Lu Xue returned to the upper floor. She piled up all her suitcases in her original bedroom and looked around the empty room.
Suddenly, a strange feeling welled up in her heart. She had already made up her mind to bid farewell to this place, but who would have thought that she had come back again.
Lu Xue took out the things from the suitcases one by one and placed them in the positions where she used to arrange them.
She stared at these arrangements for a long time, and her heart suddenly became rather unpeaceful.
It was quite late by now, but she couldn't help walking out of the room and slowly pacing along the corridor to Mu Yuze's study door.
A faint warm - yellow light was still shining under the study door. Mu Yuze might be staying up late reading and had forgotten about sleep.
Lu Xue stood at the door for a moment, wanting to knock.
But for some reason, she seemed reluctant to disturb Mu Yuze, so she just stood quietly outside.
She pressed her ear against the door panel and could hear the sound of someone turning pages inside. The calm reading sound soothed that strange feeling in her heart.
Lu Xue just stood at the door listening to the sound of page - turning. As she listened, she felt sleepy. She didn't want to go back to her room just yet, so she simply sat down beside the corridor.
She leaned her back against the door panel, wrapped her arms around her knees, and maintained the posture of listening.
In the dark corridor, only the little warm - yellow light shining under the door illuminated her vision, making her feel a bit warm in her heart.
Somehow, the sound of page - turning had stopped, and Lu Xue just fell asleep quietly in the position of leaning against the door.
After a while, the study door was suddenly opened gently.
Through the gap, Mu Yuze was standing quietly behind. His eyes dropped as he looked down at the girl sitting in the corridor. He let out an imperceptible sigh, feeling rather helpless in his heart.
This girl didn't go back to her own bedroom to sleep properly. Why on earth did she fall asleep right here in the corridor?
There was wind in the corridor. If she stayed here any longer, the fever that had just subsided might come back again.
Mu Yuze opened the door, squatted down, and picked Lu Xue up horizontally.
Lu Xue was sleeping soundly, with her head resting on his chest unconsciously.
Mu Yuze's eyelashes drooped slightly. He carried Lu Xue all the way back to his own bedroom and gently laid the girl in his arms on the bed.
He gazed at Lu Xue's side face for a long time by the bed, and a sense of melancholy welled up in his heart.
When he knew that Lu Xue was leaving, he felt reluctant and sad. But when he knew that she had come back, he was actually a bit angry.
He was angry that she left without saying goodbye, showed no attachment to him at all, and just left him behind.
This kind of awkward and strange emotion made him not show any surprised expression when he saw Lu Xue. Instead, he only gave her a rather indifferent response.
At this moment, looking at the quiet girl lying on the bed, he gently played with her long sea - like hair scattered on the pillow with one hand, and carefully covered her with the quilt with the other.
"Why did you have to leave? Isn't it good to stay here?" Mu Yuze murmured softly in the dark.
...
Ding Muyun soon heard the news that Lu Xue had come back. The next day, she rushed to find Mu Ziyue and got angry in front of her.
"Mu Ziyue, what on earth are you doing? Lu Xue was already about to leave. Why did you go and bring her back?"
Ding Muyun blocked Mu Ziyue's way, and her eyes became rather sharp.
Mu Ziyue responded coldly and indifferently, "What's it to you? I brought her back. Of course, I have my own thoughts."
Ding Muyun was frustrated and said anxiously, "Haven't we always wanted to drive Lu Xue out of this family? Now that she's willing to leave on her own initiative, you go and bring her back instead. I simply don't know what's on your mind!"
Mu Ziyue impatiently shook off Ding Muyun and said to her, "She and my brother are getting along well now. If she leaves, won't my brother be sad? Moreover, after getting along with her for these days, I have a good impression of her. If such a warm and kind person leaves, how boring this family will be!"
Ding Muyun was rendered speechless. Just as she wanted to scold her some more, Mu Ziyue waved a finger.
"By the way, I just suddenly remembered something. All along, you've been meddling in our Mu family's affairs, but you're not even a member of our family! Why do you worry so much about our family's internal affairs? Whether Lu Xue stays or leaves is up to the Mu family members to decide. You don't need to worry about the current state of the relationship between my brother and her. You'd better just take care of your own business!"
Ding Muyun's face turned pale. She didn't expect Mu Ziyue to say such things.
The two had always had a good relationship. Usually, they almost regarded each other's home as their own. This was the first time Mu Ziyue had directly said in front of her face that she wasn't a member of the Mu family and had no right to interfere in the Mu family's affairs. This was clearly a sign of pushing her away.