During this period, she and her second uncle were happier than ever. They were no longer hostile to each other like in the past, and they no longer quarreled over every little thing. She liked the peaceful and quiet life she had now. However, in this peaceful life, there was a person who was the shackle of guilt that had always been around her neck.
"Xingxing, your phone has been ringing for a long time." Seeing that she had been holding the phone in a daze, Chen Cheng couldn't help but gently nudged her with his elbow, "What's wrong with you? You're so distracted."
Song Zhixing came back to his senses and smiled, "I've been studying too hard lately. I'll answer the phone first."
Chen Cheng nodded. Song Zhixing answered the phone and put it to his ear. Li Hanyan's voice came from the other end of the phone, "Are you still in class? It took you so long to answer the phone."
She always remained gentle to Song Zhixing.
"No." Song Zhixing replied, "I just... had too many books in my hands just now."
"You heartless girl, have you forgotten about me, your aunt? The day you left, you said you would keep in touch with me, but it's been so long and I haven't seen you call me once. If I hadn't called you today, would you never contact your aunt again?" There seemed to be both anger and doting in Li Hanyan's words.
Song Zhixing was in a heavy mood. Even though the other party couldn't see, she lowered her head. She didn't mean to do that. It was just that she felt so guilty that she didn't know how to face it. She could only force herself to forget. It seemed that if she didn't contact her aunt or meet her, she wouldn't have to think about this tangled triangle relationship.
"I'm sorry, auntie..." Song Zhixing apologized.
Li Hanyan laughed, "Are you serious? Auntie knows you've been having a hard time lately. I heard from your second uncle that you've moved to live in the school now."
"… Yeah. I've been staying here for a few days. Aunt, you called me, is there something wrong?"
"It's nothing. It's like this. Your second uncle's family invited me to have dinner with them tonight. Your second uncle's parents are also with us. I thought that you are also one of our family, so, auntie will come to pick you up later, okay?"
Song Zhixing hugged the book in his arms tightly, "You all met today... I guess you have something important to discuss, right?"
Li Hanyan smiled, "Isn't your fifth uncle getting married soon? Your grandfather and your great grandfather meant that after Tang Yi gets married, they will start arranging things for me and your second uncle. Recently, Uncle Tang and Aunt Tang finally came over, so we have to discuss the marriage tonight. Speaking of which, your second uncle and I are not young anymore."
Talking about marriage...
Song Zhixing stood there blankly holding the phone, feeling these three words piercing her eardrums one by one. She raised her eyes and looked into the distance for a long time, then retracted her gaze and asked softly, "What about my second uncle? Has my second uncle agreed to get married now?"
"Since you are willing to take me to meet your parents, I think your uncle's intention should be very clear." Li Hanyan seemed very happy. At the end, as if because Song Zhixing did not respond, she asked again: "Xingxing, why are you silent? Didn't you always hope that I would marry your uncle and want to bring us together? Don't you have anything to say to your aunt now?"
Song Zhixing wanted to say something hypocritical like "Congratulations" or "May you have a happy marriage", but she couldn't say it. She felt embarrassed to say even a word.
"Aunt, you are having a family gathering, so I won't go with you." After a while, Song Zhixing squeezed out a few words stiffly from her throat. As if trying to make her voice sound normal, she took a deep breath and continued, "I have already had dinner."
Li Hanyan didn't force it, "Okay then. In that case, auntie won't come to pick you up."
"good."
"You must do well in the exam. Your grandfather also said that he will come and pick you up personally."
Song Zhixing held the phone tightly, and her breathing became tighter. In the end, she did not tell her aunt that she had no plans to leave Jude City. At least, she had no such plans recently.
After hanging up the phone, Chen Cheng couldn't help but look at her twice more. Seeing that her face looked a little off, he was a little worried, "Are you okay?"
Song Zhixing's mind was still reverberating with the word "marriage" for a long time. After hearing Chen Cheng's question, it took him a while to finally come back to his senses. He shook his head and said, "Let's go back to the dormitory."
She didn't want to talk, so Chen Cheng naturally didn't ask. But it was obvious that she was worried. After putting down their books, the two of them went to the cafeteria to eat dinner. Song Zhixing was absent-minded and ate only a few bites at a time.
Chen Cheng couldn't help but want to ask several times, but Song Zhixing put down his chopsticks first, "Chengcheng, you eat first, I'll go back to the dormitory to make a phone call."
After saying that, without waiting for Chen Cheng to say anything, he collected the tableware in the restaurant and left in a hurry.
Because Tang Yu was reluctant to let Song Zhixing share a dormitory with several other students, she was a special case and lived in a single dormitory. Chen Cheng moved in to keep her company. After returning to the dormitory, Song Zhixing called Tang Yu directly.
Tang Yu's cell phone rang only briefly before he picked up the phone.
"Hello."
His voice came from the phone, and Song Zhixing suddenly felt much better. She knew Tang Yu's feelings for her aunt, and he didn't want to get married.
She thought for a moment before tentatively speaking, "I heard that your parents are here, Uncle. Although I have been in the Tang family for so many years, I have very few opportunities to see them. So, should I meet them?"
Song Zhixing originally thought that his second uncle would definitely arrange for them to meet. However, unexpectedly, after a moment of silence, he said, "Xingxing, there is no rush for you to meet them."
Song Zhixing's heart sank.
In fact, she was not mentally prepared to meet them, but after hearing him say that, she still felt disappointed. Some sour bubbles kept jumping in her chest.
He took his parents to see his aunt, but he was not in a hurry to see her, and his aunt was his nominal fiancée. What did he mean by this? She couldn't guess, so she couldn't help but think about it.
"You called me just to talk about this?" Tang Yu asked her.
"Ah, yes." Song Zhixing came back to his senses, and then lowered his voice, "It's okay, Second Uncle, you go do your thing. I have to do my homework! Bye!"
She hung up the phone without waiting for Tang Yu to say anything else. However, her tone was so wrong, and she emphasized the last two words "goodbye" so much, which was obviously a sign of anger. A shrewd person like Second Uncle would be able to easily hear that something was wrong.