After a moment, a cold and slender hand gently fell on her head.

"If you don't say anything, I'll take that as your agreement. It's getting late. I'll take you in."

Zeng Fang opened her mouth, but ultimately did not refuse.

The two walked forward side by side in silence. As they were almost at the gate of the courtyard, Zeng Fang couldn't help but ask the doubts in her heart.

“Why wait two years?”

"I mean, why can't it be now? Shen Zhen, how do you know it won't work now if you don't even try it?"

Looking at the girl's blushing but resolute face, Shen Zhen felt as if his heart was filled with heat and burning as if it were engulfed by a fire.

"Little fatty, I don't want to let you down. Give me two years, and I'll definitely reform myself and live like a decent person, and I won't let you lose face in front of your classmates."

"I don't care what anyone says."

"But I care."

Zeng Fang looked at him, her eyes slowly turning red, "Shen Zhen, there is something I must tell you. I used to, I, I um..."

Seeing two lines of crystal tears rolling down from the little fat girl's eyes, Shen Zhen felt hot on his forehead and lowered his head to kiss her.

After the kiss, seeing the little fat girl crying even harder, Shen Zhen reached out his hand and wiped her tears in panic, while coaxing her in a hoarse voice: "Don't cry, brother is wrong."

Zeng Fang wiped her tears and shook her head, sobbing, "I, I don't want to cry, but I, I can't help it."

Shen Zhen reached out and held her in his arms to comfort her.

Shao Mo came out of the greenhouse and was about to go back to her room to rest when she vaguely heard voices outside the door and went over to check.

Looking through the crack in the door, she saw the two people hugging each other outside. She was stunned at first, and then a smile like an aunt appeared on her face.

After an unknown amount of time, Zeng Fang stepped out of Shen Zhen's arms.

"Shen Zhen, something bad happened to me before."

Shen Zhen looked at her for a moment and coaxed her softly, "It's all over. I will protect you in the future. I have already told Zhou Ye and the others that they will take care of you when I'm not around."

"But, I've been bullied by bad guys, don't you mind?"

When asking this question, Zeng Fang stared at him without blinking.

This was the deepest and most painful pain in her heart. She never wanted to mention it in front of anyone. Today, she mustered up all the courage in her life.

If Shen Zhen showed even the slightest bit of disgust or contempt on his face, she would immediately withdraw all her trust and dependence without hesitation.

Shen Zhen also stared back at her without blinking, his face extremely gloomy, but his tone was unexpectedly gentle.

"Little Fatty, stop talking. I'm afraid I won't be able to resist and kill the people who bullied you."

Zeng Fang lowered her eyes and tears fell down.

Shen Zhen sighed softly and walked forward to hold her in his arms. His slender hands clasped the back of her head so that her face was pressed against his chest.

"Don't cry, I don't mind what happened to you in the past. I just hate that I didn't meet you earlier and didn't protect you earlier."

After hearing these words, Zeng Fang finally couldn't hold back her tears.

It was almost 11 o'clock when Zeng Fang returned to her room. Seeing Shao Mo sitting on the sofa in the room, she hurriedly adjusted her hair uncomfortably.

"Momo, what do you want to talk to me about?"

Shao Mo looked at her friend carefully for a moment, walked forward and gently hugged her, patting her on the back in a comforting manner.

"Fangfang, are you okay?"

Zeng Fang also understood something instantly, "Did you see everything?"

"Shen Zhen is leaving tomorrow, and he asked me to wait for him..."

After listening to the whole story of the two, Shao Mo suddenly smiled and said, "I have been thinking that when you graduate and return to Jiang City, we will have fewer opportunities to meet in the future. But if you marry and come to Beijing, we will be able to meet all the time in the future."

Zeng Fang blushed at the teasing, "Hey, don't talk nonsense, we haven't even started yet."

Shao Mo joked, "It's not easy to draw a stroke in the eight characters."

Zeng Fang hugged the doll and kneaded it vigorously. "Even if I wanted to, my parents might not let me marry so far away."

Shao Mo agreed, "Yeah, that's true."

Zeng Fang also became anxious, "Momo, what should I do? You have a lot of ideas, you must help me."

Shao Mo thought for a moment and said, "It's not impossible to help you, but you have to do me a favor too."

"You said, don't just say one, even ten or eight will be fine."

Shao Mo briefly explained her idea of ​​using Shen Chen for the experiment, "I mentioned it to Shen Zhen, but he didn't agree. How about you help me talk to him?"

"Oh, needless to say, Shen Zhen asked me to go to the sanatorium to take care of his elder brother when I'm free, and you just need to go with me then."

"Wouldn't that be a bad idea?"

"If you really wake up his elder brother, he won't be able to thank you soon enough. Momo, how sure are you?"

Shao Mo thought for a moment and said, "30%."

Zeng Fang opened her eyes wide in surprise, "30% is also very high, Momo, you are amazing, I will take you to see Brother Shen tomorrow."

"Okay, I'll go check on him first."

Because Shen Zhen had greeted them in advance, the two of them met Shen Chen easily.

Shen Chen's condition was worse than Shao Mo had imagined. Not only was he so thin that he was just skin and bones, he couldn't even breathe on his own and was completely dependent on machines to support his life.

After understanding Shen Chen's situation, Shao Mo used the excuse of asking Zeng Fang to fetch some hot water for Shen Chen to wash his hands and face. She took the opportunity to take out the spiritual spring water and carefully applied it to Shen Chen's lips with a cotton swab.

Time flies, and winter vacation is here in a blink of an eye.

The shops in Lingchuan would not close until New Year's Eve, but in order to allow the two Huang sisters to return to Anshi earlier to celebrate the New Year, Shao Mo specially gave Huang Qinghe New Year's leave half a month in advance, and bought a lot of holiday gifts for the two sisters to take back to their hometown.

Huang Qinghe stayed in Beijing for nearly half a year, and her dressing style, conversation and temperament had greatly improved.

She wore a woolen coat and leather shoes, had her hair permed into slight waves, and had light makeup on her face. Her already good looks were instantly improved to an impressive eight points, making all the young women in the village envious, and they all came to her house to make friends with her.

"Qinghe, your hair is permed really well. Each strand looks smooth and shiny. My hair is permed like a chicken coop, and they charged me 5 yuan. How much did you pay for your hair perm?"

"80 yuan."

"What?! 80 bucks?"

When they heard the price Huang Qinghe quoted, all the young women in the room were stunned.

"Mom, isn't it too expensive to get a hair perm in Beijing?"

Huang Qinghe smiled embarrassedly, "It's quite expensive, and I can't bear to spend the money. Momo asked me to perm my hair, saying that she wanted a new hairstyle for the New Year."

After hearing this, everyone showed envy and jealousy.

Although they say it's expensive, who wouldn't want to spend 80 yuan to perm their hair and have a beautiful New Year?

(End of this chapter)