truly pitiful, they don’t want to miss even a glimmer of hope.

Even though there was a kind of inexplicable “reluctance” in her heart.

But Luo Yahan still sighed lightly before saying calmly.

“Uncle, for the funeral the day after tomorrow, I think she’ll probably come. Would you and Auntie like to meet her then?”

“Mujin’s friend?! We must meet her! Yahan, can you contact her?”

“Well, I am a teacher at Qihai No.1 High School after all… Alright, I’ll arrange it later.”

“That’s wonderful… I really have no other options now… if this could bring about some change, that would be so good…”