In the early morning, Murong Xue received a call from Mo Aili and her grandfather and they invited her to attend his birthday party, which would be held at 8 p.m.

After hanging up, Murong Xue realized that it had been a long time since Grandpa Mo and she last met. With all kinds of situations going on, she had even once stoodhim up before, which made her feel very guilty. Therefore, Murong Xue decided to prepare a well-thought-out gift for him. She also needed to have a male partner to go to the party with her, but she did not want to bother Chu Yisen. It was unfair…

She walked to the student union's office while thinking. As the vice president of the student union, she had work to do every day and shouldn’t be lazy.

The moment she entered the office, she saw Liu Huali's haggard face. She felt sorry for him as she was unable to help him. On the other hand, Murong Xue had mixed feelings. Although Huang Xiaofei betrayed her as a friend, she was a good girlfriend for Liu Huali. From Murong Xue's perspective, it was true that Huang Xiaofei had made a mistake, but Huang Xiaofei really loved Liu Huali, and now she was missing.

Ever since the night at the bar, Murong Xue had never seen Huang Xiaofei. She just disappeared and the university was told by her family that they had not seen her, either. When the police came to work on the investigation, even Murong Xue was surveyed.

Sitting behind her own desk in the office, Murong Xue clicked on the worksheet and started working.

Taking a look at Murong Xue, Liu Huali asked in a husky voice, "Xue, have you never heard from Xiaofei?" Liu Huali couldn’t sleep well for several days. After talking to Murong Xue that day, he searched the whole campus, but he failed to find Huang Xiaofei or get through when trying to call her. His grandfather got sick and went to the hospital the next day, so he was unable to visit her. The day after that day, Huang Xiaofei never showed up at the university.

At this moment, the only thing he was worried about was Huang Xiaofei's safety rather than their relationship. He feared that any accident would happen to her or she was in danger now, and these thoughts made him spend every night worrying about her.

Seeing his begging eyes, Murong Xue was a little helpless, "Huali, Huang Xiaofei and I are no longer friends, so I don't know anything about her now and I'll never ask about her."

"Why?" Liu Huali seemed to be surprised by Murong Xue's answer.

"It's between her and me, so you don't need to know the reason. More importantly, you should pull yourself together. No matter where she is now, it's her choice." Murong Xue could tell that that bar was a very familiar place to Huang Xiaofei, so she would not be in danger there. Murong Xue did not know why Huang Xiaofei was missing and she did not care about it, either. Some might think that she was cold, but she did not want to help look for someone who wanted her to be dead. Besides, the police responded now.

However, she still felt worried when she saw Liu Huali and she thought Huang Xiaofei's disappearance might be a good thing for him. Huang Xiaofei was suffering from mental illness and she could drag him down with her if she kept influencing him. Murong Xue did not want to interfere with their relationship as it was not her issue, so she did not tell Liu Huali why she unfriended Huang Xiaofei.

When Long Meijing walked into the office, what she saw was that Murong Xue was looking down at papers, which constituted a perfect picture. Long Meijing gritted her teeth and was even angrier at Murong Xue now. Every time she saw Murong Xue, she found her extremely disgusting and she resented that Murong Xue, a girl from some poor province, replaced her to be the vice president and the beauty queen of the university.

Then she looked down at the invitation letter in her hand and felt relieved as she, who was from the upper class in the capital, got invited to a grand banquet. In her opinion, Murong Xue from A province did not deserve this kind of ticket her whole life even if she was well-known.

She revealed the invitation letter in her hand and spoke in a fake worrying tone, "Alas, I don't know what I should wear for the party held by the Mo Family tonight. Emerald necklace, diamond necklace, which one is better?" After saying these, she took a peek at Murong Xue, who was still burying herself in work.

Hearing what she said, the girls who got along with Long Meijing in the student union gathered around her at once.

"Oh my, the party held by the Mo Family in the capital tonight?"

"Wow, only the upper-class people get invited."

"Meijing, I envy you. You are beautiful and your family is so influential."

"Exactly. Meijing, your pretty face will go with everything, so don't worry about it. We even don't have a chance to see emerald or diamond."

Long Meijing enjoyed their compliments and felt quite satisfied. But when she turned to look at Murong Xue, she found that Murong Xue was unmoved and still concentrated on work. Murong Xue even didn’t take a look at her.

"Yeah, not everyone can get the invitation from the Mo Family." Long Meijing raised her voice.

In fact, Murong Xue heard exactly what Long Meijing said, but she did not think it was something that one could brag about as there would be many big shots at the party. However, she still found Long Meijing's posture interesting, young, and impetuous. She had passed the same period. Murong Xue knew that she would never do such things now as she had experienced a rebirth.

The girls in the office were chattering, but Long Meijing gradually felt bored as Murong Xue had no response. Long Meijing just gave them the runaround and returned to her desk where she bit the pencil top and glared at Murong Xue.

Murong Xue now just wanted to finish her work as soon as possible so that she could go to the party and celebrate with Grandpa Mo.

But she did not find a male partner for the party. She took a look at Liu Huali and wondered if it was good for him to relax for a while at the party. Otherwise, he would be suffering from Huang Xiaofei's disappearance and become a walking dead, which would destroy him at last.

It was not appropriate for Murong Xue to say some comforting words. She learned to keep herself at a safe distance from male friends. She did not realize it before, so her friendship with Chu Yisen was distorted.

When all the work got done, she stopped Liu Huali from leaving and said, "Huali, do you have a minute now? I need to talk to you."

Hearing this, Liu Huali stopped and turned around, "What do you want to say?" He was not in the mood and he kept ignoring all his friends these days. He didn’t want to talk to anyone.

After quickly collecting all her stuff, Murong Xue walked over and said, "Let's do the talking while walking."

Liu Huali nodded numbly. The two walked on the university lane in silence.

After some time, Murong Xue finally asked, "Huali, I'm invited to the Mo Family's party tonight. Do you want to go to the party?"

"No." Liu Huali refused her immediately and he did not even bother to care about Murong Xue's influence, because Huang Xiaofei kept his mind occupied.

Murong Xue knew he would refuse her, so she only frowned and persuaded him flatly, "Will you go on like this forever if Huang Xiaofei never shows up? You are so listless now. How should you face her if she just appears one day? How can you change everything then? The Mo Family's party offers a great opportunity to make friends with those powerful or influential people. Call me before 7 p.m. if you change your mind."

Murong Xue left before Liu Huali could respond after saying these. As she believed that opportunities were only for the willing people, she would not force him to go to the party with her. If he decided to go, she would let him count on himself instead of helping him. Whether he could fit in or not depended a lot on his ability, and Murong Xue had faith in Liu Huali.

She could help him to this extent as a friend. She knew Liu Huali was very competent, so she was unwilling to see him ruin himself because of Huang Xiaofei. Besides, she felt she was partly responsible for the hit he took.

Returning to the villa, Murong Xue began to consider what should be her gift. She had wanted to choose ginseng as it was beneficial to health and the Mo Family would never run out of jewelry, but she had sent one piece of ginseng before and it was better to send something new. More importantly, she feared that if she sent ginseng of the highest grade twice in a row, it would cause trouble.

Thinking for a while, Murong Xue settled on the alive one-thousand-year-old Saussurea, which would be very good for people's brains. As Grandpa Mo got older, it was the ideal gift.

Murong Xue entered the Space and found the one-thousand-year-old Saussurea among the herbs. She dug it out carefully and watered it with spiritual water in case it withered. After the watering, the Saussurea became refreshed and beautiful.

Murong Xue kept the mud on the roots untouched and put the Saussurea into a jade box.

After preparing the gift, Murong Xue chose a long backless dark-green dress, wrapped it up, and drove to Lizi Pavilion.

Every banquet had certain etiquette. Also, Murong Xue wanted to advertise herself at the party to establish the defense for Rise Group's future development.