Gu Jinlan hesitated for a moment, took a cigarette and went to the balcony, choosing not to answer Shi Ye’s voice message.

She was married, had children, and had a dark past.

For a person like her, some people and some feelings cannot be touched.

Before everything develops to the point of being out of control, we should stop in time to avoid stepping into an abyss from which there is no return.

Gu Jinlan exhaled a puff of smoke and looked at the bright moon in the sky.

The Mid-Autumn Festival is coming soon, and the moon seems to be very round at night recently.

But the moon in her heart is always missing a piece and will never be full.

The phone went silent again.

She looked at Shi Ye’s WeChat dialog box.

He called her twice.

She thought that if he called a third time she would answer, in case it was something urgent and important.

However, Gu Jinlan kept staring at the phone screen until the screen automatically went off and never lit up again.

-

The next morning, the first thing Gu Jinlan did when he opened his eyes was to look at his phone.

Apart from the two missed voice messages, Shi Ye did not send any more messages.

Out of respect, she responded with a message.

[Mr. Shi, I'm sorry, I went to bed early last night and didn't hear it. ]

She didn't ask him why he contacted her last night. If there was something, he would tell her.

Shi Ye didn't reply until she finished washing up and went downstairs.

When she was about to go out, Ye Hongyu suddenly called her, "Wait a minute!"

Gu Jinlan turned around and looked at Ye Hongyu, frowning slightly.

Looking for trouble so early in the morning?

Ye Hongyu forced a smile on his face, "Um...you haven't had breakfast yet, eat before you leave, it's still early."

Gu Jinlan smiled coldly.

Every time Song Youze contacted him, Ye Hongyu would be much more polite to her.

This purposeful flattery is really disgusting.

Gu Jinlan didn't want to say another word and just turned around and left.

At this time, Fang Yue suddenly ran up, holding a lunch box containing breakfast and a box of milk.

"Lanlan, take your breakfast with you and eat it on the road. There's also milk. You've never been used to drinking pure milk since you were a child, so I bought this yogurt especially for you."

"No need." Gu Jinlan refused coldly.

"How can we skip breakfast? It's bad for our stomach."

Fang Yue insisted on stuffing breakfast and milk into Gu Jinlan's arms.

Gu Jinlan couldn't refuse, so she waved her hand away in annoyance, "I said no!"

The breakfast fell to the ground and the milk carton broke open, spilling all over the floor.

Ye Hongyu's brows sank and his temper flared up again.

Seeing that he was about to get angry, Fang Yue quickly said, "It's okay, it's okay, just ask Sister Wang to clean it up."

Gu Jinlan sneered.

Instead of being a good person, he chooses to be a weasel.

First it was Ye Jingwan, and now it’s this couple. They are indeed a loving family with the same virtues!

In a blink of an eye, Gu Jinlan saw her grandmother standing at the bottom of the stairs.

Grandma was looking at them with a hint of sadness in her eyes.

Gu Jinlan's heart skipped a beat and he turned and left.

She would listen to her grandmother in everything. As long as her grandmother was happy, she was even willing to trap herself in this ridiculous marriage with Song Youze, and was willing to try to get along with Song Youze.

The only thing she couldn't do was to forgive Ye Hongyu and Fang Yue.

When she first came back, she was willing to maintain superficial peace with them for the sake of her grandmother.

But they kept pushing their limits and breaking her bottom line.

Now she couldn't even pretend to be hypocritical.

The Ye family's living room has a high ceiling design. Ye Jingwan was upstairs and witnessed everything.

Her plastic surgery face was distorted by hatred and jealousy.

Now even her parents have begun to curry favor with Gu Jinlan. She must do something and must not let Gu Jinlan get ahead of her!

After thinking for a moment, she turned and went to Mr. Ye's room.

-

Throughout the whole morning, Gu Jinlan looked at her cell phone from time to time. She herself didn't know why, but she seemed to be expecting something inexplicable.

At noon, she sorted out the children's mental health observation records and prepared to go to the cafeteria to eat, when her cell phone beside her suddenly rang.

She quickly picked it up and saw that it was a message from Matt, and a sense of disappointment flashed through her heart.

【Where are you? Please treat me to lunch. 】

Gu Jinlan was about to reply "I'm busy" when he suddenly remembered Yun Luoxi, so he sent Matt the location of a nearby restaurant.

Matt sent a shocked expression.

【Σ(⊙▽⊙\“)】

[Am I dreaming? Is the stingy guy plucking feathers so happily today?! ]

Gu Jinlan replied, "See you in ten minutes," then got up and left.

-

In the Chinese restaurant, Matt took a bite of boiled pork slices with satisfaction. "Very considerate. You know I'm craving Chinese food. It's so delicious! I haven't eaten such authentic Chinese food for a long time. I really have a Chinese stomach."

Gu Jinlan said: "I'll treat you to beer and skewers at the weekend."

Matt suddenly stopped, looked up at Gu Jinlan, and narrowed his eyes warily, "What do you want to do?"

He knew Gu Jinlan too well; she was extremely stingy.

I don't know where she goes with all the money she earns.

Normally, he would have to beg for mercy if he wanted her to treat him to a meal, but today, not only was she so forthcoming, she had even arranged the next meal for him.

"Gu Jinlan, you're not going to sell me to northern Myanmar, are you?"

Gu Jinlan took a sip of buckwheat tea and said, "I made an appointment with Luo Xi to get together this weekend."

Matt suddenly stopped talking and buried his head in his food.

Gu Jinlan kicked Matt lightly under the table, "Why aren't you talking?"

"say what?"

"Are you coming this weekend?"

"Let's talk about it later. Maybe we don't have time."

Gu Jinlan smiled, knowing that Matt was lying.

Normally he would wish he could eat her out of money.

She asked directly: "Why are you avoiding Luo Xi? Did she confess to you and you rejected her? Are you embarrassed to face her again?"

Matt quickly denied it: "That's not true! Luo Xi never confessed to me, and she doesn't like me. It was just my classmates who liked to make trouble."

Gu Jinlan asked again: "What did she do to offend you?"

"No ah."

"Then why haven't you contacted her all these years?"

"I'm busy now, stop talking nonsense and eat quickly. I don't talk while eating, and I don't talk while sleeping."

Seeing that Matt didn't want to say more, Gu Jinlan didn't ask any more questions, "You have to come over the weekend anyway."

Matt said nothing, just nodded.

Seeing that the time was almost up, Gu Jinlan put down his chopsticks and wiped his mouth, "Take your time eating, I have to go to work."

Matt was puzzled: "Work? What kind of work do you work for?"

Gu Jinlan said: "I work as a mental health teacher at the nearby Aolindon Kindergarten."

Matt almost spit out a mouthful of rice. "You're a kindergarten teacher? Isn't that misleading students?"

Gu Jinlan glared at him, and he quickly changed his words seriously: "It's really a waste of talent!"

Gu Jinlan said: "I went there to help, but I also like children and I feel comfortable getting along with them."

It’s just that some of the teachers in the office are annoying.

Matt took a sip of soup and said casually, "If you like children so much, why don't you find a man and have one yourself? Why spend your time raising someone else's child?"

Seeing that Gu Jinlan's expression suddenly dimmed, Matt suddenly thought of something, "You have been rejecting those excellent suitors in the past few years. Could it be that... you are still thinking about that scumbag?"

Gu Jinlan's brows tightened and he was about to say something when Ke Ning called.

She picked up the phone and answered it. Ke Ning's anxious voice came from the other end, "Teacher Gu, where are you? Shi Xingran is in trouble, please come back soon!"

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