Chapter 86 Lying to Him

Lindu Middle School, at the school gate.

Yan Nian looked at the WeChat message.

Xu Yiqing: [You took a day off today and weren't at grandma's place. Where were you going? ]

Xu Yiqing: [You have one hour to come back, and don't let me know who you're dating.]

Yan Qilin: [Niannian, Daddy hasn't been going to school lately. He's been making time to stay home with you and grandma.]

Yan Qilin: [What do you want to eat tonight? Dad will make it for you.]

Yan Qilin: [How about I take you guys out for a walk?]

Yan Qilin: [Tell me where you want to go and I'll arrange it.]

Yan Nian leaned against a tall locust tree and turned off his phone.

Looking at the parents picking up their children at the school gate and the traffic, I raised my wrist to check the time.

15:00

Today is Friday. The school bell rang on time, and cheers of joy came from behind the walls one after another.

The guard opened the school gate, Yan Nian stood up straight, and rushed to the gate with the parents who came to pick up their children.

It was not until the crowd had ended that Wen Ruirui appeared in sight carrying a heavy schoolbag.

Seeing Yan Nian, she ran over excitedly: "Sister Yan Nian, you're here."

Yan Nian curled his eyes and said, "Well, let's go."

Disappointment appeared on Wen Ruirui's face, and she lowered her eyes: "Sister Yan Nian, I can't go to piano class with you today."

Yan Nian asked, "What's wrong?"

Wen Ruirui hung her head in frustration: "I have to wait for my mother here. She came home last night and told me that I would never learn piano again."

Yan Nian probed: "Does she know that you are with me?"

Wen Ruirui quickly waved her hands: "No, no, Sister Yan Nian, I never told her about our agreement."

Yan Nian: "Then why don't you go?"

Wen Ruirui clasped her fingers and stammered, "Last night, I heard Mom on the phone. It seemed like the school leaders wanted to talk to her about something. She didn't even have lunch with me today. I'm a little worried about her."

Yan Nian smiled and said, "What if they want to have a meeting with her? It's no use just waiting here. My father is also a teacher, and school meetings are common, often lasting from afternoon to evening."

Wen Ruirui asked curiously, "Sister, is your father also a teacher?"

Yan Nian smiled and said, "Well, he is a professor."

"No wonder my sister is so beautiful and outstanding." Wen Ruirui smiled brightly. She had met the person in front of her once at the Piano Mansion, but she was still deeply impressed. A few days ago, she saw her waiting for someone at the school gate. She didn't expect that her relative's younger brother was also in this school. Yan Nian actually remembered her.

What made her most proud was that her mother had also taught her relatives' children. She admitted that she was vain. In order to show off to her classmates that she knew an excellent sister who taught her to play the piano and paint, she asked Yan Nian to wait for her every day to go to the Piano Mansion together.

This is her little secret and she can't reveal it in front of her.

Yan Nian said, "Why don't we go out and relax, and come back after she calls you."

Wen Ruirui blushed slightly when she thought of her vanity: "Sister, if you have something to do, just go ahead and don't worry about me."

Yan Nian glanced at the closed school gate and said, "It's okay. I'll just go home on time later."

Wen Ruirui thought about it and nodded: "Okay, then I'll wait for my mother to call me."

The two walked towards the campus road.

Wen Ruirui was a little confused and asked, "Sister, what do you do?"

Yan Nian answered without hesitation: "Translation."

Wen Ruirui cast another admiring gaze and exclaimed, "Wow, sister, you're so great! Do you often interact with foreigners?"

The translation sounded very impressive. She had just entered the first grade of junior high school and her English grades had not been very ideal. The person in front of her seemed to know everything. It was really amazing.

Yan Nian smiled: "I do written translation."

Wen Ruirui had a new question: "What is written translation?"

Yan Nian answered: "Translation is divided into interpretation and translation. Written translation is text translation, and interpretation is oral translation."

"Oh!" Wen Ruirui understood and nodded: "I see, you are a text translator."

Yan Nian took a taxi, and Wen Ruirui got in completely trusting her.

Yan Nian received a message on WeChat, which was a fitting photo sent by Cheng Xiao in the group.

Yan Nian looked at the calendar and saw that the wedding was tomorrow.

She must get things settled today.

Zhao Shutong: [Wow, my sister is so beautiful, I really want to kiss her.]

Zhou Ran and Wang Hongyu both gave thumbs up.

Yan Nian didn't plan to reply. Every time he saw such a message, he would feel an indescribable sense of inferiority in his heart.

The people around Zhou Ran, like him, live with enthusiasm like the sun.

Yan Nian switched from the group chat to the chat page, and Zhou Ran's message came in: [Are you accompanying grandma? ]

Grandma was discharged from the hospital on Monday. In the past five days, Zhou Ran asked her to have dinner together in the evening, but she always replied that she didn't have time. In addition, she took leave and didn't go to the company for the past two days, so she hasn't seen him for several days.

Yan Nian bit her lip: [Yes, at grandma's house.]

Zhou Ran: [Really?]

Yan Nian stared at him, wondering why he hadn't seen her these days, and replied with a guilty conscience: [Yeah.]

She couldn't let Zhou Ran know about these things, so she could only lie to him.

Zhou Ran: [Okay, where should I pick you up tomorrow?]

Yan Nian: [Huayue Mansion.]

Zhou Ran did not reply.

Yan Nian put away his phone and looked out the car window. The residential area here was dilapidated and it seemed that they were almost there.

The place she told the taxi driver was a park across a river. It was at the junction of Beicheng District and Xicheng District and was under the jurisdiction of Beicheng District. The urban construction was not as good as Xicheng District across the river. It looked a bit deserted. The flowers and plants in the park were very random and no one took care of them. There were also some old and paint-peeled fitness equipment.

Two words: 'ruin'.

Wen Ruirui got out of the car: "Sister, what are you doing here?"

Yan Nian pointed to the park in front and said, "Let's go for a walk in the park! It's quiet here."

Wen Ruirui looked at the person next to her. She really didn't like noisy places: "Okay."

Most of the people living here are in resettlement housing who are the same age as Yan Nian. The park is full of elderly ladies and old men, and there are not many people.

Wen Ruirui asked her questions frantically along the way, and Yan Nian patiently explained everything she knew.

Wen Ruirui's affection for her only grew. She envied and admired her very much.

Yan Nian walked forward and picked up his phone to check the message.

There was a four-second voice message from Zhou Ran. She clicked on it and listened: "I'll pick you up at 8 o'clock tomorrow morning. Don't be late."

After hearing this, Yan Nian suddenly became nervous.

Zhou Ran's tone was uncertain, as if she might break the appointment at any moment.

Yan Nian listened again. Was it because he hadn't seen her in the past few days that Zhou Ran said this?

Come to think of it, she did often break appointments with Zhou Ran.

Yan Nian replied: [I understand.]

Yan Nian didn't really listen to what Wen Ruirui said to her.

"Sister? What's wrong with you?"

As Wen Ruirui finished speaking, the cell phone in her pocket rang.

"It's mom." Wen Ruirui's voice was a little excited.

Yan Nian came back to his senses and heard her answer the phone.

Wen Ruirui: "Mom, are you done?"

"I'm not in school anymore. I'm with a sister."