Chapter 97: Happy Events, Encounter in the Community
"He took advantage of the situation because the room he stayed in was just downstairs from us. He could avoid the hotel's surveillance by going up through the safe exit, and he could do it without anyone noticing. My appearance caught him off guard, but he didn't leave at that time. He slipped away only after I entered your room.
No one ever linked the suspect to the examinee, so he passed the exam safely and returned to school safely. Because it had nothing to do with the murder case, the police didn't take it too seriously. Even if he was betrayed, he could find a thousand excuses to exonerate himself, and it didn't have any negative impact on him at all. So I had to ask someone to teach him a lesson and give him a big gift. That kind of idiot will never deal with you again in the future, so congratulations, you are completely safe!"
"Thank you, Leng Ziyue!" Zhang Wanwan said sincerely with red eyes: "If it weren't for you, I would have been scared to death that day, not to mention I had to take the exam the next day. Although I tried not to think about it during this period, I couldn't help but think about it every time I was alone. Even going to the toilet at night required a mental struggle. Now it's good, I can finally live a normal life! Really, thank you so much! Thank you, thank you"
Zhang Wanwan placed Leng Ziyue's hand on her forehead, without any ambiguity, only gratitude from the bottom of her heart. At this moment, she felt that as long as Leng Ziyue was by her side, there was nothing that could not be solved, and no difficulty that could not be faced.
Leng Ziyue let her say a bunch of heartfelt words before withdrawing his hand. The corners of his mouth slightly raised, he threw his schoolbag, stood up and asked arrogantly: "Wipe your tears, it's so ugly, I'll take you back!"
The two of them left the classroom one after the other. Maybe it was because she had just finished her last exam and because the heavy weight that had been hanging on her heart had been lifted, but Zhang Wanwan actually yelled and screamed in front of Leng Ziyue without any image and laughed like a madman.
Leng Ziyue watched silently and let Zhang Wanwan vent her anger. He sent her downstairs to her home. Zhang Wanwan invited him upstairs to drink water as she did before, but this time Leng Ziyue refused.
It was not until Zhang Wanwan opened the door and saw Zhang Baiyan that she suddenly realized what was going on. She cursed herself for being so complacent that she forgot there was someone else at home.
Zhang Baiyan saw her coming in sweating and teased her, "Where have you been? You turned into a crazy girl after the exam, didn't you?"
"No, huh!" Zhang Wanwan stuck out her tongue at him. She went back to her room to get her clothes in a very good mood, went to the bathroom to take a warm bath before sitting down to talk to Zhang Baiyan.
"Didn't you go to help your parents? Why are you so free now?" Zhang Wanwan remembered that Zhang's father had given Zhang Baiyan a lot of instructions. According to previous experience, he should not be at home at this time.
Zhang Baiyan was obviously in a good mood. He couldn't suppress the upturned corners of his mouth. He pursed his lips and said, "I received a notice today that I was admitted to Beijing University of Political Science and Law."
"Really? Brother, congratulations! Do our parents know about this?" Zhang Wanwan straightened her back in surprise. She felt that today was her lucky day. Good things happened one after another from school to home, and they were huge good things.
Zhang Baiyan nodded and pretended to be calm and said, "I told them the first time I received the news. Mom was so happy that she almost fainted. It just so happens that the new house has been completely renovated and the furniture has been moved in. It is being ventilated these days. Mom said that you will finish your exams today, and let Dad go to the stall tomorrow morning. She will take us back to the old house to pick up some of the things left over from before, clean and dry them, and then move them to the new house together."
Zhang Wanwan knew without thinking what her mother was going to pack. It was nothing more than her dowry, especially the pendulum clock. Because they rented a house before, Zhang's mother was afraid that the sound of the pendulum clock would affect the surrounding residents and they would get complained. Besides, this was a rented house after all, so she didn't bring it with her. Now that the new house is hers, Zhang's mother feels at ease moving in.
Zhang Wanwan never had any opinion on these things. After all, she had been hearing the sound of the pendulum clock since she was a child, so it didn't matter if she continued to be poisoned by it in the future.
The brother and sister chattered about something, and Zhang Wanwan told him Leng Ziyue's investigation results. She also specifically mentioned Leng Ziyue's name, pointing out that it was with his help that the truth behind the scenes was found.
Zhang Baiyan was angry and helpless when he heard this. He looked at Zhang Wanwan with a worried look on his face and said earnestly, "Little sister, I won't be able to take care of you all the time when I go to college in Beijing. You have to be careful!"
But these words are just old clichés and have no practical effect. Some troubles will get you into even if you don't cause them.
The next day, Zhang's mother got up early. When Zhang Wanwan walked out of the room, she found that she had already finished praying. The three incense sticks burning on the altar at home had not yet burned out, and the house was filled with the smell of incense.
Seeing that Zhang Wanwan was acting lazy, Zhang's mother quickly pushed her into the bathroom to wash up, and then went to call Zhang Baiyan to get up.
It was only seven o'clock in the morning when Niang San went out.
Zhang Wanwan was speechless. "Mom, I don't have to go to school today, you shouldn't be here so early!"
Zhang's mother glared at her and retorted, "Do you think I'm as free as you? I'll have to help your father after I'm done with my work!"
Zhang Wanwan shut up immediately.
The three of them walked into the familiar old neighborhood, where the familiar old people were still gathered under the shade of the trees talking. These old people were either retired or had no labor force and could only rely on their children and grandchildren for support. They gathered here early in the morning at five or six o'clock to smoke and chat.
Zhang's mother changed into new clothes today and greeted acquaintances warmly, which shocked everyone.
"Meilan! I haven't seen you for a long time! Did you move?" Aunt Chen had just come back from shopping for groceries. She is the director of the neighborhood committee. She knows every resident in the community and is also the most sociable.
Zhang's mother also spoke to her in a friendly manner.
"Yes, this is not for the children to study. We moved out because we wanted to give them a better environment."
Aunt Chen immediately figured out the main reason why Zhang's mother moved. She looked up at Wang Chunhua's house, leaned close to Zhang's mother's ear, and whispered, "It's a good thing you moved away. You don't know how much trouble her family has had in the past year! There was a fight every three days and a quarrel every two days. When it was serious, I saw that Wang Chunhua had bruises on her face. Once I didn't see her for a week, and when I went to her house to ask, I found that half of her face was bruised. I heard that she was beaten, and the swelling didn't go down for several days."
Zhang's mother and Wang Chunhua can be said to be lifelong enemies. She sighed deeply upon hearing the words and could not express any words of sympathy.
(End of this chapter)
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