Chapter 33
After returning, Pei Muyang submitted an application to the counselor to cancel his exchange student quota, citing his unstable mental condition and inability to participate in school exchange activities with a healthy attitude.
Pei Muyang chose to submit the application printed on A4 paper when the counselor was the only one in the office.
The counselor was surprised for three minutes when he saw the application, and even the milk tea that Hequn had secretly put in his thermos almost spilled out. His lips opened and closed, trembling for a long time before he could barely find his voice.
"Mr. Pei, are you sure? This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Are you sure you want to give it up for such a ridiculous reason?"
"Teacher, I'm sure."
Pei Muyang also knew it, but he had no choice.
"Mr. Pei, are you facing any difficulties? Tell us and I'll try to help you solve them. But I hope you'll carefully consider this exchange student opportunity. So many students in the school applied, but only eight were chosen. Are you going to give up such a good opportunity for reasons that are not worth it?"
"Thank you, teacher. However, some things are far more important than a hard-earned opportunity. In my current situation, I am more worried about my father's health and my family's current situation. After weighing the two, I can only give up what I consider to be relatively less important. Teacher, I am an adult and can take responsibility for my own decisions, but I am still very grateful for your concern and care."
"I understand, Pei. I've learned about your family situation. I believe what I see of you, not what others say about you. So don't worry about it. Just focus on completing your studies. As for the rest, don't worry about it. If you need help from the teacher, you're always welcome to come to me."
"Okay, thank you, teacher. I'll go back to the dormitory first."
He nodded, thanked the counselor again, and left the office without looking back.
After doing all this, Pei Muyang leaned calmly in an empty corner behind the office building, took out a lollipop from his pocket and put it in his mouth.
Pei Yu was still unconscious in the ICU and was not even eligible for transfer to a general ward.
At this time, he must do something for Lao Pei. It would be best if he could make the truth of the matter public before Lao Pei fully wakes up, so that Lao Pei can recuperate in a stress-free atmosphere.
The opportunity to be an exchange student is rare, but the most important thing in life is for the family to be together safely and happily.
After clearing his mind, Pei Muyang chewed the remaining lollipop into pieces in his mouth, spit the remaining stick into the trash can, put his hands in his pockets, and prepared to do more important things.
Pei Muyang's application to cancel the exchange student quota caused an uproar in the class group.
"Are you a tiger, Pei Muyang?" Qin Jie was furious as he watched Pei Muyang calmly sitting at the table, flipping through his textbook and memorizing exam points. "You're just giving up this opportunity that so many people would fight for?"
"Yes." Pei Muyang raised his head from the book and said to Qin Jie with a deliberately cute look.
"you……"
"Xiaoyang, did a donkey kick you in the head? Huh? Which donkey is it? Tell me, I'll kill it and make donkey meat BBQ for you, and see if I can restore your brain." Xu Ning turned Pei Muyang's shoulders and looked him up and down, his eyes anxious as if he was looking at his own son who had just been repeatedly run over by a car.
"I haven't. I've really thought about it carefully. And with my ability, it doesn't matter whether I go abroad or not. I can still take the postgraduate entrance exam and find a good job in China. Why should I go abroad and let the extravagant winds of capitalism corrupt my clean and pure soul?"
He still has the mood to talk nonsense at this time. I really don’t know what’s in his heart.
"Come with me."
Qin Jie immediately snatched Pei Muyang from Xu Ning's hands, pulled him up and walked out without saying a word. His strength was so great that he almost pulled the man down.
"No, what are you doing?"
"Let's go find the instructor and get the spot back."
"It's no use now. I've already submitted my application to the department. I heard the spot has been passed on to the next person. I really don't have a chance."
“You, you…”
Qin Jie looked at the person with gritted teeth, feeling disappointed. He kept saying "you" for a long time but couldn't say anything harsh. He could only shake off the hand that was holding him and lay down in the quilt with his head buried in anger.
"Brother Jie?" Pei Muyang smiled and sat on Qin Jie's bed, pushing him. However, his hand was pushed away by someone impatiently. "Are you really angry?"
As soon as he saw this situation, Pei Muyang knew that it would be difficult to coax her this time.
"I know you two are truly doing this for my own good. Yes, I admit that I was indeed threatened, but I made this decision after careful consideration."
Pei Muyang tilted his head slightly from under the quilt and saw Qin Jie sticking one ear out, ready to listen to what was going to happen. He knew that something was going to happen.
"Look at the current situation at my family. My dad can't leave without someone. You know my mom, she can't even take care of herself. If I leave, what will happen to my dad?"
There was some truth in what he said, so another eye appeared from under the quilt and stared at Pei Muyang.
"Besides, gold shines everywhere. Even if I can't get into graduate school and find a good job, with my looks, I can still make a small goal of 100 million by being a marginal streamer, right?"
Okay, now both the ears and eyes have returned to their starting point. By the way, he also turned sideways, stuck out his butt and let out a sarcastic fart at Pei Muyang...
Pei Muyang: “…”
Friday soon arrived. There was no class this afternoon, so Pei Muyang left a message to Ye Shan early in the morning saying that he would go to the hospital to accompany Old Pei after class, and asked Ye Shan to go home and have a good rest.
Ye Shan's reply to him was mysterious, but there was a hint of excitement between the lines.
This abnormal behavior surprised Pei Muyang.
After all, Old Pei is still lying in the ICU with no signs of waking up. What could have happened that could make Ye Shan so excited that she couldn't even contain her excitement when replying to her son's WeChat?
But he didn't have time to delve into it because the bell had already rung. Today's class was taught by the department head. Although the old man was easy-going, his requirements in class were notoriously strict.
After class, Pei Muyang packed up his things, said hello to his roommate, and took a taxi directly to the hospital.
The driver in front was talking nonstop, as if he always had a kind of supreme admiration for these guests who came from prestigious universities. While mindlessly praising Pei Muyang, he also belittled his own son, saying that his son was obviously not a good student. He sat there for three hours before writing four words, and when he checked, he found that one of them was a typo.
"If that's the case, how are you going to get into a good university in the future?" The driver became angrier and angrier as he spoke. He was so angry that he wanted to grab his son and beat him up, forcing him to learn from the good students.
Pei Muyang smiled gently and said, "Master, don't worry. The child is still young and has room to grow."
After all, children in grades one and two are lively and active, so it is normal for them to have resistance to homework. As long as their parents guide them properly, they will soon be able to get on the right track.
"He's not young anymore. He'll be a senior next year."
The master curled his lips and emphasized the child's age, which made Pei Muyang stunned.
"Oh... then it's time to grab hold."
There was a huge misunderstanding in the relationship. Who would have thought that a high school sophomore would have the mind to lie down so flat? If Pei Muyang had been a child, his butt would have been beaten out of shape.
While listening to his master's complaints, Pei Muyang took the time to glance at his phone screen.
When they were about to leave after their last meeting, Pei Muyang added Xie Yuqing's WeChat and told her to leave a message as soon as the exchange student spot was cancelled. Pei Muyang did as he was told, but now more than ten hours have passed and there is still no reply from Xie Yuqing.
Pei Muyang looked at the message interface that was stuck at around nine o'clock last night. Apart from the gray-font notification of adding a friend, there was only one sentence sent by Pei Muyang.
The quota has been applied for cancellation, I hope you can fulfill your promise.
After that, there is nothing.
It was hard not to overthink this. If Xie Yuqing was truly prepared to accept the settlement, she would definitely pay more attention to WeChat messages than he did. But now that so much time had passed and she hadn't replied, it was very likely...
She was simply avoiding him on purpose.
Pei Muyang felt a little angry when he realized this. He saw that she was a girl and sincerely wanted to solve the problem peacefully, but he didn't expect her to play like this?
The anger of being deceived was rising up and was about to be unable to be suppressed. He tightened his grip on the phone and was about to make a voice call when suddenly a caller ID jumped onto the phone screen.
"Hello, Mom, what's wrong?" Pei Muyang was a little surprised. Combined with Ye Shan's unusual behavior in the morning, he suddenly had a bad feeling for some reason.
Sure enough, Ye Shan's tone on the other end of the phone was filled with tears and helplessness, "Yangyang, Yangyang, where are you now?"
"Mom, I'm on my way to the hospital. What's wrong? What happened?"
When Pei Muyang heard Ye Shan crying on the phone, his heart couldn't help but tighten.
Could it be that it was Old Pei...
"Yangyang, please go home soon. Our house has been sold."
"What? What happened?"
"I don't know either, Yangyang..."
“Squeak—” “Bang!”
The sound of emergency brakes and a huge crash came from the phone. Ye Shan stared blankly at the phone screen, even her breathing stopped.
just……
What was that sound just now?
Why did Yangyang's phone emit the kind of crashing sound that I used to only hear in TV dramas, the kind you hear when a car accident happens?
"Hello? Yang... Yangyang?"
Ye Shan's hands were shaking as she dialed Pei Muyang's number over and over on her phone, but she could only hear a cold voice coming from the other end.
"Hello, the number you dialed is turned off. Please call again later."
Caught in immense grief, Ye Shan could no longer hold on and slowly collapsed to the ground...
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