"What are you doing? Want to get beaten up?" The man gave Yuan Yuan a light push, causing her to stumble.
"You bastards, hand over my money!" Yuan Yuan glared at the two men with hatred.
Yuan Yuan's parents had just returned from a business trip and were greeted by this scene upon entering the house. They had no idea that the two of them had been staying there the previous night. Unable to get rid of them, Yuan Yuan went to a hotel to spend the night.
"How did you get in?" Yuan's father shouted angrily.
"This is our dear dad. He's made a lot of money lately, hasn't he? He looks all greasy." The two men laughed in a sleazy tone.
"Yuanyuan, come to Daddy's." Yuanyuan's father looked warily at the two people on the sofa, while Yuanyuan's mother stood there, tears streaming down her face.
"Get out of my house!" Yuan's father shouted.
"What? Isn't this our home? You made all sorts of promises when you adopted us, but now you're turning your backs on us. I told you, none of you are any good."
A sinister glint flashed in the boy's eyes as he spoke.
"You can leave now. If you show up again, we'll call the police and won't show any mercy." Yuan's mother closed her eyes, not wanting to see this scene.
The two men stood up from the sofa and, with ill intent, bumped into everything in their path, knocking over everything they could reach, and carelessly swept all the decorative items to the floor. In just a few seconds, the Yuan family home was a complete mess.
"brute!"
Yuan Yuan's eyes were bloodshot; if the hatred within them could kill, the two men in front of her would have been torn to pieces long ago.
The two men sneered as they reached the door, their expressions twisted and sarcastic: "Trying to get rid of us? Dream on. Since we adopted you, we have to take responsibility for you for the rest of your lives."
Once the two disappeared, Yuan's mother's legs went weak and she knelt on the ground, crying out, "What a terrible thing!"
She cried bitterly.
Yuan Yuan clenched her fists.
She didn't say that the two men had stolen her money. Her family was relatively well-off, and she had some pocket money every day. She decided to save it up and pay it back to Tian Tian.
After the chaos of war came a long period of desolation.
The Yuan family changed the locks overnight, and after all that commotion, Yuan Yuan was in a very bad mood when she went to school the next day.
Zhen Tian assumed she was still upset because she had lost the money, so she leaned closer and wrapped her arm around her friend's: "Yuan Yuan, when I was little, I always lost things, no matter how much my parents scolded me, I just couldn't change. And then I always..."
She paused for a moment when Ji Yuzhi was mentioned.
"It was only by keeping a close eye on me every day that I gradually changed my bad habits."
"It's okay that you only lost money once. After this, you'll remember not to leave things lying around."
Zhen Tian stared intently into Yuan Yuan's eyes.
It's like a child who's always causing trouble suddenly giving a serious lecture.
Yuan Yuan forced a smile: "It's okay, I'm not sad anymore."
Compared to that money, she felt a deeper pain.
"Okay, that's good." Zhen Tian nodded: "Don't be angry, don't be angry. Getting sick from anger will only make you sick and no one can take your place."
"Silly girl, go back and copy your homework." Yuan Yuan poked her forehead.
...
Time flew by and it was already mid-August. Ever since Lu Lin came back and took Zhen Tian out for a day, Zhen Tian had been going to school every day as usual.
Over the past month, the relationship between Zhen Tian and Ji Yuzhi has improved considerably.
Ji Yuzhi was finally at ease and began preparing for the start of the new semester.
He didn't need to bring much; just his own luggage. As for bedding and other daily necessities he would need for school, he planned to buy them when he arrived, otherwise transporting them from H City to S City would be too much trouble.
"Want to go for barbecue after school today?" Ye Qingyan teased Zhen Tian, as they loved discussing food during class.
"No, I want to go shopping for clothes with Zhizhi after school today," Zhen Tian refused, shaking her head.
"What clothes are you buying? It's not the change of seasons, and there's no special occasion." Ye Qingyan asked, resting her head on her hand, puzzled.
“He’s started school. I haven’t bought him any new clothes this summer.” Zhen Tian pouted, her eyes darting around as if she were thinking: “It’s such a hassle to have extra classes in high school. I used to have plenty of time to take Zhizhi to class.”
"You..." Ye Qingyan drawled, "You've made up with your Zhizhi?"
"It wasn't bad to begin with," Zhen Tian said, her gaze drifting away.
Ye Qingyan pulled her back again: "Don't pull."
“Sigh…” Zhen Tian was depressed again because of her: “It’s not really a reconciliation. I just don’t want to think about the fact that he left, so I won’t be sad.”
"You're just running away, sister."
Ye Qingyan was stunned.
"I can't worry about that anymore." Zhen Tian sniffed. "He's leaving in a few days, and I don't want to waste any more of his last moments."
"I don't think this will work. You need to be honest with Ji Yuzhi." Ye Qingyan decided to be direct: "Don't you think that the reason you're acting this way is because you like Ji Yuzhi and can't bear to part with him?"
"I do like him."
Zhen Tian's frankness stunned Ye Qingyan. After a couple of seconds, she said, "It's not love for my brother, it's a woman's love for a man!"
"..."
She knew it. Ye Qingyan rolled her eyes. This girl was playing word games here.
Zhen Tian thought she should refute Qing Yan. However, when she recalled that night when Zhi Zhi said she wanted to leave her and never approach her again, she felt a dull pain in her heart, and she couldn't bring herself to say anything in rebuttal.
When the bell rang, Ye Qingyan was even more blatant in pulling Zhen Tian aside and saying something.
"Think about it carefully. Your older brother Lu Lin, and your third brother Lu Yiran who is with Senior Ji, are leaving to go to university. Lu Lin has already left, but are you reluctant to let them go?"
"have."
"Let me put it another way. Do you feel as reluctant to part with them as you do now, like you feel now, like you feel reluctant to part with Senior Ji? Or, if they find a girl they like in college, would you bless them or feel angry, sad, and disappointed? If it were Ji Yuzhi, how would you feel?"
"No way!" Zhen Tian reacted immediately.
"When Senior Ji has a girl he likes, he will hug her, kiss her, go on dates with her, cook dinner for her, and kiss her forehead to say good morning when he wakes up in the morning..."
"Ye Qingyan, someone is looking for you outside."
She was called out by her classmates halfway through her sentence.
"I'm here." Ye Qingyan stood up and walked towards the classroom door.
The person standing outside is someone she currently has a crush on: "I saw some fresh fruit while I was passing by, so I bought some for you."
The boy was very tall, but his voice was gentle when he spoke to Ye Qingyan. He was carrying a transparent bag containing two juicy peaches, their white and red hues looking particularly fresh and tender. His other pocket also contained quite a few mangosteens.
"Thank you, these are all my favorite foods." Ye Qingyan winked at him, her girlish heart still fluttering with joy.
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