Chapter 23 Midterm Exam
Yan Sui finished her soup under Sui Yuling's gaze.
After finishing the soup, Sui Yuling looked much better than before. The scarlet in her eyes faded, and she asked softly, "How does it taste? Is it delicious?"
Yan Sui nodded and said "hmm".
Sui Yuling immediately smiled happily: "Then mom will make it for you next time."
Seeing that Sui Yuling's mood had stabilized, Yan Sui rolled her eyes and asked tentatively, "Mom, what were you guys arguing about just now?"
Sui Yuling paused, then sighed, "Your father asked me if I had ever been into his study. I said no, but he didn't believe me, so I argued with him for a few words."
Yan Sui's pupils suddenly contracted and his breathing slowed down.
"Ever since your freshman year of high school, Dad's factory relocated to another part of the city. It's grown bigger and bigger, with many new shareholders. Your dad repeatedly warned me not to enter his study without permission, fearing I might lose his documents. So, I never went in again. The aunt at home would only go in to clean when Dad was home, with his permission."
"Your father is not at home, and the spare key to the study has been left in the room untouched."
"But today, for some reason, your father insisted that I went into the study and touched his things..."
Sui Yuling was inexplicably wronged by her husband and had a quarrel with him that night, leaving her with no way to vent her emotions.
At first, she could still bear the grievance and comfort her daughter to maintain family harmony, but after a while, the grievance in her heart could not be dispelled, and it was inevitable that she would feel angry when being wronged.
On weekdays, when Yan Zhaoting was not at home, Ping'an and his sister lived in the school dormitory, so Yan Sui and Sui Yuling spent the most time together. The mother and daughter would often sleep together and talk privately.
Yan Sui found the right time to ask about this matter again, and Sui Yuling no longer cared as much as she did at the beginning. She seemed to have found an outlet to vent and told everything at once.
Her mother was still muttering about the quarrel, but Yan Sui kept her head down and didn't respond.
It was already autumn, and perhaps because it was much cooler at night than during the day or for some other reason, Yan Sui's hands, hidden under her sleeves, were covered in goose bumps.
Sui Yuling sighed again: "Forget it, your father must have been under too much pressure today. He misplaced something and thought I had gone in."
She stood up and patted Yan Sui's shoulder: "Sui Sui, go upstairs and rest early after you finish eating! Just put the dishes in the sink. I'll ask Auntie to wash them tomorrow morning. Mom is a little tired today, so I'll go upstairs and rest first."
Yan Sui was still sitting stiffly in the chair, and nodded slowly when she heard this.
It wasn't even late autumn yet, but she felt a chill on her back.
The person who sneaked into Yan Zhaoting's study was not his mother.
It's her.
Since Yan Sui came back from rebirth, she has been making plans to "save the family."
Every week she would sneak into his study when he was not at home to look for clues that he was cheating.
After Yan Zhaoting left home for the factory on Monday, Yan Sui used the spare key to sneak into Yan Zhaoting's study again after she finished her evening study.
This time, she found several large receipts and invoices in the study, all issued by the same clothing store.
Yan Sui had a hunch that the invoice amount was abnormal, so she took a photo of the invoice with her mobile phone and planned to go to the clothing store address on the invoice to check it out over the weekend.
Before leaving the study, she saw the production line of her family's factory.
She couldn't understand the professional terms above, but in the amount column, the cash flow had been declining compared to the previous period.
Yan Sui thought of the timeline of Yan Zhaoting's showdown with his family in his previous life, and thought that during this period he would trick Sui Yuling into borrowing a loan from a loan company, and then he would pretend to invest the loan in the company, but in fact it would flow into the account of his woman outside.
Not long afterward, he again tricked Sui Yuling into signing a company transfer agreement, allowing him to exit the factory, which was losing money and in debt. He filed for divorce from his mother and quickly immigrated overseas with the woman.
Yan Sui has been thinking recently about how to prevent her mother from being deceived by Yan Zhaoting and signing the loan.
She tossed and turned for many days but still couldn't think of the most appropriate method.
Fortunately, the third mission she started last week had given the system some extra points. Yan Sui confirmed from the system the date Yan Zhaoting had tricked his mother into signing the loan agreement.
She had to find a solution before that date.
But Yan Sui didn't expect that Yan Zhaoting would be so thoughtful.
Every time she left the study, she would deliberately put the places she had moved back to their original places, leaving no trace.
However, Yan Zhaoting still discovered signs that someone had entered and left the study, and his mother was made to take the blame.
Yan Sui thought that after this incident, Yan Zhaoting would probably pay more attention to his family.
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On Thursday, the midterm exam came as scheduled.
Early in the morning, the sound of tables and chairs dragging on the floor could be heard in the classroom. Yan Sui had already taken her seat and spent the rest of the time reviewing the text.
The noisy voices of her classmates talking drowned out the sound of her softly reciting the text, but Yan Sui was not affected. She turned around and continued to recite facing the window.
During the mid-term class seating adjustment, Yan Sui's seat was moved to the window near the corridor.
Chen Ling and Wen Qingman half-encircled her position, one on the left and one behind.
Chen Ling is the type of person who leaves things to fate when the time comes. After finishing her review last night, she knew that everything was settled for this exam. After arriving at school this morning, she did not take out her books to cram, but chatted with the classmates next to her who also did not review.
Wen Qingman was the type of person whose heart would fly away at the slightest provocation. Originally, when faced with the choice between studying like Yan Sui or giving up last-minute cramming like Chen Ling, she chose the former.
But when she heard the laughter coming from her ears, Wen Qingman frowned and stared at the textbook for a while, then threw the book down and happily joined Chen Ling and the others' chat group.
Yan Sui was not influenced by the two of them and memorized several classical Chinese texts on her own.
"In the past, King Chen held a banquet in Pingle and drank a lot of wine..." Yan Sui's eyes turned slightly towards the window, and his voice paused. The second half of the sentence that was about to come out of his mouth was stuck in his throat and could not be uttered.
Yu Shuli stood in the corridor behind a glass.
Their eyes met in the air. Seeing her looking at him, Yu Shuli raised his eyebrows and raised his hand to greet her.
Yan Sui pursed her lips and nodded at the other party in response.
But the next second, she could hear Chen Ling and the others laughing, and on the other side of the glass, Yu Shuli's mouth opened and closed. The already faint sound through the glass was drowned out by the laughter. Yan Sui couldn't hear what he was saying, and she frowned and tilted her head in confusion.
Yu Shuli raised his lips, placed his hands on the windowsill, leaned closer, and slowly uttered a few silent words as if in slow motion.
Yan Sui couldn't help but lean towards the window and listen carefully.
There was clearly no noise around him, and he had deliberately shortened the distance between himself and the glass...
Yan Sui could clearly hear him speaking on the other side.
but,
Yu Shuli seemed to be doing it on purpose, not making any sound and just moving his lips.
Yan Sui went to the window and listened for a long time but still heard no sound. Then she realized that he was playing a trick on her.
She distanced herself from the glass with an expressionless face. Just as she was about to turn around and ignore him, Yu Shuli's voice reached her ears through the glass with a muffled sound.
"Good luck on the exam."
Yan Sui waited until the shadow by the window disappeared before slowly raising her head from the table.
The bell rang, and Chen Ling stood up from her seat beside her and tugged at Yan Sui's sleeve. "Let's go, Sui Sui, let's go to the examination room to take the exam."
Yan Sui said "hmm" and started to put the books on the table.
After the bell rang, the students who were about to take their exams rushed in. The students from Arts Class 1 left late and bumped into the students outside, making the small classroom suddenly crowded.
People kept walking in the corridor beside the table. Chen Ling couldn't stand there anymore, so she said to Yan Sui, "I'll wait for you outside," and followed the crowd towards the back door.
Yan Sui packed up her things and stood up. Just as she took a step towards the back door, the crowd next to her suddenly pushed her in the direction of the door. The moment she took a step with her back foot, she deviated from the direction and tripped on the heel of her other shoe.
Her body instantly lost balance and she pounced towards the person in front of her without any reaction.
Yan Sui had no time to react, and her hand that tried to grab the edge of the table fell empty.
I was about to hit the person in front of me,
Suddenly, a pulling force came from her upper arms, and Yan Sui's tilted body was stabilized from behind.
She subconsciously turned around and saw Yu Shuli standing behind her. The hand that was holding her arm suddenly loosened.
"Are you okay?"
Yan Sui quickly turned around and said, "It's okay, thank you."
"There are a lot of people, so walk carefully."
When Yan Sui saw Yu Shuli throw the pencil case on her desk, she was slightly stunned. "You're sitting here?"
Yu Shuli seemed to be waiting for her to ask this question and grinned at her: "Yes."
There was anticipation in his eyes, as if he was waiting for Yan Sui to naturally take over the next sentence.
But Yan Sui just lowered her head, said "Oh" and said nothing more.
Yu Shuli curled his lips and continued, "We are quite destined to be together."
Yan Sui's eyes paused, and she said, "Then take the exam," and turned around to leave.
But she had just taken two steps when her wrist was grabbed again.
This time, she knew who had grabbed her wrist.
Yan Sui turned around and met his expectant gaze.
"Aren't you going to tell me something?"
As he finished speaking, the corners of his eyes drooped, his lips lifted slightly, and he looked at her with pleading eyes.
Judging from Yu Shuli's expression and the tone of his voice, Yan Sui actually felt that she heard a hint of grievance in it.
Yan Sui felt that she was really crazy.
She forcefully shook off Yu Shuli's hand, gave Yu Shuli a meaningful look, and left in a hurry without saying anything.
After leaving the classroom, Yan Sui's tense body finally relaxed.
Her mind involuntarily emerged the expression on Yu Shuli's face when he grabbed her just now.
She understood the expectation in his eyes.
She could say "Good luck on your exam" countless times to other classmates, but she couldn't say it to Yu Shuli.
The pounding of her heart slowly subsided as she breathed.
"Sui Sui is here! Let's go!"
Chen Ling's voice interrupted Yan Sui's thoughts.
Yan Sui shook off the mess in his mind, raised his head, said "coming", and walked towards Chen Ling.
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