The girl had not noticed Xu Die's disdainful gaze, so she quickly picked up the food on Xu Die's plate and ate it. She was afraid that Xu Die would change her mind and not give it to her later. She found the fried beef with tomatoes really delicious. She also enjoyed the braised pork ribs.
Xu Die looked around and thought about other things she had kept in her heart. There were no more boys pursuing her, and she had already broken off her other relationships. She could finally live the life she wanted. However, she worried about the rent for the apartment. She had to find someone to pay for it, and yet she couldn't ask for too much. Some people needed to spend too much time to earn money. She felt that if she had money, it would be enough.
Mu Zilin was very rich. As for how rich he was, no one knew. Everyone in their circle was rich. She couldn't even get close to Mu Zilin. He seemed to hate her. 'Was it because of Qian Shuishui? This b*tch must have said bad things about me everywhere, causing boys to have a bad impression of me,' she thought.
When Xu Die lowered her head, she saw that the food on her plate had almost been consumed. She felt a wave of resentment in her heart that she could not vent. She thought that her companion must be the reincarnation of a starving ghost. "Lili, I'm going back to the classroom first," she said to the girl.
She could not get angry at that point. After all, some of the girls in the class had already started to isolate her. She had to make sure that there were still people who would hang out with her.
Lili looked up at Xu Die. "Ah? Xu Die, are you leaving? Wait for me. I'm almost done eating. Let's go back together."
Xu Die held back her nausea. "Okay. Eat faster. I still have something to do."
"Okay, okay. I'm almost done eating." Lili wolfed down the food on her plate. There was still a lot of rice left on her plate, but she had to stop because she could no longer eat. It was a pity.
They returned their plates and trays and walked back to the classroom together.
Shuishui and the others had also finished eating. After they had returned their trays, they went to the playground to rest and digest what they had eaten. Mu Zilin walked in front and took out his phone to send a message.
He realized that he was quite popular with women. A few girls had added him as a friend and started chatting with him on the Internet. Every time they would get the chance to chat with him, they would ask him about his relationship with Qian Shuishui. He would simply explain. "Shuishui and I are good friends, not a couple."
Actually, if he and Shuishui had liked each other, it would save him a lot of trouble. Unfortunately, their relationship was not love. He thought so. Every day, he wished that Shuishui would have a boyfriend, but when he would see that someone had started pursuing Shuishui, he would resent it and would want to make the suitor feel sorry.
Qian Shuishui and Mu Qing walked behind Zilin. Mu Qing grabbed Shuishui's wrist and giggled and said, "Shuishui, are you free this weekend? It's my birthday. I want to have a small gathering. Can you come?"
Shuishui turned her head to meet Mu Qing's expectant gaze. "When and where?"
"It starts at six o'clock on Saturday night at my house," Mu Qing quickly said.
"Sure. I should be free at that time. It would not be good to miss your birthday." Shuishui liked Mu Qing because she found her very cute and very sensible. Since classes have started, they basically ate together every day, and they even gossiped occasionally. Although it was mostly Mu Qing who did the talking, Shuishui would always listen carefully.
"Okay. What about Zilin?" Mu Qing asked Qian Shuishui whether Zilin would want to go.
"He should be there. After all, we are friends. Zilin is quite busy now. Someone might be trying to catch his attention online." Shuishui looked at Mu Zilin as they walked behind him and couldn't help but laugh.
"Oh, right. There was a girl from another class who asked me for Mu Zilin's contact information." Mu Qing looked at Qian Shuishui and found that Qian Shuishui was very casual about it and didn't have any feelings for Zilin. It seemed that there was really nothing between the two of them. They were simply just friends.
"I'm not sure. I think he will even bring a little girlfriend there on Saturday night." Shuishui shrugged. She would not interfere and pester Zilin about his dating life unless there was something wrong with the girl.
Mu Qing loved to talk to Shuishui because Shuishui would talk to her seriously. She did consider herself a friend. Perhaps she could not compare herself to Mu Zilin. After all, Shuishui and Zilin had known each other for a long time. However, she believed that she could be very close to Shuishui.
Mu Zilin heard what the two girls said. He was busy chatting on his phone with two girls. He had a different impression of the two girls. As for their looks, he liked the girl called Lin Wanbai. She was pretty and had waist-length hair. She had a soft voice that warmed his heart.
Anyway, it would be impossible for him to be with any of the girls for long. He was only in his first year of high school. Like Shuishui said, Zilin only wanted to find someone to play and hang out with. He would not really want to be in a committed relationship with any girl, and she would think the same. They would say that he had a good family background, and yet they would start to belittle him and would say that his family background was bad. He was worried that he wasn't worthy of them because he felt that they were really scheming.
Actually, he had always longed for a very pure love. However, he had a large and influential family, and he had understood since he was very young that he might not be able to choose his own marriage in the future. Such was the tragedy of a large family.
He stopped and asked Qian Shuishui about her opinion. "Shuishui, do you think that it's important to have a proper family background?"
"You can decide whether it's important or not. Having a proper family background can help you, and it can also save you from a lot of trouble." Shuishui felt that it was normal. In her previous life, although she wasn't born into a wealthy family, she had relied on her own hard work. She had become an influential person, and children of other wealthy families had tried to pursue her. She had met the parents of those children, and they were very pleased with her. In fact, they were satisfied and pleased with her reputation and what she had, not with her.
To her, it did not matter. After all, she did not have the heart. Perhaps it was because she was cold-hearted. She had dated a few people, but none of her relationships with them lasted long. She had thought about keeping a relationship, but she later felt that it was too troublesome for her. Moreover, something happened, and the relationship ended. She was not the kind of person who would be moved.
Once, she had also experienced that throbbing, moving feeling that came with being in love. The boy was also very good to her. She felt that they had a good impression of each other. Unfortunately, it did not work out. Her abilities had damaged his self-esteem. Everything about her had made him feel insecure, so the feelings they had disappeared before their commitment had even begun. She later heard that he was with one of her female friends with whom she had a good relationship. She did not even know when they got together. She still remembered how her female friend had cried and told her that she did not do it on purpose.
"Shuishui! Shuishui!" Mu Qing saw that Shuishui was absent-minded, so she called Shuishui a few times.
Shuishui returned to her senses and smiled faintly. "Mu Qing, I'm sorry. I thought of something just now and was absent-minded. I didn't hear what you guys said just now."
"Oh, we didn't say anything. It was just that when you answered Mu Zilin's question just now, he turned around with a dark expression. Are you all right?" Mu Qing was a little worried.
"I'm fine. He knew what I meant and he knew it himself. This is the truth, so when he heard my answer, he felt that it was what his own heart also felt. He didn't like my answer, so he was a little conflicted." Shuishui understood Mu Zilin. Although she knew that the Mu family was very rich, in reality, Shuishui didn't know much about them.
The villa that the Mu family lived in was different from the others. Families could only move in and live in it if they had wealthy connections. She didn't remember who told her about it, but she remembered it being in her memory. She remembered even more about her own family. Although they were considered wealthy, in reality, they were only slightly richer than ordinary people. They could afford to live in a villa and had more pocket money than others. They would pale in comparison to other truly wealthy families. Although this world was different from where she lived in her previous life, she realized that many of the rules were similar. The only difference was that in her previous life, she had built her own reputation from scratch. Her small business had grown, and the scale of its development gradually increased.
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