Miss Mu and the Canary

Chapter 79

As soon as the words came out, Mu Xing shut his mouth.She didn't dare to continue to think about it, to get to the bottom of it, she even hoped that this moment was just a dream, and when she woke up, she could happily call Li Yining and complain that she had a nightmare.

But they all knew that this was not a dream.

Li Yining didn't speak any more, tears were shining in her eyes, she looked at Mu Xing, as if she was looking at the past.

The sun shines through the stained glass, and the dust in the broken light beams is like moths, but the burning fire can never be found.Countless forces that are in urgent need of bursting out will eventually perish.

After a long time, the voices outside the door had quieted down before Li Yining moved.

The spine that had always been upright finally began to ache. She lowered her eyes, took out a white embroidered handkerchief from her pocket, and wiped away her tears carefully.

Mu Xing was still looking at her.

"I have nothing to say." Li Yining said hoarsely, "You go."

Looking at her hesitantly, Mu Xing frowned, then let go again.

Li Yining didn't want to say it clearly, so she could only pretend to be ignorant.Whether as a friend or...any other status, she has no position to comfort Li Yining.

Taking out a folded silk handkerchief from her bosom, she gently placed it in front of Li Yining, and said in a low voice, "Be careful on the way back."

Li Yining didn't move, and Mu Xing didn't say much, and turned to leave.

Coming out of the library, Mu Xing saw Bai Yan sitting at the editor's desk. She rubbed her face, forced a smile, and walked over: "How do you feel?"

Bai Yan was writing. Upon hearing this, she immediately raised her hand to signal to Mu Xing: "Look, this is a quill pen! I only read it in foreign language books."

This is a decorative pen with a nib embedded in a feather, which is not unusual.Seeing that Bai Yan liked it so much, Mu Xing said, "I have a very good set of this pen, which is kept in Mu Yuan. If you like it, I will bring it for you next time."

Bai Yan laughed: "Okay, but you don't get paid for nothing, I'll trade this with you." She copied the paper on the table and handed it to Mu Xing.

Mu Xing took it over and saw that there was actually a small hen drawn on the paper.It raised its head arrogantly and shook its tail, very airy.On the round belly of the hen, there is also a very delicate "Mu" character written.

Seeing this vivid painting and Bai Yan's smug smile, Mu Xing felt his originally gloomy mood relax a lot.She smiled and said, "I'm an arrogant hen, so what are you?"

Bai Yan tilted her head and thought for a while, then shook the quill in her hand: "Well... I took a feather from your ribs and made it into a beautiful quill."

Carefully folding the paper and putting it in his shirt pocket, Mu Xing said with a smile, "Then you are now a quill that is far more beautiful and useful than chicken feathers."

In the next few weeks, both Mu Xing and Bai Yan were more energetic than before—the pharmacy and the bookstore were in the business district of the British Concession, only two streets away.

No matter what Mu Xing is busy with, he must overcome all difficulties to find Bai Yan for lunch at noon; and although Bai Yan has just started editing work, because the bookstore is still in the stage of being completely abandoned, she is quite free.

Of course, she also started to prepare a new manuscript. When Mu Xing couldn't stay at home overnight, the sound of the quill across the manuscript paper was enough to comfort the loneliness.

However, free time is limited after all. During lunch, both of them were busy filling their empty stomachs, so it was inevitable that their mouths would not be full enough.But just sitting together for a silent and hurried lunch is enough to wipe away the fatigue.

Mu Xing didn't tell Bai Yan about Li Yining, and at first she was a little worried that Li Yining would deliberately make things difficult for Bai Yan, but according to what Bai Yan said, there didn't seem to be such signs.

"However, I see that Ms. Li seems to be restless these days. Do you want to ask her?" Bai Yan asked during a bedside night talk one day.

Mu Xing was somewhat guilty: "Well... I'll ask her in two days. Didn't you say you were going to attend Feihua's little happy event? How's it going?"

"It's good. After all, Principal Zhang still loves her and spent a huge amount of money, which is probably the most in recent years." Bai Yan said: "But she told me that Principal Zhang seems to want to go to Peiping to develop. Gone. Now that she's gone, I..."

Mu Xing put his arms around her: "It's okay, we will meet again in the future, maybe we will go to Peiping someday."

Bai Yan nodded: "That's pretty good too. I heard that Peking duck is very good. If we go, we'll have to slaughter all of the North Canal."

Mu Xing laughed.