Signs

Chapter 875: Signs

The house had grown emptier and emptier.

Not long after Hesta moved out, Ding Yuqing suddenly asked to live at school. Although Xu Ruyi was the one who signed off on it, she was also the one who had the hardest time adjusting—countless times at noon or in the evening, whenever Xu Ruyi needed something or had to prepare for something, she would blurt out, "Yuqing." Sometimes, even after calling once, she still would not realize it and would call several more times before remembering that her daughter only came home for half a day on Sunday afternoons.

Whenever that happened, she would realize that was precisely why her daughter wanted to board at school.

On Saturday evening, Xu Ruyi returned from the market. She had bought extra fruit that Ding Yuqing liked, intending to make her a fruit platter tomorrow afternoon. But not long after she got home, before she had even put everything into the refrigerator, the doorbell rang again.

Xu Ruyi called for Ding Guisheng to answer it. After calling for a long while without any response, she had no choice but to hurry out of the kitchen, wiping her hands as she muttered, "Coming, coming."

"Who is it?"

"I'm a teacher from Industrial University," the voice outside answered. "I came today to..."

Xu Ruyi opened the door. "Are you here for Hesta? She already—"

Their eyes met, and Xu Ruyi's voice stopped short.

"Teacher Chen..."

"It really is you." Chen Beiyi looked at Xu Ruyi's face. "When did you come back to Orange Town? Why didn't you tell me? If Hesta hadn't asked me about your thesis, I still wouldn't know that you lived right next to the university."

Xu Ruyi opened her mouth several times, then fell silent, merely staring at her