Coming of Age Ceremony
Is it... a bank card?
Perhaps because Wen Yan was staring at the bank card in a daze, Wen Zhili slowly said, "There's 300,000 yuan in it, and the password is your birthday. Your 18th birthday is coming soon, and I'm too busy with work to come back and spend time with you. Consider this a gift to you in advance."
Hearing the number, Wen Yan's heart couldn't stop beating.
"300,000? Where did you get that?"
“I earned it through work.”
Wen Yan secretly complained that it was useless to ask, it couldn't be given by her parents.
When Wen Zhili left home, he refused the money given by his parents. I heard that he became a tutor and earned enough living expenses.
"You... haven't you only been working for a year? Besides, you're still renting a house. Housing prices in Hangzhou are so high, and you refuse to take the money your parents give you. If you give me 300,000 yuan, is that enough for you?"
Wen Zhili just said "Hmm" lightly.
Wen Yan handed the card back and said, "Forget it, you should take it back."
Wen Zhili looked at her helplessly and actually smiled slightly.
She stood there, graceful and gentle, the halo behind her forming a soft background, like a wool scarf pressed against her cheek on a winter day.
The sounds around her faded away, and the light falling on her eyelashes was always so warm and bright.
…
Wen Yan was in a daze. She hadn't seen her sister smile for a long, long time.
Wen Zhili took the bank card, gently opened Wen Yan's palm, and placed the card on it.
"You keep it. The company gives me a lot, it's more than enough for me. I don't have time to go out with you during the summer vacation, so you can use this money to travel with your friends and have a good time."
Of course, she didn't dare mention the hours of overtime she had worked so hard.
In the end, Wen Yan took the card awkwardly, and couldn't help but twitch the corners of his mouth.
Where can I travel with 300,000 yuan?
It would be more than enough for a trip to Antarctica. And Wen Zhili knew that her parents would give her money if she went on a trip.
Wen Yan remembered what her mother had mentioned before: Wen Zhili bought luxury watches and bags for her parents not long after she started working. At that time, she thought her sister was just being too filial and was eager to prove herself.
Now she finally believed that Wen Zhili's statement about buying her a car in a while was not an exaggeration.
Wow, he’s worthy of being an employee of a top-tier company.
"Why... have you lost so much weight?"
Wen Zhili suddenly asked this.
Wen Yan was stunned, feeling a sudden sense of grievance.
"I'm not doing well, don't you know?"
Seeing her sister staring at her in a daze, Wen Yan chuckled.
Immediately, she returned to her usual gentle and peaceful demeanor and said lightly, "I was just teasing you. The food in the cafeteria isn't tasty, and going to high school is too exhausting."
She used a joking tone to cover up the true and false words.
Wen Zhili still looked at her without smiling.
"What about you? How come you've lost so much weight?"
When Wen Zhili handed her the envelope just now, Wen Yan noticed that her hands were much bonyer than before, and even when she was relaxed, she could see the traces of the four palm bones. Fortunately, her hands were long, so even at this thin level, they looked delicate and beautiful.
Wen Zhili simply said, "I'm busy with work, and sometimes I don't eat on time."
Wen Yan also couldn't tell whether this sentence was true or false.
The two of them stopped talking, each with their own thoughts.
A student representative came to the stage and gave a speech in a chattering manner.
Wen Yan watched silently, and suddenly felt a little lost.
If only it were me standing on the stage, Wen Zhili would definitely be proud of her.
In the key class, Wen Yan's grades were among the best, but mathematics was really her weakness, which resulted in her high school grades being significantly worse than Wen Zhili's back then.
Who is Wen Zhili?
She has been ranked first in her grade several times in this key high school that is well-known throughout the province.
The person next to her was still unaware of her emotional changes and continued to stand there quietly, as pure and beautiful as a painting.
Surrounded by the gazes from all around, Wen Yan suddenly felt inexplicably anxious.
It’s the same feeling I had when I was choosing subjects and dividing into classes in the second semester of my senior year.
At that time, the subject selection system had been reformed, and students could choose three subjects from the six subjects of liberal arts and science as college entrance examination subjects. Wen Yan's province was at the forefront of the reform and had added a technology subject as an optional subject.
At that time, because of her sister, Wen Yan wanted to take technology as an elective exam from the beginning.
However, she had already put in a lot of effort, but her scores in technology were still not as good as those in liberal arts, so in the end, she chose full liberal arts subjects under the persuasion of almost everyone around her.
Now Wen Zhili has secured such a good job on her own, and this is only her first year after graduating from college.
I feel like I can never catch up with her no matter how hard I try.
…
Wen Yan looked at the bank card in his hand, and the light in his eyes dimmed.
In fact, compared to the 300,000 yuan, she would rather have a few pages of letter paper in the envelope.
The coming-of-age ceremony in their school didn't have so many formalities. A group of people chatted on the stage for a while, and now it was almost over.
The next step is to walk through the adult gate with your parents, and it will be a complete success.
The exciting music sounded again, and parents and students lined up and passed through the adult door one by one.
The two of them also walked with the crowd. Unlike the high-spirited atmosphere at the scene, the atmosphere between them was quiet and almost lonely.
Wen Yan was a little envious of the chattering classmates around her.
If it weren't for what happened three years ago, she would definitely be like them now, relying on her sister and acting coquettishly.
The coming-of-age ceremony was about to end and she was about to leave.
When will we meet next time?
Wen Yan asked her, "What are you going to do later?"
Finally, it feels a bit like a conversation between sisters.
"Go back to the company."
"Then I'll go home by myself."
"I send you?"
"No, I want to write a test first and then come back."
"good."
I don't know how many times today the two of them have run out of things to talk about.
When walking through the adult gate, Wen Zhili, who was originally looking forward, suddenly turned his head.
Seeing that she was about to speak, the music was too loud. Wen Yan only saw her lips move a few times and couldn't hear a word clearly.
When the two of them walked over, Wen Yan hurriedly asked, "What did you just say? I didn't hear it."
Wen Zhili smiled, but just kept shaking his head and refused to say anything more.
Looking at the gentle smiling face in front of him, Wen Yan felt helpless.
"You really won't tell me? If you don't, I'll leave."
Wen Zhili lowered his eyes, then raised them and smiled, "Well, if you need anything, just send me a message."
Wen Yan looked at her quietly, and her little face puffed up unconsciously.
"So I'm really leaving, sister?"
"Well, bye."
After saying that, Wen Zhili turned around and left immediately, as if he was afraid of wasting work time.
The resolute back gave Wen Yan the same feeling as three years ago.
This person is really...
She took one last look at her back with a complicated expression, then turned and left.
So she didn't see Wen Zhili who turned around and looked back after taking just two steps.
After walking a few steps, a boy came up to Wen Yan.
"Hey Wen Yan, was that your sister just now?"
Wen Yan raised her eyes and glanced at him. He was her classmate, so she knew what he was doing there.
"Um."
A reluctant sound.
"She doesn't look much older than you, can I add her on WeChat?"
Wen Yan stared at him for a long time, and the resentful look in her eyes made the boy feel so helpless that he felt like a hole was about to be burned in it.
——I hope to get married and have children normally in the future.
In the end, Wen Yan just lowered his head and sighed.
This boy has good grades and looks pretty good. Many girls in school like him, so he has pretty good conditions.
But now she is no longer qualified to act like a rogue.
"She hasn't gone far yet. See if you can catch up with her. I can't make the decision for her."
After saying that, she left without caring about the boy's reaction.
Wen Zhili, who was staring at this side from a distance, was originally frowning, but saw that the boy actually ran towards him the next second.
"Sister, I'm Wen Yan's classmate. Can I add you on WeChat?"
Wen Zhili was a little confused about the situation for a moment.
"You...are...my sister. Do you have permission to come?"
"Yes, she said you hadn't gone far and asked me to catch up with you. Sister, you are so beautiful."
The boy in front of him had sharp eyebrows and bright eyes. He was breathing slightly as he ran towards her, and he exuded the youthful vigor.
Wen Zhili's frown deepened.
She could only see the small figure walking away in her sight.
"Sorry. I...I don't add strangers on WeChat."
…
Wen Yan returned to the classroom in a somewhat irritated mood. He wanted to write the test paper but couldn't find the one he wanted to write on for a long time.
She rubbed her face, then simply lay down on the table and stopped writing.
After lying there for a while, she complained to herself with amusement: Three years have passed, but I still have the ability to be angry alone.
Wen Yan's gaze drifted, and finally fell on the swaying camphor tree leaves outside the window.
It was like this before my sister came, and it was like this after she left.
Has she ever walked into this classroom, sat in this seat, and gazed at the same green leaf as her?
Wen Yan felt sad again without any warning.
This person is really going too far.
He said such hurtful words three years ago, and now just by giving her money and smiling at her, his originally stable heartbeat began to become irregular again.
This is all Wen Zhili's fault.
She did it on purpose.
Putting aside whether Wen Zhili has feelings for her that go beyond family affection, Wen Yan felt unbearably hurt just thinking about what she said three years ago: that she was being nice to her to repay her parents.
She couldn't understand how her sister, who had been so kind and gentle to her since she was a child, could say such a thing.
Wen Yan didn't want to believe what she meant.
Her sister had been with her for so long. How could all that tenderness, those hugs, those smiles, be fake? How could her sister not love her?
But the words that were spoken were clearly there, making everything seem sharp and sensitive.
Wen Yan also didn't know whether Wen Zhili had ever been at least a little attracted to her three years ago as she thought.
But under the premise of "repaying parents", it doesn't matter whether it happened or not.
Even if there were, they were only burned hastily and incorrectly once, leaving only ashes on the ground and no one cared about them.
She thought she had become numb from the constant recollections of the past three years, but Wen Zhili's gentle smile just now jumped into her mind again, making her eyes red unconsciously again.
Wen Yan sniffed and scolded himself for being useless.
The college entrance examination is coming soon, and the college entrance examination is the most important thing.
Wen Yan said to himself.
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