As she spoke, Liu Yun wanted to run away in embarrassment, but Lin Xiu’s eyes flashed with mischief as he immediately grabbed her hand.
“Secretary Yun, it’s just a phone call. Take it right here, besides, we haven’t finished our meal yet.”
The youth’s voice seemed to have a certain magical power, and the words Liu Yun was about to refuse were suddenly, inexplicably, replaced.
She nodded and hesitantly sat back down. Only then did Liu Yun realize what she had agreed to, and couldn’t help but curse the boy’s shamelessness in her heart.
He must have played some trick again, causing her mind to blank out…
But since she had already agreed, Liu Yun couldn’t find an excuse to escape for the moment, and could only look at the boy and say,
“Then… then you’re not allowed to speak nonsense later.”
Lin Xiu nodded, looking completely honest.
Liu Yun was still worried, but the phone had already been ringing for a while, so she could only press the answer button.
As expected, the next moment, Ning Xin’s slightly resentful voice came from the other end of the line.
“Yun Yun, why did you take so long to answer? Do you not love me anymore?”
Liu Yun was startled at these words and quickly used her male voice to reply,
“How could that be…”
Even as she said this, she couldn’t help but wonder, now that her gender had changed, did she still have the right to like Xiao Xin?
The other party heard her flustered reply and chuckled mischievously.
“All right, I was just kidding. Yun Yun, are you eating well when I’m not around?”
“Of course I am. Xiao Xin, let me tell you…”
Perhaps Liu Yun was in a good mood at that moment, because she actually forgot Lin Xiu’s presence and began chatting about various amusing things in life, just like two close girlfriends who shared everything…
Seeing this beautiful scene, Lin Xiu couldn’t help but feel a bit jealous, but then he realized that he was probably the outsider here?
Thinking this, Lin Xiu could no longer sit still. He started serving food for the maid-dressed lady in front of him, signaling for her to eat while she chatted.
Seeing that she ignored him, Lin Xiu’s eyes rolled and he purposely dropped his chopsticks to the floor.
“Oh, excuse me, let me pick up my chopsticks.”
Hearing the boy’s apologetic tone, Liu Yun’s eyelids twitched and she shot him an angry glare.
Sure enough, Ning Xin on the other end of the phone also heard Lin Xiu’s voice and asked curiously,
“Yun Yun, do you have a guest at home?”
Panic flashed through Liu Yun’s eyes, but she quickly regained her composure and answered casually,
“Ah, yes, I just met a good friend. I invited him over for dinner tonight.”
“Oh, I see. Well, have fun then.”
Liu Yun replied with a couple of vague sounds, feeling a pang of guilt in her heart for lying to Xiao Xin…
Just as she finally breathed a sigh of relief, the next moment, a sudden touch made Liu Yun’s red lips part in surprise, and she couldn’t help but cry out.
And that surprised sound was her natural female voice.
Realizing this, Liu Yun quickly covered her mouth, looked down at her fallen high heels, and at the boy pretending to look for his chopsticks. Instantly, a wave of anger rose in her chest.
Without thinking, Liu Yun stretched out her leg and kicked toward the boy’s face—
“Hiss!”
A pained gasp from the boy followed.
After a moment, Lin Xiu sat on his chair, covering his face, wearing a look that said he’d taken advantage and was still acting innocent.
Meanwhile, Liu Yun was carefully explaining something over the phone. After a long time, she finally hung up, her face full of worry.
When she turned and saw the boy, she glared fiercely at him and said angrily,
“Are you satisfied now?”
With that, Liu Yun stood up and headed for the foyer. Without even changing her clothes or shoes, she slammed the door and left.
Lin Xiu could only awkwardly touch his nose, which seemed to still carry a faint, unique fragrance…
Back at home, Liu Yun buried herself in her quilt, wrapping herself into a ball, her face puffed up in anger.
Thinking of the misunderstanding caused by that boy just now, she had to explain to Xiao Xin for a long time. Who knows if the other girl thought too much.
But as for turning into a woman, Liu Yun knew she couldn’t hide it forever. Yet, she didn’t have the courage to speak to Xiao Xin about it…
With this trouble on her mind, Liu Yun tossed and turned a few times, dazing off until sleepiness gradually took over…
Half an hour earlier, in a high-end bar in Ling City.
A woman sitting at the counter hung up the phone. She took a deep look at the screen before putting the phone away with a calm expression.
At that moment, another man patted her shoulder and teased,
“Rose, your husband seems to be acting strange.”
The woman rolled her eyes at him and replied coldly,
“Heh, just a convenient cover, that’s all. Do you really think I’d be interested in women?”
The man shrugged, but the woman’s icy voice sounded again.
“And if you dare touch me again, I guarantee you’ll need a disability certificate.”
The man’s face stiffened, and he could only give an awkward laugh.
“Brother, brother, let’s go out and play, okay?”
Liu Yun didn’t know how long she had slept, but she kept hearing a voice calling to her from far and near.
That voice was so familiar, yet so strange…
After a while, Liu Yun finally opened her eyes, and the scene that greeted her left her stunned.
A familiar old room, the walls covered with posters of cute anime girls, the heat of midsummer, and the sound of cicadas.
But what shook Liu Yun the most was the small boy pushing her right now…
“Chen Chen…”
That’s right, the one in front of Liu Yun now was her younger brother, Liu Chen, who had long since passed away—a brother who left her filled with guilt and remorse…
Liu Yun also noticed that her own body was that of her teenage self from twenty years ago, so was this really a dream?
“Brother, don’t sleep anymore. Let’s go out and play, okay?”
The seven-year-old boy looked at Liu Yun expectantly as she woke up.
At this sight, Liu Yun’s eyes began to mist over. She still remembered this day—it was the day her brother’s accident happened.
Just the day before, she’d spent a long time saving up to buy a figure, only to be harshly scolded by their parents for wasting money…
She’d been in a bad mood, and out of spite, she’d thrown that figure into the small river not far from home…
That day, her brother wanted her to go out and play. In fact, he wanted to help her find the figure, but she was impatient and had no idea what he was really up to.
So even though she went with him, she ended up playing her handheld console by the riverbank.
She’d thought her brother was a good swimmer, and the river wasn’t deep. They’d often gone there to catch fish and shrimp, so nothing should have gone wrong, but in the end, something still happened…
By the time they got to the hospital, it was too late. Her brother was pushed out after missing the rescue window, still clutching that knock-off Sos Brigade Figure tangled in weeds…
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