Mrs. Lu, Mr. Lu will come back and spend the night tonight.

Thinking about Lin Ai's bad mood these past two days, and thinking about her unwillingness to talk about this with me.

Finally, he threw the phone back on the table and did not call Lin Ai.

She went to her grandmother's house today. She probably wanted to be alone and figure some things out.

Lin Ai is not the kind of person who keeps things to herself. When she has thought things through, she will look for him.

Although Su Mubai has not known Lin Ai for very long, he still has a certain understanding of her.

Otherwise, this phone call would only make her feel embarrassed, drain her emotions, and make her spend a lot of time and effort to deal with it.

He is not the kind of person who would make things difficult for others.

At least, he won't make things difficult for Lin Ai.

……

At the same time, at Lin Ai’s grandmother’s house.

After having dinner with her grandmother and uncle, and while helping her grandmother tidy up the small vegetable garden in the yard, Lin Ai suddenly remembered that she seemed to have forgotten something.

Holding a few weeds in her hand, Lin Ai frowned tightly. She forgot to send a message to Su Mubai and forgot to tell Su Mubai that she had arrived at her grandmother's house.

After leaving City A and any place related to Su Mubai, Lin Ai forgot about Su Mubai.

Throwing the weeds in her hand into the trash can, Lin Ai looked at the old lady and said, "Grandma, I'm going to make a phone call first, and then I'll help you with the vegetable garden."

"It's okay, Xiao Ai will go and do her work first."

As she spoke, Lin Ai walked out of the yard and called Su Mubai.

I have already forgotten the promise I made to Su Mubai. If I just send him a message at this time, it would seem insincere.

So she called Su Mubai.

After the call was dialed, Su Mubai answered it quickly.

At this time, Lin Ai hurriedly explained to him: "Su Mubai, I'm sorry, after I returned to my grandmother's house, I forgot about sending you a message. I just remembered it."

Although she felt sad after hearing what happened last night, she did not mean to not call Su Mubai back, she just forgot.

On the other end of the phone, Su Mubai said, "It's okay."

How can it be okay?

When Su Mubai heard Lin Ai say that she had forgotten him, his heart sank, but he didn't tell Lin Ai.

On this side, Lin Ai said, "I went to learn cooking from my uncle when I got back. I was just helping grandma to tidy up the vegetable garden, and I just remembered this."

Su Mubai saw that Lin Ai felt guilty for forgetting to send him a message, so he asked, "When will you be back?"

With her left hand in her pocket, she walked slowly on the road. Lin Ai said, "Grandma asked us to sleep here for one night, so my mother decided to go back tomorrow, maybe tomorrow afternoon."

In fact, her mother had not made the decision. It was she who wanted to stay here for one night. Because at her grandmother's house, she would temporarily forget what happened yesterday, forget their family's debt, and forget about Su Mubai's help.

Lin Ai stayed at her grandmother's house and didn't come back. Su Mubai could naturally guess that she was actually avoiding him.

Su Mubai did not put pressure on Lin Ai, nor did he ask her anything. He chatted with her for a while, reminded her of some things, and then the two hung up the phone.

After finishing the call with Su Mubai, Lin Ai finally breathed a sigh of relief, as the mission was finally completed.

That's right, she now regards contacting Su Mubai as a task. She feels that making this phone call is more tiring than working in the vegetable garden for more than an hour.

After walking outside for a while and calming down, Lin Aicai turned around and went back to her grandmother's house.

But after she returned, her mother felt that something was wrong with her mood.

At night, sleeping in the bed she had when she was a child, Lin Ai tossed and turned and still couldn't fall asleep.

I thought I could temporarily escape from Su Mubai by hiding at my grandmother's house, but when it was late at night and everyone was asleep, my mood was still affected.

Tossing and turning in bed, Lin Ai knew that even if she didn't want to face it, she still had to face it.

After all, Su Mubai helped her family so much.

They stayed at their grandmother's house until Sunday afternoon, when Lin Ai drove her mother back home. The trunk of the car was full of things, all of which were asked to be taken back by their grandmother and uncle.

When he returned home, it was already six o'clock in the evening and his father had prepared dinner at home.

After finishing her meal, Lin Ai took her clothes to the bathroom to take a shower, then she sat in the room hugging her pillow, not moving.

In the restaurant, her father looked at her mother and asked, "What's wrong with Xiaoai? Why does she seem to be worried?"

Her mother listened to the question, turned around and glanced at Lin Ai's room and said, "She wasn't very happy yesterday. I didn't see her going on a date with her boyfriend. She rarely used her phone. Maybe there's something wrong with her relationship."

Her father said, "You should still persuade your daughter about this matter. If it's not suitable and they can't be together, just forget it and tell her not to dwell on it."

Her mother said: "She didn't say anything. I wanted to persuade her but I didn't know where to start. But it's normal to have arguments when you're dating. You get used to it after a while."

Lin Ai's father didn't like this and whispered, "They're already arguing before it even starts. Life is so long, what are they going to do next?"

“…” Lin Ai’s mother was speechless.

That's true, they have just started their relationship and are in love, so why are there so many quarrels?

The parents were chatting outside, looking towards Lin Ai's room from time to time. No one went over to disturb Lin Ai or asked her anything.

Lin Ai has been like this since childhood. Whenever something happens, she likes to hide herself and doesn't like to tell others.

I like to think about things and digest them myself.

Lying on her side on the bed with her pillow in her arms, the words from that night came to her mind again, like a dream. Even her acquaintance with Su Mubai was a dream.

But everything before her reminded her that this was not a dream.

Maybe he was sober, or maybe the sadness had passed, Lin Ai no longer had any emotions at this moment.

I just sent two simple messages to Su Mubai and then we ended the chat.

At this moment, she didn't even want to pick up her cell phone and look at the chat history between her and Su Mubai.

Fortunately, in the following days, both of them were very busy with work, so they simply made phone calls and sent messages to each other and did not meet again.

On Wednesday, Su Mubai wanted to have dinner with her, but Lin Ai felt that she had not thought it through and was not ready yet, so she made an excuse to refuse.

Until Friday night, when she worked overtime at the company until eight o'clock and just walked out of the building, Su Mubai's car stopped in front of her.

Seeing Su Mubai's familiar car, Lin Ai subconsciously stopped.

Then she breathed a sigh of relief. She couldn't avoid this anymore.

After all, she still owed Su Mubai such a big favor.

Inside the car, Su Mubai lowered the passenger window, looked at her and said, "Get in."

Su Mubai said familiarly, "Get in the car!" Lin Ai opened the door and got in.

After Lin Ai got into the car and fastened her seat belt, Su Mubai turned to look at her and said, "If I don't block you, are you going to avoid me forever and never see me again?"

Turning to look at Su Mubai, Lin Ai said, "No, I'm not hiding. I'm just a little busy this week."

I am busy indeed, but I am also hiding.

Lin Ai denied it, Su Mubai raised his right hand, held the back of her neck, and then rubbed it.

Carrying Lin Ai, Su Mubai first took her out for dinner, and then took her back to International City.

Along the way, although his eyes often fell gently on Lin Ai's face, he did not hold her hand like before.

When they got home, they didn't hug and kiss. Su Mubai didn't act like a spoiled child like he used to, or hug Lin Ai in a domineering way. He just held Lin Ai's hand and asked her to sit down on the sofa in the living room.

He pulled a chair and sat opposite her.

Lin Ai knew without asking from Su Mubai's attitude that he had noticed something was wrong with her and he wanted to talk to her.

The two looked at each other, Lin Ai licked her lips, frowned and thought for a long time, then looked up at Su Mubai again.

She didn't know where to start, and her acting skills were not good enough. Not to mention fooling Su Mubai, she couldn't even fool herself.

Taking a deep breath and exhaling slowly, Lin Ai looked into Su Mubai's eyes and brewed her emotions for a while before she spoke: "I heard the conversation between you and your classmates on the balcony when I accompanied you to dinner that day."

Then he said, "I didn't mean to eavesdrop. I got there before you."

At this point, Lin Ai was silent for a moment, and then continued: "So I am really a little confused these days. I don't know how to face you, and I don't know what to do?"

When Lin Ai confessed this to Su Mubai, she did not blame him at all. She just spoke about the matter very calmly.

However, when she thought about how clingy she was to Su Mubai some time ago and how she confessed to Su Mubai that she liked him, Lin Ai felt embarrassed. She felt like a clown in a circus, performing her own one-man show.

Lin Ai said that she heard the conversation that night, and Su Mubai's face suddenly became heavier than before.

In fact, he guessed it.

Otherwise, Lin Ai would have no reason to hide from him.

What Su Mubai didn't expect was that he tried his best to conceal this matter, even hiding the photos of himself and Cheng Jian, but in the end he still couldn't hide the matter, and let Lin Ai hear it so bluntly.

Looking into Lin Ai's eyes, seeing that she didn't blame him at all and even explained to him that she didn't eavesdrop on purpose, Su Mubai's heart was deeply moved.

After looking at Lin Ai for a long time, Su Mubai held her hand.

For a moment, he didn't know how to explain to Lin Ai. He didn't expect that this matter would be revealed so quickly and in this way.

But he could not deny that he approached Lin Ai because she looked like Cheng Jian.

Su Mubai looked at her and held her hand, and Lin Ai felt uncomfortable.

She could understand Su Mubai, but she was also innocent in this matter.

Su Mubai can do whatever he wants, but she shouldn't take it seriously.

Lin Ai's eyes were red and her hand was shaking, but she didn't take it back. She looked at Su Mubai and said, "You shouldn't be so nice to me. You shouldn't let me misunderstand you. You shouldn't let me..."

She shouldn't have been allowed to like him.

If it was just a contractual relationship, if she didn't like him, she wouldn't be so sad or embarrassed.

Halfway through her words, Lin Ai felt so uncomfortable that she almost suffocated. Her heart ached. She wanted to cry, but she didn't want to cry in front of Su Mubai.

She didn't want to gain sympathy, and she didn't want Su Mubai to treat her as another girl anymore.

Forget it.

If he wanted to treat her as another girl, as a substitute, that was his business and she had no right to interfere.

If it weren't for the fact that he used her as a stand-in, if it weren't for this similar face, they might never have met each other, and her life would still be difficult.

After all, she still owed Su Mubai a favor.

Lin Ai stopped talking halfway, and Su Mubai felt uncomfortable.

He wanted to explain to Lin Ai, wanted to say something to Lin Ai, but found that he couldn't explain it clearly.

Su Mubai looked at her without saying anything. Lin Ai swallowed her saliva. She tried her best to sort out her emotions. Finally, she said with a little sob: "Su Mubai, thank you. I am still very grateful for your help."

No blame, no resentment.

Right now, Lin Ai just wants to repay the favor she owes Su Mubai and never see him again.

After a pause, she looked into Su Mubai's eyes and said seriously, "Let's follow the agreement."