There are several class placement tests before the high school entrance exam.
Ever since the senior student started having an affair with someone else, Ah Han's interest in studying has plummeted, and his grades have been hovering around 14th or 15th place.
Xiao Hai looked anxious. He talked to her several times, but she always retorted with jokes.
After school in the evening.
Xiao Hai was called over by the teacher. The teacher looked at the report card and asked incredulously: "Xiao Hai, what's wrong with you recently? Your test scores have been getting worse and worse, and you've fallen out of the top ten."
Xiao Hai said nothing, she lowered her head and looked at the ground.
This is the move she uses most often to evade.
The teacher said earnestly: "Although the high school entrance examination is not as important as the college entrance examination, the teacher also hopes that you will pay attention. You are obviously the first in our class."
She still counts on Xiaohai to support her.
"I've called your mother, please go back."
The teacher's words made Xiaohai's face turn pale, and she didn't even know how she walked back to the classroom.
Even when Ah Han said something to her, Xiao Hai seemed not to hear clearly and just laid down on the table.
Ruan Yihan calculated the days and was a little puzzled. It was still some time before Xiaohai's period came. What happened to her
With a sly look in his eyes, he said, "I heard that the boy in the next class who is both the school idol and the top student seems to like Xiao Hai. Has the teacher found out?"
Jiang Zhenyue was fiddling with her paintings. At her age, she had already shown an immense passion for painting. The only thing that could keep her sitting in a chair for half an hour was painting.
She paused and looked at Ruan Yihan.
Ruan Yihan rolled her eyes and kicked Wangwang's chair: "Stop talking nonsense. My sister is studying hard and making progress every day. How could she have anything to do with premature love?"
Wangwang felt very aggrieved. "It's not what it is, why are you so angry?"
Ruan Yihan snorted coldly. She was more than just angry. After hearing Wangwang say that about Xiaohai, she even wanted to pull her dog ears off.
Wangwang: "That's right. Otherwise, why did Xiaohai's ranking drop so quickly in the past few exams? If it's not puppy love, what is it?"
Facing Wangwang’s solemn promise.
Ah Han had a cold face. She touched her chin and stared at Xiao Hai who was lying on the table for a while without saying a word.
Until Suyun came to pick up the two children.
She found that both of them were not in a good state. She wanted to make some jokes with them, but they didn't seem to want to pay attention to her, so Suyun shut up. She just secretly looked at the two children through the rearview mirror with a puzzled look on her face.
Ruan Yihan is not someone who can hold back on her worries. She tugged at Xiao Hai and asked, "Why aren't you studying hard lately?"
Xiao Hai glanced at her and looked listless.
She had actually been studying all the time, she just controlled her scores and ranking on the test paper.
Ruan Yihan asked quietly: "Is what they said about you and the school hunk next door true?"
School hunk
Xiao Hai was stunned. She blinked her eyelashes and looked at Ruan Yihan. After a moment, she raised her hand and grabbed Ruan Yihan's face: "Idiot!"
Ruan Yihan shouted "idiot" very angrily. Although she was grimacing in pain, she had a smile on her face.
She and Xiaohai have already developed a tacit understanding after getting along for half a year.
Seeing Xiao Hai like this, you know that the rumor must be false.
Arrived home.
I actually saw an unexpected guest.
Qin Qin actually rushed back. She came back alone and seemed to be very busy. She didn’t even bring a suitcase, just a simple bag.
Ruan Nian was drinking tea with her, smiling slightly, but the smile was a little awkward.
Seeing his two children and his wife coming in, Ruan Nian stood up suddenly. He looked at Su Yun for help. When Su Yun saw Qin Qin's face, she knew that she was doomed.
Xiao Hai saw that Qin Qin's face was also pale and her hands suddenly became cold. Ruan Yihan felt very distressed when she saw this. She raised her hand and held her hand.
Qin Qin snorted coldly. She looked at Xiao Hai and took a deep breath: "Come with me."
After all, it's in someone else's house.
She couldn't just lose her temper.
But the more this happens, the more frightening it becomes.
Xiao Hai bit her lip and walked over with her head down. Ruan Yihan grabbed her hand. Qin Qin glanced at Ruan Yihan, and Xiao Hai lowered her head and slowly let go of her hand.
The study door was closed.
No one knew what Qin Qin and Xiao Hai were doing.
Xiao Hai just heard Qin Qin's low and suppressed scolding, and he didn't say a word from beginning to end.
Suyun and Ruannian looked at each other. They both knew Qin Qin and knew that speaking for Xiaohai at this time would only add fuel to the fire.
Ruan Yihan paced back and forth outside the door. When she heard Xiaohai's low, suppressed crying from the room, she couldn't help it anymore. Her eyes turned red and she walked straight to the study and knocked on the door.
At first, Ah Han knocked with her palms, but in the end, she just used her fists to hit, "Open the door, open the door!!!"
Ruan Yihan's tears fell as she smashed the balls. This frightened Ruan Nian and Su Yun. Didn't they know what kind of personality their child had? Over the years, not to mention scolding, even Su Yun, who was mad at her for fighting, had spanked her, but what about her? She would smile or just pretend to howl. Tears like this...
The door was pushed open with a creaky sound.
Qin Qin walked out with a dark face. She looked at Ruan Yihan, then looked at her tearful face, and was slightly surprised.
She also knew about Ah Han's personality and had heard some things from Haikun. He said that she was naturally generous and didn't take small things to heart. She was very optimistic and he had never seen her cry.
And now…
Ruan Yihan looked at Qin Qin with hatred. She looked into the room and saw Xiao Hai squatting on the ground hugging her with her hair hanging down, and next to her was a deformed clothes hanger.
Ruan Yihan pushed Qin Qin hard, and she rushed over and hugged Xiaohai.
Ruan Nian and Su Yun's faces changed when they looked at the clothes rack. Su Yun took a deep breath and suppressed her emotions: "Sister-in-law, please go into the house first and let the child take a break."
Ruan Nian also didn't say anything. He looked at Xiao Hai, and at his daughter who was hugging her and crying. The grown man's eyes turned slightly red.
Maybe it's because of different thoughts.
He really didn't understand why Qin Qin did such a heinous thing to Xiao Hai
Xiao Hai squatted on the ground. She looked at Ruan Yihan and reached out to wipe the tears from her face: "Ahhan, don't cry."
Ruan Yihan squatted and hugged her at first, but later, she felt uncomfortable and suffocated, so she simply sat on the ground and hugged Xiaohai.
Xiao Hai huddled in her arms. She said softly, "It's okay. It's really okay. I'm used to it."
Ruan Yihan grabbed her arm and looked at the dark red mark on her arm, tears streaming down her face. "Why are you holding it in? If you feel uncomfortable, just cry. Doesn't it hurt?"
pain
Xiao Hai looked at Ruan Yihan. She did feel pain, but Qin Qin had treated her like this since she was very young, and she was used to it. At first, Xiao Hai would cry, but Qin Qin would beat her even harder, and she would tell her to “Shut up and bear it!” Later, Xiao Hai stopped crying.
But now...
Looking at Ruan Yihan's tears, Xiaohai didn't know why, but tears also started falling.
Ruan Yihan was filled with grief. She hugged Xiaohai tightly.
As a teenager, she didn't know why she felt such a mixture of grief and anger in her heart.
She was just resentful.
I resented myself for being too young and that my strength was too weak to protect Xiaohai.
She swore secretly in her heart.
When she grows up, she will definitely protect Xiaohai from the wind and rain and never let anyone hurt or bully her again, not even her own mother.
In the living room.
Qin Qin's eyes were also red, she held the teacup: "Sister-in-law, I know what you want to say to me."
In fact, she regretted beating Xiao Hai every time, but she just couldn't control herself.
She took a sip of tea and murmured, "You know... I'm a little different from you."
She has been an orphan since childhood.
She was chosen by Mr. Qin from the orphanage and taken home.
In her life, there is no pride of being a "chosen one". Instead, it is the anxiety and inferiority hidden deep inside that keeps pushing her forward.
She knew that Xiao Hai was the only heir to the Qin family.
Therefore, she wanted to make herself better, no worse than anyone else, and trample under her feet all those who looked down on the Qin family in the past, and trample under her feet all those who looked down on her and her mother and said that they had become phoenixes by flying up the tree.
This thought was too violent, like a ball of fire, tearing Qin Qin apart all the time.
She was so angry that she attacked Xiao Hai today.
This child was stubborn when he was young, but he still listened to her.
She asked Xiaohai why there were so many landslides and when he would be able to catch up, but Xiaohai just lowered his head and remained silent.
That silence irritated her. Qin Qin's hands were still shaking. Ruan Nian lowered her voice and said, "Go and have a rest first. After all, this is a matter concerning the child. We'll talk to Xiao Hai later."
Qin Qin shook her head, her eyes dim, "No, I have to catch a flight back at 8 o'clock in the evening."
Suyun was surprised. Did she come back after all this trouble just for Xiaohai's test results
Such love...
Until dinner time in the evening.
Xiao Hai kept her head down, as if she was really used to it all, and ate in silence.
Ruan Yihan was unhappy. She stared at Qin Qin with her eyes, as if she wanted to dig her heart out.
Qin Qin saw Ah Han's hatred, but instead of being angry, she felt somewhat comforted.
In fact, she hasn't seen her daughter for a long time. If it weren't for her grades, she would also want to hug her daughter.
Xiaohai's condition has improved a lot. He no longer has those faint dark circles under his eyes, and even his eyes are brighter.
This must have something to do with the two children getting along well.
But sometimes, maternal love and the fire in one's heart would tear and entangle each other, and Qin Qin could not control them well.
"Mom will be gone soon."
Qin Qin looked at Xiao Hai, she exhaled lightly, and placed an ivory comb next to her hand.
Xiaohai likes all kinds of combs, just like Ahan likes to collect car models.
"You and Ahan are fine."
Qin Qin touched Xiao Hai's hair, her eyes reddened: "Study hard, Mom..."
The word "I'm sorry" was never said.
Xiao Hai, who had been drinking porridge silently, was stiff, but ripples appeared in the bowl.
Ah Han, who usually fell asleep as soon as he touched the pillow, tossed and turned that day and couldn't sleep for some reason.
She felt hot all the time, so she pulled back the quilt. Xiao Hai wasn't asleep either, so she covered her up again.
Ruan Yihan gritted her teeth and threw the quilt aside again. She looked at Xiao Hai and asked, "Why?"
Xiao Hai was silent. Under the moonlight, she was extremely beautiful, with her long hair draped over her shoulders as she looked at Ruan Yihan.
Ruan Yihan was angry, "Tell me, you can hide it from your parents, but you can't hide it from me, why didn't you study hard?"
Really, she basically eats, drinks, defecates and urinates with Xiaohai now, doesn’t she know what her condition is
There was no romance at all.
There is nothing careless about it.
She still gets up before dawn in the morning, and if it weren't for the fear of disturbing her sleep, she would probably study until late at night.
Moreover, Xiaohai has started to learn German on his own, which means he is learning ahead of time.
Xiao Hai didn't say anything. She lowered her head and sat up. Seeing her like this, Ruan Yihan felt distressed and angry. She knew Xiao Hai and couldn't help but provoke her: "Will you tell me or not?"
Xiao Hai lowered his head.
Ruan Yihan was angry. She stood up and was about to go out. Xiaohai grabbed the corner of her pajamas and asked in a trembling voice, "Where are you going?"
Ruan Yihan turned her head and looked at her coldly: "I won't sleep with you anymore. I'm going to the guest room. I'll come back when you say so."
As she was about to walk out, Xiao Hai grabbed the corner of her clothes tightly, "Don't go..."
Her eyes were red.
Ruan Yihan hardened her heart and tried to pull her hand away, but Xiaohai held her tightly. Ruan Yihan's pajamas were very slippery, and it was useless for Xiaohai to hold her tightly. She pulled away, picked up the bear on the ground and walked out without looking back.
Walk out of the bedroom and close the door.
Ruan Yihan was really angry and wanted to leave, but for some reason, at this time, she couldn't walk anymore.
She let out a long breath, stood at the door, threw her bear to the ground with all her strength, jumped on it and stomped on it hard with both feet.
I told you not to say it!
I make you feel uncomfortable but you don’t say anything!
Even if it hurts you, you won’t resist!
…
After stepping on the door for a long time, Ruan Yihan felt that the anger in her heart had been released a little, so she secretly opened a crack in the door and looked inside.
Just one glance was enough to break her heart.
When he first transferred here, Xiaohai didn’t cry when he was bullied by his classmates.
She was scolded by Qin Qin again and again, even when the clothes rack was bent, but she didn't cry.
And now…
She curled up on the bed, hugged herself, and burst into tears.
The heartache at that moment.
Ruan Yihan was so upset that she wanted to beat herself up. She ran in and hugged Xiao Hai: "Why are you crying? Don't I just want to know why?"
Xiao Hai was shaking with tears, she was crying so hard that she couldn't control herself. She held Ruan Yihan tightly in her arms: "Don't go... Ah Han, don't go..."
Ruan Yihan has always felt that she has been domineering and invincible for so many years, and nothing can knock her down.
But now, amid Xiaohai's tears, her defenses completely collapsed.
Not only did she not leave, she also hugged Xiao Hai and coaxed her with a solemn promise: "Oh, I get it, my sister Xiao Hai, don't cry, okay? I swear, I won't leave, and I will never leave you alone."
Took a long time to coax him.
Xiao Hai felt better, but he was still sobbing softly for a long time.
Ruan Yihan felt that her clothes were wet with her tears. When she was about to get up to change her clothes, Xiao Hai suddenly grabbed her, thinking that she wanted to leave.
Ruan Yihan turned her head and was about to speak, but Xiaohai looked at her with red eyes and said softly, "I did not do well on the test on purpose."
Ruan Yihan was stunned for a moment, she couldn't help but ask: "Why?"
She knew how afraid Xiao Hai was of Qin Qin. She instinctively tensed up, just like when she got an injection.
If she was so afraid of someone, what reason could make her deliberately fail the exam? Why would she not let go even after being beaten
Xiao Hai sniffed and said softly, "I don't want to go to the key class because you are not there."