Chapter 294: Investigation Begins

Huh? What? A fight?

During the lunch break, in the long-unused activity room, the four of them—An Yu’s group—were eating lunch.

Huai Xiang widened her eyes in surprise and stared at An Yu, who had just spoken.

“Mm-mm, but I don’t really understand.”

An Yu expressionlessly nodded and softly explained.

Don’t understand…?

Ning Wanciu froze for a moment beside them, then seemed to recall something and slightly furrowed her brows.

She hoped it was different from what she was thinking.

“Hmph! No matter what happened, it couldn’t possibly be little An Yu’s fault!”

Huai Xiang spoke with righteous indignation, standing without the slightest hesitation on An Yu’s side, as if she felt worse than An Yu when An Yu was being bullied.

“Mm…”

An Yu expressionlessly blinked. Although she didn’t know why Huai Xiang was so angry, she always felt a sense of being cared for, and her heart felt warm.

As for why the few of them had ended up like this.

That had to start from a short while ago. When the few of them had first arrived at the activity room, Cheng Shimumeng had still asked about the ill-fitting school uniform.

An Yu had explained the reason without the slightest hesitation.

Because the An family parents had argued with her, she had gone to stay at An Qing’s small house for a while.

She didn’t mention why An Qing had a small house, nor why her relationship with An Qing had suddenly improved.

These things… didn’t seem to be things anyone paid attention to.

Because everyone was focused on the first half of the sentence… arguing with the parents.

Among those present, aside from Huai Xiang, this lively and cute girl who rarely understood gossip, everyone knew about An Yu and An Qing’s situation.

An Yu was not the biological daughter of the An family, so all sorts of problems would arise as well.

And now, as expected, something had happened.

Just what kind of argument would lead to running away from home, and both daughters running away together at that?

Each of them had their own thoughts… after all, they had more or less experienced or seen similar things.

Especially Ning Wanciu… she was the most qualified to discuss this kind of matter.

“So… An Yu, after this, you’re not going back to the An family anymore?”

Ning Wanciu slightly furrowed her brows. This was the point she cared about the most.

If the An family didn’t want An Yu… then she would take her.

A long time ago, even before she had fallen for An Yu, she had already thought about it… there was no difference.

Raising one little sister was raising, raising two little sisters was the same.

“Probably not.”

An Yu had a small biscuit dangling from her mouth as she answered Ning Wanciu’s question in a muffled voice.

Seeing this, Ning Wanciu helplessly shook her head.

“Answer after you’ve finished eating.”

“Awuu～”

An Yu swallowed the small biscuit in one bite, slowly chewed, waited a short while, then picked up a cup of milk from the side and drank it down.

“ Gulp …”

Comfortable. Being alive was truly nice.

An Yu contentedly blinked, then finally looked toward Ning Wanciu.

“Today, I’ll go home.”

That had been the plan from the beginning. An Qing had said that once the An family parents had cooled down for a day, they would go home.

Anyway, starting from today they would begin staying out all night again.

So there was no problem with her going home.

“Is that so… that’s good then.”

Ning Wanciu nodded, seeming much more relieved.

It was hard to tell whether it was because she was relieved that An Yu would go home and no longer stay at An Qing’s place, or because the matter wasn’t as serious as she had thought.

“Mm.”

An Yu expressionlessly nodded, then stroked Huai Xiang, who was full of concern beside her.

The food Cheng Shimumeng had brought was all very good, at least on the same level as what Wang Man made.

However… An Yu actually couldn’t quite figure out what they had been arguing about yesterday.

Then… she ate another small biscuit.

Just what was the situation with Jiang Qinghe?

Only now was she willing to recall the details of yesterday.

This nominal mother of hers seemed to have said she wanted to support her.

But… she hadn’t done anything at all.

Why would Jiang Qinghe choose to support the non-biological her?

Shouldn’t An Qing have already reversed the situation? Why would something like this still appear?

An Yu blinked. No matter how she thought left and right, she couldn’t understand it.

Her… relationship with Jiang Qinghe shouldn’t have been very good either.

Why had Jiang Qinghe appeared… so broken?

As if her last hope had disappeared, incomparably painful.

An Yu swallowed a small biscuit, then picked up another one and held it in her mouth.

“Little An Yu, what are you thinking about～”

Cheng Shimumeng asked with a smile, seeming to have noticed An Yu’s distraction.

“…Thinking about yesterday.”

An Yu turned her head to look at Cheng Shimumeng and spoke softly.

There was nothing that needed to be hidden from Cheng Shimumeng about these things, because they were friends.

“Yesterday… referring to the parents’ matter?”

Cheng Shimumeng’s eyes narrowed slightly. She did not say An Qing’s name, but asked whether it was the parents’ matter.

“Mm.”

An Yu nodded, expressing affirmation.

“As expected, little An Yu, you still care after all～” Cheng Shimumeng smiled.

“Mm, because they are very strange.”

An Yu slightly furrowed her brows, expressing the confusion in her heart.

Mainly, An Yu had always felt that she had nothing to do with the An family parents.

Because An Qing had always done very well, that pair of parents had also begun fully cultivating An Qing.

Things having reached this point, Jiang Qinghe had still said she hoped she would win more. An Yu couldn’t understand it.

“Is that so… you feel your parents are very strange? Did they do something that exceeded your expectations?”

Cheng Shimumeng spoke softly, her tone unchanged, as gentle as always.

Although this tone only appeared when facing An Yu.

“Mm.”

An Yu nodded once more, because Cheng Shimumeng had hit the mark.

“Mm…” Cheng Shimumeng slightly furrowed her brows, looking a bit hesitant, but quickly revealed a smile again.

“It’s fine, little An Yu. Leave this matter to me～”

An Yu expressionlessly tilted her head, looking a bit puzzled.

“Hehe～ It’s fine, little An Yu. Regarding the matter you’re confused about in your heart, I will investigate it clearly.”

Cheng Shimumeng shook her head, looking full of confidence.

“Mm.”

An Yu nodded.

She clearly hadn’t even said why it was strange, yet Cheng Shimumeng had said to leave it to her.

But even so, An Yu did not doubt whether Cheng Shimumeng could understand.

Instead she felt… Cheng Shimumeng was very reliable.

She didn’t know why either. An Yu simply thought so.

Hehe～

Cheng Shimumeng smiled faintly, her emerald-green eyes emitting a faint light.

Regarding the An family’s matters, she already understood the general situation.

An Yu and An Qing… the An family had chosen An Qing and focused on cultivating her.

And under this kind of situation, that pair of parents had suddenly had a verbal dispute with the An Yu who had been left to raise herself.

Even if it was abandonment, it was still too early now.

So within it… there must be something different from the surface going on in secret.

Cheng Shimumeng slightly curled the corners of her lips.

She needed to focus on investigating those two people of the An family.

On the other side, An Yu, who had finished speaking and felt completely relaxed, was subconsciously stroking Huai Xiang.

From the top of her head all the way to scratching under her chin, just like playing with a cat.

“Ah, sorry, Xiangxiang.”

An Yu blinked, seeming only then to notice her subconscious behavior, then took her hand away.

“Mm?” Because An Yu had taken her hand away, Huai Xiang finally came back to herself. She opened her eyes with a red face and looked at the expressionless An Yu, then somewhat embarrassedly scratched her head.

“I-it’s nothing!”

She shyly lowered her head, her heart beating rapidly.

What was that just now?

What An Yu and the others had been talking about, Huai Xiang had almost not heard a single word.

She had been completely immersed in An Yu’s touch, and had even revealed an enjoying smile…

Ah!

She always felt that, compared to An Yu, she, Huai Xiang, was the one more like a stupid cat!