The Scheming Ex-Husband's Courtship-Chapter 571 - 500 Do You Like Me Too?

Mu Chenxi hurriedly jumped onto the bed, using her body to block the words, "Let’s play Fight the Landlord."

"Fourth, what are you blushing about?" Susu laughed: "Just spill the beans, what have you and Professor Luo been up to behind our backs?"

"I was wondering why Professor Luo is so familiar with your place, looks like he’s visited before."

"It was you who said no, three with one, and I’m out." Xinyu threw down her cards, "Pay up, pay up."

Mu Chenxi was a bit dazed from losing, and Quan Jin beside her instigated: "Fourth, do you dare to send a message to Professor Luo confessing your feelings? Just be bold, tell him you like him, and see what he thinks. If he likes you too, then it’s a deal. If he doesn’t, you already have your SCI paper, there’s no loss, right?"

"Exactly, I think the third’s idea is solid. It either works or it doesn’t, just like your four twos."

At four in the morning, Luo Shangqing unexpectedly suffered from insomnia. He donned a coat and walked to the window, slowly sipping from a cup of water.

Outside the window, it was still pitch dark, lights started turning on in the buildings in the distance, in this city, some people are destined not to enjoy sufficient sleep and a peaceful morning.

He took out his phone and searched for the song "Similar to Love", a song released by Elva Hsiao years ago, which is still a popular pick in KTVs.

He didn’t bother with headphones, just placed the phone on a small cabinet and let it loop the single track.

"Professor Luo, I like you. At noon tomorrow, I’ll be waiting at your doorstep. If you like me too, wear a white coat. Let’s not miss each other."

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Mu Chenxi was rolling on the bed, constantly wailing: "I’m doomed. I can’t even continue being just a student now, Professor Luo will definitely be scared off by my brazenness, blame you guys for this, my bad friends."

"This is called burning one’s boats, do you understand?" Quan Jin comforted her, "No pain, no gain."

"I think it’s more like giving up and destroying what’s left." Mu Chenxi kicked her with her foot, "My revolutionary friendship with Professor Luo is about to be ruined by you idiots."

"Oh, stop worrying so much, just have a beauty sleep first, and rush to the professor’s door in the morning. If he’s wearing a white coat, that means there’s a chance." Xinyu patted her face, "Be good, trust the third’s judgment, she’s the expert in love, she’s definitely right."

By this time, it was too late for regrets. Mu Chenxi could only brace herself for the next day to come, despite how much they egged her on, that message was sent by her own hand, how could she blame anyone else?

Still wearing a white coat? I’m totally embarrassed, did I even use my brain then?

At five o’clock, the girls finally quieted down, and shared a blanket soundly asleep together.

Luo Meijuan got up later prepared breakfast, knowing the kids loved sleeping in after playing hard, she didn’t wake them but kept the food warm, and left with Mu Kaihua for errands.

By nine o’clock, everyone gradually got up. Xinyu and the others went shopping, while Mu Chenxi was headed out alone to meet up. To say she wasn’t nervous would be a lie, during breakfast, she stuffed an unpeeled egg into her mouth, Xinyu immediately grabbed her, "Fourth, have you lost your mind, eating an eggshell for calcium?"

Mu Chenxi took the wrong bus, had to change three stops before finally getting back on the right one, and when she got off, she accidentally broke two eggs of an old lady who, mercifully, did not ask her for compensation, only reminded her: "Young girl, slow down, you can always buy more eggs if they break, but it’s troublesome if you knock into someone."

Stumbling along she finally arrived at Luo Shangqing’s apartment building,

Mu Chenxi checked her watch, there was still an hour left to the appointed time at twelve, she didn’t go upstairs, but instead paced around the flowerbeds in front of the building, mentally preparing herself for a do-or-die effort.

She hadn’t been waiting for a few minutes when the apartment’s main door suddenly opened, and then Mu Chenxi saw a familiar figure hurry out, dressed in a black lightweight coat, tall and with a messy hair, probably due to rushing out.

He didn’t notice her standing not far away, but walked straight out of the residential area. Shortly after, a white BMW pulled up at the entrance, and the passenger-side door was opened, revealing Cheng Lin.

Actually, they were not far apart before. She didn’t know if Cheng Lin had seen her. After Luo Shangqing got into the car, the window was not rolled up, and they were facing each other, saying something unknown. Then, Mu Chenxi witnessed the last thing she wanted to see: Luo Shangqing and Cheng Lin embracing each other.

They only hugged for a brief minute, but in Mu Chenxi’s world, it felt like a century had passed.

When the car drove away, she thought Cheng Lin saw her, even slightly raising her lips, but her mind was blank, unable to think whether it was a provocation or not.

Mu Chenxi had walked until she was sweating, and now sitting on the flower bed, she felt a chilling cold throughout her body. It was almost summer, yet she felt cold breezes, and the chillness rising from her feet made her shiver involuntarily.

Professor Luo wasn’t wearing a black coat!

Professor Luo got into Cheng Lin’s car!

Today’s promise was only her own fanciful thinking. Perhaps in his eyes, it was just a joke made by a child and he never took it seriously.

Mu Chenxi rubbed her somewhat sore eyes, and took out her phone which had been ringing incessantly.

"Sweetie, where are you?"

"Me? I’m outside."

"We need you here in person for these procedures, your dad and I are at the consulate." Luo Meijuan’s voice was urgent, "Hurry up, they are about to close."

After hanging up, Mu Chenxi realized there was a droplet on her phone screen. She looked up at the sky, thinking it was raining, until another droplet fell, and she realized it was her own tears. Just when she heard Luo Meijuan’s voice, she couldn’t resist crying.

Mu Chenxi quickly wiped her tears and walked to the roadside to hail a taxi,

The immigration procedures were much more troublesome than expected. Mu Kaihua and Luo Meijuan had been running around for almost a month, and still some requirements hadn’t been approved. However, today seemed unusually smooth, even the previously most difficult departments had stamped their approval.

When they got home, Luo Meijuan was so happy that she decided to cook extra dishes, tying her apron and shouting towards the bedroom: "Oh right, Xixi, what about your school? Ask your teacher first how to go about the withdrawal process,"

"Xixi, your mom is talking to you." Mu Kaihua poked his head in to remind.

"Oh, what did mom say?" Mu Chenxi was a bit slow to react.

"She told you to go handle the withdrawal process at school."

The withdrawal process?

Thinking of leaving the medical college, the lively dormitory, and that man named Luo Shangqing, the sadness in Mu Chenxi’s chest became uncontrollable. She jumped off the bed, bounced to the door in a few seconds, and shut it, declaring in Mu Kaihua’s astonished face, "I’m not eating; I’m too full from lunch."

Mu Kaihua muttered to himself, "She only ate half a bowl of porridge at noon, how is that too much? Is she dieting again?"

The next day was Sunday, and Mu Chenxi, who should have been enjoying a home-cooked meal, ran back to school early. Everyone in the dorm was there; some reading, some surfing the internet, some chatting on the phone.

"Hey, Fourth, why did you come back early?" Xinyu, sitting on the upper bunk, saw her first.

Mu Chenxi placed what she was carrying on the table: "Who hasn’t eaten yet? My mom made dumplings."

Upon hearing this, everyone immediately gathered around to eat the dumplings.

Susu popped a dumpling into her mouth, eager to know: "Fourth, how was it? Did that Professor Luo in the white coat show up?"