Chapter 46. [Second Update] "You kind of person? What kind of person are you...?"
"Xiao Wen, wait a minute, I need to take out the trash, I'll come down with you!"
Wen Xue, carrying a full container of fruit, said goodbye to Fang Lirong and changed her shoes while holding onto the shoe cabinet. When she heard Aunt Zhang calling her from the kitchen, she responded and stood on the shoe mat in the entryway to wait.
Aunt Zhang rushed out of the kitchen carrying a garbage bag, but before she reached the door, Lin Baizhou stopped her. His tone was as casual as if he were talking about the weather: "Aunt Zhang, give me the garbage. I'm going to the car to get a document."
"oh oh."
Aunt Zhang paused, then turned her head uncertainly to look at Fang Lirong, who was sitting on the sofa flipping through a magazine, wondering whether she should throw the trash away for him.
She had lived in the Fang family for many years and knew better than anyone how much Fang Lirong loved her two children.
She felt a deep regret, especially towards her eldest son, for not winning custody during their divorce. Over the years, she has always felt indebted to him.
"Let him go," Fang Lirong said, turning a page of her book, seemingly unconcerned.
With the boss's permission, Aunt Zhang then gave the garbage bag to Lin Baizhou.
He took it, walked over with steady steps, and casually picked up the car keys on the shoe cabinet. Seeing this, Wen Xue didn't wait any longer, pushed open the door and walked out of the Fang family's house. She went to the elevator, pressed the down button, and heard footsteps behind her. Out of politeness, she turned her head slightly, met his gaze, and returned his smile.
"Thank you for that time," he said suddenly, also watching the elevator numbers change.
Wen Xue didn't know which time he meant by "that time." After thinking for a few seconds, she realized that he was referring to the time when Fang Lirong was drunk, and the time she helped answer the phone. "You're welcome. Aunt Fang has already thanked me."
Lin Baizhou is not good at interacting with the opposite sex.
And so, silence fell once again, clutching the phone, unsure whether to go forward or retreat.
He didn't know what he wanted to do; it seemed like driving home on Friday nights was instinctive, and buying a bunch of fresh fruit nearby was also instinctive.
The elevator ascended from the first floor to the sixteenth floor in less than a minute. As the doors opened, Wen Xue stepped inside, and he followed. They were the only two in the car. Preoccupied with something, she subtly shifted to the side, almost touching the door, and took out her phone to send He Yan a message: "[Coming out soon]"
Lin Baizhou slightly raised his eyes to look at the mirrored wall, which reflected him and her clearly.
She was chatting with someone, her lips slightly upturned, a faint smile on her face.
He restrained himself and looked away.
They quickly reached the first floor. As Wen Xue put away her phone, she didn't notice the person rushing in from outside. However, Lin Baizhou stretched out his arm to shield her, and his gentle voice brushed past her ear, "Be careful."
After stepping out of the elevator, she thanked him softly.
He smiled gently and said, "It's nothing, you're welcome."
Wen Xue kept her distance from him; they weren't familiar with each other. They walked out of the building one after the other. After hesitating for a few seconds, she said, "I'll go first."
"goodbye."
Watching her briskly depart, Lin Baizhou threw the trash into the bin, stood there for a moment, then turned and went into the stairwell.
…
In the darkness, Wen Xue easily found He Yan's car from a distance. She didn't rush to get in, but stood beside the car, bent down to look inside, and gently knocked on the window to let him know she had arrived.
Before she even got close, He Yan caught a glimpse of her furtive figure in the rearview mirror. "..."
He rolled down the car window and said calmly, "We're here."
Wen Xue smiled and opened the car door before getting in. Once settled, she eagerly opened the food container. The sweet aroma of the fruit temporarily overpowered the delicate scent of the aromatherapy pendant. Aunt Zhang was very thoughtful and had even provided a few disposable forks. She picked up a piece of melon and handed it to He Yan.
He Yan glanced at it, "What?"
"Given by the student's parents."
He didn't like these things, but he still took the fork, took a bite of the melon, and frowned at the sweetness, refusing to eat a second piece. He started the engine, turned the steering wheel, and the vehicle merged into the traffic.
Even after the evening rush hour, it would take nearly two hours to drive back to the tenement building from here, even without traffic jams.
He Yan turned on the radio, and amidst the soothing music, he casually asked, "You don't have any plans for tomorrow, right?"
"No, why?" she asked, swallowing the delicious melon.
"I've ordered an air conditioner for your room. The staff will come to install it tomorrow."
Wen Xue tried hard to suppress her laughter. Sister Cai, who was on maternity leave at his company, had returned to her post, and he didn't need her help this summer. But unlike last time when school started, she no longer thought that they would drift apart. She began to truly believe what he had said.
He said that as long as he was there, the upstairs room belonged to her.
“Okay.” She nodded. “Aunt Fang talked to me a couple of days ago, hoping that I could teach Weiwei more during the summer vacation. I might have to teach her three or four days a week after the vacation starts.”
She secretly did the math and realized that she could earn more than 10,000 yuan over the summer.
"..." He Yan pretended not to see the gleam in her eyes, "That kid too, he's been getting tutoring for so long, but his grades haven't improved at all."
Wen Xue frowned. "No, she moved up seven places and is now twenty-eighth in the class."
"Twenty-eighth place?" He Yan smiled. "No wonder her mother was so anxious."
Wen Xue stopped eating the fruit, her smile faded, and she closed the food container, asking, "What rank did you get in the exams before?"
Sensing her displeasure, He Yan said matter-of-factly, "Why does she have to compare herself to someone like me? Can't she have some ambition and compare herself to someone with good grades?"
Wen Xue remained silent for a few seconds, then chuckled.
"Someone like you? What kind of person are you?"
After she finished speaking, she felt a little guilty. Why did she use that sentence to refute him? She knew that if he hadn't always been thinking about working to earn money during his student days, with his intelligence, he might have been able to get into a very good school.
Thinking this, she gripped the edge of the food container, "Yes—"
sorry.
"Someone who ranked 30th." He replied unhurriedly.
Wen Xue glanced at him sideways, then opened the food container lid again and continued eating fruit, bursting into laughter as she ate.
After laughing and having enjoyed herself enough, she said softly, "She is a very capable person."
He is the most powerful person in her heart.
The car window rolled down, and the whistling wind and the melody flowing through the car couldn't drown out her words. They reached He Yan's ears precisely, and he gripped the steering wheel, a hint of a smile in his eyes.
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With exam week over, Wenxue bid farewell to her sophomore year. To prove she had taken good care of herself this semester, she huffed and puffed as she carried her luggage from the fifth floor to the first floor, even before the agreed-upon time.
When He Yan arrived, she was sitting comfortably on her suitcase, fanning herself with a fan and biting into an apple.
She was no different from the other students coming and going; healthy, happy, and carefree.
Their eyes met, and no one knew the sense of satisfaction he felt.
"Let's go." He took three steps at a time and stepped up the stairs. Knowing that she wanted to show off that her physical strength was no longer what it used to be, he left the schoolbag with her and took the rest.
Wen Xue threw the apple core into the trash can, opened her parasol, and hurriedly caught up with him to hold the umbrella for him.
He tilted his head to avoid it, saying, "You don't need to cover for me."
"It's very sunny." She insisted, raising the umbrella handle high.
He Yan looked up, too lazy to even mention that every umbrella she bought, whether it was a rain umbrella or a sun umbrella, was ridiculously small. Besides covering herself, who else could it cover?
Under the scorching sun, the weather was so hot that even someone with a constitution that doesn't like to sweat, like Wen Xue, started sweating after getting into the car, with a few strands of hair sticking to their cheeks.
He Yan stuffed all her luggage into the trunk, took two bottles of water, returned to the car, unscrewed the caps and gave them to her, saying, "Sit tight, I'm taking you somewhere."
Wenxue was hot and thirsty, so she took the water and quickly drank a few mouthfuls, without hearing what he said.
When the Jeep arrived at its destination, all she could see were 4S dealerships. She looked at him in surprise, thinking he had come to get his car serviced. But after getting out of the car with an umbrella, she realized there wasn't a dealership for his car at all.
"What are you doing here?" she hurriedly followed and asked in a low voice.
He Yan didn't even turn his head, "Just using the air conditioning."
Wen Xue felt helpless. She knew he was joking, but she didn't know why he had suddenly come here. Perhaps she was inexperienced, because as she walked into these shops, she didn't know where to look and could only follow behind him.
Soon, a salesperson came over to serve them enthusiastically.
Wen Xue realized that He Yan was probably planning to buy a new car and had come over to look at cars for reference.
There were quite a few cars parked in the showroom. A staff member brought her tea, which she politely accepted. As she drank, she curiously looked around and listened to their conversation, which focused on car features and such, things she didn't know much about...
After wandering around, they looked at almost every car. Encouraged by He Yan, Wen Xue opened the car door and went inside to experience it. She gradually found it enjoyable and became very enthusiastic. Later, without him even having to remind her, she immersed herself in the experience of driving and riding in a car.
He silently evaluated it in his mind—
The chassis is a bit low, so the visibility isn't very good.
This car is alright, but the interior color isn't very nice.
That car was great in every way, but the suggested retail price displayed next to it was shockingly high.
"After looking at so many, which one do you like?" He Yan leaned down slightly and asked her in a low voice.
Wen Xue was about to answer when she suddenly realized that his question was a bit strange, and looked at him in confusion, "Me?"
He Yan nodded, even more puzzled than her, "Otherwise?"
He paused for half a second, and under her shocked gaze, calmly said, "It's for you, so of course you get to choose."
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