Chapter 279 Love, Resentment, and Hate
Human power is actually insignificant in the face of natural disasters.
Even if Shen Xuewei were reborn, there's nothing she can do about such a natural disaster.
Some time ago, she used a computer in an internet cafe to create a post predicting an earthquake would happen soon, and even wrote down earthquake prevention measures.
Some people who read the post were skeptical, while most ridiculed it, saying that the poster might have delusions.
Later, the post was deleted and the account was banned by the administrator.
June has arrived, and another year's college entrance examination is upon us.
As the two-day college entrance examination came to an end, Shen Xuewei returned to school and stared blankly at the two empty classrooms.
Ren Qinan walked up the stairs and stopped beside Shen Xuewei.
Following Shen Xuewei's gaze, they also looked at the two classrooms.
She patted Shen Xuewei on the shoulder, "Next year, it will be our turn."
Shen Xuewei smiled at her and went back to the classroom with her.
When the weekend arrived, Shen Xuewei returned to Chen Fanglan's house and saw the things Chen Fangyang had brought her from Shanghai.
On Saturday, she specially invited Xu Yue to her home and asked Xu Yue to change into her bright red dress.
This dress was a gift she gave to Xu Yue for her eighteenth birthday.
Chen Fanglan rarely had free time, so she took out her cosmetics and did makeup on both girls while watching them fuss around at home. She also had Shen Xuewei wear the princess dress she had bought for her before, and then took photos of them to commemorate the occasion.
Shen Xuewei didn't want to wear it.
"Auntie, it's her birthday, not mine, so I don't want to take pictures... Besides, I don't like that dress at all..."
She spoke the last sentence very softly, afraid that Chen Fanglan would hear her clearly.
Chen Fanglan bought her a pink and white tutu dress, which Chen Fanglan brought back from Hong Kong.
If Shen Xuewei sees someone dressed like that, she will praise them for being cute and pretty.
But, should we let Shen Xuewei wear it?
She was extremely unwilling.
Shen Xuewei doesn't like pink, and she doesn't like this kind of exaggerated dress at all.
The one Chen Fanglan bought precisely hit every one of her sore spots.
Therefore, after buying the dress, Shen Xuewei only opened it once and looked at it once. After that, she kept it in the closet and never wore it.
Chen Fanglan put down her camera and looked at Xu Yue, who was waiting to take pictures.
"Ah Yue, wait a minute, Weiwei and I have something to talk about."
She pulled Shen Xuewei back to her room, leaving Xu Yue alone in the living room.
A dozen minutes later, Chen Fanglan opened the door with a smile and came out of the room.
Xu Yue craned her neck to look into the room. "Where's Weiwei? Why isn't she coming out?"
Chen Fanglan clapped her hands. "Weiwei, come out and take pictures! What are you doing hiding inside?"
After a moment of silence in the room, Shen Xuewei, with a dark expression, finally came out reluctantly.
Seeing Shen Xuewei dressed up like a little cake by Chen Fanglan, Xu Yue's eyes lit up, and she went over to lead her over.
"It's beautiful, this is so beautiful."
With her judgment recognized, Chen Fanglan's lips curled up even more.
"See? I told you it looked good. Even Yue said it looked good. You're the only one who absolutely refused to wear it. Would I harm you?"
"Come here, stand together, I'll take a group photo of you, and then I'll take individual photos of you later. Oh my, look how good you two are!"
"No, I want to take pictures with you guys later too."
After taking photos of the two of them, Chen Fanglan posed for a timed photo with them.
After the photo shoot, she looked at the pictures on her camera and couldn't stop smiling.
"Oh my, this is so beautiful! When I get the photos, I'm going to put it at home..."
Shen Xuewei didn't care where she was going to put the photos. As soon as she heard that the photoshoot was over, she rushed back to her room and changed out of her dress.
The second semester of my junior year of high school passed by in this way, sometimes joyful and sometimes troubled.
Summer vacation arrived, and Shen Xuewei found a tutoring class in the county to continue studying math. In her spare time in the evenings, she would update her novel and occasionally meet up with Xu Yue in the county.
This tranquility was broken one evening.
When Xu Yue appeared downstairs with swollen, red eyes, Shen Xuewei knew something serious must have happened.
Upon seeing Shen Xuewei, Xu Yue's emotions erupted instantly, and she choked out:
"Weiwei, my grandma has passed away."
Shen Xuewei was somewhat surprised, but she had already heard about Xu's grandmother's health condition from Xu Yue and knew that this day would come sooner or later, but she did not expect it to come so soon.
Grandma Xu's health has always been poor, but she has probably been holding on until now for Xu Yue's sake.
Her feelings for Xu Yue were always complicated.
Because he was the only child his daughter left behind, he was loved;
Furthermore, because Xu Yue's father abandoned Xu Yue's mother and left without a trace, Xu Yue's mother jumped off a building, which caused Xu Yue to feel both resentment and hatred.
Although Xu Yue was raised by her own hands, she often beat and scolded her, showing little warmth, which made her the person Xu Yue feared the most.
However, now that the person is gone, Xu Yue is the one who cries the most heartbroken.
Shen Xuewei gently comforted her, but she also knew that Xu Yue could only get through this on her own.
Xu Yue's uncle and aunt rushed back to hold a funeral for Xu's maternal grandmother.
After everything was over, the first thing I did was kick Xu Yue out of the house.
Under the watchful eyes of her uncle and aunt, Xu Yue packed only a few clothes and a small box given to her by her maternal grandmother, and left the "home" where she had lived for eighteen years.
She wandered aimlessly down the road, not knowing where she should go.
Shen Xuewei took her back to Chen Fanglan's home and temporarily took her in.
When Chen Fanglan returned home, she was taken aback to see Xu Yue there as well.
After hearing the details from Shen Xuewei, he sighed and looked at Xu Yue with more pity.
In the dead of night, after confirming that Xu Yue was asleep, Shen Xuewei got up and went to Chen Fanglan's room to discuss the matter with her.
"Auntie, she can't go back to her home now, so she'll probably have to live at school like me when school starts. Yueyue will probably have to stay at home for a while longer this summer."
"Well, could it be..." Shen Xuewei's voice trailed off, "could it be that she can stay until the start of the semester? The semester starts soon."
Chen Fanglan glared at her and said irritably:
"I didn't say I wouldn't agree, why are you acting like a quail?"
Shen Xuewei then snuggled against her shoulder and said sweetly, "Oh, I knew it, Auntie, you're the best."
Chen Fanglan thought more deeply than she did: "Given her family's situation, they probably haven't even prepared for the tuition and living expenses for her senior year of high school."
"When you ask her tactfully later, if she doesn't have it, you can give her a heads-up. It's not good for a pretty girl like her to enter society too early; she'll easily attract unwanted attention."
Shen Xuewei nodded, "I understand, Auntie."
After agreeing with Chen Fanglan, Shen Xuewei returned to her room with peace of mind.
Seeing that Xu Yue was still sleeping soundly on the bed, Shen Xuewei breathed a sigh of relief, quietly got into bed, and fell asleep peacefully.
As the sound of deep, even breathing came from beside her, Xu Yue slowly opened her eyes.
I stared at the ceiling, unable to sleep all night.
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