Chapter 90: The Truth
Chapter 90: The Truth
The next day, Sunday, Cheng Bing got up very early, went to the end of the corridor, and made a phone call home.
When Cheng Qiuyan received the call, she was pruning the slightly crooked pomegranate tree in the yard. Her tone was still gentle, but she asked with some concern, "What's wrong, Bingbing? Why are you calling back so early?"
Cheng Bing said everything was fine, then asked her parents and grandparents if they were alright, before finally asking, "Mom, did anything happen at Fang Yuenian's house yesterday?"
Cheng Qiuyan found it strange. "How did you know?" She stopped pruning and lowered her voice. "It's nothing serious. Xiaoyuen's father had been drinking and had a fight with his grandmother. It got a bit heated."
"Was Fang Yuenian mentioned?"
Cheng Qiuyan had a vague idea and asked, "Xiao Yuenian knows too?"
Cheng Bing hummed in agreement, "He wasn't feeling well yesterday."
Cheng Qiuyan sighed, her tone tinged with impatience, "How can adults be so inconsiderate? They argue with each other and then tell the kids? You're all working so hard and under so much pressure in high school, what are you thinking?"
Cheng Bing didn't speak, and Cheng Qiuyan continued, "I don't know what they're arguing about either. Last night, your great-aunt came over and mentioned to your mother-in-law that Xiaoyuen's father wanted to take money to open some kind of shop, but his mother disagreed. His father had been drinking and had a terrible temper, so he started yelling..."
She didn't say anything more, but Cheng Bing already knew.
Cheng Bing was silent for a moment, then suddenly asked in a low voice, "Mom, do you like Fang Yuenian?"
Cheng Qiuyan was taken aback for a moment, "How could I not like him? Of course Mom likes him."
Although she knew her mother didn't mean anything by it, Cheng Bing still smiled with relief.
Cheng Qiuyan really didn't have any other thoughts. She also instructed her son: "If the two of you are together, and his family keeps causing trouble and bothering him, you have to try to comfort him, you know? The pressure of senior year is great. It's not easy for him to get his current grades. This exam is a lifelong thing. If he keeps thinking about it, how can that be good?"
Cheng Bing whispered "Okay."
Cheng Qiuyan remembered something and said, "I just bought some glutinous rice these past two days. You and Xiaoyuenian both like Mom's honey crystal cakes, right? I'll rest for a while and make some to take to you. You two haven't been back for over a month. Pick out your old thick clothes that you don't wear anymore, and Mom will come and take them."
Cheng Bing didn't want her to go through all that trouble, but he hadn't seen his family for over a month and felt a bit attached to them. Besides, Fang Yuenian would be overjoyed to have some honey cake, so he said, "Thank you, Mom."
“Why are you saying thank you to your mother?” Cheng Qiuyan scolded with a smile. “Take good care of yourself outside. Eat on time, don’t eat too fast, and don’t study too late at night, understand?”
"I know."
"Okay, then you go ahead and do what you need to do, take Xiaoyuen with you, don't let him worry about those messy things, Mom will go make some cakes for you, the glutinous rice looks really good this time."
Cheng Bing smiled and said, "Okay."
Cheng Qiuyan smiled and said, "Okay, okay, hang it up. I'll bring it to you when it's done."
"Okay, Mom, I'll hang up now."
"Okay, Mom will hang up too."
It was only seven o'clock when I finished the phone call, and I could hear some noises coming from the hallway. This floor was full of senior high school students, who were exemplary early risers.
When they returned to the dormitory, Meng Xiaoyang was already up and quietly brushing his teeth. Fang Yuenian was on the top bunk, completely burying herself under the covers, looking like no one was there.
Cheng Bing then leisurely finished washing up, put on her shoes, and went downstairs with Meng Xiaoyang to the cafeteria to buy breakfast.
On the way, Meng Xiaoyang assumed he was also heading to the classroom, so he asked, "Why are you going so early today?"
Cheng Bing said, "I'm not going to the classroom; I'm going to buy some breakfast and go back to the dormitory."
Meng Xiaoyang understood, "Oh."
As soon as I entered the cafeteria, I saw a day student who treated the school like his home sitting alone at a table, holding an English exercise book in his hands.
Li Peixiang had only been there for ten minutes. He looked up, about to wave with a grin, when he noticed Cheng Bing next to Meng Xiaoyang. He immediately raised an eyebrow and said, "Oh? Brother Bing, what brings you here too?"
Ever since Cheng Bing moved into Fang Yuenian's dorm, everyone started calling him Brother Bing. Actually, in terms of age, he and Fang Yuenian are the youngest among them.
"Buy breakfast," Cheng Bing said simply. "You'll eat at school in the morning?"
"I've already eaten. I'm here to wait for Meng Xiaoyang. These past two days, Brother Yang has been my personal tutor."
Meng Xiaoyang said, "You've already eaten, what are you doing in the cafeteria? Go to class."
"I'm not going. Cui Mengqing and her boyfriend from Class 2 are coming to the classroom so early to date. Why should I join in? Oh well, you eat your food. We'll go up together after you finish eating, so it won't be awkward."
Meng Xiaoyang rolled her eyes. "Okay, I'll go buy it then."
Cheng Bing asked Li Peixiang, "Do students from other classes study in your class?"
"That's not studying, that's a date. Her boyfriend is from Class 2, and he comes every weekend."
Cheng Bing understood. "I'm going to buy breakfast too."
After buying breakfast and returning home, they found Fang Yuenian still lying flat on her back like a sheet of paper. However, Wang Wei smelled the aroma of egg pancakes from the cafeteria and sat bolt upright in bed. "Damn, what smells so good!"
Then Fang Yuenian was woken up, lifted the blanket off her face, and said weakly with her eyes closed, "What time is it?"
Wang Wei reached for his phone. "It's not even eight o'clock yet, oh my god."
He yawned, just about to lie down and go back to sleep, when he suddenly caught sight of Cheng Bing slowly opening the plastic bag in front of her. An enticing aroma wafted out, and he immediately woke up.
"Brother Bing, you're like my own brother! Don't I get a share? Of course I do, right? Huh?"
Fang Yuenian sat up and looked at Cheng Bing, "Did you buy breakfast?"
"Yes, the egg pancakes are freshly made, and I bought some for everyone."
Wang Wei sprang to his feet with a quick leap, grabbed a jacket, wrapped it around himself, jumped off the bed, and ran to Chen Yu's bedside, shouting, "Bingo! Brother Yu! Get up and eat some pancakes!"
Fang Yuenian sighed and didn't move.
Cheng Bing walked over, looked up at him, and said, "I'm studying in my dorm today."
"Huh?" Fang Yuenian was startled. He wasn't prepared to face him. "Really?"
"Mm." Cheng Bing nodded.
Fang Yuenian had no choice but to throw off the covers and get out of bed.
After breakfast, Wang Wei declared that he would work hard and then went to the classroom.
The scene then became strange.
When people's emotions reach a certain point, it's easy to react. But once the peak of emotions has passed and everything has calmed down, after a long period of more than ten hours of tossing and turning and overthinking, more and more things will surface. Fang Yuenian is currently in this stage. He is a little... afraid to face Cheng Bing.
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