If You Could Hear My Heart
Chapter 992 - Chapter 992 Chapter 992 Look Whos Here

Chapter 992: Chapter 992 Look, Who’s Here Chapter 992: Chapter 992 Look, Who’s Here Xu Chaomu leaned on the windowsill, watching, and sometimes memories flickered through her mind.

The last time she had seen snow in her native country was when she was seventeen. Back then, as soon as it snowed, she would drag Shen Chi out to play with her, no matter what.

But how could Shen Chi, of all people, play with snow in such a childish way? He refused her without hesitation, of course.

After refusing her, he went skiing with a group of his friends, leaving her alone at the Shen family’s place to play.

The Shen family didn’t care much for her–she was only close to Shen Chi, and when he left, she found everything utterly uninteresting.

All alone, she silently built a snowman, silently adding eyes, a mouth, a scarf…

In the end, just as she had finished the snowman by evening, Shen Yanrou, on her way home, scorned it.

Shen Yanrou gave it a scornful glance and said indifferently, “Childish, boring. You’re so old, yet you still play with building snowmen.”

What Shen Yanrou said after that, Xu Chaomu didn’t quite remember. All she remembered was that they had an argument.

Back then, she wasn’t afraid of anyone in the Shen’s house because she had Shen Chi’s support. Although he never said it, he would always help her when the time came.

As the argument grew fierce, Shen Chi came back. He immediately scolded Shen Yanrou with a few words, but he also lectured Xu Chaomu.

Although he scolded her harshly verbally, the next day, he still took her skiing with him…

As Xu Chaomu reminisced about those times, her heart swelled with a mix of emotions, and a smile curled up at the corners of her mouth; but six years had already passed.

The snow outside kept falling heavier, and soon, the roof was covered in white.

Xu Chaomu propped up her chin and kept watching the heavy snow outside the window.

In the deepest part of her memory, the clearest place, it turned out, still belonged to him.

This snow lasted a long time, and by evening, everything was blanketed in white.

The scenery in Jin City was already beautiful, and with the addition of the snow, it looked even more splendid. Red lanterns hidden under the snow seemed like blooming flowers, as if spring had come.

After Xia Chuqing left, Xu Chaomu’s life became much calmer, but also much more uninteresting.

The more monotonous it was, the more she looked forward to Xiao Mo bringing her a surprise.

Because of this anticipation, her days were filled with hope.

It was just that, she waited for nearly half a month more, yet there was still no news; on the other hand, she had found a design job at an advertising company herself.

Nine to five, the work wasn’t busy, and it wasn’t too tiring either.

She was quite talented, and with her study-abroad experience, her boss saw great potential in her.

Of course, her salary couldn’t compare to that of Shen Group, not even half of what she used to make at Shen’s, but Xu Chaomu was already very satisfied.

On her first day of work, her boss was very kind to her, saying that there was a three-month probation period, and if she performed well, she could get a raise and become a regular employee.

It was a small company with a nice atmosphere, but sometimes, when there was downtime, everyone liked to chat and gossip.

On her first day, they asked Xu Chaomu a round of questions, but Xu Chaomu didn’t say much, and they lost interest in gossiping.

“Chaomu, your accent doesn’t sound like you’re from Jin City,” an older sister asked.

“Yeah, I’m from C City.”

“C City is nice, there are plenty of job opportunities, and the pay is good. With your qualifications, you could find a job in C City with a monthly income of over ten thousand, so why did you come to Jin City?”

“C City isn’t suitable for me; Jin City is better, with beautiful scenery and no pressure.”

“That’s true, not to mention, the scenery here is indeed wonderful, and the air quality index is excellent every day.”

“Right, that’s why I like places like this,” Xu Chaomu said.

“What about your parents? Did they agree to you coming to a place like this?”

“Agreed,” Xu Chaomu said offhandedly.

“Oh, that’s good.”

A few colleagues were very nice to her, probably because Xu Chaomu was quite smart and hardworking. She could solve many problems they didn’t understand.

Xu Chaomu sometimes felt very grateful to Shen Chi. At Shen Group, without his strictness and exacting demands, she wouldn’t have adapted to the job and grown so quickly.

He had told her, “No matter where you work, you must learn to be independent and self-reliant. Eventually, you have to progress from ignorance to mastery. No one can be your crutch for life, nor can anyone help you forever.”

Yes, no one could be her crutch for life.

Similarly, no one would help her forever.

She was very serious at work, not sloppy at all, nothing like when she was in school.

Back in school, she was just getting by, but at work, she strived to do everything very well.

However, the small company couldn’t compare with the Shen Group. The designs she worked on were merely some outdoor advertisements and packaging, but Xu Chaomu enjoyed it.

The company was not far from where she lived, and she could walk home every day.

This evening at five, after work, Xu Chaomu greeted her colleagues and walked back to West Garden. Upon entering West Garden, she saw a familiar car–it was Xiao Mo’s!

A bit further ahead, indeed, Xiao Mo was sitting in the driver’s seat.

Seeing her, he honked the horn once.

Xu Chaomu, carrying her bag, walked over smiling and tapped on the car window.

“What brings you here?”

“Guess who’s here,” Xiao Mo said with a laugh, rolling down the window.

At that moment, Xu Chaomu’s heart skipped a beat, her first reaction being that Shen Chi had come, and her heart missed a beat instantly.

She quickly looked at the back seat, not seeing Shen Chi, but instead, she saw a pair of gleaming, big eyes looking at her.

The big eyes were cute and stared intently at her from outside the window.

“Ah! Wealth!” Xu Chaomu exclaimed in joy upon seeing her dog and leapt up.

“Don’t get so excited, you might scare your precious dog,” Xiao Mo said with a laugh.

He parked the car and picked up Wealth, who was sitting quietly in the back seat.

No sooner had Xiao Mo set one foot out of the car than Wealth jumped out of his arms and darted straight to Xu Chaomu’s feet.

“Woof, woof!” Like a little puppy, Wealth bit at Xu Chaomu’s pant leg.

“Ahaha, Wealth, at last I see you again,” Xu Chaomu crouched down, picked up its little leg and lifted it off the ground.

Wealth was thrilled, its shiny big eyes moving around and its tongue sticking out.

“How have you not gained weight, you never grow up, little pudding,” Xu Chaomu said, holding its paws, also delighted.

Xiao Mo got out of the car, locked it and said with a smile, “You really missed it, huh?”

“Of course, it’s been with me for many years, and we are very affectionate,” Xu Chaomu rubbed Wealth.

Wealth also rubbed against Xu Chaomu, its small head trying to burrow into her arms.

It was getting late, and the temperature would drop significantly in the evening.

“Wealth, come here, bark for me,” Xu Chaomu teased it.

“Woof woof woof!” Wealth was exceptionally well-behaved. It must have been a while since it last saw Xu Chaomu, so the clinginess kicked in!

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