After breakfast, they were about to leave for the airport when Qin Ge called them.
"Jiuan, are you home? I'll go look for you."
"I have something on right now and need to head out for a while."
"Can I come over in the afternoon, then?"
Xing Jiuan thought for a while. She was going to take her little junior brother out for lunch. "Afternoon, then. I'll look for you."
There was some resentment in Mu Qing's eyes.
After hanging up the phone, Xing Jiuan looked in the mirror and saw her silver-gray hair.
Her hair was very soft and the hairstyle she had was great. Coupled with her exquisite face, she was simply attractive to both men and women.
However, she did not seem like the usual obedient child in the eyes of others.
"Jiuan, what's wrong?" Mu Qing asked.
"Senior Brother, should I change my hairstyle?" Xing Jiuan asked, touching her hair.
"You don't like this hairstyle anymore? What do you want to change it to? We can go to the salon later."
Xing Jiuan looked at herself in the mirror again. "…No, I won't change it."
She did not need to change herself for anyone.
"Shall we leave now?"
"Okay."
Due to Xing Jiuan's abnormal behavior over the past few days, Mu Qing had been very careful with her.
Xing Jiuan sat in the front passenger seat of Mu Qing's car. Mu Qing's car often came prepared with snacks, yogurt, and fruits. They were all for her.
Although he said that eating snacks was not good, he still prepared them.
Xing Jiuan had taken a box of ice cream with her when she came out. At this moment, she was eating with a small spoon.
Ou Qi and Lu Mingxi were in another car. There were only the two of them in this car.
After they'd been driving for a while, Xing Jiuan suddenly said, "…Senior Brother, I'm sorry."
Her voice was very soft, but it was still audible. Mu Qing's eyes twitched at that.
"Why are you suddenly apologizing to me?" He pretended to be fine as his hands remained very steady.
"I've been insensible in the past and made you sad."
Xing Jiuan naturally knew that her cold treatment over the past few days had made Mu Qing sad. However, she could not pretend that nothing happened.
Since her senior brother had tolerated her cold treatment for no reason, she naturally had to apologize.
"Jiuan is very obedient." Mu Qing said only this, but he didn't deny that he was sad.
He was indeed sad.
He was very, very upset.
Xing Jiuan's sudden change had caught him off guard and left him helpless.
He didn't know where he had gone wrong or what he needed to change.
"Did something upset you?" Mu Qing asked gently.
He had always been gentle toward Xing Jiuan and would not deliberately investigate her matters.
He knew that Xing Jiuan would tell him when she wanted to.
"…Senior Brother, my biological family came looking for me." Xing Jiuan had paused for a moment before speaking.
"Did they make you dislike them?" Mu Qing went along with her words and did not ask who her biological family was.
"Yeah… I don't like them."
"If you don't like them, then don't meet them anymore. I'll take care of you."
Xing Jiuan smiled. "I can support myself too.
"I just… feel a little uncomfortable."
"Why?"
Xing Jiuan leaned against her seat and lowered her eyes slightly. She was still holding on to the ice cream.
It was a hot summer day, and the ice cream was beginning to melt.
Her hands were cold, almost chilled to the bone. It was as if she had returned to that night when the bone-chilling cold enveloped her.
"I can't explain why. I just don't like it.
"I don't want them.
"I already have a lot of family members without them."