Chapter 259: Speak Out Your Thoughts
Dandan is a well-behaved child, but he can also be quite mischievous. He never stays idle even for a moment when he's with Chuyi at home. Wen Wan has always worried that she won't be able to take care of him while working at school. But despite her worries, this is the only way she can do now. She doesn't plan to let her family take care of the child anymore, and she doesn't plan to go back.
Fortunately, Dandan was unusually obedient in school. During class, he would sit on a bench with everyone else, sitting upright, as if he understood everything Wen Wan was saying. When Wen Wan asked the students to raise their hands to answer a question, he looked at this one, then that one, and then raised his own little paw, causing the class to burst into laughter.
After class, Lu Chun'e waited outside with her pockets slung over her shoulder.
Wen Wan took Dandan out of the classroom and was slightly stunned when she saw her.
"Sister-in-law!" Lu Chun'e opened her mouth but didn't know what to say.
Wen Wan responded: "Aren't you in a hurry to go back to the factory? If not, go to the office!"
Lu Chun'e followed her closely.
After entering the office and closing the door, Wen Wan poured her half a tank of water and said, "Sit down."
Lu Chun'e sat down as she was told and looked at her several times before she spoke: "Sister-in-law, I'm sorry!"
Wen Wan smiled and sat there flipping through the collected homework, casually replying to her: "What nonsense are you talking about? You haven't done anything wrong to me. I've been here for so many years, and you've always taken care of me. You're actually much younger than me."
"Sister-in-law, my mother is a person with a sharp tongue but a soft heart. You knew her before. She had some minor flaws, but she was still very good to you. Recently, the daughter-in-law of Liu Zhaoxing's family made a lot of trouble, and she was scared, so she spoke a little too aggressively. You have to be angry. I feel angry just listening to it. But my brother, please don't be angry with my brother, okay? He didn't mean to watch you and mother quarrel without trying to stop them. He probably didn't react. Although your relationship has always been good, I can see that he is very afraid of you leaving."
I can’t continue grading homework.
Wen Wan put down the pen she had just picked up and sighed heavily. "You don't have to explain or apologize for anyone. As for the college entrance examination, you should prepare well. I will take it too, and we'll take it together then. As for whether I should go back, Chun'e, I've been away from home for five years. I still have a long time to live. I need to think carefully about whether I want to spend the rest of my life in a place like this."
Regardless of whether she returns to the capital or not, she has no intention of going back to Lujiazui. Now that the dirty work has been done, it is too late to undo the damage.
She could tell whether Zhang Hongying's words were spoken in anger or from the heart, and she didn't know how long she had been holding them in her heart.
She felt wronged that they had to live together and accommodate each other, and the other person felt even more wronged because she was not their ideal daughter-in-law at all.
Lu Chun'e originally came to persuade her, but ended up being persuaded by her. She stayed for two classes and left before school was over.
After school at noon, Wen Wan took Dandan to the cafeteria to get lunch.
Lu Dongping has always been the one who gets meals. Before, Wen Wan would go back to the office after school to work, and he would bring her meals and they would eat together. Today was the same. Lu Dongping came to the middle school after get off work, but he met the mother and daughter holding hands just halfway there.
Dandan was so happy to see him that he called out "Dad" and ran towards Lu Dongping with his short legs.
Lu Dongping smiled, reached out to pick him up, and looked at Wen Wan.
Wen Wan didn't even look at him, and walked away with her lunch box.
Lu Dongping carried Dandan and followed her to the cafeteria, got some food, and then followed her to the office.
Wen Wan was no different from before, she would greet everyone with a smile and a laugh, the only difference was that she didn't talk to him.
The meal was very quiet.
Dandan seemed to have noticed something. He turned his head and looked up at this one and then looked back at that one.
After dinner, Lu Dongping coaxed Dandan to sleep, then he reached out and pulled Wen Wan: "Wanwan, don't be like this, if you have any ideas, just say it."
Wen Wan's nose felt sore and she turned to look at him: "You are asking me what I think now?" The two of them had been together for so long and were so affectionate. She had thought they could be together for a lifetime, but when the time came, she realized that this man had never believed in her at all.
"My idea is that I want to take the college entrance examination and go back. That's what I think."
The word "go back" coming out of Wen Wan's mouth was like a bomb exploding in Lu Dongping's mind.
After a while, he spoke with difficulty: "Wanwan, you, you said before that you would not go back."
Wen Wan's eyes and nose were red. "You said it before. You also said before that if I didn't want to stay here, you would go back with me and become my son-in-law. You also said before that you would protect me and treat me well for the rest of my life! Lu Dongping, you said so much to me, promised so much, which one can you do to the end? This life is still long, and it has become like this after only five years. Do you think there is any need for me to stay here? What am I looking for? For the good life that can only be lived with you?"
It has come to this, what's the point.
Lu Dongping didn't know what to do. He knew that once Wen Wan said this, there was no going back. He didn't know what to do to make amends. He didn't know how to make everything go back to the way it was before, when nothing had changed.
He hugged her tightly, wishing he could crush her into a part of his body so that they could never be separated.
In the afternoon, he did not go to the school to find Wen Wan, but went directly back to the team and went to the educated youth site to find Xu Qingming.
The learning atmosphere at the educated youth site was very strong at this time. The light in the house was dim, and during the day several people squatted outside with books in their hands and sat on the wooden blocks under the eaves to read.
Among them, Xu Qingming probably has the best foundation. As for the rest, Zhou Guoping went to high school, Huang Wancheng, Xu Wenfang and Hu Xiujuan all graduated from junior high school, and they had never touched high school courses. Without a teacher, they relied entirely on self-study, learning everything bit by bit, which was a very difficult task.
It is already the end of October in the Gregorian calendar. They don’t know what the situation is like in other places. The college entrance examination in Xinxi County is scheduled for early December, so time is really tight.
When Lu Dongping arrived, Xu Qingming was explaining a problem to Huang Wancheng, and the other three people gathered together, listening very attentively.
Lu Dongping stood by for a while, waiting for Xu Qingming to finish explaining the questions he was supposed to answer, then he closed the book, tucked it under his arm, stood up and walked towards him.
She discreetly took a quick look at his expression and asked, "Why are you here now? What's up?"
Lu Dongping sighed deeply and turned to look at him: "After the exam, are we leaving?"
Xu Qingming said, "Not so soon. The exam will be on October 2nd. After that, you have to fill in the application form and wait for the notification letter. There are so many educated young people in the country, and there is a score line for university admission. It doesn't mean that you can get in just by taking the exam. But this is an opportunity. Since the exam is allowed, there will be more and more college students in the future. If you don't want to be squeezed out, you have to take the exam. If you want to take the exam, you have to take it as soon as possible." He didn't know that Wen Wan had already told her family and a big fuss had already happened. Thinking about what he had said to Wen Wan before, and now that Lu Dongping came and asked about it, he didn't mind wasting some time to communicate with him in a roundabout way.
"Wanwan said she's also going to take the college entrance exam. Did you know that?"
Xu Qingming was stunned for a moment, then smiled. "I understand now. That's great, she's progressive. I think you should support her. After all, she's teaching and educating people, so first of all, she needs to have a solid education. Don't look at how popular high school students are now. That's because they couldn't take the exam for so many years. Now that they can take the exam, who wouldn't want to? When there are too many college students, what will high school students mean? Not to mention how much knowledge they have, their diplomas are far behind others. They will have to wait in line for any opportunities and won't have any advantages at all."
As he spoke, he looked at Lu Dongping's face and continued, "Don't think too much. If your family has any objections, you have to help persuade them. It's true that taking the college entrance examination is equivalent to returning to the city, but doesn't she have any plans to go back? Even if she does, she'll be applying to a nearby university, so it'll be convenient for her to come back during holidays."
Lu Dongping's lips trembled twice, and it took him a long time to hear his own voice: "She, is this what she planned?"
Xu Qingming was stunned for a moment, looking at him in confusion, his brows slightly furrowed. "No, what do you mean?"
Lu Dongping said: "She said she wants to take the college entrance examination and she wants to go back."
Would Wen Wan suddenly make such a decision?
Xu Qingming guessed it almost instantly, something dirty must have happened.
The smile on his face gradually disappeared, and he looked at Lu Dongping and said, "She said she wanted to go back? Oh, it's good to go back!" He couldn't ask for more.
Lu Dongping looked at him steadily: "You, can you help me persuade her. If she wants to take the exam, it's fine. Just like you said, if she doesn't go back and applies to a nearby university, I have no objection."
A grown man looked extremely pitiful with a pleading look in his eyes, but Xu Qingming was a heartless man and was not moved at all. He could already guess what was going on and could only sneer in his heart.
"What's there to persuade? Did you have a fight? Shouldn't you try to comfort your own wife? Why are you here with me? Back then, she was so determined to be with you, and I didn't try to persuade her because she wanted to. Now if she really decides to go back, I won't try to persuade her either, because she wants to. The girls in our family have always been pampered. I told you long before you two got together that you weren't worthy of her. Apart from being good to her, what else in you made her like you and worth her spending her whole life with? I guess you didn't take it to heart, so what's the point of coming to me now?"
Could it be that instead of helping his own sister, he helps outsiders?
When he goes back, the only thing he can't let go of is Wen Wan. If Wen Wan is determined to go back, that would be great.
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