Before we knew it, it was early September, and schools started reopening one after another.
Zhang Jiayi and Li Mengting also returned to school. Amid Jin Wenyao's wails, Xia Wenxi arranged to have dinner with the two of them.
Jin Wenyao: [Those were the days when school was the best...]
Jin Wenyao: [When you eat, remember to order a few more dishes, just pretend I'm here too.]
Jin Wenyao's words left the three of them speechless, as they had previously thought she was doing quite well as the factory manager based on her social media posts.
In response, Jin Wenyao stated: "Everyone's posts on WeChat Moments are carefully crafted and cannot be trusted."
Xia Wenxi arranged to meet the two at the mall. After dinner, they planned to go see a movie together. Her parents hadn't come home yet. Lately, all she did was study. There was no one at home to talk to. Her days were fulfilling but boring.
During the meal, Zhang Jiayi told the two, "This summer vacation is the longest I've ever spent at home. I used to always want to leave after two days, but now I think I was really being unreasonable."
When Xia Wenxi met Zhang Jiayi and Li Mengting this time, she felt that the two seemed a little different from before. If she had to say, they both seemed more confident.
"There's plenty of time in the future, so just go back more often."
Zhang Jiayi nodded. She had come to a lot of understanding during this time. In the past, she had been stubborn and always took other people's words to heart, but she had neglected the feelings of her own family.
“I used to feel wronged, but actually my family is very good to me, especially my sister. She is so good to me, but the way I acted before would make her the subject of gossip, with people saying that she was bullying her own sister.”
When Zhang Jiayi returned home this time, the two sisters had a heart-to-heart talk, and their relationship was much better than before.
“You’re family, so your sister won’t care about what outsiders say.”
Zhang Jiayi smiled and nodded, "Yes, I've figured it all out."
Inspired by Zhang Jiayi's words, Li Mengting also took the initiative to share her own experiences.
"I recently went home to transfer my household registration to the school's collective household registration."
Xia Wenxi had heard about Zhang Jiayi returning home, but they didn't know about Li Mengting's return home; the three of them had always assumed she had been working during this time.
Thinking of Li Mengting's mother and younger brother, Xia Wenxi asked with concern, "When you went back to transfer your household registration, did your parents give you any trouble?"
"No, I didn't let them know before I went back. I went directly to the village committee and then went to their house with the village committee members. My parents didn't dare to make things difficult for me. As soon as things were settled, I came back immediately."
As Li Mengting spoke, she put down her chopsticks and told the two of them about her recent thoughts.
"Coming to Fanshi for school was my first time in such a big city. At that time, I didn't think too much. I just thought that I would never go back and that I wanted to stay here."
At this point, Li Mengting was a little embarrassed. "You all saw what happened last time. Even though I'm here, my parents can still find me. I don't think they'll let me off so easily. So I've changed my mind. If I stay in Fan City, I still won't have peace and quiet after graduation."
"You have new plans now?"
"Well, I need to go somewhere my parents can't find me, but that needs to be thought out carefully."
When Li Mengting talked about her plans, her eyes sparkled even through her glasses.
Zhang Jiayi held her hand and said, "You have good grades and work hard, so you can go anywhere in the future."
"Wenxi, you don't know, I wasn't a very serious student at first. It was Mengting who influenced me in college, and I started going to the library to study every day. It's a coincidence that we're in the same dorm now that we're in graduate school."
The master's students' dorm rooms are for two people, and the two of them happened to be assigned to the same room, so they will be roommates for the next three years.
"We're waiting for you at school, Wenxi."
Speaking of this, Xia Wenxi couldn't help but sigh. Since September, her study habits have deteriorated significantly, and sometimes she even gets angry while memorizing texts.
"Taking the postgraduate entrance exam is really not an easy thing. Sometimes I want to hurry up and get to December so I can finish the exam as soon as possible, but other times I feel that time is passing too fast and I don't have enough time."
Zhang Jiayi and Li Mengting, having been through similar experiences, comforted Xia Wenxi a lot after hearing her words. The three of them even went to see a movie together that evening.
Perhaps because she had confided her worries, Xia Wenxi felt much lighter when she got home.
Counting the time, her parents will be back soon. Although her parents didn't always stay at home before, now that they're not here, Xia Wenxi feels that the house is much emptier.
The next day, Xia Wenxi opened her eyes to find her parents saying they wouldn't be coming back for the time being.
They and some old friends planned to go somewhere else for a few more days.
[Mom and Dad, have fun, don't worry about me!]
Xia Wenxi said that, but after seeing the photos her parents sent, she suddenly didn't want to stay at home anymore.
Soon, she remembered the gift Xia Wensheng had given her for her birthday. It was such a waste to leave the house empty, so why didn't she go and stay there for a while?
Xia Hengyuan and Ke Shurong, a married couple, already felt sorry for their daughter being alone at home. When they heard that their daughter wanted to go out, they immediately expressed their full support.
Ke Shurong (mother of two): [Little Bao, you can also go and see how our Peppa and George are doing. They must have grown quite a bit!]
George and Paige...
Xia Wenxi had almost forgotten that there were two other family members there. It seemed that she had no choice but to go this time!
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