Chapter 4 I love you, Mom, see you tomorrow

During your student years, you'll encounter someone who amazes you throughout your youth. No matter when, Yu Qing could always be seen by Lin Yueyue's side, and Yu Qing would always find various topics to please her.

But today, Yu Qing lacked her usual enthusiasm, sitting quietly at the table, engrossed in her book.

This unusual behavior attracted the attention of many students, especially Wang Meili, who was standing outside the classroom corridor. She glanced at Yu Qing in the classroom and turned to Lin Yueyue next to her.

"Yueyue, do you think Yu Qing is acting a little strange? He used to always try to strike up a conversation with you, but today he's suddenly engrossed in reading a book?"

Upon hearing this, Lin Yueyue glanced at Yu Qing, feeling inexplicably irritated by his attitude towards her earlier. She said indifferently, "Who knows what he's thinking?"

"I bet he was rejected by you and is trying to get your attention this way. Just ignore him; he'll show his true colors in a couple of days," Wang Meili analyzed.

"Who cares about him?" Lin Yueyue curled her lip in disdain.

The school bell rang.

The students all returned to the classroom.

Yu Qing then put down the book in her hand and sighed in distress.

I don't understand! I don't understand it at all!

His grades were already among the worst, and after ten years, he had completely forgotten what little knowledge he had left.

"It seems that catching up with the learning pace in a short period of time will be quite difficult!"

Yu Qing sighed.

...

Pink sunsets always appeared during that sweltering evening study session.

Lin Yueyue had been watching Yu Qing for a long time. This guy had been engrossed in his books from morning until evening self-study, without saying a single word to her.

Lin Yueyue twirled the pen in her hand, turned her head to look at the sunset outside the window, and couldn't help but scoff contemptuously: "Childish."

Yu Qing pretended not to hear Lin Yueyue's words and continued writing his own things with his head down.

Evening self-study session is over.

Yu Qing started packing his schoolbag to go home, but Li Fei ran in from the classroom door and excitedly shouted at him, "Brother Qing, let's go online. Today I'll show you what an invincible Yasuo is."

"You go ahead, I won't go."

Yu Qing buried herself in packing her schoolbag and refused without even thinking.

Why?

Li Fei was stunned. Yu Qing was usually more enthusiastic than him, whether it was playing games or surfing the internet.

"I want to go home and study," Yu Qing said frankly.

"..."

"Dude, stop messing around, I'll cover your internet fee, okay?"

"I really want to go home and study!"

"I'll treat you to another bowl of instant noodles. This is my bottom line. Hurry up, I've already figured out the strategy. I'll even give you free internet if you get a pentakill." Li Fei grabbed Yu Qing and dragged her outside without saying another word.

Unexpectedly, Yu Qing suddenly broke free from Li Fei's hand, looked at Li Fei seriously, and had a solemn expression.

“Li Fei, I thought about this for a long time yesterday. I think that we can’t keep going like this. We should pull ourselves together, study hard, and try to get into a good university. That way we can live up to our parents’ and teachers’ expectations.”

Yu Qing's words completely stunned Li Fei. He reached out and touched Yu Qing's forehead: "You don't have a fever. Your temperature is 36.8 degrees Celsius. How can you say such cold things? Was yesterday's confession too much of a blow to you?"

"Get lost." Yu Qing slapped Li Fei's hand away and said earnestly, "I'm telling you the truth. I can't keep living like I used to. At our age, we should strive while we're young. Even if we fail in the future, we won't have any regrets. You might find what I'm saying funny, but no matter what, I still hope you can work hard with me."

After saying this, Yu Qing patted Li Fei on the shoulder and left the classroom.

Li Fei stood there dumbfounded.

After a long while, he suddenly slapped himself: "I must be dreaming."

...

After leaving the teaching building, Yu Qing went straight to the bus stop at the school gate.

From afar, he saw Lin Yueyue standing by the roadside with her schoolbag on her back, standing on tiptoe and looking around, as if she was waiting for something.

Just then, a black Mercedes slowly pulled up in front of Lin Yueyue, and a middle-aged driver in a black suit got out of the driver's seat.

Help me open the car door.

Lin Yueyue bent down and climbed into the car.

In an era where most people take public transportation, such a luxury car parked at the school gate is already quite eye-catching, not to mention it comes with a personal driver.

To the surrounding students, this scene appeared as one of overwhelming wealth and extravagance.

Yu Qing stood at a distance, silently witnessing everything.

They say all roads lead to Rome, but some people are born in Rome. If Lin Yueyue hadn't died unexpectedly, she would have lived a good life. Li Fei has connections, so even without hard work, he would have a good job.

The pinnacle you strive for is merely the starting point for some. Pursuing a better life is not wrong, but constantly comparing yourself to others often leads you to overlook the happiness and beauty along the way.

Life isn't always fair. Just try your best to avoid regrets, cherish the present, live in the moment, family is more important than anything, and being alive is more important than anything else.

Having figured this out, Yu Qing felt much more at ease. She was full of energy, with a confident smile on her face, and strode towards the bus.

Ten years ago, Jiangcheng did not have a subway station yet, and the buses were still the old-fashioned, dilapidated yellow-green buses. As a result, there were always a lot of students, and each bus was packed to the brim.

Even though Yu Qing had secured a window seat, the carriage still felt unusually cramped and stuffy.

Actually, his home is not far from the school. He can get home without taking a bus; it's only three stops away. However, Yu Qing's mother was worried that it would be unsafe for Yu Qing to walk alone at night, so she insisted that Yu Qing take the bus.

In those times of poor public security, missing persons cases were common, so most large families would send their children to boarding school and let them return home on weekends.

Yu Qing sat by the window and casually glanced out the window. Suddenly, she caught sight of a familiar figure.

However, before he could get a good look at it...

The car suddenly turned, and the familiar figure disappeared from his sight. Yu Qing immediately looked back, but the crowded car blocked his view.

Am I seeing things?

Yu Qing frowned, stared out the window several times to make sure the figure was gone, and then reluctantly looked away.

He thinks he just saw Lu Chi…

The bus arrived at the station soon, and Yu Qing got off and slowly walked towards the old residential area.

As soon as he reached the gate of the residential area, he saw a woman sitting on the ground crying uncontrollably, surrounded by several people, including two women who were trying to comfort her.

Yu Qing glanced at it and then ignored it, guessing it was another case of a husband cheating on his wife, something he'd seen plenty of.

The hair salon downstairs was still lit up with its neon lights. Yu Qing pushed open the door, went inside, and greeted the man behind the counter.

"Boss, I'd like to dye my hair."

The shop owner, a thin young man in his thirties, looked up at Yu Qing upon hearing his voice and asked, "Didn't you just get your hair dyed a couple of days ago?"

Yu Qing shrugged helplessly: "I was called on by the teacher."

"I warned you when you dyed your hair not to go too far, because students should look like students. But you didn't listen and insisted on dyeing your hair yellow. Now the teacher caught you. Tell me, wasn't this a waste of money?"

The boss made a joke and then started mixing the hair dye.

Yu Qing smiled without saying anything, found a chair and sat down, looking at himself in the mirror. His hair was very long, like a wolf's tail, with a slight natural curl, and with that yellow hair, he looked no different from the members of the "Funeral Love Family".

No wonder Old Man Xu told him to come back; his pathetic appearance disgusted even himself.

Soon, the boss came to him with a small bowl and began to work on his head.

At this moment, Yu Qing suddenly remembered something and asked curiously, "I just saw a woman crying at the gate of the community. What happened?"

"Oh? You mean the fruit shop owner? Well, nothing much, except her dog suddenly died. I heard it was deliberately killed; half its skin was cut off, and its intestines were spilling out. I don't know who the hell did it, it's really despicable." The shop owner cursed angrily.

"Oh, I see!" Yu Qing nodded in sudden realization, then lowered her head, lost in thought.

...

It was past nine o'clock when I got home.

Yu's mother works at a nearby dairy factory and usually works overtime until very late before returning home. Sometimes she doesn't get home until the morning. So every time she goes to work, she gives Yu Qing a few dozen yuan so he can buy food to fill his stomach. But Yu Qing usually uses this money to buy skins online.

Yu Qing hung her schoolbag on the wall.

I went into the bedroom, turned on the desk lamp, and sat down at my desk.

He took a notebook out of the drawer and turned to a new page.

Start making plans for your future.

He picked up a pen and wrote several large headings in his notebook.

The first thing I did was prevent my mother from being in a car accident.

According to his memory, his mother's car accident happened a year later, during the time he was working away from home after graduating from high school. It was still early, so he wasn't in a hurry and could make plans after the college entrance examination.

The second thing is to stay away from Lu Chi.

As a psychopathic killer, Lu Chi has taken more than a dozen lives. His existence directly affects one's future fate. One must keep one's distance from him and, if necessary, stop him or kill him to prevent future troubles.

Of course, when Yu Qing said "get rid of him," he didn't mean killing him outright, but rather finding evidence of his murder and handing it over to the police so that he could be imprisoned early.

The third thing is to get into a good university.

After Yu Qing finished writing it, he felt it was not rigorous enough.

After thinking for a moment, he crossed out the word "good" with his pen.

Although he had decided to study hard, he was just an ordinary person without a solid foundation or talent. Compared with outstanding students like Lin Yueyue and Yuan Xiu, he was far inferior.

Yu Qing was self-aware enough to know that it was simply unrealistic for him to get into a top-tier university within two months.

He couldn't even guarantee admission to a regular university.

After all, he had forgotten all the knowledge from his previous life.

At this stage, what he needs to do is to focus on subjects like history and politics that require rote memorization; he has to put mathematics aside for now.

With this in mind, he began to make a detailed plan for himself.

Around 11 o'clock.

Mother Li Qiulan dragged her tired body home.

Hearing the noise outside, Yu Qing put down her notebook and opened the door.

"Mom, you're back?"

"Yeah, the factory leaders suddenly asked us to work overtime, but thankfully we managed to meet the production target. Have you eaten yet? Mom will go make you some food." Li Qiulan said as she changed her shoes and took off her factory uniform jacket.

"I've already eaten out." Yu Qing looked at her quietly.

He knew that the factory was laying off workers during this period, and his mother would be retiring in a few years. In order to avoid being fired, he could only swallow his anger and endure the overtime work ordered by his superiors.

Thinking about this, I felt a pang of sadness again.

"Why aren't you asleep so late? Are you playing games again?" Li Qiulan glared at Yu Qing.

"Hehe, I'm going to sleep now."

Yu Qing scratched his head and smiled sheepishly. He turned and hurriedly ran into the bedroom, making a heart shape with his hands as he closed the door: "Love you, Mom. See you tomorrow, mua~!"

After saying that, he slammed the door shut.

Li Qiulan was stunned for a moment, then couldn't help but shake her head with a smile: "You brat."