Chapter 43

Such an incident happened during the military training, which was quite new to the students who had no entertainment life at that time.

But when the girl introduced herself as Lin Mian, the tone changed again.

It all started when Yu Qiyan, after learning her name, curiously asked her, "Are all of you Lin Mian so smart? My mom should have changed my name. Maybe if I changed it to Yu Mian, I'd be able to be number one."

Lin Mian pointed at himself: "Our Lin Mian?"

"Yeah, you have the same name as this year's top scorer in the high school entrance exam. Didn't you know that?"

"If you knew that the top scorer in the high school entrance exam graduated from Beishi Middle School, and I also graduated from Beishi Middle School, how many Lin Mians do you think there would be?"

“Hey!”

Yu Qiyan held his face with both hands, looking surprised and puzzled.

Is Experimental No. 15 Middle School so strong?

They actually invited the top scorer in the high school entrance examination!

My second place loss was not unfair at all; it actually seemed more valuable.

Yu Qiyan's eyes lit up, and he took Lin Mian's hand and said, "From now on, I'll ask Sister Mian to take care of me! Thank you so much!"

Lin Mian withdrew the hand that Yu Qiyan was holding. "I'm probably younger than you, so you don't have to call me sister."

"Sister is my respectful title for you. It doesn't depend on age. But Sister Mian, how old are you this year?"

Yu Qiyan's constant use of "you" gave Lin Mian goose bumps on his arms.

"It's okay to call me sister, but don't call me 'you'. That's too weird. I'm 11 years old."

11 years old?

Yu Qiyan thought Lin Mian might just be short, but he didn't expect that she was actually 5 years younger than him.

No, how come he is so much younger and still scores higher than him? Doesn’t this mean that he has eaten in vain?

This makes him look stupid, so it's an unnecessary question.

"Sister Mian, please teach me how to study!"

Looking at Yu Qiyan with a sincere face, Lin Mian was about to say something when a bottle of mineral water was thrown accurately at Yu Qiyan, and he subconsciously caught it.

"You've already said you're stupid, so why are you asking Xiao Mian to teach you? Isn't that just a waste of time?"

He Xintong handed the mineral water in his hand to Lin Mian: "Don't talk too much with this kind of person, save more energy for the training later."

Lin Mian unscrewed the bottle cap and stopped talking.

She just thought they were all noisy.

Wang Yun came over at a trot. She panted as she handed the thing in her hand to Lin Mian. "This is the corn I cooked this morning. I don't know if you like it."

Wang Yun’s face was a little red, perhaps because of the exercise or something else, and he looked at Lin Mian with anticipation.

It just so happened that Wang Yun took the food that Lin Mian would collect after breakfast.

"Thank you. I didn't ask your name yesterday. What's your name?"

"My name is Wang Yun."

The two girls smiled at each other, as if they had reached some agreement tacitly.

Military training is not tiring compared to Lin Mian’s usual training.

At the end of the military training, the results were to be checked. Lin Mian was selected to go to the front square. Her movements were the most neat and beautiful. Her curly hair was tied into a bun, and her sharp eyebrows and eyes looked very energetic. Later, the instructor directly asked her to stand in front and hold the flag.

Originally, raising the flag was a job that was assigned to tall people, but Lin Mian was too representative. Whether it was her grades or the movements required for military training, she could do them all very well. No one would be dissatisfied with choosing her.

So Lin Mian was selected as an exception and became the flag bearer.

Marching in step and waving a bright red flag, Lin Mian left a deep impression on many people.

On the first day of school, when everyone wanted to talk to Lin Mian, they found that Lin Mian was not in the class.

The confused classmates only found out that she had gone abroad to participate in a famous piano competition when the head teacher was arranging seats.

Her place was taken by He Xintong, who was the person she was most familiar with and came from the same school.

This time he wanted to continue to sit at the same table with Lin Mian.

When Lin Mian came back, he saw a pile of books on the table.

"These are all new books, and there are also exercise books that the teacher asked me to buy. I bought them all."

This is how He Xintong introduced it.

Lin Mian sorted them carefully and placed them in drawers and on the desk. She absolutely did not want to carry too many books back, as it would weigh her down and she still had time to grow.

"These notes highlight the key points from the lectures you missed."

"Wow," Lin Mian wanted to give He Xinbi a thumbs up for being so diligent all of a sudden. "That's great, Xiao He. You even took notes."

Her happiness was so obvious that He Xintong couldn't tell that he had copied Yu Qiyan's notebook for her.

"What? This is my notebook he copied. If Sister Mian doesn't understand, then look at mine. He might have copied it wrong."

The next second, Yu Qiyan came over and exposed He Xintong.

He Xintong felt a little embarrassed, but Lin Mian did not take the notebook that Yu Qiyan handed over.

"Thank you, Yu Qiyan. He Xintong's notebook is enough for me."

Yu Qiyan put away the notebook awkwardly and sat back down. It seemed that being classmates for a few more years would make a difference.

He Xintong reached out and touched Lin Mian's hand: "How is it this time? I'm not going to see the school banners again when I go out later, am I?"

"It's okay, no different from before."

This meant they had won first place again. Before He Xintong could even finish his congratulations, Lin Mian said, "I've already discussed this with them. From now on, we'll only put up banners related to learning, so you won't see the same scene as before."

Lin Mian had long been annoyed by Beishi Middle School's habit of putting up banners, so one of the conditions she put forward to Experimental No. 15 Middle School was that they should not put up banners every time she won an award.

He Xintong felt a little sorry. He thought it was a very happy thing to see Lin Mian's name when entering the school gate every day. After all, Lin Mian was always busy.

In the following class, Lin Mian finally got to know the teacher and the class leaders.

Wang Yun also whispered to Lin Mian, "If you hadn't been absent during the class leader election, I'm afraid many people would have voted for you."

Forget that. Lin Mian thought about her packed schedule and realized that she really didn’t have that much time to take care of class affairs.

And she might not have that much time in school this year.

As she said, Lin Mian missed more classes in her first year of high school than she expected, which made her the most mysterious student in the class for a time.

Yu Qiyan thought he couldn't get first place, but he still got it, but each time he got it when Lin Mian was not around.

But his happiness could not last long. Wang Yun's accumulated experience had made him accustomed to it, and his score was very close to his. It was difficult for him to get the first place even when Lin Mian was not around.

Moreover, in the second semester of his senior year, He Xintong, who always ranked last in exams, changed from being a nonchalant and arrogant boy to being silent. His continuously improving grades made many students in the class start to take him seriously.

Even by the end of the second semester of his senior year, he had already ranked in the middle and lower reaches of the class and in the top 30 in the grade.

How did he do it?

Of course it’s hard work.

Lin Mian knew this very well, and He Xintong never hid it from her.

When He Xintong heard the confrontation between his father and brother, he realized that it was his brother who leaked the information about his kidnapping to the kidnappers.

He wants him to disappear!

This realization left He Xintong without the energy to even question his brother. He didn't know why his brother did this.

He Xintong sensed the disgust behind He Yu's smile when he was very young. He Yu didn't like him as a younger brother.

But before his mother died, she said to him, "Xiaotong, don't fight with your brother in the future. He will protect you."

Even though he was still young at that time, he could tell that although his mother was around, her eyes were often on his brother.

When he was a child, he was still ignorant and made a lot of noise to attract his mother's attention, but his mother's eyes were always on places where he couldn't see.

He Xintong understood this very early on that his brother was the eldest son and his mother’s pride.

He should also inherit his mother's will and love his brother.

He Xintong remembered what his mother said very clearly. He didn't want to argue with He Yu about anything, but he never thought that He Yu hated him so much that he wanted him dead.

"It's not me who harmed him, it's you! If you hadn't indulged me time and time again, making me worry about whether I could inherit the He family in the future, I wouldn't have done that! You've been so strict with me since I was a child, and you've always been there to clean up his mess. I'm your son, why do you treat me like this? If I didn't look like you, I'm afraid I would doubt that I'm not your son at all!"

He Yu's voice sounded somewhat happy, as if being able to see the other person in pain would make him happy.

He Lang pointed at He Yu's nose and wanted to slap him several times, but he was afraid that it would only confirm He Yu's accusation of bias.

"Your brother was raised to be stupid, and for whom? You shouldn't know it! In order for you to smoothly inherit the He family, I indulge him again and again, and clean up his mess. Can't you see who I am more partial to? Anyone can blame me, even your brother, but you can't!"

Yeah?

He Xintong pushed open the door, making the already tense atmosphere even more subtle.

"Can I blame you, too?"

He Xintong no longer remembers what happened afterwards.

On the day He Yu flew to America to study abroad, He Xintong was lying on the grass, telling Lin Mian about the pain in his heart. He didn't know who he could talk to now. Even Li Fang, who had taken care of him since childhood, only listened to his brother.

Lin Mian listened carefully and gently stroked He Xintong's long hair.

"You're right, He Xintong."

"But you have to grow up and wake up from your previous dreams."

He Xintong held Lin Mian's hand tightly, "Then will you let me go?"

"As long as you hold me tight, it's impossible for me to let go."

Although this sentence did not carry any promise, it calmed He Xintong's restless heart.

As long as he holds on to Lin Mian, Lin Mian will not let him go.

But isn't this too tight?

When Lin Mian finished training, her phone always rang on time, and she knew who was calling without having to guess.

He always had endless topics to talk about and always had something new to talk to her about.

This is actually very difficult. You can't find something new every day, just like Lin Mian spends every day in heavy training, discussion, and study. But He Xintong's call allowed her to breathe a little and feel grounded with her feet on the ground.

He Xintong is the one who pulls the kite, and he is also the one who brings Lin Mian back to his senses.

Repeating the same thing day after day can drive people crazy, either silently or explosively.

Busy Lin Mei cannot always care about Lin Mian, and Tu Yin, who is busy with internship, cannot always care about Lin Mian. They both have their own lives.

He Xintong also has his own life. He has become more and more silent and gentle, but he always finds ways to write down the interesting things that happen in his life. Not only his own, he also observes others and writes them down.

It is impossible for him to live such an interesting life every day, but he wants Lin Mian to live a more interesting life.

Thanks to him, Lin Mian was able to calm down her rising adrenaline. The excitement brought to her by speed and the happiness brought to her by dangerous actions could make her life crazy. Because people are greedy, she will gradually become unsatisfied and then pursue more crazy stimulation to satisfy her brain.

But He Xintong was like a palliative, allowing Lin Mian to fall gently to the ground.

"What are you laughing at? You can be so happy just looking at your phone."

Tu Yin, wearing a pink-collared bachelor's gown, smiled and blindfolded Lin Mian.

She took graduation photos today, and Lin Mian brought a big bouquet of flowers, but he didn't tell her that he asked Lin Jianai to bring her.

Although Tu Yin already had a bouquet of roses given by Su He in her hand, she didn't think it was too much and took photos holding two bouquets of flowers, which made Lin Mian dislike Su He even more.

Lin Mian also knew that Su He had successfully confessed his love to Tu Yin in his junior year, but she still couldn't stand Su He.

Su He always tried to please Lin Mian. He knew who Tu Yin valued and he wanted to get Lin Mian's approval. Unfortunately, every time he tried to please her, he stirred up a hornet's nest and chose the wrong point to please her.

Lin Mian, who didn't treat Su He well, didn't show it in front of her sister. She didn't want to embarrass Tu Yin, and she simply couldn't stand Su He. Su He didn't do anything wrong, but as a younger sister who was always valued by her sister, she felt bad when she thought about her sister having her own family in the future.

Lin Mian didn't see anyone around her having a happy marriage. She didn't want her sister to get married too early. At the same time, she wanted to love her sister more and let Tu Yin know that she would always be there for her no matter what and she could always stop.

Lin Mian didn't break free from her sister's hand. She pouted and said, "Sister, weren't you happy when you saw Su He's message? Why didn't you show it to me?"

Tu Yin blushed and let go of the hand that was covering Lin Mian's eyes.

"That's a matter between adults, children shouldn't get involved."

Seeing that Tu Yin, who was always carefree, could also be shy, Lin Mian shook her head slightly with a look of disbelief, which made Tu Yin so embarrassed that she scratched her again.

While they were playing, with a "click", the photo was frozen on the faces of the two sisters laughing unrestrainedly under the tree.

Su He's memory was instantly brought back to that summer, when they also laughed so happily.

Seeing that their relationship had not changed, he was actually a little uneasy.

He kept wondering, does Tu Yin really love him?

Could it be that she agreed because she was used to having me around and didn't want to lose this friend?

But even so, Su He didn't want to let go.

He has now grasped Tu Yin's hand and also grasped happiness.

He will never let go.

"What are you thinking about? You're so engrossed. Come over quickly and ask Guo'er to take a picture of us."

The warmth from her wrist made Su He's heart beat faster. She held his hand and walked into the sea of ​​flowers, telling him that she cared about him too.

Lin Mian, who was taking the photo, wanted to roll his eyes. Who was that man in the camera smiling like a fool?

Tu Yin is done, she fell in love with a fool.

Thinking of this, Lin Mian smiled.

It’s great that there is one more person in the world who loves Tu Yin.

But such times do need to be cherished.

Tu Yin did not stay in North City to work, but went to America. Su He also found a job in America because he didn't want to leave her alone.

"Is Beicheng not good? Sister, why do you want to go abroad?"

Lin Mian was very reluctant to let Tu Yin stay. She really wanted Tu Yin to stay in Beicheng so that she could be closer to her, but she was so busy that she had very little time in Beicheng. Lin Mian could not say more to ask Tu Yin to stay and could only ask for the reason.

Tu Yin smiled and touched her sister's head. She had grown taller again.

"It's not just America. I might end up drifting around in the future. Xiao Mian, you're still young, but you already have big ambitions. I have them too. I want to see more of the world and become a better journalist."

If this is Tu Yin's dream, Lin Mian can only wish her the best.

On the day Tu Yin left, besides Lin Mian, there was also Lin Mei.

Looking at the girl she had watched grow up, Lin Mei held her hand tightly and said, "Come back anytime if you miss us."

"Of course, Aunt Lin, if you miss me, you can call me anytime. I'll always answer."

Lin Mei smiled, feeling quite relieved.

"Is your father okay now?"

"It's okay," Tu Yin leaned close to Lin Mei's ear and said, "She just went back to her hometown and got married again, and the other party brought a boy here."

This can be considered as the fulfillment of his dream.

Lin Mei was not worried that the other party would take away the things that were to be left to Tu Yin. They had signed an agreement that the only person who could inherit those things after Tu Chenglin's death was Tu Yin.

"Bon Voyage"

As Tu Yin boarded the plane and her back disappeared from sight, Lin Mei patted Lin Mian's shoulder and gestured for her to leave.

But there was no movement. When he turned around, he saw that his daughter, who was almost as tall as him, had tears all over her face.

"Why don't you cry when people are around, but only cry when they are gone? What a stubborn ghost you are."

Lin Mian was speechless and she didn't know why she was crying.

Maybe she just hadn't cried in a long time.

When was the last time you cried?

Lin Mian had already forgotten.

She just held on to the belt of her clothes tightly, and although she was crying, she didn't say a word.

Amidst the crowd, Lin Mei stood in front of Lin Mian and waited until she recovered before taking her away.

While fastening her seat belt, she felt something hard in her coat. When she took it out, she found it was a card, the same card she had given to Tu Yin before.

There was a piece of paper on the back of the card that read: Thank you for your care all the time, Mom.

Suddenly, Lin Mei's tears burst out and fell like beads from a broken string.

Lin Mian, who didn't know what was going on, became flustered when she saw Lin Mei crying. She took out a tissue to wipe her mother's tears.

"Why is mom crying too? Is crying contagious?"

Lin Mei hugged Lin Mian and said with a smile: "Yes, it is contagious."

Both of her daughters have great ambitions and are the pride of her life.