6 An Exchange of Gifts!

When the rehearsal ended, it took Ye Mu quite a long time to remove her make-up. When she was about to leave, a call came to her phone. It was from Mo Shen.

"Hello?" Ye Mu's tone of voice still sounded unnatural when talking over the phone with Mo Shen.

Mo Shen's steady and husky voice could be heard from the phone, "Has it ended?"

Ye Mu carried her bag with her and replied while walking, "Yeah, I'm going out now."

After hanging up, Ye Mu lowered her head and stuffed her mobile phone into her bag. Yan Shun'er fiddled with her hair as she walked out of the washroom. Upon seeing Ye Mu, her gaze shifted and she bumped into Ye Mu.

Before Ye Mu could react, Yan Shun'er pushed Ye Mu hard. She took a few steps back herself and said with anger, "Are you courting death?!"

Since Ye Mu's attention was on her phone, she thought that she had bumped into her accidentally. She looked at Yan Shun'er and apologized, "Sorry." Then, she turned around and was about to leave.

"There are situations where apologies are not that useful…"

Yan Shun'er was quick to block her way.

Ye Mu's eyebrows raised and she finally realized that Yan Shun'er was deliberately causing trouble, "What do you want me to do?"

Yan Shun'er folded her arms and played with her fingernails casually, "Don't you know about what we do in the Department of Performing Arts? Once you make a mistake, you have to kneel down."

Ye Mu sneered, "If I recall correctly, that is how a student should apologize to a teacher… Are you one?"

"I'm not, but I swear to make you kneel down today," Yan Shun'er raised her eyes with thick eyeliners before she took a few steps back and opened her bright red lips slightly, "You two, come out."

When her words fell, two girls walked out of the washroom. They were Xu Xiaozhen and Li Qingqing, these two had a rather good relationship with Yan Shun'er.

Everyone at the Theatre Academy knew that these three often hanged out with each other, their hobbies were to drink, smoke, and bully good-looking female freshmen. Of course, despite being stuck together like birds from the same feather.

Yan Shun'er alone had better prospects than both Xu Xiaozhen and Li Qingqing. Yan Shun'er was a child actor and she had already signed with a company long ago.

As for these two, they were just hanging out with Yan Shun'er, wanting to bask under her limelight and ride on her coattails.

"Today, I will make this Ye Family's daughter kowtow to me." Yan Shun'er pointed at Ye Mu with a smirk and signaled to the two. They quickly caught on to what she was hinting and they moved to block Ye Mu's path of retreat.

Ye Mu wanted to escape, but she was completely surrounded.

"Come on, Miss Ye. Let us see you on your knees." Xu Xiaozhen pressed against Ye Mu's arm and tried to push her down. A malicious look was on her face, and her voice was thick with sarcasm.

Li Qingqing stretched her arm out and lifted Ye Mu's chin. The gum she was chewing in her mouth made her look like a true delinquent as she said, "Hello, the daughter of the Ye family that everyone admires… where's your young master Gu? Why isn't he here to save you?"

"Ah! I forgot… he seemed to be already engaged to a famous celebrity, am I right?"

Ye Mu whose chin was being lifted was forced to look at Yan Shun'er and Li Qingqing. She gnashed her teeth and scowled, "I dare you to try and touch me today!"

"You still think that you're the Ye family's daughter? Are you still treating yourself as young master Gu's fiancée? Let me tell you this… even if I break your arm today, no one will stand up for you!" Yan Shun'er coldly snorted and walked towards Ye Mu in her high heels.

"Are you not afraid that the school will discover what you're doing?"

"I'm about to graduate, why should I be afraid? Ye Mu, I have disliked you for a long time." Yan Shun'er glared at Ye Mu viciously and lifted her hand. But before she could slap her, the sound of footsteps could be heard at the corner of the stairs.

Yan Shun'er hesitated slightly and lifted her head.

A tall man wearing a suit walked over from the corner. He eluded a sense of elegance and one couldn't help but be astonished in his presence.

"Young Uncle…" Ye Mu also turned around, just as Mo Shen walked over.

Mo Shen's thin lips curled up with a warm smile, but it carried with it a chilling vibe. Xu Xiaozhen immediately let go of her hand in shock and Li Qingqing was also startled, only Yan Shun'er couldn't help but frown.

Mo Shen walked straight to Ye Mu's side, bent over and pressed his hand on her shoulder. His gaze went over her face to check and after making sure she was fine, his hand wrapped around her shoulders.

He then stared at the three girls with a calm look on his face, but a voice filled with authority and questioning came out of his mouth the next moment, "Were you guys bullying your classmate?"

Yan Shun'er stared at Mo Shen intently. Her gaze swept over his body from head to toe before her attitude made an abrupt turn. A gentle smile spread on her lips as she said, "We were just talking to Ye Mu, right?"

Xu Xiaozhen and Li Qingqing who were on the receiving end of Yan Shun'er's kind gaze quickly nodded their heads in agreement, "Oh, yes, yes, yes…"

Ye Mu looked at the three who had changed their attitude and then at Mo Shen. She didn't want Mo Shen to intervene in such a trivial matter.

Ye Mu didn't want to stay here any longer.

She tugged at Mo Shen's sleeves and gestured, "Let's go…"

Surprisingly, Mo Shen readily agreed with a nod as a smile crept up his lips, "Sure."

The smile that he had reserved for Ye Mu felt completely different from the smile that he had given to the three of them. The three girls could feel it, and they couldn't help but be startled.

"Oh, right," after taking two steps, Mo Shen suddenly stopped in his tracks. Turning slightly in his bright leather shoes, he said to the three of them, "Since you are Ye Mu's classmates and you're "taking care" of her, Mr Mo has a gift for you."

The three of them were dumbfounded, totally unaware of what Mo Shen had meant.

Li Qingqing stared at the disappearing backs of the two and she turned to look at Yan Shun'er before asking in confusion, "Shun'er, what do you think is the relationship between this man and Ye Mu? Is he a part of the Ye Family?"

Yan Shun'er stared at the towering figure of Mo Shen whose arms were wrapped around Ye Mu's shoulders. She seemed to have fallen into a deep contemplation before she replied, "He's not a part of the Ye family… I suspect his status is even higher than the Gu and Ye family."

"This Ye Mu…"

"What an enviable life she has!"

As her words fell, Yan Shun'er's gaze became filled with jealousy.

"How did you know that he has a higher status than the Gu Family and Ye Family?"

"Didn't you see the watch he was wearing? That watch is not something that can be worn by anyone… its value is enough to buy even the entire Ye family plus one." The jealousy in Yan Shun'er's gaze became more obvious. She had an eye for aesthetics, after all, it wasn't hard for her to differentiate branded goods from one another.

During the entire trip from the school to the Hua Jing mansion, Ye Mu didn't talk to Mo Shen at all. But actually, she didn't know what to say. They weren't familiar with each other after all.

Upon returning to the mansion, when the doors were opened. Ye Mu was astonished by the scene that she saw.

"This…" Ye Mu was stunned for a few seconds before pointing at the living room, "Did a thief break into our house?"

No, that's not right… if the mansion was burglarized, then shouldn't things be moved around and stolen? Furthermore, the place was empty when we left it this morning. Why would a burglar decorate the mansion and donate these delicate fixtures and furniture?

Mo Shen took the lead and walked into the mansion. Noticing that Ye Mu stood frozen, he looked at her and said, "Not coming in?"

She moved slightly where she stood.

Just as she was about to check if she walked through the door of someone else's house, Mo Shen smiled helplessly and explained, "You didn't walk through the wrong door, I asked my friends to arrange this furniture."

Ye Mu was stunned and hastily walked over before she stared at Mo Shen with a sense of accusation as she asked, "How much did these cost? We don't have that much money to buy these kinds of luxuries! I still don't even have a job…"

He's a photographer and can't make much money, how are we supposed to pay for these things? Moreover, their quality looks superior. They must be really expensive!

Mo Shen rubbed his fingertips against his glabella and wondered how he should explain to Ye Mu that he was not a photographer.