Wen Dongrong pursed his lips.
His wife Chen Ru said that when Wen Ying arrived at the hospital, her fever had reached 39.7 degrees Celsius, she was feeling unwell, and she had submitted her exam paper early. On the way to the hospital, Wen Dongrong was thinking about the high school entrance exam, and he thought his daughter Wen Ying would not do well in the last subject, English.
As for how bad the results were, Wen Dongrong couldn't estimate it until the high school entrance examination results came out.
Wen Ying usually scores over 130 points in English in mock tests. Wen Dongrong's bottom line now is 110 points. As long as she can get 110 points, Wen Ying's total score will still be enough to participate in the cross-district entrance examination for key high schools in Chengdu.
If the score is lower than 110, then it will be quite risky.
Wen Dongrong didn't mention these things because he considered that Wen Ying was still in the hospital bed. Unexpectedly, Wen Ying mentioned them herself while he didn't.
It seems that Wen Ying is in good mental state.
Wen Dongrong immediately changed his tone, his face serious, as if the person lying on the hospital bed was not his 16-year-old daughter, but a subordinate who had made a stupid mistake:
"Wen Ying, Daddy was just about to tell you about this. You were sick, but your mom and I didn't notice. It was our negligence. But you're not a child anymore. You don't even know whether your body is feeling well or not. If you had told us earlier, you had exams two days ago, and we could have taken you to the hospital for an IV after the exams in the afternoon. Your illness wouldn't have worsened to the point it's now, and you wouldn't have missed today's English exam... Daddy won't scold you for being sick now, but you should reflect on yourself!"
After Wen Dongrong finished speaking, he looked at his watch, got up and left the ward.
Wen Ying was not staying in a single room. She was not the only patient in the ward. There was also a little girl lying in the bed next to her who was hospitalized for influenza. She looked younger than Wen Ying and had probably never seen her father speaking official language to his daughter. She even forgot to bite the apple in her mouth.
Wen Ying was very calm.
This is the biological father Wen Dongrong she is familiar with.
After Chen Ru bought the hamburger from Dicos, she couldn't help but scold Wen Ying for more than ten minutes.
Wen Ying just listened in one ear and out the other.
If she were really only 16, she would definitely feel extremely guilty for messing up the high school entrance exam and being ashamed of her parents' upbringing. However, she had already felt guilty for several years in her previous life, and now, no matter what Chen Ru and Wen Dongrong said, Wen Ying didn't care.
If you don’t care, you won’t be angry.
While dazed by the IV drip, Wen Ying heard the couple discussing telling their relatives that she had handed in her exam paper early due to a fever caused by the flu.
Wen Ying knew the routine of these two people, which was to lay a foreshadowing.
After the high school entrance examination results were announced, Wen Ying's performance was not satisfactory, and the couple was able to save some face.
"The child happened to be sick during the exam, there's nothing we can do!"
"The child has tried her best. Alas, we don't want to push her too hard. Please don't mention her high school entrance exam results in front of her, it will make her feel uncomfortable!"
Wen Ying closed her eyes.
I didn't expect that she still remembered it after so many years.
These were the words that Chen Ru and Wen Dongrong declared to outsiders in their previous life.
They were not afraid that Wen Ying would be upset if relatives and friends mentioned her failure in the high school entrance examination in front of her. It was that the two of them did not want to hear others talk about it, and they were embarrassed. If they were afraid that Wen Ying would be upset, the couple would not have repeatedly criticized Wen Ying.
I didn’t understand things in my previous life, but after experiencing them, and now that I’m 31 years old mentally, what else is there to not understand?
Chen Ru and Wen Dongrong are a perfect match. They both have a strong desire for control and a strong sense of face.
Wen Ying was pretending to doze off at first, but unexpectedly she fell asleep. When she woke up, it was already dark.
Aunt Chen Li was sitting beside the bed.
Wen Ying showed her first smile after her rebirth:
"Auntie, when did you arrive?"
Chen Li is only 30 years old this year, the same age as Wen Ying before her rebirth. However, 31-year-old Wen Ying has no intention of getting married, while 30-year-old Chen Li is already a mother of two children.
Wen Ying's generation lived during a time when family planning was at its strictest. Unafraid to defy the law, Chen Ru and Wen Dongrong gave birth to only one daughter, Wen Ying. Her uncle, Deng Shangwei, was a self-employed businessman, and Chen Li helped out at his small business. Two years after giving birth to their eldest son, Deng Jie, she unexpectedly became pregnant, and after hiding from her father, she gave birth to their youngest son. It wasn't until the millennium census that Wen Ying's youngest cousin, Deng Hao, was finally registered as a hukou (household registration).
Unlike Chen Ru's dominance, Chen Li is a woman with a very good temper and is Wen Ying's favorite elder.
Wen Ying was very happy to see Chen Li.
In 2004, my aunt was still so young?
Wen Ying smiled, Chen Li also smiled, and was about to touch Wen Ying's forehead:
"Does your fever seem to have subsided? Your mom called and said you almost fainted after leaving the exam room. You were seriously ill. I drove over as soon as I heard about it, and I just arrived!"
Wen Ying tilted her head, "Aunt, stay away from me, don't get caught too."
Rongcheng is just over an hour's drive from Wen Ying's home.
In 2004, Wen Ying's family had not bought a car yet. Wen Dongrong had a bus to use, and Chen Ru rode a women's motorcycle to and from get off work.
At this time, Chen Li and Deng Shangwei were in better financial condition. Chen Li drove a red Mazda, while Deng Shangwei had an old Santana... In other families, it was prestigious for the man to drive a nice car, but in her aunt's family, it was the woman who drove a nice car, while the man drove a broken car. Wen Ying knew that her biological mother Chen Ru had always looked down on her uncle Deng Shangwei, who was a businessman, and felt that her uncle could earn some money but had no status. However, when it came to loving his wife, her uncle did much better than Wen Ying's biological father Wen Dongrong.
Wen Dongrong had his own bus, but in order to avoid gossip, he was determined not to drive his wife and daughter.
Moreover, Wen Ying knew that her family actually had some savings and could buy a car, but her father Wen Dongrong was in a critical period of promotion and did not want to attract attention, so he did not agree to buy a car.
The interest rate of the money deposited in the bank was far lower than it was in the 1990s. Under the persuasion of her aunt Chen Li, Chen Ru used the money to buy a house in Chengdu.
There was no such thing as "purchase restrictions" in 2004. As long as you have money and want to buy, you can buy it!
Later on, thinking about it, buying a house instead of a car actually allowed Chen Ru and Wen Dongrong to accumulate some wealth.
Chen Li ignored the opposition of Wen Ying's grandparents and was determined to marry Deng Shangwei. Deng Shangwei did not let her down. In the words of later generations, Deng Shangwei spoiled Chen Li to the point that others envied her. The 30-year-old Chen Li was a glamorous and beautiful young woman, like a ripe peach. It can be seen how comfortable Chen Li's life was - if it weren't for what happened later, perhaps this couple could have loved each other until old age?
Thinking of her uncle Deng Shangwei, Wen Ying's eyes flickered slightly, and she looked towards the door of the ward: "Aunt, are you the only one back, or are Xiaojie and Haohao both back, and where is my uncle?"
Chen Li explained patiently, "You really are a little faint from the fever. Today is Monday, and you have your high school entrance exams. The elementary schools in Chengdu aren't closed for the holiday, and your uncle is busy with company matters and can't leave. Don't be angry. I told him before I left that he must make time to come see you tomorrow no matter what."
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