Chapter 51
During the break at school, Wu Huimin looked at Bei Xia curiously. Bei Xia lowered his head and carefully drew lines on the notebook.
"What are you drawing?" Wu Huimin asked.
She discovered that Beixia's latest activity during recess was drawing on a notebook, but he only sketched a delicate outline without drawing any facial features.
Bei Xia kept writing as he said calmly, "Zhou Li."
Wu Huimin didn't think much about it. She leaned over to take a closer look. She really couldn't tell what Zhou Li looked like from these few light strokes.
"Have you ever studied painting?"
"Um."
Bechat's pen tip hesitated as he thought of the past.
Painting was not actually her interest. It was her mother who thought that Bexia should have some hobbies besides studying, so she enrolled her in interest classes. Bexia studied from junior high school to high school, and stopped painting in high school because of the heavy workload. In fact, Bexia was not very interested in painting, she just thought her mother liked it.
Bexia stopped writing and the class bell rang.
When she reached into her desk, she touched her notebook. Besha flipped through a few pages and saw the small portraits of her mother and father she had drawn on the paper.
Beixia looked at it for a few seconds, then put it down and listened carefully to the math teacher's explanation of the test paper.
At that time, he had no feelings about painting, but when he picked up the pencil again, Besha had a few more insights.
She can use her paintbrush to capture the images deep in her memory, and she can also use her paintbrush to depict Zhou Li in her eyes. This is the gift that Beixia wants to give to Zhou Li.
At the TV station, Zhou Li was in a daze and was discovered by Yan Xu.
Yan Xu came out of the tea room with a coffee cup in hand. He knocked on the partition of Zhou Li's workstation and said with a smile, "What's wrong with our leader? The computer screen is black."
Zhou Li came back to her senses, and her fingers on the keyboard unconsciously touched the space bar. The screen lit up again, showing the plan she was about to write. A row of Bei Xia's names appeared on it at some point.
Zhou Li hurriedly closed the document, collected his composure, and pushed his foot against the ground, sliding his stool back a bit, leaving the encirclement of his workstation. He turned the chair towards Yan Xu and asked seriously, "Brother Yan, have you ever dated someone much younger than you?"
Yan Xu touched his chin and thought carefully before saying, "Come to think of it, the people I've dated are all much younger than me."
"Sister-brother relationships are not popular these days." Yan Xu sighed.
"What about the one who is ten years older?" Zhou Li asked.
"Ten years old?" Yan Xu couldn't help but pick up the coffee cup, then put it down again and joked, "Then when I was in college, my partner was still in kindergarten."
Zhou Li was stunned for a moment, then replied, "Shouldn't he be in elementary school?"
Yan Xu exclaimed, "You really count?" He looked around again, bent down and asked Zhou Li curiously, "Is someone pursuing you, or do you like someone?"
Zhou Li coughed, sat back at his workstation, and pretended to work.
"No one, I'm just asking."
Seeing that she was reluctant to speak, Yan Xu casually sighed, "Older ones might be more reliable, but younger ones are more unstable. Who knows if his enthusiasm is just temporary?"
After saying that, the man strolled away. Zhou Li looked at the half-written plan, gritted his teeth, exhaled, and continued working.
In the evening, Zhou Li went to pick up Bei Xia.
She said they should keep their distance, but she was still worried that Bei Dawei would go find Bei Xia. After the Chinese New Year, the second court hearing would be about to begin. If Bei Dawei could not produce any substantial evidence, Bei Xia, the plaintiff, would have no choice but to withdraw the lawsuit.
When she drove there, the high school evening study session had not yet ended.
There were a few cars parked on the street, and it seemed that they were parents picking up their children.
Zhou Li sat in the car, glanced at his cell phone, and when he looked up again, someone knocked on the window, and Bei Dawei's face appeared on the window like a ghost.
He leaned on the window of Zhou Li's main driver's seat, put his face close to the window and looked inside. When he saw Zhou Li's face clearly, he excitedly knocked on the door.
Bei Dawei: "You stinky woman! I was just looking for you! What kind of magic potion did you put on our Bei Xia? How dare you sue her own uncle! I'm telling you! Tell her to withdraw the lawsuit immediately! Otherwise, I'll make her pay the price! Don't you see who has been supporting her these past few years? You conscienceless little bastard!"
Zhou Li was shocked. He didn't expect it to be such a coincidence.
She called the police directly on her phone. There was a police station near the school. Within ten minutes, the police arrived. Bei Dawei was persuaded to move to the side, and Zhou Li got out of the car. When the police asked questions, Zhou Li glanced at Bei Dawei and said coldly, "I'm in a lawsuit with him. He must be unhappy, so he often comes to the school to block my child recently. My child is in the third year of high school here and will take the college entrance examination soon."
"Comrade police officer, can I apply for compulsory detention? He is harassing us like this and affecting our lives." Zhou Li sneered. She glanced at Bei Dawei who was still chattering and scolding her, with a bad expression on her face.
Bei Dawei was immediately furious. "You stinking bitch! You're the liar! What's your relationship with Bei Xia? I'm her uncle! Can you give birth to your own child?!"
Zhou Li said seriously, "Comrade police officer, listen to him. If he speaks rudely to me again, I will sue him!"
Bei Dawei went to the court last time, and the solemnity of the court immediately turned him off.
At this time, the bell for the end of high school evening self-study rang, and the entire quiet campus suddenly became lively, and the first group of students who were leaving school walked out of the school gate first.
Zhou Li and Bei Dawei had caused congestion at the school gate. The police took a look at the size difference between Zhou Li and Bei Dawei, took Bei Dawei away first, and said a few words to Zhou Li, saying that it was impossible to detain the other party in this matter, but they would mediate on their behalf.
Zhou Li thanked the other party. She also knew that the police would not arrest Bei Dawei just because of this. She just said it to scare the other party.
Bei Xia knew that Zhou Li was coming to pick her up, so she packed up her schoolbag and walked out after evening self-study. When she reached the school gate, she saw Zhou Li standing with a policeman. She suddenly became alert and quickly walked to Zhou Li's side.
"Is this the child you were talking about?" the policeman looked at Besha.
Zhou Li laughed and said, "This is my sister."
"Okay, it's okay. We will send people to patrol near the school in the future, don't worry." said the police.
"Thank you for your help." Zhou Li thanked.
She just told the police about the dispute between them and Bei Dawei, and also produced the first mediation document from the court. After the police understood the situation, they also learned that Bei Dawei had been appearing near the school every day recently, which was very suspicious, so they decided to add one more patrol location every day.
After watching the police leave, Bei Xia frowned and asked Zhou Li: "Did you have a conflict with him? You weren't hurt, were you?"
She looked at Zhou Li worriedly.
Zhou Li smiled, "No." Seeing Bei Xia still looking at her, she continued, "I was sitting in the car waiting for you. He saw me and knocked on my window. I called the police. It's okay."
Zhou Li said to Bei Xia, "Get in the car and go home. There will be police patrols next time, and he won't dare to bother you again."
Bei Xia walked to Zhou Li's car and saw the claw marks left by Bei Dawei when he hit the car window. She was frightened and afraid that Zhou Li and Bei Dawei would have a conflict because of her.
Bei Dawei is a man after all, and there is a power gap between men and women. Bei Xia said, "You don't have to come to pick me up in the future."
Her tone was stiff. Zhou Li looked at her and started the car.
Seeing Zhou Li ignoring her, Bei Xia said anxiously, "He is my uncle after all. Even for my mother's sake, he won't hurt me."
"How did I find you in the first place?" Zhou Li said in a low voice, "If he really regarded you as a family member, he should treat you well. Now that things have come to this, none of us can predict what he will do."
"Aren't there police?" Beshay said.
Zhou Li was silent for a moment. Bei Xia called out, "Zhou Li?" and she finally said, "How about this? I'll take you there for a few more days. If he doesn't come, I won't have to pick you up."
Bexia pursed her lips and nodded helplessly.
Zhou Li glanced at her and said, "Cheer up. Isn't it good to have a free car to pick you up these days?"
Besha finally smiled.
Zhou Li picked him up and dropped him off for a few days. The police officer did what he said last time. Not only did he increase patrols near the school, he also worked with traffic police to direct traffic near the school. This incident was reported in local news and the TV station also gave it a special report.
Bei Dawei was so scared that he didn't dare to come again.
He also found a lawyer, who helped him submit an application to postpone the trial, but the lawyer clearly told Bei Dawei that he could not win the case and the only way was to ask Bei Xia to withdraw the lawsuit. Bei Dawei was upset.
Zhou Li felt that Bei Dawei was just delaying his own death. This kind of case could only be dealt with by wasting time. Zhou Li was not in a hurry anyway and could afford to waste time.
Bei Dawei was extremely anxious at home.
He used part of the money from his sister's family to repair his own tomb, and part of it to build a house in the village. There was still some left. Someone in the village proposed to repair the ancestral tomb. Since everyone was related, they also said that whoever gave the most money would have his name engraved on the tomb. This would be a deed that would be remembered for hundreds of years. Bei Dawei was tempted at the time, and agreed to start construction when the spring came and the permafrost melted. Now that spring is about to arrive, Bei Dawei is a little hesitant to spend the money.
Lei Hua asked Bei Dawei: "We've already spent all this money. Even if we lose the case, what will happen? Can't he still demolish our house?"
When the houses in the village were first built, who wouldn’t praise their family for being so wealthy?
Although their family lives in a small house in the city, the house in the countryside is better than the one people live in the city! If it weren't for the children's schooling, Lei Hua would have returned to the countryside long ago!
In the village, everyone wants to curry favor with her!
"What do you know? You have long hair but little knowledge!" Bei Dawei was so anxious that he talked a lot and smoked in frustration.
He had been blinded by the money at first, but now that it was in his pocket, there was no reason to give it up! Thinking of what the lawyer had said, Bei Dawei threw the cigarette butt under his feet and stomped it out. He could only start with Bei Xia. That stinky woman named Zhou Li was unyielding.
This time when Bei Dawei went to see Bei Xia, he dressed up specially and brought a basket of fruits. Lei Hua looked distressed when he bought them.
Bei Dawei arrived at the school gate dressed respectably.
He had already figured out the get out of class times at Bexia High School, and when he arrived, he asked a classmate entering the school to bring a small note to Bexia.
Bei Xia had just returned from lunch and was sitting in the classroom talking to Wu Huimin when she heard someone shout at the door: "Bei Xia, someone's looking for you!"
Wu Huimin looked out curiously. Bei Xia walked to the door and saw that it was a stranger. The man gave the note to Bei Xia and left.
"An uncle at the school gate asked me to bring it to you. He said it was your uncle."
Bexia received the note and frowned strangely. She opened it and took a look but was stunned.
Zhou Li was on duty at the TV station tonight and got home very late.
When she got home, she hung up her coat and turned around to see a strange fruit basket in the living room. Zhou Li walked closer to take a look and called out, "Bexia? Who sent this fruit basket?"
Bei Xia's door was open, as if she was waiting for Zhou Li. She put down her pen, came out of the room, and said to Zhou Li with a gloomy face, "My uncle gave it to me. He came to see me today and asked me to withdraw the lawsuit."
Zhou Li became anxious upon hearing this. He quickly walked over to Bei Xia and asked, "Why hasn't he given up yet? Why did he come looking for you again? Are you okay?"
Bei Xia's face turned pale. She lowered her head guiltily and said to Zhou Li, "Let's withdraw the lawsuit."
Beixia knew how much effort Zhou Li had put into this matter, looking for evidence, hiring lawyers, and she was the one communicating with the court. She expected that if the property left by Beixia's parents was recovered, it would be more than enough for Beixia to finish college. But today, Bei Dawei brought a piece of extremely important news to Beixia, which was more important to her than money.
Zhou Li looked at Bei Xia in disbelief.
"Why?" she asked.
Bei Xia bit her lower lip tightly. "My uncle said he still has 150,000 yuan on hand and will give it all to me as a settlement, so let's withdraw the lawsuit."
Zhou Li took a deep breath and asked, "I asked you why. You have to give me a reason. Bei Xia, I know you're not doing this for money."
Bei Xia lowered his head sadly and said without hiding anything: "My uncle said he has some of my parents' belongings."
Zhou Li frowned and said, "Bei Xia, tell me exactly what Bei Dawei told you."
Bei Xia said, "He said that before the plane had problems, my parents left a last message on the plane. He was the one who took care of everything for my parents, so East-West Airlines was also handed over to him."
"Then why did he take it out now?" Zhou Li asked puzzledly.
Bei Xia said sadly, "He said that my parents mentioned something about the family property in the will, and he didn't want me to know, so he never gave it to me."
Zhou Li was stunned for a moment. He didn't expect that a person could be so hateful!
Beixia lowered her head, her eyes red. At this moment, she was just a helpless person.
"He said that if we dropped the lawsuit, he would give it to me along with the remaining $150,000 and the things my parents left behind."
Zhou Li took a deep breath and felt a burning pain in his lungs. He was infuriated by Bei Dawei's meanness.
She touched Besha's head and pressed it on her shoulder.
"Don't cry, Beixia, this is not your fault. I know these things are very important to you." Zhou Li paused, and she said solemnly: "We will withdraw the lawsuit, Beixia!"
Bei Xia grabbed Zhou Li's clothes on her chest, didn't cry, but bit her lips hard. She swore that this was the last time she would tolerate Bei Dawei. The affection between them had disappeared in these confrontations.
Bei Dawei soon received a text message from the court saying that the plaintiff had withdrawn the lawsuit. He took a deep puff of his cigarette.
Lei Hua was extremely unhappy: "Do you really want to give it to her?"
"What do you know!" Bei Dawei snorted at her, "Just give us this little money and we'll be happy!"
Lei Hua was surprised and asked, "What's wrong with you? Didn't you agree not to give me a single cent?"
Bei Dawei said to her with a headache, "I've asked a lawyer, and the chances of us winning this case are slim. The only thing we can do is ask them to withdraw the lawsuit. If we lose, we might have to pay more than this. If we can't pay by then, it will probably affect our child."
When Lei Hua heard that this would affect Bei Bing, he immediately patted Bei Dawei and asked him to explain clearly.
When Bei Dawei said he couldn't pay back the money, his credit score would be in jeopardy, he might not be able to leave home in the future, and Bei Bing would not be able to go to school, he burst into tears and said to Bei Bing: "I told you not to be so greedy, but you wouldn't listen!"
Bei Dawei couldn't stand this woman anymore and said, "You should be nicer to Bei Xia. Do we have to be like this?"
Lei Hua and Bei Dawei started arguing, "What do you mean I'm not good to her? Didn't I go through the same thing back then? What's wrong with her staying home and doing some work? Won't it be spilled in the future? We'll have to pay for the dowry then! I'm doing this for your own good!"
Bei Dawei retorted, "That's unreasonable."
The two men started fighting while talking, and Lei Hua scratched Bei Dawei's face with his hands.
On Saturday, when Bei Dawei brought some things to meet Bei Xia, the scars on his face had not yet disappeared. Bei Xia just took a look and asked, "Where are the things?" He didn't want to say anything extra to Bei Dawei.
Bei Dawei returned the things that the airline had given him to Bei Xia. Bei Xia opened the bag and saw the familiar items, and his eyes turned red.
Inside are the relics of Bexia's parents, as well as the last words left by the two.
Bei Dawei said, "You'll have to wait a while for the money. My wife has put the money on deposit for a month, and it's due in a month. If you take it out now, you won't have the money you paid for. Since you're not in a hurry to use the money, just leave it with me first."
Seeing that Bei Xia ignored him, Bei Dawei continued, "Don't worry about this. I will transfer the money to you as soon as it's due!"
Bei Xia opened the item and saw it. After confirming it, he said to Bei Dawei, "I have always considered you my uncle. After all, we are so close. But from today on, you are no longer my uncle."
Beixia took her things and left, and Zhou Li waited for her outside the door.
Beisha sat in the car and burst into tears after reading the letter her parents left for her.
In the letter, mother explained everything, including the family savings, mortgage, and how Beixia would live in the future. She also vaguely mentioned Bei Dawei in the letter, asking Beixia to be strong and not to trouble her uncle. I'm afraid mother had predicted what would happen now.
There was only one sentence in Dad's letter.
Mom and Dad love you.
Beixia cried so hard that her eyes became red and swollen and she almost fainted.
Zhou Li looked at her worriedly. Bei Xia held on, handed her mother's letter to Zhou Li and said, "Can this will be used as evidence to arrest Bei Dawei?"
Zhou Li nodded firmly.
Bei Dawei's only mistake was that he didn't understand the law. He didn't know that a handwritten will could be used as evidence to sue him for the crime of misappropriating other people's property.
The fact that Bei Dawei concealed the relics of Bei Xia's parents completely angered Bei Xia, and she would no longer show any mercy.
Two months later, Bei Dawei was detained for the crime of misappropriating other people's property and was awaiting trial in court.
Lei Hua cried so hard that her eyes were red. No matter how she begged Bei Xia, it was useless. Bei Xia was determined to deal with Bei Dawei.
When Bei Dawei opened the court, Bei Xia had just stepped into the college entrance examination room and was about to end her high school life.
On the day of the college entrance examination, Zhou Li was even more nervous than Bei Xia.
I didn't sleep well the whole night, and when I woke up I kept giving her instructions. I was afraid that Bexia would get sick if she ate food from outside, so I cooked for her myself. After this period of time, I managed to let her learn how to cook two dishes.
After breakfast in the morning, Zhou Li sent Bei Xia to the examination room and waited outside with other anxiously waiting parents.
It is already midsummer in June and the sun is so hot that it is hard to open your eyes.
Zhou Li sat in the car, feeling uncomfortable doing anything.
The TV station's work group was assigning tasks and wanted to set up a college entrance examination hotline. Zhou Li had no interest in understanding it, so she specially asked for two days off. Knowing that there were college entrance examination candidates in her family, her leader approved it without saying a word.
When the examination room was released in the morning, Zhou Li was already standing outside the car, waiting for Bei Xia with a glass of water. She remembered what Teacher Zhao had said, not to ask any questions related to the exam. Bei Xia looked relaxed when she came out of the examination room.
Zhou Li drove home to cook and asked Bei Xia to rest first. Bei Xia did not argue with her this time because she knew Zhou Li was nervous.
After a short rest after dinner, Zhou Li sent Bei Xia to the examination room.
Seeing the large crowds of people on the way, Zhou Li was glad that Bei Xia's examination room was not far away.
Two days passed in a flash, and Bexia finally finished all the exams.
Not only the candidates were relieved, but the parents were too. Zhou Li was finally able to relax and have a good sleep.
The next day, Zhou Li woke up and before she could ask Bei Xia about her results, she heard the system announce in her ear, "Congratulations, host, mission completed. Do you choose to leave?"
Zhou Li was stunned for a moment and said, "So fast?"
The system repeats: "Do you want to leave?"
Zhou Li said: "Leave directly? What will happen to this world?"
After being with Bei Xia for such a long time, Zhou Li was really reluctant to leave. When she heard the system say that the task was completed, she felt as if she was in another world.
The system said: "You will receive a work transfer order, transferred away from here, and then gradually disappear from the heroine's memory."
As he was speaking, Zhou Li received a work call.
"Zhou Li, you've been doing excellent work lately. I have a job opportunity for you as a reward. Would you be happy to take it?"
"Leaving now?" Zhou Li blurted out.
Bei Xia appeared behind Zhou Li holding a notebook. She was going to give Zhou Li the gift she had prepared for a long time today, but she didn't expect to hear Zhou Li say that he was leaving. She clenched her fingers around the notebook, which she had carefully prepared and tied a beautiful pink bow.
As soon as Zhou Li hung up the phone, she was tackled from behind. She stumbled twice and fell on the bed. Bei Xia held her right hand, which was holding the phone, and his fingers squeezed Zhou Li's wrist so hard that it hurt. Bei Xia's eyes were red and his tone was fierce: "Where are you going? You are not allowed to go anywhere!"
Zhou Li's heart trembled with fear. She felt the force clamping her down, and the sweat on her head was about to drip down. Zhou Li turned her wrist and said to Bei Xia, "I won't leave. Let me go first."
Bei Xia buried her face in Zhou Li's shoulder blades. She said in a small voice, "I heard it."
Zhou Li smiled and said, "It's just a job transfer. I haven't agreed to it yet, right?"
"Are you really not leaving?" Bexia asked, "Do you regret it and want to leave me and run away?" Bexia said in a crying voice.
Zhou Li pursed her lips, her heart softening. After all, this was the child she had raised for a long time. She said softly, "If you keep suppressing me, maybe I'll agree to the job transfer."
Beixia stood up and the notebook fell from her arms. Zhou Li heard the sound, so she got out of bed and picked up Beixia's gift.
Opening the cover, every picture inside is of Zhou Li.
Zhou Li drinking water, Zhou Li sleeping, Zhou Li talking, Zhou Li growing flowers... There are all kinds of them, but they are all very cute without exception.
Zhou Li's eyes became softer as he looked at Bei Xia. Bei Xia still had her head down, and seemed to be crying.
She lifted Beixia's chin and saw that Beixia's eyes were full of grievance. This little puppy seemed to be waiting for Zhou Li's favor. Zhou Li sighed lightly, it was done for.
She didn't know when it started, but she couldn't take her eyes off Bei Xia.
Perhaps it was after the Chinese New Year that I felt Besha had grown up.
Zhou Li didn't know how long Bei Xia's love would last. Maybe it was just like what others said, a young man's love was as hot and short-lived as summer. But it didn't matter. At the moment, she just wanted to have some fun.
Zhou Li raised the corners of his mouth slightly and kissed Bei Xia.
"Be good, I won't leave."
Besha: One more kiss
Zhou Li covered Bei Xia's mouth with his hand
Zhou Li: My lips are almost swollen from kissing? Still coming?!
Author: There are many things I can’t write, crying, there should be two chapters of sweet daily life, and then I will transition to the next world. The next world will be the Republic of China, the story of the actors and undercover warlords in the Republic of China, oh hoo hoo
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