Chapter 31
The Lincoln attracted everyone's attention.
Ji Weiyan looked at his son whom he hadn't seen for a long time and asked gently, "Do you want to get in the car? Or should I go down and walk with you?"
Ji Rang stared at him with sarcasm in his eyes, without saying anything, nor refusing.
Ji Weiyan was too familiar with this kind of look. In the past few years, he had looked at him and the Ji family with this kind of look, and then he kept moving further and further away.
He smiled bitterly in his heart and whispered, "I just came to see you and talk to you. I went to your place yesterday to look for you, but you were not there."
The traffic light turned green, and the car continued to move. Ji Rang looked past the car and saw Qi Ying, carrying a schoolbag, walking side by side with the top student from another school.
He leaned over slightly and got into the car.
Ji Weiyan breathed a sigh of relief and told the driver: "Drive."
Students outside the car discussed secretly:
——Boss is worthy of being a boss, this car is awesome.
——So this is the reason why the big guys can continue to stay in Haiyi despite fighting and doing all kinds of evil?
——Ah, this is an era where one has to compete with their fathers.
Inside the car, a faint scent of pine spread everywhere along with the flowing air. Ji Rang leaned against the cushion and looked out the window. The cold air around him seemed to have dropped the temperature by a few degrees.
Ji Weiyan looked at him with a complicated expression, wanting to say something but not knowing where to start.
He had never been a communicative father.
After a long time, I could only ask about food, clothing, housing and transportation: "Is there anything missing from where you live?"
Ji Rang ignored him.
He didn't care: "You are getting busier and busier with your studies now, can I find a nanny to help you cook and clean your room?"
Ji Rang still didn't respond.
Ji Weiyan sighed slightly: "I heard from Qianqian that you secretly went to the hospital to see grandpa, right? Grandpa has been discharged from the hospital and is now recuperating at home. If you have time, you can go back to see him."
Ji Rang finally took action, turned around and gave him a sarcastic look, and said indifferently: "None of your business is my business."
Ji Weiyan frowned.
He was wrong. After hearing what Xue Manqing said, he thought Ji Rang realized the absurdity of the past and had begun to change. He would grow up, mature, and gradually understand many things. But now when he saw him, he found that he was more cold and cruel than before, and the thorns all over his body hurt more.
His humble concern did not gain even a trace of understanding.
Ji Weiyan also fell silent.
No one was talking in the car, as if even heavy breathing was a disturbance. The driver didn't know where to go, and didn't dare to ask casually, so he could only drive around.
After walking around for a while, I somehow ended up near where Ji Rang lived.
He said coldly: "Stop the car."
The driver glanced at his boss through the rearview mirror and seeing that he didn't react, he took it as his tacit consent and pulled the car over.
Ji Rang picked up his schoolbag and was about to get off the bus. Ji Weiyan opened his mouth to express his last concern: "Do you have enough pocket money? Is the tuition expensive? I'll transfer some money to you later."
Ji Rang turned around abruptly, and said in a cold and angry voice: "Who told you that I was tutoring?"
Ji Weiyan noticed that he was in a bad mood, and after a pause he said, "Your classmate."
Ji Rang stared at him, anger surging in his eyes. After a while, he suddenly smiled. The smile was piercingly ironic, "So, this is why you came to see me today? Do you think I have changed? Do you see hope again?"
Ji Weiyan pursed his lips.
Ji Rang laughed uncontrollably: "You want to play the role of loving father and filial son with me? You want me to live happily and harmoniously with you?" The last sentence was almost squeezed out from between his teeth, "Don't ever think about that day."
He kicked the car door and was about to leave. Ji Weiyan was so angry at his words that he couldn't help shouting, "Ji Rang!"
He paused for a moment, but did not look back. After a long while, he smiled softly and said, "I will never forgive you, not in this life."
He jumped out of the car carrying his schoolbag.
Ji Weiyan wanted to shout, but in the end, nothing came out.
He looked at the tall and thin figure with bitterness in his eyes.
That was his son, he had grown so big and so tall. But over the years, the father and son had only met a few times. He always thought that as long as Ji Rang grew up a little more and became more mature, he would understand him one day, and the father and son would have a good talk and let go of their grievances, and he would call him "Dad" again one day.
But at this moment he suddenly realized that he seemed to be about to lose his son.
…
Ji Rang did not go home.
After school today, he wanted to take Qi Ying out for strawberry pudding. When he walked to Class 2, he saw her coming out with another tall and handsome boy.
He heard the students passing by talking: That’s the top student in the grade of Yancheng No. 7 Middle School. He looks so handsome and gentle.
Qi Ying must know him, she smiles so sweetly.
She would also show such a sweet smile to others.
First in the grade, so awesome.
He looked down at his schoolbag, which was filled with junior high school exercise books, as if silently mocking him.
The road on the side of the street was very straight and long. He walked on it aimlessly. There were a few moments when he suddenly hoped that the road had no end.
He could just keep walking and walking, never having to stop and think about where he should go.
He had nowhere to go.
…
The book Qi Ying wanted to recommend to Fu Nanxun was called "Waiting in the Dark", written by a Japanese suspense writer. Although it was a suspenseful and even a bit scary story, she saw a healing and warm taste in it.
Until the very end, it was like the sky opening up and the sunlight coming in.
She was moved by the author's creative skills and couldn't wait to share this feeling of being healed with her classmates.
They found the book in Xinhua Bookstore.
Fu Nanxun took the small book, looked at the cover, and chuckled, "It's a novel. I always thought you would recommend a tutorial book or a classic."
Qi Ying had no idea what he was talking about. She pursed her lips and smiled, then glanced across the bookshelf with the tutorial materials and saw a book called "Explanation of Basic Knowledge for High School Students".
She walked over and flipped through it, and found that the classification and explanation were very detailed, and the examples were very representative, which was very useful for students with average foundation.
She bought it.
Fu Nanxun smiled and typed and asked her: Your grades don’t require such a basic tutorial book, right?
Qi Ying replied: I bought it for someone else.
He thought she must have bought it for her cousin who was in the first year of high school.
After buying the books, Fu Nanxun originally wanted to have dinner with her, but Qi Ying shook her head and refused, and even refused to let him take her home, so Fu Nanxun could only take her to the bus stop.
He waited until she got on the bus and found a seat, then stood below the window and waved at her with a gentle smile.
Qi Ying began to search her brain for memories of Fu Nanxun. His concern for her was so thoughtful that she felt a little overwhelmed. She had to carefully recall everything related to him.
After recalling the past, I breathed a sigh of relief.
No.
In all the original owner's memories of this deskmate, there was only friendship between classmates, and no mention of love between men and women.
Qi Ying relaxed.
The next day at school, she first went to the classroom to put down her schoolbag, and then ran to Class 9 with her newly bought tutorial books. When she looked out the back door, Ji Rang was not there.
She stood aside obediently so as not to block the way and waited for a while, but Ji Rang still did not show up until the morning self-study bell rang.
He is late again.
Qi Ying had no choice but to return to the classroom to attend class.
The second period was a small-group history class. I thought I would meet Ji Rang here, but he didn't come for the entire class.
After every class, she would run to Class 9 to take a look.
I didn't see Ji Rang until school was over in the morning. The seat by the window in the last row was empty, and there were several bad boys around, without anyone to supervise them, staggering around without any proper behavior.
Yue Li and Fu Nanxun stood in the corridor waiting for her to go to the cafeteria for dinner.
Fu Nanxun frowned and asked, "Who is she looking for?"
Yue Li, a gossipy person, had already sensed from Fu Nanxun's eyes and tone that he had a special relationship with Qi Ying. She was a staunch supporter of the big boss, and at a time like this, she absolutely could not let an outsider become jealous and ruin their relationship, so she said seriously, "An ordinary friend."
Qi Ying didn't find Ji Rang the whole morning and followed them to the cafeteria in disappointment.
While getting food, I met Qu Dazhuang and his group.
They were talking and laughing, still looking like bad boys who were not easy to mess with. The students around them consciously stayed away from them, but Qi Ying was not afraid. She ran over with the food tray and blocked their way.
Several people looked at each other, and looking at the girl in front of them with a questioning look, they all knew what she meant.
Qu Dazhuang sighed, "If I keep playing like this, I might lose my little fairy one day." He pointed in the direction of the Beijing Sports University gymnastics field and mouthed to Qi Ying, "Playing basketball over there."
Qi Ying smiled, turned around, handed the plate to Yue Li, and ran out.
Yue Li was so anxious: "Yingying, eat first!"
She couldn't hear anything and quickly disappeared.
Fu Nanxun stood aside and asked with a complicated expression: "Ordinary friends?"
Yue Li: "..."
Qi Ying first went back to the classroom to get her tutorial books, and then ran all the way to Beijing Sport University.
On the huge empty court, the young man in a black T-shirt dribbled the ball, ran and jumped, and slammed the ball into the basket again and again, as if he was tireless.
One of them turned around and saw a little girl standing straight at the edge of the playground, holding a book and reading him.
The basketball slipped out of his hand, bouncing and rolling away. He stood still, neither going over nor leaving. Through the cool autumn sunlight, he saw her sweet smile at him.
He felt inexplicably irritated.
Who cares about your smile?
Qi Ying walked closer step by step, holding the book.
I smelled the boy's sweat after exercise, mixed with the fresh scent of soapberries on his clothes.
Ji Rang had a cold expression, his lips were tense, and he looked down at her coldly.
Qi Ying handed over the tutorial book in her arms. He looked down and saw the words on it. His fingers hanging in the seam of his pants couldn't help but tighten. He smiled with the corners of his mouth pulled: "Giving this to me, what's the meaning?"
I am only qualified to learn basic knowledge and cannot compare with the top student in the class.
Seeing that he didn't take it, Qi Ying handed it forward a little more.
He felt like throwing the book away, but looking at her soft eyes, he couldn't do that.
Ji Rang took the tutorial book with stiff fingers.
Qi Ying smiled happily. She reached out and turned to the first page and showed it to him.
It says:
Let’s take the college entrance examination together.
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