Chapter 16 Chapter 16 Enter V Ten Thousand More
When Lin Anran thought about receiving a salary of one thousand next month, plus the bonus Uncle Wang had mentioned before, her heart was almost overjoyed. Great, she was one step closer to her goal of becoming a rich woman.
She can, she really can.
Money could make her ignore the slight discomfort Zhou Heyuan felt about going to night school with them. Compared with the doubled salary, it was nothing. Even Zhou Yunxue became an incredibly cute girl in her eyes.
Lin Anran, who was living in poverty, felt that money was a cute little bastard.
Lin Anran ate her dinner slowly. It was still early before class, so she could take her time and chew her food slowly.
Aunt Li and the others ate with her at the kitchen table, chatting casually.
"Mr. Zhou and Miss Zhou have become much closer. They are indeed brother and sister." Aunt Li looked relieved.
Uncle Wang looked at Lin Anran with a smile: "Xiao Lin has made great contributions."
"Ah? Me?" Lin Anran looked up. "I didn't do anything. I was just accompanying Miss Zhou."
Uncle Wang shook his head: "Your company is just right for Miss Zhou."
There are many people in the villa, but almost no one can be close to Zhou Yunxue. Zhou Heyuan is Zhou Yunxue's cousin, and Zhou Heyuan has a brother's love for Zhou Yunxue, but it is also a fact that the relationship between the two cousins is not close. Uncle Wang, Chef Zhao, Uncle Ding and other men should not be too close to Zhou Yunxue. Aunt Li can be an intimate elder, but she is not what Zhou Yunxue needs.
Lin Anran, a peer who was only a few years older than Zhou Yunxue, stood out and even completed the task unintentionally, which made everyone happy.
Uncle Wang was becoming more and more satisfied with Lin Anran: "Xiao Lin, you are doing a great job. Keep up the hard work."
Lin Anran was happy to receive the affirmation from his boss: "Okay, Uncle Wang." There is no problem in performing well and getting a salary increase soon!
Lin Anran went to night college with full energy. On the way, she was surprised to find that Zhou Yunxue, who was quite close to Zhou Heyuan, did not stick to him, but instead stuck to her.
Lin Anran: “……?”
Zhou Yunxue was very excited: "Sister Xiaolin, I decided not to go to the embroidery class later. I will take other courses. I plan to try everything I am interested in. Fifth brother will accompany me."
"Ah, well, that's good." Lin Anran certainly had no objection. In fact, she was also interested in many courses in the night college, but she was just pretending to study English hard, so she had to keep pretending for the time being.
Zhou Yunxue added, "Going to night university allows you to make a lot of friends with similar interests. Yesterday's class was very interesting. Sister Xiaolin, have you made any good friends at night university?"
Lin Anran thought about it and said, "Yes."
"Huh? Is it a boy? Or a girl?" Zhou Yunxue asked curiously.
Lin Anran smiled helplessly: "Female classmate, speaking of which, Miss Zhou, are you in college now?"
"Sister Xiaolin, please call me Yunxue. I'm not your boss who pays you. Just call me Yunxue. We are friends, right?" Zhou Yunxue waved her hand and looked at Lin Anran expectantly. She really liked Lin Anran and felt that Lin Anran was very kind.
Lin Anran pursed her lips and silently turned back to look at Zhou Heyuan behind her. Zhou Heyuan's eyes fell quietly on her face without saying a word, as if he was waiting for her to say something.
Lin Anran said nothing. She smiled at Zhou Heyuan, turned back, and looked at Zhou Yunxue: "Okay, Yunxue."
Zhou Yunxue is right, it’s just a name, just call it whatever you want.
Zhou Yunxue was even more straightforward. She happily hugged Lin Anran's arm and shouted, "Sister Anran!"
Lin Anran was stunned for a moment, then reached out and patted Zhou Yunxue. Zhou Yunxue's expression changed instantly, and she said dejectedly, "I'm in my third year of high school and will be taking the college entrance examination this July."
The college entrance examination has not been changed to June, but in July. Lin Anran thought of today's date, May 25th, which means that Zhou Yunxue has one and a half months to review, and time is running out.
"Sorry, should I not ask you this?" Lin Anran wanted to cover his mouth. It was obvious that Zhou Yunxue's review was not very good.
Zhou Yunxue shook her head. "No, my grades were always at the bottom of the grade, and she always ranked in the top ten. I just couldn't learn well, and even if they pushed me, I couldn't learn well. They were right, I just wasn't cut out for it. I don't understand how they knew that, yet they kept forcing me to learn."
This time, Lin Anran bravely turned around and looked at Zhou Heyuan: "Mr. Zhou, are you here?" Come and comfort your sister! She can't handle it!
Zhou Heyuan gave a short laugh before finally speaking: "If you don't get into university this year, you can repeat your studies and take the exam again next year, or the year after."
Zhou Yunxue's face instantly wrinkled into a bitter one, and she held her head and said "no" three times.
Seeing this, Lin Anran wanted to laugh, but it would be unkind to laugh out loud, so he could only turn his face away and cover his mouth with his hand.
Zhou Heyuan glanced at the back of Lin Anran's pretty head and then asked, "What do you want to do if you don't go to college?"
Zhou Yunxue was stunned by the question. After thinking for a while, she said hesitantly, "Fifth Brother, I'll work for you."
"No," Zhou Heyuan refused decisively, "I don't have any job openings that require you."
Zhou Yunxue was devastated. She pulled Lin Anran aside and asked, "Sister Anran, am I really that useless?"
Lin Anran racked her brains and honestly said, "No, but I don't know what you are good at or what skills you have. I think going to college is the easiest way to go."
"So Sister Anran, you are now attending night college for English and studying textbooks on your own, and you also want to take the college entrance examination?" Zhou Yunxue asked.
Lin Anran: "To be more precise, it's the adult college entrance examination."
Zhou Yunxue was stunned: "Ah? Adult college entrance examination? Isn't it the college entrance examination?"
Lin Anran smiled and said, "I can only take the adult college entrance examination."
"Why?" Zhou Yunxue was puzzled.
Lin Anran was helpless: "Why do you have so many questions? Are you asking a million questions? The state stipulates that married people cannot take the college entrance examination, and I am married and divorced."
Zhou Yunxue was stunned and exclaimed, "Sister An Ran, you're actually married!?"
"The focus is on the latter part." Lin Anran was amused by Zhou Yunxue's sudden surprise.
"So, you, that, that thing..." Zhou Yunxue gestured, not knowing what to say. She was so curious that she kept stealing glances at Lin Anran's face, afraid of touching on her sad memories, and she didn't dare to say that word.
Lin Anran didn't care at all. That was the original owner's business. To be honest, she didn't feel anything, especially since the original owner had no memory of her intimate relationship with her ex-husband, but she had a deep memory of the disgusting things happening with her ex-husband's family. In her opinion, that was someone else's life story and had nothing to do with her. Who would understand? She was actually a single dog, haha.
Although she didn't care, she didn't want to discuss the original owner's past marriage. Lin Anran raised his hand and patted Zhou Yunxue's head. She smiled and said, "Okay, gossip time is over. It's time for night school. Let's go to class separately. I'm leaving first."
Lin Anran waved his hand, merged into the crowd, and soon disappeared.
"Fifth brother, is Sister An Ran really married?" Zhou Yunxue was so curious that she couldn't help but ask Zhou Heyuan in a low voice.
Zhou Heyuan withdrew his gaze from where he was looking. "Why don't you think about the college entrance examination in July? Or maybe you decide to repeat your studies early and prepare for the college entrance examination next year?"
Zhou Yunxue was immediately defeated and said dejectedly: "Why must there be a college entrance examination? I don't want to take it."
"You can take English classes with Xiaolin to lay a good foundation in English." Zhou Heyuan suddenly suggested.
Zhou Yunxue's eyes widened in surprise. However, before she could object, Zhou Heyuan made the decision: "We have English class tonight. I remember your English is very poor."
"It's not that bad, just not that good. I have a foundation." Zhou Yunxue retorted weakly.
"Yunxue, you are eighteen years old and an adult. You must be responsible for your own decisions and don't act rashly after getting carried away by your emotions." Zhou Heyuan said it coldly, but he was undoubtedly thinking sincerely for Zhou Yunxue.
Zhou Yunxue turned eighteen a few days ago. It was because her parents forced her birthday to be postponed so that she could spend it with her cousin that she had an emotional outburst and ran away from home.
Zhou Heyuan taught her: "I have no right to control you without your permission. If you want something, you should compete for it yourself, or even fight for it, instead of watching others take away what belongs to you."
Zhou Yunxue moved her mouth.
"I won't help you drive anyone away. I won't protect you tightly. That's boring."
Zhou Yunxue looked embarrassed. She didn't expect Zhou Heyuan to see through her little thoughts. She came to Shenzhen secretly, not only because Shenzhen was far from Beijing, but also because she wanted to find Zhou Heyuan's support.
Among the younger generation of the Zhou family, Zhou Heyuan is the most outstanding one. Even though Zhou Heyuan did not enter the military and political fields, but started out on his own, the career he has created so far is beyond the reach of many people in their lifetime. He is only twenty-two years old and has a bright future. His economic abilities are rarely matched by others. He often cooperates with the government and is even often invited to be an economic guide. This makes his words very powerful in the Zhou family, and his grandparents and parents are happy to listen to his advice.
So once Zhou Heyuan expressed some relevant opinions to his uncle and aunt, they would definitely consider it carefully, but this was not something Zhou Heyuan would do. He would never pave a smooth road for someone. As he said, he would not be interested in anything that was too boring, let alone expect him to take action.
"Yunxue, you are not a coward. You must become stronger. No one can ignore you, neglect you, or defeat you."
Zhou Yunxue shuddered. She quickly glanced at Zhou Heyuan. The night light wasn't bright enough for her to see the expression on his face. She only felt the cold wind at night, chilling her to the bone. She crossed her arms, as if hugging herself. "Fifth brother, you...it's easy for you to say. Not everyone is as capable as you."
Zhou Heyuan: "I didn't ask you to become like me, but one-fifth, no, one-tenth like me. Can't you do it this way?"
Zhou Yunxue felt even colder, even one tenth of it was cold enough for her, but!
What if she could do it? Or even better?
"Fifth brother, do you think I can get top five in the school?" Zhou Yunxue asked expectantly.
Zhou Heyuan remained silent and said, "Grades do not equal achievement."
Zhou Yunxue's heart died for a moment, and she asked again, "Fifth Brother, what talents do you think I have? I'll develop them in that area."
"I didn't notice it." Zhou Heyuan said it very calmly, without a trace of guilt on his face, as if Zhou Yunxue was not his cousin, but a passerby he happened to meet on the road.
Zhou Yunxue's dead heart continued to shatter into eight hundred pieces. She asked desperately, "Fifth Brother, have I never caught your eye before?"
Zhou Heyuan didn't give a direct answer. Instead, he said, "You had the courage to run away from home, which impressed me. I'm not praising you, but you ran away without a plan, putting yourself in danger. It was impulsive and reckless."
Zhou Yunxue: “…”
"I'm going to find Sister Anran. I want to take English classes with her and learn English well first!" Zhou Heyuan was cold, while Zhou Yunxue missed Lin Anran's warm and soft embrace.
Lin Anran just wanted to say that her embrace was very precious and not everyone could have her embrace.
She didn't dare to breathe now. She was sitting properly on the chair in the classroom, but the chair that used to be hard and safe made her feel like someone had installed thousands of nails on it, which really pricked her butt.
The seats she sat in were arranged like this: Yu Jing, a friend she had just met, sat in the front row in front of her, Zhou Yunxue was on her right, Fang Jie was on Zhou Yunxue's right, yes, that's right, Zhou Heyuan sat on Lin Anran's left, Zhou Yunxue said she didn't want to sit with the fifth brother, so Zhou Heyuan sat down leisurely on Lin Anran's left.
Until today, Lin Anran had never known what it meant to be on pins and needles! What it meant to be under immense pressure!
Lin Anran was as quiet as a chicken, breathing lightly. The terrible thing was, perhaps because Zhou Heyuan's aura was too strong, her classmates suddenly realized the value of silence and studied harder than before, with all their eyes buried in their notebooks. Yu Jing, who liked to discuss problems with her, didn't even turn her head back, and left her in a very unloving manner.
Lin Anran: “…”
"Xiao Lin, can I see your notes?" Zhou Heyuan asked casually.
Lin Anran exhaled softly and pushed the notebook in his hand over: "Okay, Mr. Zhou, take a look."
Zhou Heyuan turned his head to look at her, and their eyes met. Lin Anran blinked quickly and smiled slightly.
"Your handwriting is nice. Have you practiced?" Zhou Heyuan opened her notebook and looked at the elegant and beautiful handwriting on it.
Lin Anran answered calmly, "I've practiced a little." She even wrote it a little ugly on purpose.
Because her handwriting was beautiful, Uncle Wang, Aunt Li, and Yu Jing had asked her if she had been practicing calligraphy. At first, Lin Anran was worried that her handwriting was different from the original owner's and there was a risk of being exposed. However, after carefully looking through the original owner's memories, she found that the original owner had not written for several years and had sold her previous homework books as waste. Even if someone found that her handwriting had changed a lot, they could use the excuse that she was secretly practicing calligraphy. Who could get to the bottom of it?
She is also talented in calligraphy, hehe.
In her previous life, Lin Anran's grandfather liked calligraphy, and she was forced to practice calligraphy by her grandfather since she was a child. She was patient enough to practice every stroke, so she had beautiful handwriting.
"Fifth brother, I think Sister An Ran's handwriting is more beautiful than yours, ten thousand times more beautiful!" Zhou Yunxue leaned over and said, unwilling to be lonely.
Lin Anran's forehead was about to blacken: "Yunxue, you are exaggerating. Mr. Zhou's handwriting is also very beautiful." Of course, it is certain that her handwriting is more beautiful than his. She is so confident!
"Sister Anran, why are you so modest? Fifth brother started practicing calligraphy when he was six years old. You have only been practicing for a few years, right? You are better than Fifth Brother. You have more talent for calligraphy." Zhou Yunxue emphasized "a few years".
Lin Anran moved awkwardly. What a coincidence! In her previous life, she also started practicing calligraphy at the age of six. She was born one day earlier than Zhou Heyuan, which means that the two had practiced calligraphy for about the same time. She had also practiced for more than ten years. Her talent was really not that high, haha.
"Uh... the teacher is here, you must listen carefully." Lin Anran noticed the teacher's foot stepping into the classroom door, and immediately put his hands on the desk and sat upright, looking like a good student waiting for the teacher to start class.
"Notebook." Zhou Heyuan handed the notebook back.
Lin Anran quickly took it over and devoted all his attention to the class, no longer having the energy to slack off.
This class was the most exhausting one Lin Anran had ever taken, but fortunately, he persevered and it finally ended.
Zhou Yunxue: "Sister Anran, this English class is quite interesting. The teacher's teaching is different from what our teachers at school teach."
Lin Anran: "You are mainly preparing for the college entrance examination, which focuses on written content. Our classes focus more on oral training and practical application."
"Sister Anran, the English teacher praises you the most and asks you to stand up and answer questions the most times. You are so amazing!" Zhou Yunxue looked at Lin Anran with sparkling eyes.
"I still have to work hard," Lin Anran smiled and suddenly asked, "Yunxue, are you coming to the night school tomorrow night? What other classes are you planning to take?"
Zhou Yunxue: "Fifth Brother asked me to study English well. I will have an English class with you, Sister An Ran, tomorrow night."
Still coming?!
Lin Anran's breathing hitched: "Haha, ha, really? That's right, if you want to learn English well, you still have to study hard, haha."
Zhou Yunxue: "I'll just follow Sister An Ran!"
Lin Anran: No...
Lin Anran didn't open the night school, so how could she object? That was impossible.
Whatever she chooses, she'll just let it go.
The next day, Lin Anran was about to go to work with Aunt Li when she received a notice from Uncle Wang - Mr. Zhou was going to Hong Kong on a business trip for two days.
Lin Anran was so happy that she wanted to set off firecrackers to celebrate. She cheered and said, "I hope Mr. Zhou has a safe journey!"
Aunt Li smiled and said, "Mr. Zhou hasn't left yet, why are you talking so early?"
"Hehe, whether you say it earlier or later, the effect will be just as good." Lin Anran clapped his hands.
Aunt Li: "That's right, but I don't know if Mr. Zhou will return to his villa in Shenzhen after his business trip to Hong Kong, or will he go on another business trip somewhere else."
Lin Anran reminded: "Miss Zhou is still living in the villa." During working hours, she still used to call Zhou Yunxue Miss Zhou.
"By the way, Miss Zhou will stay in the villa for three more days."
"The villa will probably welcome new guests by then," said Lin Anran.
Zhou Heyuan went on a business trip to Hong Kong. Zhou Yunxue, who was left unattended, planned to let herself go. However, even when Zhou Heyuan was not around, he was still able to control her. Zhou Yunxue still had to behave herself. She didn't want to be sent back to Beijing by Zhou Heyuan.
"If my parents don't come to pick me up, I won't go back." Zhou Yunxue said this to Lin Anran.
Compared to someone he didn't know, Lin Anran chose to support Zhou Yunxue. The relationship between parents and children can sometimes be a complex game relationship. Her relationship with her biological parents in her previous life was very delicate, but she was raised by her grandparents and became independent at an early age. She didn't care about her parents' inauthentic parental love, so her parents' influence on her was minimal.
Zhou Yunxue's situation is very different from hers. It's not that Zhou Yunxue has not received love from her parents, but her parents gradually shared the love for her with her cousin.
"Yun Shanshan is really weird. She has her own home, but she never goes back. She always lives in my house. Sister Anran, do you know that Yun Shanshan's room was originally mine? At first, my mother said she could stay there temporarily, but she ended up staying there for a month and refused to move out. I made a fuss about going back to my room, but my mother said it was just one room and told me not to be stingy and to choose another room and leave my room to Yun Shanshan!"
Lin Anran said bluntly: "This is excessive. This is not a matter for just one room."
Zhou Yunxue suddenly felt like she had found her organization and excitedly grabbed Lin Anran's hand. "Yeah, this isn't just about one room! But my parents don't understand. They always say 'it's just one room' and 'older sisters should give in to younger sisters'. Bullshit! So what if I'm stingy? No one can touch my things without my permission! Ah, I understand my fifth brother now."
"Puchi~ Why do you think of Mr. Zhou?" Lin Anran laughed a lot.
Zhou Yunxue analyzed carefully: "No matter how big or small, Fifth Brother's things are his. Anyone who touches them without permission will be in trouble. He has been domineering since he was a child. It turns out that I am the same as Fifth Brother. However, I am not as capable as Fifth Brother. When Fifth Brother says not to let others touch them, no one dares to touch them without his permission. As for me, my parents don't take my words seriously anyway."
Seeing the frustration on her face, Lin Anran said, "Think about it from another perspective. Your things were given to you by your parents. In other words, your things belong to your parents, and everything you have depends on them. So, whatever they want to do to you seems to be natural. Things given away can also be taken back. The same goes for the room. But if you earned that room yourself, they can't give it away without your permission. You have the right to decide where the room goes."
Zhou Yunxue suddenly looked up and looked at Lin Anran in surprise, without saying a word for a long time.
Lin Anran touched his face inexplicably: "What's wrong? Is there something dirty on my face?"
"No," Zhou Yunxue shook her head with a conflicted look on her face. After thinking for a long time, she said, "I just think that what you said, Sister Anran, seems to be the same as what Fifth Brother said to me last night. You both said that you have to rely on yourself." Then she repeated what she said last night.
After hearing this, Lin Anran said to Zhou Yunxue happily, "Yunxue, your fifth brother is very good to you. You must become stronger. We must first rely on ourselves and stand on our own feet. No matter what difficulties we go through, we should not be afraid of falling."
These are the words and deeds that her grandparents taught her. It is precisely because of the enlightened education given by her grandparents that even though the two old people left her one after another, Lin Anran would not be discouraged. She would cry heartily when she was sad, wipe her tears after crying, stand up again, and move forward with a smile. There are too many beautiful scenery in the world waiting for her to meet, and she will not stagnate and be trapped in the same place.
Zhou Yunxue looked thoughtful: "Then I must study hard and work hard to get into university."
"Come on, you can do it." Lin Anran encouraged her. Zhou Yunxue's conditions gave her many choices. She could seek help from many people, and Zhou Heyuan was one of them, so she was not worried about her.
Lin Anran is more worried about herself and her family in this life!
"Xiao Lin, the person calling you is your family." Uncle Wang found Lin Anran and said.
Lin Anran was startled, put down the watering can, wiped his hands on his apron, and walked over quickly: "Uncle Wang, was it my parents who beat him?"
She seldom contacted the original owner's family. After traveling through time, she only sent one letter. The letter did not contain any important content. It only wrote down what the original owner experienced in the month when she came to Shenzhen. After that, she did not send any more letters or call back. The original owner's family did not contact her much either. At this time, communication was not as convenient as in the future. Once a month was considered frequent.
Uncle Wang: “Yes.”
"Hello?" Lin Anran held the phone and called calmly.
Mother Lin's excited voice came from the other end of the line: "An Ran? It's Mom. Listen, I told you that An Hua and An Li haven't finished their studies. The leaders of the big factories in Shenzhen are here to recruit workers in our village. Anyone with a junior high or high school diploma can earn four or five hundred a month! If your sister-in-law hadn't just found out she was pregnant, your brother and sister-in-law would have gone to Shenzhen with us to work!"
Lin Anran was stunned: "Huh?"
Mother Lin: "When you have your holiday, and Anhua and Anli have their holiday too, you three siblings can meet up. You can help each other in Shenzhen, and I'll be more at ease. You haven't forgotten about the family debt, have you? Last month, the family paid back some money, and it will be paid off soon. Hey, your father wants to talk to you."
Lin Anran: "Wait——"
The call was changed, and Lin's father's loud voice rang out: "Anran, my daughter, don't worry about things at home. As long as you are fine, everyone in the family is fine..."
"Mom and Dad, please stop talking and listen to me!" Lin Anran decisively interrupted his father's rambling and asked, "Why didn't Anhua and Anli continue their studies? They didn't even take the college entrance exam? They didn't even have a high school diploma, so why are they working now?"
Before Lin's father could answer, Lin's mother's voice came over first: "With Anhua and Anli's grades, it doesn't matter whether they study or not. They won't get into university! Many of their classmates are working to earn money, and it just so happens that a factory from Shenzhen is recruiting in our village. We have people to lead them, so your father and I don't have to use our connections to send them to work. We even saved on the fare. We just let them sign up, and they got in right away. They left on the bus at five in the morning today!"
Lin Anran glanced down at his watch. It was five o'clock in the afternoon: "..."
What a coincidence, both were five o'clock, but one was early morning and the other was afternoon. Damn it, they had been in the car for so long!
Father Lin continued, "Right, right, right. The five o'clock morning bus. Anhua and Anli knew your workplace phone number. They asked them to call you. They work in the same factory. Have they come to look for you? Anran, did you remember that?"
The matter was done, and Lin Anran didn't say anything else. He said he would remember it. Lin's mother and father said a few words quickly and then hung up the phone immediately.
Lin Anran put the phone back and rubbed his cheek with the back of his hand. His mother and father had four children: the eldest brother Lin Anshan, the original owner Lin Anran, and the twin siblings Lin Anhua and Lin Anli. Not to mention Lin Anshan and the original owner, Lin Anhua and Lin Anli started school late and were in their second year of high school, but they were already eighteen years old and adults. They were curious about the bustling big cities. Their grades were average and it would be difficult for them to get into college. Many of their peers graduated from junior high school and went to work to make money. There were few people in their village who went to high school. These workers returned to their hometowns during the Spring Festival, which aroused the idea of many people going far away to work and make a lot of money. They were full of longing for big cities.
None of the four Lin siblings seemed to have much talent for studying. Lin Anran wasn't saying that studying was necessarily the best path, but it was definitely the easiest path for their ordinary family. They were making a lot of money working now, but what about the future? A lifetime of factory assembly line workers?
Lin Anran knew she couldn't immediately send Lin Anhua and Lin Anli back to school. She lacked the financial resources and the power to influence the family. Their hearts had turned. She wondered if, after working in a factory in Shenzhen, they would find studying was better? Would they, having endured the hardships of working, decide to return home and study harder for college? She hoped the same would happen with her twin siblings, that they would have the chance to return to high school. Even though she had no feelings for her current family, she still hoped the Lin family would find a better life.
But it was no use thinking more now. She had to wait until she saw the twins to know what to do. Otherwise, it would be useless to think more.
"Sister Anran, is there something wrong at home?" Zhou Yunxue looked at Lin Anran worriedly.
"It's okay." Lin Anran shook her head and stopped thinking about it. She didn't say anything about it. Before considering others, she had a lot of things to do. Taking care of herself first was the most important thing.
Zhou Yunxue: "Okay, if there's anything I can help with, Sister Anran, please tell me."
Lin Anran smiled gently: "Okay, thank you Yunxue."
Time flies when you are busy, and two days seem very short. Zhou Heyuan just came back last night, but this did not affect his daily routine. This morning, he got up early to do morning exercises and have breakfast as usual.
"Didn't you call your uncle and aunt?" Zhou Heyuan glanced at Zhou Yunxue who was concentrating on eating.
Zhou Yunxue curled her lips. "They didn't call me either," she paused, then hesitantly said, "Fifth brother, if they bring Yun Shanshan with them, will you let her stay in the guest room of your villa? Anyway, I've made it clear that I will never give up the guest room I'm staying in now."
Lin Anran's ears moved.
Zhou Heyuan: "There is a hotel outside the villa area. My uncle and aunt can stay there."
Zhou Yunxue immediately grinned and said, "Let them stay in a hotel."
Zhou Heyuan: "You will go back to Beijing with them tomorrow."
The smile on Zhou Yunxue's face disappeared instantly, but Zhou Heyuan ignored it.
The new guest came to Zhou Heyuan's villa at this time before lunch. Zhou Heyuan also came back from the company, but this time he only sent another company car to the train station to pick up the person. He did not go himself. The reason he was able to come back to have lunch together was because he respected his elders.
Ever since listening to Zhou Yunxue's various "introductions", Lin Anran has been very curious about Zhou Yunxue's parents and Yun Shanshan, whom Zhou Yunxue always talked about. Now that he has seen the real people, there is not much emotional fluctuation. Everyone is silent.
Yun Shujuan walked in as soon as she got out of the car. She found Zhou Yunxue with incredible accuracy, frowned, and walked over quickly: "Yunxue!"
Zhou Yunxue stood up hesitantly, only able to shout, "Mom..."
Yun Shujuan impulsively interrupted her, pointing her finger and scolding her, "Why are you always so troublesome?! I told your dad a few words about you, and you threatened to run away from home! Why do you always have to go against me? I'm always doing this for your own good, why are you so ignorant?"
"Alright, alright, Shujuan, Yunxue must have known she was wrong. Calm down," Zhou Wenhui hurried over to persuade her. "Yunxue, quickly give in to your mother and promise not to mess around again, and this will be over."
"Aunt, my cousin must be very sad too. She doesn't want this either." Yun Shanshan withdrew her gaze and said something.
Zhou Yunxue glared at Yun Shanshan: "None of your business! You're so hypocritical! If it weren't for you, why would I run away from home!"
Yun Shanshan's eyes instantly turned red, tears fell, and she cried pitifully: "I'm sorry, cousin, I don't know what I did wrong. Tell me, I will change..."
It's like this again!
Zhou Yunxue felt a ball of anger rising up, unable to vent, making her feel uncomfortable: "Just get out of my house!"
Lin Anran saw Uncle Wang walking over and was about to intervene, but he still didn't have time.
“Bang!”
After this sound, the whole villa was so quiet that you could hear a pin drop.
"Mom! You hit me for Yun Shanshan?" Zhou Yunxue, whose face was half red from the slap, raised her chin stubbornly.
Yun Shujuan stared blankly at her aching palm, then stared blankly at the red slap mark on Zhou Yunxue's face. Her lips moved again and again, but no sound came out.
"Okay! Okay, okay! You let Yun Shanshan be your daughter! I'm an adult now, and I'll move out of your house. I'm not your daughter anymore, so you don't have to control me!" Zhou Yunxue roared angrily, "Are you satisfied, Yun Shanshan? You have a new set of parents. Are you satisfied? Get out! Get out of my fifth brother's house!"
Unexpectedly, such a shocking thing happened in the living room in just one minute. Lin Anran and others were dumbfounded.
Lin Anran really wanted to shout, "Mr. Zhou, please come back soon" or "Uncle Wang, please think of a solution quickly"!
Perhaps she was shouting too loudly in her heart, because Zhou Heyuan actually appeared at the door of the villa immediately: "Uncle and aunt, you are not here to pick someone up, but to come to my place specifically to fight Yunxue?"
When Yun Shujuan and Zhou Wenhui saw Zhou Heyuan, they looked very embarrassed and didn't know what to say to their nephew for a moment.
Zhou Heyuan ordered them to leave: "It seems that you, my uncle and aunt, are not hungry. Uncle Wang, send them to the hotel."
Uncle Wang bowed slightly respectfully: "Yes, Mr. Zhou."
Zhou Wenhui, whose waist was pinched by Yun Shujuan, gasped and said with a grin: "Wait, Heyuan, Yunxue's matter has not been resolved yet, we don't-"
"Do you mean to let Ms. Yun slap Yunxue again to balance the slaps on her face?" Zhou Heyuan interrupted him coldly.
Zhou Wenhui and Yun Shujuan looked like they were slapped twice in the face, their faces flushed red.
Yun Shanshan, who had been hiding behind the two of them, became anxious: "Fifth brother, it's not like that. Aunt and uncle did this for me..."
Zhou Heyuan: "Uncle Wang, don't let strangers in to shout and make noise in the future."
Lin Anran watched Yun Shanshan's tears flow like a waterfall. Okay, it was a bit exaggerated, but this girl really had a lot of tears. Why didn't she shed so many tears?
Zhou Yunxue won the victory at Zhou Heyuan's villa, but she was not happy. Lin Anran gently applied medicine on her cheek without saying a word, and she didn't need to say anything.
Until she stopped and was about to leave quietly, Zhou Yunxue suddenly opened her eyes, her eyes were empty, and she didn't know where to look. "Sister Anran, I thought my parents would care about me first and ask if I was scared. I didn't think about asking them to choose me or Yun Shanshan. I just thought they would worry about me and care about me, but they only scolded me and made me submit. They can care about Yun Shanshan in every way, so why can't they do that to me? Am I really their daughter? Wasn't I picked up from some trash can? Yun Shanshan is their biological daughter?"
Lin Anran's eyes were complicated. She thought of herself in her previous life. Her parents divorced when she was young and soon found new partners to marry. She had half-siblings and half-brothers. Her parents were very good to them, but ignored her as if they had never given birth to her. However, she was lucky to have the wholehearted love of her grandparents.
There is no child who does not yearn for parental love. Parental love is irreplaceable. She also went through that stage and was sad and upset about it. Fortunately, she never doubted herself. She received enough love to nourish herself during her growth period. She deserves to be loved.
"Yunxue, you have to believe that you are good and deserve to be loved." Lin Anran touched Zhou Yunxue's head and said to her, and also to himself.
Zhou Yunxue sniffed hard, then laughed and cried again: "Sister Anran, you make me want to cry."
Lin Anran: "It's okay, cry if you want. Only I know this, Mr. Zhou can't see it. Also, my memory will be cleared once I leave this door."
"How can my memory be erased?" Zhou Yunxue laughed again, sniffing again, and said with a strong nasal tone, "At least, at least Fifth Brother is on my side. Fifth Brother likes me more, right?"
"Of course!" Lin Anran fully affirmed this fact.
Zhou Yunxue buried her head in the quilt and spoke intermittently: "If I had known earlier... I would have asked my fifth brother to arrange someone... to send me back to Beijing... I wouldn't need them... I shouldn't have... expected..."
Seeing that Zhou Yunxue had calmed down, Lin Anran really walked out of her room quietly this time and closed the door gently. Zhou Yunxue needed to be alone and quiet.
"Mr. Zhou." she called softly.
Zhou Heyuan was standing in the corridor on the third floor. Upon hearing this, he turned and looked over: "How is she?"
Lin Anran sighed: "It's not very good actually."
Zhou Yunxue has a stubborn temper, and her mother Yun Shujuan has the same temper. The two mother and daughter will quarrel if they disagree, and Yun Shujuan even hits Zhou Yunxue.
Zhou Heyuan: "Thank you for your hard work, Xiaolin."
Lin Anran shook his head, paused, and couldn't help asking, "Mr. Zhou, how is Yunxue going back to Beijing? Will you arrange for someone to take her back?"
Zhou Yunxue is at a critical moment in her senior year of high school, but her parents do not treat her with the utmost care and love. It is hard to say what her parents are thinking.
Zhou Heyuan: "It's up to her to decide."
Lin Anran felt relieved when she heard this: "That's good."
Zhou Yunxue didn't delay. She had already made a decision that evening. She would not return to Beijing with Yun Shujuan and the others. After returning to Beijing, she would move out and live with her grandparents. "I want to transfer schools. My previous school is far from my grandparents' house. I wasted a lot of time. I won't be able to make it in time for the college entrance examination this year. I want to repeat a year and get into a good university!"
"If you don't have money, I can sponsor you." Zhou Heyuan offered to help.
Zhou Yunxue shook her head: "I save all my New Year's money and pocket money. Also, if they give me money, I take it. If they don't give me money, I won't ask them for it. I'm an adult now, and I have to rely on myself in the future."
Lin Anran felt that Zhou Yunxue seemed to have grown up all of a sudden. It seemed that she did not grow up after being abducted and rescued, but instead grew up in the struggle with her parents. It was sad but also comforting.
Zhou Yunxue left early the next morning. Before leaving, she said goodbye to everyone in the villa one by one. She was most reluctant to leave Lin Anran and held her tightly, saying, "Sister Anran, don't forget me. I will call you every day."
Lin Anran patted her and said, "Okay, but don't call too often. The number belongs to Mr. Zhou. I'm afraid if I call too much, Mr. Zhou will ask me to pay the phone bill, haha."
As soon as Zhou Yunxue left, Yun Shujuan and the other two came to her door. Before they could even get in, they were told that Zhou Yunxue had already returned to Beijing, so they left in disgrace.
Lin Anran adjusted for a day and was still a little uncomfortable. It always takes time to recover after a friend leaves.
But some people have left the Shenzhen Stock Exchange, while others have just come to the Shenzhen Stock Exchange and are shocked and moved by its prosperity.
Half a month later, Lin Anran received calls from Lin Anhua and Lin Anli.
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