Chapter 303 The Past
Jiang Wanning's words were so precocious that he had no idea of the immensity of the world, forming a sharp contrast with the mature Xie Yanchuan.
But it did ease the subtle and stiff atmosphere between the few people.
Song Yao and Yang Huan both couldn't help but laugh: "Wan Ning, you don't even know how many romantic debts you've incurred for your father."
At the same time, Yang Huan also comforted Xie Yanchuan: "Okay, kid, don't worry so much. We are neighbors. You can stay at grandma's place first. I will talk to your father."
Xie Yanchuan looked at the other person with some concern.
But at that time, he was still a child after all.
No matter how mature a child is mentally, deep down, he is still a child who longs for love and warmth.
Jiang Wanning's words just now did not fail to touch him.
After Xie Yanchuan secretly memorized the name Jiang Yue, he finally agreed to Yang Huan's persuasion.
Yang Huan arranged his room next to Jiang Wanning's.
It’s strange to say, and I don’t know what method the old man used, but he actually persuaded Xie Kaiwen to stay temporarily.
It was not until much later that Xie Yanchuan learned that Yang Huan had bypassed Xie Kaiwen and found Old Man Xie to inform him of his recent situation before she was able to save him.
Yang Huan and Mr. Xie were once old friends. The latter still cared about Xie Yanchuan, but due to his current identity and position in the family, it was not convenient for him to show up. So he used this as an excuse to ask Yang Huan to help look after him.
With Mr. Xie's words, Xie Kaiwen, who had not yet realized the seriousness of the matter, readily agreed.
After all, for him, this matter not only wins the favor of the old man, but also gets rid of a burden in disguise, and allows him to have affairs with other women outside more freely. Why not do it?
But by the time Xie Yanchuan knew the truth, it was all a story for the future.
At that moment, following Jiang Wanning, he did indeed gain a brief moment of peace.
The two of them ate and slept together. Jiang Wanning seemed to like him very much and would stick with him no matter what they did.
The most memorable time was when the two adults went out for something and it was raining heavily outside.
Xie Yanchuan was most afraid of this kind of weather, because his mother breathed her last in front of him in this kind of weather.
So he curled himself up in the corner until Jiang Wanning found him.
The girl, who was only a year older than Xie Yanchuan, held him in her arms with her soft hands and said to him in a baby voice, imitating Song Yao's words, "Don't be afraid, Xiaochuan, we have our sister here."
"Sister will always protect you..."
Xie Yanchuan actually stopped trembling. Afterwards, when the two adults came back, Jiang Wanning, in contrast to her gentleness and kind attitude just now, became proud again.
"Mommy and grandma, you didn't see how powerful I was just now!"
"I never thought that Xie Yanchuan, this guy who usually looks so deep, is actually afraid of thunder, haha..."
As a result, she was naturally taught a lesson by Song Yao, who vaguely knew some of the truth, and was grabbed by the scruff of the neck.
Afterwards, the woman comforted him in a gentle voice, telling him not to be afraid and not to take Jiang Wanning's thoughtless words to heart...
Xie Yanchuan shook his head.
How could he possibly hold a grudge against Jiang Wanning in his heart?
That was probably the only light that he could see shining through the cracks in his endlessly dark life.
He probably didn't even have time to cherish it.
But Xie Yanchuan was still too young at that time. He didn't understand the meaning of the thought that suddenly popped up in his mind, and he quickly forgot it.
And these happy days are always short-lived.
Jiang Wanning and Song Yao only came to Yang Huan's place to spend the summer vacation. Once the vacation was over, they would return to their normal lives.
Xie Yanchuan had finally seen a glimpse of light, but at this moment, he fell back into darkness.
However, what surprised Xie Yanchuan was that during the time he was away, Xie Kaiwen, who knew what was wrong with him, did not treat him as badly as before, either beating or scolding him, and even processed the admission procedures for him.
Things seemed to be getting better as Jiang Wanning and he had promised.
It wasn't until he met Mr. Xie at a family dinner during the Spring Festival.
The old man actually called his name in public and asked him to participate in the selection competition for the next head of the family.
At that time, Xie Yanchuan was just in elementary school, and his classmates were all elders of the third generation, such as Xie Kaiwen.
Mr. Xie's words undoubtedly put him in the position of being the target of public criticism again.
Even though Xie Yanchuan refused in public, he still couldn't miss the resentful looks from Xie Kaiwen and those uncles and elders whom he had rarely met.
At that time, he did not understand the old man and thought that the other party's actions were pushing him back into the fire pit, and he resented the other party in his heart for a long time.
At that time, Jiang Wanning had probably followed Jiang Yue to Xingguo, so Xie Yanchuan's life, which had finally had some light, returned to the darkness of nothingness again.
Until the year he started high school.
Because of his excellent grades, Xie Yanchuan applied to go abroad as an exchange student.
One reason was to escape from Xie Kaiwen, and the other was that he still had some delusions and wanted to see the girl again.
Perhaps it was God's will that all his life's good luck came true at that moment.
Xie Yanchuan's application for exchange student qualification was successfully approved by the school, and he was assigned to the same high school as Jiang Wanning as he wished.
At the beginning of his second year of high school, he finally met the person he had been thinking about for many years under the dense sycamore trees.
"Senior Jiang."
At that time, Xie Yanchuan didn't know how much courage he mustered before he dared to step forward and whispered the name.
Afterwards, he saw Jiang Wanning was stunned, and then he looked at him carefully: "You are... Xie Yanchuan?"
The moment she recognized him, Jiang Wanning was delighted: "I never thought that after so many years, we would meet here again. What a coincidence!"
"Yeah, what a coincidence."
Xie Yanchuan also responded with a smile, no matter how much he paid for this moment.
I would never refuse.
Jiang Wanning in high school actually didn't change much from her childhood, but she was more confident and outspoken than she was later.
She has many friends and is a powerful figure on campus.
So when introducing Xie Yanchuan to others, she always put her arm around his neck affectionately and told them that this was her younger brother and no one would be able to bully him in the future.
Amidst cheers.
Probably only Xie Yanchuan himself knows the answer.
His feelings towards this relationship had long since deteriorated, and he was no longer satisfied with that ordinary "brother-sister" relationship.
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