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She remembered that the photos she sent only showed her face and the brooch. Could there be some gap exposed somewhere, revealing her location?

“Good eyesight.” Ma Gu’er stopped pretending.

After a two-second silence, Yi Anran on the other end suddenly laughed. “I was just kidding... Return the brooch. I will give you a prettier one later. And also... when you play around, remember your limits. It's not safe to go back at night. I will have someone pick you up and take you home.”

Ma Gu’er raised her eyes to look at Yi Xianqi. After a short pause, she said into the phone, “Understood.”

She hung up. Ma Gu’er pressed the phone against Yi Xianqi’s chest and said with regret, “Such a pity. I have to leave.”

Yi Xianqi grabbed Ma Gu’er’s wrist as it slid downward. “You’re going to find her?”

“You don't want me, so I can only go back...” Ma Gu’er lowered her head to hide the lifted corners of her mouth. Her teeth pressed her lip, and she forced her suppressed laughter into a trembling tone, like she was about to cry the next second. “I'm just a nobody. How can I fight her... She tells me to go east, I don't dare go west. She tells me to roll, I don't dare run... I can't help myself either...”

Yi Xianqi’s breathing became a bit messy. She seemed to be struggling, but when she spoke, she asked, “When are you coming back?”

Ma Gu’er looked wronged and careful. “Can I still come back?”

“You said you would stay with me through this winter.” Yi Xianqi lowered her eyes. “I'm not better yet.”

Yi Xianqi slowly pulled Ma Gu’er’s hand up and leaned it against her own ear. The thin scab of frostbite was a bit rough. It rubbed Ma Gu’er’s palm and made it itch. She couldn't hold back and scratched lightly with her nail.

She stopped pretending. A smile hooked at her lips. “Wait until you change to your own place. It's not very convenient here.”

The timing was just right. Since Yi Xianqi had developed thoughts, those thoughts should be magnified a bit.

A request that wasn't hard. A time limit adjusted by herself. When she wanted Ma Gu’er to come back depended entirely on her will. A canary being willful wasn't a problem, but she had to give something that could be ‘controlled.’

Ma Gu’er, with seven years of experience, knew this well and improved it a little. Passive turned into active. She rewarded the little benefactor to enjoy it once, and at the same time motivated the little benefactor’s ‘drive.’

Yi Anran’s warning couldn't be ignored for now. After all, Yi Xianqi had not yet stood firm in the Yi family. The internet was still the internet. Other than making Yi Xianqi look better, it might not have much real help.

However, these were not things Ma Gu’er cared about.

If Yi Xianqi was smart, she would know how to cooperate with Yi Anran to act out this play. If she wasn't smart, then Ma Gu’er could only choose another good match.

A fool who is too stupid couldn't get Yi Anran’s fortune.

Sure enough, after the wave of online condemnation of the wealthy families gradually calmed down, one night, no one knew which ‘careless’ reporter ‘accidentally’ leaked photos of important Yi family members gathering at a restaurant to celebrate Yi Xianqi’s birthday. Cousins and aunts gave gems, cars, and red envelopes, and they even took a very relaxed walk by the river.

Then there was also an exclusive interview released by the Yi family’s ‘image ambassador’ Yi Anran, responding, “I understand the guesses of some netizens who don't know the truth, but I love Xianqi very much. She is the doorway through which I know the world. I'm very glad I met her.”

Along with the Yi family entering the hot searches was goi company’s new social app, gogo community.

Inside were different classified communities. Whether it was first, second, or third dimension zones, or celebrity forums, everything was there. You could group into small circles and enjoy yourself alone. Of course, you could also roam in the big community to make friends and enjoy together. Video, images, text, live streams, interactive communication all in one. There was also an interactive game zone. Full social coverage. Gogo topped the W community hot search list and quickly ranked first on the quality app list.

Yi Xianqi, born into a poor family but adopted by a wealthy family, was once hailed as a lucky talented woman because of gogo’s explosion. Her discussion volume quickly exceeded one hundred million. Her old documentaries were dug out and re-edited, telling how after living a “good life,” she didn't “forget her roots” and still insisted on studying and working hard...

Very dramatic, but reasonable.

Yi Xianqi carried both the identity of an ordinary person and a wealthy family member. These two identities were destined to make her the center of discussion for both groups.

Ma Gu’er opened the app page. It recorded the development process in detail. She found that this app had already started preparation four years ago, when goi company had just been established.

She clicked download, and casually looked through all of goi tech company’s projects in recent years. Other than kids’ literacy software, there were toolbox apps. This gogo was like a sudden force. Its launch timing happened to catch the peak of public opinion.

Ma Gu’er logged into gogo and searched Yi Xianqi. As expected, she found an account named ‘xian.’ There were only a few reposts of goi’s official videos. In the following list, there were two accounts with yellow verification. One was Director Yi, and the other was Yi family board member Yi Xunchun.

Quite generous with giving face.

Ma Gu’er casually scrolled through Yi Xunchun’s account. Probably because it was a new account, there were only two food videos, nothing much to see.

Netizens who were still gathering to condemn the Yi family a few days ago now turned around and commented ‘Hello President Yi’ under Yi Xunchun’s posts. Truly like fickle-minded people.

Ma Gu’er scrolled back. Under Yi Xianqi’s latest ad video, she commented ‘Hello Little President Yi,’ then lost interest and exited gogo.

There was also the most important thing. The hot topics included Yi Anran. Under this wave of heat push, she officially announced joining a new crew to prepare a new film. She even deliberately teased it, saying it would be an unprecedented masterpiece.

An art film director talking about a masterpiece. As long as she hired a few good screenwriters, even Yi Anran herself could be considered a masterpiece.

But these were not important.

The key point was this. Yi Anran wasn't in Fujing these days. And that little one Yi Xianqi had made money, and quite a lot.

Counting the days, it had already been half a month since the last time she separated from Yi Xianqi. Seeing gogo this hot, she should soon have her own place.

While waiting for Yi Xianqi to come find her, Ma Gu’er didn't idle. She worked out, did maintenance, and also prepared traditional medicine to nourish qi and blood. Her life was very healthy.

Just the professional ethics of a canary.

After drinking the traditional medicine like coffee, Ma Gu’er looked at the box on the table. It was the brooch Yi Anran had someone deliver at noon.

Even though they said ‘wishing each other well,’ it now seemed Yi Anran still treated her as a little lover. She didn't know if it was habit or stubborn nature.

Either way, it wasn't a good thing.

Ma Gu’er opened the box. Inside was a golden butterfly. It was a style she liked. She looked left and right, then closed the box. She opened the camera and sent Yi Xianqi a photo of the box, with text attached, [I prepared a reunion gift for you.]

Read. But didn't reply.

At the same time the next day, just as Ma Gu’er was about to change the golden butterfly into a specimen butterfly, Yi Xianqi finally replied, [I prepared one too.]

Two minutes later, [The house was bought. it's in Songnan.]

Songnan wasn't far. It was in the neighboring Baoli District, with several old streets in between. Housing prices were more than half cheaper. A central No.1 mansion in Jin’an District cost one hundred thousand per square meter. The most expensive house in Songnan was under fifty thousand. The gap wasn't small.

[Should I pick you up at Jinyuan?]

Ma Gu’er replied, [No need. Send me the address. I will come over.]

She said she would go, but Ma Gu’er wasn't in a hurry at all. She slowly showered and dressed, changed outfit after outfit. In the end, she chose lace underwear, then casually pulled on a cashmere sweater outside, put on a coat and scarf, shook her hair, and stepped on the gas, rushing toward Songnan.

The sky showed signs of dusk. Jin’an District was so jammed that even bicycles could hardly pass. A route that navigation said would take half an hour took more than two hours. Yi Xianqi was already waiting early at the community entrance. A black SUV stopped in front of her. When the window rolled down, she realized it was Ma Gu’er.

Ma Gu’er’s face was darker than the sky. “Tell the guard to open the gate.”

“There is only one parking spot. There is a car below. Park to the side first.” Yi Xianqi pointed to the public parking spot across the street.

Ma Gu’er’s reversing skills were top level, but today the car was too big. There were many pedestrians and vehicles around. Her patience was drained during rush hour. Halfway through parking, she impatiently handed the car to Yi Xianqi to park.

Yi Xianqi’s parking skills were as pure as her face, like a beginner who had just learned to drive, left right left right, following a formula.

Whoever drove got annoyed. In contrast, once Ma Gu’er got out of the car, her mood instantly improved. She glanced around. This place was as lively as Jin’an District. But Jin’an’s liveliness belonged mostly to tourists. The liveliness here belonged to residents.

Each area had its own atmosphere. Songnan was full of everyday life smoke. People riding by with earmuffs carried the smell of food, hot wontons and dried pickled vegetable meat pancakes. She also used to eat them like this when she was young.

Ma Gu’er craved it. She immediately spotted a shop not far away. When she came back with wontons and meat pancakes, Yi Xianqi had already parked the car. She was holding several bags of fruit.

“I didn't buy you any. You ate a lot of flat bread back in your hometown, and you grew up abroad, so you probably are not used to this.” Ma Gu’er analyzed it logically, then added, “But I bought a big portion, it's spicy. If you can eat it, I can share a few with you and you will be full.”

Yi Xianqi said, “I lived in Fujing for a few years.”

“Hm?” Ma Gu’er remembered. “Before thirteen?”

“Yes.” Yi Xianqi looked at the flashing streetlights ahead. “I lived with the Yi family for eight years... elementary and middle school were in the Yi family’s school.”

“That school teaches all the way up through high school, doesn’t it? Half the graduates end up as market operators. Tuition is two hundred thousand a year now, but for them that’s nothing… pity those who enroll just for the hype, thinking these people succeed because they studied there…” 

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Ma Gu’er knew the Yi family’s school. A private business academy. Several generations of the Yi family studied there, from elementary to high school. There were special business courses. Every school year, Yi Anran would go back once to give a public lecture on ‘How to Become a Famous Director.’

Yi Xianqi didn't continue the topic. Instead, she said, “You know quite a lot.”

“I do know quite a lot.” Ma Gu’er winked. “I also know you are getting jealous.”