It turns out it was you
Recalling some of the past, although not very pleasant, is at least useful.
Yu Ran frowned in confusion when he heard about the love letter.
"Are you sure it's not yours?" Jiang Liu changed from rubbing the earring to pulling it.
"I swear, I never received those love letters, let alone replied to them. Besides...what teenager would leave letters with their parents?"
Yu Ran was so obedient that he rubbed the other person's fingertips affectionately.
"Strange." Jiang Liu smiled and chewed the rusty hook playfully. The two pulled each other, but he was not fished ashore by Zhang Qian. Instead, he successfully pulled the deeply buried past out of the water!
"Where did you go to high school?" he continued.
"Xiangze No. 1 Middle School." Yu Ran answered, looking proud when he mentioned his alma mater.
Jiang Liu nodded thoughtfully, "Zhang Qian's illegitimate son, he went to the same high school as me. Xiangze Experimental Middle School."
The word "illegitimate child" was thus torn off by Jiang Liu's sharp tongue, and a lot of information was revealed along with the exposure of the matter. Of course, at this moment, Yu Ran was surprised that the illegitimate child's grades were so good?
"How did you know that?" Yu Ran asked.
"It's still a love letter," Jiang Liu said. "In the love letter Zhang Qian showed me, 'you' had my alma mater's logo printed at the bottom. It was torn from a notebook used to reward students."
If Zhang Qian had not been in such a hurry to succeed, and had not unfolded the reply letter and then hastily swept it away out of guilt, Jiang Liu would never have condescended to touch the pile of damp waste paper with his own hands - and the lie would not have been exposed.
"Then I know why he tried so hard to obstruct us." Yu Ran said with a half-smile.
"Because I am his son's classmate." Jiang Liu replied readily.
Jiang Liu and the illegitimate son were classmates. Zhang Qian was deeply afraid that Jiang Liu, who had such a relationship with him, would have too much contact with his biological son, which would lead to the truth being revealed.
"And, judging by his imminent appearance, his classmates, who are also in the same class, are what scare him the most."
Jiang Liu went back to his room to look for his graduation album. When he turned around, he bumped into Yu Ran, who had lost seven spirits and three souls. It felt like stepping on cotton.
"I'm sorry for getting you into trouble with this matter." Yu Ran lowered his eyes and forcibly turned off the bright lights in his eyes. When he opened them again, there was an overload of stubbornness, like the aging tungsten filament and voltage fluctuations of a lamp that was on all night long.
Jiang Liu said nothing, but just hooked his pinky finger, the attraction of love drawing them together. Seeing Yu Ran's raised lip, Fang said, "I'll tell you a funny story from my school days."
There is a lamp by the bed, which makes people cry under the guise of warmth. When turning the photo album, the sound of the plastic film rubbing against the air is like the flapping wings of the butterfly that Jiang Liu has raised for three years.
Under the national flag, a solo photo, all white, shows a freshman in high school. With eyebrows pointing upwards and hair tidy, he still looks childish; with eyebrows pointing downwards, his face is narrow and small, with a straight and delicate nose, and lips like two wet peach petals, pressed together. Otherwise, the boldness brought by his dark pupils would be incomparable.
"Hey, let me take a closer look." Yu Ran said, "I want to keep it as a souvenir."
"The person is already yours, how can a real person not look at the photo?" Jiang Liu refused and turned to the next one.
"Why is this a solo photo with a girl?" Yu Ran took it back and asked sourly, holding it down with his palm to prevent him from turning it over.
Jiang Liu was lost in thought, then remembered, "It seems like it was the end of the hosting event. Backstage, our homeroom teacher took a picture of us. He said that we were all wearing formal attire, which was flattering."
"Oh, the one about getting married?" Black suit and white dress, no wonder Yu Ran was indignant.
"What?! These are custom-made dresses for the school. They're the same for men and women. So if you're saying that, we don't need to go to school anymore. We can just have a group wedding!"
Jiang Liu suppressed a smile and placed his lips on his ear. "This is what we call a happy marriage. Head to head, shoulder to shoulder, hand in hand, inseparable."
"Kiss on the mouth." Yu Ran is so easy to coax.
The first few pages were all individual photos, while the latter were group photos and portraits. There were even a few photos where Jiang Liu was completely invisible, so I flipped through them hastily.
"Oh," Jiang Liu tapped on something and smiled bitterly, "One of the team leaders hadn't finished writing the manuscript for the art festival report, so he stole mine and submitted it."
"Then what are you going to do!" Yu Ran lifted the quilt and got out of bed.
"I improvised and made a lot of changes on stage. Luckily, the teacher discovered that person's trick afterward. Although I was the last one to go on stage, I was singing without a script... What for?"
Jiang Liu watched Yu Ran wield the marker and said, "Draw him a pig's head."
The poor-looking Pighead was still not satisfied, so Yu Ran drew several arrows and typed the word "bad" on them.
The last page is a high school graduation photo.
"This is you." Yu Ran pointed at the white figure, "Why are you so thin? Your face is a size smaller than others."
He looked at her obsessively for a long time, and then he remembered that after the long summer vacation, when he entered college as a freshman and the two schools held a social gathering, he fell in love with Jiang Liu at first sight.
However, because the gap between Jiang Liu's freshman year and the three years of high school was not much, Yu Ran always had an illusion in his heart that these three years of youth should belong to him.
"There are a lot of people named Zhang in this class." Jiang Liu suddenly returned to the point, "Look at the names below."
After the class division, there are 46 students in each class. If we look at the first year of high school, before the class division, the students are even more mixed and difficult to remember.
In addition to the girls with the same surname, the Zhang family also has ten generals.
"...This one." Yu Ran quickly locked onto a person, "He looks quite similar to that guy."
His face, like an inverted gourd, has a broad forehead and narrow jaw, and a black swallowtail beard beneath his hooked nose, like a trophy. But his cheeks are devoid of flesh, suggesting a life of toil and hardship. Everyone would have to say, "God is merciful."
Zhang Qian looks like this, and the boy in the photo is at least 70% like him. Although his face is a bit repulsive, he is tall and straight. According to today's aesthetic standards, he can barely be considered "edible without the head", so it's no wonder that some girls like him.
Look at the name again, Zhang Jiangchi.
His last name is Zhang, and his name also contains the word "Jiang". Yu Ran immediately thought of the "Mr. Jiang" who was slandered on the APP. He is the root of trouble.
"It's him..." Jiang Liu frowned and thought deeply, and released a somewhat confusing message.
"He is three years older than me. No, he is three years older than both of us at that time."
"Isn't that the same age as my sister? She's 25 this year..."
Jiang Liu nodded.
If it is not pointed out, others will not be able to tell the difference just by looking at the photos. Firstly, it is not surprising that boys of this age like to act mature. Secondly, even if they look mature, it can be explained as being exposed to the wind and sun, unkempt, and having spots and acne on their faces.
"Huh, it seems like she cheated on him not long after getting married, but he already had a son and a daughter."
"But he has few family ties and is distant." Jiang Liu helped him tuck his hair behind his ears.
"Well, how do you know he's three years older?"
"I never knew it until after I graduated from high school. I was dragged to a class reunion. We were all drunk, and Zhang Jiangchi was incredibly drunk that day. He was spouting nonsense, saying, 'I'm your brother. I'm three years older than you, and I've suffered more than you.' He sounded incredibly confident."
"Not a transfer student?"
Jiang Liu shook his head silently.
"Hiss." Yu Ran swallowed. If being three years older was true, then many things couldn't be explained.
Why did you wait so long to start school? It couldn't be because you were poor.
How could a school make an exception and admit over-age students?
Thinking back, when others generally take the high school entrance exam at the age of 14 or 15, wouldn't he be 18 years old?
"I think the last two problems can be solved. He had excellent grades when he entered school, with full marks in all nine subjects. He was exempted from the entrance exam for the second semester of his senior year, and everyone in the class was eager to get him. Well, me too..."
"You're the best." Yu Ran praised him, "Does this mean he was recommended for admission? He didn't have to take the high school entrance exam? If that's the case, at least it's fair."
"Well, there were rumors at the time, but everyone generally believed it was me..."
"You both had such good grades, but you didn't make any friends back then?"
"He is a taciturn person. He doesn't say a word to others for a month and doesn't like to show off. Also, after his freshman year of high school, he was gloomy every day and no one wanted to mess with him." Jiang Liu was worried.
"Sinister?" Yu Ran, who had been rationalizing the feelings of those girls when he heard that his grades were good, suddenly snorted in disdain. Are you showing my bad nature so soon?
According to Jiang Liu's recollection, Zhang Jiangchi's grades plummeted starting from his second year of high school. The teacher contacted him countless times, and every time the teacher said they wanted a home visit, he would pretend to be better for a while, but soon became discouraged again and gradually became like everyone else.
"What about the parents' meeting? Have you met Zhang Qian?" Yu Ran saw a photo in the album of Jiang Liu speaking on the podium as a student representative.
"I didn't notice. Now that I think about it, he probably hasn't been here before. But the teacher wouldn't allow it. He must have contacted my parents privately. Maybe Zhang Qian recognized me unilaterally."
"Tell my sister about this and see if she has any clues."
Jiang Liu took out his cell phone, intending to take a picture of Zhang Jiangchi. Yu Ran flipped the camera and gave Jiang Liu a fierce kiss, which was very disgusting.
"Don't let people like that contaminate your phone. I'll take the photo."
…
When Yu Lei heard the news, she hurried over here.
She compared the timeline with Yu Qionglin and came up with an unexpected but reasonable opinion.
The most terrifying thing is that Zhang Qian was dating two or even more women at the same time, and finally chose to marry Yu Qionglin.
As for whether he has not completely broken up with the biological mother of his illegitimate child or is enjoying the dangers of a lover relationship, it is unknown.
Because Zhang Qian concealed her marital history, Zhang Jiangchi was considered an illegitimate child. In that era, policies were not so open, so he was unable to register his household registration and was an illegal resident.
"Illegal household!" The two said in unison. They had thought about being broke, sick, or taking a leave of absence from school due to rebellion, but they never expected this setting that seemed to come from another world.
"This bitch lied to both sides and harmed three children and two women!" Yu Lei was filled with hatred.
If the high school recommendation is true, then the truth can be easily revealed. Zhang Jiangchi was an illegal immigrant. He attended private schools for kindergarten, elementary school, and junior high school, ensuring he could continue his education. However, he couldn't survive the high school entrance exam, so he was forced to take a leave of absence from school to register his household registration and eradicate the negative consequences sown by his biological father.
Perhaps Zhang Jiangchi was indeed extremely talented and worked hard to improve himself, so the school valued his talent and gave him a place in the admission list.
"Being able to register for household registration means they've fallen out." Yu Ran pondered, sorting out the timeline. "After Mom took us away, I guess that bitch went back to her old lover. It wasn't until Zhang Jiangchi was about to take the high school entrance exam that the truth could no longer be concealed. The scam he had painstakingly run for so many years was finally exposed."
"Actually, there's another question," Jiang Liu raised. "The child isn't registered, and the father is a scumbag. How can a mother not be anxious? How can she endure this for so many years without asking questions?"
"What if being a mother also has problems?"
I don't know whose simple words pushed things to an extreme.
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