Early one morning, when she opened the door, she was met by an unexpected visitor.
Gu Xiaoer stood blocking the door, unmoving for quite a while, obviously not welcoming the guest.
"Gu Xiaoer, aren't you going to invite me in to sit?" Yang Xue held a bouquet of flowers, her head held high as if coming here was beneath her dignity.
"I don't have such intentions. Speak quickly if you have something to say, release your anger if you're upset!" A simple, clear, yet relatively civil refusal.
"Hey, Gu Xiaoer, we're neighbors after all! Not to mention my relationship with Kexin, are you also going to dismiss the face of my mother?"
Well, she really couldn't do that...
When it came to neighbors, their relationship wasn't the same as with Lin Kexin. When she was younger, these neighbors had helped her out as well.
Gu Xiaoer stepped aside to let Yang Xue enter the doorway.
Yang Xue walked in, placed the white bouquet she had prepared on the table, and looked around as if searching for something while speaking.
"Today is Aunt Gu's death anniversary, and my mother sent me with these," she explained.
Gu Xiaoer glanced at the white chrysanthemums on the table, "Please thank Aunt Yang for me."
She accepted the gestures of goodwill from the older generation.
"Hey, what are you peering at in every direction for? Can't you behave like a guest?!" Gu Xiaoer was irritated to see Yang Xue almost stepping into her bedroom and sternly stopped her.
"Tch, as if I'd want to come here if it weren't for a mission," Yang Xue hastily withdrew her foot, complaining under her breath unhappily.
Gu Xiaoer didn't hear clearly, but she knew it wasn't anything kind and didn't care to ask. She crossed her arms and stood in the living room with an air that unmistakably signaled her visitor should leave.
Yang Xue pretended not to notice and casually sat down on the sofa: "Where's your other half?"
"What other half?"
"Your boyfriend, of course! Hasn't he been living with you these days?"
"So that's your real purpose!" Although Gu Xiaoer was usually slow on the uptake, she could be quite quick to react at times.
"Why say it in such an ugly way? Can you tell me, what exactly does your boyfriend do? With looks that sharp, he couldn't be a male escort, could he?"
"It's none of your business. If you don't have anything else, you should leave. You're not welcome here."
Yang Xue huffed, unable to pry any useful information, so she had no choice but to drop it, after all... her mission for the day was already complete.
At that moment, there was another knock on Gu Xiaoer's door.
It was odd; normally, she wouldn't have visitors for a whole month, but today was exceptional—with two knocks in a row.
She knew it wasn't Han Luoli, because Han Luoli had a key and wouldn't knock.
When Gu Xiaoer opened the door, the person standing there had no intention of stepping aside to make way.
Yang Xue glanced outside, and taking advantage of Gu Xiaoer's inattention, quickly slipped into her bedroom. Her visit this time was specifically to search for information about that man. He was too mysterious, completely untraceable, and the only chance to dig up any leads was here at Gu Xiaoer's place.
Her earlier conversation with Gu Xiaoer was just to gather evidence that the man was a male escort. With this evidence, Gu Xiaoer would definitely, utterly ruin her reputation. At that point, how could Senior Su possibly still be interested in a woman like Gu Xiaoer?
But after scanning the living room, the bathroom, and the bedroom, she found no trace of anything. The only place left was the study.
Yang Xue tiptoed into the study...