It was already nine o'clock in the evening when he was sent home by the police car. Wen Liang evaded the main point and described what happened, positioning himself as a supporting role who helped everyone catch the thief. Even so, Ding Mei still shouted and looked around to see if he was injured. However, Wen Huaiming had had the previous experience and looked at Wen Liang differently. He was very happy and sighed that a tiger father will not have a dog son.
The next day, under the direct intervention of the Municipal Party Committee Propaganda Department, various media began to strongly promote the incident. First, Qingzhou Daily, as a party newspaper, reported the incident on the front page in a large article for the first time. It began with a brief description of the background and process of the incident, and then used passionate words to highly praise Xu Yao and Wen Liang for their courage and bravery in fighting against the criminals. They called them role models of contemporary youth and young heroes nurtured by the soil and water of Qingzhou, and called on young people in the city to learn from them. Finally, it was concluded that this was the remarkable achievement of Qingzhou in the construction of spiritual civilization under the leadership of the Municipal Party Committee and Municipal Government, and it was a concrete manifestation of Qingzhou's good social atmosphere and humanistic morality. This article was well-balanced and leak-proof. It was not lacking in calm and objective professional qualities, but also had a fascinating passion. It was really a brilliant writing. However, for the sake of protecting minors, the article only mentioned the names of Xu Yao and Wen Liang, saying that they had just graduated from junior high school, but did not elaborate on their family background and other personal situations.
Wen Liang took the newspaper from his father after returning from a run. After reading the article, he was speechless: "This is too much nonsense. I haven't even been interviewed, and I'm being 'publicized' like this?"
Wen Huaiming certainly didn't understand the profound meaning of the word "被". He patted Wen Liang on the head and scolded him with a smile, "You were still telling lies when you came back last night. How can you say that you and another girl caught the criminal together? Good boy, now you are like a man!"
Wen Liang rubbed his head and hissed like a thief, "Don't let mom hear it, and don't let her see the newspaper, otherwise she will worry and nag non-stop."
"Your mother is out. As for the newspaper, have you ever seen your mother touch anything related to paper since you were a child?"
Wen Liang laughed, pointed at Wen Huaiming and teased: "Be careful if my mother hears this, you will be miserable then..." Ding Mei herself is not well educated, but she is particularly concerned about other people using this as an excuse. If she really heard this, she would starve Wen for two or three days. Wen Huaiming knew that he had said something wrong, and subconsciously looked around. He immediately felt that he had lost his dignity in front of his son, and his face became serious. He scolded: "How do you talk to your father? Is your butt itchy again?"
Wen Liang had no intention of challenging his angry father. He shook his hand and smiled as he was about to leave. Just as he reached the door, he suddenly heard his father gently say behind him, "Wen Liang, although I agree with what you did yesterday, if... if there is a next time, you should call the police first, understand?"
Wen Liang's heart warmed. Over the years, although he knew that his father was very disappointed with him and scolded him more than loved him, he was still moved when he heard his always strict father say such words.
He didn't look back, just hummed heavily and walked out.
At noon, Qingzhou TV's Lunchtime News and Today's Focus programs all reported on the issue, interviewing Xu Yao, Tan Xue, and some of the people who participated. Wen Liang asked his father to decline the TV interview and slipped out alone. The TV station didn't care, and their publicity focus was on Xu Yao. In the evening, after the Qingzhou Evening News, which had the largest sales volume, and the Qingzhou Radio Station, which had a wide audience, reported on the issue, Xu Yao had become a household name, and Wen Liang became the unknown boy in the report who was "Xu Yao with the help of another boy", which was exactly what he wanted. After all, in the eyes of an uncle who had lived two lives, it was too boring to be in the limelight.
After two or three days of noise, the craze gradually subsided. Wen Liang was practicing boxing in the small playground that day when he suddenly saw Xu Yao walking towards him from a distance, wearing the same white dress she wore when they first met. Her long black hair was draped over her shoulders, and her slender legs were faintly visible in the sun. Her pretty face had a slight smile on it, which made the girl's purity and shyness look breathtaking.
When they got closer, Xu Yao, without saying hello, directed the two people following behind her to put up a parasol by the sand pool, and then spread out a foldable lounge chair like magic, erected a small and exquisite metal tripod next to the lounge chair, and then placed a small box on the tripod.
Wen Liang ignored her and continued practicing. He hooked his left foot on the ground, rotated it inward, jumped up and did a back kick, breaking the wooden board hanging in the air into two pieces.
"Great skill! This kick will definitely sweep across Qingzhou Kindergarten, great!"
The cute voice rang in his ears, and Wen Liang felt more and more uncomfortable. You are just sitting there enjoying yourself and making sarcastic remarks. Isn't that really too rude? He turned around and looked at the girl in white lying leisurely on the chair, and smiled, "Classmate, does despising me make you happy?"
"Not really," Xu Yao stood up with a smile, "but if despising you can make you feel less happy, I'll be happy."
"Harming others without benefiting yourself - Bai Kaixin, you have character!" Wen Liang gave a thumbs up, walked to Xu Yao, opened the box and saw that there were twenty steaming ice cream sticks inside. This little girl was so arrogant and put so much effort into it, it turned out that she wanted to treat herself to a meal.
Haha, she is really worthy of being Xu Yao. Even the way of expressing kindness is so hateful!
Wen Liang smiled bitterly and shook his head, took out an ice cream and started eating it, and kicked Xu Yao's white and tender calf under her skirt without any hesitation, "Go aside, let me sit down and rest for a while."
Xu Yao raised her eyebrows, her bright eyes were about to spit fire, and suddenly she remembered his back that day when he stood in front of her. Her heart softened, and she pouted and gave up her chair obediently. Wen Liang was just a lewd old man, flirting with a beautiful girl casually, but he never thought that it would actually succeed. He suddenly felt hesitant, was it a trick
Seeing his hesitation, Xu Yao was furious. Her eyes widened and she asked angrily, "Will you sit down or not?"
"Sit, of course I have to sit, I have to sit very loudly!" Wen Liang slid down on the chair. His movements were much faster than the day he jumped to save someone. He also put on a comfortable and mean look on his face. He was as hateful as he could be.
Xu Yao used to hate boys who were shameless, but now when she looked at Wen Liang, she didn't feel angry at all. She burst out laughing, kicked Wen Liang's feet that were placed on the front of the chair down, took an ice cream and sat down to eat it.
The wind blows gently, and the parasol blocks the sunlight from the world. An ordinary boy, covered in sweat, and a girl in white with fair skin and jade-like figure, are in this irritable summer day, in this quiet corner of the world, listening to the chirping of cicadas and looking at the white clouds. Occasionally, they turn their heads and their eyes meet inadvertently. They smile at each other, full of warmth.
In the next three days, every afternoon Xu Yao would bring this set of belongings to the small playground of the No. 7 family building on time, either jumping to cheer Wen Liang, or lying on a chair and saying some sarcastic words. When Wen Liang couldn't stand it anymore and glared at him, Xu Yao would laugh and shut up like a winner, showing that she didn't want to argue with you. After that, the two of them would lie on the chairs and eat ice cream, chatting about some strange topics. Neither of them was easy to deal with, and they would often almost fight while chatting, and the scene was often hilarious.
Wen Liang also invited Xu Yao to compete again, but was rejected. The poor uncle had no idea what the little girl was thinking. We didn't know each other well before, so it was okay for us to have a fight, and we didn't need to care too much about it. But now he wants to fight with you again, regardless of his image and with his hair disheveled. That's a fool!
Happy times always disappear as fast as the RMB in your pocket. On the fourth day, Wen Liang was notified early in the morning to go to the city to attend the Qingzhou Top Ten Communist Youth League Members Commendation Conference. Wen Huaiming specially found a brand-name suit to wear. These days, colleagues in the city always praise Wen Liang when they see him, which makes the recently marginalized Wen feel a little proud. Although the external publicity reports did not mention Xu Yao and Wen Liang's family background, Qingzhou is a small place. What can be hidden from the eyes of people in the circle? Wen Huaiming even knew that those people's original intention was not to praise Wen Liang. All of this, including Wen Liang's being one of the top ten, was just because of the girl's fame.
Although Wen Huaiming was serious, he was not a fool. He found out everything the next day after the incident and knew Xu Yao's identity. However, he did not explain it to Wen Liang. He even pretended to be unaware of the two children fighting each other every day on the playground on the west side of the yard.
When children play together, it is friendship, and others can't say anything if they know about it, but if you shamelessly try to get close to them, it is almost shameless, which Wen Huaiming can't do, and he doesn't want to do it. And now that he is recognized by the outside world as Xu Fuyan's man, he has to keep a distance from him in private, otherwise his reputation will be too bad.
Wen Liang looked at his father with a beaming face in confusion and said, "What's going on? Didn't the top ten Communist Youth League members have been decided long ago? How did I get elected?" He had heard Wen Huaiming mention this matter some time ago. It was a part of Qingzhou's spiritual civilization construction activities this year. The review was completed half a month ago. How come he was suddenly selected now
Wen Huaiming smiled but said nothing. It was already decided, so it can be changed! (To be continued)