Chapter 10 A Turning Point: An Accidental Discovery
It's Wednesday afternoon, the same day Xu Yongqing's father suddenly "stormed" the classroom door of Class 2. Xu Yongqing was taken away by her father at noon and didn't return until the afternoon. The homeroom teacher said that Xu Yongqing had "something going on at home" and therefore asked for leave.
Just when Ning Yanzhao was still clueless about Xu Yongqing's situation, she changed her mind after evening self-study and decided to go to her aunt's house for her granddaughter-in-law's newborn baby's one-month celebration. This decision brought her unexpected joy, because she saw two unexpected people at the banquet: Xu Yongqing and her father, and made two new discoveries.
It turns out that Xu Yongqing's family is related to the granddaughter-in-law's family of the old aunt's family, which is a new discovery.
Ning Yanzhao remembered that she didn't attend this full moon celebration nine years ago because one of her aunt's granddaughters had never gotten along with her since childhood, so she didn't want to go at all and asked her parents to postpone it on the grounds that they were busy with their studies.
However, not long after this time travel, Ning Yanzhao heard her mother mention the banquet, and she felt a strange urge to experience what it was like to change her past. Sure enough, this time she really made the right choice.
Xu Yongqing must have seen Ning Yanzhao at the banquet, but she remained as indifferent as ever, saying nothing.
The two of them didn't have many opportunities to talk to each other to begin with, and this week they had been interrupted intermittently by the "cell phone incident," so Ning Yanzhao and Xu Yongqing hadn't spoken since their composition class last Friday. She didn't expect that Xu Yongqing's father would be so angry that he would actually take her out to a banquet.
Since she didn't know where to start with Xu Yongqing, Ning Yanzhao had no choice but to turn her attention to her long-lost nemesis, Ling Lianxu.
Another discovery today is that I heard Ling Lianxu has a very good relationship with his aunt's granddaughter-in-law. Right now, his aunt's daughter-in-law is holding her child and playing with Ling Lianxu on the sofa.
This was the first time Ning Yanzhao had learned that Ling Lianxu and Xu Yongqing had this somewhat distant family relationship. She hoped to find different clues from Ling Lianxu today, from an angle that had never been explored before.
Back to the point, the reason Ning Yanzhao and Ling Lianxu became mortal enemies is because, from childhood to adulthood, Ling Lianxu not only always tried to take everything from her, but also once suspected that Ning Yanzhao had deliberately come to her house to show off her final exam results. She had a lot of complaints about Ning Yanzhao, hated her to the core, and often made sarcastic and sarcastic remarks towards her.
Ning Yanzhao felt very innocent because her family had never discussed academic performance over the years, because studying was a personal matter, and it was not very useful for others to ask or interfere, especially in front of everyone.
It was Ling's parents who insisted on bringing up her academic performance. When they asked, they were dissatisfied with her grades, so they told Ling Lianxu to study hard and surpass that other family's child. Then Ling Lianxu focused all the blame on her. And her family asked about it every year. I don't know what they were competing for.
Because of this incident, Ning Yanzhao naturally didn't want to have much interaction with Ling Lianxu. However, they would inevitably run into each other a few times during holidays. It wasn't until Ning Yanzhao turned ten years old in recent years that her parents finally agreed that she didn't have to visit the Ling family during the New Year, as she could guarantee that she could cook and eat well at home.
People can learn from experience. Ning Yanzhao simply won't go to places she's not welcome, and whoever wants to suffer the pain of relatives who don't want to visit can suffer.
Today, Ning Yanzhao actually wanted to ask Ling Lianxu for a favor, which was really troubling. She didn't know any other people who were familiar with her aunt's daughter-in-law, and it seemed inconvenient to ask them. The only person she could turn to was Ling Lianxu. She had no choice but to try anything.
Ning Yanzhao took a deep breath and stepped forward.
At this moment, the aunt's daughter-in-law had already taken the baby to play with other relatives. The elders always love newborn babies and all want to hold them. Since the baby has already been taken away, only Ling Lianxu is now sitting on the sofa playing on her phone.
Ling Lianxu caught a glimpse of Ning Yanzhao approaching out of the corner of her eye. Ning Yanzhao hadn't even raised her head yet, and smiled gently: "What brings you here, Miss Ning? It's been years since we last saw each other during the New Year holidays."
That sarcastic tone again! Ning Yanzhao was furious, but she had to hold back. "I have something to ask you."
"What? You have something to ask me? With your excellent grades, why would you have something to ask me?" Ling Lianxu put down his phone and placed it on his lap, touching his ear and looking at Ning Yanzhao with an incredulous smile. That smile was fake and infuriating.
"Of course I'm not asking for your help for free; I have something in return for you."
"What are the benefits? Tell me about them."
"As long as you can guarantee that the information you get for me is absolutely accurate and detailed, I'll cover all the tickets for XXX's concert in M City."
XXX is a very popular male celebrity in the country at this time, and Ning Yanzhao knows that this is the period when Ling Lianxu likes him the most.
Because Ling Lianxu forgot to block Ning Yanzhao on her QQ space, she could see all the messages about fans of him. So she definitely couldn't resist such a temptation. Sure enough, in less than a second, Ling Lianxu's eyes changed and became friendly: "Okay, deal! Questions, come on!"
After a brief exchange, Ling Lianxu roughly understood the situation, but her eyes revealed a hint of doubt. "What do you want to do with all this information?" she wondered. Ning Yanzhao was still as clueless as ever; why would she be thinking of investigating something like this?
"Don't worry about it, just ask as I say."
"Okay, you promised you wouldn't lie to me, or I'll come to your house and tear you apart."
"Okay, okay, I'm definitely not lying to you. As long as you ask, I will definitely give you the tickets to XXX's concert with both hands."
"Then I'll go."
"come on."
"How disgusting."
"..."
Then Ling Lianxu went to chat with her sister-in-law, and now Ning Yanzhao is sitting alone on the sofa in a daze. Her parents probably went to help, and she hasn't seen them at all.
Ning Yanzhao leaned back on the sofa, waiting for Ling Lianxu's return. Perhaps because she was too tired from class today, she gradually fell asleep on the sofa without anyone watching her. She didn't know exactly how much time had passed, but Ling Lianxu was the one who woke her up. She smiled smugly at Ning Yanzhao and said, "Mission accomplished."
*
It's Thursday morning, during the long break between classes. Because it's raining today, everyone is staying in the classroom to study.
Ning Yanzhao was also studying diligently in the classroom. Just as she was concentrating on tackling a difficult math problem and was racking her brains, she was suddenly interrupted by her homeroom teacher, "Yanzhao."
At that moment, Ning Yanzhao felt as if a thread in her mind had snapped.
Ning Yanzhao thought to herself, "Teacher, you'd better tell me something very important and urgent, otherwise I'll really break down. The inspiration for that math problem has just disappeared, and it won't be easy for me to find it again."
"Yan Zhao, your father is here to see you. He's standing in the hallway waiting for you."
"Oh? My dad? Okay, thank you, teacher."
"fine."
Ning Yanzhao wondered why her father was looking for her at this hour. Could it be that something terrible had really happened at home? If so, she really was a jinx.
Oh well, never mind, we'll find out when we get out.
Ning Yanzhao walked outside the classroom and immediately saw her father waiting for her with a large bag containing something she couldn't tell what it was. He smiled as soon as he saw her.
"Dad, what brings you here? Aren't you supposed to be at work today?"
"I took leave to come here because I was worried you'd be cold while studying because of the strong wind outside. Here, this is your down jacket."
So that's how it is. Thank goodness it wasn't anything else. Ning Yanzhao was relieved: "Wow, thank you, Dad. You've worked so hard."
"Okay, hurry up and put it on. Dad is going to work now. Make sure you eat well at lunch and dinner. Dad will make you a late-night snack after he picks you up from school tonight."
"Dad, I can go back by myself. You and Mom can rest at home."
Ning Yanzhao is considerate of her parents' hard work, and has always insisted on not letting them pick her up from school since she was a child.
However, starting a few nights ago, her father began to appear at the school gate on time every evening after self-study. He said that he was worried that Ning Yanzhao, a high school student at an important stage of her life, might get sick because the weather was too cold recently. Therefore, he had to fulfill his parental responsibilities by picking up and dropping off his daughter. So even when she insisted on staying at home, all her repeated reminders and instructions were useless.
And judging from this setup, they plan to wait for her at the school gate every night without fail during this period.
"That won't do. Anyway, I'll still wait for you at the school gate tonight. You just need to study hard at school. Your dad and I aren't tired at all."
Ning Yanzhao had heard her parents say many times that they weren't working hard, but she was still moved. How could working not be hard?
After Ning Yanzhao started working, her salary was barely enough to support herself. Her parents had to maintain the family's expenses and buy her all sorts of things, but they never told her about their difficulties.
So even though Ning Yanzhao has the mental age of twenty-five, she still acts like a teenager. Rather than putting on a down jacket, she hugs her father and acts cute first, knowing that this opportunity is becoming increasingly rare: "Dad, I love you."
Ning Zaishan, Ning's father, couldn't stand his daughter's coquettishness, especially in front of so many classmates. Even as a grown man, he felt a little embarrassed: "Alright, alright, alright, Dad really has to go now. Good luck with your studies!"
Goodbye, Dad.
Ning Yanzhao watched her father turn and leave, then hugged her down jacket and returned to the classroom.
As Ning Yanzhao returned to her seat, she glanced at Xu Yongqing, who was resting on the table. She wondered if anything else had happened the night before, and since Xu was asleep, it wasn't appropriate to ask. She sighed.
Then, just as Ning Yanzhao returned to her seat and straightened her down jacket, Jing Yiran came over.
"Yanzhao, I really envy you. I'm so cold, and my dad doesn't even come to bring me a down jacket." Jing Yiran had naturally noticed Ning Yanzhao and her father, Ning Zaishan, talking in the corridor, and now she was naturally expressing her envy.
"Nonsense! Your aunt and uncle used to be worried that you weren't eating well in the cafeteria, so they would often bring you hot soup before evening self-study. You just said you were busy lately and stopped for a while. Have you forgotten already?"
Hehehe.
"By the way, did you solve that tough math problem?"
"Ugh, you really hit the nail on the head! How could I possibly finish so early!" Nobody knew that Ning Yanzhao's math foundation was now so weak that it couldn't be weaker. If the last weekly test hadn't been easy, she probably would have failed miserably.
"It's okay, I haven't finished writing it either."
"That's good. If you're the same, then I'm relieved." During school, it was a terrible thing if your classmates finished their homework and you were the only one who hadn't done it, but if everyone hadn't done theirs, then it was fine.
After Ning Yanzhao and Jing Yiran chatted and joked around for a while, the long break ended, and the third class of the morning officially began.
Ning Yanzhao placed the bag containing the down jacket on the table and hung it up, preparing to start class.
Actually, the classroom was air-conditioned and not cold at all, but this love needs no further explanation. Your loving family will always worry about you and try their best to give you the best, which is reflected in every aspect of your life.
Studying in winter presents another challenge compared to summer: it's easy to catch a cold, and once someone gets sick, almost everyone around them is affected, especially those concentrated in the very center of the classroom, where no one escapes infection.
Ning Yanzhao was alright, because she was sitting by the window, which was a certain distance from the large circle of people with colds in the center of the classroom, so she hadn't caught a cold yet. In addition, her father had given her a down jacket today, which she could use to rest her head on the table during her lunch break.
During her high school years, even the occasional breaks between classes felt especially precious. Ning Yanzhao was sleeping on her down jacket for less than twenty minutes when she had a dream. However, she could also have a dream during the time she did her eye exercises.
In her dream, Ning Yanzhao dreamed that she was walking in a vast snowstorm. The more she walked, the stronger the snowstorm became. Finally, she saw a small house with a light on and wanted to go in to take shelter from the snowstorm. But when she opened the door, she found that all four walls of the house were covered with exam papers.
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