Chapter 094 Sweet and Salty-3
Jiang Yan thought he would not be able to get into high school, but with Meng Tang's daily tutoring, he actually passed. Although he entered No. 1 Middle School with the last place in the exam, it was a great luck for him to have stepped into the threshold of No. 1 Middle School.
"Jiang Yan, that's great, we are from the same school."
After registering, Meng Tang ran around the campus excitedly, his face filled with a youthful smile. Jiang Yan followed behind him, and almost couldn't catch up with him as he watched his back rushing quickly.
The seniors who started school early couldn't help but feel emotional when they saw the energetic figures downstairs. It was a pity that they were about to face the college entrance examination and their faces were full of fatigue.
Since it is the first day of school, the classes have not been divided yet. The classes are automatically arranged according to the order of registration. As for the class division, the decision will be made after the first monthly exam.
"call."
Meng Tang seemed particularly happy today, maybe because he and Jiang Yan were in the same school as they wished. But it was strange, Jiang Yan thought Meng Tang would have many friends, but in the past few days together, he seemed to have not seen anyone else.
All day long, it was just him and Meng Tang who were sticking together.
In the classroom, Jiang Yan and Meng Tang chose a seat by the window and sat together. Jiang Yan took out his pencil case and wrote his name on the new textbook. Meng Tang, who was standing next to him, saw this and showed his little tiger teeth, smiling and said, "Write a name for me, too."
"Don't you have a pen yourself?" Jiang Yan glanced at him.
Meng Tang stretched out his head, rubbed Jiang Yan's shoulder like a cat, and said coquettishly in a pinched voice: "Jiang Yan, you are the best."
"..." Jiang Yan tried not to vomit, but was still speechless, "Can you be more normal?"
Meng Tang: “Hmm.”
Jiang Yan: “…” I probably knew why this guy had no other friends.
It's really hard to get along with him.
After a while, the teacher came.
High school life has officially begun.
…
Physical education class.
Mengtang was given a hospital note and was arranged to rest under a tree.
After Jiang Yan finished the first round of exercise, he ran to Meng Tang during the break and asked, panting, "Why don't you exercise?"
The sun shone through the gaps between the branches onto Meng Tang. Meng Tang looked up and said with a smile, "Guess?"
Jiang Yan didn't want to guess, so he sat down next to Meng Tang without saying a word and rested together.
Meng Tang handed him the cup of water and said, "Take a small sip. Don't drink too much."
Jiang Yan said "hmm" lightly.
Didi——
The teacher blew the whistle to assemble the team. "I'll go over first." Jiang Yan said as he stood up and walked towards the team.
After school.
The hot and humid summer made the air very hot and humid. Cicadas were chirping in the streets and alleys, screaming hysterically in my ears. Meng Tang took out a small electric fan from his schoolbag and blew it "woo woo woo".
"Is it hot?" Meng Tang blew on himself for a while, and then kept blowing on Jiang Yan.
The wind blew up Jiang Yan's hair, and the black hair with a few beads of sweat seemed to float in the air. Suddenly, a tricycle ran towards the two of them with a slight loss of speed. Meng Tang was staring at Jiang Yan, unaware of the danger outside. Fortunately, Jiang Yan was quick and pulled Meng Tang aside.
The tricycle crashed into the electric pole with a clang, scaring away the birds perched on it.
"Hiss, why are you so hot?"
Jiang Yan grabbed Meng Tang's hand as if he was holding a hot potato. When he saw that the person was safe, he immediately let go with a hissing sound.
Mengtang said calmly, "Oh," and explained, "My body mechanism malfunctioned a little bit."
Jiang Yan was slightly stunned. Shouldn't a normal person say that there is something wrong with his body? Why did he use the word "fault"? He is indeed a person with a strange brain circuit. Is this the thinking of a top student?
"Oh yeah, how's that guy doing?"
Thinking of the stalled tricycle, Jiang Yan hurried over and took a look, only to find that the driver had suffered from heatstroke.
Jiang Yan called 120 for someone and waited until the ambulance arrived before leaving.
"You are such a good person." Meng Tang said as he licked the candy man he had just bought from a vendor.
Jiang Yan, who was given the nice guy card, said: "..."
"Oh, by the way, I'm going to another home today." Meng Tang suddenly stopped and looked straight at something in front of him.
Jiang Yan followed Meng Tang's line of sight and found an extended luxury car parked not far away. The driver's window was rolled down and the middle-aged man sitting inside was waving in their direction.
Jiang Yan didn't know him, so it must be someone Meng Tang knew. But after being together for so long, it was the first time that Jiang Yan saw such a grand occasion, a kind of grand manner that a rich father sent someone to pick up his son.
Another home?
Previously, Jiang Yan had always thought that Meng Tang was an orphan, after all, he had been living in an orphanage. But now it seems more like the rich father went out to do something, and had to entrust his son to someone else, and only after the matter was settled could he feel at ease to take his son back.
"I can't go back with you today. Please tell Sister Xu for me." After saying goodbye to Jiang Yan, Meng Tang ran to the car.
Since meeting Meng Tang, Jiang Yan has lived in an orphanage with Meng Tang. He rarely goes home and doesn't want to go home. During the time he "disappeared", his family members didn't come out to look for him.
Even the high school entrance exam, filling out application forms, and printing ID card information for the new school were all completed with Mengtang's assistance.
The air was steaming hot all around. Jiang Yan exhaled a breath of hot air, took out his phone and dialed a number, "Sister Xu, Meng Tang and I will not be back today."
Ten minutes later.
Amid the barking of a dog, Jiang Yan stood in front of the familiar door of his home, but his feet seemed to be nailed to the ground and he could not move forward.
Home is a haven for many people, but for Jiang Yan, it is a place that is out of reach.
The tail of the setting sun was gradually swallowed up by the night, replaced by endless darkness, like a beast covered in black, which put the whole town into its huge mouth. Jiang Yan stood beside the teeth of the beast, silently looking at the darker mouth not far away.
The world suddenly became very quiet, there were few people around, only thousands of lights were burning in the silent night.
Suddenly, a "clang" sound came from inside the door, as if something fell to the ground.
Jiang Yan gritted his teeth, made up his mind and opened the door. When he entered, he pretended to be relaxed and said, "I'm back."
However, just as he finished speaking, someone grabbed his collar and smashed his head against the wall. Before Jiang Yan could see what was happening, he was already seeing stars and couldn't even stand steadily. Only the sudden smell of alcohol in his nose made him roughly know who it was.
The man's rough voice rang in Jiang Yan's ears, "How dare you come back, you bastard? I thought you ran away with your shameless mother."
"My mother... " Jiang Yan held onto the wall and stood up with difficulty.
The man had already let go of Jiang Yan, picked up his own bottle and took another sip, then said drunkenly: "Just pretend you don't have a mother, and follow me from now on... follow me..." His voice became weaker and weaker, probably because he was drunk again, and sat down in a corner. But he was not completely drunk, and kept muttering words that Jiang Yan could not understand.
Jiang Yan waited for a few minutes until the man fell asleep. Then he walked over and dragged the man back to the room.
Returning to the outer hall again, Jiang Yan saw that his mother's room was closed. He walked over, hesitated for a moment and wanted to knock on the door, but thinking of his father's words, he finally put his hand down and returned to the utility room where he had always slept.
But this time, when he pushed open the door of the utility room, he was a little stunned.
There was a brand new bed inside, and even the walls had been repainted. Jiang Yan opened his eyes slightly and his sight fell on a strawberry bear doll on the bedside table.
This cat doll is what Jiang Yan wanted since he was a child. He saw it when he passed by the Strawberry Bear Store and mentioned it to his mother, but his mother rejected him.
Because they don't have any extra money.
For a moment, Jiang Yan thought he was dreaming, and murmured, "Dad, this is..." He came to his senses just after saying a few words, because his father had just been helped to sleep by him, and it was impossible for him to solve his doubts for the time being.
If this is really a dream, then keep going.
Jiang Yan walked to the bed in a daze, took off his shoes and lay down on it. Like a limp fish, he only had the strength to stare at the ceiling above.
After an unknown amount of time, fatigue attacked Jiang Yan's nerves. He felt sleepy and began to feel drowsy.
Then he had a dream, a dream about the past.
Probably when he was very young, Jiang Yan's family was not in this situation. It was just like an ordinary family, plain but warm. At that time, his parents loved each other and loved him too.
My father used to be a construction worker, and my mother is a well-known designer on the street. She doesn’t design clothes, but some novel gadgets. She specializes in designing toys for children from wealthy families.
Before Jiang Yan was born, his parents worked hard to save money to buy the house they live in now. After Jiang Yan was born, his parents continued to save money to decorate the house, making it very beautiful and warm.
Jiang Yan's parents treated him very well and never compared him with other children. His father and mother would take turns picking him up from kindergarten and buy him lots of delicious snacks on the way home. At that time, he could almost be said to be the happiest child in the kindergarten.
until--
His honest and kind father lent a large sum of money to his so-called "brother". In fact, it would be fine if he just lent the money, but the tragedy was that the "brother" deceived his father into joining the marketing organization in the name of repaying the money.
At that time, Jiang Yan didn't know what had happened. He only knew that his father had not returned home for several months, and his mother was looking for him like crazy.
"Chen Juan, your husband usually looks quite honest, is he running away with another woman now?"
The neighbors were talking about it and "kindly" gave advice to Jiang Yan's mother who was extremely anxious.
"But it's true. When a woman gets old, her beauty is no longer the same. It's understandable that she can't keep a man." The neighbor looked pitiful and comforted Jiang Yan's mother, "I think Uncle Wang from the next town is not bad. Although he is a little old, he is rich and single now. It's good for you two to be a couple. At least your child's future will be guaranteed."
All of a sudden, all kinds of rumors spread throughout the town.
Jiang Yan's mother, Chen Juan, is a woman with a strong mentality. But when people around her talk about it, even the wealthy families she works with like to eat melons as a snack after dinner. Over time, Chen Juan also began to collapse, and her husband still had no news, which was undoubtedly worse.
"Mom, what's wrong with you?"
In the dim room, young Jiang Yan walked to his mother who was squatting in the corner crying and asked in a porcelain voice.
The mother seemed to have aged overnight, with many more white hairs in her hair under the moonlight. When she heard her son coming, she held back her tears, hugged Xiao Jiangyan in her arms, touched Xiao Jiangyan's back, and sobbed, "Mom is fine, baby, are you sleepy? Go to bed first, and mom will comfort you later."
Little Jiang Yan sucked on his chubby little fingers and asked naively, "Why hasn't Dad come back yet? Does he not want us anymore? Many people in the class say so."
Chen Juan had managed to hold back her tears, but at this moment they burst out again. She tried to suppress them and said, "Dad will be back soon. He doesn't abandon us. Don't listen to what they say."
This sentence was more for herself than for Xiao Jiangyan.
Public opinion may seem like just a few words, but sometimes it can kill a person most easily. As an invisible weapon, it can directly break down a person's psychological defenses.
What’s even more hateful is that most people who spread public opinion don’t think they are wrong, and some even think they are doing a good deed out of self-pity.
If it weren’t for Xiao Jiangyan, Chen Juan probably wouldn’t have been able to hold on.
Fortunately, one day, her man came back.
Chen Juan should have been happy, but she didn't expect that her husband's return home would bring her even worse news.
…
"What did you say?"
Jiang Fugui told Chen Juan about how he was kidnapped by his brother into a pyramid scheme. If it was just this incident, it wouldn't be a big deal. Chen Juan hugged the man, crying and comforting him, "It's okay, it's okay, I'm glad you're back."
But the story is not over yet.
Jiang Fugui said reluctantly: "He stole my ID card and used my name to take out a loan."
Chen Juan was shocked. "Can't I sue him?"
Jiang Fugui turned his head away and said, "He's dead. He was killed by the pyramid scheme. I... escaped with great difficulty."
In the end, the pyramid scheme was destroyed under the leadership of Jiang Fugui, but the personal debt also fell on Jiang Fugui. Millions, not counting the interest, could not be paid off even if he lived another lifetime.
At the beginning, the couple tried to work very hard, hoping to repay the loan slowly.
Later, the loan sharks came to their door and took away all the assets that could be converted into cash. Even the house was signed as a debt repayment agreement.
From then on, the family completely fell apart.
One day, Jiang Fugui said to his wife Chen Juan, "Let's get a divorce. I have some money hidden away. You can take Yan'er and leave. We can't stay here any longer. You should go somewhere else and find a better man and live a good life in the future."
At this time, Xiao Jiangyan in the house woke up from a half-sleep, and found that his parents were not around. He rubbed his eyes, opened the door and went to find his parents, and then found the two of them whispering in the dark living room.
But since the house was almost emptied and empty, Jiang Yan still heard what his parents were talking about. So he cried and hugged one leg of his father and one leg of his mother, sniffing and saying, "No, I don't want to be separated from my father, and I don't want my father and mother to be separated."
"Okay, let's not separate. We won't separate."
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