Chapter 024 Chapter 24
Chapter 24 (Exclusively published by Jinjiang)
Xie Liuzheng appears cold on the outside but warm on the inside. She is gentle and kind-hearted, but once she makes a decision, she will never look back.
She moved out of her house in the city center, took all her belongings with her, sent a message to Duan Xing through her lawyer to inform him of her move, and handed the house over to a real estate agency to list it for sale.
This house is her pre-marital property, and she is free to decide on any transaction.
It contains too many emotions and memories. Xie Liuzheng walked through each room one by one. Past memories flashed before his eyes, and then turned into empty ones one by one.
She has to go. She has to go.
Xie Liuzheng stayed in the empty house for a whole day, and finally closed the door quietly and said goodbye.
Butler Lin came specially to pick her up, wearing a formal suit and a blue bow tie given to him by Xie Liuzheng, and he paid attention to the details with warmth.
"Miss, Uncle Lin is here to take you home."
Time seemed to go back to a long, long time ago, when Butler Lin picked her up from school.
"Well, Uncle Lin, take me home." She said with a smile, and her empty and sad chest seemed to be gradually filled by the trickle of spring water.
***
Haicheng No.1 Middle School.
Shen Baili was sorting out her homework. The classroom was noisy as the students were talking about the midterm exam.
"The math test is so difficult this time. I don't know how many points I can get."
"There are always people in our class who get full marks. Don't underestimate the genius students."
"Is math the only difficult subject? Obviously every subject is difficult!"
"Physics and chemistry are really difficult. I just can't understand them."
"No one can speak Chinese? I can't even read and understand..."
The teachers were very efficient in marking the papers, and the midterm exam results came out much faster than expected.
Deng Qin walked in through the door holding her report card, a look of joy on her face.
"Students, be quiet. The midterm exam results are out."
"You did quite well in the exam this time. Our class took up seven of the top ten spots in the school, and the class average score was the highest in the school."
"Students, you are great and thank you for your hard work." Deng Qin smiled and looked at the young faces in the audience.
"The teacher is proud of you!"
“You guys are the best.”
The class is full of enthusiasm for learning. From the beginning of the school year to now, Deng Qin can feel the strong learning atmosphere every time she walks into the classroom.
Students listen carefully in class and play happily during breaks. In such a learning atmosphere, even the originally naughty and playful students are brought into this virtuous circle.
This is thanks to the class monitor and study committee members who took the initiative to set an example. After class, they not only studied themselves, but also patiently explained difficult points and exercises to their classmates without holding back. While making progress together, they also deepened their knowledge.
Deng Qin was very pleased because the whole classroom was filled with cheers because of her words.
“We are the best.”
“Ouch!”
"Ahhhh we are number one!"
“Teacher Deng is also the best!”
"Although I didn't get first place, our class got first place! If you round it up, we all got first place!"
Deng Qin looked at the students with a smile, cheered and applauded with them. When the classroom was quiet, she gave the report card to student council member Qiao Yi.
"You can circulate it among yourselves. Later, the student council will come to me to get everyone's individual report cards, and then distribute them to the students. After the parents sign, they will all be collected."
After explaining these matters, Deng Qin returned to the office.
Class 2 next door is very noisy, and Class 1 is also very noisy.
Zhu Zhitao squeezed to the front and looked for the name "Shen Baili" from top to bottom.
"Bai Li, I found your name."
Zhu Zhitao was very excited: "You are fifth in the class and seventh in the school!!!"
Shen Baili's heart was beating so fast that it almost jumped out of her chest: "What about chemistry? How many points did I get in chemistry?"
"You got 88 in Chemistry."
Shen Baili smiled happily, all her efforts were not in vain.
She got 66 on her last chemistry test, all thanks to rote memorization.
Improved by 22 points!!!
You did a great job, Shen Baili.
Shen Baili saw her results as she wished: "I got full marks in math, English, politics and history. Except for chemistry which got 88, all other minor subjects got above 95."
I ranked 20th in the class in Chemistry, which was average and dragged down my overall score, but I had made obvious progress.
After so many days of hard work, it finally paid off.
Shen Baili stroked her chemistry homework with deep affection. It was such a fulfilling feeling that her hard work was rewarded.
There is a saying that goes, learning is one of the few things that will pay off if you work hard.
"Bai Li, you have made great progress in chemistry!" Zhu Zhitao was holding his chemistry test paper with a score of 59, full of envy.
"If anyone gives me one point, I will pass."
"You would have passed if you had memorized one more knowledge point." Sang Fang complained.
Zhu Zhitao glared at him and said, "Forget it. I am a great man and I don't bear grudges against small people."
She looked at Sang Fang's grades and wiped her eyes in shock: "Sang Fang, what's wrong with you? Your grades dropped so much?"
Qiao Yi and Shen Baili were also concerned about his grades, and looked worried: "Did you not rest well enough for the exam?"
Sang Fang ranked ninth in the class this time, and didn't even get into the school's top ten. Although the learning dimensions are different from junior high school to high school, the reason why this academic genius is so academic is that he can easily solve any difficult exams.
Sang Fang's test results this time are totally inconsistent with his actual ability.
Sang Fang himself didn't care: "There were a lot of troubles at home, and I didn't sleep well."
Sang Ya's engagement was broken off and her grandfather fainted. These two events dealt a heavy blow to the Sang family, causing the already turbulent Sang family to become agitated.
The main family and the side branches all have their own thoughts.
Because grandpa was ill, my uncle wanted to take the opportunity to let grandpa transfer the company's shares to himself so that he could consolidate his status as the head of the Sang family. He also stated that grandpa was old and in poor health, so he should have a good rest and he would manage the company well.
Grandpa was so angry that he almost went to the emergency room. He wasn't dead yet, and everyone wanted to seize power.
Unfortunately, Sang Ya, the cousin that grandpa wanted to protect the most, couldn't stand up on her own. She even ran out of the hospital to secretly see Gu Yeliang, her mind clouded by love.
Sang Fang didn't dare tell his grandfather about this, fearing that he would be so angry that he would be sent to the emergency room again.
Her older cousin Sangzhi rarely came to the hospital. No one knew what she was doing, but at least she didn't cause any trouble.
He and his mother were worried about their grandfather's health, so they had to go to the hospital to take care of him whenever they were free, and to separate his grandfather from the group of "weirdos".
Sang Fang has been frightened these days, afraid that his grandfather would die in his sleep. He wanted to take a leave of absence to stay with his grandfather, but his mother and grandfather would not allow it.
In fact, he felt that he was doing quite well to rank ninth in the class.
Sang Fang has a good attitude. He believes that the purpose of taking an exam is to find out what is missing and fill in the gaps. He cares about the ranking, but he will not be discouraged by it.
"Don't comfort me, I'm fine." Sang Fang looked at them and said, "I'm aiming to be the top of the class in the next exam, so you better be prepared."
Zhu Zhitao: "Come on, the task of winning the first place in the school is now handed over to you three. My goal is to escape from the last place."
Qiao Yi smiled and said, "I believe you, Taotao."
Shen Baili: "I believe you too."
“I’m looking forward to taking first place, too.”
Joey: “Me too.”
Joey ranked first in the class and second in the school this time.
Sang Fang: "Then we'll wait and see."
"Sui Sui, our energy bar has reached 16%. When you rank first in the school, will it reach 30% directly?" Ah Deng came to an astonishing conclusion according to his own calculations.
Shen Baili: "...Are you sure it's just because I ranked fifth in the class in the midterm exam?"
She always felt that Ah Deng was not a highly intelligent creature, and that the entire system revealed clear stupidity.
Ah Deng was puzzled: "...Isn't it?"
Shen Baili was certain: "Definitely not."
"Something must have happened that we don't know about." She thought of the bug that Ah Deng mentioned before: "Have you found your bug?"
Ah Deng: "No, my program is running normally. It seems that the bug has grown wings and flew away~"
Shen Baili: "What animated films have you watched recently?"
Ah Deng: "Sui Sui is so smart. I watched Dumbo and its ears turned into wings."
Shen Baili: "...as long as you are happy."
Ah Deng became more humane. She was not led astray by its thoughts and continued to ask, "Can you find out what happened to the Xie family?"
Ah Deng: “No =w=”
"A Deng can only check the progress of charging energy and unlock new chapters."
"The rest of the information needs to be collected by Sui Sui himself."
Shen Baili got used to it: "Okay."
The energy points have been increased by 3%, of which at most 1% belong to the midterm exam results. Will the remaining 2% come from the Xie family?
Because of Mr. Meng’s upcoming birthday party?
Shen Baili soon found the answer at Xie's house.
After eating a grilled sausage with friends at the door, Shen Baili got on the car to go home.
Qiao Yi and Zhu Zhitao watched Shen Baili leave.
Zhu Zhitao: "Our Baili seems to be a rich lady."
Joey: "You read too many novels."
She thought about it for a moment: "Bai Li's family is very well off."
"Bai Li's food, clothes and other daily necessities are not cheap, and she even has a special driver to pick her up. My friend is actually a rich girl!"
"I'm going to hold on to the three of you tightly."
Joey moved away in disgust, but then honestly stretched out a leg: "Let you hold it."
Zhu Zhitao's eyes lit up and he hugged Qiao Yi's thighs: "I'm holding you!"
"Don't worry, I won't hold you for nothing. I will write a novel with each of you as the protagonist!"
"What do you want to be? I will satisfy you." Zhu Zhitao was eager to make a move.
Joey hesitated for a moment: "Then...then I want to be a general."
Zhu Zhitao had never thought that the usually quiet Joey wanted to be a general, so she asked curiously, "Why do you want to be a general?"
Joey: "The generals defend their country, I want to do that too."
Zhu Zhitao patted her shoulder solemnly: "Thank you, female general star."
Joey raised the corners of his mouth and smiled shyly.
***
As soon as Shen Baili stepped into Xie's house, she felt a different atmosphere.
It seems like something is different, but it also seems like nothing is different.
不确定，再多看幾眼。
沈婉在四樓，透過玻璃看到了歸家的沈白梨，立刻乘坐電梯下樓。
“歲歲，你回來啦。”
沈白梨給了她一個大大的擁抱：“媽，家裏多了好多插花。”
不僅室內多了不少花瓶，整個別墅都亮堂了不少。
沈婉抱住她：“對啊，你謝姑姑今天回來，我們給她準備一個盛大的歡迎宴。”
沈白梨敏銳地發現了她話中的暗示：“謝姑姑要回家，謝姑父會跟着一起來嗎？”
最近沈白梨忙着期中考試，沈婉不想因為家裏的變化影響到女兒的學習。
剛好期中考試結束了，她拉着女兒的手跟她說明情況。
“你謝姑姑要和謝姑父離婚，絕對不會複合的那種。”
“段行婚內出軌，還有個私生子，前段時間教唆你姑姑去福利院領養小孩，就是為了領養那個私生子，被你姑姑發現了……”
“以後我們大概率都不會再謝宅見到他了，和謝姑姑就正常相處就好。”
沈婉跟沈白梨一一交代清楚，她不認為大人的事情，小孩子什麽都不需要知道。
其實小孩心裏都清楚，就像是她和前夫離婚的時候，小小人兒抱着書包，說要跟媽媽一起走。
沈婉想讓她看清男人的本質，在這個世界上，男人是最靠不住的東西。
在青春荷爾蒙的階段，女孩子很容易被少年人所吸引，沈婉不排斥女兒和女性接觸，但想讓女兒保持警惕，不被壞男孩騙走。
謝知聿的未婚妻桑芽，不就是被壞男人迷得找不着北了嗎？
如果一個人真的愛你，會和你偷偷戀愛好幾年？會讓你冒着被關進監獄的風險盜竊商業機密？會在你住院都不來看你一眼？
沈婉心裏門清，桑芽再執迷不悟，以後的“好日子”多了去了。
正因為如此，沈婉不希望女兒被男人的花言巧語的各種誓言，蒙騙了雙眼。
這次謝流筝和段行的事情，也給沈婉敲響了警鐘。
人心是會變的，男人的心只會變得更快。
唯一不變的是你學到的本領，你上進的心。
沈婉自己撞過南牆，也目睹過身邊的人撞過南牆，對女兒情感方面的教育會格外注重。
“不要看別人許諾給你什麽，而是看他/她切切實實為你做了什麽，交朋友也是這樣。”
沈白梨：“我明白啦。”
她明白沈婉的良苦用心。
“我會好好學習，好好努力。”
男人和前途，當然是她的前途更重要。
“媽媽，我們期中考試成績出來了哦～”沈白梨從書包裏拿出成績單：“全校第七，我比入學考試進步了十三個名次！”
“而且我化學進步最大，考了八十八，八八就是發！”她興高采烈地和媽媽分享自己的進步。
沈婉高興地接過她的成績單，溫婉的臉上都是笑意：“我們家歲歲怎麽這麽聰明，随我。”
“補課不到一個月就有這麽大的進步了，歲歲在學習上很有天分啊，一定能把化學拿下。”
“嘿嘿嘿。”沈白梨捧着臉，看她媽誇她，尾巴都要翹到天上了。
“不過還是要勞逸結合，看你小臉都瘦了一圈了，還瘦下去都只剩下骨頭了，媽媽會心疼。”沈婉看着女兒精致的小臉，總覺得瘦了不少。
沈白梨直點頭：“好。”
“我不會累着的，我下次考第一！”她放下豪言壯志。
“好好好，我們歲歲有大志向。”沈婉溫柔地撫摸着她的頭，滿眼都是驕傲：“媽媽相信你。”
沈白梨內心前所未有地滿足。
沒有什麽，比成為媽媽的驕傲更讓人成就感爆棚的事情了。
……
因為謝流筝回家，謝宅的晚餐再一次聚齊了一家人。
沈白梨悄悄關注了謝流筝，她的狀态不錯，眉宇間隐隐帶着幾分憂郁。
她有些擔心。
[謝姑姑，她還好嗎？]
[男人的誓言和狗叫沒什麽區別，幸好她沒有輕信渣男的忏悔。]
[唉，謝叔和謝大哥兩人鐵血直男，謝姑姑今天回家也不知道給一個溫暖的擁抱，明明那麽擔心她，還親自裝飾了姑姑的房間，這些天書房燈火通明也是為了處理姑姑和渣男的事情吧……]
沈白梨在心裏碎碎念着，把謝承越和謝知聿為謝流筝做的輕輕全都抖落了出來。
兩大霸總，在家人面前都謹遵豪門小說人設，十分不善言辭，做得永遠都比說得要多得多。
這一點，和段行形成鮮明對比，他說得永遠比做得漂亮。
謝流筝低着頭，認真傾聽着沈白梨的訴說。
她都不知道這些。
她有很多的財富，名下房産多到數不過來，可對她來說能夠稱得上是家的存在的，只有謝宅和市中心的大平房。
其實看到林管家來接她回家的時候，謝流筝很感動，但內心總有些許失望。
她能夠理解謝承越工作很忙，可是人在脆弱時總會想要家人陪伴。
她只傷心了那麽一下下，在回到謝宅、回到熟悉的房間時候，那點傷心消失了那麽一丢丢。
她嫁給段行後，屬于她的房間一直都在。
她的家人，永遠歡迎她回家。
謝流筝心底的陰霾，一掃而空，鼻子卻莫名酸澀，眼淚大滴大滴砸進碗裏。
謝承越發現她在哭，遞給了她紙巾。
“眼淚拌飯不好吃。”他別扭安慰着：“我給你另外盛碗湯。”
“嗯。”謝流筝笑着落淚。
能回家，真的太好了。
謝承越：“人都瘦成排骨了。”
“我們家女孩子都好好吃飯，別學現在流行的什麽白幼瘦，醜死了。”
“不管在家裏還是在外邊，都得好好吃飯。”
默默吃飯，被點到的沈婉和沈白梨：“……”
然後……她們的面前，多出了兩碗香噴噴的雞肉湯。
“多吃點。”
謝知聿笑着說道。
沈白梨：“謝謝。”
她繼續埋頭喝湯。
[謝叔是會安慰人的（狗頭）。]
[雞湯真好喝，我要多喝點，學習耗費腦子。]
謝知聿被她的心聲提醒了：“歲歲上周期中考試了吧？感覺怎麽樣？化學難嗎？”
沈白梨矜持道：“我們今天出成績了，我化學考了八十八，進步了二十多分！”
“謝謝大哥給我請的家教，讓我學習事半功倍！”
女孩的心思都寫在臉上，謝知聿：“我會給你的老師準備一個大紅包，你也是。”
“你的努力也至關重要。”
老師教學能力再好，遇到不認真的學生，徒勞無功。
謝知聿沒有忽略沈白梨在學習上花的時間和精力：
沈婉笑眯眯地補充沈白梨考試的細節：“歲歲這次全校第七，進步了十三名，這孩子聰明又勤奮，就是學習學瘦了。”
她溫婉秀美的臉上，綻放出不一樣的光彩，絲毫不吝啬對沈白梨的贊美，也不會忽略她學習所付出的努力。
謝承越肯定地點頭：“确實不錯，歲歲有想要禮物嗎？”
他的獎勵和誇獎，簡單粗暴。
沈白梨想了想：“我想學防身術，可以嗎？”
謝承越驚訝地看向沈白梨，爽朗大笑：“當然可以，孩子這麽上進，我們家長也不能拖後腿。”
謝知聿關心道：“你的傷口可以進行劇烈運動嗎？不會二次傷害嗎？”
沈白梨沒想到他記得這件小事：“醫生說可以。”
謝知聿點頭：“好，我會留意武術老師。”
謝流筝笑着插入話題：“學防身術可不能算獎勵噢～”
“歲歲學習這麽努力，姑姑也給你準備個禮物。”
謝承越笑着道：“确實如此。”
謝知聿早就想好了要送的禮物。
嗯？
沈白梨有點茫然，不明白事情怎麽發展到現在這樣的。
沈婉笑道：“你們別把孩子寵壞了。”
謝流筝眼裏閃過一絲笑意，她很喜歡家裏的氛圍：“歲歲就該被寵着。”
***
段行至今都不敢相信，謝流筝會這麽絕情，完全放棄了他。
在謝知聿的雷霆手段下，段行沒有任何招架的能力，節節敗退。
而且沒有了謝流筝的允許，他連謝宅都進不去，更不用說祈求她的原諒了。
謝知聿手上有他洗.錢的證據，段行不得不屈服，他認命地和謝流筝離了婚。
離婚程序比預想中快得多，段行沒有反悔的機會，他還沒反應過來，所有程序都辦好了。
在民政局門口，段行捏着新鮮出爐的離婚證，看着謝流筝潇灑的背影，他下意識地伸出了手。
這一次，他真的失去她了。
段行內心驟然升起恐慌，他發瘋一般沖過去，連謝流筝的衣角都沒碰到，就被保镖給攔住了。
任由他怎麽呼喊，謝流筝沒有回頭。
他徹徹底底失去了他的愛人，還有他幾乎百分之九十的財産。
淨身出戶，不是說說而已。
所有程序合法合規，按照婚前協議以及法律法規，合理分割財産，而且兩人沒有小孩，財産分割更加迅速。
然而……辜負真心的報應遠不止于此。
當他接到福利院的電話時，整個人都懵了。
He looked horrified and couldn't believe his ears: "What did you say, Xiao Sheng was adopted???"
"By whom??!!"