Chapter 74
Students from Class Nine returned to the classroom one after another.
Ji Rang sat up straight and helped the little girl with red eyes to stand up. He seemed fine and smiled. He asked her, "Are your legs numb?"
Qi Ying sniffed and whispered, "A little bit."
He pulled her closer, bent down and gently hammered her calf. Qi Ying felt a little itchy, and smiled and dodged: "No, it's itchy."
The students returning to the classroom glanced at them furtively.
Ji Rang let go of his hand and smiled: "Okay, let's go back."
She nodded, turned and walked out, took two steps, paused, suddenly turned back and hugged him.
Ji Rang was stunned for a moment, and whispered, "Yingying?"
She buried her head in his chest, her voice small and muffled: "Don't be sad, they are the bad ones."
His heart curled up and trembled. He touched her head and whispered, "Well, I'm not sad."
After meeting you, my world has become much brighter.
Qi Ying turned back to her class. The bell had already rung. This was Liu Qinghua's class. She quickened her pace and jogged a few steps. When she reached the entrance of the corridor, she saw Ji Weiyan standing there.
He didn't leave.
When I saw her, I called her: "Yingying."
She stopped and looked at him quietly.
Ji Weiyan said: "I thought about it and have something to tell you."
She bit her back teeth lightly and said in a low voice: "I have to go to class."
Ji Weiyan looked at her helplessly: "Ten minutes."
Qi Ying was silent for a while and walked over. Ji Weiyan smiled and asked her gently, "I saw there is a milk tea shop downstairs. Uncle will treat you to milk tea?"
There are teachers coming and going here, so it's not a good place to talk. Qi Ying understood what he meant, but she didn't say anything and followed him downstairs in silence. Ji Weiyan bought a big cup of milk tea, but he didn't know how to buy it, because it had all kinds of stuff added to it.
Qi Ying held the milk tea in her hand but didn't drink it. She asked him, "What do you want to tell me?"
Ji Weiyan noticed the change in her attitude, but he didn't mind. He smiled and whispered, "I know that Arang's change is all because of you. Thank you very much." He didn't want to say anything extra to annoy the little girl. "The teacher said that the next year is very important. He won't listen to us, but will be disgusted. So I want to ask you to help him more."
He paused. "He thought he was taking revenge on us, but in fact, he was only hurting himself. I don't want him to fall into resentment and destroy himself. You are very important to him. No matter what, our family is very grateful to you. If you need any help, please feel free to come to me."
He never knew how to get along with children, and his awkward promises and thanks at this moment made Qi Ying laugh a little.
She lowered her head and spun the cup of milk tea for a long time, then suddenly asked, "Have you ever regretted it?"
Ji Weiyan was stunned: "What?"
"Do you ever regret not saving his mother but saving others?"
Ji Weiyan stared at her blankly for a while, then sighed, "You know."
Qi Ying stared at him.
Ji Weiyan lowered his eyes and smiled bitterly: "I can't regret it. At that time..." He paused for a long time before speaking in a hoarse voice: "If I choose to save his mother, the survival rate is too low, and both of us may die. I can only save the one with the highest survival rate. I have my responsibilities, and I can't gamble."
He seemed to want to smoke and touched his pocket, but when he thought of Qi Ying beside him, he put the cigarette back.
"Back then, we showed Arjan the surveillance video and told him that it was the right choice under necessary circumstances, but he was too young to listen or believe it. He stubbornly believed that I had given up on his mother."
The media reported on it extensively, and friends and relatives talked about it non-stop, exaggerating and distorting his choice in order to create an image of him being selfless, glorious and just.
Ji Rang made a big fuss and locked himself in the room and refused to see anyone.
Because of this incident, Ji Weiyan could no longer face his identity as a paramilitary police officer. Despite his grandfather Ji's opposition, he insisted on retiring and gave up his future in the army.
Grandpa Ji was also a soldier. Several generations of the Ji family were soldiers.
Mr. Ji has made many contributions and is upright and incorruptible. He has always been proud of this and has upheld the integrity and stubbornness of a soldier for decades.
He raised two sons. The eldest son was resolute and decisive. He refused to join the army. Instead, he went out to start his own business and was very successful in the business world.
So he could only pass on the military legacy to his second son. The second son was indecisive and did nothing. His father's words were orders. He followed the prescribed life and did not make a single mistake.
Until that accident happened.
Ji Weiyan disobeyed his father for the first time and resolutely retired, never touching the police uniform again.
Old Master Ji was too stubborn, almost to the point of paranoia. He beat Ji Weiyan with a belt in front of Ji Rang, and called him a coward for giving up his military responsibilities for a woman.
That was the first time that Ji Weiyan saw resentment in Ji Rang's eyes.
Grandpa Ji raised Ji Rang according to the standards of a soldier since he was young. Now that his two sons have lost hope, his only hope lies in this grandson.
But his grandson hated them and their so-called military responsibilities from then on.
Ji Rang began to go against his family. He insisted on doing everything he was not allowed to do. He fought and hung out outside every day. He was taken to the police station several times and became a complete bad boy.
Mr. Ji was so angry that he developed high blood pressure and was hospitalized in a coma.
Ji Weiyan tried to communicate with his son, but he was always met with resentful looks. He was a quiet and taciturn person, and was not good at communicating with others, so he could only hope that everything would be fine when he grew up.
He started a business with his elder brother and opened a company. He transferred 49% of the company's shares to Ji Rang's name. He hoped that money could at least provide a slight chance of making up for the loss.
It was three years later that I met Su Rong again.
She met the wrong man and was beaten by her boyfriend on the street while she was two months pregnant.
When Ji Weiyan saved her, her husband had just passed away. Unfortunately, after she was saved, the child was lost. Ji Weiyan saved her again and sent her to the hospital.
Su Rong broke up with her boyfriend and said she wanted to abort the baby, but the doctor told her that she had already had an accidental miscarriage, her health was very poor, and she had severe heart palpitations, and another miscarriage would lead to lifelong infertility.
Su Rong still wanted to be a mother, so she kept the child.
She was an orphan with no one to take care of her. He had saved her life with great difficulty, and she had to live well to be worth the price he paid.
Ji Weiyan took care of her for a while, Su Rong regarded him as a benefactor, and was very grateful and touched. She saw that Ji Weiyan was worried about his son every day, and wanted to help him to enlighten Ji Rang.
She thought that if she went to see Ji Rang as a hostage, she would arouse his sympathy. She didn't know that her appearance would only be a greater stimulation to Ji Rang.
Ji Rang said some unpleasant words, which made Su Rong very emotional. She suffered from heart palpitations and fell down the stairs.
She saw the boy trying to reach out and pull her, but unfortunately he failed.
The fall was so severe that not only did she drop her baby, she almost lost her life and was in a coma in the intensive care unit for a week before she woke up.
No one explained for Ji Rang. His previous behavior was too rebellious, and everyone subconsciously thought that he was the one who pushed him.
The boy was stubborn and extreme. He refused to explain a word and even swore at the woman. To make matters worse, in front of Mr. Ji who had just returned from the hospital, he cursed the woman and said that she deserved to die. He said that she owed his mother a life and he was going to kill her to pay for it.
Ji Weiyan slapped him and told him to shut up.
Mr. Ji's blood pressure soared, and he scolded him harshly: "The Ji family doesn't have a murderer grandson! Get out of here!"
So he left and never came back.
By the time Su Rong woke up and explained everything, it would be too late for them to try to get Ji Rang back.
Su Rong's body was almost irreparable from the accident, and her heart palpitations recurred. The doctor said she would not live long. In the days ahead, every time she fell into a coma due to heart palpitations, she might never wake up.
Ji Weiyan took care of her for two years and took her home.
He couldn't let his son indirectly bear the loss of a life, he had to pay it back. He knew that Su Rong loved him, and he just wanted to make them both feel at ease before she died.
The sun above my head is getting hotter and hotter.
But Qi Ying still felt a little cold.
She suddenly understood why the boy still had a lingering chill even when standing in the sun.
Ji Weiyan beside him was sighing, feeling helpless.
Qi Ying smiled.
Ji Weiyan turned to look at her.
The girl, who had always been gentle, even had a cold look in her eyes and asked him calmly, "So what? Does he deserve this?"
Ji Weiyan was stunned for a moment: "What?"
Qi Ying looked at him and said, "He deserves to lose his mother, be accused of being ignorant by everyone, be suspected of being a murderer by you, and finally have to endure the condemnation of your conscience?"
She looked at the stunned man in front of her and thought it was ridiculous: "Why do you use the thinking of an adult to demand a child?"
He was so young at that time, so young, how did he survive?
She felt so heartbroken just thinking about it.
She asked Ji Weiyan: "Each of you feels helpless and has no choice, but from the beginning to the end, did he do anything wrong?"
Ji Weiyan moved his lips: "I..."
Qi Ying stared at him coldly: "He did nothing wrong. From the beginning to the end, he did nothing wrong. But he bore all the damage and cost."
Ji Weiyan's whole body was stiff and he couldn't even make a sound.
"You impose your own ideas on him. Once he doesn't accept them, he becomes what you call a rebel. Don't you think that's selfish?"
Ji Weiyan was speechless.
The girl threw the unfinished milk tea into the trash can. She turned her back to him and said softly after a long pause, "This is not fair."
She took a step and walked towards the teaching building.
The sunlight stretched her frail figure even thinner, casting it swaying on the ground.
Ji Weiyan raised his hands and slowly covered his face.
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After the final exam, the teachers of each subject quickly reviewed the papers and then started the class. After all, time is tight. After the last textbook knowledge is finished, the first round of review will start in September.
The weather was getting hotter and hotter. In mid-July, I don’t know if the school suddenly won the lottery, but it started installing air conditioners in every classroom.
This made the students very happy, and they became more energetic in class.
On Qi Ying's seventeenth birthday, Ji Rang happened to play in the finals.
No. 1 Middle School and No. 6 Middle School compete for the final league championship.
Study time is so tight now, and the school doesn't let them watch the game. The senior students who are about to be senior three students go to class as usual, but the freshmen who haven't yet entered their sophomore year all go to cheer.
The team had practiced together in the morning and didn't start playing until the afternoon. Before class, Qi Ying received a message from Ji Rang, who said, "Wait for me to win first place and give it to you as a birthday present."
Yu Zhuo also sent her a message: "Sister, do you want me to broadcast it for you? Give me half of your pocket money next week and I will broadcast it for you."
Qi Ying: “…”
She turned off her cell phone and focused on the class.
After the afternoon class, she turned on her phone and saw that Ji Rang had sent her a message. He asked her, "I got first place, is there any reward?"
She was so happy that she replied: What do you want?
Ji Rang typed "I want you" in the chat box, but then thought it was too flirtatious, so he deleted it!
After the competition, there was an award ceremony. By the time the ceremony was over, Qi Ying's evening study session would have finished. As soon as he left, he called her. The voice on the other end was soft, "I'm on the bus. I'm almost home."
He wiped the sweat from his forehead and said, "Wait for me by the crabapple tree."
He rode his motorcycle to the cake shop first, picked up the soft-serve ice cream cake he had ordered in advance, and then rushed to her home.
When we arrived at Haitang Road, we saw from afar a little girl carrying a schoolbag, standing obediently under a Haitang tree, kicking the steps lightly with her toes.
When she heard the sound of a motorcycle engine, she looked up in surprise. The car screeched to a halt beside her, and the young man, who hadn't even changed his jersey, jumped off the car.
He reeks of sweat.
His hair was messed up by the helmet, and he looked very unkempt. But he was very gentle, carefully taking out the ice cream cake from the back and handing it to her: "Check if it's damaged."
Not bad, looks delicate and delicious.
He smiled, took out three candles from his pocket and put them on the cake.
The crabapple flowers above my head are in full bloom.
He took a match and lit the three candles, and the warm orange color reflected the girl's soft and watery eyes.
He said: "Make three wishes and I will help you realize them."
Qi Ying blinked, surprised and a little bit unbelievable: "Really? Any wish is acceptable?"
Ji Rang nodded: "Well, any wish is fine."
The girl smiled with her eyes curved: "Okay."
She looked down at the cake in her hands, her face soft and pious, and said seriously: "My first wish is that Ji Rang will be safe, healthy, and live a long life."
The boy was stunned for a moment.
She continued, "My second wish is that Ji Rang will be happy and have no injuries in his life."
His heart began to tremble slightly.
"The third wish." The girl paused, then slowly closed her eyes. After a long while, she whispered, "I want to marry Ji Rang."
The boy's heart shook violently twice.
The night wind blew by, blowing the crabapple blossoms to the ground.
She opened her eyes and blew out the candle.
White smoke curled up, and she looked at him shyly and tenderly.
Ji Rang's Adam's apple moved for a while, then he reached out and touched her head, saying in a hoarse voice, "Okay, I'll help you realize these three wishes when you grow up."
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