Chapter 34 2
Wei Ran's book was taken away by Yuan Dabao directly, and he started painting in an empty seat.
As he drew, he argued confidently, "Actually, Wei Ran doesn't even need the teacher to highlight the key points. There's not a single word in this book that Wei Ran doesn't understand. In Wei Ran's mind, this entire book is the key points. He's already memorized it all."
Xin Tianyi stood behind Yuan Dabao, holding the book, and said, "Can you recite it to me too?"
Yuan Dabao was about to retort, but when he saw that it was Xin Tianyi, he stopped talking, quickly marked the key points, and returned to his desk.
He turned to look at the two people sitting next to him.
Bai Xue was writing something with her head down. Ever since Zhang Yang improved his grades according to his own ideas, Bai Xue followed suit and made a review plan for herself.
Because her foundation was so weak, Bai Xue struggled to follow the teacher's pace. The teacher's pace was so fast that she skimmed over many parts she barely understood.
It’s better to go at your own pace.
The two of them stopped listening to the teacher and just lowered their heads to study their own lessons every day.
Zhang Yang didn't study during the break. He lay on the table with his eyes closed, and it was unclear whether he fell asleep or not.
Yuan Dabao raised his hand and knocked on Bai Xue's desk.
Bai Xue raised her head from the pile of books and looked at Yuan Dabao.
Yuan Dabao raised the book in his hand and said, "I've highlighted the key points according to Wei Ran's book. Do you want to draw it again?"
Bai Xue immediately said, "Okay."
She went to get the book. Seeing that she seemed to be working on a problem, Yuan Dabao said, "Give it to me. I'll draw it for you."
"Really? Thank you."
"You're welcome."
Yuan Dabao took Bai Xue's book and smelled a burst of fragrance as he turned the pages.
He was a little surprised. He picked up his own book and smelled it. It was just the smell of paper and ink. Then he picked up Bai Xue's book and smelled it gently. There was indeed a fragrance.
Yuan Dabao was simple-minded and thought that Bai Xue's books were different from his own. He turned to Xin Tianyi and said, "Do you smell like a book?"
Xin Tianyi didn't know what was wrong with this man, so he could only lift the book and put it in front of Yuan Dabao's nose, "I don't know, you smell it."
Yuan Dabao shook his head. "It doesn't smell good at all. But Bai Xue's books do smell good."
"Really?" Xin Tianyi then realized that Yuan Dabao was highlighting the key points for Bai Xue.
Yuan Dabao finished drawing in a short while and returned the book to Bai Xue: "Why does your book smell fragrant?"
Bai Xue didn't know what was going on. She took the book, sniffed it, and smiled, saying, "It's the smell of my hands. Maybe I pick up the fragrance from flipping through books so often."
"Is it possible?" Yuan Dabao nodded in surprise, turned around and smelled his hand, there was no smell at all.
Bai Xue watched from the side and smiled: "I often put things on my hands, so there is fragrance."
"Ah!" Yuan Dabao suddenly realized.
Yuan Dabao glanced at Bai Xue's hands. Her hands were already white, and after hearing what she said, their hands seemed even whiter.
Yuan Dabao smiled, turned around, and said to Xin Tianyi: "Bai Xue said that she often smears things, and the fragrance of her hands is transferred to the book."
"Yes, I do." Xin Tianyi said, "It's okay now. Hands are always dry in winter."
"Really? Why didn't I feel that?" Yuan Dabao asked back.
Xin Tianyi didn't say anything, but gave him a look, asking him to understand it carefully.
Yuan Dabao said tactfully, "I see. You mean I'm thick-skinned and therefore insensitive, right?"
"Hahaha."
Yuan Dabao was not angry and smiled.
Xin Tianyi felt that this person was different from before, and his tolerance for her seemed to have reached a new level. Xin Tianyi was very curious about what force had changed Yuan Dabao. Whether it was carrying her schoolbag or smiling like this now, it was like he was a completely different person.
Since Yuan Dabao didn't say anything, Xin Tianyi didn't ask.
The two of them would bicker whenever they had nothing to do, but when something went wrong Yuan Dabao would immediately step in.
At the end of the third class, everyone had finished the water in their cups. Yuan Dabao and Zhang Yang went to get some water. They first took Wei Ran's cup, got a cup for the little patient, and then went to get Xin Tianyi's cup.
Yuan Dabao walked quickly and picked up Xin Tianyi's cup.
"Will you answer it for me?"
"It's on the way anyway." Yuan Dabao said.
Zhang Yang followed behind, saying nothing, but simply urged Yuan Dabao: "Hurry up, class will start soon."
But a hand was across in front of him.
Bai Xue held the cup in front of Zhang Yang and asked, "Please give me one too, my deskmate."
Zhang Yang hesitated for a moment, and before he could raise his hand to take it, Yuan Dabao in front of him thrust a cup in his direction.
Yuan Dabao stuffed Xin Tianyi's hand in his, and since his hands were empty, he took Bai Xue's.
Yuan Dabao smiled and said, "Even if you didn't tell me, I was just about to ask for it from you."
Bai Xue immediately said, "Thank you. I'll pick you up next time."
Zhang Yang held Wei Ran's in one hand and Xin Tianyi's in the other.
He glanced at Xin Tianyi, who quickly thanked him.
When all the cups were filled with water, Yuan Dabao realized that Zhang Yang's was the only one left.
After returning to the classroom, Yuan Dabao gave half of the water in his cup to Zhang Yang, and the water-collecting controversy was finally over.
When school was over at noon, Wei Ran felt that his fever seemed to be worse. He used the back of his hand to test the temperature of his forehead, and it was indeed hot again.
The four of them went back together. Zhang Yang had to run home first to push the bicycle, and then push Wei Ran back home. Before they left, they met the teacher. The teacher asked Wei Ran to sit on the bicycle and sent Wei Ran directly home.
When the three of them returned to the compound, they all hurried to see Wei Ran. Wei Ran's mother Du Lurui told them that Wei Ran had already lay down and seemed to be asleep.
Only then did the three of them agree to go home.
Du Lurui was busy in the kitchen for a while, cooked a bowl of thin rice porridge, fried some vegetables, and then took the bowl to see if Wei Ran had woken up.
Wei Ran's breathing was a little rapid, his little face was flushed red, his eyes were closed tightly, and he was still sleeping.
Du Lurui put the porridge and side dishes on the coffee table in the living room and lay down.
After Du Lurui sent Wei Ran to school, she felt uneasy when she returned home.
On the one hand, she was worried about how Wei Ran was doing in school, and on the other hand, she regretted pushing Wei Ran too hard.
After coming out of the clinic, the doctor inside told Du Lurui to go home and have a good rest, drink more water and get more sleep.
Although Du Lurui nodded quickly, as soon as she walked out of the clinic, she asked Wei Ran if she could go to school.
She knew that as long as she asked, Wei Ran would never say no.
So she got the answer she wanted and couldn't wait to send Wei Ran to school.
After sending it there and returning home, Du Lurui started to worry again.
She really didn't want Wei Ran to miss a class.
She knew how Wei Ran studied every day. To live up to the expectations of his teachers and parents, he wore glasses at a young age. He read his textbooks every day, never slacking off.
Wei Chao works in a printing factory and has been ill for many years. Now he has been transferred to the most leisurely position, the security department.
He often told Wei Ran to study hard and bring honor to the family. Wei Ran was obedient and sensible, and always did what Wei Chao and Du Lurui asked.
The child is also weak and probably cannot do any other work besides studying.
So Du Lurui didn't want Wei Ran to miss a single class. The high school entrance exam was coming soon, and after it was over, he could have a good rest.
Du Lurui lay on the sofa, watching the bowl of rice porridge slowly cool down. She felt a little sleepy. She closed her eyes slightly, and when she opened them again, it was already past three in the afternoon.
Du Lurui was shocked by the time and thought she had seen it wrong. She quickly sat up and took another closer look. It was already half past three.
I was late for class.
Du Lurui also wanted to know why Zhang Yang and Yuan Dabao didn't come to call Wei Ran today. Du Lurui didn't need to check the time. Every day, she knew it was time to go to class when she heard Zhang Yang and others calling her.
Not only did they not come to call her today, but Du Lurui herself fell asleep.
Du Lurui quickly got up from the sofa and walked into Wei Ran's room.
Wei Ran showed no intention of waking up, his eyes were tightly closed, but his breathing was not as labored as before.
Du Lurui stood by the bed, wanting to tell Wei Ran to get up and go to school. She opened her mouth, looked at Wei Ran's red face, and clenched her fists.
Finally, she gave up the idea of waking up Wei Ran.
Quietly retreated from the room.
Just this once.
Du Lurui consoled herself, saying, "Just this afternoon, let Wei Ran have a good sleep. Let him rest well. Don't go to class."
Just this time, it shouldn't delay many classes.
…
In the classroom, Yuan Dabao said to Zhang Yang, "Wei Ran really didn't come to class."
Zhang Yang hummed, "Fortunately I didn't call him."
"You mean if I call him, his mother will definitely ask him to come again?"
Zhang Yang nodded. "That's probably right. Whenever Wei Ran is feeling unwell, doesn't his mother always ask him to come to school?"
Yuan Dabao found this unbelievable and said, "That doesn't happen in my family. As soon as I feel even the slightest bit unwell, my mother immediately asks me for leave, and she always asks for a full day."
Zhang Yang remained noncommittal. He understood that every family has its own way of getting along.
In this model, outsiders cannot intervene or judge right or wrong.
But Zhang Yang envied Yuan Dabao because he was the one who had the most love among them.
When his mother Wang Qinghua looks at Yuan Dabao, she is different from any other mother.
It is more precious than your own life.
In contrast, when Wei Ran's mother looked at Wei Ran, it seemed as if she saw all her hopes.
When his own mother, Pei Juanjuan, looked at his brother Zhang Mao, she also looked like Yuan Dabao's mother. But when she looked at himself, Zhang Yang couldn't define what kind of emotion that was.
When the three friends came to school in the afternoon, everything was quiet.
Normally, he would stand at the entrance of the alley and call out to Xin Tianyi, but this time he didn't. He ran to Xin Tianyi's house and called out a little, then the three of them walked lightly past Wei Ran's back window.
No one wanted to call him.
All three of them had a wish, which was for Wei Ran to have a good sleep in the afternoon.
Because he was really sleepy.
Xin Tianyi said that Wei Ran’s dark circles were almost reaching his chin.
Wei Ran slept from the time he returned home from school at noon until the next morning.
When elder sister Wei Meng came home from get off work, she learned that Wei Ran had slept the entire afternoon, and she went to his room several times out of worry.
But no matter how the family members walked around the house, Wei Ran showed no intention of waking up.
Du Lurui went to Wei Ran's room twice in the middle of the night until she was sure that Wei Ran no longer had a fever and was breathing normally.
The next morning, Wei Ran woke up naturally. He opened his eyes and looked at the alarm clock. It was just six o'clock.
He felt as if his whole body was clear and it seemed like he hadn't slept so comfortably in a long time.
After getting out of bed, Wei Ran put on his glasses. His legs felt a little weak, but very comfortable.
As soon as I went out, I saw Du Lurui. She was actually sleeping on the sofa.
Wei Ran hurried over, and Du Lurui also woke up.
She sat up, looked at Wei Ran, and asked in surprise, "Are you awake?"
Wei Ran nodded, "I won't burn it anymore."
Du Lurui was very happy and said quickly, "The fever will go away in the middle of the night. I'll pour you some water, drink some first."
"I'll pour it myself." Wei Ran poured himself a glass of water and drank it directly.
After drinking the water, he said to Du Lurui solemnly, "Mom, I'm hungry."
Du Lurui burst out laughing, but after she finished laughing, she found that her eyes were filled with tears.
She tilted her head and wiped it, then quickly cleared her throat and asked, "What do you want to eat?"
"I want fried eggs," Wei Ran said. "Two, sandwiched between steamed buns."
"Okay, I'll fry it for you right away." Du Lurui stood up happily and looked at Wei Ran again, her throat feeling sore.
Wei Ran hasn't said what he wants to eat for a long time.
Every time Du Lurui asked him what he wanted to eat, he said whatever.
He is not picky about food. He listens to his parents in everything from eating, dressing and studying.
He never expressed his own ideas. For him, everything was possible.
He had a full sleep for the first time yesterday, and when he woke up in the morning he said he wanted to eat fried eggs.
Du Lurui felt that she was an unqualified mother, but she had no choice but to do so.
I quickly fried some tender yellow eggs and sandwiched them between some soft steamed buns, along with a bowl of rice porridge.
Wei Ran hadn't eaten so much in a long time. He finished a bowl of rice porridge and then had another half bowl. He burped for the first time after eating.
Du Lurui watched him eat, feeling both comforted and sad.
Not long after finishing the meal, the familiar voice sounded again.
Wei Ran, it’s time to go to school!
Wei Ran ran out with his schoolbag.
"Are you okay?" Yuan Dabao opened his eyes wide and looked at Wei Ran.
"Alright." Wei Ran nodded, "I don't feel uncomfortable at all."
"You look fine," Zhang Yang said. "You were in such a bad condition yesterday, and you're completely healed overnight? If I had a cold, it would take me a week to fully recover."
"I don't know why it went so fast this time," Wei Ran said. "I got home at noon yesterday and started sleeping right away, and I slept all the way until this morning."
"You're sleepy, not sick," Yuan Dabao murmured, then looked at Xin Tianyi: "Don't you think so?"
"As long as it's healed, it's fine." Xin Tianyi said, "Why don't you help Wei Ran with his schoolbag?"
"Why me?" Yuan Dabao asked dissatisfiedly.
"Don't you have a disease that makes you feel uncomfortable if you don't hold something?" Xin Tianyi looked at him with a smile.
"It's been ready for a long time." Although Yuan Dabao said this, he still reached out to take Wei Ran's schoolbag.
Wei Ran refused to give it to him, and the two were in a stalemate when Du Lurui came out.
Looking at the four people, Du Lurui's face was filled with smiles.
"Thank goodness you're here," Du Lurui said. "The teacher said you were the ones who helped Wei Ran back yesterday afternoon. Zhang Yang even said he wanted to go home and ride his bike first."
"That's not right, Auntie." Yuan Dabao said sweetly, "Zhang Yang and I's academic progress is all thanks to Wei Ran."
Du Lurui smiled and stuffed the medicine in her hand into Wei Ran's schoolbag, instructing him: "Take it after the first class. It says how much to take. Also, drink plenty of water."
"I understand." Wei Ran said goodbye to Du Lurui. The three friends surrounded Wei Ran and walked towards school together.
Wei Ran fell ill suddenly this time, but he recovered quickly.
But although the fever was gone, he still had intermittent cold symptoms. When he was completely well again, it was time for the high school entrance exam.
Yuan Dabao said that Wei Ran was lucky, and even if he got sick, he recovered a week before the exam.
Because the weather was so hot and everyone was under a lot of pressure, everyone was sweating profusely after class every day, and their clothes were soaking wet. In such an environment, many students fell ill before the high school entrance examination.
Among them is Zhang Yang.
Classmate Zhang Yang hadn't been sick for many years, but unexpectedly he collapsed before the high school entrance examination.
First I had a splitting headache, then a runny nose, but luckily I didn't have a fever. After two days of this, I went to take the exam on the third day.
The high school entrance examination lasted for three consecutive days. The English subject was on the morning of the last day. After all the exams were finished, the three friends met in front of the examination room.
The three people were assigned to three different examination rooms. Xin Tianyi was fine because there was a classmate in the same examination room with him, but Zhang Yang and the others didn't know anyone.
Wang Qinghua and Du Lurui had been waiting outside the examination room early. When they saw them come out, they hurried to greet them.
Wang Qinghua first handed Yuan Dabao a towel to wipe his sweat, and then handed him a cup, saying that it contained mung bean soup.
There were other children too, so everyone just sat on the side of the road and started drinking.
Wang Qinghua squatted behind Yuan Dabao, fanning him with a fan. After fanning him for a while, she wiped his sweat with a towel and kept reminding him to drink slowly and not rush. But she didn't dare ask how the exam went. For the past three days, she hadn't dared to ask about the exam. She was always trembling with fear.
Du Lurui didn't dare ask either. But unlike Wang Qinghua, who stayed close to the child, she stood by and watched Wei Ran drink his mung bean soup, her ears perked up as she listened to the four of them talk. She wanted to gauge how Wei Ran had fared on the test. Then, looking at his expression, Du Lurui felt like he was a sure thing.
Wang Qinghua was laughing at the side: "Okay, your Wei Ran will definitely be fine, look how worried you are."
"Hey, we've been studying for so many years, and we're just waiting for this day." Du Lurui sighed, "It's not easy, kids."
Wang Qinghua glanced at the four children again. "We two are fine, but look at Zhang Yang, he's sick. He took the exam while sick, and I don't know how he did. His face was pale."
"Speaking of this, Pei Juanjuan didn't even come to see me. How could she be so careless?" Du Lurui said.
"She came when Zhang Mao was taking the exam." Wang Qinghua lowered his voice and said to Du Lurui, "You must know that your Wei Man took the exam with Zhang Mao, right?"
"Right, right, right." Du Lurui said immediately, "When you mentioned this, I remembered it. When Zhang Mao was taking the exam, both of them came. And this Pei Juanjuan, I'm not talking about her, they are all his own children. Besides, Zhang Yang is still sick."
Wang Qinghua loved children and couldn't bear to hear this. He felt uncomfortable when he heard this. He quickly poured more mung bean soup and called Zhang Yang, "Zhang Yang, can you add some more?"
Zhang Yang handed over the cup, added half a cup, and said thank you, Auntie.
Wang Qinghua sighed for a while and wanted to say something to Wang Fang when he saw a car parked not far away.
At that time, there were very few people driving cars. The streets were full of bicycles parked, and the occasional motorcycle was a good sight. This car drove over, very cool, and everyone's attention was attracted to it.
Everyone started talking about whose parents these were and why they were sitting in the car.
The car door opened and a woman got out.
She was wearing a red dress with white dots, had her hair permed, and wore a pair of pointed high heels with stilettos.
Under everyone's attention, Wang Fang walked towards Xin Tianyi.
"Did you finish the exam?"
After seeing Xin Tianyi, Wang Fang asked, "Why is it so fast? Isn't it twelve o'clock?"
Xin Tianyi replied: "There was only one exam today. It ended early."
"Really?" Wang Fang smiled awkwardly, "I thought it was the same time as yesterday."
After Wang Fang finished speaking, she greeted Wang Qinghua and Du Lurui, then said to Xin Tianyi, "Let's go, get in the car."
Xin Tianyi glanced over there and saw a man sitting in the cab. He shook his head and said, "No, I have to go home. My grandparents are waiting for me."
Wang Fang was embarrassed. She had come to pick up Xin Tianyi, but she refused to go with her. So she said, "It's okay. I'll take you back and tell your grandma. You can come with me for lunch at noon."
Xin Tianyi shook his head again: "I'm not going."
Wang Fang completely lost her patience and could only say, "Okay, how are you going to get home?"
"I came here by bike," said Xin Tianyi.
"Then go slowly on your way back. Tonight..." Wang Fang paused, glanced at the car in the distance, and wasn't sure if she could go back that night, so she said, "Let's talk about it tonight."
After saying that, he said goodbye to Wang Qinghua and the others, went back the same way he came, got in the car, and drove away.
Everyone looked at Xin Tianyi with envy. Xin Tianyi lowered his head and continued to drink his mung bean soup slowly.
Wang Qinghua and Du Lurui had heard some rumors before, and seeing it with their own eyes today confirmed some of the facts. Because Xin Tianyi was right beside them, they couldn't discuss the matter, so they just exchanged glances, indicating that they understood.
The two mothers also came by bike. After the children had enough to drink and finish chatting, they packed up and prepared to go home.
Wang Qinghua rode a bike, and Du Lurui carried a small pot of mung bean soup. The two left first, letting the children relax and then slowly go home.
As soon as Wang Qinghua got on his bicycle, he heard Du Lurui say on the back seat: Who is that girl?
Wang Qinghua turned around and recognized her, then said, "Bai Xue, she's also their classmate."
Du Lurui asked, "Do you know him?"
"She studied at my house during the winter break," Wang Qinghua said. "She's very pretty, with fair skin."
"She is quite pretty." Du Lurui said, "Tianyi is pretty enough. When standing next to Tianyi, the first thing I would think of is this little girl."
"She's not as attractive as Tianyi." Wang Qinghua said, "At first glance, she's pretty, but her face is too flat. A closer look reveals nothing special. Not as good as Tianyi. Her eyes are pretty, but her skin isn't fair enough to stand out. And that haircut makes her look like a boy."
Du Lurui agreed with Wang Qinghua's words and said, "Yes, Tianyi's eyes are beautiful. Like Wang Fang's."
The two chatted all the way back home and decided to have dinner together. They both ate at Wang Qinghua's house and cooked a large table together.
Bai Xue came over after Wang Fang left. She grabbed Xin Tianyi's hand and asked, "Who is that?"
"My mother." Xin Tianyi said.
"Is your mother so rich?" Bai Xue immediately said, "That's a Santana, very expensive."
Xin Tianyi looked at Bai Xue: "Do you still recognize the car?"
Bai Xue smiled and said casually, "I have seen her."
"That's not my mother's car." Xin Tianyi told the truth. Although Wang Fang soon drove a car through her own efforts, this car was definitely not Wang Fang's.
"Whether it's true or not, it's already very impressive to be able to know a big boss who drives a Santana." Bai Xue said.
Xin Tianyi didn't want to talk about this topic anymore, so he asked Bai Xue, "How did you do on the exam?"
Bai Xue sighed, "Don't mention it. I failed the English test. I barely knew anything."
"But it's not as good as mine?" Yuan Dabao said immediately, "I can do most of the English questions."
"I don't know what's wrong with me today," Bai Xue said angrily. "I don't take anything I read into my head. I read the questions over and over again, but it's like I haven't read anything at all. I just can't think about it. It's all so chaotic. I can't understand what a word means even after reading it several times."
Bai Xue said this, and then looked at Zhang Yang. Seeing that he had his eyes closed, she immediately asked, "Zhang Yang, are you feeling better with your cold?"
Zhang Yang slowly opened his eyes: "Much better."
"How did you do in the exam?" Bai Xue asked.
"I don't know." Zhang Yang said honestly, "I don't know how I did on the test. I feel like it should be about the same as usual."
"That means you did well in the exam." Bai Xue said with a bit of regret, "I originally wanted to go to high school with you, but I don't think my grades will allow me to go."
"The results haven't come out yet, so no one can say for sure." Yuan Dabao immediately comforted Bai Xue: "Who knows, you might even pass the exam."
"I hope so." Bai Xue curled her lips and looked at everyone: "It's so hot, I'll treat everyone to popsicles."
The four of them drank their fill of mung bean soup and couldn't eat any more popsicles. They all said they didn't want any. Only Yuan Dabao didn't want to see Bai Xue disappointed, so he agreed to show his support and went to buy popsicles with her. But Yuan Dabao paid for it, as he insisted on not letting a girl buy him a popsicle.
Everyone waited for the two to finish eating the popsicles before leaving. Bai Xue said that she would go to play with Xin Tianyi when she had time. The time they were waiting for the results should be the time they could relax the most.
Have fun now, because you will have time to cry when the results come out in a few days.
Xin Tianyi agreed, since she was always at home, Bai Xue could just go to her house to look for her. If she couldn't find her, she would be with Wei Ran and the others.
Bai Xue is also familiar with Yuan Dabao's family, so you can go to Yuan Dabao's house to look for her.
A few people had made an appointment and were about to leave when a few motorcycles came rumbling over.
Yuan Dabao looked closely and found it very familiar. It was the gangster he had seen at the school gate last time.
The hooligans were still wearing their floral shirts and jeans, but since it was hot, they also added a pair of sunglasses.
But this time, there was a person sitting on the back of the motorcycle, and he was dressed more fashionably than Xin Tianyi's mother.
Although Wang Fang dresses fashionably, she is very generous. She is fashionable, simply fashionable.
The woman was very young. She got off the motorcycle and walked towards Xin Tianyi and the others in a hurry.
As she got closer, Xin Tianyi realized that the person who came was somewhat similar to Bai Xue. She suddenly remembered what Bai Xue had once told her: that she had a sister.
"Snow White!"
The woman called out, quickening her pace as she approached, pulling Bai Xue closer and saying, "Sorry I'm late. How did you do on the exam?"
Bai Xue's face didn't look good. She turned around and looked at her friends first, smiled awkwardly at them, and then said to the woman, "It's okay. Let's go."
The woman smiled at Xin Tianyi and the others, and said, "She must be your classmate. Invite your classmates to your home for dinner."
Bai Xue's originally embarrassed expression immediately turned into a hint of anger. She looked at the woman and said, "Okay, let's go."
After Bai Xue finished speaking, she waved to a few people and walked towards the motorcycle convoy without looking back.
The man who had sent her off before waved at Bai Xue, but Bai Xue ignored him and sat directly on a motorcycle behind.
Bai Xue's sister sat back in her original seat. She looked at Bai Xue uneasily before letting the man leave.
Yuan Dabao stared with his eyes wide open, without blinking, until the motorcycle convoy had left before he came to his senses.
"Tianyi, who are they?" Yuan Dabao asked the first question.
Xin Tianyi shook his head: "I don't know."
"You and Bai Xue are so close, and you don't even know?" Yuan Dabao asked again.
"She didn't say that." Xin Tianyi wasn't sure if the woman just now was Bai Xue's sister, and she wasn't sure if Bai Xue would let her say it, so she simply told Yuan Dabao that she didn't know her.
Yuan Dabao frowned, his chubby face showing worry and sadness. He looked in the direction Bai Xue left and murmured, "She doesn't look like a good person. When Bai Xue comes to see you, you must tell her not to let her have any contact with people in society."
Xin Tianyi said "oh" and then urged: "Let's go too, my grandma and grandpa must be waiting anxiously."
Xin Tianyi didn't tell Wang Yuxiu and Xie Mei that she was only taking one exam this morning, specifying the same time as yesterday. She was worried they'd arrive early and wait outside the exam hall. It was too hot, and it would be inconvenient for the two elderly people to come, threatening to catch a heatstroke.
So when Xin Tianyi returned home, Wang Yuxiu was locking the door.
Seeing Xin Tianyi coming back, he was very surprised and asked quickly: "Why are you back already? Isn't it over at twelve o'clock? Your grandma and I are just about to pick you up."
Xin Tianyi smiled and said, "I told you the wrong time. There was only one exam this morning, and it ended early."
Wang Yuxiu looked at Xin Tianyi's cunning eyes and knew that the child did it on purpose.
He unlocked the door and sighed, "You kid, the adults went to pick us up, but you deliberately didn't let us go."
Xin Tianyi had already put his arm around Xie Mei and said, "Dabao's mom and Wei Ran's mom both went there and brought us mung bean soup. How come no one is picking them up? And my mom went too."
"Your mother is gone?" Xie Mei said quickly, "This time she's still a mother."
"I went. She asked me to go eat something delicious with her, but I was only thinking about the buns made by my grandfather, so I came back quickly." Xin Tianyi said.
"How do you know I'm making dumplings?" Wang Yuxiu asked with a smile.
"I heard you ask grandma this morning what we were going to do for lunch," Xin Tianyi said. "I finished my homework quickly just for this bun."
"How did you do in the exam?" Wang Yuxiu asked.
"It's not bad." Xin Tianyi was confident, "I should be able to get into high school."
The three of them were already sitting on the sofa. Xie Mei frowned as she listened to Xin Tianyi talking about high school and asked, "You still want to go to high school? I asked Dabao and Wei Ran's parents, and they both went to technical schools."
"Wei Ran must take the normal school entrance exam," Xin Tianyi said. "Becoming a teacher is his dream. Dabao wants to go to the Railway School. That's his father's wish, and he wants it too. I want to go to high school and then go to college. That's also my dream. Grandma, I really must go to high school."
Wang Yuxiu had already stood up and put the buns in a small steamed bun basket. He brought it over and placed it in front of Xin Tianyi, saying, "Eat the buns first."
"This child just won't listen to advice." Xie Mei said.
"She wants to go to high school. She must have her own ideas," Wang Yuxiu said. "It's too early to say anything now. We'll know whether she passed once the results are out. Let's eat first. Besides, as adults, we should support our children's ambition. I think it's a good idea to go to high school and then go to college."
"Thank you, Grandpa." Xin Tianyi picked up a bun with a smile and took a big bite.
She also didn't want Xie Mei to be unhappy, because in this day and age, technical schools and secondary schools were the first choice for most people. High school and university were the last choices. After all, raising a child wasn't easy, and everyone had to calculate the cost.
For parents, attending a technical school or a secondary vocational school and being assigned a job after graduation is the best option.
Xie Mei's disagreement with Xin Tianyi's decision to attend high school was also due to the limitations of the times. Xin Tianyi wasn't angry. She didn't care what her family said; she just insisted on doing what she wanted.
"Grandma, you eat too." Xin Tianyi handed a bun to Xie Mei, "Eat first. My grandpa is right. I don't know how I'll do in the exam, and I don't know if I'll be accepted into high school. Don't think about it for now, eat first."
"Yes, let's eat first." Wang Yuxiu also took a bun and said to Xin Tianyi, "This one has the tofu filling you like. I also added some chili. How's it?"
Xin Tianyi gave a thumbs up: "It's so delicious, I can have three!"
"There are a lot of buns. After you finish eating, bring a few to Zhang Yang." Wang Yuxiu said to Xin Tianyi, "I don't know if his mother will be home today. After you finish eating, go and deliver them."
Xin Tianyi wondered, "His mother isn't here?"
"He went to see his grandmother," Wang Yuxiu said. "She seemed to be ill. It happened to coincide with Zhang Yang's exam. I guess he didn't go to pick up Zhang Yang today."
Xin Tianyi thought about it and realized that not only had she not been there today, she hadn't been there in the past two days either. Her mother, Wang Fang, who was so unreliable, had shown up once, but Zhang Yang's parents had never shown up once.
"What about Zhang Yang's father?" Xin Tianyi asked, "He didn't go either."
"I went to the provincial capital for a meeting. It's been several days."
Xin Tianyi immediately took a bun and said, "I'll go deliver it now. Zhang Yang is still sick."
"Take this steamed bun basket." Wang Yuxiu said, "There are a lot of buns in it. You can have two more when you go."
"OK."
Xin Tianyi went to Zhang Yang's house carrying the steamed bun basket.
Zhang Yang's house had a red gate, and we arrived there quickly.
The door was ajar. Xin Tianyi called out at the door, but no one answered.
She pushed the door open and went in. There was no bicycle in the yard, which meant that Zhang Yang's parents were not at home.
Xin Tianyi sighed inwardly, walked across the yard and arrived at the living room.
After opening the door, Xin Tianyi poked his head in first, "Zhang Yang, Zhang Yang."
Still no one replied.
Xin Tianyi could only open the door and go in, continuing to shout, "Zhang Yang."
There was no one in the room.
Xin Tianyi simply sat on the sofa, put the steamed bun basket on the coffee table, and started eating the buns.
After eating half of the bun, Zhang Yang still hadn't come back, so Xin Tianyi turned on the TV again.
Yesterday's "Desire" was replaying on the TV. This drama was so popular that it was broadcasted by various TV stations. Moreover, it was broadcast at night and replayed during the day, episode after episode, without stopping.
Xin Tianyi watched a few episodes with Xie Mei, lamenting Liu Huifang and cursing Wang Husheng. He switched to another channel, but there was nothing to watch, so he switched back and continued cursing.
Xin Tianyi was eating buns while watching, and he had swallowed two buns unknowingly. He was sighing that he ate too much at his age. If he continued to eat like this, he would become a fat man in the future. He was thinking that he should eat less and exercise more after entering high school. Just as he was thinking about it, the door to the living room was opened.
Then there was a scream.
Xin Tianyi almost bit his tongue. He looked up and saw Zhang Yang had already walked in, but instantly jumped back into the yard.
In the blink of an eye, the person was gone.
Xin Tianyi asked, "What's wrong with you? Why are you shouting?"
Zhang Yang had just come out of the shower, the water was splashing, and he didn't know someone was coming.
Now he was wearing only a pair of shorts, with his upper body naked, and his hair was not dried yet and was dripping with water.
I heard the sound of the TV in the yard and thought it was Pei Juanjuan coming back. When I pushed the door open, I saw Xin Tianyi sitting on the sofa eating a bun.
"Don't come out." Zhang Yang found a vest on the clothesline and put it on. "Why are you here?"
"I shouted for a long time but no one answered." Xin Tianyi stretched his neck to look outside, wanting to know what happened to Zhang Yang, and saw a long arm pulling a piece of clothing down from the clothesline.
The next second, Zhang Yang came in.
His hair was still dripping with water and his whole body was red.
"Did you just take a shower?" Xin Tianyi could see that the man had just finished taking a shower.
"Yes," Zhang Yang said, "I'm sweating all over."
He looked at the coffee table, where there was a basket of steamed buns, and he knew why Xin Tianyi came.
"Does your grandpa make dumplings?" Zhang Yang asked.
"Yeah. Let me bring it to you." Xin Tianyi looked at him and said, "I thought you went to Dabao's house for dinner."
Zhang Yang looked at Xin Tianyi, reached out to take the bun, and said, "Are you giving it to me or eating it yourself? I haven't eaten yet, and you finished it all."
Xin Tianyi rolled his eyes at him and handed the bun over: "I brought it to you. Eat it quickly."
Zhang Yang took it and took a big bite.
Xin Tianyi laughed at him: "Look at your hair, you didn't even dry it, be careful your cold will get worse."
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