Finally, the two of them reminded each other that they should have a good "heart-to-heart talk" when they met in person, and the phone call finally ended in anger.
When the call was hung up, Xia Wan finally remembered that Song Zhili was still by her side.
Shameful.
Forget it, it’s okay. She firmly believed that she must have performed better than Xia Mu just now, but there is one thing that needs to be clarified.
Xia Wan looked at Song Zhili and said, "Some of the things we just said were just jokes, just jokes."
Song Zhili said he didn't mind and praised: "You two siblings have a really good relationship."
Xia Wan: “…Haha, yes.”
Are they in a good relationship? Are they the kind that expose each other's dark history and wish to die together?
But compared with the relationship with the Song family, these are indeed minor matters.
At this moment, Xia Wan woke up and realized that there was only a single bed here, and she and Song Zhili could not rest at the same time.
She felt a little upset that she had not thought it through carefully enough. She should have asked the driver to bring another bed over.
So Xia Wan got up from the bed and said, "Go and rest quickly. I've had enough sleep."
Song Zhili could see what she was thinking, so he said, "Just go to bed and rest. I don't need it. I can't sleep anyway."
Xia Wan suddenly remembered that Jiang Yushi seemed to have mentioned before that Song Zhili seemed to be a little grumpy when he woke up because he had difficulty falling asleep.
So did he not sleep yesterday either?
Xia Wan looked at Song Zhili, and sure enough, the red bloodshot in his eyes had become very heavy, but she hadn't noticed it much before.
Xia Wan immediately pushed Song Zhili's shoulder and said sternly: "Even if you can't sleep, just lie down with your eyes closed. How are you going to attend class tomorrow if you don't rest for a few days?"
Xia Wan was firm in her attitude and made it clear that she would not go to that bed no matter what.
Song Zhili had no choice but to lie down as she wished.
Xia Wan was satisfied, she nodded and said: "Very good, close your eyes again."
Song Zhili did as he was told.
Under the dim light, the boy's face was thin, his lips were still a little pale, and there was a light dark blue under his eyes.
There was nothing unusual when they were chatting and talking normally before, but at this moment he just lay there quietly, as if he had taken off his armor and all his defenses, which made people feel pity for him.
He is very tired.
He hasn't rested for several days and hasn't had a good night's sleep for a long time.
Compared to the Song family, this shabby last building with howling cold wind is a place that makes him feel more at ease.
But whenever he closed his eyes, he would always think of that small dark room, the place that trapped him like a nightmare.
Xia Wan's voice rang out again, and she said thoughtfully: "The last time I saw someone sleeping was when I was coaxing Yuanyuan in the welfare home. I told her a story at that time. Do you want to listen?"
Song Zhili responded softly: "Okay."
Xia Wan said this jokingly, but she didn't expect Song Zhili really wanted to hear it.
So Xia Wan asked seriously: "What story do you want to hear, little friend Song Zhili?"
He said, “It’s all right.”
"Since it's time for you to go to bed, let's tell you the story of Sleeping Beauty." After Xia Wan said this, she brought a chair over and used it as the head of Song Zhili's bed, and then told him the story in a vivid voice, as if she was really trying to coax a child to sleep.
"Once upon a time, there was a kingdom. The queen gave birth to a lovely princess. She had skin as white as snow and black hair. In short, she was very beautiful. But she loved to sleep, so everyone called her Sleeping Beauty."
Song Zhili opened his eyes helplessly, tilted his head to look at Xia Wan, and asked: "Are you sure this is the story of Sleeping Beauty?"
"Oh, it's all the same." Xia Wan reached out to cover Song Zhili's eyes and said, "Just listen carefully and don't talk."
Song Zhili responded: "I understand."
Xia Wan then withdrew her hand and continued to talk about her Sleeping Beauty.
"But when Sleeping Beauty was born, the queen died, and the king married a new woman as queen, who then gave birth to another daughter. Both she and her daughter bullied Sleeping Beauty, forcing her to do chores that only servants would do every day. Until one day, the prince of a wealthy neighboring country sent an invitation to a ball, wanting to choose a new princess from several nearby countries.
The queen only prepared a new dress and a beautiful carriage for her daughter, and let Sleeping Beauty wear shabby clothes, and let the servants escort them to the prince's ball. However, the queen's daughter had evil thoughts, because Sleeping Beauty was more beautiful than her in old clothes, so she abandoned Sleeping Beauty in the forest as she passed by.
The corners of Song Zhili's lips curled up slightly.
Although he had already heard that this story was a fusion of several stories, he was willing to listen to it to the end.
Xia Wan continued to make up stories: "Then Sleeping Beauty cried in the forest and met seven dwarfs. The dwarfs asked her why she was crying here. She said that she was a princess who was bullied by her stepmother since she was a child. This time she was going to the neighboring country to attend the prince's ball. However, not only did she not have a new dress, but she was also abandoned on the way. The dwarfs were very angry after hearing this, but they still told Sleeping Beauty that there was another princess in the forest who also met a vicious stepmother. That stepmother was even worse. She turned all of the princess's eleven brothers into swans, so she was called the Swan Princess.
The dwarfs took Sleeping Beauty to find the Swan Princess. After listening to the story of Sleeping Beauty, the Swan Princess and her brothers felt the same way. So the Swan Princess plucked the feathers of her eleven brothers without hesitation to make a special evening dress for Sleeping Beauty. The dwarfs also got a beautiful carriage and took Sleeping Beauty to the prince's ball.
And then…”
Xia Wan paused here. She waved her hand in front of Song Zhili, leaned closer, and called softly: "Song Zhili?"
The answer to her was a light breathing sound.
Fell asleep? So quickly?
She hasn't finished her story yet, it seems this trick is really effective.
Although Song Zhili had fallen asleep, Xia Wan fast-forwarded to the end in accordance with the principle of having a beginning and an end and continued: "Sleeping Beauty married the prince, and they lived happily together. They also severely punished her stepmother and sister. They also helped the Swan Princess and her brothers and drove their vicious stepmother out of the country. In the end, all the vicious stepmothers received the punishment they deserved."
That’s all.
Xia Wan was very satisfied with her adaptation ability. Seeing Song Zhili fell asleep, she yawned and continued to sleep on the head of the bed.
A long time.
Song Zhili opened his eyes.
He turned his head to look at the girl sleeping beside him, and stretched out his hand as if to touch her head, but finally fell to the side.
Song Zhili didn't fall asleep, but he heard her voice becoming more and more hoarse, and he knew that she had said too much today.
So he wanted to pretend to be asleep so that she could rest early.
However.
He liked the ending she gave.
Wake up the next day.
Xia Wan felt that her waist was a bit sore after lying down all night. When she closed her eyes and just woke up, she felt the heaviness covering her body.
She looked down and saw that the down quilt had covered her body without her knowing when.
As she moved, the duvet slid off.
Song Zhili didn't know when he woke up. He said, "Are you awake? Let's go. Wei Chi is here to pick us up. Let's go back to school early, take a shower, change clothes, and go to class."
"Okay." Xia Wan nodded, then went downstairs with Song Zhili.
now.
Wei Chiyan leaned against the door of his luxury car, looking very cool with a pair of sunglasses on, but his brows were furrowed.
Who the hell could tell him what this haunted house-like place was?
Xia Mu and Song Zhili actually stayed in such a place for a night? This is too scary.
When he saw Xia Wan and Song Zhili walking towards him from the half-man-high grass, Wei Chiyan was so surprised that he pulled his sunglasses down a little, looked at them in disbelief, and asked: "Are you two going on this adventure?"
Song Zhili smiled and asked him: "Do you want to go together next time?"
Wei Chiyan immediately waved his hand to refuse, and then said casually: "I'm not saying anything bad about you, Song Zhili, next time you run away from home, don't look for this place. It's too cold in this weather. Next time, tell me and I'll arrange a place for you. I guarantee that you will live comfortably and you won't be discovered even if you open your mouth for food and stretch your hands for clothes."
Song Zhili put his hand on Wei Chiyan's shoulder and said, "Thank you. Now there won't be a next time. Make way, get in the car."
Wei Chiyan looked down at Song Zhili's hand on his shoulder, and his smile faded.
Because he saw the bruises on Song Zhili's wrist.
The cuffs of the coat were not too loose, so one could only vaguely see what was inside, but one could still guess what it looked like.
In the car, on the way to school.
Wei Chiyan hesitated for a moment and asked, "Are you going home today?"
Song Zhili closed his eyes and took a nap, saying, "I'm back."
Wei Chiyan didn't say anything else. He just took out the sandwiches and coffee he brought from home and handed them to the two of them, saying, "Eat, eat, and go to school to take a shower. You two stink now."
"What did you say?" Xia Wan was so angry at Wei Chiyan that she laughed. She stretched out her hand in front of him and said, "Use your broken nose to smell it. Where is it smelly? Where is it smelly?"
Wei Chiyan stretched out his hand and pushed it back, his face full of disgust: "It's just stinky! You are the stinkiest! Song Zhili doesn't stink!"
Seeing that the two people were about to fight beside him, Song Zhili did not try to persuade or stop them as he did in the past. He just let them quarrel and took a bite of the sandwich leisurely.
Still warm.
Days like this are actually pretty good.
Song Zhili returned to school and to the classroom.
He is still the respected student council president as always, and doesn't seem to be frustrated at all about losing the top spot in the grade in this exam.
There were some people who were secretly fanning the flames and mocking Song Zhili yesterday, but today, seeing that he was back, they didn't dare to say anything anymore.
Because Song Zhili doesn't need to make any explanations. His attitude, including the fact that he and Xia Mu walked into the classroom chatting one after the other, is the best answer to everyone's guess.
To everyone's surprise, he didn't seem to take this defeat to heart.
There were more and more comments on the forum supporting Song Zhili.
[Song Zhili looks a little haggard today, but still as handsome and gentle as ever]
1L: Woohoo, I was so scared yesterday. Song Zhili never asked for leave in more than two years of high school. I thought something happened. Fortunately, it’s okay.
3L: Please, even a genius student like Song Zhili wouldn’t be defeated by a failed exam.
7L: I believe that in the next monthly exam, Song Zhili will be able to regain the first place.
9L: I agree! Come on Song Zhili! I will always support you!
12L: Xia Mu! Come on! Keep it up! You are the new legend of Hirasakura!!
16L: Song Zhili!!!
19: Xia Mu!!!
…
During class.
Looking at Song Zhili's back as he was doing his homework, Xu Yaoyao shook her head with emotion and said, "He is second and I am third. Why don't I have this realization?"
Jiang Yushi yawned and raised his head, obviously because he didn't sleep well last night, and said: "I, the fourth, didn't say anything, so you guys should stop fighting."
Xia Wan smiled and said, "Fortunately, I am number one."
Wei Chiyan in the corner: "..."
Facing the wall, I kept drawing circles on it with my fingers.
He was depressed.
I haven't had such a strong feeling before. Why are all the people around him top students except him?
Grades one, two, three and four are all his friends.
Although he has made progress this time...but compared to them, he is still far from impressive.
As if he could see Wei Chiyan's depression, Jiang Yushi reached out and grabbed his collar and pulled it back a little, and asked: "Wei Chi, you must cherish us. If you have any questions, please feel free to ask."
Wei Chiyan replied: "...No, studying is so boring."
But if they didn't force him to learn, then he was willing to make this small sacrifice in order to maintain their friendship.
Wei Chiyan was waiting for any of them to continue inviting him, but the topic was quickly changed.
Jiang Yushi said: "To celebrate Song Zhili's safe return, I will treat you to dinner tonight."
At this moment, Song Zhili received a message.
It was sent by my father's assistant.
[Young Master, Mr. Song wants you to go home tonight and not stay overnight for the next half month]
Song Zhili did not reply, but turned off his phone again.
But at night, the Song family's car still appeared at the school gate.
Jiang Yushi glanced at the car with concern and said, "Ali, it's okay if you don't want to go back. My parents are at home. Stay at my house for a few days."
Xia Wan agreed: "Xie Huan just sent me a message saying that he has bought you a ticket and you can fly over to join him. Otherwise, you should just run away and we will cover you."
Song Zhili's expression suddenly turned cold, and he felt ugly when he saw the Song family's car and didn't hear Xie's name.
He said, "Thanks for not going back to school yesterday?"
Everyone: "..."
Take care of yourself at this time! If you don't like studying, then don't study, forget it!
Song Zhili then realized that the point at this moment was not whether Xie Yanhui came back to school, so he said: "Don't worry, it's okay."
Song Zhili got on the car, and his last words were: "I may have to go back home to live recently."
Xia Wan, Wei Chiyan and Jiang Yu stood together, all three of them with their hands on their chests, looking at everything in front of them.
The car door opened and there was a man sitting in the back seat.
"Hold."
Wei Chiyan swore and whispered, "That's his father."
The fact that Song's father "personally came to pick up" his son home also represented his anger at the moment.
Wei Chiyan suddenly thought of something, looked at Xia Wan and Jiang Yushi, and said, "You two wait for my news."
He suddenly shouted, "Grandpa! Grandpa! Help me, Grandpa!"
Then he ran all the way to his car which was parked not far away.
Wei Chi's car started quickly and soon disappeared.
Xia Wan asked curiously, "Is Grandpa Wei Chi here to pick him up?"
Jiang Yushi shook his head and said, "Impossible. If Master Wei Chi came, he would definitely come down to greet us."
While they were worried about Song Zhili's situation, they were also confused about what Wei Chiyan was up to.
so--
Jiang Yushi looked at Xia Wan and suggested: "Since they are all gone, let's go have dinner?"
Xia Wan: "Great! It's your treat!"
There's no point in worrying here, so let's just fill our stomachs and wait for news.
Song family.
This time, Song Ze did not bring his son into the dark room. In such weather, he made him kneel in the living room wearing only a thin short-sleeved shirt, even facing the direction of the entrance.
Song Ze did not hit Song Zhili again, because such punishment was like treating a watchdog, which was a complete humiliation to him.
Every servant who passed by Song Zhili lowered his head and did not dare to look at him for fear of getting burned.
Song Yinyin, who was coming down the stairs, was stunned by the scene in front of her. Then she looked at her father sitting on the sofa and reading the newspaper calmly, and she became frightened in an instant.
In order to avoid being implicated, Song Yinyin instinctively turned around and walked upstairs, trying to pretend that she saw nothing.
Anyway, she had already found someone to complete the plan, and her father was satisfied. Now that she had passed this hurdle, she no longer needed Song Zhili's help for the time being.
But after climbing a few steps, she stopped and looked back at the boy kneeling on the ground again.
The person kneeling here today is Song Zhili, so it may be her in the future. After all, they have many fathers like this.
The love of a scumbag will never last forever.
After figuring this out, Song Yinyin took a deep breath and gritted her teeth and walked downstairs.
Seeing his daughter coming over, Song Ze put down the newspaper in his hand, took a sip of the hot tea in front of him, and asked: "What's the matter?"
Song Yinyin acted as if she didn't notice Song Zhili's presence. She smiled and sat down next to Song's father, saying, "Dad, it's too cold. Why are you sitting down here wearing so little? What if you catch a cold? What will you do at the company's morning meeting tomorrow?"
On the surface, she was concerned about Song Ze's health, but in fact, she was hinting that if Song Zhili was sick and did not go to school tomorrow, it would cause rumors.
"That's true." Song Ze put down the newspaper in his hand and said, "I thought you were willing to bow your head after coming back, but I didn't expect you to be so stubborn? What's the difference between you and before?"
Song Ze's first sentence was addressed to his daughter, and the following was addressed to his son.
But Song Zhili did not answer.
Song Ze's face, which was relatively calm at this moment, became a little gloomy. Song Yinyin put her hands on the sofa behind her and began to think about what reason she should find to leave.
She also didn't understand why Song Zhili was so stubborn. Why would he rather suffer all this when the problem could be solved by just saying a few nice words and getting along with his father?
But it has nothing to do with her, she did her best.
At this moment, the butler walked in and said, "Mr. Song, someone from the Wei Chi family is here."
Song Ze's gloomy expression immediately faded, and he changed his expression very quickly, which could be described as professional.
He pushed up his glasses, and said, as if he were a kind and modest gentleman, "You two should go back to your rooms."
Song Yinyin responded quickly, then walked upstairs and left as if escaping.
But Song Zhili was still kneeling at the door, as if he didn't hear what Song Ze said.
Song Ze looked calm on the surface and repeated: "Song Zhili, go back to your room immediately."
What would happen if outsiders saw this scene?
What's more, that was the Wei Chi family, and the Song family couldn't afford to offend them for the time being.
But Song Zhili asked back: "Didn't you ask me to kneel here until tomorrow morning? The time is not up yet."
Song Ze's voice was filled with suppressed anger: "Get out of here now."
However, Song Zhili did not move, and Song Ze could not do anything to him for a while, as the people from Wei Chi's family had already arrived.
Wei Chi Yanjie came over with his grandfather, smiling broadly, and even said warmly: "Uncle Song! Long time no see!"
Song Ze could only smile and said, "Xiao Yan, Principal, you are here."
When Song Ze was studying at Shengying, Grandpa Wei Chi was also the principal. It can be said that he was also a former student of Grandpa Wei Chi.
Wei Chiyan showed a surprised expression, pretending to have just noticed Song Zhili kneeling beside him, and asked: "Uncle Song, what are you doing?"
Song Ze could only say: "In educating children who have made mistakes."
Grandpa Wei Chi touched his beard, and with a look of disapproval on his face, he reached out to help Song Zhili up, saying, "Good boy, get up first. What mistakes can you make? Song Ze, this is not the way to educate children."
Grandpa Wei Chi's behavior was undoubtedly a slap in Song Ze's face, but he couldn't refute anything, so he could only follow Grandpa Wei Chi's words and say: "Yes, you are right. It's just that this child talked back to me a few times, and I was just angry for a while. I will definitely pay attention in the future."
The four of them sat on the sofa.
At this moment, Grandpa Wei Chi was sitting in the middle of the sofa, while Wei Chiyan and Song Zhili were sitting on his left and right respectively.
Song Ze was clearly the master of the place, but at the moment he could only sit on the imperial concubine couch at the side and asked respectfully: "Principal, what is the matter that brought you here specially?"
Grandpa Wei Chi shook his head, looking at Wei Chiyan with a look of disappointment, and said: "It's nothing, it's just that my grandson's academic performance has been too poor since he was a child. If he could be half as good as Zhili, I would be relieved."
My son has been the first for so many years. He usually doesn't come to my house to talk about this, but he came when he got second place. This is not convincing at all.
Song Ze didn't believe what Grandpa Wei Chi said, but he still smiled and said, "Xiao Yan grew up under my care. He is a smart kid, but he doesn't focus on studying..."
Before Song Ze could finish his words, he was interrupted by Wei Chiyan.
He said angrily, "Come on, now? You always say that to people with poor grades, but what's your basis for saying that I didn't put my heart into studying? I've tried very hard, and if I can't study well, then I can't study well! Is it okay that I just have a problem with my brain?"
Grandpa Wei Chi also looked at Wei Chiyan with an angry expression and said: "You can call that hard work? Do you know how good students live? I am ashamed for you! Don't think that reading for an hour a day is hard work, right? If you eat and live with Zhili, you will know the difference!"
Seeing this, Song Ze symbolically advised: "Principal, please don't say that..."
Wei Chiyan immediately interrupted him and said, "Uncle Song! Don't speak for me! All right! Then we can live and eat together! We won't go back to school! I will follow him and do whatever he does! Is that ok? Are you satisfied?"
"Okay!" Grandpa Wei Chi sneered, and directly reached out and patted the sofa, saying: "Don't go home! I get angry when I see you!"
"Okay! Then I'll stay at the Song family! I won't go back even if you miss me! Uncle Song, do you mind having an extra pair of chopsticks at home?"
Song Ze: "..."
He naturally saw the real purpose of the two people's visit. Principal Wei Chi knew that he could see it. In short, this was the relationship.
But even so, Principal Wei Chi still deliberately brought his grandson to perform this act, clearly telling him that he could not refuse.
Of course he didn't want Wei Chiyan to live in his house, as Wei Chiyan's presence would affect his education of his children.
But the other party is Principal Wei Chi, the largest shareholder of Shengying Academy and one of the people that a scholarly family like them cannot afford to offend.
So Song Ze said: "Of course you can. I also want to keep Zhili at home for a while. Tomorrow you pack your luggage and the driver will pick you up after school."
"No need to wait until tomorrow." Wei Chiyan smiled, walked to the door and shouted outside: "Uncle! Help me move all the luggage out of the car!"
Obviously he came prepared.
Song Ze's smile was a little forced.
Because something even more unexpected to Song Ze was yet to come.
Two more cars stopped in front of his house one after another, and he recognized the people who got out of the cars.
They are two children from the Jiang family and the Xia family.
The Jiang family has been cooperating with them recently, so he naturally can't do anything to Jiang Yushi.
I heard that the child from the Xia family has been in poor health and has only recently returned to China. If anything happens, it will be their problem.
Because the Xia family couple...
They are simply rogues. He doesn't want to communicate with them at all.
At this moment, Song Ze just felt like there was something stuck in his throat, the words of rejection came to his lips but he couldn't say it out loud.
Jiang Yushi and Xia Wan each carried two suitcases and walked into the house without any courtesy. They both had bright smiles on their faces and bowed to him in unison.
The two said in unison: "Uncle Song! From today on, we will bother you!"
The author has something to say:
He was going to start persecuting Song Zhili's scumbag father. After all, other people's children could not be beaten or scolded, and he couldn't do anything to them.
——
Let me tell you, Song Yinyin will definitely not be cleared, but her fate won’t be too tragic either.
She knows right from wrong and has a sense of shame, so she thinks it is ridiculous and shameful to scold her mother. She knows clearly that she is bad, wrong and shameful, and she will not refuse anything that can bring benefits. But compared with her parents, she still has the most basic humanity, because she is not a completely cruel person. She cares about Song Zhili more for her own benefit, but also partly because she can't bear it. She hates her parents more than Song Zhili, but she also knows what kind of person she is. She has grown up in a deformed environment for so many years. She is a vested beneficiary and will not repent and change.
Although she was not a good person and was used by Song Zhili, it was sad that she was the only one in the family who had provided Song Zhili with help to survive over the years.
Without saying anything to each other, the relationship between the parents could not be reconciled. But just like Song Yinyin thought before, if she ate meat, she could allow Song Zhili to drink soup. She never thought of killing Song Zhili, so Song Zhili's attitude towards her was the same, and her end would not be too tragic.
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