Chapter 12 No Need to Apologize to Me
The typhoon is about to land today, and the trees and telephone poles are beginning to sway.
Broken dishes are like a broken childhood, gradually drifting away in the wind, but never disappearing.
——"Zhen Hao Diary"
The two were startled by the sudden noise, and Zhou Chunrui almost dropped the flashlight in his hand.
After seeing who the visitor was, Zhou Chunrui immediately smiled and called out, "Good evening, Professor Yan."
Zhen Hao also shouted, "Hello, Professor Yan."
They knew very well that Yan Yunshu's father liked to be called that.
Sure enough, Yan Shi's expression relaxed slightly, but his eyes were still as sharp as a torch. He scanned the faces of the two people one by one, frowning, and asked seriously, "Are you looking for Yun Shu?"
"Yes, Yunyun is a good student, and we want to ask her some questions." Zhou Chunrui lied casually.
They naturally knew that Yan Shi was very strict with Yan Yunshu. Only by saying this would he not think that his daughter was wasting her time on pleasure.
However, Yan Shi's words were extremely hurtful: "Classmate Zhou, I hope you won't come to our Yunshu anymore in the future. She will be admitted to a top three university in the country, and you..."
"Dad!" Yan Yunshu appeared in time to stop him from saying something more hurtful. "I'll just say a few words to them and then go back to doing my homework, okay?"
Yan Shi had a cold face, but finally relented: "Don't talk too long."
"I know, Dad." The three words "I know" were the most common ones Yan Yunshu said to his father.
Seeing Yan Shi turn around and go back into the house, Yan Yunshu trotted over to Zhen Hao and the other man.
"I'm sorry, Ruirui, don't listen to what my dad says." Yan Yunshu apologized to Zhou Chunrui.
"Oh, it's no big deal." Zhou Chunrui waved his hand nonchalantly, "Yunyun, you're not wrong. You don't need to apologize to me."
"But..." Yan Yunshu still felt bad.
"It's really okay." Zhou Chunrui emphasized again, "You're not wrong."
"Rui Rui, I suddenly remembered that I need your help with something." Zhen Hao glanced at Yan Yunshu, who looked troubled, but said to Zhou Chunrui, "It's urgent."
"Ah?" Zhou Chunrui looked at Yan Yunshu, then at Zhen Hao, "Then Yunyun, we'll leave first."
"Okay, see you at the usual place on Sunday afternoon." Yan Yunshu breathed a sigh of relief without leaving a trace.
The old place she was talking about was under the huge banyan tree that everyone in the town knew.
"Okay, okay, see you on Sunday!" Zhou Chunrui turned back and waved at her as he walked away.
Yan Yunshu looked at the two people leaving, sighed somewhat dejectedly, then resignedly turned back to the house and continued doing his homework.
As they walked home, Zhou Chunrui asked excitedly, "Okay, is there anything urgent you need my help with?"
"Rui Rui, actually I don't have anything urgent that I need your help with." Zhen Hao said.
"Then why did you..." Zhou Chunrui suddenly realized halfway through his words, "Oh, I see. Look at my brain. I almost caused trouble for Yunyun."
She only thought about her own boredom and wanted to find Yan Yunshu to relieve her boredom, but she never thought about the other person.
"Well, thank goodness you're here, otherwise Yunyun would definitely be scolded." Zhou Chunrui's tone was a little annoyed, "Why didn't I think of so much?"
Zhen Hao glanced sideways at her.
In fact, she envied Zhou Chunrui's slow-paced personality in many things. Insensitive people are always brighter and happier inside.
"It's okay, Yunyun won't blame us." Zhen Hao lowered his head and looked carefully at the road to avoid stepping on any small animals that suddenly jumped out. "Let's go home."
Lou Zi Lane.
Lou family.
When Yu Ling and the other two arrived at the Lou family, Lou Zhixia's family of four had just finished dinner.
"Wait for me for a moment, I'll wash the dishes and then go out with you." Lou Zhixia said to his friends sitting in the living room.
"Xia Xia, you go ahead, I'll wash the dishes." Lou Jianing stopped her from walking towards the kitchen.
"Sister, you also washed the dishes at noon." Lou Zhixia did not agree immediately.
It is no secret that Lou Jianing is an adopted daughter. She was seven years old when she was adopted and already had memories.
Lou Zhixia, who was also seven years old at the time, was very happy that she had a sister like everyone else, and often took her out to play.
When Lou's mother gave birth to Lou Zhixia, her body was severely injured and she would never have the chance to get pregnant again in her life. However, adopting Lou Jianing was something that the Lou couple expected.
Even Lou Jianing knew what his mission was in coming to the Lou family.
Compared to the simple-minded Lou Zhixia, she appears to be more calm and composed, and has more worries.
Lou Zhixia is not the type of person who gets spoiled because of being spoiled. When she grew up and found out that her sister was adopted, instead of bullying her, she felt even more sorry for her.
Even the division of housework was proposed by Lou Zhixia. She didn't want her elder sister to feel inferior in the Lou family just because she was an adopted daughter.
"Do we still wash the dishes once or twice?" Lou Jianing smiled and pushed her, "Go ahead, I'll leave the house to my sister."
Lou's mother is in poor health and it is very hard for her to cook for the two sisters every day. Lou's father goes out early and comes back late to support the expenses of the entire family.
Fortunately, both daughters are very sensible and do not require them to worry much about their studies or life.
When Lou's mother came back from hanging up the clothes and saw the warm and loving scene between the two sisters, she was filled with relief.
She also hurriedly said: "Yes, you should go quickly, don't let your classmates wait for too long. We are at home."
"Okay then." Hearing his mother say this, Lou Zhixia walked to the living room with peace of mind and left the house with the three of them one after another.
When passing by No. 1010 Louzi Lane, Lou Zhixia unconsciously took a few more glances.
There was no light in the room and Mr. Qiu was not there.
"Xia Xia, what are you looking at?" Yu Ling noticed that Lou Zhixia was staring at a certain place and couldn't help but feel a little scared. "Don't scare me."
Lou Zhixia suddenly came to his senses: "I didn't see anything, why are you so timid?"
She had never told anyone about her relationship with the Qiu family. After all, the Qiu family's status was so respected that no one would believe it if she told anyone.
"Xia Xia, are you looking at Mr. Qiu's house?" Ouyang Yamei's sharp eyes caught where Lou Zhixia was looking. "Mr. Qiu is quite elegant, but he's rarely at home."
"Yeah, that's right. I occasionally listen to him singing Nanyin, although I don't understand it, hehe." Lou Zhixia echoed.
"I don't understand it either, but it sounds quite interesting." Ouyang Yaya continued.
"I heard that Mr. Qiu is recruiting disciples recently?" Ouyang Yamei interrupted.
"You heard that someone also went to Mr. Qiu to learn Nanyin, right?" Yu Ling teased.
"Lingzi, you are talking nonsense again!" Ouyang Yamei suddenly felt embarrassed.
"Although, that guy named Lu is actually quite good-looking. Don't be embarrassed to admit that you like him." Yu Ling gently nudged Ouyang Yamei with the back of her elbow.
Lu Xingzhan is quite famous in school, but he is famous for his frail health and is known as the "Little Prince of Chinese Medicine."
It's a very childish nickname, but it suits him very well.
As long as you are within three meters of him, you can definitely smell the faint herbal scent on him.
It doesn't smell bad, but it doesn't smell good either.
Everyone in the school was guessing what disease he had, but no one got any result.
"Sister, if you ask me, you should stop liking him." Ouyang Yaya suggested sincerely.
"Why do you say that?" Ouyang Yamei looked at her.
"Look at his body, he's so weak." Ouyang Yaya said without thinking, "If he suddenly passed away one day, you would be so sad, sister."
"Ouyang Yaya..." Ouyang Yamei dragged out her tone and called her name in a bad tone, "Do you believe I can strangle you to death? Ah?"
When she called her word by word, Ouyang Yaya immediately ran forward quickly, not giving her a chance to deal with herself.
"I was just kidding, lady, please spare my life!" She begged for mercy while running.
"Stop it, stop it." Yu Ling trotted after them, "We're almost home. Yaya, you'll be the star later."
Lou Zhixia finally realized why they were looking for her. She wanted to quit playing this prank on Zhen Hao, but Yu Ling was already calling her from the front: "Xia Xia, come here quickly! I've prepared a lot of delicious food at home."
As a last resort, she had to bite the bullet and follow.
Zhen Hao didn't know how other people spent their weekends, but it was definitely not like hers, where every day felt like a year.
Early on Saturday morning, she got up early to prepare breakfast for her family of five.
In fact, she was very sleepy and wanted to sleep until she woke up naturally, but she couldn't even fulfill such a small wish.
At home, she couldn't sleep in. Over time, she went from not being able to sleep in to not daring to sleep in. As soon as the time came, she would wake up from her sleep, fearing that she would hear her mother's loud voice in the next second.
And when she finished washing up, her younger sister Zhen Mei would come to her side with hazy eyes open: "Sister, I'm so sleepy."
Zhen Hao, who had already washed her face, felt less sleepy. "Go back to sleep for a while. If Mom wakes up, I'll call you."
Zhen Mei shook her head: "No, Mom will scold you later. I'll go help Sister after I finish brushing my teeth and washing my face. Sister, wait for me."
"Okay." Only at this time did Zhen Hao feel a little bit of anticipation about going home.
She hated her sister, but at the same time she was glad to have her by her side.
This complex emotion has troubled her for many years. The only thing she is sure of is that she hopes that both she and her sister will get better and better, leave this small place, and live in a better city.
Two figures, one tall and one short, were running in front of and behind the house in the dim morning light. They didn't even dare to laugh too loudly for fear of waking up their mother and brother who were still asleep.
Zhen Hao, however, loved this kind of blissful tranquility. There was no hustle and bustle of traffic to disturb people, and only the occasional sounds of roosters crowing and birds singing. It was very much like the paradise described by Mr. Tao.
Unfortunately, this peace did not last long, as the harsh sound of breaking dishes broke the mirror-like surface of the water.
Then, He Yunlian's cursing voice rang out: "What are you doing so early in the morning? Destroying the house? Huh? Do you know that you woke up your brother?"
In fact, Zhen Li was still sleeping soundly and was not disturbed by the noise.
He Yunlian came to the kitchen and saw the broken porcelain pieces on the floor. She immediately became annoyed and raised her voice a few notches: "You guys are throwing bowls while cooking? Don't you know how to hold them steady? Don't bowls cost money? Huh? You really don't bring any money home, but you're eager to spend it. Get out of the way! "
She approached the stove and looked at the already prepared meal. Instead of relaxing, her expression intensified. "This porridge is almost turning into rice. How can we eat it? Huh? I've been cooking for so long, and you can't even cook porridge properly. I've really wasted my time raising you!"
Zhen Mei stood at the kitchen door in fear, not daring to say a word.
No matter what happened, no matter what the two sisters said, all they would get in return was He Yunlian's even more angry abuse.
Zhen Haoyi didn't say anything, but just quietly cleaned up the debris and went to feed the poultry.
As she watched the ducks scramble for food, she murmured to herself, "Do you know your fate is to be fattened up and then slaughtered?"
You must not know, otherwise why would you eat so happily?
But then again, if people know that they will die, why do they try so hard to live?
Zhen Hao couldn't figure it out.
She looked up at the sky, her fear growing as the typhoon clouds gathered.
When the typhoon landed, the Zhen family was sad.
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