As the car went away, Xiaohui started hitting Meixiu's arms, and the girl looked at her in confusion.
She furrows her eyebrows before grabbing Xiaohui's hands and pulling the girl closer to her body.
"What are you doing?"
"I should be asking you; we can just take your scooter home when it's just in the trunk!"
As Xiaohui and Weimin continue to talk, she sees Meixiu going to the trunk, and with Mingzhu's help, the scooter that her wife gifted is visible.
Xiaohui was shocked and couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed that Weimin and Mingzhu drove them back home when the scooter was only in the trunk.
Meixiu smiles before she wraps her arms around Xiaohui's shoulder, guiding her toward their lovely home.
"It's nice to let you experience that."
"I don't have the intention to, and you know it'll be hard if I destroy something in the car."
Meixiu shakes her head, removing her arms as she intertwines their hands together.
Her smile widened at the process as Xiaohui continued to rumble with her words, not noticing Meixiu's hands on hers.
"Baby, it's fine. Weimin's even cool with it anyway."
Xiaohui sighs before she freezes in place.
Looking down at their hands, she blushes a deep shade of red as she sees how perfectly their hands fit with each other.
Meixiu's big, rough hands perfectly held her small, smooth ones. It's like a missing puzzle that's finally solved after two decades.
She couldn't help but feel her heart jump in her chest.
"And besides, he's been wanting to meet you."
Xiaohui nodded her head, slowly removing her hands away from Meixiu, to which the taller woman took notice but didn't disclose it with her.
She knew Xiaohui wouldn't like her, so why push herself? Though she wanted to let her wife know how much she meant to her.
"We should head inside; it's getting a little darker outside."
As Xiaohui finishes speaking, she quickly runs inside the house, wanting to hide her blush that is already getting a little visible.
Meixiu sighs before shaking her head, getting a little disappointed as Xiaohui goes away from her.
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"Xiaohui!"
Lijuan greeted her as soon as Xiaohui stepped out of the house. The said girl looks at her with a smile before going into the awaiting arms of Lijuan.
It's now the next day, and Lijuan decided to move the dinner into breakfast as soon as she heard what happened to Xiaohui.
She wanted to check up on the girl yesterday, but she got busy because she has another job interview today.
Lijuan might be rich and all, but she wanted to start being independent and learn more about the lives of normal people.
She couldn't help but feel a little relieved upon learning that Meixiu was there for Xiaohui.
Her heart felt happy and thankful that her best friend had found someone who would look after her all the time.
Yet she couldn't shake the feeling of jealousy.
"Lijuan."
Xiaohui greeted her as she tightened the hug between them.
The door opening behind her caught Lijuan's attention, and she saw Meixiu going out with a smile.
"Meixiu, nice meeting you again."
Lijuan said, breaking the hug as she bowed down in front of Meixiu.
The girl did the same thing, wishing Lijuan a good morning as the smaller woman nodded her head.
"Where are we going? And you told me we'd talk about something."
Lijuan looks at Xiaohui as she nods and clings to her, guiding the girl to her car where the driver is waiting.
"Well, remember Wu Tao? He'll be hosting a reunion party for us!"
"Wait really?"
"Yeah! It's been what? Three years since college ended."
"That's surprising; we'll be able to meet our former classmates."
Meixiu listens to the two talking in front of her. The driver walks towards the backseat and opens the door for Lijuan and Xiaohui.
The girl smiles at the driver, to which he responds with a bow and closes the door.
Ignoring Meixiu, he went to the driver's seat and looked at his side, raising his eyebrows as Meixiu was still not getting in the car.
The girl balled her fist but scoffed before she opened the door on the passenger side and sat down.
"I remember Wu Tao; he's very good to Meixiu."
Xiaohui said, glancing at Meixiu, who was spacing out while looking out the window.
Lijuan couldn't help but see how Xiaohui looks at her wife, and she smiles teasingly.
"Are you in love?"
"What?"
Xiaohui's eyes went back to Lijuan, and she looked at the girl as if she had just told a funny story.
Lijuan shakes her head, putting her hand on the girl's shoulder with a big smile plastered on her face. She couldn't help but feel happiness overflowing from her body.
"You might not know it, but it's very visible, Xiaohui."
"You clearly love her!"
Lijuan whispered-yelled, almost jumping on her seat.
Xiaohui smiles at her, shaking her head and not wanting to disclose her feelings towards her wife.
"I don't think so."
"Ok, tell me what you feel whenever she holds you."
Lijuan fixes her posture in her seat, getting ready to hear whatever Xiaohui tells her.
The girl in question suddenly went back to the memory of last night. She couldn't help but blush, which Lijuan noticed and smiled happily at.
"See? You love her!"
Lijuan playfully pushes Xiaohui's shoulder as the girl glares at her.
"I don't; maybe I just like her."
Xiaohui said, to which Lijuan nodded, not believing what Xiaohui was saying.
"Keep telling yourself that, but I'm sure you're falling."
"Who's falling? Fallen in love, was it?"
The two got startled when Meixiu suddenly went over to look at them with a smile.
Xiaohui's face shows nervousness as she looks at Lijuan, asking for help from the girl.
"Oh, it's no one, just a friend."
"Yeah, I told her that friend is falling for someone."
Meixiu furrows her eyebrows as the two keep looking at each other, but nods her head as she shrugs her shoulder in the process.
"How long have you been listening to our conversation?"
Xiaohui asks, curious if Meixiu heard everything they were talking about.
The girl smiles before she shakes her head.
"Just the word falling; I don't snoop around listening to every conversation I can hear."
"That's a relief."
Lijuan sighs in relief as Meixiu furrows her eyebrows, getting weird vibes as the two keep on looking at each other.
She shrugged her shoulder before feeling the car stop, and she quickly went out to open the door for the two.
"Thank you."
Xiaohui said as she went out.
"We should head now."
Lijuan went out after Xiaohui and dragged the girl inside the restaurant.
Meixiu closed the door and saw the driver glaring at her.
She glared back and went inside the restaurant, where she saw Lijuan and Xiaohui going to the corner.
She was about to follow the two when a waiter stopped her by putting his hands in front of her. Meixiu looks up a little and sees the guy smirking at her.
"Beggars are not allowed here."
"I have someone here."
"I don't believe it; where's that, someone? Another beggar?"
The waiter snickers at the idea of beggars pretending to be rich just to eat at the restaurant.
"I've already seen your acts; there's no need to continuously use them."
"What are you talking about? I have someone, and they are already inside."
"Nope, clearly another way of saying that is to get free Michelin food."
Meixiu's face hardens, her stares starting to get cold as the waiter continued to mock her.
How dare this man go up to her and accuse her of something she's not the one to do?
Of course, maybe because of her clothing, but that still doesn't let anyone accuse someone just because they have something that the other doesn't.
The waiter might be working at a Michelin-starred restaurant, but he didn't have any manners.
That might be the management's problem—not knowing their staff well.
"What's happening here?"
Meixiu looked at the waiter's back and saw the manager of the restaurant.
She smiles before pointing her finger at the waiter.
"This waiter doesn't want me to get in."
The manager went beside the waiter and looked at Meixiu up and down.
He snickered, which Meixiu noticed and nodded her head as the manager tried to suppress his laugh.
"Who are you to say that? Do you even have money to get something here?"
The waiter and the manager laugh loudly, getting the attention of everyone, including Lijuan and Xiaohui, who are both wondering why Meixiu took a little longer.