Chapter 28: Finding Cinderella

  Quickly putting away the mop, Xiao Wei hastily bowed and apologized: "Sorry, young master!" Lowering her head to await the young master's scolding, but there was not a single sound from him. She slowly raised her head, meeting his cold and indifferent gaze.

  Xiu Wei Chen had his hands in his pockets, his cold eyes gazing at her with a sly and cunning gaze. He lazily shifted his line of sight away from hers, not saying a word as he brushed past her side.

  A lukewarm attitude accompanied by a simple brush of shoulders seemed to take away all her enthusiasm, she blinked blankly, slowly turned her head, and could only see the back of the person she admired but couldn't reach.

  The starry sky is so beautiful, printed in her eyes, very close, yet very far, unknown distance. Xiu Yue Chen is like the brightest and most distant star in her eyes.

  Kneeling in front of the window, Xiaowei clasped her hands together and closed her eyes, praying sincerely.

  "I hope Mom, Master, Madam, and everyone can be healthy and happy every day. And...” Every time she said this, Xiaowei would open her eyes, look at the sky, and sincerely pray: "I hope I can see my own biological mother."

  Every day, she made this wish.

  Xiao Wei took out a box from the bottom drawer on the right side of her desk, opened it, and inside was a slightly yellowed piece of paper. This was a note left by her birth mother when she abandoned her at the gate of the repair house years ago.

  "Please take in this poor child, her father has passed away and I, the mother, am unable to raise her. I beg of kind-hearted people to take her in, and I will be grateful for a lifetime."

  The note only had one sentence, no signature. Every time Xiaowei saw this, she would feel very sad. If there was a name, maybe she could find it quickly, but there was only one piece of paper, nothing left behind.

  She carefully put the paper back into the box and into the drawer, sat down in her chair, thought for a moment, took out beautiful stationery from the drawer, picked up her pen, and wrote at the top of the first line: Young Master...

  Click, the black night sky on the phone screen was deleted. Yin Tongye looked at the beautiful night sky, but unfortunately couldn't take a perfect shot.

  "Master, I've brought you milk. Master..." Ah-hyun saw that there was no one in the room and subconsciously looked out onto the balcony, and indeed, he was staring blankly at the sky.

  "Master, the milk has been brought in for you. Don't forget to drink it." Ah-hyun reminded him, sighed, and quietly left the room without disturbing Master's solitary appreciation of the night's beauty.

  Yin Teng gazed up at the starry sky, slowly stretching out his hand, wanting to touch it, but no matter how close the stars seemed to his fingertips, he couldn't touch anything. In the starry sky, Grandma's face appeared, and he smiled, tears welling up in his eyes.

  "Grandma..."

  Mumbling to himself, he slowly lowered his hand, and in his eyes, there was only that one piece of starry sky that didn't understand anything. Back in the room, he picked up the photo of him and his grandmother on the bedside table, and his grandmother's loving smile had always been in his heart.

  Memories returned to that day under the tree, when Yinfeng Ye was still a child and opened the box given by his grandmother. Inside the box, on a black string hung a small crystal high-heeled shoe. He happily asked: "Is my mother Cinderella?"

  Grandma smiled and put the necklace on him, holding up the crystal high-heeled shoe, saying: "Yes, you can think of your mother as Cinderella, one day you can find her with this crystal shoe."

  "Really? Then I'll keep wearing this crystal shoe!" Little Yin Tianye's smile was pure and spotless, but at that time he had no idea that because of this crystal shoe, he would lose his most beloved grandmother.

  Yin Tengye slowly opened the red box from the drawer with a heavy heart, and now when he saw this necklace again, there was only pain and sorrow.

  From the day his grandmother left him, he took off the necklace and never wore it again, nor did he hope to find the owner of the crystal shoes.

  He slammed it shut and stuffed it into the drawer, then lay down on the bed, closing his eyes tightly as tears squeezed out from the corners.

  The moon sets and the sun rises, a new day has arrived. Sitting in the car, Xiaowei is still tense, lowering her head and not daring to look at Xiuzhao Chen. Especially after writing more than a dozen love letters last night, she is now completely embarrassed and doesn't have the face to see people.

  Although she wrote more than a dozen pages, they were all thrown into the trash later. This matter was too important, and she had to think carefully before writing again!

  She got off the bus and held an umbrella for Xiuzi Chen, quietly following behind him, not daring to say a word more, nor chatting casually.

  "Hello?"

  "Huh? Xiaowei turned her head and saw Aixuan waving enthusiastically, shouting: "Good morning! Master Xiu, Xiaowei!"

  "Good morning, Hyun, Young Master Yoon." With a slight wave of her hand, Little Wei followed closely behind Soo-young, always mindful to keep a distance, afraid of stepping on the young master.

  As they drew closer, Yin Teng Ye glanced over at Xiao Wei and said in a low voice, "You, come with me for a moment."

  "Me?" Xiao Wei pointed to herself, glanced at Xiuyan Chen, and before she could refuse, her hand was suddenly grabbed and pulled away from Xiuyan Chen's side by Yin Teng Ye.

  "Eh? Young Master Yin, I... young master..." Xiaowei was forced to follow behind Yin Tengye, turning her head to look at her own young master, but only saw him glance at her calmly before walking indifferently towards the teaching building.

  Ai Xiyuan saw the young master holding Xiaowei's hand, excitedly stretched her neck, and blinked her eyes, suddenly jumping to Xiuyuchen's side, smiling and teasing him:

  "Hehe, I don't know what the young master of our house is doing with Xiaowei, did they make up yesterday when they were together alone, hehe."

  Her enchanting eyes flickered towards the corner of her eye, and Xiū Yǔ Chén remained silent, continuing to walk.

  Yin Tengya pulled Xiao Wei to the empty playground, stopped in his tracks, turned around and pulled her in front of him, looking seriously into her eyes, asking: "Did I talk in my sleep yesterday?"

  Xiao Wei gazed at him with eyes like autumn water, recalling what she had heard yesterday. She bit her lower lip and nodded honestly, answering: "Yes."

  "When I was talking in my sleep, was Eun Hye-yeon there?" Yoon Tae-oh pulled Seo Woo's hand tightly and leaned his face closer to hers.

  Xiao Wei swallowed hard, pursed her lips and shook her head with an innocent look in her eyes. She didn't know what was wrong with Young Master Yin, had he really had a nightmare? Why couldn't Ah-hyun hear his sleep talk? But all he did was call out for "grandma".

  Click! A photo came out of the Polaroid camera. Kiyohara handed the photo to Yoshirin with a bow.

  "Ah, nice angle, Qingyuan. Your photography skills are good enough to enter a competition." Yanlin held the photo in one hand and pinched it with her thumb and index finger, admiring it as she showed it to the two people who looked like they were about to kiss.

  Yin Tengye and Xiao Wei looked at the same time, as soon as they saw themselves in the photo, the two people immediately bounced open.

  Yin Teng's fingers moved slightly as he quickly clenched his fist, and with a somewhat flustered glance, he stretched out his hand to Yanlin: "Give me the photo!"