【42.】

  If you have a child who always ranks first in the class every time he takes an exam, would you still worry about him when he's taking the college entrance examination? In most cases, people will be confident, after all, he is so excellent. It's unlikely that he won't get into any university.

  But I forgot, Shen Zhong is absolutely not someone who can be inferred with common sense. His grades are not worth mentioning, he was the top scorer in the science section of our province's college entrance examination that year. In fact, this champion has a bit of water, his family has great power and influence, and somehow managed to get him a provincial-level "Three Good Student" award, which added quite a few points.

  Later, I asked him about this provincial three-good student. He said it was when his sister Shen Yao came that time, had dinner with Old Man Wang, and handled this matter.

  Awesome!

  I was shocked after hearing that, and my jaw almost dropped. How could he be so shameless while eating on the same day? And his temper is unpredictable, what's good about him?!

  Is there justice in this world?

  Alright, let's talk about this later. Anyway, there are many things that you, young master, have done to anger both heaven and men. That's not what I want to say.

  What I want to say is that the young master's words before the exam, "Because I don't like listening to adults nagging", are really not just for fun, this guy indeed has his own ideas.

  Originally, a university student should have a bright future. But what about Shen Duan? If he followed the rules and conventions, would he still be himself?

  So when my mother-in-law called me to say that her son had applied to another school, I wasn't surprised at all. On the contrary, she was very anxious: "You'd better come and persuade him, he's been arguing with his father from morning till night for four or five times already, and who knows how many times he's slammed down the phone! Poor me, at my age, still having to suffer from such anxiety."

  It's really pitiful, Su Ma is already at such an old age, yet she still has to worry about this. I'm not clear about the specific situation either, so I can only try to comfort her by saying: "Su Ma, don't be anxious for now, you also know Shen Dong's temperament, when he gets angry, he becomes unreasonable and doesn't care about anything. Let's just ignore him and let him calm down on his own."

  "Alas... you don't know him..." Su's mother let out a deep sigh, looking very troubled. After a while, she continued, "If it's convenient for you, come over and I think now only you can manage him."

  "Okay okay, I'll be right there."

  The person on the other end of the phone finally let out a sigh of relief.

  I rushed over, Su's mother was standing at the door looking around restlessly. When she saw me coming, it was as if she had seen what she wanted to see, and without saying a word, she came up and took my hand, leading me upstairs while muttering to herself: "Just persuade him to calm down, don't argue with his father again. Everything has already gone according to his wishes, so just stop making trouble!"

  The most speechless thing is that I am confused and don't know how Shen Dong can still provoke his own father, and can only respond with his mouth.

  Pushing open the door, Shen Duan was lying on the bed with his back to the door. Hearing someone opening the door, he said: "Su Ma, I'm fine, don't want to eat."

  "Starve you to death!"

  He heard my voice and immediately turned around: "How did you come?"

  I pouted and pretended to leave: "Don't want to watch, I'm out of here."

  He jumped out of bed and took a big stride to get in front of me, his hand tightly grasping my wrist: "Now that you're here, you can't leave."

  "Hey, who made this rule?"

  Shen Duan raised an eyebrow, with a charming and flirtatious expression: "I've decided, young master."

  I crossed my arms over my chest and looked at him: "How can you have such a big temper?"

  He didn't say anything, just quietly looked at me.

  "You don't even put your own family's old master in your eyes, do you? Is there anyone in this world who can control you?"

  Shen Dang finally smiled upon hearing this: "How could I not? It's right in front of you. Go ask around, when have you ever heard anyone educate me like that?"

  "Thank you, I'm grateful. Don't praise me too much, it's more than I can bear."

  He suddenly hugged me, pressing my head into his chest: "You don't know what I've done wrong, if you knew, you'd definitely be the first to blame me."

  I was thinking gloomily that Shen Zong, this naughty kid, actually resorted to violence. Someone was seriously talking to him about facts and reason, but he just came up and solved the problem with force.

  "I guessed it as soon as Su's mom wanted you to come." He nibbled on my ear with his teeth, "She now regards you as a fairy daughter."

  There was a hint of dissatisfaction in his words, so I joked with him: "That's only if you're willing to foot the bill. Otherwise, next time don't buy my account and we'll both save ourselves some trouble!"

  He hugged me tightly: "You're just right, I have no way with you!"

  His voice is not loud, but it's so touching. To have someone unconditionally dote on you and love you in this life is a great blessing for a woman. I can only sigh that fate is unpredictable, and the cycle of life is uncertain - who knows who will meet whom? Did I do some great good deed in my past life to deserve meeting him in this life?

  After a moment of silence, no one spoke, and I finally couldn't help but ask: "What's wrong with you?"

  He didn't say a word, and I spoke in an unpleasant tone: "What's the big deal? Can't even talk to me?"

  He sighed and said: "It's not that I don't want to say... What do I have to hide from you? It's just... I'm afraid that if I say it, you'll only add more worries to your heart."

  After hearing this, I felt a slight discomfort in my heart and my tone also softened: "Don't need to be polite with me, sister, I have a strong heart, just say it."

  Shen Duan hesitated for a long time before saying in a low voice, "I've already reported the university you took the postgraduate entrance exam to... The admission letter has been sent to our old house in Beijing."

  Awesome!

  I let go of him and stared at him: "Really?"

  He nodded.

  "What's up?"

  "Don't say that..."

  I suddenly understood why he did that, it's just that he thought it wasn't worth it. He muttered: "But your grades are so good..."

  Shen Diao smiled and leaned over to kiss my nose: "You're just like a little wife."

  "Go!"

  I pushed him, and he took advantage of the momentum to grab my hand, put it on his lips and kissed me. My heart was racing, and I couldn't help but sigh that no matter how many times this guy teased me, I still couldn't be calm about it.

  "Yao Jia." He looked at me, his voice suddenly very gentle. "In the past, I had many bad habits and liked to be extravagant, spending money without restraint. But after meeting you...I began to think about our future. With your personality, if I were a useless rich boy, you definitely wouldn't give me a second glance. So for me, studying is no longer just to appease my parents. Don't get angry when I say this, but actually in the past...I was always waiting for my old man to arrange my future, after all it's better than planning it myself. He has many connections and saves me a lot of effort."

  As I looked at him, I suddenly felt that this little me three years old was so mature and steady, as if the years had not dug a big gap between us.

  "But it's different now, my future, Shen Dong, only you can decide. Others don't even think about using money to tie me down. I enrolled in this school, indeed to be closer to you. But I'm not that naive and reckless, if I don't do well in school, you'll definitely be the first one to blame yourself, at that time I will be heartbroken..."

  I nodded, roughly understanding what he meant.

  "Yao Jia, before I met you, I thought that's all my life would be like. But now that I've met you, my life has just begun. You just do what you like to do. From now on, everything will have me. Got it?"

  He stroked my hair: "From now on, you don't have to worry about becoming ugly or fat, because no matter what, I will love you. I love everything about you, not just your appearance. You can be more spoiled because I will pamper you. When we get to Beijing, you'll know that the people I spoil are generally respected by others. If you like learning, then learn. If you don't like it, you don't have to struggle for a living. You can read more books that you like, without having to fight with others for scholarships. You don't have to worry about exams tomorrow and not having fun... School has activities you don't want to participate in, we don't have to force ourselves for those few credits... Liu Jia... I'll take care of you."

  I was moved to tears, although I knew that at this moment I should say some warm words, but as a person who is not good at being sentimental, I could only joke: "You said it, don't forget."

  Shen Diao smiled and pinched the flesh on my waist: "It can be a bit more meaty here. It's more comfortable to hug when it's fatter."

  "Okay! Then I won't lose weight."

  In my impression, Shen Duan is not a person who likes to show his emotions on his face. He is extremely calm in front of people and doesn't like to talk much. Such gentleness is rarely seen.

  I also don't know if it was just a momentary whim or a real vow.

  Let time be the witness...

  "Actually, Shen Zhong..." I looked at him "I also have something to say to you."

  "What?"

  I smiled: "Even if one day you become old and ugly, bald and wrinkled all over your face... plump..."

  He frowned: "Is this what they call women's vocabulary?"

  My awkward response was: "I think it's quite rhymey..."

  Shen Duan couldn't help but laugh: "Just get straight to the point, no need for rhymes. I also know you're not a talented person..."

  I pinched him hard, and when I saw him gritting his teeth, I stopped and continued: "That is to say... I don't dare say forever, but I think the probability of meeting a better man than you in this life is almost zero. So, I won't bother with that effort either. Since you're so good, I'll reluctantly accept you."

  After finishing, he didn't respond for half a moment, and I thought he hadn't understood. Just as I was thinking of how to rephrase it more tactfully, he suddenly grasped my hand tightly, looking at me incredulously: "Say that again?"

  I smiled smugly: "Good words aren't said twice la la la la la~"

  He suddenly hugged me again: "It's great... Liu Jia, it's great..."

  Yes... it's really good.

  From then on, life was half and half. Not lonely, not desolate. No longer self-pitying, no longer searching.