Chapter 40 2

Yuan Dabao finally opened the door after being persuaded by Yuan Gaoyi.

He opened the door and stood there, his eyes blank as he said to Yuan Gaoyi, "Dad, I'm not hungry. I don't want to eat."

Yuan Gaoyi had already touched Yuan Dabao's forehead with the back of his hand and said, "It's not hot."

Yuan Dabao took a half step back and said, "I'm not sick."

"Then why don't you eat?" Yuan Gaoyi asked.

"Not hungry."

Yuan Gaoyi said to Wang Qinghua, "This child must have suffered from heatstroke."

Wang Qinghua slapped his thigh. "Yeah. Why didn't I think of that! It's so hot, he must have had heatstroke. Well, I'll take him to the clinic. Forget it, don't let him get away. I'll just go get some medicine."

Wang Qinghua stood up and walked out in a hurry.

Yuan Dabao quickly stopped her, "Mom, I don't have a heat stroke. I'm really fine. I'm not sick at all."

"Then why aren't you eating?" Yuan Gaoyi looked at Yuan Dabao: "Did something happen?"

Yuan Dabao's eyes dodged. To avoid the two men's bombardment and constant suspicion, he finally surrendered: "I'll eat it, isn't it okay for me to eat it?"

Although Yuan Dabao came out to eat, he had no appetite and didn't eat any of the dishes on the table a second time.

I did drink a bottle of drink, it was cool and it made me feel better.

He couldn't eat and had no appetite. It was all because of his inner troubles.

It was like a burning heat, and it was awful. Yuan Dabao didn't know what was wrong with him, but he was just upset.

He was obsessed with Bai Xue, wondering if something had happened to her family, someone close to her, or Bai Xue herself. She hadn't even come back to see the results, even for something as important as the results. Yuan Dabao was worried, and he felt like he'd never see Bai Xue again.

Thinking of this, graduation meant a complete separation. Yuan Dabao couldn't eat. He felt depressed, as if he had lost his most precious thing.

He didn't know who to talk to about this feeling, nor did he want to tell anyone, not even Zhang Yang, who grew up with him.

Wang Qinghua watched his son eat a few bites and then go back to his room. He also lost his appetite and his eyes were full of worry.

"How about I go find Zhang Yang?" Wang Qinghua and Yuan Gaoyi discussed. "Let him come and play with Dabao and talk. Maybe if there's something Dabao won't tell us, he'll tell him."

Yuan Gaoyi glanced at the time and said, "Let's go later. They're having dinner right now. We need to let the child eat. Besides, the results are out today, so Director Zhang and the others will surely be back. By the way, did Zhang Yang pass the exam?"

"I didn't ask." Wang Qinghua said, "It should be fine, because Zhang Yang did very well in the last few exams. Dabao passed, so he must be fine."

"That's great. It's a blessing for us as parents that all these children in the hospital can pass the exam." Yuan Gaoyi said.

Wang Qinghua thought about it and finally didn't tell Yuan Gaoyi.

She had originally wanted to say something about Pei Juanjuan, saying she was too indifferent to Zhang Yang. During the exam days, Pei Juanjuan hadn't shown up at all. After the exam, her lunch was still buns sent from Master Wang's house.

The results are announced today. I wonder if I can cook a meal for my kids to celebrate properly.

There's no other mother like her in the entire compound.

As Wang Qinghua expected, Pei Juanjuan did not cook lunch.

Because Zhang Liangpeng wants to take Zhang Yang out to celebrate.

Pei Juanjuan was combing her hair in front of the mirror, glancing at Zhang Liangpeng from time to time.

In this family, Pei Juanjuan still had some say in daily life. But since Zhang Liangpeng became the factory director, Pei Juanjuan has reduced her voice. She often depends on Zhang Liangpeng's mood and no longer speaks freely as she used to.

But at this moment, he couldn't hold it in any longer and asked quietly, "Are we going to eat today? Why don't we wait a few days? When Zhang Mao comes back from summer vacation, we can go together."

"After Zhang Mao comes back, let's go eat there as a family," Zhang Liangpeng said. "Today is a good day. Zhang Yang has been admitted to high school. Can't we go have a Western meal?"

"It's not that we can't eat it," Pei Juanjuan said. "If we go less often, won't we save some money?"

Zhang Liangpeng looked at Pei Juanjuan in the mirror and asked, "You have no money?"

"Yes." Pei Juanjuan said, "I'm just mentioning it, don't be angry. If it's not possible, then it's not possible. Just go and eat it."

"Then hurry up." Zhang Liangpeng glanced at the time, "It's getting late, Zhang Yang must be hungry."

After Zhang Liangpeng finished speaking, he walked out of the bedroom.

When I came out, I saw Zhang Yang changing the channel.

Zhang Liangpeng looked at Zhang Yang's height and felt that he had grown taller. He walked over, compared himself with him, and said, "Have you grown taller again?"

Zhang Yang looked at Zhang Liangpeng: "Maybe."

Zhang Liangpeng shook his head. "It's not possible, it really has grown. How about it? What do you want to eat?"

In fact, Zhang Yang had already heard the conversation between Pei Juanjuan and Zhang Liangpeng.

While changing the channel, Zhang Yang stared at the TV and pretended to be indifferent: "Just eat anything. Or we can just eat at home."

"What are we eating at home?" Zhang Liangpeng said immediately, "I said I'd take you to eat Western food, so let's go eat Western food. The last time we went there was during the Chinese New Year. We went together when your brother came back. What did you order last time? You said it wasn't tasty. And you even exchanged it with your brother?"

Zhang Yang smiled and said, "Cream of mushroom soup? I think it's this. I really can't drink it."

"Yes, that's the name," Zhang Liangpeng said. "Don't order it this time. I took a sip and almost spit it out."

After Zhang Liangpeng finished speaking, he looked at Zhang Yang with satisfaction, and then urged Pei Juanjuan, "Are you okay?"

"Alright, alright." Pei Juanjuan came out, carrying her newly bought bag, and said impatiently, "Let's go."

Zhang Liangpeng glanced down and saw that she was wearing such high heels, so he said, "How can you ride a bike in those shoes?"

"You're not taking me with you?" Pei Juanjuan asked in surprise.

Zhang Liangpeng said, "I thought the three of us would each ride one."

"Dad, you take my mom on your bike, and I'll ride one myself," said Zhang Yang.

"Okay then." Zhang Liangpeng walked out the door first.

As soon as Pei Juanjuan went out, she felt that the scorching sun was going to melt her.

She stretched out her hand to create a canopy on her forehead to block out the sun, squinted her eyes slightly, and said to Zhang Liangpeng, "Hurry up, it's too hot."

Three people came out of the house, Zhang Yang walked at the end and locked the door again.

Pei Juanjuan sat on the back of the bicycle and complained, "It would be better to eat in the evening. It's so hot in the middle of the day, and we still have to run a long way."

Zhang Liangpeng didn't say anything, but got on his bike and walked out.

Seeing that Zhang Liangpeng didn't say anything, Pei Juanjuan continued, "You say you run a big factory, and yet you still ride a bicycle to eat out. If you tell others, no one will believe you."

"If I don't ride a bike, can I still crawl there?" Zhang Liangpeng asked.

"Look at what you said." Pei Juanjuan said, "Don't the factory directors of those other factories have cars to pick them up and drop them off wherever they go?"

"We are having a private meal here, not for official business. How can we use the factory car?" Zhang Liangpeng said immediately.

"You're so stubborn!" Pei Juanjuan complained, then turned to look at Zhang Yang who was following behind her and asked Zhang Liangpeng, "Zhang Yang will be attending high school soon. Have you ever thought about letting him live on campus?"

When Zhang Liangpeng stepped on the brakes, Pei Juanjuan almost fell off the bicycle.

She asked angrily, "What did you do? You almost fell on me?"

"Which school does Zhang Yang live in?" Zhang Liangpeng asked anxiously, "The school isn't far from home. Wouldn't it be fine if he could just ride his bike to and from school?"

Pei Juanjuan immediately said, "That's all I asked. I didn't say he must live on campus."

"Well, Master Wang's grandson, Mingjie, doesn't he also go to and from school by himself? It's the same distance, and they all go to school on the day. Why does he let Zhang Yang live on campus?" Zhang Liangpeng warned, "I'm warning you, don't ask this to Zhang Yang's face. Do you hear me?"

"I heard it!" Pei Juanjuan said angrily.

The three men passed by the compound and saw the Santana still parked there.

Pei Juanjuan followed the look and saw Wang Qinghua waving at her from afar.

Pei Juanjuan hurriedly asked Zhang Liangpeng to stop, and then she saw Wang Qinghua coming over.

"What are you going to do? I was just saying I was going to your house." Wang Qinghua asked.

"Let's go out for dinner," Pei Juanjuan said. "Are the test results out? Zhang Yang got into high school, and his dad said he wanted to go out and celebrate."

"Very good, very good!" Wang Qinghua smiled and patted Pei Juanjuan. "That's how it should be! Zhang Yang is such a good kid. You don't know that Wei Ran's mom and I both like him."

Pei Juanjuan didn't understand: "Are you talking about Zhang Yang?"

"Who else could it be?"

"He's such a naughty boy, what's good about him?" Pei Juanjuan frowned slightly.

"If you ask me, the person in this world who least understands Zhang Yang is you, his mother." Wang Qinghua's words were ambiguous, and he wanted to give Pei Juanjuan a hint, so he said, "I don't know whether you don't understand or you don't want to understand."

Pei Juanjuan no longer wanted to talk about Zhang Yang. Her eyes were already fixed on the Santana not far away. She asked Wang Qinghua, "Whose car is that? We've never seen anyone driving one in our compound."

"Oh. Master Wang's." Wang Qinghua said, "I just happened to see her today. Wang Fang got out of the car."

"Wang Fang?" Pei Juanjuan was very surprised. "She even bought a car?"

"I don't know if it was hers, but she got out of the car. Oh, and there was a man too. He was carrying a lot of things."

"There's another man?" Pei Juanjuan asked, "and he brought something?"

Pei Juanjuan rolled her eyes a few times and suddenly exclaimed, "Is Wang Fang going to get married again?"

Zhang Liangpeng immediately rolled his eyes at her: "How dare you say anything!"

"Look, a man is carrying things home. Tell me, what's the relationship?" Pei Juanjuan asked back.

Zhang Liangpeng didn't want to pay attention to her and turned to look at the parked Santana.

Then he turned back and said to Pei Juanjuan, "Okay, let's go."

"Oh, look at my memory!" Wang Qinghua immediately laughed, "I still have something to ask Zhang Yang!"

Zhang Yang was waiting in the back for the adults to talk, neither interrupting nor annoying them. When he heard Wang Qinghua say his name, he immediately asked, "Auntie, what's going on?"

"When you come back after dinner, don't go home yet." Wang Qinghua said to Zhang Yang, "I don't know what's wrong with Dabao. He won't eat much and just locks himself in his room and won't come out. He won't stop talking to your Uncle Yuan or me. Why don't you come to my house directly after dinner and try to persuade him? Is that okay?"

"Okay." Zhang Yang said immediately, "I'll go find him after I finish eating."

Zhang Liangpeng heard this and asked, "Is Old Yuan back?"

"I just got off the train," Wang Qinghua said. "Didn't you know the notice would be posted today?"

"When you have time, let's go have a drink with Lao Yuan someday," said Zhang Liangpeng.

"Sure, anytime." Wang Qinghua smiled. "I'll cook you a few dishes. Old Yuan keeps saying it's been ages since we had a drink together."

…

Zhang Yang kept his promise and went directly to Yuan Dabao's house after dinner.

Zhang Liangpeng and Pei Juanjuan went directly to the cotton mill. Zhang Yang returned the bicycle home and then knocked on the door of Yuan Dabao's house.

Wang Qinghua had been waiting for a long time. Seeing Zhang Yang coming, he was extremely happy. He pulled Zhang Yang to the door of Yuan Dabao's room and said, "Dabao, Zhang Yang is here to play with you."

There was a rustling sound from inside, followed by footsteps. Yuan Dabao opened the door and said, "Come in."

Wang Qinghua happily pushed Zhang Yang in. Just as he was about to ask something, the door was closed by Yuan Dabao.

Zhang Yang looked at the closed door and Wang Qinghua's stunned expression. He said to Yuan Dabao, "Look at you. What are you doing? Aunt Wang didn't offend you. Your parents are so good to you, and you don't appreciate it."

Yuan Dabao lay straight on the bed, as if he didn't hear Zhang Yang's words, just looking at the ceiling.

Zhang Yang walked over to the bed, looked down at Yuan Dabao, and asked, "What's wrong with you? You've been admitted to the Railway School, so why aren't you happy?"

Yuan Dabao turned over and still didn't say anything.

Seeing him like this, Zhang Yang turned around and took a novel from the bookshelf.

Jin Yong's "The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber".

Yuan Dabao didn't say anything, and Zhang Yang didn't force him. He just went to bed, lay on the other side, and started reading his novel.

I don’t know how long it took, but Yuan Dabao suddenly kicked Zhang Yang lightly with his foot.

"What for?" Zhang Yang asked.

"What did you eat for lunch?" Yuan Dabao asked.

"What's wrong?" Zhang Yang said.

"I smell black pepper and ketchup. Did you go for some Western food?"

Zhang Yang almost laughed out loud. He put the book down, sat up, and looked at Yuan Dabao: "Alright, even when you're angry, your nose still works so well."

Yuan Dabao didn't lie down anymore and sat up. "No, I'm really starving."

Yuan Dabao got out of bed and opened the door.

Wang Qinghua also went to the bedroom to rest. Yuan Dabao looked and saw that the dishes on the table had hardly been touched and were still there.

I sat down and ate because I was really hungry.

Zhang Yang stood at the door, reading a book in one hand, and glanced at Yuan Dabao from time to time.

Yuan Dabao asked, "Do you want to eat?"

"I'm almost stuffed to death." Zhang Yang said, "Take your time to eat, there's no rush."

Wang Qinghua and Yuan Gaoyi both heard it. They tiptoed to the bedroom door, lifted a corner of the curtain and looked out.

Yuan Dabao was eating voraciously with his back to them.

Wang Qinghua was about to say something when he saw Zhang Yang shaking his head at them and making a hushing gesture.

Wang Qinghua nodded repeatedly, and Yuan Gaoyi lowered the curtain. The two of them walked back the same way they had come.

Yuan Dabao had no idea about this.

After he had eaten his fill, he grabbed two more bottles of soda and returned to the bedroom to blow on Zhang Yang. Zhang Yang asked, "What happened? Can you tell me?"

Yuan Dabao looked at Zhang Yang and said, "You must swear first that you won't tell anyone."

Zhang Yang picked up the book and started reading again. "Stop talking. I don't want to hear it."

Yuan Dabao was getting anxious. This guy wasn't playing by the rules. He immediately said, "No, I have to tell you even if you don't want to hear it."

"If you want to say it, say it. If you don't want to say it, don't say it." Zhang Yang said, "You are young, everyone has some secrets. You asked me to swear, but I won't swear. It's up to you to say it or not."

Yuan Dabao had a lot to say at the moment, and he felt that if he didn't say it out loud, he would explode.

She could only take the novel from Zhang Yang's hand, looked at Zhang Yang pitifully, and said, "Zhang Yang, what should I do? I feel like I'm going to die."

Zhang Yang looked at him and said, "Tell me, how did you die?"

…

It was already six o'clock when Zhang Yang left. When he came out of the bedroom, Yuan Gaoyi and Wang Qinghua were looking at Zhang Yang expectantly.

Zhang Yang said to them, "Uncle and aunt, don't worry. Dabao is fine, he's just too sentimental."

Yuan Gaoyi and Wang Qinghua looked at each other and asked, "What do you mean?"

"We're separated right after graduation," Zhang Yang said. "Tianyi and I are fine, both studying in the city. Dabao and Wei Ran are going to the provincial capital. He's sad and doesn't want us to be separated. That's why he did this."

Yuan Gaoyi immediately understood and said repeatedly, "So that's how it is."

"Dabao and I have already talked about it. Three years will pass quickly. Besides, we have a phone. The provincial capital is only an hour's drive away. I can come back whenever I want on weekends. I don't have to worry about not seeing him."

"Yes, Zhang Yang is right."

"He's come to terms with it now. Uncle and aunt don't need to force him. He'll just come out to eat when he's hungry. Just give him a couple of days to figure it out."

"I'm glad you're okay." Wang Qinghua said quickly, "I was worried something might have happened."

Wang Qinghua smiled and said, "Thank you, Zhang Yang."

"You're welcome, Auntie." Zhang Yang said, "Then I'll go home."

"Why go home? Come eat at my house," Wang Qinghua said. "I'll make you your favorite noodles with soybean paste."

Zhang Yang replied, "No need, Auntie. I'd better go home. If you have anything, just come to me."

Zhang Yang left after he finished speaking. Wang Qinghua looked at Zhang Yang's back and couldn't help but mutter a few words: "What a good child! I wonder what Pei Juanjuan thinks. If you ask me, Zhang Yang is much better than Zhang Mao. Zhang Mao only knows how to study hard. Unlike Zhang Yang, he is capable and helpful."

"Zhang Yang's outspoken personality will be popular in the future." Yuan Gaoyi also said, "Okay, stop talking about other people's children. Go and make some sauce. Dabao likes this."

When Zhang Yang came out of Yuan Dabao's house, his mind was full of what Yuan Dabao had said to him.

At first, Yuan Dabao was evasive, saying the four of them were going to separate. Although he and Wei Ran went to school together in the provincial capital, their schools were quite far apart, making it difficult to see each other. Meeting Zhang Yang and Xin Tianyi was even more difficult.

When saying this, Zhang Yang knew that Yuan Dabao had these thoughts in mind, but he did not tell him his true feelings.

Zhang Yang had guessed a little bit from Yuan Dabao's performance today.

After finishing his exam, he dragged Xin Tianyi along to "wait and see" with him to look for Bai Xue. He went to school excitedly today, but didn't see Bai Xue. He asked Teacher Liu so many questions, and when he came back, he was like this.

Zhang Yang slowly tried to persuade Yuan Dabao. As they had been together since childhood, Zhang Yang knew exactly how to talk to Yuan Dabao so that he would listen. Yuan Dabao was a pushover, so he had to go along with his guidance, not against it. After a long time of trying to persuade him, Yuan Dabao finally told Zhang Yang the truth. He asked Zhang Yang, "Do you think I can see Bai Xue again?"

Zhang Yang's eyes lit up immediately. He knew that this kid was finally telling the truth.

"Why can't I see him?" Zhang Yang looked at Yuan Dabao at the time. "How old are you? Fifteen. How many years do you want to live to? At least a thousand years."

Hearing this, Yuan Dabao immediately said, "No, no, who can live to be a thousand?"

Zhang Yang then continued leisurely, "After all, a thousand-year-old turtle lives ten thousand years longer."

Yuan Dabao glared, became more energetic, and kicked Zhang Yang.

Unfortunately, Zhang Yang dodged it easily and continued, "Well, even if you belong to another species, living to around a hundred shouldn't be a problem. Calculate how much time you have left in your life. It's not easy to meet someone, as long as you want to."

Yuan Dabao had just become more energetic, and now he was completely excited. He asked quickly, "Really?"

"What's so false about this?" Zhang Yang said, "Unless you don't want to see her and are deliberately avoiding her. I think as long as you want, you will do everything you can to find her. I think you can give it a try."

"Right!" Yuan Dabao clenched his fists. "Even if I can't see you during these few years of school, after I graduate and start working and earn a salary, I can look for you wherever I want, right?"

"Yes, you can even drive a train to look for it. No one is better than you!" Zhang Yang teased him with a smile.

Yuan Dabao was amused and laughed out loud.

He looked at Zhang Yang and was very grateful that Zhang Yang did not ask him why he wanted to see Bai Xue and why he had to see her.

Zhang Yang grinned, his short crew cut lifted, and looked at Yuan Dabao with ease, "Don't worry, no one can escape, and you can see them all."

He spoke in a relaxed manner, but the moment he came out of Yuan Dabao's house, Zhang Yang's eyes darkened.

He was eloquent when he advised Yuan Dabao, but he seemed like a different person when he advised himself.

Although they are in the same city, the two schools are not far from each other.

But what's the reason to look for the other party?

No matter how good friends are, they can't be together every day, let alone in two different schools.

Zhang Yang studied very hard just to go to the same high school as Xin Tianyi.

But who would have known that even though they both passed the admission line, they were admitted to different schools.

After Wei Ran and Yuan Dabao left, how could Zhang Yang go to see her from time to time alone?

If Yuan Dabao and Wei Ran were here, and the four of them were together, that would all be reasons.

Zhang Yang stood in the courtyard, but his eyes were looking towards Xin Tianyi's house.

What he didn't know was that when he was worrying about what excuse he would use to go to Experimental Middle School to find Xin Tianyi in the future, everyone in Xin Tianyi's family wanted Xin Tianyi to go with Wang Fang.

Wang Fang came back in a man's Santana, who was carrying a lot of gifts.

This sentence was spoken by countless people and reached the ears of others.

By the time Liu Meilan and Wang Gang got home from get off work, the news had spread throughout the living area.

The two of them had heard about it, and hurried home, wondering how they hadn't seen such a good thing. Because when they passed by the compound, the Santana had disappeared.

"Where's the car?" Wang Gang shouted as soon as he entered the house. After he finished shouting, he realized that it was wrong and said, "No, where are the people?"

Wang Fang lay lazily on the sofa, looked up at him, and then shifted her gaze to the TV.

Seeing Wang Fang ignoring him, Wang Gang walked around to the TV and asked, "Sister, where's she? Is she gone?"

"Who is it? Who are you looking for?" Wang Fang rolled her eyes at him. "Aren't these people here? Who are you looking for?"

"You know who I'm talking about," Wang Gang said immediately. "It's spread all over the neighborhood. You came home with a man today, and you drove a car."

"Yes, what's wrong?" Wang Fang asked.

"I want to meet him!" Wang Gang slapped his thigh. "My future brother-in-law is so rich and a big boss, why don't you let me meet him?"

Wang Fang waved her hands twice, "Get out of the way! Don't block me from watching TV."

Liu Meilan listened for a while and felt that she could not hear any news from Wang Fang, so she changed the scene and went into the kitchen.

Xie Mei was cooking and Xin Tianyi was helping her.

Liu Meilan first looked at Xin Tianyi and said with a smile: "I heard about it. I heard about it at the factory. Tianyi was admitted to high school."

Xin Tianyi nodded and said, "Yes, aunt, I was admitted to high school."

"That's great." Liu Meilan said, "It's a pity it's not the No. 1 Middle School in the city. Otherwise, I could go to and from school with your brother, and he would be able to look after me."

Liu Meilan said this to Xie Mei. Xie Mei listened carefully and knew that Liu Meilan had something to say, so she said to Xin Tianyi, "Good boy, go back to your room and take a break. Your aunt is back, let her do it."

"Yes, Tianyi, you go and rest, your aunt will cook." Liu Meilan said immediately.

When Xin Tianyi came out of the kitchen, Liu Meilan closed the kitchen door.

"Mom, what's going on? I heard my sister's boyfriend is home. Why didn't you tell us in advance? Wang Gang and I came back to see him." Liu Meilan finished speaking, then immediately corrected herself: "No, I came back to give my sister some advice."

"Does your sister's affairs still require your attention?" Xie Mei said, "You and Wang Gang just need to work hard. She's over 40 and can handle her own affairs."

"Then we should have more people come and see it." Liu Meilan said with a smile, "That's great! I envy my sister. She's already in her forties and she managed to marry a big boss. Mom, is she really rich? I heard she came here in a car."

"I don't know." Xie Mei said, "We're not after money."

Liu Meilan smiled and said, "Yes, yes, I'm not after money. He has to be a nice person. But it's hard to find someone who is both nice and rich. Mom, when are my sisters getting married? Have they told me? Is the date set?"

Xie Mei's eyes were sharp as a torch. She immediately turned around and glared at Liu Meilan. "What do you mean by final? Who agreed to their marriage? Don't believe everything you hear."

"That's not what I said." Liu Meilan immediately waved her hand. "People outside say that my sister only allowed someone to come home because she was engaged. Otherwise, how could she bring a man home at her age?"

The more Xie Mei listened, the angrier she became. She felt Wang Fang had done this on purpose. She had brought Li Zhiye here when the crowd was busiest, even driving a small car straight into the living area. She was so ostentatious, she wanted everyone in the world to know she was getting remarried.

Xie Mei was so angry that she stamped her feet and cursed: "This troublesome guy!"

"Mom, this is such a wonderful thing." Liu Meilan immediately advised, "Don't stop my sister. She's on the road to a happy life. My brother-in-law used to be a good man, but he was just an ordinary worker. Life was very tight. Not to mention a car, even for a place to live, we had to squeeze into such a small house with my parents. Now it's great. He's so rich, he drives a car, and his house must be very big. When the time comes, my sister will take you and dad to live there, and there will be room. How wonderful."

Xie Mei understood that this was a covert and overt attempt to drive the old couple away.

"This is my house." Xie Mei said, "Your father and I will die here."

Liu Meilan paused, unable to refute. After a few seconds, she asked, "Mom, does that man have children?"

In the living room, Wang Gang was also asking the same question. When he heard Wang Fang mention that she had a boy and that he was helping Li Zhiye with his business, Wang Gang slapped his thigh and said, "Oh no! It would have been great if we had a daughter. If we had a son, the family fortune would have gone to him. You guys wouldn't have anything to do with it."

"You're thinking too far ahead." Wang Fang rolled her eyes at him. "I have my own hands and feet and my own business. Why should I ask for his money?"

"You're not right," Wang Gang said. "Who would complain about having too little money? Besides, if you don't want it, what about Tianyi? Don't you want Tianyi to have a good life in the future?"

Wang Fang was too lazy to continue talking to Wang Gang, so she walked to the TV and changed a few channels. Finally, after a round of searching, she still couldn't find anything good.

The news broadcast has started on TV.

Wang Fang stopped at the news broadcast, took a handful of melon seeds, and watched TV while eating them.

Wang Gang also sat next to them and chatted with Wang Fang in a casual manner.

Wang Fang had only one feeling, that her brother's attitude towards her was different from before.

What it was before was completely despised.

Especially after moving back, Wang Gang often rolled his eyes at Wang Fang, and secretly admired the arrogance of his superior Liu Meilan, which made Liu Meilan sarcastic about her and Xin Tianyi.

Ever since he started his own business and brought home money from time to time, Wang Gang and Liu Meilan's attitudes had softened somewhat. But today, when he heard that she was going to remarry, and to a wealthy man, Wang Gang was overjoyed. He happily pulled Wang Fang aside to ask her questions, and even offered her another handful of sunflower seeds after she finished hers.

Wang Fang deliberately concealed the fact that Xin Tianyi wanted to live on campus and said to Wang Gang, "Your niece said she's not leaving. Let me be clear with you first. She said this afternoon that she's not leaving and wants to go to high school here and be with her grandparents."

Wang Gang thought he had misheard and immediately said, "What? Tianyi won't follow you? Living here? How can that be possible!"

…

The whole living room was a mess.

Wang Gang and Wang Fang listed the reasons why children must follow their parents, one by one.

Liu Meilan also heard it and immediately went to Xie Mei to confirm.

The two sides each took their positions and engaged in a verbal battle. No one noticed that Xin Tianyi had already left home.

The summer evening is very beautiful. The sun has just set, giving the western sky a layer of red glow.

The sky gradually darkened, and the light blue sky gradually turned into an ink painting. Only that touch of red reminded everyone at all times.

The sun had just set, which was the best time of the day.

Xin Tianyi came out of the house and walked slowly.

The house was in chaos. Whether it was Wang Fang deliberately teasing Wang Gang or Liu Meilan tentatively asking Xie Mei, Xin Tianyi found it very boring.

The world of adults is truly meaningless. It seems as if the only thing they care about is profit. No matter what they do or say, their first reaction is whether it is good for them.

No one ever worried about whether she was okay.

Is it okay for her to go to Experimental High School? Is it okay for her to live on campus? Even Wang Fang just asked her why she didn't want to go with him, and promised that she would still be able to go to high school after going there, and Uncle Li would be fully responsible for her high school education.

What would Xin Tianyi say?

Compared to the future, she is more attached to the present.

Xin Tianyi looked at the red in the distance, which gradually changed from bright red to dark red, and then was slowly swallowed up by the surrounding darkness.

After watching for an unknown amount of time, Xin Tianyi noticed that there was a person sitting beneath the spectacular scene.

The figure was familiar, with a tall, straight back and a short, flat head.

Xin Tianyi walked over quickly.

"Zhang Yang!" Xin Tianyi shouted.

Zhang Yang suddenly turned around and initially thought he was hallucinating. It was only when he actually saw Xin Tianyi that he came to his senses.

"Why are you here?"

Xin Tianyi laughed and said, "I'm just going out for a walk. Why can't I come out?"

"Yes, no, go back." Zhang Yang said deliberately, then waved his hand pretending to be very disgusted.

Xin Tianyi didn't fall for his trick and walked straight over and sat next to Zhang Yang.

"What are you looking at so seriously?" Xin Tianyi asked.

"Look at the sunset." Zhang Yang said, "What about you? Aren't you going to have dinner at this time? Why are you out here?"

"The house is a mess, I'm going out for a walk." Xin Tianyi said, "How about you, are your family members not back yet?"

Zhang Yang replied: "Yes, my mom is working overtime tonight, and my dad seems to have some meetings."

"Then come to my house for dinner later." Xin Tianyi said.

"I'm not hungry," Zhang Yang said. "I'll just cool off outside for a while, then I'll go home."

The two sat side by side on a bench, watching the sunset until the red was completely swallowed by darkness.

Neither of them spoke.

Nature's helplessness seemed to infect them instantly.

For a time, both of them fell into a vortex where they could not control their own lives.

Fortunately, Zhang Yang cheered up first.

"I always thought we would be together forever," Zhang Yang suddenly said, "Now I know that we are destined to be apart."

Xin Tianyi looked at Zhang Yang in confusion.

Zhang Yang explained, "After the summer vacation, Dabao and Wei Ran are going to the provincial capital. When they graduate and come back to work, we'll go to college again. No one knows where we'll go after graduation. Actually, if you think about it carefully, after this summer vacation, we'll be completely separated. We'll never be able to go to school together or do homework together again."

Xin Tianyi understood this feeling.

She looked at Zhang Yang and said comfortingly, "But we can still meet during summer and winter vacations. As long as we want to see each other, there will definitely be a way to get together."

Zhang Yang raised the corner of his mouth. She said the same thing as him.

"Besides, I'm still here." Xin Tianyi said, "I'm not far from you, just in different schools. I'm in the experimental school, and you're in No. 1 Middle School, and you haven't left the city yet."

"Then I can't look for you all day long." Zhang Yang blurted out.

"Why not?" Xin Tianyi looked at Zhang Yang.

Zhang Yang blinked, and the corners of his mouth curled up: "You mean I can come to you anytime?"

"Why not?" Xin Tianyi spread out his hands and said something in English in an exaggerated tone.

Zhang Yang smiled.

Xin Tianyi suddenly remembered that every time Zhang Yang smiled, Xin Tianyi felt that his smile was as warm as the spring breeze.

Even in this hot summer, his smile can bring coolness.

Xin Tianyi looked at Zhang Yang's smile with satisfaction and continued, "Even if they don't come back, we can still take a car to see them. After all, you and I are children that our parents can't control. We can just get in the car and go."

Zhang Yang clapped his hands happily: "Right!"

But he suddenly asked: "My parents don't care about me, but your mother cares about you, and so do your grandparents."

"My mother will probably move to another city soon." Xin Tianyi said.

"Ah?" Zhang Yang was very surprised. His first reaction was whether Xin Tianyi would go with him.

Zhang Yang immediately asked, "Are you leaving too?"

"I won't leave!" Xin Tianyi said with a smile, "If I leave, you'll be too lonely."

"You really don't want to leave?"

"I won't leave!"

"You're really not leaving?"

"If you say anything more I'm leaving!"

"Okay, I won't say anything." Zhang Yang said anxiously, "Then you'll live with your grandparents?"

"I'm planning to live on campus," Xin Tianyi said. "I'll come visit grandma and grandpa on weekends. I can also see you in the compound. Isn't that good?"

"As long as you can insist on not following Auntie," Zhang Yang said, "I can take care of you. I can bring you delicious food. If you have any problems, just come to me at school. I can handle anything. Really!"

Xin Tianyi nodded: "I believe you."

Zhang Yang had been tense and tense, but now he finally relaxed.

He let out a long sigh, then whispered, "I finally understand Dabao's feelings."

Xin Tianyi didn't understand and looked at Zhang Yang: "What happened to Dabao?"

Zhang Yang smiled and said, "It's okay. He just feels bad that we're going to be separated."

Xin Tianyi rolled his eyes and suddenly said, "Why don't we go out and have something to eat outside? No one's home anyway, and I don't want to go home. Call Dabao and Wei Ran, and we'll go to the night market on Qian Street. We can have lamb skewers and ice cream!"

"Okay." Zhang Yang stood up immediately. "Let's go get Dabao and Wei Ran."

"I'll go home and tell my grandpa." Xin Tianyi said.

"Then I'll leave a note for my mother when I get back." Zhang Yang said.

"I'll be in charge of calling Wei Ran, and you'll call Dabao. We'll meet in the middle of the compound."

"good!"

The two of them moved quickly, each heading in their own direction.

Xin Tianyi turned around and went home. After taking a few steps, she heard Zhang Yang calling her.

"Xin Tianyi!"

Xin Tianyi stopped and looked back at him.

Zhang Yang's figure was hidden in the darkness. Xin Tianyi couldn't see his face clearly, but could only see the outline of his body, which was tall and thin.

"What's wrong?" Xin Tianyi asked.

"Are you really not leaving?" Zhang Yang asked loudly.

“No!”