Chapter 10 Chapter 10 I will always be with you
After two self-study sessions on Saturday afternoon, amid the echoing ringing of bells and the noisy voices, Pei Shuyu took out her cell phone and sent a message to Ji Yan, then replied to her mother Ruan Zhuangjing who was waiting at the school gate.
Let her wait outside and not go into the school.
There was a traffic jam at the school gate. Pei Shuyu protected Ji Yan and walked through the crowded crowd. After walking a few steps, they saw Ruan Zhuangjing's car on the side of the road.
Ruan Zhuangjing also saw them, rolled down the car window and waved to them.
Pei Shuyu covered her face with her hands in despair: "Didn't I tell you not to come in?"
There are so many people, I don’t know how long it will take to get out.
Ji Yan got into the car with a good attitude: "Hello, godmother."
Ruan Zhuangjing smiled from ear to ear: "Okay, okay, how are you doing in school these days?"
Ji Yan smiled: "Everything is fine."
Ruan Zhuangjing secretly breathed a sigh of relief, then turned her gaze to the reluctant Pei Shuyu, and said amusedly, "Why are you so dead? How have you been at school these days?" She turned the steering wheel, "It's really blocked. It seems like we can't get out for the time being."
Pei Shuyu half-stood up, propped up the headrest on the driver's seat, and tilted her head to look at the people and cars outside: "I told you not to come in. Ji Yan and I will get home before you if we get out of the car and walk back now."
Ruan Zhuangjing pushed her head away: "Don't drag Xiaoyan into everything."
Pei Shuyu sat back down unconvinced. Relying on the friendship they had shared since childhood, she held Ji Yan's arms with both hands, her long eyelashes fluttering as she rocked them back and forth, speaking coquettishly, "Ji Yan, you're willing to go with me, aren't you?"
Ji Yan said "hmm" softly.
Pei Shuyu raised his chin proudly and looked at Ruan Zhuangjing provocatively, almost writing "See, Ji Yan is willing" on his face.
Ruan Zhuangjing curled her lips helplessly.
After about twenty minutes, the crowded crowd dispersed a little, and Ruan Zhuangjing turned the steering wheel and moved out little by little.
Just as he was about to speak to Pei Shuyu, he looked up at the rearview mirror inside the car. The usually noisy girl had fallen asleep quietly on Ji Yan's shoulder at some point.
Ji Yan maintained the same sitting posture as when she got on the car, with her head half lowered. When she noticed the car started moving, she raised her head slightly and looked forward.
Their eyes accidentally met.
Ji Yan's pupils shrank slightly. After a pause, she looked away as if nothing had happened and whispered, "She's asleep."
Ruan Zhuangjing nodded.
Pei Shuyu is grumpy when she wakes up. Every time she is woken up by someone after not sleeping well, it's like a firecracker going off. Then her face turns as black as ash and she becomes gloomy and doesn't say a word to others.
The journey was peaceful until they passed a bumpy road and the car body moved up and down, jolting the people who were sleeping soundly and frowning unhappily.
Pei Shuyu moved her head away from Ji Yan, and the next second, someone hugged her shoulders.
Ji Yan pushed Pei Shuyu's head back, put his arm around her shoulders, and coaxed her softly, "It's not time yet, go back to sleep."
Pei Shuyu hummed something, and her steady breathing came out again.
When they were almost at Pei's house, Ji Yan scratched Pei Shuyu's neck twice. Just before she started to get grumpy, she said softly, "Pei Shuyu, we're almost there. Let's sleep later."
Ruan Zhuangjing saw it clearly from the rearview mirror in the car.
Only Ji Yan can cure Pei Shuyu's bad temper.
The familiar voice soothed someone's restless heart. Pei Shuyu squinted her eyes and looked outside. After taking in the scenery outside, she threw herself on Ji Yan's legs, hugged Ji Yan's waist, and said vaguely, "It's so uncomfortable to be shaking. Call me when we get there."
Ruan Zhuangjing didn't hear clearly.
Ji Yan touched the back of Pei Shuyu's neck and rubbed it soothingly with her fingertips.
The car stopped and Pei Shuyu opened the door and got out. The annoyance between her brows had not completely dissipated. When Ji Yan got out of the car, she almost hung on him like a boneless person.
She muttered, "It's so uncomfortable to sit."
In fact, there was only a small section of bumpy road.
Ruan Zhuangjing got out of the car and heard this, and rolled her eyes in annoyance: "I'm willing to pick you up, and it's fine if you're not touched, but you dare to look down on my poor driving skills?"
Pei Shuyu refused to give in: "It's just bad."
Ruan Zhuangjing didn't want to argue with her any further. She pulled Ji Yan, who was being used as a large pillow by Pei Shuyu, over to her side and held her arm affectionately. "Xiao Yan, I made your favorite food today. Stay here and sleep tonight."
When Ji Yan's parents just passed away, Ji Yan still had her grandmother to rely on, and Ji Yan's uncle and his family did not dare to do anything excessive. But since Ji Yan's only support passed away a few years ago, her uncle and his family have become more and more unscrupulous.
Ruan Zhuangjing and Ji Yan's mother are best friends. The two families have always been close. As soon as their two children were born, they recognized each other as godmothers.
Unable to bear seeing her best friend's child being bullied, Ruan Zhuangjing took Ji Yan home for various reasons when Ji Yan was in elementary school.
Ji Yan agreed: "Yes, okay, thank you, godmother."
Ruan Zhuangjing touched the top of her head and said, "Why are you being so polite to your godmother?"
Over the years, the child's temperament has become increasingly cold.
Ruan Zhuangjing sighed silently, turned around, and saw her daughter following them stealthily, with all her facial features strained.
She deliberately slowed down her pace.
"Step on, step on, step on, step on all your shadows."
Ruan Zhuangjing: “…”
Ji Yan: “…”
At home, the food has been served on the table.
"Wash your hands, it's time to eat." Ruan Zhuangjing shouted to the two people who were entering the bedroom.
Pei Shuyu replied from a distance: "I understand."
Pei Shuyu washed her face to sober up before pulling Ji Yan hurriedly to the living room.
Ruan Zhuangjing was speechless at her action. Thinking of the message she had received in the parent group chat not long ago, she asked, "Did you have your monthly exam this week? Are the results out yet?"
Ji Yan took the meal brought by Ruan Zhuang Jingsheng and thanked him.
Pei Shuyu: "Not yet."
Ruan Zhuangjing didn't believe it. Yuelan High School was usually very efficient, with rankings and everything posted. She suspected, "Could it be that he didn't do well on the test?"
Pei Shuyu showed his white teeth: "Guess."
Ruan Zhuangjing asked another person: "Xiao Yan?"
Ji Yan said, "It's true it hasn't come out yet, godmother."
This time, the school probably wanted them to go home and have a good weekend, so it was rare that they didn’t release the scores on Saturday.
When Ji Yan went to the office this morning, the answer sheets for each subject had already been distributed to the teachers. On Director Chen's desk were printed class rankings and grade ranking tables.
Halfway through dinner, Ji Yan's cell phone rang.
On the lit screen, there was a note saying: Uncle.
Pei Shuyu's face immediately darkened. Her good appetite was disturbed by the phone call. She was about to throw down her chopsticks when someone kicked her leg under the table.
It was Ruan Zhuangjing who kicked it.
Ji Yan hung up the phone, but the other party kept calling her a second time.
The loud noise is depressing.
Ji Yan pursed her lips, said "sorry", and went to the balcony to answer the phone.
Pei Shuyu's restrained emotions showed through, and she looked at her mother across from her with dissatisfaction: "Why did you kick me? Didn't you see who made that call?"
Pei Shuyu disliked Ji Yan's uncle very much. Every time he called, it was always bad news. More importantly, every time he finished the call, Ji Yan's face was visibly unhappy.
Ruan Zhuangjing said, "I saw it. Xiaoyan hasn't expressed her opinion yet. Why are you so anxious?"
Pei Shuyu said, "I'm anxious? He's already bullying Ji Yan, so I can't be anxious. What the hell, how did Ji Yan end up with such a relative?"
Thinking of the last time she saw Ji Yao in Class 1, Pei Shuyu felt nauseous again.
Ji Yan was miserable enough, even being in the same class as Ji Yao. Ji Yao didn't know if he had just had an epiphany, as his grades were awful in his first year of high school.
Ruan Zhuangjing: "What will we say when Ji Yan comes back?"
On the balcony, Ji Yan lowered her eyes to look at the floor tiles under her feet, and repeated Ji An's words in a steady voice: "Leave it to you guys to take care of it?"
Ji An said: "You are in high school now and you don't come back often, so your uncle will help you take care of it and give you the money when the time comes."
Ji Yan seemed to have heard something funny and asked, "Give me the money?" She asked calmly, "Give me all, or?"
Ji An said: "It will definitely take some effort for uncle to take care of it."
The meaning couldn't be more obvious. Ji Yan pointed at the back of the phone sarcastically and said, "I'm eating. We'll talk later."
Without giving Ji An a chance to say more, Ji Yan hung up the phone, stood on the balcony for a while, adjusted her mood, and turned back to the living room.
Pei Shuyu and Ruan Zhuangjing put down their chopsticks and waited for her.
She forced a smile: "Sorry."
Pei Shuyu frowned, she moved closer and noticed that Ji Yan's eyes were slightly red.
She and Ruan Zhuangjing looked at each other, and the latter shook her head.
Pei Shuyu stirred the rice twice. She knew without a doubt that Ji An had said something disgusting again.
What could it be?
"My uncle asked me to let him take care of the house," Ji Yan said. "He said that since I live on campus now and don't go back often, it would be a waste to leave the house empty."
How dare you say that. What if one day Ji Yan doesn't want to come to her house anymore, and the house is taken away by Ji An, then she will have to sleep under the bridge.
Pei Shuyu couldn't help but roll her eyes.
Ruan Zhuangjing asked, "What do you think?"
Ji Yan said: "Although I live on campus, I still have to go back during the winter and summer vacations."
Ji Yan is about to enter her third year of high school. If Ji An keeps bringing up the house issue at this critical moment, it will affect Ji Yan...
Ruan Zhuangjing frowned and said, "Xiaoyan, come stay at your godmother's place during your regular holidays and summer and winter vacations, just like when you were little." She thought of a suitable excuse for Ji Yan, "Godmother would like to ask you to help Xiaoyu with her studies. It would be more convenient for you to stay here."
Pei Shuyu nodded repeatedly.
Ji Yan pondered and said, "Well, okay, in this case, the house is empty anyway, so why not rent it out?" She paused, her eyes fixed on Pei Shuyu, "But I don't trust my uncle."
Pei Shuyu's heart softened when she saw him like that.
Ruan Zhuangjing said: "Xiaoyan, if you trust your godmother, leave this matter to her."
Ji Yan said obediently: "Thank you, godmother."
Ruan Zhuangjing went to the bedroom and made a phone call. Over the years, the Pei family has accumulated a lot of connections in the city. It’s just a matter of renting a house, and they just need to find someone to rent it on their behalf.
When she came back, Ji Yan and Pei Shuyu had already cleaned the table. Ruan Zhuangjing wanted to say that an aunt would come to clean it up, but the two girls were too fast.
Ruan Zhuangjing said, "The rental contract will be delivered tomorrow. You can check if there are any problems then. The rent will be deposited into your bank card on time every month."
Ji Yan shook her head: "Godmother, I don't understand these."
Ruan Zhuangjing wanted to reach out and rub Ji Yan's face. Her eyebrows and eyes looked more and more like her mother's.
It turns out that more than ten years have passed.
Thousands of words finally turned into a gentle pat on the shoulder. Ruan Zhuangjing said, "Wait until you come of age."
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After taking a shower, Pei Shuyu sat on the edge of the bed with her half-dried long hair, looking for a charger while anxiously calling Ji Yan to come on board.
Pei Shuyu exited the class group: "Ji Yan, they are all waiting, only the two of us are missing."
Ji Yan came back to her senses from the message on her phone: "Are we the only two missing?"
Pei Shuyu said as a matter of course: "Yes, we are in the fifth row and we all knew each other before."
Ji Yan moved his fingers twice and glanced at the interface where Pei Shuyu had already entered the room. There was still an empty seat.
When invited in, Pei Shuyu said to her, "Don't forget to support me as promised."
Ji Yan chose support.
During the game, a clear and beautiful female voice rang out: "Shu Yu, don't forget our class bulletin board. It's not too late for me to find you now."
Pei Shuyu controlled the character to walk towards the middle road: "It's not too late, I'll find time to visit your class later."
"Thank you, you're the best."
A person suddenly jumped out of the bushes. Pei Shuyu couldn't dodge in time. Facing the dimmed screen, she looked at the assistant who was standing some distance away from her: "Assistance!"
Ji Yan said calmly: "I didn't notice."
Pei Shuyu didn't take it seriously, but then Ji Yan staggered from side to side, either because his skills had slowed down or because he was wandering around as if he had lost his direction.
The screen went dark again and again. Pei Shuyu closed her eyes. She and Ji Yan had always worked in perfect harmony. How could this game turn out like this?
Pei Shuyu attributed it to Ji An's phone call during dinner that made Ji Yan uneasy.
But what she didn't expect was that in the second game, Ji Yan directly locked the middle lane.
Pei Shuyu's eyes widened: "Didn't you agree to assist me?"
Ji Yan remained calm: "You remembered it wrongly."
Pei Shuyu: "..."
Pei Shuyu was not stupid and could still tell the difference between this obvious attitude and others.
She hasn't offended Ji Yan since she left school.
Or was he taking his anger out on her? Although Ji Yan was quite vindictive, she wouldn't involve others.
Pei Shuyu felt that he died innocently.
Pei Shuyu absentmindedly communicated with others through the microphone. After playing a few games, he quit on the pretext of having something to do.
She threw down her phone and crawled towards Ji Yan's quilt like a caterpillar: "Ji Yan."
Ji Yan looked at her: "What's wrong?"
Pei Shuyu, who felt that she was being taken out on, pursed her lips in grievance and bit her lip: "It's okay."
Ji Yan turned back, put on headphones, and acted as if he didn't want to communicate with the outside world.
Pei Shuyu stared at her for a while, then moved to the other side. Before she could move twice, Ji Yan's phone screen tilted towards her for a moment.
Pei Shuyu has always had good eyesight, and she was very close to Ji Yan, so the phone was almost in front of her eyes, and the densely packed text on it was pressing into her eyes.
She was stunned.
During this time, Ji Yan had already taken the phone back and laid it flat.
Under the dim bedside lamp, Ji Yan's eye sockets were stained with a layer of red, and there seemed to be crystal clear water flowing inside.
Pei Shuyu's brain got hot and she snatched Ji Yan's phone. The messages on it were still bouncing, pouring out one after another.
All of them belong to Ji An.
She gritted her teeth, resisted the urge to throw her phone away, and whispered, "Delete him."
Ji Yan looked at Pei Shuyu with sorrow, her eyes watering even more. The corners of her lips curled up, and she responded in a low voice: "He's right."
"I don't have any relatives anymore."
Pei Shuyu's breath caught in her throat: "You still have me. I will always be by your side."
Ji Yan lowered her head to hide her expression, and moved her lips slightly: You won’t.
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