When the final scores are announced, some are happy while others are sad.
Zhao Shu ranked second to last in the class. She has been proud of it since the moment she saw the score. This year, she can finally have a good Spring Festival.
She whistled, and when she passed Qin Yu's window, she restrained her smile a little and comforted him: "It's okay. Getting last place in the exam once doesn't mean you'll be last every time. Look at me, I'm second to last now."
Qin Yu: "Thank you." He reminded her in advance: "Enjoy your second-to-last place at home during the holidays. When the monthly exam comes next semester, you will be back to the last place."
"Can't you say something auspicious?" Zhao Shu almost choked as she recited it. Her final score was more than 30 points higher than Qin Yu's. Does this mean that she can surpass him just by doing so
It's a joke.
She didn't bother with someone who didn't do well in the exam, and took newspapers and rags to clean the house.
Qin Yu's phone vibrated, he took it out and saw that it was a call from his father. Without any hesitation, he hung up and replied: "I'm at school."
Father: Got it.
The textbooks for the next semester were distributed in advance, and the main subject teacher gave us several stacks of test papers, which are the winter vacation homework.
Pu Chen frowned slightly when she saw so much winter vacation homework. She still had to help Qin Yu write another one. How would she spend this winter vacation
Qin Yu touched her arm with her hand warmer and said, "Just help me with two English test papers for the winter vacation homework. I will do the rest myself."
Pu Chen stated: I promised to help you with your winter vacation homework, so I must help you with it. It doesn’t matter, it’s not much.
Qin Yu: "I'm not being polite. I've decided to study hard, so I have to start by doing my winter vacation homework seriously, right?"
Pu Chen nodded.
Qin Yu took two English test papers and gave them to her: "Just a token of my appreciation." He changed the subject: "I don't need you to do my winter vacation homework, but it's not that I don't have other things to trouble you with."
Pu Chen was always nice to him: It's no trouble, just tell me what's the matter.
Qin Yu looked at her. It seemed like a long time to not see her during the winter vacation. He had to find an excuse to go see her. "If I encounter any questions when doing my winter vacation homework, I will ask you for help. I will go to your store."
This was exactly what Pu Chen wanted. She pretended to be nonchalant and said, "No problem. If you are too busy to go to the store during the holidays, just ask me on the phone."
But it's best to go find her in the store.
Qin Yu: "During the winter vacation, I have nothing to do except studying."
Pu Chen didn't know how to respond for a moment.
But there was one thing that bothered her, so she asked him: How come you got exactly 80 points in all four subjects
Qin Yu took the stack of test papers on her desk and sorted them out for her, saying, "It depends on your ability, and maybe luck."
Pu Chen was embarrassed to ask him to tidy it up, so I did it myself.
Qin Yu pointed his chin at his own test paper and said, "Help me sort it out. Everyone is lazy. Let's help each other in the future and force ourselves to be more serious."
Pu Chen actually felt that what he said made sense. If she were the one organizing the test papers for him, she would never be as careful and serious as she was now.
After organizing the test papers, Pu Chen packed his schoolbag and prepared to clean the room.
Since she changed her seat, she and Qin Yu are on duty in the same group.
Qin Yu ordered her: "I will mop the floor, and you will be responsible for moving the chairs. You will move the chairs to the table I mop the floor to."
Pu Chen nodded obediently.
Qin Yu took charge of the mopping job, and Pu Chen followed him and moved chairs until the entire classroom floor was mopped clean.
"Pu Chen, I'm leaving first." Qin Yu picked up his backpack and left the classroom from the back door, opening his phone with one hand to check the message.
Pu Chen noticed that he was in a hurry and thought he was in a hurry to meet someone.
Zhao Shu was responsible for finishing the duty work. She also had to wait for several friends from other classes, so she asked Pu Chen and the other two students on duty to go home first and leave the rest of the work to her.
Pu Chen didn't hesitate to be polite. He put on his backpack and walked out of the classroom through the front door.
Just now, Qin Yu went down the west stairs, and she quickly went down the east stairs.
Everyone on campus wore the same school uniform, but Pu Chen could see Qin Yu in the crowd at a glance. He was looking down at his phone and then answered a call.
She couldn't hear what he said because they were far away.
Even when they reached the school gate, he didn't look back and she didn't overtake him.
Today the school gate was crowded with cars picking up students, and the road was completely blocked.
Pu Chen watched Qin Yu walk towards one of the cars, which was a Shanghai-licensed luxury car. This car should be the one to take him home.
She withdrew her gaze, crossed the zebra crossing and walked into the alley.
As the year draws to a close, my father is very busy every day. Right now, there are three or four cars waiting to have their batteries replaced at the door.
Pu Chen took out a certificate of honor for the Progress Award and waved it in front of his father.
Pu Wanli was very satisfied and gave his daughter a thumbs up.
The little girl in the shop next door also officially had her winter vacation today. She thought Pu Chen was holding a certificate, so she ran back to her shop and took out a piece of candy and gave it to Pu Chen: "Sister is awesome, this is a reward for you."
Pu Chen pinched her round little face, and the little girl ran away with a smile.
She returned to the room and saw two toy bears on a stool. They were so furry that one couldn't help wanting to rub them.
There is a message from my father on the whiteboard against the wall: Happy winter vacation.
It turned out to be a gift from her father.
Before, she gave two little bears to the little girl next door. Her father said he would catch two more for her. She said she didn't need them, but her father still took it to heart.
Pu Chen went out with the teddy bear in her arms and squatted in front of her father. She was used to communicating with her father in sign language. "Dad, thank you for the gift you gave me. I like it very much."
Pu Wanli: I like it. His regret is: It is different from the two you had before. I have been looking for a long time but I can’t find a similar one.
He could see how much his daughter liked the dolls that day, but she still generously gave them to the little girl next door.
Pu Chen asked: Dad, did you go to catch the dolls
Pu Wanli just smiled and said nothing, concentrating on his work.
He couldn't find the arcade in the shopping mall, so he had to go to a nearby supermarket. There were many claw machines in the supermarket. He exchanged sixty coins before he caught two little bears.
Pu Chen rubbed his forehead on his father's arm and went back to the room to do his homework.
She was not very enthusiastic about doing her holiday homework before, and even had a resistance to it, putting it off as long as possible. Now she had the motivation. She opened the folding table, spread the test papers on the table, picked her favorite English test paper and started to do it.
Her aunt sent her a message saying that she could not go home until the 29th day of the lunar year.
Pu Chen looked at the calendar and saw that there were still eight days until New Year's Eve.
At this moment, on the side of the road two hundred meters away.
"What did you say? You're not going back to celebrate the Spring Festival? Qin and you are becoming more and more presumptuous now." He Junshuo loosened his tie, not knowing whether it was because the tie was too tight that made him breathe awkwardly.
Qin Yu sank into his chair and said nothing.
He Junshuo said sternly: "I came all the way from Shanghai to pick you up today, and this is your attitude? We will take the flight back to Beijing tonight."
A tone that brooks no argument.
Qin Yu said the same thing: "I'm not going back, so I'll refund the ticket."
"Qin Yu!" He Junshuo shouted his name harshly. His patience had reached its limit.
He Junshuo is serious in front of outsiders, and few people working under him are not afraid of him, but Qin Yu is not afraid of him and even likes to provoke him.
Qin Yu said lightly, "Is it okay for me to go back to your place to celebrate the New Year? Don't you have to date your girlfriend?"
Without waiting for He Junshuo to speak, the driver silently opened the car door and got out, pretending to go to a convenience store to buy cigarettes.
Ho Kwan-shek is 42 this year, and he has a well-maintained body. No one would doubt that he is 37 or 38 years old. He is outstanding in both appearance and ability, and coupled with the halo brought to him by the Ho family, he has a constant stream of admirers.
In the past few years, Qin Yu always wondered, his parents were clearly a perfect match, so why did they have to get divorced? Why couldn't they live a happy life together
Later he stopped thinking about it.
Things like feelings and sense of responsibility are not something you can understand just by thinking about them.
He Junshuo has been married three times, and only has one child with Qin Yu. The other two marriages did not last long, and he did not plan to have children at the time.
He had only taken care of Qin Yu for a few days since he was born, so he had no experience with children. In addition, he had been working overtime almost all night for the past few days to catch up on the project. He was already very angry, and Qin Yu just added fuel to the fire. His internal organs were about to smoke. "Qin Yu, what on earth do you want to do? You don't study hard, you fool around on the exams, who are you showing your displeasure to?"
Qin Yu: "If you don't come, won't you be able to see my expression?"
He Junshuo pulled off his tie and threw it onto the middle armrest of the back seat.
"Don't be so disrespectful all the time!" He didn't dare to say anything too harsh. After all, his son had undergone a major surgery and it wouldn't take long for him to recover. He endured it as much as he could.
He unscrewed the water cup and drank half a cup of tea, suppressing his anger. "I will send you to your grandpa's house when we return to Beijing. We will have a big family and spend the New Year happily together."
From what he said, it seemed that he had a new girlfriend and was too busy to spend the New Year with him.
Qin Yu grew up in his grandpa's house and had long regarded it as his home. However, as he grew older, he became less and less fond of hustle and bustle. During the holidays, several of his uncles would go to his grandpa's house as a family, but he was the only one who was all alone.
After his mother remarried, she spent the Spring Festival in her new home. A few years later, she divorced her second husband due to emotional incompatibility. That winter after his mother's divorce, he looked forward to it for a long time, thinking that he could finally spend the Spring Festival with his mother. But she went abroad to relax during the Spring Festival that year, and his wish was once again dashed.
In the second year after her divorce, my mother started dating Chen Zhilun. Their relationship was very strong, and during the Spring Festival holiday that year, they went on their honeymoon in advance.
Anyway, over the years, he has spent the Spring Festival alone at his grandmother's house.
Qin Yu insisted: "I won't go back."
He Junshuo tried to keep his voice calm: "Your mother is busy during the Spring Festival. She has a project abroad. How come you are spending the New Year alone in Suzhou?"
Qin Yu said: "I have been celebrating the New Year alone these years. It's good. I'm used to it."
He Junshuo was stunned.
He knew what his son meant by spending the New Year alone, but in his heart he didn't want to admit that he had failed in his duties as a father over the years.
Whether it was him or Qin Mingyi, after remarrying, they completely threw the child to the Qin family. They subconsciously always felt that whether it was grandparents or uncles and aunts, they were all good to Qin Yu. Instead of taking Qin Yu to their new home, it would be better to let him stay at grandpa's house.
Over time, he and Qin Mingyi gradually forgot their identities as parents.
"Didn't you come to see me? Now you have seen me, and you have done your best as a father. I have already told my grandparents that I want to be alone in Sucheng and live in peace and quiet. No one wants to see me. They have agreed to let me spend the New Year here. You don't have to worry about the Qin family saying that you don't care about the children. I wish you a happy New Year in advance and all the best." Qin Yu opened the car door and got out.
He Junshuo sat in the car for a long time, feeling suffocated, and lit a cigarette regardless of the fact that he was in a car.
He opened the car window, and the cold wind blew the smoke everywhere.
After finishing a cigarette, He Junshuo found the number and called Lu Baisheng. He told Lu Baisheng about how he came to Suzhou to find Qin Yu and how he and Qin Yu had a quarrel and parted ways unpleasantly.
He asked Lu Bosheng, "Aren't you going to stay in Sucheng this year? Mingyi is going on a business trip abroad during the New Year. Please take care of Qin Yu. If he doesn't listen, you should scold him."
What else could Lu Bosheng say? He had to agree.
After hanging up the phone, he thought for a moment and called Qin Yu: "Your father told me that if you don't go back to Beijing for the New Year, I will take care of you during this winter vacation."
Qin Yu was curious: "Are you staying in Sucheng too?"
Lu Bosheng: “Yeah.”
When Qin Yu heard that Lu Baisheng was staying in Sucheng during the winter vacation, it would be convenient for him to go see Pu Chen. After all, the excuse of asking her for advice on study would seem to be ambiguous if used too much.
Lu Bosheng likes to visit the auto repair shop the most, so he can go with them when the time comes, without having to worry about being discovered by Pu Wanli.
He probed, "You're not going to visit the garage during your vacation or anything like that, are you?"
This was the only thing that Lu Bosheng couldn't justifiably confront Qin Yu about. He could only reply dryly, "Home visits are part of my job. Besides, Pu Chen's situation is special."
Qin Yu: "Yeah, I understand." Although he had his own selfish motives, he sincerely hoped that Lu Bosheng would go to the auto repair shop more often: "Go more often when you are free. Your home visits are more than just home visits to Pu Chen. She will feel that besides her family, there are still people who care about her and she won't feel that she is a burden."