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Xu Nian looked at Xu Hongqi.
He saw the light in her eyes, but the more so, the more depressed Xu Hongqi felt. As soon as Liu Jun said that today, he knew that it was not good, but when Xu Nian chose her family without much struggle, he felt abandoned again.
It was clear that not long ago she was kissing him sweetly, and she kept seducing him into falling, making him sink deeper and deeper, but now he realized her coldness and that he was an option she could discard at will. In the end, he was still alone.
Xu Nian didn't know what Xu Hongqi was thinking, he just glanced at himself.
Ignoring him no longer, Xu Nian said to his father, "Dad, let's accept this test."
After she finished speaking, Xu Hongqi didn't move or refuse. Xu Qinghua knew that this matter hurt the child, but children are debts. At his age, he finally understood the old sayings of his parents.
Everything that should and shouldn't be said had been said. Seeing that her old man's eyes were filled with worry, Xu's mother waved her hand and asked them to go back to the house to rest.
After leaving the house, Xu Hongqi walked towards his room without waiting for Xu Nian. Xu Nian stopped at the door and watched him getting farther and farther away from her.
Unwilling to give up, she ran over angrily, pushed open his door, and then slammed it shut. She saw Xu Hongqi sitting on a stool with his back against the table, not at all moved by her arrival.
"Xu Hongqi, why are you angry?"
"Do you feel wronged?"
"Then have you ever thought that I also feel very wronged. I understand the hardships you have gone through since childhood, and I know that you value Qi Meiyue..." When he mentioned this name, Xu Hongqi turned his head and looked at her.
Xu Nian couldn't help but sneer, "You only reacted when I mentioned her, which shows that others are not completely groundless. When we first met, I thought I couldn't compare to her friendship with you, so you are closer to her than to me. I admit it, it's my fault for being so cheap and going to you first."
"She's so important to you, so important that you could lend her half of the 800 yuan you just had, so important that you could leave me behind and take care of her when she was feeling down, so important that you, who never wanted to owe anyone a favor, could ask a friend to find her a job."
"Let me guess, what makes Liu Jun dare to say that you are Qi Meiyue's boyfriend? It was decided when you accompanied her back to her hometown to get a divorce last time. Wasn't she particularly touched?"
"So why should you feel wronged, why should you be angry, and why should I stand on your side?"
"I really can't understand it. If you like each other, just be together!"
"What I can't understand even more is...Xu Hongqi, if I'm cheap, are you also cheap? If you don't like me, you should have said so earlier."
The veins on Xu Hongqi's forehead bulged, but he became discouraged as Xu Nian continued to criticize him. When Xu Nian stopped talking, he looked at him and said dejectedly, "Xu Nian, you have no heart."
Xu Nian walked up to him and asked, "You don't dare to look at me?"
Xu Hongqi was helpless. "Because you are so good at lying. You lied to me from the beginning. The reason I was able to get some attention from you later was because you were sure that I liked you first, which is why you were sincere to me later."
"Xu Nian, others say that I'm cold-hearted and hard-hearted, but in fact, I'm no match for you."
Xu Nian didn't want to listen to him anymore. She bent down and held Xu Hongqi's face with both hands, her eyes full of longing and affection. She looked at him for a long time and gently kissed his eyes.
After the kiss, she looked away but still looked at his lips. The words in her mouth made him die and come back to life again, "Xu Hongqi, let's get married when I reach marriageable age!"
Xu Hongqi wanted to be more firm, but his lips were trembling and he couldn't say no. All he kept thinking in his mind was that Xu Nian was going to give him a home.
Xu Nian finally couldn't help laughing, and kissed Xu Hongqi on the lips before he got angry.
At first, someone was uncooperative, but later when Xu Nian was almost exhausted, he somehow figured it out and took the initiative, kissing the person so hard that he couldn't breathe. It wasn't until Xu Nian bit him that they both stopped.
Xu Hongqi held Xu Nian and sat on his lap. Xu Nian's hands were hanging around his neck. They both controlled their breathing and felt their hearts beat in unison...
When Xu Nian came out of Xu Hongqi's house, she happened to meet Xu's mother who went to the kitchen to get some water. She didn't feel embarrassed, but ran to Xu's mother's side.
"Mom, don't worry about you and my dad. This son-in-law can't run away."
Lu Mei was speechless for a moment, then pointed at her and said, "You're so young, aren't you ashamed?"
Seeing Xu Nian shaking his head, Lu Mei sighed and smiled, "Okay, my daughter is better off being strong, so she won't suffer any loss. But you have to be nice to her, it's not easy for Hongqi to live alone until now!"
Xu Nian felt that her mother was wrong and corrected her: "Mom, we are good to each other. This is called mutual affection."
"Tell my dad, Brother Hongqi said that if love is long-lasting, it doesn't matter if you're together day and night."
Xu's mother glanced at her daughter and said, "I don't understand. This is definitely not what Hongqi said. Besides, I told your father, but he didn't understand."
Xu Nian really felt wronged. This sentence was indeed said by Xu Hongqi, but he was just trying to comfort and enlighten himself. Xu Nian agreed with it very much, so he told it to his parents to reassure them and avoid moral kidnapping and sleep disturbance.
***
Xu Nian sat in the teacher's office filling out her application. When her first choice, Renmin University, was written on the paper, her heart also settled. Who could have thought that fate was so magical that she would return to her original intention after many twists and turns.
This matter was settled, and the next step was to wait for the admission notice. During this period, as Xu's father had worried, many people in the village gossiped about her, especially Xu Hongqi who was still living in their house. When Xu Nian went out, they would chirp behind her, and when Xu Nian didn't leave the house, the crickets chirped even louder.
Xu Hongqi didn't care about these things at first. He never took people's words seriously from the beginning. If he really cared about them, he would not be alive today.
But he overlooked the most important point. The most direct reaction to loving someone is heartache. When others say something about him, he doesn't feel any pain or itch, but when others say something bad about him, he begins to regret it and blame himself. Sometimes he even feels that he is a poisonous snake and no one who touches him will have a good time.
So when Professor Duan found the address where he mailed the information and called him to ask him to participate in the school's scientific research project, he agreed. He wanted to stay away for a while so as not to give others a reason to hurt Xu Nian.
Xu Nian has been taking care of the children every day these days. Her father uses her not having to go out to work as a bargaining chip and lets Xu Nian teach her three nephews. Fortunately, Xu Hongqi asks about her well-being every day, so Xu Nian feels that her life is not bad.
When I heard Xu Hongqi say that he wanted to leave early, I subconsciously didn't want him to go. Xu Hongqi didn't dare to say directly that he had agreed, so he mainly talked about what their project was.
"Making explosives again?" Xu Nian felt it was fate after hearing this.
Thinking that he became the 'big devil' villain in his previous life by relying on explosives, he really didn't expect that she had changed the trajectory of his life, and now he was destined to do this again.
Xu Nian was a little overwhelmed for a moment. She hesitated and said, "Is it too late for you to change your major now?"
Xu Hongqi shook his head honestly, "Probably not. I didn't take the college entrance examination at the time. I was admitted to university through talent development. If I change my major, I will probably have to take the college entrance examination again."
Xu Nian said angrily, "You really want to? I'm just saying. I used to see you at home reading books, doing math problems, and drawing parabolas. I never told you that you were a munitions major. I thought you were studying physics."
"By the way, can I ask, what are you researching ammunition for?"
Maybe because he knew they were about to separate, Xu Hongqi found her mumbling and complaining cute, and he answered her questions.
"Strengthen your strength and stop being bullied."
Xu Nian thought she was being foolish. Just based on their school's background, she could guess why. Xu Hongqi's current state was a world away from his miserable past. As a Chinese, how could she stop him from serving his country? After figuring it out, she said with relief, "Go ahead. Just be safe. Do your best and strive to defeat anyone who has bullied our country."
Xu Nian was so excited when she talked about it, but she finally thought it through, and Xu Hongqi was unwilling again, "You are quite patriotic. I see that you don't miss me at all when I leave."
Xu Nian's expression immediately changed when he heard him say this. "Then don't leave. I didn't want you to leave in the first place. Your teacher is the same. He's enslaving students even during the holidays. I'll report him!"
Xu Hongqi snorted, "You can be even more hypocritical. You just try to coax me every day."
Xu Nian chuckled, "Yeah, yeah, if I don't coax you, who else should I coax..., haha!"
At the end of July, Xu Hongqi bought the train ticket. Xu Nian saw that the train was scheduled to depart at 6:00 PM on August 5th. He smiled and said, "You shouldn't have to stay in the guesthouse when you go back. You'll be home before dark." Then he added regretfully, "I just don't know if you can catch up with me to receive the good news."
Xu Hongqi wanted to cheer her up, so he teased her, "You're quite confident."
Xu Nian was very proud, "Don't you see who my private tutor is?" This made Xu Hongqi smile.
By August 4th, the notice still hadn't arrived, so Xu's mother made dumplings early at noon on August 5th.
"People say you can have dumplings when you get on the bus and noodles when you get off. We couldn't afford it before, but the policies have improved in the past two years, so I have to let you have dumplings."
"The teachers in your school are the same. They order students to go back to work even when they are on vacation." Xu's mother complained.
Xu Hongqi ate dumplings and looked at Xu Nian with a smile. Xu Nian knew what he meant and laughed at the fact that the mother and daughter had the same words.
"Why are you saying this? The teacher attaches importance to Hongqi, which means Hongqi performs well. You should give Hongqi a pot of dumplings and let him eat in the car." said Xu's father.
Xu Hongqi refused, "Don't bother. It's hot out, and it won't stay in the car. It's much more stuffy inside than outside. It will go bad before I eat it. What a shame."
Mrs. Xu quickly replied, "That's right, it's not worth wasting the dumplings."
As soon as she finished speaking, she was glared at by her mother-in-law. Xu's mother interrupted, "Well, it's just that you left too early. Otherwise, in another month, our courtyard would have been able to eat persimmons. Then I could bring some to your teacher, and he would be more attentive to you."
Xu Nian had been looking forward to the persimmons ripening. It was rare to see any fruit at home or outside. She couldn't even remember when was the last time she ate fruit.
Oh, canned fruit doesn't count, that's pickled...
When Xu Hongqi left, she didn't let Xu Nian see her off. She only had one request: to write a page of letter a day and mail it once a week. He said that Xu Hongqi had a weak conscience and he was afraid that she would forget.
Xu Nian: “…”
It just so happened that just one hour after Xu Hongqi was sent away by Xu's father, the postman knocked on the door of Xu's house with a notice.
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