The results of this city's Mathematical Olympiad will determine the number of places for the National Mathematical Olympiad, and only the first prize winners can participate.

The teachers of No. 4 Middle School originally had high hopes for the top students in the senior year, but now, looking at the faces of their proud students, they could only sigh and stop asking questions.

Zhang Lu sat on the bus, drinking water from a water bottle in her hand, and talked to Cen Huaian beside her: "If a city competition is so difficult, how difficult will the questions be for the national competition?"

After handing in the test paper, Zhang Lu knew that she would definitely not win a prize this time, but she also knew her level. Just like what Teacher Jiang said, she came here to make up the number, and she was not very sad, and her mentality was calm.

Cen Huaian said calmly, "We have done the papers of the National Mathematical Olympiad."

The Olympiad class had done so many papers that she couldn't remember which papers they had done. She looked at him in confusion and asked, "When?"

Cen Huaian told her which day and which paper. Zhang Lu's eyes widened: "You remember all this?"

Cen Huaian: "Why don't you remember?"

Zhang Lu: I was hit so suddenly.

"Okay, you don't have to say it anymore."

Chatting with Cen Huaian is always a dimensionality reduction. If he hadn't refused to skip a grade, he might be in college now.

When the results of the city competition came out, Cen Huaian was sitting in the Olympiad class doing questions. After finishing the courses arranged by the school every day, students in the Olympiad class would study here.

Teacher Jiang came in with a smug smile on his face, holding two certificates in his hands, and his spirits were a little more upbeat than usual.

"Everyone stop for a moment, I have a good news to announce."

All the students in the class stopped writing and looked at him. Only Cen Huaian was still writing with his head down. He was working on a problem at the critical moment, and nothing could disturb him.

"Congratulations to Cen Huaian and Tang Song from our Grade 12 Olympiad class. They won a first prize and a second prize in this city competition!"

"Wow!"

"Awesome!"

The class suddenly exclaimed, and everyone looked at the two of them at the same time.

Cen Huaian was still working on the problem with his head down, as if the award announced was not his. Tang Song looked towards Teacher Jiang, and his expression was not very excited.

"Cen Huaian, Tang Song, come and receive your awards."

Cen Huaian had just written down the final result of his calculation, and he stood up as soon as Teacher Jiang finished speaking.

Tang Song's movements were the same as his. The two of them must not be excited, and they were not as excited as their classmates.

The classmates in the class clapped their hands excitedly, looking at the two of them as if they were looking at gods in the sky. They were already existences that they could not surpass.

After all, they went to participate in the competition together, and no one even got a consolation prize, but the two of them were able to get good awards, which really opened up a big gap with their classmates.

Cen Huaian looked at his first prize, and finally showed joy in his eyes. He was not unhappy, but his reserved personality made him not like to show his emotions to others.

Among the students who were applauding below, Zhang Lu applauded the most vigorously. The one on the podium was her younger brother. Zhang Lu was particularly proud that he won the first prize.

Cen Huaian was called away by Teacher Jiang with the certificate, and Tang Song returned to his seat alone.

He sat behind Zhang Lu. Zhang Lu stopped clapping and turned to look at Tang Song, who was not in a very good mood.

"You won the second prize, it's amazing! The second prize can add extra points in the college entrance examination."

Tang Song put away the certificate and said, "Yes."

This was indeed the case, but Tang Song was still disappointed. His goal was actually to participate in the National Mathematical Olympiad, and his ability was not enough now.

Tang Song picked up the pen again and started to do the questions. Zhang Lu felt that he seemed to have changed and not changed at the same time, but his speed of doing the questions really became much faster.

Zhang Lu suddenly felt a sense of urgency, turned around silently, and hurried to do the questions. Although she didn't care too much about the results of the competition, she didn't want to be a poor student in a class of top students.

Cen Huaian was called away by Teacher Jiang to talk about participating in the national competition.

Teacher Jiang was holding a list in his hand. He looked down and said, "Cen Huaian, in addition to you who won the first prize in the city competition this time, two other students in the senior year also won the first prize. The three of you will participate in the National Mathematical Olympiad together. Therefore, the school will have special training for you. After class, you will go to Room 101 on the first floor of the teaching building at the back to attend classes."

"Teacher, are there only three of us attending classes?"

"No, that is the classroom for the senior year Mathematical Olympiad class."

Of course, Cen Huaian and the two senior year students who will participate in the national competition have different learning progress. They will do more difficult papers, and the teacher will explain them to them individually.

After Teacher Jiang finished speaking, Cen Huaian frowned and asked, "Can I not go?"

He was quite happy in the Mathematical Olympiad class in the second year of high school and didn't want to change to a new environment.

"No. Your progress is different from that of the second year of high school. It will delay you there. And I am also teaching the Mathematical Olympiad class in the third year of high school, so you don't have to be afraid."

Cen Huaian was not afraid, but after hearing Teacher Jiang's tone that did not allow for rejection, he knew that this class had to be moved.

"Teacher, how long do I need to stay in the third year of high school class?"

Cen Huaian did not ask if he could not go, but asked when he could come back.

"Wait until the National Mathematical Olympiad is over." Teacher Jiang said, "But you also know that with your level, the third year of high school class is the most suitable."

Cen Huaian said, "I can learn well in any class." His tone was not arrogant, but a normal confidence.

Teacher Jiang nodded: "I know."

That's why he agreed to let Cen Huaian come back to the second year of high school after the National Mathematical Olympiad.

Cen Huaian looked at Teacher Jiang for a while, and when he was sure that he would not change his mind, he stopped talking.

When Cen Huaian was packing his things in the second year of high school Olympiad class, Zhang Lu looked at his movements in surprise: "An An, what are you going to do? Are you going to participate in the competition now?"

"No." Cen Huaian didn't have much stuff in the Olympiad class, mostly some books and rough papers.

He looked up at Zhang Lu and said: "I'm moving to the third year of high school to attend classes."

Zhang Lu was even more surprised, but she also knew that this must be the arrangement of the head teacher, and she showed reluctance in her eyes: "If you leave, will you come back in the future?"

Cen Huaian put all the packed things into his schoolbag, picked it up with one hand and said: "Yes."

Zhang Lu was happy again, and ran to Cen Huaian's seat to help him check if he had left anything behind.

"Go ahead. It's a good opportunity to let the senior students feel how terrible you are."

Zhang Lu seemed to think of that scene, and he made himself laugh.

"By then, they will definitely be like me and my classmates, getting frustrated every day."

Cen Huaian: "No."

He looked at Zhang Lu again and said, "Sister, I've never seen you get frustrated."

Zhang Lu's smile was a little complacent: "You are my brother, I will only be proud of your excellence! And I'm not going to take the math major in the future, so I won't be sad if I don't learn as well as you!"

Cen Huaian nodded, waved to her, nodded to other classmates who looked over, and went out with his schoolbag.

Tang Song watched Cen Huaian walk away, and the light in his heart seemed to be brighter. His eyes became more determined, and he lowered his head to work harder on the questions.

When Cen Huaian followed Teacher Jiang into the senior high school Olympiad class, it was like a drop of water entering a frying pan, making the whole pan of oil boil.

"I heard that it was him, Xin Yang, and Li Shilai who won the first prize in the city competition."

"Cen Huaian in the senior high school Olympiad class?"

"Yes!"

"That's amazing! The questions in the city competition are so difficult."

"That's why we knew about him before, because he is so amazing!"

In fact, there are not many students in the senior high school Olympiad class. After hearing the rankings today, those students who did not win the city competition did not want to stay in the Olympiad class anymore. They packed up their things and returned to their own classes to concentrate on preparing for next year's college entrance examination.

The students who were still in the class, except Xin Yang and Li Shilai who were going to participate in the national competition, the others were just thinking about seeing Cen Huaian who was coming.

They were still in a good mood. Although they could not participate in the national competition, they had won the second prize and got a certain amount of extra points in the college entrance examination, which reduced the difficulty of the college entrance examination for them.

After Cen Huaian was arranged to sit in the class by Teacher Jiang, the curious eyes of other students in the class were still on him, and some people even looked at him without listening to the class.

This made Cen Huaian's expression even colder, and he tried to focus on the blackboard and ignore those various looks.

What Cen Huaian didn't expect was that when he came again the next day, he, Xin Yang and Li Shilai were the only ones left in the class.

He sat in his seat, still a little dazed in his mind. How come so many students in the class yesterday were gone?

At this time, Li Shilai, who was sitting in front of Cen Huaian, suddenly turned around and greeted him enthusiastically: "My name is Li Shilai, I know you, you are very famous in our school's Olympiad class."

Cen Huaian:?

Li Shilai seemed to see his confusion, and a look of surprise appeared on his face: "You don't know?"

Cen Huaian: "I should know?"

He didn't pay attention to why so many people knew him, he usually put more energy on learning all kinds of new things.

Li Shilai saw that he really didn't know, put away his jaw that was about to fall to the ground, and roughly told him why so many people knew him.

Cen Huaian: "Actually, I think they should just pay attention to their own studies."

Paying attention to him will not improve their grades.

Li Shilai: "How do you know someone asked you for the final exam?"

Cen Huaian: ...

"I don't know, but I know it's useless to ask me for help."

Li Shilai has a cheerful personality. He soon talked a lot with Cen Huaian, and let Cen Huaian know how he is seen by other students.

It was an image that Cen Huaian himself thought was ridiculous, but he didn't care much.

Another classmate in the Olympiad class had a different personality from Li Shilai. He didn't talk much, but there was always a hint of arrogance on his face. He looked at Cen Huaian with mostly dissatisfaction.

Since picking persimmons in the courtyard, Chuxia and Cen Huaian became familiar with Dou Baishui, who lived next door to the courtyard.

Every time she and Cen Huaian went to the courtyard to check the condition of the house and clean up the yard, Dou Baishui would dig out a hole on the wall.

There were many fallen leaves in the yard in winter. Chuxia and Cen Huaian gathered the fallen leaves together and were about to light them when Dou Baishui came to the top of the wall and said, "Auntie Cen! An'an, wait a minute, wait a minute before lighting them!"

Not long after, Dou Baishui appeared from the wall again, holding four or five sweet potatoes in one hand, and jumped down from the wall with his free hand, then ran towards the two of them holding the sweet potatoes.

There were a few children behind them, also holding sweet potatoes and jumping with him.

"There are so many leaves here, just right for roasting sweet potatoes."

Chuxia said, "These leaves won't burn for long, and the sweet potatoes may not be cooked by the time they're all burned."

Dou Baishui waved his hands with experience, "It's okay, wait until the fire is all burned out, and bury the sweet potatoes in the fire, and they'll be cooked."

As he spoke, Dou Baishui threw the sweet potatoes into the dead leaves one by one, and Chuxia lit the leaves.

The red and yellow flames burned particularly vigorously above the fallen leaves. Warmth instantly came out of the fire, and in the cold early winter season, people no longer felt cold.

The children who followed Dou Baishui in jumped in around the fire happily, as if they were attending a party.

They held hands, and Chuxia and Cen Huaian sang and danced with them.

The beautiful flames of falling leaves did not last long. When the flames fell, the black ashes were still glowing with red flames. The sweet potatoes were buried inside, waiting to be roasted.

"Xiao Bai, where did you get these sweet potatoes?"

Dou Baishui stared at the ashes, his eyes full of desire for the sweet potatoes that were about to be roasted.

Hearing this, he said, "My kitchen."

Chu Xia was silent for a moment and asked, "Do your parents know that you took the sweet potatoes?"

Dou Baishui shook his head, "They don't know."

Chu Xia: "There are so many sweet potatoes, your mother will definitely be angry if she finds out that some are missing."

She stood up and walked out while saying, "You guys play at home by yourselves, I'm going out for a while."

Cen Huaian let go of Dou Baishui's hand and took two steps towards Chu Xia: "Mom..."

Before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by Chu Xia: "You don't have to come with me, you are the little master of the house now, you have to entertain these little guests well."

Cen Huaian stopped and looked down at Chuxia. In just over a year, he had grown taller than Chuxia, and he was still growing.

Every time Chuxia recorded Cen Huaian's height on the height wall at home, she would smile and say, "An'an, now I have to stand on a stool to draw the line for you. If you are taller, you may have to bend over to talk to me."

Cen Huaian was very happy: because growing taller means he is growing up, which means he can take care of his mother in return.

The courtyard is in Xidan, and the bustling street is not far away, and the market is even closer.

Chuxia didn't walk far before she bought a lot of sweet potatoes. Someone happened to be selling freshly dug lotus roots, which were still covered with some mud. Chuxia also bought a lot and brought them back with the sweet potatoes.

"Mom!"

Cen Huaian heard the noise and looked outside the door, and saw Chuxia carrying a big bag of things, leaving a red mark on her hand.

He immediately ran over and took the net bag from Chuxia's hand: "I should have gone out with you just now."

Chuxia shook her hands to relieve the pain in her arms: "Why should I go out with you? We didn't go far."

She picked out half of the sweet potatoes and gave them to Dou Baishui: "Put these sweet potatoes in your kitchen, so your mother won't know that there are fewer sweet potatoes."

They had just buried a lot of sweet potatoes, and Chuxia didn't feel so at ease to eat so many sweet potatoes from other people's homes.

Dou Baishui refused at first, but Chuxia forced him to give it: "If you don't send it, then I have to send it myself."

"Auntie Cen, my mother won't be angry."

Chuxia said: "It's okay to take one or two sweet potatoes, but you took too many."

Dou Baishui finally went home with the sweet potatoes.

He jumped over the wall as usual. Today his parents were also resting. One was sitting at the door, basking in the sun while listening to the radio, and the other was sitting in the living room watching TV.

No one noticed Dou Baishui's jump in. He poured the sweet potatoes in his study room. When he was about to turn around and go back, he suddenly saw his mother standing behind him, which scared him so much that he jumped up.

"Mom!"

Mother Dou looked at the sweet potatoes and frowned and asked, "Where did you get those sweet potatoes?"

"Auntie Cen next door gave them to me."

Mother Dou's frown deepened: "If someone gives it to you, you should take it. Do you know how to be polite?"

Dou Baishui nodded and said, "I know. But it was because I took our sweet potatoes to their house to roast them that Auntie Cen asked me to bring these sweet potatoes back."

Mother Dou actually couldn't remember how many sweet potatoes there were in the kitchen. Even if there were fewer, she didn't mind. Her family didn't lack these things.

Mother Dou asked about the details in detail and had a great liking for Chuxia.

She asked Dou Baishui to hold the ladder, and she climbed up the wall with some sweet potatoes in her hands. As

soon as she reached the wall, she saw Cen Huaian and Chuxia with the children.

"Hello!"

Mother Dou called Chuxia. As soon as Chuxia looked up, Mother Dou immediately called out in surprise: "Doctor Luo!"

Chuxia also showed surprise on her face. She didn't expect that the relatives of the old man she saved in the retirement home would be next door.

She tried to recall that it seemed that the woman on the wall said that she was the old man's daughter-in-law, and she had a husband named Dou Zhang. At that time, she said that if there was anything, she could find him and he could do anything.

"What a coincidence." Chuxia smiled at her.

Mother Dou was particularly excited. She turned around and shouted to her husband: "Dou Zhang! Dou Zhang! Come here quickly, Doctor Luo is our neighbor!"

After shouting, she jumped into Chuxia's yard in the same posture as Dou Baishui. The sweet potato in her hand was shaking violently because of her running.

"Doctor Luo, if I knew you lived next door I would have knocked on your door a long time ago. You are roasting sweet potatoes here, take them and eat them."

She turned to look at Dou Baishui who had already climbed to the top of the wall, and asked him to bring all the sweet potatoes from the kitchen over.

"Don't take them, Xiaobai! I can't eat them anymore, don't take them, I don't live in this yard now." "

Doctor Luo, don't be polite, you saved my father-in-law, our family doesn't know how much we thank you."

Chuxia said, "You have already thanked you."

Mother Dou waved her hand and said, "Those are external things, how can they compare with health."

At this time, Dou Zhang also climbed up the wall. He was too fat, and he was "grunting" as he moved up the wall, which was frightening to see.

"Dou Zhang, you are courting death! Go out the front door!"

Dou's mother yelled. Chuxia saw Dou Zhang's body tremble, then he quickly went down the ladder and went out the front door obediently.

Dou's mother and Dou Zhang were too enthusiastic about Chuxia.

The group of children squatted aside, each holding a roasted sweet potato, eating it while pricking up their ears to listen to the adults talking.

"An An, your mother is a doctor, so amazing." Liu Hongxin said.

"Yes! An An's mother also saved my grandfather!" Dou Baishui nodded immediately.

"I also want to save people in the future. Can I be a doctor?" Liu Jianshe said.

Cen Huaian: "Yes."

In mid-November, the National Mathematical Olympiad will begin, and the competition will be held in Liangzhou.

Chuxia's heart started beating fast when she heard the name of the place.

"Where was the competition held before?"

Cen Huaian said as he packed his luggage, "It was held in every city. The location of the national competition is not fixed."

Chuxia understood. Just like the National Junior High School Mathematics League, the city changes every year.

If it was in other cities, Chuxia would not react so much. But Liangzhou has her family.

Chuxia looked at An An's face and asked Cen Zhengnian, "Do you think An An looks like when she was a child?"

Cen Zhengnian, "Yes."

Cen Huaian has almost grown up to look like her. Only his facial features have grown, but you can still see the shadow of his childhood.

Chuxia's brows wrinkled even more tightly, "An An, I'll go to Liangzhou with you."

"Mom, no need." Cen Huaian held Chuxia's hand. His hand was bigger than Chuxia's. Before Chuxia knew it, he had grown into a person who could protect her.

"When I arrived in Liangzhou, I stayed in a hotel near the examination center with my teachers and classmates. I would not go anywhere else except to the examination center, so I would not meet those people."

"But..."

"Even if they do." Cen Huaian recalled the scene when he was a child, and his face showed disgust: "They can't beat me now."

If the Luo family does something excessive, he doesn't mind letting them know what pain is.

Cen Huaian's eyes flashed sinister. He has never forgotten those painful memories of his childhood, but he just suppressed them in his heart.

"Mom, I'm a high school student, you have to believe me. And in Liangzhou, there's not only me, but also Brother Bang."

Chu Xia was finally persuaded by Cen Huaian to give up the idea of ​​going to Liangzhou. Just like Cen Huaian said, he is a high school student, and she must learn to let go.

Parents who blindly hold their children's hands and are afraid that they will get hurt will also make their children suffer.

Just like Jiang Zhiyi, she is still unwilling to return to the capital, and her relationship with her family is very strained.

Lying in bed at night, Chu Xia tossed and turned and couldn't sleep. When she turned over again, Cen Zhengnian reached out and hugged her.

"Are you still worried?"

"Yeah."

Chu Xia turned over in Cen Zhengnian's arms, buried her head in his arms and said, "You don't know that I... those people in the Luo family have done too many excessive things in the past."

Cen Zhengnian's heart suddenly ached, and his hand gently stroked Chu Xia's hair: "I know."

This matter has never been let go in his heart, but he blames himself more.

"So how can I feel at ease? An An is going to compete. What if he runs into the Luo family and it affects his competition? He takes this competition very seriously."

Cen Huaian has prepared a lot for this national competition. His goal is not only the national competition, but also the winter camps of prestigious schools in winter, and the world. The

national mathematics competition is just a starting point, there is no end.

Cen Zhengnian knew this very well. He frowned slightly and said, "I'll contact my classmates."

"Goodbye." Chu Xia stopped him, "These are all our guesses now. What will you say when you contact your classmates? Besides, An An and I have troubled your classmates so many times in Liangzhou before. It's not enough to trouble them again now. When An An really runs into the Luo family, I will fly there directly."

Liangzhou also has an airport, and it only takes two hours to get there by plane.

"Okay."

The next day, Chu Xia sent Cen Huaian to school. All the first prize winners in the entire Beijing city competition had to go to Liangzhou to participate in the competition. There were only a dozen students in total, followed by three teachers, including Teacher Jiang.

He was worried about leaving these children to other people, as there were still three students in their school.

The train was carrying these high school students to Liangzhou. Chu Xia looked at the direction where the train was going away, and her brows wrinkled slightly.

In the following days, Chu Xia kept listening to the phone calls from the family compound. Not only did she listen, she also asked Cen Zhengnian to listen with her.

"Sometimes I'm in the hospital, and An An can't get through when she arrives in Liangzhou, so I can only call you."

Cen Zhengnian: "You all have pagers."

Chu Xia: I completely forgot about it.

In her previous life, she was used to the convenient communication tool of the mobile phone. The pager was too small, and the pager had to call the pager first, and then wait by the phone for the pager to call back.

Although it was more convenient to communicate than a landline, it was still not as good as mobile phones. Therefore, Chuxia didn't use it much and always forgot that she had a pager.

If Chuxia couldn't be contacted, Cen Huaian would definitely page her.

Chuxia was not so anxious waiting in the family compound.

At this time, Cen Zhengnian, after dozens of hours of train travel, successfully arrived at the Liangzhou train station with his classmates and teachers. There was

a group of people arranged by the Mathematics Club near the train station to pick up the students and teachers who were participating in the competition.

When Cen Huaian and his group arrived in Liangzhou, they got on a bus and were taken directly to the second floor of the hotel.

There was nothing to choose from. Two people shared a room, all in the same standard. Cen Huaian and Xin Yang shared a room.

When the other students entered the room, the first thing they did was to wash up and go to bed. They had been sitting on the train for so long that their backs and waists ached and they were in very poor spirits.

Cen Huaian did not try to be brave. His mother said that going to bed early and getting up early would help them grow taller, so he attached great importance to getting enough sleep every day.

After calling Chuxia to report that he was safe, he lay down on the bed and went to sleep.

But Xin Yang, who shared a room with Cen Huaian, did not rest. After entering the room, he took out the test paper, paper and pen from his bag, and sat on the table to do the questions seriously.

Outside, the sun had already reached the middle, and it was time for lunch.

Cen Huaian rubbed his stomach and sat up. Xin Yang was still writing the questions. He took a look as he passed by. It was the test paper handed out by Teacher Jiang, and he had already finished it.

Teacher Jiang knocked on the doors one by one and called the students to go downstairs to the hall to eat.

After all the students came out, Teacher Jiang called out the names, confirmed that there were quite a few people, and led a group of people downstairs.

The food provided by the hotel was not bad, but not particularly delicious. It was the level of ordinary meals.

This hotel itself does not provide lunch. Because there are more students staying here now, the organizer negotiated with the hotel. They paid more money to help cook the students' meals. It is not safe for students to eat outside.

Everyone was hungry for the whole morning, and they ate a little bit wolfed down. Now everyone is focusing on filling their stomachs, and no one cares whether the food is particularly delicious.

While eating, waiters were walking back and forth to replenish the food on the table.

Cen Huaian didn't notice that among the waiters, there was a woman in her twenties who often looked at him when serving dishes, with confusion and shock in her eyes.

A waiter saw that her dishes were placed in the wrong place, and patted her: "Xiao Luo, what are you staring at? The dishes are all placed in the wrong place."

The woman quickly lowered her head, shook her head and said: "I... I was distracted for a moment." She quickly reached out and changed her hand.

After returning from the hall with the dishes, the waiter who got along well with her asked her what was wrong. She looked absent-minded just now, which was not like her usual working state.

"I...just now I seemed to see an acquaintance, but I looked carefully and realized I was mistaken."

The woman stopped talking, and the other waiter did not ask any more questions. The two of them quickly talked about other things.

When the woman finished her work, the first thing she did was to run back to her parents' home.

Cen Huaian didn't know about the conversation between the hotel waiters. He went upstairs after dinner. He didn't plan to sleep in the afternoon, so he took out the test paper to do.

Now Cen Huaian is no longer pursuing how much his math level can be improved. He mainly wants to maintain the feel of doing questions so that he can perform at his best when the exam comes.

The exam will start in two days, but before two days, when Cen Huaian was having dinner in the hall with his teachers and classmates, a woman with mostly white hair suddenly rushed in front of him and reached out to grab his hand.

Cen Huaian dodged quickly. If there was no table in front of him, his legs would have kicked out.

"An An! It's me! I'm your grandma!"

Cen Huaian's eyes were filled with disgust and sinisterness: "I don't have a grandma."

The Wang Yulan in front of Cen Huaian has aged a lot. She is no longer as glamorous and arrogant as she was when she was a child.

At this time, Wang Yulan's face has many wrinkles, showing her old age. Except for the pitiful look between her eyebrows, she still looks like her, everything else is gone.

Teacher Jiang and other students reacted and stood up to protect Cen Huaian.

"What are you doing? We are all students who come to participate in the competition. If you dare to do anything, I will send you directly to the police station!"

Teacher Jiang's eyes were serious. Cen Huaian had never seen the smile on his face disappear so completely.

"I'm not a bad person, I'm really his grandma!"

Wang Yulan's tears fell from her eyes: "An An, look at grandma. You and your mother are so cruel. You left for so many years without even a message. Do you know how worried I am about you and how much I miss you?"

Cen Huaian: "My grandma died a long time ago. Teacher, I don't know where this crazy woman came from. I don't know her."

He didn't want to recognize anyone from the Luo family. If he wasn't afraid of affecting the subsequent competition, he might have personally thrown Wang Yulan out of the hotel.

Cen Huaian is not the kind of person who will be soft-hearted to the enemy, even if this person is his nominal relative, and it is the same even if he is scolded for being unfilial.

Teacher Jiang naturally believed his students and quickly called the hotel waiter and security.

At this time, a waiter ran out, supported Wang Yulan, and looked at Cen Huaian with anger in his eyes: "Cen Huaian! You and your mother are both ungrateful people. My mother raised you..."

Before she finished speaking, she was interrupted by Cen Huaian: "My mother has a salary, and she raised me with her salary, not your mother. And I don't know you, don't shout!"

Teacher Jiang shouted even louder, and the security guards and other waiters finally came over. Teacher Jiang directly complained to Luo Xiaomei and said that she would complain to them that this hotel is not safe and that letting people with problems in casually is affecting the safety of customers.

The hotel manager came over to deal with the matter urgently. If these participating students have problems in the hotel, the hotel will not only be held accountable by the competition organizers, but also by the government, and they will never receive such a good big order again.

Therefore, no matter what Wang Yulan and Luo Xiaomei said or shouted, the hotel security still dragged them out and threw them at the door.

"Are you a waiter in this hotel? You don't have to come to work in the future!"

It's difficult to bring your mother into the hotel, and it damages the interests of the hotel. No place will want such employees.

Luo Xiaomei finally realized what she had done and begged: "Manager, I was wrong. I will never do it again." It was

useless. The manager was too lazy to bother with them. He told the security guards at the door to keep an eye on the two and not let them enter the hotel. He went back directly.

The manager personally apologized to Cen Huaian and Teacher Jiang and served a few delicious dishes of the hotel to make Teacher Jiang reluctantly satisfied.

"In the future, you should pay attention to the people who come in. If they scare my students and affect the exam the day after tomorrow, then your hotel will be too drunk."

"Yes, yes, yes, we didn't do it well enough." The manager nodded repeatedly, understanding what Teacher Jiang meant, and became even more annoyed with Luo Xiaomei and the others.

After dinner, Cen Huaian picked up the phone and wanted to make a call, but after thinking about it, he put it down. He picked it up again and put it down again.

After a long while, Cen Huaian took a deep breath and called Chu Xia.

Chuxia immediately asked him: "How was it in the hotel? Did anything happen?"

Cen Huaian told Chuxia what he had done in the hotel in the past two days. Chuxia felt relieved a little. Suddenly, Cen Huaian said: "Mom, I met them."

Chuxia's heart tightened and her mouth was a little dry: "Who did you meet?" "

Grandma and aunt."

Chuxia: "They don't deserve you to call them that. Did they bully you? Did they want to ask you for our contact information?"

"No." Cen Huaian repeated what happened this afternoon to Chuxia: "I didn't recognize them. They were driven away by the hotel staff."

Chuxia said: "They won't let it go. An'an, don't worry about them for now, concentrate on the exam, and talk about them after you finish the exam."

"Mom, do you think I'm wrong for not acknowledging them?"

Chu Xia immediately said, "What's wrong? That's right! If I can cut off the relationship, I'll be the first one to cut it off!"

She hated the Luo family very much. During these years in Beijing, she never thought about them.

With the support of her mother, Cen Huaian raised the corners of her mouth: "Mom, I know."

Chu Xia hung up the phone with Cen Huaian, but she was even more worried.

"Zhengnian, I bought a flight to Liangzhou tomorrow. An An ran into the Luo family."

She rubbed her eyebrows, feeling very irritated.

Cen Zhengnian thought for a while and said, "An An has already dealt with the Luo family. If you go there now, it might disrupt the pace of his exam and make him more nervous."

Chu Xia: "I'll go first and don't let An An know. I'll go see him after he finishes the exam."

Cen Zhengnian was even more worried: "I'm worried about you facing the Luo family alone. I'll go to see the teacher tomorrow."

Cen Zhengnian knew how busy his work was. He didn't take good care of Chu Xia and An An before, and this time he wanted to stand in front of them.

"Your work?" Chu Xia frowned.

"No problem, I'll catch up when I get back."

Yan Hemin really didn't allow Cen Zhengnian to take leave, no matter what he said.

"Once you leave, it's not known how many days, the progress will be directly slowed down, and no one can replace your work."

Cen Zhengnian is currently in charge of the most important research project, so Yan Hemin cannot give him leave.

"If I give you leave, I can only give you one day off."

"One day is fine."

Chuxia: "One day is not enough. There are not so many flights, and you can't fly back. One day's leave is not enough."

At this time, Cen Huaian called: "Mom, you and Dad don't have to come."

Cen Huaian forgot to tell his mother yesterday, and called as soon as he woke up this morning.

"Mom, you have to believe in my ability to solve problems. I can solve them."

Chu Xia: "But..."

"Mom, I want to solve it myself."

Cen Huaian's words made Chu Xia unable to say she wanted to go. She said "OK."

After hanging up the phone, she frowned and looked at Cen Zhengnian: "An An doesn't want us to go. He doesn't need to be so strong."

Cen Zhengnian touched her head: "At his age now, he always hopes to prove his ability through something."

However, although Chu Xia did not go, she called Cen Huaian every day.

She knew that he took the exam, knew that he finished the exam, knew that the test paper was difficult, even more difficult than the questions in the city competition, but he finished it.

I also know that he went to find Bangzi and the others. Bangzi and the others have grown up. Although they still look childish, they can be seen to have a temperament different from other children.

Cen Huaian wanted to know what happened to the Luo family in recent years, and Bangzi told him directly.

"I knew you would ask, so I have always remembered it."

In recent years, Luo Ben's