awakening
Xu Nian saw Xu Qingli's hesitation and thought she had something to hide, so she said sympathetically, "Aunt, if you don't want to tell me, you don't have to. Hehe, I'm not very curious."
Xu Qingli: “…”
She smiled, feeling that this behavior was very unlike her usual self. After letting go of the psychological pressure, she said, "Niannian, your uncle suddenly received a transfer order today and has to be transferred to another place. I have been with your uncle all these years, and I don't want him to go alone this time."
Anyone who wasn't stupid would understand what was left unsaid. When Xu Nian heard that they were going somewhere else, his heart broke. Now that it was finalized, he felt a sense of emptiness again.
Seeing her niece remained silent, Xu Qingli felt guilty. "Niannian, it's not that I'm abandoning you. If I were to leave, I would definitely take you with me. It's just that the situation is special now. You're in your third year of high school. I had good intentions when I summoned you from your hometown, but now I can't let you study peacefully. I feel so sorry."
"Your parents have high hopes for you, and now they're delaying you. I'm ashamed."
Of course Xu Nian was a little annoyed. She had thought that after going through so much, she could finally settle down, but she never expected this to be the result in the end. She wanted to ask if she could go and accompany her uncle a year later, but then she thought that she had no right to do so.
Xu Nian stammered, "So where are we going? When are we going?"
"Or, I'd better go back to my hometown!"
As he was speaking, Duan Jiang came out of his two sons' room. Seeing Xu Qingli and her niece still standing in the yard, he looked a little embarrassed and apologetic.
This matter could not be explained immediately. Duan Jiang saw that it was getting late, so he told Xu Nian to go and rest first, and they would discuss what was the most reasonable thing to do.
Xu Nian has no autonomy now, so she thinks it depends on what the couple says. She will probably accompany them, or go back by herself.
When I returned home and saw the letter I had written to my family, I felt that there was no need to mail it. Who knows, maybe the letter I wrote to my family might arrive faster than the letter.
She also didn't know how Xu Hongqi would react when he knew she was leaving. She thought that they were really not destined to be together. She had been here for more than four years, and the time she had spent with him was only two years at most.
She did not sleep as well as she did last night. She was in a half-asleep and half-awake state. She got up early in the morning and left the bedroom. It was just dawn. At this moment, her eyes met with Duan Guoqing who came out from the opposite side. Then she remembered what Xu Hongqi told her yesterday, that this cousin seemed to be a graduating student, in the third grade of junior high school.
The two of them felt sorry for each other and had their own troubles, which was why they couldn't sleep.
Unlike Duan Guoju who came out later, he went to college and left home anyway, so he felt the least. Today he was about to leave home, so he got up early to catch the bus and was able to make it to the afternoon school activities.
Over the years, his parents have been traveling all over the country for work, and he has long since stopped caring about them. They can always be together anyway, and this is just a transition.
The three of them washed quietly, thinking they wouldn't disturb anyone, but the Duan Jiang couple were also preoccupied with things and hadn't rested well. Their facial features were very sensitive, so they got up when they heard the noise.
The family finished their breakfast quietly throughout the morning.
Xu Nian was called away by Xu Qingli. She didn't understand why and followed her aunt into the house.
Xu Qingli: "Niannian, I'll take you to school today as planned."
Xu Nian was surprised, "Aunt, aren't we going to leave with uncle?"
Xu Qingli said, "I'm not leaving. Let your uncle go first. The first year is usually quite busy anyway. If I go, we won't have much time to spend together. It's better for me to stay here and take care of you and Guo Qing first."
Xu Nian thought about it for a long time and felt that it was mainly because of her. She heard that her cousin had good grades, so it probably didn't matter where Duan Guoqing went to school.
If it was Duan Jiang and his wife who felt guilty last night, now it was Xu Nian who felt guilty, because she had separated the couple and made them a long-distance couple. How could she, an "outsider", feel comfortable there?
But now she couldn't speak to her aunt-in-law. She had no position and no solution. It was good enough if she could avoid causing any more trouble.
Everyone in the family was busy with their own things and said goodbye and left. Xu Nian silently followed Xu Qingli to the military district high school. It was empty and large, but everything was very tidy. Standing at the door, he could faintly hear the students reading aloud.
Xu Nian followed her to the office, where she was greeted by a woman in her fifties. She saw Xu Qingli walk over and talk to someone.
"Master's wife, this is my niece. I will trouble you from now on."
This is obviously an independent office with room for only one person. The person who can be called "teacher's wife" by Xu Qingli is most likely to have a higher position and qualifications than the couple.
Xu Nian followed suit and greeted, "Hello, teacher" in a polite manner.
The woman Xu Qingli called "Teacher's Wife" was named Li Qingping. Her husband was a teacher, and she did have some status in the school. She smiled and nodded to Xu Nian and said "Okay".
Li Qingping then said to Xu Qingli, "Why bother? I think the girl's grades have been pretty good in the past. As long as she works hard in the future, passing the entrance exam shouldn't be a problem."
After saying that, he seemed puzzled and asked Xu Qingli, "You're not going with Xiao Duan? I wanted to congratulate you, but I thought you came here to arrange for your youngest son to transfer to another school."
Xu Qingli replied playfully, "I can't leave now. Let Duan Jiang clean up for us first. I can accompany you for a while."
"We haven't seen each other for ten years, and we've only been together for two years. He's willing to leave, but I'm reluctant to do so."
Li Qingping smiled sweetly, "You're just sweet-talking." He took a look at her and sighed, "But you haven't changed in these years, unlike me, who's already old."
Xu Qingli took two steps closer, took her hand and said, "I don't see that you're old there, but even if your heart is old, it's probably because you're worried about the students. We teachers certainly don't dare to let you get tired."
"You girl, you're such a weirdo." Seeing the little girl who looked a bit like her standing next to her, not saying much, with her lips pursed, she didn't waste any more time and turned to Xu Qingli and said, "Go do your thing first. I'll take her to her assigned teacher."
Xu Qingli did have a lot of things to do at the hospital, so she didn't refuse. She asked Xu Nian to follow Li Qingping and said that she had already agreed with Guo Qing that they would have lunch at school and go home together after school in the afternoon. Then she left.
After Xu Qingli left, Li Qingping returned to his usual demeanor. He couldn't be said to be cold, but he felt calm. He spoke gently and led Xu Nian to the new class.
The classmates were not surprised by the students who joined in mid-term. There were many children in the army who followed their parents around. As the saying goes, soldiers go wherever the country needs them, and everyone is used to it.
The girls felt that the female classmates who came this time were quite different. They were pretty and, more importantly, very slim. They were not as energetic as them.
There was a different light in the boys' eyes. There was a cold beauty in the class.
Xu Nian didn't know that she had this illusion, but even if she knew, she couldn't laugh now. She just felt inexplicably annoyed and uncomfortable all over.
I felt uncomfortable the whole day. When I went to the bathroom at night, I heard a conversation between a couple. My irritability reached its peak and I just wanted to pack my bags and go home.
She heard that her aunt wanted to follow her uncle, but Duan Jiang kept persuading her to stay, saying that one year wouldn't make a difference. The voice behind it might be a coaxing voice, the volume was very low, and it was faintly heard, but soon the crying sound made Xu Nian's heart tremble.
What she did was nothing. It felt like she was breaking up a pair of lovebirds. At the same time, it overturned Xu Nian's impression of Xu Qingli. She didn't expect that Xu Qingli and her husband had such a deep love. In fact, she always thought that her aunt was a person who always cared about her family and didn't think much about herself. After all, that's what her family said. But in actual contact, she felt that her aunt was very loyal to her own feelings and put herself first.
If someone from her hometown said this, they might think she was inconsiderate and a bit selfish, but Xu Nian didn't think so. She just felt that she was a nuisance, because if it were her, she would also follow her heart and satisfy herself first, and then take care of others.
She felt that she couldn't do this, otherwise even if she stayed, she would not be happy. She thought that she was alive as a human being, and if she continued to live with psychological burdens like in her previous life, her life would be lived in vain.
The only problem is how to solve this problem. Going home is the last option. Otherwise, wouldn't she lose face? If she goes back in disgrace, people in the team will talk about her everywhere, especially Xu's mother. She doesn't want to become the focus of other people's discussions.
There was no good solution at the moment, so she could only leave and watch a movie. According to her aunt, her uncle Duan Jiang would not pass away for another two weeks, so he still had some time. At worst, she could tell her younger aunt that the whole family could leave together to save everyone from suffering.
She went to class diligently every day with her head held high. She originally wanted to just get by with her studies, but now she seemed to have finally gotten her bearings and was able to learn with ease. What made Xu Nian sigh was that she used to feel ashamed of failing the college entrance examination twice, but now she felt like she was looking down on the college entrance examination.
To put it bluntly, it was like a game. The more problems she had been unable to understand before, the more she suddenly understood them, especially geometry problems in math. No matter who explained them to her, she couldn't figure them out. Occasionally, she would make a fool of herself, and when people asked her to look at the surface, she seemed to have the ability to see through things.
Xu Nian thought this was a pleasant surprise!
A week passed like this, and she became the math teacher's favorite. He thought she had potential, and she became a regular at the blackboard when he asked her to solve problems. This also made her classmates have a different understanding of this cold beauty, and they felt that not all good-looking people were useless. However, it also made her classmates even more afraid to approach her.
That day, after school, Xu Nian met up with Duan Guoqing who was waiting for her at the school gate. She didn't rush home, but took Duan Guoqing to a special kitchen and used her money to treat him to a bag of fried river shrimps.
While eating, Xu Nian pretended not to care and asked, "Guo Qing, do you want to stop being controlled by adults all the time?"
No matter how mature and quiet Duan Guoqing is, he still has the rebelliousness of his age. Young people love freedom and feel that they are grown up and do not want to be bound by constraints.
The concise word "want" came out of his mouth.
Xu Nian had her own little scheme. She tempted him, "I have a way. Do you want to listen?"
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