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Chapter 61

"That's right."

Secretary Wu organized his words and said, "Our woolen mill is going to expand, but..."

He glanced at Shen Lingyun's calm expression and felt a little tricky. "But the output may not be able to meet the needs of the general public."

"Can you supply us?" Qi Yuan asked hurriedly, "We signed a contract and agreed to deliver on time."

"Of course." Secretary Wu saw Qi Yuan's anxiety and felt relieved. "We will definitely deliver the goods on time after signing the contract. There won't be any delay or breach of contract."

"That's good." Qi Yuan felt relieved and said to Secretary Wu, "You guys talk."

He doesn't care about anything else.

"Don't worry." Secretary Wu smiled. After Qi Yuan's interruption, he relaxed a little. "There won't be any problems with our cooperation."

They are a large state-owned factory. Not only in Shanghai, but also in the whole country, they are one of the well-known factories. They will not do anything to damage their reputation.

Secretary Wu can guarantee this with confidence.

Qi Yuan nodded happily, indicating that he absolutely believed it.

He just looked at Secretary Wu with a puzzled look, wondering what he was here for. They were not familiar with each other and had only met once yesterday.

"I want to ask you for help." Secretary Wu saw Shen Lingyun sitting still without any expression, and finally said, "It's about Engineer Shen."

"Want to ask my father for help?" Shen Lingyun asked, "Research matters."

Apart from this, he knew nothing else.

"Yes." Secretary Wu breathed a sigh of relief and finally spoke, "I would like to ask Engineer Shen to help the factory solve the problem of increasing the speed of the looms."

"This is the machinery factory's business." Shen Lingyun refused indifferently.

"Yes." Secretary Wu smiled bitterly: "But we haven't solved this problem in these years, so our factory wants to hire someone special..."

Needless to say, Shen Lingyun also understood what it meant.

"There are so many researchers, why do you have to invite my father?" Shen Lingyun said, "Since he refused, he must have his reasons."

"Let's ask someone else." Shen Lingyun said, "A researcher who can solve this problem will definitely not refuse to contribute to the country and the people."

What this means is that you invited the wrong person.

"Before we went to find Engineer Shen," Secretary Wu said, "we had already invited many people, even the Beijing Institute."

They looked around for a long time but couldn't invite anyone who was too important, and those who could be invited either had projects on hand or were unwilling to come.

Their factory is unwilling to hire those who are willing to come because their achievements in machinery cannot meet the needs of their factory.

I still had to ask for help from someone with connections, and someone quietly told Shen Wenqing that he had left the research institute and was squeezed out by the machinery factory and came to the watch factory.

They just followed all the way.

But Shen Wenqing flatly refused and was unmoved by any conditions. He met Shen Lingyun again after a few months.

They thought they could still fight for it.

"You gave me the contract yesterday." Shen Lingyun asked, "Is it because of my father?"

"No." Secretary Wu shook his head. "Our factory director did want to support the implementation of national policies. At that time, he didn't know about your relationship with Engineer Shen."

He smiled embarrassedly, "You looked familiar to me, and then I saw your name on the contract, so I asked if we were related..."

Secretary Wu doesn't need to say anything else.

"You are really smart." Qi Yuan said, "You are also very fast. You found out everything in one night."

"There is Cheng Xinzhi." Shen Lingyun reminded him where Secretary Wu knew all this.

"Yes." Qi Yuan smiled suddenly and said, "And Cheng Xinzhi's second uncle."

"I'm sorry, there's nothing we can do about this." Shen Lingyun said bluntly: "Since my father has refused, we can't persuade him."

"Yes." Qi Yuan said sincerely, "We are still children, how can we care about adults' affairs? Uncle Shen will beat us."

Secretary Wu: "..."

Now you are said to be children?

"We can negotiate the conditions." Secretary Wu said sincerely: "If Engineer Shen has any request, we will try our best to meet it. If you have any request, we will also find a way."

"No, no." Qi Yuan didn't wait for Shen Lingyun to speak and shook his head to refuse. "Isn't this selling ourselves? We won't sell it."

He felt that the signed contract was somewhat similar to an indenture, and now Shen Wenqing was asked to work for them.

It's like selling yourself.

Secretary Wu was at a loss: "..."

This? How is this selling one's body? What does this have to do with anything?

Shen Lingyun pursed his lips, suppressed the smile on his lips, coughed lightly and said, "You should talk to my father about this matter."

Secretary Wu wanted to say something, but none of the words he had prepared came to fruition. It seemed like he had to use his trump card.

But before he could speak, Shen Lingyun said, "Even if your company wants to breach the contract because of this, we can't do anything about it."

"No, no." Secretary Wu shook his head hurriedly. The villain in his heart was already in tears. He was not threatening!

"I was just asking if you guys would like more supplies." Secretary Wu said, "We can consider it."

"Or if you need a job." Secretary Wu continued to offer an olive branch, "We can also find a job."

How could he volunteer if he wasn't prepared?

Before he could talk about the issue of salary, Shen Lingyun laughed. It seemed that this Secretary Wu was quite interesting.

But there was no way he would agree to put his father in an awkward position.

He didn't want to cause trouble, after all, he still wanted to get the supply from the woolen mill smoothly, so Shen Lingyun had to give him some face.

"How about this." Shen Lingyun said, "I'll go back and ask my father why he refused and whether he doesn't know much about this."

"Okay." Secretary Wu breathed a sigh of relief and said with gratitude, "Please persuade Engineer Shen a little more. We are just on secondment and there is no room for negotiation..."

He paused, looked at Qi Yuan and said with a smile, "It's about selling yourself."

Secretary Wu's understanding of Qi Yuan's words was that he was afraid that Shen Wenqing would be transferred to the woolen mill, but he couldn't think of anything else.

"He likes to joke around." Shen Lingyun explained: "He didn't mean anything else."

"I understand." Secretary Wu didn't think too much about it. A teenager just likes to play around. "Then I won't bother you anymore."

"Take care." Shen Lingyun and Qi Yuan saw the person off.

Qi Yuan turned around and said, "Why did you agree? Uncle Shen is unwilling to help?"

"I didn't agree." Shen Lingyun said as he walked back, "I just rejected it in a tactful way to leave some face for both parties."

Some people need to be rejected directly, while others need to be more tactful. It all depends on the other person's attitude.

Shen Lingyun told Qi Yuan about this, "Secretary Wu is doing this for work, not for personal gain, and we are also doing this so that we can meet again in the future."

"That's right." Qi Yuan thought about it and understood, and said with admiration: "You think too much, we still need to continue to cooperate."

It's not a good look to have a falling out.

"You." Shen Lingyun smiled and said, "You are just too straightforward."

"I didn't think that much." Qi Yuan said with a smile, "I just thought that if Uncle Shen didn't want to, then we shouldn't make it difficult for him."

"Yeah." Shen Lingyun nodded with satisfaction, "We think the same thing."

"Are we in sync?" Qi Yuan was delighted and gestured to Shen Lingyun, "Are we thinking the same thing and in sync?"

"It's a tacit understanding." Shen Lingyun said with a smile.

"No." Qi Yuan's eyes flashed with cunning. "The dictionary says it's telepathy and heart-to-heart communication. The meanings of your two idioms are completely different from what I said."

"You are good at matching." Shen Lingyun was speechless. Qi Yuan's division was correct, but it was obviously different from what they said.

He didn't want to argue about it, but just said: "Look at the dictionary more and compare it and you will know."

"You have time, right?" Qi Yuan pouted and kindly suggested, "Why don't you take a look first and then tell me."

"Let's talk about it later." Shen Lingyun didn't even need to look at it, and didn't want to correct Qi Yuan now, "You will understand slowly."

Qi Yuan: I understand it very well, but not in the same way as you.

...

At noon, Shen Wenqing came back.

As soon as he entered the door, he called Qi Yuan and the others, "Come here, I want to tell you something."

He sat on the sofa excitedly, waiting for Qi Yuan and the others to come and sit next to him, with smiles in his eyes.

It seems like there is a big happy event.

"Uncle Shen." Qi Yuan felt strange, blinked and asked in confusion: "You seem very happy, what is there that makes you so happy?"

Shen Lingyun frowned, his eyes flickered, but he didn't say anything.

"Your problem can be solved." Shen Wenqing said, "Someone can help, but we still have to wait for news. I hope it will be as you wish."

"Textile factory?" Qi Yuan suddenly realized something and said, "Uncle Shen, you found the person so quickly?"

I was at a loss yesterday!

Today, there was a sudden turn of events and Qi Yuan immediately received help from a noble person. He was surprised and delighted.

"Actually." Shen Wenqing hesitated, "There is great hope, but I still want to do my best to gain the greatest benefit for you, so we have to wait a little longer and not rush things."

"Dad, who are you looking for?" Shen Lingyun asked.

"They are from the woolen mill." Shen Wenqing was a little uncomfortable and embarrassed. "They wanted to ask me for help, and I put forward some conditions."

Qi Yuan: "..."

This is... a sacrifice for himself and Shen Lingyun?

"Uncle Shen." Qi Yuan shook his head and said disapprovingly: "You can't sacrifice for us. We don't have to. We can think of other ways. There's no need to send yourself to our door."

"Sacrifice?" Shen Wenqing was stunned, then smiled and said, "It's not a big deal. It's just a trivial matter."

"Didn't you refuse?" Qi Yuan wanted to say: Why should you agree for us again?

But Shen Lingyun raised his hand, rubbed his head and told him to shut up, and Qi Yuan had no choice but to stop talking.

I just feel a little uncomfortable.

"Reject?" Shen Wenqing was puzzled. He turned his gaze to Shen Lingyun, but saw that his son's expression was calm and he could not tell anything. So he asked, "What did Xiaoyuan say?"

"Someone from the woolen mill came today." Shen Lingyun said calmly, "Knowing our relationship, they wanted me to ask you to agree to help them with their research."

"Oh." Shen Wenqing smiled, "I was wondering why you came to see me again after such a long time. It turns out it's because of you."

He said nonchalantly, "Don't worry about this. I can help. I wanted to contact them in the next few days to ask them if they need me to go over again."

But Shen Wenqing was worried that the other party would hire someone to take over the project, and he would not be able to get the job done even if he offered it to them.

It might even lead to gossip.

"Then why didn't you agree before?" Shen Lingyun was concerned about this matter. "There must be a reason. Is it because you don't understand this aspect and can't take on this hot potato?"

He didn't want Shen Wenqing to compromise for him or make an inappropriate choice. If that were the case, Shen Lingyun would rather not do this business.

"I don't understand." Shen Wenqing said, "But that's not the question."

At that time, he had just returned to Shen City and came to the watch factory. He was in a bad mood and had low energy.

He was also busy settling down and welcoming Shen Lingyun back, so how could he immediately devote himself to scientific research?

Another point is that he really didn't want to accept the woolen mill's research, as it was inconsistent with Shen Wenqing's research direction.

But he didn't want to tell Shen Lingyun and Qi Yuan.

"Dad," Shen Lingyun said, "Although I don't know much about your work, I think it would be great if you could take over the wool spinning mill research project. I think it would be great if our family could live a peaceful and happy life together now."

Shen Wenqing: "..."

"Yes." Qi Yuan immediately supported Shen Lingyun. It was also his own idea. "Uncle Shen, we don't want you to do something you don't like, especially for us."

"No." Shen Wenqing smiled. He didn't want to talk about the nature of his work, but he could still communicate his ideas. "I'm also idle every day, doing nothing in the watch factory. Now I want to take on a project research."

"Don't worry, I know what's going on." Shen Wenqing saw their sad expressions and said with a smile, "I can be given a project and help you, so why not do it?"

They're all mechanical, so he's not afraid of them.

"Okay." Shen Lingyun nodded, "I wish my father to overcome the difficulties as soon as possible."

He understood the persistence, determination and selflessness of scientific researchers, and they were only afraid of being mediocre and having no difficult problems for them to solve.

Shen Wenqing is now at a point where he is being ostracized, feared, and abandoned, and now there is a project that can keep him busy.

Shen Lingyun thought: This should be the best way to relieve emptiness and loneliness.

Chapter 62

"That went so smoothly."

Qi Yuan looked at the textile factory supply contract in his hand and asked Shen Lingyun in confusion, "Did they discuss this in advance?"

Yesterday morning Shen Wenqing asked for a contract for the textile factory, and in the afternoon Secretary Wu informed him that the conditions had been met.

Early this morning, Qi Yuan and Shen Lingyun came to the textile factory, and Section Chief Zhou signed the supply contract without saying a word.

He also said that it was the factory director who gave the order personally.

"Textile factories also use textile machines." Shen Lingyun said, "It would be a piece of cake for them to agree to this condition."

"Aren't you really selling out Uncle Shen?" Qi Yuan felt a little uneasy and said guiltily, "I feel a little sorry for your father."

"It's okay." Shen Lingyun laughed dumbly, "Now you know that the wool spinning factory was able to successfully sign the contract. It shouldn't be a coincidence, right?"

"Because of your face?" Qi Yuan raised his hand and touched it, curling his lips and said, "Being good-looking is not a good thing."

"It has nothing to do with looking good." Shen Lingyun was speechless. Why did he get to this point?

"He looks like my dad." He didn't believe what Secretary Wu said at all. "It can only be said that it was a coincidence and someone took advantage of the opportunity."

Shen Lingyun smiled and said, "It also helps us."

"These people are too cunning." Qi Yuan sighed.

He stared at Shen Lingyun's face, speechless for a long time. These people were too imaginative, and they could tell that they were a family just by looking at people who looked alike.

Give them sweet treats in advance, then investigate and visit them to beg for mercy.

The most scheming thing was that Secretary Wu went to find Shen Wenqing again after leaving, and he really achieved his wish by doing one thing after another.

"Let's not stand at the gate." Shen Lingyun said, "Let's take shelter in the building."

"It's not cold." Qi Yuan said, "Just at the door."

Qi Yuan and Shen Lingyun stood downstairs of the textile factory office building, waiting for Cheng Xinzhi to come down. Qi Yuan looked around idly.

The entire textile factory was silent. All the workers were in the workshop to get their wages, and idle personnel were not allowed to enter without reason.

In winter, the textile factory looked a bit desolate and deserted.

"Have you been waiting for a long time?" Cheng Xinzhi ran down from the second floor and waved his hand cheerfully, "Let's go."

"Didn't you say that there would be a lot of people when the workers were leaving get off work?" Qi Yuan blinked and asked, "It's time now, why haven't we seen anyone yet?"

He also wanted to see the spectacular scene when the workers got off work.

Cheng Xinzhi said that this is the busiest time of the day, with people crowded together, each with a happy smile on their face.

Leave the factory happily and rush to your home.

"It's not time yet." Cheng Xinzhi said, "The section chief saw that we were friends, so he let me leave work early to give you a favor and go back with you guys."

He explained: "It's almost an hour before the workers get off work. I'm just borrowing your light today."

"Come to my house for dinner." Qi Yuan invited him, and as they walked, he said, "You played an indispensable role in signing the contract. If you hadn't taken us to the woolen mill, we wouldn't have met Director Gao."

Also, telling Secretary Wu the news about himself and Shen Lingyun was a mistake in some ways.

"No, no." Cheng Xinzhi was embarrassed to take credit for it, "It has nothing to do with me."

He looked at Qi Yuan, touched his chin thoughtfully, and said, "I think you are lucky. You get what you want."

"That's right." Qi Yuan's eyes lit up and he said without hesitation, "I'm just lucky. Everything I wish for always comes true."

"Shen Lingyun, what do you think?" Qi Yuan turned to look at Shen Lingyun, "I think he is right. I have always been like this. My mother said that I am a blessed child."

"Indeed." Shen Lingyun thought about it and nodded: "All along the way, for such a long time, as long as it is what you want to do, you can always achieve your wish by accident."

He stroked Qi Yuan's head and said with a smile: "You are indeed a blessed child."

"Yeah." Qi Yuan nodded happily.

He was a little boy, originally of low status, but he was the only child his parents loved.

Qi Yuan was a happy and beloved child of his parents.

When he came here and met Shen Lingyun, he still didn't suffer any hardship. Shen Lingyun treated him no worse than Qi Yuan's parents.

Qi Yuan is still very happy every day.

Qi Yuan and his friends went to the bicycle shed and pushed their bicycles out of the textile factory gate.

"I'll take you." Cheng Xinzhi patted the back seat of his bike and motioned Qi Yuan to get on and sit on his bike.

"I'll take Shen Lingyun." Qi Yuan shook his head and took the bicycle from Shen Lingyun. "You sit in the back."

"Hi!" Cheng Xinzhi was surprised, "You have such small arms and legs, and you still want to take care of Brother Shen?"

"Humph." Qi Yuan raised his head and said disdainfully, "Does he weigh as much as five bolts of cloth?"

Shen Lingyun had no expression on his face: "..."

I knew Qi Yuan would bring this up.

"Ahem." Cheng Xinzhi wanted to laugh but choked on his saliva. He looked at Shen Lingyun's tall and weak figure, winked at Qi Yuan and said, "It's not as heavy as the cloth you are carrying."

He had forgotten Qi Yuan's heroic deeds.

He carried five heavy pieces of serge cloth, weighing more than 200 pounds, and arrived home without blushing or getting out of breath.

"Don't go." When they arrived at the family compound, Qi Yuan saw Cheng Xinzhi was going home and hurriedly said, "Come to my house for dinner."

"No." Cheng Xinzhi kept pedaling, "I'll go to your house after dinner."

"He's embarrassed." Shen Lingyun said, "Let's invite him to dinner another time when we have the chance."

"Actually, I wanted to give him something." Qi Yuan rode his bike home. "Although Cheng Xinzhi didn't help much, it was because of him that we had the opportunity to close the supply contract."

"Do you want to give him the tape recorder?" Shen Lingyun asked.

"Don't give him the tape recorder." Qi Yuan shook his head and said, "How can you just give away things from your home? He won't want it."

He sighed, "I want to buy him a tape recorder when we are well off."

Now that he has no money, Qi Yuan is powerless.

"That's fine." Shen Lingyun said, "Send it now, Cheng Xinzhi will definitely refuse."

He doesn't care.

He wouldn't object even if he gave the tape recorder at home as a gift, but Qi Yuan was right, Cheng Xinzhi would definitely not accept it.

It's better to slow down.

...

"Uncle Shen, we have signed the contract."

At noon, Qi Yuan told Shen Wenqing the news and asked carefully, "When will you go to the woolen mill to help?"

"After the Chinese New Year." Shen Wenqing said: "The wool spinning factory will build a branch factory near our factory area. It will not be officially put into production until after the Chinese New Year. The research laboratory will also be located here."

He laughed and said, "I thought you were going to the woolen mill! You're so far away from home that you can't always come back."

"You still live at home." Qi Yuan said happily, "That's great."

"Yeah." Shen Wenqing was also very happy. He didn't want to leave home and live in the woolen mill, and he didn't want to lose sight of his son and Qi Yuan. "This is really good."

Even if the two sons moved in, there would be no need for Qi Yuan and Shen Lingyun to help take care of them. Shen Wenqing felt that taking on this research project was the best option.

"You must concentrate on your studies in the future." Shen Lingyun looked at Qi Yuan and said, "I have been a little careless recently."

"Haven't I finished the junior high school curriculum?" Qi Yuan was surprised. "Do I still need to learn?"

"Reviewing the past to learn new things, do you understand?" Shen Lingyun raised his hand and knocked on his head. "After the New Year, you have to go to school and take exams. If you don't pass, you can't go to high school."

"Can't I just go to high school?" Qi Yuan frowned. "Is the exam difficult? What if I fail?"

"Then repeat a year." Shen Lingyun threatened him, "You don't want to, do you?"

He always knew that Qi Yuan didn't want to go to school and just wanted to stay at home and grow up naturally like a wild horse.

"Uncle Shen." Qi Yuan was looking for external help. Shen Lingyun's insistence on sending him to school made him dare not bargain. "Let's go directly to high school. It would be great to start in September next year."

"You can still stay at home for half a year." Shen Lingyun said without waiting for Shen Wenqing to speak, "It's difficult to go to school here. Even if you go directly to high school, you still need grades and exams."

"I'm not afraid of the exam." Qi Yuan lowered his eyebrows, thought about it and said, "At worst, I can repeat a year. Why bother if I have the opportunity to go directly to high school?"

Since you have to find someone to use your connections anyway, why not do it in one go?

Shen Lingyun was at a loss whether to laugh or cry: You are probably afraid that you will get into trouble.

"The study in high school is intense." Shen Wenqing smiled knowingly and advised Qi Yuan: "You can go to junior high school for a few months to get familiar with the campus first, and then it will be a natural thing when you enter high school, right?"

"I can adapt to anything." Qi Yuan glanced at Shen Lingyun and said to Shen Wenqing: "I am so smart. Uncle Shen, didn't you say that I am a good student? I don't want to bother the school."

"Besides." Qi Yuan smiled ingratiatingly at Shen Lingyun, "I want to take care of you while you prepare for the college entrance exam so that you won't be distracted."

How could Shen Lingyun let him fool him? Even though he knew he was sincere, he still shook his head and said, "Qi Yuan, take a look at our family compound to see if everyone your age is in school."

"You should study at your age." Shen Lingyun looked at him meaningfully, "When in Rome, do as the Romans do, and only then will you be able to fully integrate into this world. You don't want people to say that you are different from them, do you?"

"What's more." Shen Lingyun gave another strong dose of medicine and sighed: "If you live here and don't go to school, people will say that my father and I treat you badly and abuse you."

"Will it?" Qi Yuan was thinking, and when he heard this, his eyes were full of disbelief, "Will you really say that?"

"Yes." Shen Lingyun was sure.

Shen Wenqing also nodded, "Indeed."

"Oh!" Qi Yuan sighed: "Okay, I'll go to school."

If you can't avoid it, don't avoid it.

He didn't want others to talk about Shen Lingyun and his father. Qi Yuan knew that they were truly kind to him.

But Qi Yuan also knew that people's words could be scary.

"Wait for Boss Chen to come." Qi Yuan said, "We will discuss the business matters with him, and then we will devote ourselves to study."

The woolen mill and the textile mill have a contract and will deliver the goods on time, so Qi Yuan and others don't have to worry about it.

Boss Chen is in charge of sales, so they don't have to worry about anything. There is really nothing to do for the time being.

...

It was only when Boss Chen arrived that Qi Yuan realized how rich he had become.

"What?" Qi Yuan looked at Boss Chen in surprise, "You said you were going to open a sales department in our city?"

"We have to open one." Boss Chen crossed his legs, leaned on the armrest of the sofa, and said in a embarrassed tone: "We are cracking down on speculation and profiteering over there, so opening a sales department will save us trouble."

"You are a person, not an organization?" Qi Yuan asked curiously, "How did you do that?"

Shen Lingyun sat aside, silent, but his understanding expression proved that he had some guesses.

Just waiting for Boss Chen to confirm.

Boss Chen raised his eyebrows, and a half-smile appeared on his handsome, rogue face.

"Don't you have a certificate from the textile factory?" Boss Chen said with a smile, "Ling Yun also gave me a newspaper with news about the country's reform and opening up. Show it to the city leaders."

"The brave will die of overeating while the timid will die of starvation." Shen Lingyun sighed, "I thought you might want to wait a little longer, but I didn't expect you to move so quickly."

"How can it be slow?" Boss Chen said with a smile, "I was still hesitant at first, but you got the contract from the wool spinning mill. If we send so much goods over and don't have a proper place to sell them, how can we make money?"

He also took a gamble.

"Don't mention it. The certificate from the textile factory is effective." Chen Laoda said, "I will directly open a city-based sales department in the name of the textile factory, but the sign is Shen City City-based Sales Department, mainly dealing in various fabrics and textiles."

"That's great." Qi Yuan clapped his hands happily. "From now on, we won't have to worry about you anymore. We can do business openly and honestly, and still use the name of the government."

"It's not like we're affiliated with another company." Chen Lao said, "We do sell fabrics from the Shen City Textile Factory, but we don't use the name of the textile factory. Even if we check, we can't find any mistakes."

He put a lot of thought into this matter, using money to pave the way, as well as certificates and newspapers.

There are also fabrics from large factories that are not available in small northern cities.

Then, Boss Chen took out another 10,000 yuan and said, "Now that the black market is closed, I will take out all my money and invest it in this business."

He sighed, "Finally, I can do business openly without having to hide anything. My brothers are now out in the open."

Boss Chen felt that he didn't need to worry anymore.

"That's great." Qi Yuan was overjoyed. "The money for purchasing goods is just not enough. I asked the woolen mill and textile mill to deliver the goods in batches, because I was afraid that I would not have enough money to give them."

"Not having money is only temporary." Chen Lao said, "Do you know how much money I made from the goods I took away last time?"

He held up three fingers, grinning so hard that his teeth were showing, "Three times."

"So much?" Qi Yuan was pleasantly surprised. He rubbed his hands and looked at Shen Lingyun. "It won't be long before we have more money than we can spend."

Do you still need to worry about buying a house?

"Hehe." Qi Yuan smiled foolishly. His gold and silver were saved. "I've made a fortune. I don't have to worry about running out of money anymore!"

Shen Lingyun frowned and said pessimistically: "Isn't the price too high? The sales volume in small cities is not as good as that in big cities. How many can be sold at this rate?"

"Of course it can't be that expensive." Boss Chen said frankly, "I was selling goods on the black market last time, and most of them were defective products. No matter how expensive they were, they couldn't be that expensive."

This time we are doing serious business, so of course the price has to be negotiated, and we can't just do the black market stuff.

"Just follow the prices of state-owned stores in big cities." Shen Lingyun thought about it and said, "It's a little more expensive. After all, we are the only one now."

"I think so too." Chen Laoda said, "Let's set a price and strictly enforce it. Doing business requires reputation, and the price cannot be changed at will."

Chapter 63

Winter passed and spring came, and in the blink of an eye, after the Chinese New Year, it was already late February 1979.

"Are you counting money again?" Shen Lingyun joked, "Even if you count it a few more times, there won't be any extra money."

"I know what's going on." Qi Yuan said, "There are not as many remittance slips this time as there were last time."

He is worried that he may become less and less troubled in the future.

"Who doesn't want to make a piece of clothing for the New Year?" Shen Lingyun said with a smile, "The more fabrics you sell, the more money you can earn."

But now that the Chinese New Year is over, it is expected that business will be a little slow, but in his opinion it is not bad.

"Business has its peak and off seasons." Shen Lingyun comforted Qi Yuan, "Look at this month, we've made more than 2,000, which is already a lot."

Qi Yuan narrowed his eyes and thought about what Boss Chen said. The month after the Chinese New Year was the slowest month of the previous year.

He was surprised to get more than two thousand. Boss Chen said it was because they had a unique piece of woolen fabric.

"Then there should be more next month." Qi Yuan pondered, "We'll take off our cotton-padded clothes in the spring, so why not buy some cloth to make new clothes?"

"Yes." Shen Lingyun shook his head subconsciously at first, then quickly said affirmatively: "The money earned must be more than this month."

"Okay." Qi Yuan glanced at Shen Lingyun and said with a smile, "We already have more than 7,000 yuan in our hands. We can buy a house in a month or two."

He was anxious about this matter.

"Almost there." Shen Lingyun smiled.

But I was thinking in my heart: Qi Yuan has such a weird temper. He is so anxious to buy a house, he should just pay back the money he borrowed from home before the New Year.

As they were talking, Shen Wenqing came back.

"Dad." Shen Lingyun called out.

"Uncle Shen." Qi Yuan followed suit.

"It's done." Shen Wenqing sat down and took the cup of water handed to him by his son. "On the 28th, you will report to school."

"Three days left." Qi Yuan calculated that today was the 25th. He looked at Shen Lingyun and smiled, "We will go to school soon."

He had no resistance because Shen Lingyun also had to go to school, except that one was in high school and the other in junior high school.

"Dad." Shen Lingyun said, "Thank you for your hard work."

"Thank you, Uncle Shen." Qi Yuan hurriedly thanked him.

He is not a child of the family compound, his household registration is somewhere else, and he goes to school in the factory area.

Shen Wenqing put in a lot of effort.

"It's okay." Shen Wenqing smiled, "It's mainly because you don't have a student status, so it's a bit troublesome to find someone to handle it."

"I didn't think about this problem at the time." Shen Lingyun said, "If I knew it would be so difficult, I would have sent Qi Yuan to study in Banpo Village. Now I can just transfer here."

"It's easier in the countryside." Shen Wenqing said, "But it's solved now. You just need to study hard."

Shen Lingyun nodded, but he looked at Qi Yuan worriedly because they were not together in high school and junior high school.

The elementary and junior high schools are next to each other and not far from the staff quarters. It only takes more than ten minutes to get there by bike.

There was no high school in the factory at that time. When the high school was established later, there was no space nearby, so it was located on the east side of the factory.

It is located east and west of the junior high school, in opposite directions. It takes half an hour to ride a bike from the staff quarters to the high school.

"What's wrong?" Qi Yuan asked as he kept looking at her, raising his hand to touch his face, "Is there something on my face?"

"No." Shen Lingyun shook his head, "Our school is far away, I'm afraid you won't be able to adapt."

"This?" Shen Wenqing smiled and said, "You forgot that Xiaozhi is in the first grade of junior high school. He and Xiaoyuan go to the same school."

"Don't be afraid." Shen Wenqing comforted Qi Yuan, "Let Xiaozhi take care of you. Go find him if you have any problems."

"Xiaozhi is in the first grade of junior high school." Shen Lingyun didn't know. "They can go to and from school together, so they have company."

"Yes." Shen Wenqing said, "It's just right that I can pick up Xiaoyue. The elementary school and junior high school are next to each other, so I can save a lot of worries."

He will start working in the woolen mill's research laboratory in March, so he will definitely be very busy, as several children will go to school together.

Shen Wenqing thought it was great.

"That's good." Shen Lingyun nodded. As long as Qi Yuan wasn't alone, he would feel more at ease. "They'll be moving in soon."

Qi Yuan: "..."

He sat there obediently, listening to what Shen Lingyun and his son said. He didn't say a word but that didn't mean he didn't have any thoughts in his mind.

Shen Lingzhi was only twelve years old, and Qi Yuan quietly rolled her eyes when asked to take care of himself.

I don't know who will take care of whom.

He and Shen Lingyun had different thoughts and did not understand what Shen Lingyun meant. He stood straight without saying a word.

I secretly competed in my heart: Just wait and see, your brother will definitely say that I took care of them.

As he was thinking, Shen Lingyun suddenly asked him: "Qi Yuan, I remember Cheng Xinzhi said that his neighbor has a teacher. How about you go to her class?"

"Ah?" Qi Yuan was confused and didn't understand. "What teacher?"

"The neighbor of Cheng Xinzhi's family." Shen Lingyun said.

Qi Yuan didn't care about it at the time, but Shen Lingyun took it to heart and decided to visit him before school started.

Try to get Qi Yuan into the class taught by that teacher.

"I don't remember." Qi Yuan touched his head, with no impression, "Let me ask Cheng Xinzhi."

"Yes." Shen Lingyun nodded and said, "I'll go with you tonight. It would be best if we could go to the teacher's house."

"Is it so urgent?" Qi Yuan didn't expect Shen Lingyun to go today. "Just wait for him to come."

"Can this wait?" Shen Lingyun was speechless. This was asking for help and he had to come to the door proactively. "He only comes once every few days. Do you know when he will come?"

That's right.

Qi Yuan nodded and smiled at Shen Lingyun again, "Since I gave him a tape recorder before the New Year, he has been coming here less and less. He must be listening to music at home."

Sometimes I would ask him to go out and play, wait for him at the door, and introduce him to some people in the staff housing compound.

Sometimes he would come in and stay for a while, talk to Qi Yuan and play for a while, and then leave soon.

"He's afraid of disturbing your studies." Shen Lingyun said, "You always treat him with lots of delicious food, so how can he have the nerve to come all the time?"

Cheng Xinzhi is very sensible.

...

After dinner in the evening, Qi Yuan and Shen Lingyun went out in the dark to look for Cheng Xinzhi.

Cheng Xinzhi's family lives in the earliest old public housing complex, which is an area of ​​bungalows. Each family has three rooms and a small courtyard in front.

There are brick and tile houses, but they are dilapidated due to age, and the road surface is bumpy.

It is far inferior to the newly built building area near Qi Yuan's home.

"This old public housing estate is really shabby." Qi Yuan said, "I heard that every family lives very crowded here, with more than ten people from different generations living together."

"There are still more than twenty people." Shen Lingyun smiled. The housing situation in Shen City is the most tense.

Another major feature is that even if you have money you may not be able to buy a house, as there are not many privately built houses owned by individuals.

There are some vacant houses, or some people who are rich and don't need to sell their houses, so it is really difficult to have a house of your own.

"This is it." Qi Yuan had been to this area before, and when he and Cheng Xinzhi went out to play together, he pointed out which store it was to Qi Yuan.

But just as they reached the door, they heard a noise coming from inside, with Cheng Xinzhi's voice being the loudest.

He shouted angrily, "Why do you do this? Is this just your home?"

Qi Yuan was dumbfounded. He came at the wrong time.

"Are we still going in?" Qi Yuan bent over the crack in the door and looked inside, listening to the noise inside. "Isn't this a bad time?"

Shen Lingyun: You know it's not good, but you still listen?

"Knock on the door." Shen Lingyun thought about it and said, "Sometimes when we're arguing, if someone interrupts, it can help everyone calm down. After all, we still have to save face."

Cheng Xinzhi has a good character, and Shen Lingyun wants to help him.

How could a little boy quarrel louder than other people in the family? His voice sounded like he was crying.

Obviously he was severely bullied.

"Hey." Qi Yuan agreed and immediately raised his hand to knock on the door, "Let's interrupt it for a while, don't let Cheng Xinzhi get bullied."

He is a person who sees things in black and white. Cheng Xinzhi has a good relationship with him, and Qi Yuan is clearly biased towards Cheng Xinzhi.

"Bang, bang, bang."

No one responded, but the noise of the quarrel inside had obviously subsided.

Qi Yuan knocked again: "Bang, bang, bang."

Well! There was no sound at all inside.

He turned to look at Shen Lingyun and asked in a low voice: "Are you still knocking?"

Qi Yuan felt uncomfortable getting involved in other people's affairs, so he asked Shen Lingyun to make the decision.

In the darkness of the night, Shen Lingyun looked at Qi Yuan with shining eyes and his voice was filled with obvious joy.

Obviously want to see Cheng Xinzhi.

"Knock again." Shen Lingyun said, "If no one answers, we'll leave."

Just to help Cheng Xinzhi, he didn't want to interfere in other people's family affairs. Shen Lingyun hoped that no one would come out to open the door.

Unfortunately, the door inside opened once, followed by the sound of "tramp tramp" from someone running towards them.

"Who is it?" a little boy's voice.

"We are looking for Cheng Xinzhi, is he at home?" Qi Yuan asked.

He spoke very loudly, deliberately letting people know that they didn't hear the noise in the house, for fear that someone would kidnap him without knowing the situation.

"At home." The little boy answered quickly and opened the door at the same time, "Who are you?"

Qi Yuan was speechless and only asked after opening the door. If it were a bad guy, he would have knocked you down long ago.

"We are his friends." Qi Yuan said.

He looked at the little boy who looked up at him. He seemed to be about six or seven years old. He should be Cheng Xinzhi's nephew.

"Come in." The little boy let Qi Yuan and the others in without any guard and closed the door behind him.

"Qi Yuan?" Cheng Xinzhi's eyes turned red. He was a little surprised to see Qi Yuan and the others. Then he greeted Shen Lingyun, "Brother Shen."

"Oh." Qi Yuan looked at the people in the room and smiled embarrassedly, "Are there guests at home? Let's come back another day."

"There are no guests." Cheng Xinzhi looked at his family angrily, "There are only people who are worse than pigs and dogs."

"Xiao Si." Cheng Xinyu called softly, "Stop making trouble and entertain your friends."

"Don't worry about it." Cheng Xinzhi was young and hot-tempered, and he was on good terms with Qi Yuan and the others, so he had no scruples at all. "You're just too honest, so they dare to bully you."

Qi Yuan looked at the man carrying the luggage. He was a young man of about twenty-four or five years old. At the moment, his face was numb and expressionless.

"Who bullied him? Tell me clearly." Wang Qiu said angrily, "He is so old, but he eats and drinks for free at home all day. Is there anything wrong with what I said?"

"I didn't eat yours." Cheng Xinzhi looked disdainful. "The living expenses you paid are not enough for a family of four to eat. Who can take advantage of you?"

Yo huh?

'Qi Yuan's heart was beating wildly and the corners of his mouth twitched unconsciously. Didn't he even care about outsiders?

"Okay, are you still ashamed?" Father Cheng was so angry that he almost exploded. He slammed the table and said, "Shut up, everyone."

He thought they would calm down after seeing the arrival of outsiders, so he asked his grandson to open the door. Unexpectedly, they continued to make noise.

The head of the family got angry, and the Cheng family finally calmed down.

"Um..." Qi Yuan smiled awkwardly and said to Cheng Xinzhi: "Let's come back another day."

"Don't go." Cheng Xinzhi wiped his eyes, "I want to ask you one more thing."

"What's the matter?" Qi Yuan was surprised. How could Cheng Xinzhi still have the mind to talk about something at this time?

Chapter 64

"It's a nice cottage."

Qi Yuan followed Cheng Xinzhi to his room and looked inside. "It's okay to live in the side room."

Cheng Xinzhi's room was a side room he built in a small courtyard. It was not big but clean and tidy.

There are two single beds, a desk in the middle, and a wardrobe in the room, and nothing else.

"Please sit down." Cheng Xinzhi asked Qi Yuan and Shen Lingyun to sit on his bed, and he sat on another bed.

And the young man he pulled in.

"This is my third brother, Cheng Xinyu." Cheng Xinzhi introduced Qi Yuan and the others to each other.

Cheng Xinyu forced an awkward smile on his wooden face and greeted Qi Yuan and Shen Lingyun.

Just sit there in a daze.

Qi Yuan looked him up and down. Cheng Xinyu was very thin, so thin that it was frightening, as if he was nothing but skin and bones.

He looked so thin that a gust of wind could blow him away.

His face was pale and lifeless, his eyes were dull and filled with despair, and he sat there like a statue.

There is no breath of life.

Qi Yuan couldn't help but move closer to Shen Lingyun next to him. He felt a little sour when he saw this man keeping his mouth shut. He felt uncomfortable.

Shen Lingyun noticed his little action, raised his head and rubbed Qi Yuan's head, asking what was wrong with his eyes.

Qi Yuan looked at Cheng Xinyu, then at Cheng Xinzhi, and then turned back to look at Shen Lingyun.

Shen Lingyun's eyes froze slightly, he sighed in his heart, and lowered his head thoughtfully.

"Drink soda." Cheng Xinzhi was busy looking for something to entertain Qi Yuan and the others, and took out a few bottles of soda from the cabinet. "There's nothing good at home."

"I'm not thirsty." Qi Yuan took it and put it on the desk. "Don't be busy. Tell me what you want to ask me."

"Third brother." Cheng Xinzhi handed his third brother a bottle, "Don't worry, if you miss it, there may be other opportunities. Don't pay attention to those people. You are Cheng and have the right to stay at home."

"I'm fine." Cheng Xinyu smiled weakly, "Entertain your friends."

I didn't leave just now, and now is not the right time. Cheng Xinyu is not a child, so he naturally won't throw a tantrum.

Ignore Cheng Xinzhi's kindness.

Cheng Xinzhi sighed, "Oh! I wrote to my third brother, asking him to come back and take the watch factory recruitment exam, but he was embarrassed by the team leader he worked for in the countryside, and he missed the exam from before the New Year to after the New Year."

I hadn't been there for a few days when my two sisters-in-law became unhappy and started to blame me for other people's misfortunes.

Today, when Cheng Xinzhi got off work, he happened to see his sisters-in-law making nonsense out of nothing.

They started arguing in anger.

Cheng Xinyu didn't want to embarrass his brother, so he packed up to leave, but was stopped by Cheng Xinyu when they were arguing fiercely.

Qi Yuan and the others arrived.

"I just don't understand." Cheng Xinyu wiped his face and said dejectedly, "I didn't eat or drink with them, so why can't they tolerate my third brother?"

What made Cheng Xinyu most angry was that his two brothers didn't speak and his parents seemed to be deaf and dumb and didn't care at all.

It's as if the third brother is not a member of this family.

"This..." Qi Yuan pursed his lips. What should he say? "Actually, it's still your family's problem. It's mainly your parents and your two brothers' problem."

"My sister-in-law is also wrong." Cheng Xinzhi was not convinced. "They are married into the family and are also the daughters-in-law of the Cheng family, but they can't chase away the sons of the Cheng family, right? What rights do they have?"

"Is there a question of power?" Qi Yuan touched his chin and said, "Let's not talk about this for now. The main thing is that I can't lose my momentum."

If it were him, Qi Yuan would definitely put his hands on his hips and curse, and would fight with anyone who dared to bully him.

Who cares who the other person is?

You can't stay in your own home. People chase you out. Even your parents won't allow you to leave. No matter what, you can't leave.

Unless you want to, of course.

"If it were me." Qi Yuan narrowed his eyes and let out a wicked smile, "I would never leave. Why? If someone wants to leave, it should be someone else. I can't be kicked out."

"There's food and drink here, and a place to stay. You don't have to work and wait for food. If anyone is not happy, just leave."

"Yes." Cheng Xinzhi's eyes lit up, and he was no longer worried about finding a confidant. "That's what I thought. Tomorrow I will give my job to my third brother, and I will just lie down at home and eat, and see who can do anything to me."

"That's a good idea." Qi Yuan agreed, "Your third brother is honest, but you are not."

"One more thing." Qi Yuan gave him some advice, "Didn't you say your mother loves you? And your capable second uncle is also good to you. You don't have to be afraid even if he makes a scene."

The two of them agreed with each other, and they were so happy that they high-fived to celebrate. They finally found a way to deal with those people.

Shen Lingyun looked at the two ignorant and fearless people, then at the indifferent Cheng Xinyu, and the corners of his lips curled up to reveal a faint smile.

"You have a good plan." Shen Lingyun interrupted Qi Yuan and the others, "Is anyone willing to cooperate?"

He signaled Qi Yuan with his eyes, asking him to look at Cheng Xinyu. Shen Lingyun dared to guarantee it.

Cheng Xinyu will definitely leave and will not want Cheng Xinzhi's job. He is a completely desperate person.

I won't fight for it anymore.

Qi Yuan stared with wide eyes, and stayed on Cheng Xinyu for a moment, not understanding what Shen Lingyun wanted him to look at?

He didn't understand, so he asked, "What are you looking at?"

When Cheng Xinzhi heard him asking Shen Lingyun, he also looked at Shen Lingyun, "What are you looking at?"

Shen Lingyun: Two fools.

"You have a good plan." Shen Lingyun said, "I didn't ask, does your third brother agree?"

"Is there any need to ask?" Qi Yuan raised his head, "We are doing this for his own good."

"Yes." Cheng Xin knew: "If not, my sister-in-law and the others will still bully my third brother. When he gets a job, I wonder how they can bully him."

"It's useless. It's the same even if I have a job." Cheng Xinyu, who had been silent and dazed, suddenly spoke up. "In their eyes, I will get married and have children in the future. If I stay here, I will occupy a house and enjoy the same treatment as them. Even my parents, eldest brother, and second brother think the same way."

Cheng Xinyu understood all these things.

The main reason I came back this time is that I haven't given up. I want to try again to fight for myself, and I don't want to let my younger brother down.

"There are so many things." Shen Lingyun looked at Qi Yuan, "There are many things you don't understand."

Cheng Xinyu is a man who has become numb due to the torture of life, but also lives a transparent life because of this. Qi Yuan and Cheng Xinzhi are two righteous and passionate children who are unaware of the hardships of the world.

They are different from each other and have huge differences in thinking.

When Qi Yuan heard Shen Lingyun say no, he immediately shut his mouth and absolutely believed what Shen Lingyun said.

But looking at Cheng Xinyu's frail body, his hopeless look, and Cheng Xinzhi's sad expression with his anxious eyes turning red.

He felt a little reluctant.

Qi Yuan stretched out his hand and quietly grasped Shen Lingyun's sleeve, his pair of bright black eyes blinking again and again.

Looking at Shen Lingyun pitifully.

If there is a problem that he cannot solve, Shen Lingyun should be asked to do it, but Qi Yuan is not sure if he can ask him to help find a solution.

Because Shen Lingyun is indifferent to others.

Shen Lingyun looked at his hands on his sleeves. He knew what Qi Yuan's expression was without looking up. He must be looking at him pitifully.

He sighed inwardly: Should I say that Qi Yuan is meddling in other people's business, or that he is too soft-hearted and kind?

"There is a way." Shen Lingyun was silent for a moment, then said, "Find a job, live in the company, and never come back."

"It's not that easy to find a job." Cheng Xinzhi was worried. "If my mother hadn't asked my second uncle for help, and he was very kind to me and tried his best to help me, I would have been one of the educated youths sent to the countryside this year."

"Didn't you want to ask us just now if we knew where there were any companies recruiting workers?" Shen Lingyun said.

"Yes." Cheng Xinzhi nodded, still looking depressed, "But even if there is, my third brother may not be able to pass the exam."

He is working now, but he knows there are a lot of tricks involved, not to mention that his third brother went to the countryside before he graduated from high school.

Thinking of this, Cheng Xinzhi couldn't help cursing again: "My second brother is such a conscienceless guy. At that time, my third brother was still in school, and he should have gone to the countryside, but he said he had a girlfriend and begged my mother to give him the job. As a result, my third brother dropped out of school and went to the countryside for him."

"Stop talking." Cheng Xinyu patted Cheng Xinzhi on the shoulder, "It's all over."

He was unable to resist his family's arrangements back then, so what's the point of saying this now?

When it comes to issues of personal interests, how many people can keep their conscience? Cheng Xinyu has seen a lot of this over the years.

"I know a place that's hiring." Shen Lingyun said, "But it'll take some time, probably more than a month."

"Where, where are the recruiting workers?" Qi Yuan asked hurriedly, "Why don't I know?"

"You are not concerned about things that have nothing to do with you." Shen Lingyun smiled and said, "When have you ever paid attention to it?"

"That's true." Qi Yuan nodded straightforwardly, admitting without blushing, "However, Cheng Xinzhi is our friend, we have to care about him."

Metaphor: Help our friends.

"If you can wait." Shen Lingyun said, "I can help."

"That's great." Cheng Xinzhi stood up happily and said helplessly, "We can wait. We can definitely wait."

"Third brother." Cheng Xinzhi looked at Cheng Xinyu again, "You must persist and be strong. We must wait for a month. This is your life!"

Cheng Xinyu: "..."

He looked at his brother with expectant eyes, and his heart warmed and his nose felt a little sore. How long had it been since someone cared about him like this?

"Thank you." Cheng Xinyu stood up and thanked Shen Lingyun and Qi Yuan solemnly: "I will stay and wait. Thank you."

"Hi!" Qi Yuan hurriedly stood up and waved his hand. How could he let Cheng Xinyu bow to him and Shen Lingyun? "You're welcome. We are friends with Cheng Xinzhi, so you are also a friend."

"That's right." Cheng Xinzhi pulled his third brother to sit down and said with a smile: "Qi Yuan and Brother Shen are very nice people. We are friends. Third brother, just wait patiently."

"Oh, right." At this time, Cheng Xinzhi remembered to ask Qi Yuan and the others, "Why did you come here suddenly? Is there something wrong?"

"Yes, there is something." Without waiting for Qi Yuan to speak, Shen Lingyun said in short: "Qi Yuan will be enrolled soon, I would like to ask you to introduce your neighbor and let Qi Yuan go to that teacher's class to help take care of him."

"Oh my!" Cheng Xinzhi slapped his thigh and frowned, "What a coincidence, Aunt Chen is sick and in the hospital. It seems that she will not be able to go to work for a long time."

"Forget it then." Qi Yuan didn't care. "What's there to take care of? I'm not a child."

He looked at Shen Lingyun in a reproachful manner, "I told you not to find anyone, but you insisted on coming."

"Then you just listen to me." Shen Lingyun said, "I won't worry about it anymore."

"Be obedient." Qi Yuan nodded perfunctorily, and then said unhappily: "When did I not listen to you? You are wronging me."

"Yes, I wronged you." Shen Lingyun reached out and tapped his forehead, smiling, "You little heartless boy, I just hope that someone will protect you in school."

Qi Yuan wanted to say that everything was fine and reassure Shen Lingyun, but his eyes rolled around.

Again, no words were spoken.

Putting himself in Shen Lingyun's shoes, he was also a little worried about Shen Lingyun going to school, fearing that someone would bully him.

"You two have such a good relationship!" Cheng Xinyu watched for a moment, and was envious of the interaction between Qi Yuan and Shen Lingyun. "Having family and friends by your side makes one's life complete."

Too many things to expect.

Cheng Xinyu doesn't even dare to hope for the family affection that people inherently have, let alone think about other unrealistic things.

"Third brother, I'm good to you too?" Cheng Xinzhi said angrily, "Why are you still envious of others?"

"Yes, but that doesn't mean I'm not envious." Cheng Xinyu said in a ambiguous tone.

Then he smiled and said, "Thank you, little brother, for this time."

"Hi!" Cheng Xinzhi was a little embarrassed, "No need to thank me, I haven't helped you with anything before."

It was when he heard Qi Yuan say that the watch factory was recruiting that he remembered his third brother's story. He came back to ask him and found out that it was true.

But his father didn't mention this matter, and had no intention of letting his third brother come back. Cheng Xinzhi was so angry that he had a quarrel with his father.

I took the initiative to write a letter to ask Cheng Xinyu to come back.

When he thought of this, he felt a little guilty. He had never cared about his third brother before, except for this time.

But he still subconsciously concealed his father's attitude and did not tell Cheng Xinyu that his family had no plans to let him come back to participate in the job recruitment.

Because the whole family has a unanimous attitude: the recruitment requirement is a high school degree, and Cheng Xinyu's qualifications are slightly worse, as he did not graduate from high school.

Cheng Xinzhi had his own selfish motive: thinking about how his family said they couldn't find anyone, he begged Qi Yuan and Shen Lingyun to help ask Shen Wenqing to find someone so that his third brother could take the exam.

"It's getting late." Shen Lingyun stood up, "Let's go back, you should also go to bed early."

"Thank you for your help." Cheng Xinzhi said embarrassedly: "I couldn't help you, but I still want you to help my third brother."

"It's okay." Shen Lingyun was very polite. "It just happened that I found out that there was a job opening. Your third brother is lucky."

Cheng Xinyu smiled bitterly when he heard this: Can I still talk about luck?

"You guys go back." Qi Yuan just walked out of the Cheng family's door and waved goodbye to Cheng Xinzhi and his brother: "We are leaving."

"Slow down." Cheng Xinzhi shouted.

"Got it." Qi Yuan replied.

After walking out of Chengjia Hutong, Qi Yuan looked back and breathed a sigh of relief, "Third brother Cheng Xinzhi is so pitiful."

"There are many pitiful people." Shen Lingyun said calmly: "You can't help them all."

"It's one help for one." Qi Yuan said nonchalantly, "It makes me feel bad, so I have to find a way to help in order to make myself feel better."

What he meant was that it was better to help as much as possible than to have extra energy but not use it, which would make you feel uncomfortable and uneasy.

"Okay." Shen Lingyun chuckled and sighed, "Then I'll help you, as long as you don't feel uncomfortable."

"Don't you feel bad?" Qi Yuan asked, "Seeing them like this, I feel very uncomfortable. I feel like crying."

"I don't want to cry." Shen Lingyun said, "I've seen so much and experienced so much that I don't feel much anymore."

"Yes." Qi Yuan's eyes moved, and he held Shen Lingyun's hand, "The harm caused by relatives is the most hurtful and painful."

How could he forget: Shen Lingyun had also been hurt by his relatives.

"I will treat you well." Qi Yuan held his hand tightly, "If anyone dares to bully you like this, I will fight him to the death."

They would never have a feeble and powerless quarrel like Cheng Xinzhi, and would never let Shen Lingyun become like Cheng Xinyu.

I feel dead and have no interest in life.

"Okay." Shen Lingyun held Qi Yuan's hand, looked at Qi Yuan tenderly, and said softly, "Protect me."

Qi Yuan's eyes sparkled in the night, full of fighting spirit and determination.

He looked like a little wolf. If anyone bullied Shen Lingyun, he would pounce on them while roaring.

Shen Lingyun's heart softened: Then let's do as he wishes, give a hand, as long as Qi Yuan is happy, everything is worth it.

Chapter 65

"Let Dad take you to school to report."

The 28th was the day to report to school, and Shen Lingyun also had to go to school, so he had to ask Shen Wenqing to take Qi Yuan there.

"Okay." Qi Yuan agreed readily and looked at Shen Wenqing to thank him: "Thank you for your help, Uncle Shen."

"What's the trouble?" Shen Wenqing smiled. "I should be there to see you off. I also need to process your admission procedures."

Qi Yuan has never been to school and is not familiar with the school situation, especially the formalities.

Both Shen Lingyun and his son were worried.

"Let's go." Shen Lingyun pushed his bicycle and said to Qi Yuan, "We'll be back soon."

"Yeah." Qi Yuan didn't resist and walked out obediently, "I'll ride my bike by myself."

Their family originally had two bicycles, one for Shen Wenqing to ride to get off work, and one for Qi Yuan and Shen Lingyun to ride for travel.

Now that we two are in different schools, we bought another one. It is convenient for the three of us to travel with one car each.

"Qi Yuan." Cheng Xinzhi rode over from a distance, shouting and waving to Qi Yuan.

"Why are you here?" Qi Yuan asked curiously, "So early, what's the matter?"

"It's okay." Cheng Xinzhi smiled and touched his head, "Aren't you reporting in today? Brother Shen can't accompany you, so it's just right that I have a day off to go with you."

Today is Sunday, most companies are on holiday, so Cheng Xinzhi has some time.

So he didn't sleep in and came early to accompany Qi Yuan to school.

"Uncle Shen." Qi Yuan turned around and said, "Don't send me off. Let Cheng Xinzhi accompany me. He used to go to school there."

"Well..." Shen Wenqing was about to speak when he was interrupted by Shen Lingyun, "You can also ask Cheng Xinzhi to accompany you. He is more familiar with the school than you are and knows who to contact to arrange admission."

"Okay then." Shen Wenqing nodded. He only knew that the principal was not very helpful to Qi Yuan. "Please trouble Cheng Xinzhi."

"No trouble, no trouble." Cheng Xinzhi waved his hands embarrassedly, "I just want to take Qi Yuan to familiarize himself with the school, so that he won't be confused."

"Dad, go check on Xiaozhi and the others." Shen Lingyun said, "You just happen to be on vacation today, so you can pick them up right away so you don't have to ask for leave another day."

"Okay, I'll go now." Shen Wenqing nodded. It was time to pick up the two children as soon as possible. Then he said distressedly, "Alas! I don't know what your uncle and the others are thinking. They keep delaying as soon as I say I'm going to pick them up. Obviously, Xiaozhi and the others also want to come earlier."

Shen Lingyun looked at his father with amusement. He was really confused by the situation. "You are afraid that the relationship between relatives will be severed, so you want to use them to ease the situation. Why don't you just go and say something?"

It's a three-point relationship, and it will always be the same. The Su family must be afraid that Shen Wenqing will take the child away.

Just cut off relations with them, and most importantly, cut off relations with Su Yuting, so that you will not be able to rely on the child's help in the future.

Wan—What to do if you need retirement care?

"Really." Shen Wenqing understood what he said and said unhappily, "Even if I don't allow it, the child must listen."

After he said that, he rode away.

Qi Yuan winked at Shen Lingyun. Shen Wenqing became impatient as long as it was about the Su family.

"You guys go too, finish early and come back early." Shen Lingyun instructed: "Don't forget to talk to him about work on the way."

"Hey!" Qi Yuan smiled and patted his head, "If you hadn't told me, I would have really forgotten it."

"Go ahead." Shen Lingyun pushed him and said jokingly, "You were the one who enjoyed arranging everything the most, but now you've forgotten it."

Qi Yuan kicked his legs with a "laugh" and called Cheng Xinzhi, "Let's go."

"Coming." Cheng Xinzhi responded and rode his bike to catch up with Qi Yuan.

"What job is it?" Cheng Xinzhi caught up with Qi Yuan and asked curiously, "Is it my third brother's job?"

"Yes." Qi Yuan smiled and said, "Your third brother is lucky. He has found a job."

"So soon?" Cheng Xinzhi's eyes widened in surprise. "We talked about it the night before yesterday, and we have news today."

"What a coincidence." Qi Yuan said, "Uncle Shen took over the matter before I could find anyone."

Shen Wenqing needed an assistant to do odd jobs and run errands. When he heard about this, he agreed to let Cheng Xinzhi's third brother go.

He is a regular worker in the woolen mill.

"That's great." Cheng Xinzhi was so happy that he wanted to go home immediately to tell his third brother the news.

But he had other things to do and had to accompany Qi Yuan.

"Thank you, Qi Yuan." Cheng Xinzhi knew that without Qi Yuan, Shen Lingyun might not help. "I'll treat you another day."

"Okay." Qi Yuan agreed with a smile.

They rode their bikes all the way to school. It was reported that there were many students on the road today, but very few of them were riding bicycles.

Most of them walked there on two legs.

They gathered in groups of three or four, talking and playing, chattering as they walked to school.

Qi Yuan and the others were not in a hurry. They rode their bicycles slowly, talking as they went.

"It only takes about ten minutes to get there by bike." Cheng Xinzhi said, "It takes more than twenty minutes to walk."

Every morning, this road is the busiest. Junior high schools and elementary schools are adjacent to each other, and children and teenagers swarm on this road.

Qi Yuan listened carefully to Cheng Xinzhi's news and soon arrived at the New District No. 3 Middle School. Cheng Xinzhi took him in with familiarity.

—Opposite the entrance is a three-story building, which is the office building, and the third-grade classroom is also in the office building.

On both sides of the office building, there is a three-story building, which is the classroom for junior high school to grade 8.

Cheng Xinzhi: "There is a large playground behind the office building. The toilet is at the edge of the playground. I'll take you there later. Let's go find the Dean of Studies to register for admission first."

"Let's get admitted first." Qi Yuan nodded. This was the most important thing.

When Cheng Xinzhi and Qi Yuan went up to the second floor of the office building, the first thing they saw was a row of classrooms. There was a sign on the door of each classroom indicating which class it was.

Some students have already arrived, some are in the classroom, and some are standing in the corridor.

He followed Cheng Xinzhi and walked eastward. The teacher's office was at the east end. There was a classroom to the right of Qi Yuan and a corridor railing to the left.

You can clearly see the main entrance and the situation downstairs, and the teaching buildings on both sides are also clearly visible.

"This is a good location." Qi Yuan stopped and turned to face the left railing. "Standing in the corridor, you can see everything clearly."

"It's boring now." Cheng Xinzhi said with a smile, "It's more interesting after class. There are people in the corridors and under the trees in the flowerbed downstairs."

He laughed and winked at Qi Yuan, "You can also see people passing notes and love letters, but it's in the big playground behind the office building."

"Love letter?" Qi Yuan blinked, his eyes full of confusion. He didn't understand what a love letter meant. "Are you dating?"

"Hehe." Cheng Xinzhi laughed obscenely, meaning you know what he meant.

"Not yet an adult." Qi Yuan frowned. Why did what he said differ from what Shen Lingyun said?

"It has nothing to do with adulthood." Cheng Xinzhi was afraid that people passing by would hear him, so he leaned closer to Qi Yuan and said, "We just want to make friends, there's nothing else to it."

There were too many people here, so it was inconvenient for him to say much. He signaled Qi Yuan to follow him with his eyes and made a "hush" gesture.

Qi Yuan said nothing, frowned, lowered his eyelashes, and followed Cheng Xinzhi forward.

"This is the dean's office." Cheng Xinzhi said to Qi Yuan, then raised his hand and knocked on the door a few times. Even though the door was wide open, he did not go in directly.

Qi Yuan learned another trick: knock on the door even if it is open.

"Come in." Director Huang called out, then looked at Qi Yuan and Cheng Xinzhi and asked, "What's the matter?"

"Go through the admission procedures." Cheng Xinzhi stood straight and said respectfully.

Director Huang was in his fifties. He pushed up his black-framed glasses and asked, "Who among you is enrolled?"

"I." Qi Yuan stepped forward and said, "Teacher, I am Qi Yuan."

He looked at Director Huang curiously. He was wearing a pair of very large and ugly glasses that covered most of his face and he couldn't see his appearance clearly.

"Yes." Director Huang looked at him for a few times, and saw Qi Yuan standing in front of him obediently, looking at him intently, as if he was listening to his instructions carefully, and nodded, "Come with me, I will take you to handle it."

Qi Yuan followed him to the first floor and walked around a few places, paid tuition and signed a few documents.

Director Huang then told him that it was done.

"I'll take you to the teacher's office," Director Huang said, "and assign you to a class."

"Thank you, Director Huang." Qi Yuan thanked him sweetly and followed closely beside Director Huang.

On the other hand, Cheng Xinzhi stood aside, looking very reserved and serious.

There was very little conversation, and it was mostly Qi Yuan communicating with Director Huang.

They went back to the second floor, still to the east end, next to Director Huang's office, which was a large room with many desks.

There were seven or eight teachers inside at that time.

Director Huang looked around and said, "Teacher Wang, there's a new student in your class. You two should get to know each other."

Mr. Wang, a chubby and smiling man in his forties, stood up and greeted Director Huang.

Then he looked at Qi Yuan, who Director Huang was pointing at, and said, "There is no vacant seat. We need to add another table."

"The students in your class are worry-free. You don't have to crowd them together. It's okay as long as it's convenient for them to play." Some teachers joked.

Teacher Wang is the head teacher of Class 8. Because of his good personality, the class is loose and there are few students who love to study, so he is often laughed at.

"Children are just like that." Teacher Wang smiled good-naturedly, "It's inevitable that they will be naughty and playful."

He looked at Qi Yuan, introduced himself, and then took the file handed to him by Director Huang and took a look at it.

"Qi Yuan." Teacher Wang smiled. "Welcome to join the eighth grade class of the third grade. The class is on the second floor. You can go and have a look later. Don't go to the wrong class when school starts."

"Thank you, teacher." Qi Yuan bowed honestly and thanked Director Huang again: "Thank you, Director Huang."

"Okay." Director Huang waved his hand. "There's nothing to report today, so you can go back first."

Qi Yuan looked at Teacher Wang, the man who was in charge of him.

Unexpectedly, Teacher Wang was more talkative. "Go back now. You don't have to stay today."

"Goodbye, teacher." Qi Yuan walked out of the office briskly, glanced at Cheng Xinzhi beside him and asked, "Why haven't you said anything?"

"I don't want to talk about it." Cheng Xinzhi breathed a sigh of relief. All the teachers here were familiar to him. "I don't know what to say."

It's not that I'm afraid, I just have nothing to say, and I still have the restrained feeling of being controlled before.

It made him even more reluctant to speak.

"Hey." Qi Yuan winked at him, "Aren't you going to take me to see the playground and toilets in the back?"

"Well, let's go now." Cheng Xinzhi was about to run down the stairs, but he stopped and pointed to a door and said, "This is Class 8, your class."

There are six classrooms on the second floor. Qi Yuan's Class 8 is the last one at the west end of the building, which is quite far away from the classroom office.

There were a lot of people crowding in the corridors and classrooms now, and Qi Yuan had no desire to go over and take a look.

"I see." Qi Yuan took a look, identified the door, and went downstairs directly. "Hurry up, I have something to ask you."

"What's the matter?" Cheng Xinzhi said with a smile, "You want to ask about the toilet? Hahaha, I'm telling you so that you don't end up going to the wrong women's restroom."

Qi Yuan looked up at the sky with melancholy, as if talking to himself, and sighed: "I don't want to go to the men's restroom either!"

"Then where are you going?" Cheng Xinzhi laughed and said mischievously, "You don't want to show up naked in front of the whole school, do you?"

"Bah." Qi Yuan was angry, not caring about his melancholy, "I think you want people to look at you."

He couldn't say the word "butt" and felt ashamed. Immediately, the shame turned into anger and he chased after Cheng Xinzhi and beat him.

"Aiya!" Cheng Xinzhi ran away with his head in his hands, begging for mercy with a "laugh", "Stop hitting me, stop hitting me, I won't say anything."

How could Qi Yuan really hit him? He just hit him a few times to vent his anger and then stopped.

"What's it like in the bathroom?" Qi Yuan thought for a moment and asked, "Can we really see each other?"

If that's the case, Qi Yuan was worried about how he would go to the toilet?

There are differences between men and women, and as a little boy, I am even more different from men and women.

"Of course I can see it." Cheng Xinzhi said as a matter of course: "We are all men, so what are we afraid of? But..."

He laughed and said, "We are not afraid, but the teacher is."

The toilets in the school originally had no cubicles, and it was very embarrassing for teachers and students to go to the toilet together.

The students were reserved and afraid, and the teachers were embarrassed and ashamed, so they proposed to build a separate toilet for the teachers.

However, supplies were tight and financial resources were limited, so how could we waste them on this? So someone came up with an idea.

So someone suggested building two small cubicles for teachers to use at the entrance of the toilet.

After hearing this, Qi Yuan breathed a sigh of relief: This is not bad.

"But if you don't want to see so many butts, there's nothing you can do." Cheng Xinzhi laughed and said, "That's a special toilet built for teachers."

After Cheng Xinzhi finished speaking, he ran to the front with a loud laugh, fearing that Qi Yuan would chase him and beat him again.

Qi Yuan had no time to hit him. He thought to himself that he must let Cheng Xinzhi take him to explore the way and solve his problem of going to the toilet in the future.

Fortunately, as Qi Yuan wished, he asked Cheng Xinzhi to go in and see, and there was no one inside.

Qi Yuan went in and immediately saw two compartments opposite. Cheng Xinzhi pointed them out to him and said, "These are the two compartments."

After he finished speaking, he pointed to the side where there was a door and said, "This is the student toilet."

Qi Yuan also saw a cement pool with a faucet next to the door and asked, "Is this where you wash your hands?"

"Yes." Cheng Xinzhi replied: "Otherwise, why not build a wall with the toilet inside and put a door to separate it, so that people don't waste water."

"Students can't use the teacher's toilet?" Qi Yuan asked.

"Of course you can." Cheng Xinzhi looked at Qi Yuan strangely. Couldn't he tell that he was joking? "Who would hold back if there's no place to go? Of course, if there's a vacancy, you can go in. Who cares if there's a teacher or not?"

"But you have to close the door after you go in." Cheng Xinzhi knew that Qi Yuan came from the countryside, so he opened the door of the toilet cubicle and demonstrated to Qi Yuan, "After you go in, lock the door, otherwise others will see you when they open the door."

He explained that there is another reason for this problem, which is that some people hate it and want to go to the toilet early to solve the problem.

After he opened the door, he didn't close it for you. He just stood at the door looking at you, urging you to hurry up.

Who would want to do this?

"—I have to come to the door." Qi Yuan shuddered. He didn't expect this to happen. He frowned and said, "People like this are really annoying."

"In school, you have to fight for the toilet." Cheng Xinzhi said with a smile: "If you want to go, run as fast as you can. You must be fast, otherwise you will have to wait. Not to mention the two cubicles for teachers, you won't have a place on the student side either."

He could see that Qi Yuan didn't want to go to the toilet on the student side, and kept staring at the two small rooms built separately for the teachers.

"Let's go." Cheng Xin knew: "What are you still doing in the toilet? It's not clean yet because school hasn't started yet. The stench will come out in a few days. Everyone run away quickly."

After looking at the toilet, which was what he was most concerned about, Qi Yuan finally had the mind to look at the school playground.

The playground is very large, and there is a tall rostrum in the middle near the office building.

There are parallel bars and a basketball court on both sides, which Qi Yuan has never seen before.

But he just glanced at it and left it at that. He had another question for Cheng Xinzhi, "What about the love letter you mentioned?"

"It's just a love letter." Cheng Xinzhi said with a smile: "You haven't even come to school yet, and you want to hand out love letters to woo girls?"

"I didn't." Qi Yuan curled his lips. What's the point of him chasing her?

"You are so pretty, you don't need to chase after girls, there are girls chasing after you." Cheng Xinzhi said with a smile: "Just wait for the love letter."

He also told Qi Yuan: "If you like any of them, don't forget to tell me and bring them to me."

"You're dreaming." Qi Yuan wanted to hit him again, but he still had a question to ask, "Is this the case in all schools?"

"No." Cheng Xin knew: "They were in junior high school, and they were just beginning to fall in love. Even if they handed over love letters, it was just a mutual affection, just like being friends."

But high school is different.

"As handsome and elegant as Brother Shen, it won't take long for someone to pursue him." Cheng Xinzhi used Shen Lingyun as an example, "Good-looking people are popular everywhere, regardless of gender."

He didn't forget to add: "Maybe Brother Shen was attracted to the pretty female classmate first, and took the initiative to pursue her without waiting for others to pursue him."

"What?" Qi Yuan was annoyed, his eyes widened and he said unhappily, "He is going to study for the college entrance examination. How can he have time to chase after female classmates?"

"Hey!" Cheng Xinzhi was dissatisfied and argued: "Don't say that. It's normal to fall in love in high school. You have to prepare in advance when you reach that age."

Shen Lingyun is 22 years old, which is past the legal age for marriage, so it is normal for him to fall in love and get married.

Cheng Xinzhi didn't understand why Qi Yuan reacted so strongly.

He thought silently, looking at Qi Yuan who was walking quickly in front of him, and suddenly thought of a question.

"Qi Yuan, don't you want Brother Shen to have a relationship?"

Cheng Xinzhi chased after him and said with certainty: "Of course he is. Are you afraid that he will have a partner and won't be as nice to you as he is now, and won't be able to accompany you and coax you every day anymore?"

Chapter 66

"Qi Yuan?"

Shen Lingyun looked at Qi Yuan in surprise, "Your eyes?"

"It's okay, my eyes are fine." Qi Yuan smiled and raised his hand to push the glasses on his nose.

He leaned on the armrest of the sofa with his left hand on his chin, and crossed his right leg over the other leg and swung it a few times.

"This is a flat pair of glasses." Qi Yuan said nonchalantly, "Today I accompanied Cheng Xinzhi to the glasses store, and an auntie recommended this pair of glasses to me, saying that it protects my eyes. When I put them on, I look like a child from a scholarly family."

"You just bought it?" Shen Lingyun asked.

"Yes." Qi Yuan nodded as a matter of course, "Our family is a family of scholars, Uncle Shen is very talented, and the two of us are full of bookish airs, and we study hard and make progress every day."

Qi Yuan was wearing a pair of silver-rimmed round glasses.

He had a fair and delicate face, which concealed the exquisiteness and liveliness of his eyes and eyebrows, but added a bit of playfulness and cuteness.

Qi Yuan was wearing glasses and felt good about himself, as if he had grown up a lot suddenly.

It also added a lot of bookish air to him.

He had always envied Shen Lingyun's scholarly aura and his friendly, handsome and elegant face, and he always wanted to linger on him.

Now he felt that he had achieved his wish.

"How is it?" Qi Yuan saw that Shen Lingyun had not spoken, so he asked, "Is it good? Are you fascinated by it?"

The corners of his mouth couldn't help but curl up, revealing a sweet smile, and he raised his hand to touch his cheek.

"Everyone thinks I'm pretty. You must be fascinated by me."

Shen Lingyun: "..."

He still liked Qi Yuan's lively eyes and the flash of cunning, but... since Qi Yuan liked it... it was okay for him to wear glasses.

"Not bad." Shen Lingyun said, "If you like it, take it with you."

"What do you mean it's just okay?" Qi Yuan was not satisfied. He stopped posing and stood up to lean closer to Shen Lingyun. "Look carefully, it's beautiful everywhere, isn't it?"

Shen Lingyun had been looking at Qi Yuan's face. After hearing what he said, he looked at him carefully for a long time and had to admit it.

Even though his glasses obscured his exquisite and lively features, Qi Yuan still looked good at this moment, and Shen Lingyun could not find any fault with him.

She has a delicate oval face, a straight nose, and bright red lips, and there is nothing ugly about her.

"Yes." Shen Lingyun admitted, "It looks good with glasses on."

But Qi Yuan didn't hear it. Shen Lingyun still thought he looked better before, and the corners of his mouth curled higher and higher with joy.

"Oh!" Qi Yuan pretended to be shy and smiled shyly: "I told you, how could it not look good? I have looked in the mirror several times."

Shen Lingyun: "..."

He had nothing to say.

"Did you get enrolled smoothly?" Shen Lingyun asked casually, trying to ignore the issue of glasses.

"It went very smoothly. It went very smoothly." Qi Yuan looked at Shen Lingyun with a smile, "Don't you have anything to ask me?"

"What do you want to ask?" Shen Lingyun glanced at him indifferently. There was something wrong with Qi Yuan today.

Don't want to go to school again?

"We share the good times and the bad times together." Qi Yuan said seriously, "I wear glasses and dress so beautifully, don't you have any thoughts?"

"You bought it for me too?" Shen Lingyun asked.

"Hi!" Qi Yuan clapped his hands happily, and with a crisp "pa" sound, he pointed at Shen Lingyun and said with a smile: "I told you that we have a telepathic connection, but you still don't admit it."

"Wait, I'll get it for you." Qi Yuan happily took out the glasses from his schoolbag, handed them to Shen Lingyun and urged: "Try them on quickly, they look really good."

Shen Lingyun's calm expression was finally broken.

He looked at the glasses in surprise, his eyelids twitched a few times, and he was speechless for a long time.

"How is it? Looks good, doesn't it?" Qi Yuan was overjoyed and held the glasses in front of Shen Lingyun's eyes, "Take a good look, this is the most special and elegant pair I carefully selected just for you."

He even added ostentatiously: "Everyone praised me for my good taste in picking the one that suits you best."

"Suitable for me?" Shen Lingyun spoke word by word, as if he didn't believe it. One could not hear the gnashing of teeth but one could feel the solemnity in his tone.

Qi Yuan shrank back guiltily.

His eyes avoided and looked away, keeping a distance from Shen Lingyun.

"Ahem." Qi Yuan coughed lightly, "Um...um, I saw the dean today, and he was wearing a pair of glasses like this."

When he said this, he felt a little more confident, but he still didn't dare to look into Shen Lingyun's calm eyes that were devoid of any emotion.

"He is very majestic and imposing. He makes people feel intimidated at first sight. Even Cheng Xinzhi doesn't dare to talk to him."

"The comrades in the optical shop also said that this pair of glasses is the best-selling one, and that they are bought by good students who love to study."

"The demand exceeds the supply." Qi Yuan gritted his teeth and said, "I think you're a good student. You love studying and you will definitely be a good student in the future. With the authority of the dean, no one will bully you."

"Besides." Qi Yuan listed a lot of advantages, and finally said: "They are the most popular, fastest-selling and best glasses. Of course I will buy them for you."

He looked at Shen Lingyun pitifully, his cheeks slightly puffed up as if he was angry, and he accused her with a look that said, "You don't know how to appreciate a good person."

"The most popular?" Shen Lingyun chuckled, but his face showed no emotion. "How much did you buy it for?"

Qi Yuan's heart skipped a beat.

"That's expensive." Qi Yuan said weakly, glancing at Shen Lingyun, "But if you sell it to a good student who loves to study, you can get a much lower price."

"Speaking of this, I just can't accept it." Qi Yuan snorted angrily, "Why can't mine be cheaper? How can there be any difference in treatment?"

"I'm a good student too!"

"What if I don't wear it?" Shen Lingyun suddenly asked.

"Huh?" Qi Yuan's eyes flashed with confusion for a moment, and he repeated, "You don't want to wear it?"

"How can this be possible?" Qi Yuan stood up in a flash. "We are talking in sync and trying to keep pace. How can you go back on your word?"

He pointed at the glasses he was wearing and said, "As long as I wear them, you have to wear them too. We share happiness and hardships. Are you going to enjoy happiness or suffer hardships?"

"Hmph." Qi Yuan humphed twice and said with a straight face, "It depends on what you think."

"But I feel uncomfortable wearing glasses." Shen Lingyun rubbed his nose bridge. "My nose bridge hurts, what should I do?"

"How could that happen?" Qi Yuan was stunned for a moment, and moved his glasses up and down, "It's okay."

"People are different." Shen Lingyun said calmly, "Just like some people can eat spicy food, while others can't. It's very painful."

Finished.

Qi Yuan looked at the glasses in his hand: It's over! I bought the glasses for nothing!

"Forget it." Qi Yuan looked dejected, lowered his head and sighed gloomily, "If you can't wear it, then don't wear it!"

You can't force him.

"I'll go to the glasses store later." Qi Yuan said listlessly, "Ask if I can return it."

When he heard Shen Lingyun say that it was uncomfortable to wear, he gave up immediately without thinking, but he felt a little uncomfortable.

This was a solution he came up with after racking his brains!

"Let me try." Shen Lingyun took the glasses from his hand and looked at them over and over again. "If they are not really uncomfortable, I will wear them."

This is a pair of wide-rimmed black-framed glasses with very large square lenses. If worn, they will cover most of the face.

The first impression these glasses give people is that they look dull and silly.

After Shen Lingyun put it on, he looked in the mirror and found that most of his face was covered, with only the part below the nose still visible.

"How is it? How is it?" Qi Yuan circled around Shen Lingyun in surprise. He didn't expect Shen Lingyun to really wear it. "It looks good, right? I said it would suit you very well."

"Look how majestic you are. No one will talk to you easily when they see you. You can tell at a glance that you are a good student who loves to study."

Qi Yuan flattered him, "Now I am like this! When I look at you, I think you are the most talented, bookish, and ambitious young man."

Shen Lingyun: "..."

He deadpanned, "There's an idiom that can describe it."

Dumb-headed.

"Handsome and elegant." Qi Yuan patted Shen Lingyun's shoulder with satisfaction and praised him, "One idiom is not enough, I think there are many more, such as sword-like eyebrows and star-like eyes, imposing and majestic, and elegant and graceful... It's so beautiful!"

Shen Lingyun was silent in front of the mirror for a while, looking at Qi Yuan surrounding him with a smile on his face, he was extremely happy.

He raised his eyebrows and asked calmly, "Can you tell that I have sharp eyebrows and bright eyes, and I have an imposing manner?"

"Yes, yes, yes, absolutely." Qi Yuan blinked, and said with a sincere look in his eyes and a firm tone: "Whoever can't see it is blind."

As soon as he finished speaking, the blind man came back.

"Xiaoyuan, Xiaoyun?" Shen Wenqing looked at the two people wearing glasses, "What about your eyes?"

"This is a flat mirror." Shen Lingyun said casually.

"Yes." Qi Yuan said, "Our eyes are fine, we just want to wear glasses."

He pointed at Shen Lingyun and said to Shen Wenqing: "This pair of glasses is the same as the one worn by the dean of studies. It is also the most popular and fastest-selling pair in the optical shop."

"Oh." Shen Wenqing nodded inexplicably, put his fist to his lips and smiled secretly, "You don't have to worry about whether a pair of glasses looks good or not, just wear them casually."

He was somewhat helpless about his son's aesthetic taste.

After looking at them again and again, Shen Wenqing sincerely suggested: "How about you buy a few more pairs and wear them alternately?"

"That's such a waste." Qi Yuan disagreed and asked tentatively: "Uncle Shen, don't you think it looks good? It's very beautiful."

Shen Wenqing couldn't say it looked good against his conscience.

This was his own son, so Shen Wenqing didn't have too many concerns and suggested again: "You should change to another pair of glasses. These, these really don't look good."

This is generally the choice of those who are always serious, do not pursue beauty or ugliness too much, and are low-key and do not want to show their faces.

Another type is: the picture price is cheap.

"Don't." Qi Yuan heard Shen Wenqing keep suggesting to change, and hurriedly said: "Uncle Shen, why can't you see that Shen Lingyun is good-looking? No matter how I look at her, she is good-looking."

He tilted his head up and down, left and right, and turned it forward and backward a few times, then nodded several times with a serious and affirmative look on his face.

"She's beautiful no matter how I look at her. In my heart, Shen Lingyun is the most beautiful. No one can compare to her."

"Uncle Shen." Qi Yuan looked at Shen Wenqing disapprovingly, "How can you say Shen Lingyun is not good-looking? Isn't he your favorite and most beloved son?"

"I..." Shen Wenqing was speechless. He was just sincerely offering a suggestion. How could he say that he didn't like his own son?

"Wear it." Shen Lingyun said lightly, "I think it's okay."

If Qi Yuan wants me to wear it, then I can wear it.

Shen Lingyun didn't care about beauty or ugliness. He took another closer look and said, "It's actually OK. The sunlight won't be glaring in the summer, and it won't be blinding if the wind blows."

"Yes." Qi Yuan immediately supported, "That's what I thought."

He patted his head in annoyance, smiled sheepishly, and explained: "I'm just not good at talking, and there are still many things I haven't said that are truly for your benefit."

Qi Yuan sighed helplessly: "Uncle Shen is back!"

Shen Wenqing: "..."

So it's my own problem. How much benefit can it bring to them by delaying their discussion on these glasses that make it impossible to see one's appearance?

"There is another issue we need to discuss seriously."

Qi Yuan suddenly became serious and said to Shen Wenqing: "Uncle Shen, I've been waiting for you to come back."

Chapter 67

"What's up?"

Shen Wenqing asked: "Still so serious."

He laughed. This child is becoming more and more interesting.

"I heard that there is no cafeteria in high school and we need to bring our own food." Qi Yuan said seriously, "Cheng Xinzhi said that it's okay to bring food now, but the food sometimes goes bad when the weather is hot."

"There is no cafeteria in high school?" Shen Wenqing didn't know this yet, he looked at Shen Lingyun and asked.

"Yes." Shen Lingyun said, "The factory high school is full of children from nearby factories. There are no dormitories or cafeterias. Those who are far away and don't want to go home can bring their own food."

"Not all of them." Qi Yuan said. He had found out everything. "The high school is on the east side of the factory, very far from the west side. Students who live there don't have enough time to go home for meals, so they can only bring their meals to school."

"We are in the middle of the factory area. It will take about half an hour to get to your high school." Qi Yuan said to Shen Lingyun, "Just think about how much time it will take for students who are farther away to go back and forth."

"This doesn't seem to have anything to do with us, right?" Shen Lingyun said indifferently.

"Yes." Qi Yuan's annoyance flashed across his face. "I said I was off topic. Now let's get back to the topic."

"So what do you mean?" Shen Lingyun asked.

"I will." Qi Yuan paused, "I thought if you didn't want to go home for dinner, I would go and bring you food."

Shen Lingyun turned his head and looked at Qi Yuan, without saying anything for a long time.

After hearing what Qi Yuan said, Shen Wenqing asked with some laughter: "You still have to go to school, how can you go to deliver food?"

"It's okay." Qi Yuan raised his chin and smiled reservedly, "I have a long lunch break, two hours, which is more than enough time to bring food to Shen Lingyun."

"I can still eat with you." Seeing Shen Lingyun remained silent, Qi Yuan patted his arm comfortingly, "Don't be touched, I just can't bear to see you not eat well."

"Alas!" he sighed, "When I think about you not having enough to eat, I feel so uneasy and worried."

Shen Wenqing didn't know what to say. This child was really good to his son and was more attentive than himself as a father.

"Xiaoyuan is so good to you." Shen Wenqing sighed: "You must remember his kindness and heart."

"It depends on what you said." Qi Yuan smiled embarrassedly, but his eyes were always on Shen Lingyun's reaction, "I just delivered some food, how can it be as good as you said, Uncle Shen."

Shen Wenqing kept praising Qi Yuan, and Qi Yuan was humble and shook his head repeatedly, and for a moment he even forgot about Shen Lingyun who was being cared for.

"Uncle Shen, don't worry, I'll treat everyone in our family well." Qi Yuan assured: "Even if my two younger brothers come over, I'll take care of them. Just focus on your work."

"They are grown up now, and they can do some things on their own." Shen Wenqing said, "Don't spoil them. Take care of them when they should be taken care of and educate them when they should be educated."

"I know." Qi Yuan agreed, "If jade is not polished, it will not become a useful tool. If children are not strictly disciplined, how can they grow up? I will definitely strictly require them to be well disciplined."

"Okay." Shen Lingyun interrupted them and said directly: "No need to send food, I will come back to eat."

"Ah?" Qi Yuan was stunned and asked tentatively: "Is there enough time?"

"Enough." Shen Lingyun said briefly, "There is also a two-hour break at noon."

He had not intended to bring any lunch in the first place, but he did not expect Qi Yuan to offer to bring him lunch, which actually made Shen Lingyun feel happy.

"But..." Qi Yuan frowned and said in distress: "I want to see your school and meet your classmates."

"What are you looking at them for?" Shen Lingyun looked suspicious, but no one noticed because of his large glasses.

"Let's take a look at who they are." Qi Yuan touched his chin thoughtfully, "What if there are some restless people who disturb your studies?"

It is necessary to discover it in time and eliminate the problem directly.

"Don't worry about that." Shen Lingyun said: "I am going there to study with a clear goal, and no one and nothing will affect me."

"But..." Qi Yuan was unwilling to give in. Just as he was about to speak, Shen Lingyun knocked his head, "No buts, that's it."

If they continued talking, who knows what might happen to Qi Yuan, so Shen Lingyun decisively ended the conversation.

"This is the school schedule." Shen Lingyun took out a piece of paper and handed it to Qi Yuan. "If you don't understand, read it yourself."

"Be at school at 6:40." Qi Yuan looked around, "Our school's opening time is 7:20."

The lunch break is the same.

But seeing that it was evening, Qi Yuan became upset and asked in surprise: "You still have school in the evening, and you have an hour to eat, and you finish school at 9:30."

"It's the same for all of them." Shen Lingyun said, "But it's not needed for first and second year of high school, only for third year."

"I'll bring food tonight." Shen Lingyun decided, not giving Qi Yuan a chance to object, "You can be responsible for what food I bring, and don't worry about the rest."

After he said that, he took off his glasses and pinched the bridge of his nose, feeling a little uncomfortable.

"Does it hurt?" Qi Yuan asked carefully after seeing his movements.

"A little bit." Shen Lingyun said: "But I will bring it with me and maybe I will get used to it slowly."

"Okay." Qi Yuan agreed readily. It would be fine if he could achieve one of his wishes. "If you are not used to it, we can think of other ways."

Shen Wenqing looked at his son's helpless eyes and his calm face, and laughed secretly in his heart: He really loves Qi Yuan and tries to be as accommodating as possible.

"Bang, bang, bang."

"Bang, bang, bang."

"Who is it?" Qi Yuan stood up, looked at Shen Wenqing and asked, "Is it Xiaozhi and the others?"

"Probably not." Shen Wenqing said, "We agreed to pick them up in the evening."

Qi Yuan walked out quickly, opened the door and called out, "I'm coming, who's there?"

"It's me, Qi Yuan." Cheng Xinzhi shouted outside the gate.

"Eh?" Qi Yuan trotted to open the door for Cheng Xinzhi, "Why are you here?"

"Ah!" Qi Yuan saw Cheng Xinyu the first thing he saw when he opened the door, "Third Brother Cheng."

Cheng Xinyu smiled shyly, "Xiao Si and I came here to thank Uncle Shen."

"Why are you being so polite?" Qi Yuan invited them in. "We are all friends."

"I'll tell you." Cheng Xinzhi said to Cheng Xinyu, "Qi Yuan didn't expect us to repay him at all. He just wanted to help us out of kindness."

Although he said so, he still said to Qi Yuan: "I know you don't care about these, but we want to thank Uncle Shen in person."

As they were talking, they came to the living room, and Qi Yuan said to Shen Wenqing: "Uncle Shen, they are here to thank you."

"Thank you, Uncle Shen." Cheng Xinzhi said first, and then introduced his third brother, "This is my third brother, Cheng Xinyu."

"Sit down, don't stand." Shen Wenqing smiled kindly, "You are all Xiaoyuan and Xiaoyun's friends, I will help if I can."

Like Qi Yuan, he said that Cheng Xinyu was lucky to get the job so quickly.

Shen Wenqing smiled gently and said, "The factory wants to assign me an assistant, but they haven't decided on the candidate yet. When I heard about your situation, I gave you a call."

It's that simple and doesn't take much effort.

"Thank you, Uncle Shen." Cheng Xinyu thanked him sincerely, "My luck is to meet Uncle Shen and his family."

He understood that it was not easy to find a work station.

Cheng Xinyu had heard about the Shen family from his younger brother a long time ago and had a simple understanding of their family, but when he saw the layout of the Shen family's living room.

He still felt uneasy.

"It's not easy for you either." Shen Wenqing felt pity for him as he looked skinny and reserved. "You've suffered a lot in the countryside for so many years."

"It's all the same." Cheng Xinyu said bitterly, "Whether you are an educated youth or a rural native, it's not easy for everyone."

The atmosphere was a bit solemn, and these things were also Shen Lingyun's pain.

Shen Wenqing sighed in his heart: This child is also a miserable person.

However, Cheng Xinyu's next action made him unable to sigh for a moment. He just looked at the thing in Cheng Xinyu's hand in surprise.

"What is this?" Qi Yuan looked at the coffee table and asked suspiciously, "Is it ginseng?"

"It's ginseng." Cheng Xinzhi was a little proud. He also stared at the ginseng intently and said with a smile, "My third brother picked it. It's said to be a hundred years old."

"It's an old ginseng." Shen Wenqing took a closer look. "It's probably a hundred years old. I've seen ones similar to this before."

"Let me see." Shen Lingyun picked up the ginseng, looked at it for a long time and said, "It's more than 160 years old. It's rare."

Qi Yuan opened his mouth in surprise. Even though others were excited, they were not as obvious as him. He hurried to Shen Lingyun.

"Let me see." Qi Yuan grabbed Shen Lingyun's hand and said excitedly: "Is this a hundred-year-old ginseng? I have never seen it before."

This is a treasure. Qi Yuan has heard of it before, but he didn't expect that he would see such a treasure again.

To them, this is a life-saving medicine, which ordinary people cannot get.

"Do you like it?" Shen Lingyun said as he handed the ginseng to Qi Yuan, "Then take a good look at it."

He looked at Cheng Xinyu again, "You want to use this ginseng as a thank you gift to my father."

Although Shen Lingyun asked a question, his tone was affirmative.

"It's for Uncle Shen." Cheng Xinyu said embarrassedly, "I don't have anything else in my hand right now, I hope you can accept it."

"That won't do." Shen Wenqing refused. "This ginseng is very valuable. You may not know its value. I can't accept it."

"Uncle Shen." Cheng Xinyu stood up and said at a loss: "I know it can be sold for money, but I don't plan to sell it."

He was planning to bring the things in his hands back to his family, but now Cheng Xinyu would not give them anything.

"I found it by accident." Cheng Xinyu said, "I've also inquired about the price, but I'm not planning to sell it yet."

"I also know how much a workstation costs." Cheng Xinyu really wanted to give it to the Shen family to thank them. "Just like this ginseng, you may not be able to buy it at any time even if you have money."

"Yes, Uncle Shen." Cheng Xinzhi also said: "Although a workstation costs between 800 and 1,000 yuan, it does not necessarily mean the type of work. The better ones cost more, but they are also in short supply."

"But..." Shen Wenqing didn't want to accept it, thinking it was too expensive. He didn't want to help them just to receive a thank-you gift.

"Dad." Shen Lingyun said, "They are all sincere people. If you feel it is inappropriate, we will buy it and put their minds at ease."

He looked at Qi Yuan, who was smiling happily and holding the ginseng carefully in his hands. His rare and precious look pleased Shen Lingyun.

"Xiaoyuan likes it too." Shen Lingyun said, "We'll buy it at the market price."

"Okay." Shen Wenqing thought that an unconditional refusal might make the two Cheng brothers feel uneasy, "Let's buy it."

But why would Cheng Xinyu ask for money?

So the two sides argued for a long time, one insisted on giving the money and the other refused to accept it, and the two of them were in a stalemate.

It was Shen Lingyun who made the final decision, "Then accept it."

He said to Cheng Xinyu: "This is your kindness, we accept it, but you can't refuse our kindness."

Cheng Xinyu understood what Shen Lingyun meant and refused: "I am alone now and don't need anything. You don't need to give me a return gift."

"Hmm." Shen Lingyun pondered for a moment and said, "Okay, let's talk about it later."

Come often, there will always be a time to return.

"Okay." Shen Lingyun pinched Qi Yuan's ear, "Don't look at it anymore. The ginseng is yours."

"Ah?" Qi Yuan looked up in confusion, "Mine?"

He immediately reacted and asked in shock: "Received it?"

"Yeah." Shen Lingyun nodded and said helplessly: "Didn't you hear us talking? This is their intention. It's not right to return it or give money. We are friends and we should keep in touch in the future."

Qi Yuan understood.

His eyes narrowed with laughter, and the corners of his mouth curled up like a gold ingot. He held up the ginseng and said to Shen Lingyun: "This is a hundred-year-old ginseng. We have a hundred-year-old ginseng."

"Take it and play with it." Shen Lingyun smiled dotingly, "Dad won't be stingy and ask you for it."

Shen Wenqing: "..."

This is my son, my precious son who I love so much and cherish in my heart.

That's how he treated his own dad!

"Thank you, Uncle Shen." Qi Yuan thanked him immediately, and smiled at Cheng Xinzhi and the others, "You are willing to give away such a treasure."

"You are so sincere!"

Qi Yuan knew that if he had it, he would never be willing to give it away easily.

"Actually, this thing is very rare." Cheng Xinyu smiled, "But some people still have it."

"Who has it? Can I buy it?" Qi Yuan looked at Cheng Xinyu expectantly, as if he had been injected with chicken blood. "I want to buy it."

"What to buy?" Shen Lingyun immediately said, "I have it now."

"But I still want more." Qi Yuan pulled Shen Lingyun's sleeve pitifully, "I want many, many more, and I want to put them all at home for you to see."

He shook Shen Lingyun's arm, insisting that he agree, "Let's buy some. Didn't you say that this ginseng is rare? Why shouldn't we take it if we have the chance?"

"You don't need too much of this." Shen Lingyun rubbed Qi Yuan's head soothingly, "You asked Third Brother Cheng for help. Do you know how difficult it will be for him?"

Cheng Xinyu was in a remote forest area. If he wanted to buy ginseng, he would have to go back, not to mention the time wasted going back and forth.

The forest area is not safe yet.

"Okay." Qi Yuan pursed his lips and pouted, "Then I don't want it."

Cheng Xinyu wanted to help, but he had to go to work and couldn't make the trip.

"I still have some." He thought about it and said, "If you want to buy it, I'll sell it to you."

"No, no." Qi Yuan waved his hands quickly. Cheng Xinyu just said he didn't want to sell it. He heard it, so he naturally wouldn't take it away from others. "I was just joking, don't take it seriously."

No one believed his explanation, but everyone knew that Qi Yuan always kept his word and would not do what he said.

That is resolute execution.

"Let's talk about it later." Cheng Xinzhi stopped his third brother from trying to persuade him. He knew Qi Yuan well. "If Qi Yuan says no, then that's it."

After seeing off the Cheng brothers, Shen Lingyun saw Qi Yuan holding the ginseng and looking at it again and again, feeling happy at one moment and annoyed at another.

He found it interesting, but he also knew what Qi Yuan was upset about, so he said, "There will always be opportunities in the future, so why rush it now."

Shen Lingyun said: "Think about school first, school starts on the 1st."

"I know." Qi Yuan knew the seriousness of the matter, "It won't delay my schooling."

He looked at the ginseng in his hand, reluctantly put it on the coffee table, and said in a depressed mood: "Give it to Uncle Shen, this is for him."

"Dad said I'll give it to you." Shen Lingyun smiled, "Although this thing is precious, you can't use it casually. You keep it."

"I don't need it either." Qi Yuan shook his head, "I just think it's better to keep more of this life-saving stuff."

Chapter 68

As soon as Shen Lingyun left the room, he saw the light in the kitchen was on.

He walked to the kitchen door and saw Qi Yuan standing in front of the chopping board making dumplings.

"Why did you get up so early?" Shen Lingyun frowned.

When he woke up, he saw that Qi Yuan's bed was empty and thought he had gone to the bathroom. Unexpectedly, he was busy cooking in the kitchen before dawn.

"Making dumplings." Qi Yuan looked up and said with a smile, "Today is the first day of school, so we all have a full stomach."

"Go wash up quickly, I'll be there soon." Qi Yuan said while his hands kept moving.

"Yeah." Shen Lingyun turned and left.

Qi Yuan saw that a blanket had been wrapped, enough for Shen Lingyun to eat, and went to see if the water was boiling to cook dumplings for Shen Lingyun.

When Shen Lingyun entered the kitchen again, Qi Yuan had already cooked a pot and asked Shen Lingyun to get the bowl and chopsticks. "It's ready, you eat first."

"You don't have to get up so early to cook for me." Shen Lingyun couldn't help but say to him: "You sleep a little longer, I can make something for myself."

"What can you do?" Qi Yuan quietly rolled his eyes, "As long as I am full, I don't even want to eat something good."

He could imagine that Shen Lingyun would either heat up some dry food and eat some pickled vegetables, or have a bowl of noodles or dumpling soup.

I never know how to be nice to myself.

Qi Yuan carried two plates of dumplings and followed Shen Lingyun to the living room, advising him, "Eat more, there's still a lot of time until noon."

He looked at the time, five twenty, and couldn't help but point at the two plates of plump white dumplings.

"Eat it all, don't leave any." Qi Yuan knew how much he ate, and said with a stern face, "You can't leave until you finish eating."

"I just woke up, how can I eat so much?" Shen Lingyun couldn't help but laugh: "Let's eat later tomorrow. I'll go out for a run and then come back to eat."

"That's fine too." Qi Yuan said.

He thought about it and couldn't help but sigh: "We are all lazy. When we were in Banpo Village, we got up at three or four o'clock. How could we not have food?"

I can only say that now that there is no shortage of food and drink at home and we don't do physical work, our appetite is not as good as before.

"Speak at the right time." Shen Lingyun said, "At that time, my stomach was empty and I didn't feel full no matter how much I ate."

He picked up a dumpling, dipped it in the sauce and passed it to Qi Yuan's mouth, "Open your mouth and try one to see if it tastes good."

Qi Yuan smiled brightly, his eyes were quite satisfied, he opened his mouth and took a bite of the dumpling, "How can the cabbage and pork filling not be delicious."

"Hmm." Shen Lingyun put the remaining half into his mouth and said after eating it, "It smells delicious. The cabbage filling is so juicy. It's my favorite."

"I like it too." Qi Yuan is not picky about food and thinks everything is delicious. "You eat first, I'll cook another pot."

He put a lot of meat in it, so how could it not taste good?

Shen Lingyun has to leave home at six o'clock, and it will take more than six hours for him to return at noon, so he eats meat to keep himself from getting hungry.

Qi Yuan quickened the cooking process and cooked the next pot of dumplings, laying them out one by one to prevent them from sticking together.

He went out to see Shen Lingyun, and saw that he still had one plate left to eat, so he urged him, "Eat quickly, it will get cold soon."

"It's okay. They'll taste good even if they're cold." Shen Lingyun saw him coming out empty-handed. "Where are the dumplings? Aren't they ready yet?"

"Okay." Qi Yuan knew what he meant, "I won't eat yet. It's too early."

It was a little after half past five, and if he ate breakfast now, he would be hungry before he came back.

"Then you can eat later." Shen Lingyun handed a bowl to Qi Yuan, "I can't finish it myself, you can eat a few too."

"Okay." Qi Yuan didn't refuse and accompanied Shen Lingyun to eat dumplings. "Don't forget to wear your glasses, so that everyone won't look at you when you go to school."

"Just look at them." Shen Lingyun paused while holding the chopsticks, then said, "Walking on the street, don't many people look at each other?"

"How are they the same?" Qi Yuan immediately retorted, "Do they know you? Can they spend every day with you?"

Shen Lingyun slowly raised his head, his eyes complicated, "What do you want to say?"

"What I mean is," Qi Yuan stared at Shen Lingyun, observing his expression, "You can't stare at female classmates. That's a problem with your work style and it's hooligan behavior."

After two days, even though Shen Lingyun agreed to wear glasses to school, Qi Yuan was still worried.

Just say it out loud.

"I don't look at anyone." Shen Lingyun lowered his head to eat, knowing that the more he talked, the more Qi Yuan would talk. "Just study, okay?"

"Okay, okay." Qi Yuan urged Shen Lingyun happily, "Eat quickly, eat more, eat until you are full."

Shen Lingyun finished his meal in silence, looked at the time and it was almost six o'clock, so he went into the room to get his schoolbag.

When he came out again, Qi Yuan was waiting for him with a lunch box and a thermos cup, "Take these with you."

He packed up his things and told Shen Lingyun: "There are dumplings in the lunch box. Eat them when you are hungry. There is malted milk in the thermos cup."

"Dumplings are delicious even when they are cold. You don't have to heat them up, so you don't have to go out of your way to get them when you are hungry."

"It won't give you a stomachache if you eat it with warm malted milk, so just eat it and don't leave any."

Qi Yuan didn't hear Shen Lingyun talking, so he looked up at him and asked, "What's wrong? Cheng Xinzhi said that every time the third class comes, he gets extremely hungry and can't wait to go home and eat after school."

"Okay, got it." Shen Lingyun took the things, picked up his glasses and put them on, "You should also bring some food to school."

"Hey." Qi Yuan agreed happily when he heard it, "I know, you should walk slowly on the way and come back early at noon."

"I know." Shen Lingyun said patiently, "Be obedient in school and be careful when you are with Xiaozhi and the others."

"knew."

Qi Yuan kept watching Shen Lingyun walk away until he walked out of the gate of the staff quarters, then he turned back.

As soon as I entered, I saw Shen Wenqing had already gotten up.

Qi Yuan greeted, "Good morning, Uncle Shen."

"Morning." Shen Wenqing smiled and said, "Where's Xiaoyun?"

"He left." Qi Yuan walked to the kitchen. "He left a little earlier on the first day."

"I wanted to see him off." Shen Wenqing said, "I got up late."

"It's not late." Qi Yuan said, "It's not even six o'clock yet. Go wash up and wake Xiao Zhi and the others up. We'll have dinner soon."

"Okay." Shen Wenqing hurried back to the room and saw his two sons getting dressed. "Wake up, your brother Xiaoyuan has prepared the meal."

"I'll get up early tomorrow." Shen Lingzhi said immediately, "Let my brother sleep a little longer."

"No, six o'clock is just right." Shen Wenqing smiled, seeing his son's nervousness, "Xiaoyuan got up early because of your elder brother."

...

After they finished their meal, Qi Yuan called Shen Lingzhi and the others, "Let's go, it's time to go to school."

"I'll take you there." Shen Wenqing also walked out, "It's too tiring for you to take care of the two of them."

"Dad." Shen Lingzhi said, "We can just walk there."

"Why are you leaving?" Qi Yuan interrupted them. "One person sits on the front beam and one sits on the back seat. That's just right."

"Uncle Shen, you don't have to go." Qi Yuan said to Shen Wenqing, "Even if two more come, I won't be tired. Just stay at home."

"Okay then." Shen Wenqing said, "You take them with you first, and I'll buy a bicycle for Xiaozhi to ride on his own someday."

"Let's talk about it later." Qi Yuan waved his hand and left with the two brothers.

Qi Yuan sent Shen Lingyue to the primary school gate and told him, "Wait for you at the gate at noon. You can't go anywhere."

"Yeah, I know." Shen Lingyue nodded obediently, "My second brother used to pick me up at the door."

"Okay, let's go." Qi Yuan rode with Shen Lingyun for a while, and when they arrived at the gate of No. 3 Middle School, he asked Shen Lingzhi, "Shall we meet at the main gate or at the carport?"

"The carport." Shen Lingzhi said, "I'm in Class 3, Grade 1. Come find me if you need anything."

Qi Yuan smiled. Is he worried about himself?

"Okay, I'll come to you if I have anything." Qi Yuan did not refuse and told him his class.

The two people pointed out their class seats to each other before separating and going to their respective classes.

Qi Yuan first went to find his homeroom teacher, Mr. Wang. He knocked on the open office door and called out, "Mr. Wang."

"Hey!" Teacher Wang saw him and stood up and said, "Come with me to the classroom."

"Thank you, Teacher Wang." Qi Yuan said.

"There are still a few months to go before the high school entrance exam." Teacher Wang said, "There are still a few months to go before the high school entrance exam. It's not wise to transfer schools at this time."

"Indeed." Qi Yuan nodded in agreement.

He didn't want to come at all and thought of going directly to high school, but unfortunately his proposal was rejected by Shen Lingyun.

There's nothing I can do!

"Study hard and strive for good results in the high school entrance exam." Teacher Wang said kindly, "Don't relax at this time."

"I know." Qi Yuan thanked him: "Thank you, teacher."

Soon the two of them arrived at Class 8 of Grade 9. Teacher Wang smiled and said, "Our class is easy to find. It's the last classroom on the west side of the second floor."

Qi Yuan was speechless: Isn't there a wooden sign with the class written on it?

"Classmates." Teacher Wang smiled and led Qi Yuan into the classroom, pointing at Qi Yuan and introducing her: "This is the new student Qi Yuan, please applaud and welcome her."

"Pah, pah."

"Pah."

There were a few claps in the class, and the welcome was so meager and insincere that Qi Yuan couldn't help but touch his face.

"Teacher, are you not welcome?" Qi Yuan asked curiously.

He was wearing glasses, yet no one welcomed him?

If it weren't for those students, both men and women, staring at him, Qi Yuan would have thought they didn't see him.

"Heh." Teacher Wang smiled awkwardly and explained in a good-tempered manner: "They got up early, so they may not be in high spirits."

"Oh." Qi Yuan nodded and thought to himself: What time did he get up? Is he earlier than me?

"Your seat is at the end." Teacher Wang pointed to the last row, where there was a table in a corner. "Just sit there."

"Thank you, teacher." Qi Yuan politely thanked these future classmates, "Thank you, classmates."

It would have been fine if he didn't thank me, but when he did, many students laughed at him, and someone even shouted, "No need to thank me, why are you being so polite?"

Qi Yuan didn't respond. He walked quickly to the back, took out a rag and wiped it before sitting down.

"Oh, it's quite clean."

"Hey! He's a pretty boy."

"Shit, it's just a pair of small glasses."

"Alright, alright." Teacher Wang saw that they were getting more and more outrageous, so he knocked on the blackboard and said, "Study now, no more talking."

Qi Yuan didn't care about these. He saw that his seat was in the last row, next to the corner.

It feels a bit awkward but I can't move.

Because there is a back door, if he moves the table somewhere else, he will block the people in front of him from going through the back door.

Qi Yuan watched Teacher Wang leave, so he took out his books and put them on the table. Since he didn't know anyone, he could just read his own book.

"Hello?" A little fat guy in front turned his head and asked, "Where are you from?"

"No. 8 Middle School." Qi Yuan said.

"Oh." The little fat boy thought for a long time and didn't know where No. 8 Middle School was. "It must not be a good middle school."

Qi Yuan: "Is your school a good middle school?"

"Of course it's good." The little fat boy said ignorantly: "The schools in the factory area are all newly built, much better than those shabby schools. Look at our school, whether it's the classrooms or the desks and chairs, they are better than those famous schools."

"Liu Peng." A female classmate glared at them, "Don't talk in class. If you do it again, I'll record your name."

She looked at Qi Yuan again and said coldly, "New students, please abide by the rules, otherwise you will be criticized by name."

Qi Yuan: "..."

"Hi!" Liu Peng was not afraid at all, and said with a smile: "Class monitor, I am concerned about the new students and want to ask if they need any help."

"You?" The squad leader didn't give a good face, "What do you mean you don't know who it is? Do you have such a kind heart?"

"How can you talk like that?" Liu Peng was unhappy. "How can I be so bad-intentioned? Aren't you insulting me?"

Some people also joined in the fun, saying, "Even the squad leader can't insult others."

One person joined in the argument, and then others followed. Men and women mixed together, each speaking for their own people.

Qi Yuan was stunned: This... ?

"Okay, stop arguing." A male classmate suddenly looked impatient, "You guys don't study, but you don't let others study?"

The squad leader and Liu Peng immediately stopped talking.

Other people who were arguing included those who were just watching the fun or those who had nothing to do with it.

Everyone shut up and no one refuted.

Qi Yuan admired: How amazing!

He looked at the male classmate who was speaking with burning eyes, wanting to see his true face.

Unfortunately, he was in the row near the door, or the third to last row, holding a book and facing the window.

Qi Yuan couldn't see his face.

"Knock, knock, knock."

The table was knocked a few times. Qi Yuan turned his head to look at the person who knocked the table. It was Liu Peng.

Liu Peng signaled Qi Yuan with his eyes, asking him to look at the table. Qi Yuan looked down and saw a small note in front of him.

The note read: He is so awesome, we can't afford to offend him.

Qi Yuan nodded, held back his laughter, and wrote two words on the note: Thank you.

It was not until the end of morning self-study that Liu Peng turned around and talked to Qi Yuan again.

"You are new here, feel free to ask me if you have any questions." Liu Peng looked at Qi Yuan with anticipation and hope in his eyes.

It's almost like saying: Come and ask me.

"I don't have anything to ask right now." Qi Yuan thanked him and said with a smile, "I'll ask you again in the future. Thank you for your enthusiasm."

He came here to study and didn't care about anything else.

"Hey." Liu Peng looked around and said in a low voice, "Don't you want to ask who was the person who just shouted? Why didn't anyone dare to provoke him?"

"I'm scared." Qi Yuan shook his head and said timidly, "I don't know, be less scared."

"That's right." Liu Peng touched his chin, thought for a moment and said, "Then let's not talk about it."

"Yeah." Qi Yuan responded with a smile.

Watching Liu Peng leave his seat and walk out of the classroom, Qi Yuan stayed in his seat, quietly waiting for the class to continue.

The morning passed quickly. Qi Yuan felt very novel to have a new teacher for each class.

Although no one paid attention to him and Liu Peng didn't talk to him anymore, Qi Yuan didn't find it unbearable.

Seeing that it was almost time to finish school at noon, Qi Yuan quickly packed his schoolbag as he wanted to go back home to cook.

I also want to ask about Shen Lingyun's situation at school.

"Don't go." Liu Peng stopped him, "I'll introduce you to some friends. You can get to know each other and they can help you if you have any problems in the future."

"No need." Qi Yuan said, "I still have to pick up my brother, so I'll leave first."

As he was about to leave, Liu Peng stopped him again, "Why are you in such a hurry? He's just your brother. I'll go with you."

"Where do you live?" Liu Peng asked, "Do you think we're going the same way? Can we go together?"

Qi Yuan didn't expect him to become enthusiastic again.

"The watch factory's family compound." Qi Yuan pushed his glasses up and asked calmly, "Can we go together?"

"Ahem." Liu Peng coughed a few times, his face flushed red, and he asked in disbelief: "You, you mean the watch factory staff quarters?"

"You have to believe your ears." Qi Yuan pushed him away through the schoolbag, "I'm in a hurry, so I'm leaving first."

Chapter 69

"I'm back."

When Qi Yuan saw Shen Lingyun coming back wearing glasses, he happily stepped forward to take them off for him and rubbed his nose bridge.

"Thanks for your hard work."

The young man in front of him was smiling widely with joy in his eyes, and Shen Lingyun couldn't help but smile as well.

"How do you feel?" Shen Lingyun asked with a gentle smile: "Are you used to it?"

"It's a good habit, really." Qi Yuan said immediately, "It's very lively, and there are many teachers and classmates."

lively?

Shen Lingyun thought for a moment and smiled helplessly: "It's quite lively after class."

Qi Yuan blinked, his eyes clear and bright, and nodded in agreement: "It's quite lively."

There are many people after class, many of whom are playing and fighting, but there are also many people whispering and passing notes to each other during class.

He saw it clearly at the end.

Those teachers sometimes just give a brief supervision, and sometimes say nothing at all, pretending they see nothing and just teaching.

"I've finished eating the dumplings." Qi Yuan saw that the lunch box was empty and said with a smile, "It's a good thing I brought it to you, otherwise you would have been hungry."

"Yeah." Shen Lingyun looked at him with amusement and said, "During the third class, I was indeed a little hungry."

"Brother."

"Brother."

Shen Lingzhi and Shen Lingyue greeted: "Thank you for your hard work, big brother."

"You've worked hard, too." Shen Lingyun was stunned for a moment, then said, "Don't be so reserved, feel free to do as you please."

"You can't be so casual." Qi Yuan said, "You are their elder brother, they should respect you and greet you."

"Cough." Shen Lingyun put his fist to his lips and coughed lightly, "We are a family, how can this be so unorthodox."

"The elders and the young have an order of seniority." Qi Yuan insisted, "The state has its own laws and the family has its own rules. This cannot be violated."

"Okay." Shen Lingyun smiled helplessly and joked, "Don't teach them to be little antiques."

"How could that be?" Qi Yuan was unhappy, his cheeks puffed up slightly and he said angrily: "If you don't want me to teach them, then I won't teach them."

"Let's eat." Shen Lingyun washed his hands and said to Qi Yuan who had been following him, "Who said I can't let you teach? Dad and I are busy, and they are counting on you to teach them."

He raised his hand and stretched out two fingers, gently flicked Qi Yuan's cheek, and said with a smile: "Your face is so puffy, anyone who sees it will think that I am mad at you."

"Humph." Qi Yuan looked smug, squinting at Shen Lingyun, and muttered softly, "I put in a lot of effort, and you're still not satisfied, so why should I care?"

Shen Lingyun sat down to eat and picked up the chopsticks to pick up the food. "I'm hungry, let's eat."

"Hey." Qi Yuan stopped mumbling and sat down quickly. "Eat, everyone."

"I went to the cafeteria to get the food." Qi Yuan said, "I'll cook it myself in the evening."

"Let's play in the cafeteria tonight." Shen Lingyun said, "It's too troublesome for you to cook by yourself. Let's cook on Sunday and improve the food."

The little incident just now passed, and Qi Yuan talked to Shen Lingyun happily again, as if he was not the one who was angry and dissatisfied just now.

Shen Lingzhi lowered his head to eat, occasionally glancing at Qi Yuan and Shen Lingyun, with an imperceptible smile in his eyes.

This is the Shen family, but the one who has the final say is Qi Yuan, and Shen Lingzhi does not feel disgusted at all.

He felt that Brother Xiaoyuan was very nice to them, warm and generous, and didn't make them feel uncomfortable.

Although Dad liked them, after asking about their well-being, he obviously didn't know what to say.

Most of the time, fathers and sons just stare at each other.

As for the eldest brother, he was of a quiet nature and seldom spoke. Although he was very friendly to them, Shen Lingzhi was invisible.

Feeling a little stressed.

Comparing in many aspects, Shen Lingzhi still prefers to interact with Qi Yuan, because he feels free and unrestrained without any extra thoughts.

"Um..." Qi Yuan waited for Shen Lingyun to finish eating, "How are your classmates? Are you getting along well?"

"It's the first day, what can be good?" Shen Lingyun said lightly.

"My deskmate, and classmates around you?" Qi Yuan asked.

"I'm in the last row, and I don't have a deskmate." Shen Lingyun said, "It's a later added seat."

"Hi!" Qi Yuan slapped the table excitedly, "Same as us, I'm also in the last row, with a seat to myself."

"Quiet." Shen Lingyun's words were concise and to the point, showing that he was satisfied.

"What about other classmates?" Qi Yuan's eyes flickered. "For example, are there any who actively talk to you or want to make friends with you?"

"No." Shen Lingyun looked up at him, "Do you have any?"

"No." Qi Yuan completely ignored Liu Peng and only focused on the questions he wanted to ask.

"I heard that there are many beautiful female classmates in high school." Qi Yuan curled his lips downwards, "Cheng Xinzhi also said that someone is pursuing him, but you see he has no girlfriend at all. It's obvious that he is just bragging."

"Oh." Shen Lingyun nodded without comment.

"Are there any?" Qi Yuan asked, "Are there really any pretty female classmates?"

"I don't know." Shen Lingyun said without raising his head: "I didn't go to see it, and I didn't see it. I didn't have time to see it."

Qi Yuan: "..."

What does this mean? You are not serious about your own problems.

"When do you plan to watch it?" Qi Yuan asked expressionlessly.

"I don't plan to do it anytime soon." Shen Lingyun said, "Look, what's the use?"

He looked at Qi Yuan suspiciously, "You want to see it?"

"I'm talking to you." Qi Yuan was about to go crazy, staring with round eyes, "Why are you asking me?"

Shen Lingyun suddenly laughed.

"I mean, if you want to see it, I'll help you see it." Shen Lingyun chuckled and said, "If you don't want to, forget it. I don't have that much time, nor do I have the leisure to do so."

Qi Yuan breathed a sigh of relief.

After holding it in for a long time, he said, "If you have seen it, tell me."

Then he added: "If you don't want to watch it, don't watch it. Remember, you are going there to study hard."

"Yeah." Shen Lingyun said slowly, "I haven't even thought about it, what else can I say?"

"Okay." Qi Yuan was satisfied.

Shen Lingzhi and his two brothers: "..."

I listened from beginning to end, but had no idea what Qi Yuan and the others were talking about. I was confused and stunned.

Sometimes I looked at Qi Yuan, sometimes I looked at Shen Lingyun, I really wanted to know.

"Brother Xiaoyuan." Shen Lingyue was younger and more curious. "What were you and big brother talking about?"

"Don't understand?" Qi Yuan looked at him with curiosity and asked, "You don't understand at all?"

"Don't understand?" Shen Lingyue shook his head, then nodded affirmatively, "I really don't understand."

"That's right." Qi Yuan squinted his eyes and chuckled, like a little fox who had stolen some meat. "How can a child understand adult matters?"

He puffed out his chest, looked at Shen Lingyun, and raised his eyebrows to indicate: Look, I'm an adult, and children can't understand these.

Shen Lingyun didn't say anything, just said: "After eating, you can rest for a while. You can sleep for more than half an hour."

"I'll prepare a lunch box for you to eat in the evening." Qi Yuan said immediately, "I'm not sleepy, let Xiaozhi and the others go to sleep."

"You lie down for a while too. I'll call you when the time comes." Qi Yuan said.

"Let's rest together." Shen Lingyun said without hesitation, pulling Qi Yuan into the room, "Just bring some food with you tonight."

"No buts." Shen Lingyun said, "I have to come back to study in the evening, so save some dinner for me."

"Okay." Qi Yuan thought for a while, "I'll make you some egg pancakes, fry two pieces of salted fish, and a duck egg."

"Okay." Shen Lingyun looked at the time, "Wake up in half an hour, and clean up the kitchen when you come back in the evening."

Qi Yuan looked at the time. There were still fifty minutes before Shen Lingyun went to school, which was enough time.

He closed his eyes with peace of mind and slowly fell asleep.

Qi Yuan got up at four in the morning. He didn't feel sleepy until he lay down. His head touched the pillow.

He slept very well and soon began to snore.

Shen Lingyun slowly opened his eyes, turned his head to look at Qi Yuan on the other bed, and sighed slightly: You are so tired!

"Oh no!" Qi Yuan opened his eyes and looked at the time in a daze. It was already half past one.

He got up quickly and saw that there was no one on Shen Lingyun's bed, so he ran out of the room.

"Ouch!" Qi Yuan just opened the door and bumped into a chest.

"Slow down, why are you in such a hurry?" Shen Lingyun stroked his hair, "Time is running out."

Qi Yuan covered his nose, feeling a little sore, and a layer of mist accumulated in his eyes.

"My nose is sore." Qi Yuan said sullenly.

"Let me see." Shen Lingyun saw that the tip of his nose was a little red, and blew on it gently, "It hurts, right?"

"Not bad." Qi Yuan's face was a little hot, and Shen Lingyun's warm breath fell on the tip of his nose, "It's a little itchy."

"It makes you irritable." Shen Lingyun tapped his forehead with amusement, "I'm leaving now, why don't you wake up?"

"Yeah." Qi Yuan covered his face with embarrassment, dodged for a moment and said: "I'm worried that you won't have food to eat."

"I'm already an adult, and I still let you worry about everything." Shen Lingyun was helpless too many times when facing Qi Yuan, "I'm ready."

"You should also wake up, it's almost time for school." Shen Lingyun said with a smile: "I'm leaving first, you go to school well."

"I understand." Qi Yuan replied.

He followed Shen Lingyun, walked him to the door, and watched him leave the family compound.

Then I went back to wake Shen Lingzhi and the others up and get ready for school.

...

"Qi Yuan."

Liu Peng waved to Qi Yuan enthusiastically, "Let me introduce you to some friends."

As soon as Qi Yuan arrived at the carport, he saw Liu Peng waiting there. He casually glanced at the few people standing next to Liu Peng.

Said to Shen Lingzhi: "You go first, I'll go over and take a look."

"Ignore them." Shen Lingzhi said, "They look like hooligans from school. They might want to ask you for money."

"Ask me for money?" Qi Yuan was shocked. He opened his mouth and spoke for a long time. "I still owe them money."

"It's always like this." Shen Lingzhi said, "They first fool you, and if you don't fall for it, they threaten you, and finally they bully you."

Qi Yuan: Okay!

There is actually a strategy. Are gangsters so strategic?

"Who treated you like this?" Qi Yuan asked, "Who did it? How much money did they ask you for? Did they rob you, trick you, or threaten you?"

"How can I give them money?" Shen Lingzhi said, "Everyone knows my family situation. I don't have any money, so these people don't come to me."

"So moral?" Qi Yuan was surprised.

"What kind of morality is that?" Shen Lingyun curled his lips. "Primary school students don't have much money. I just started junior high school and haven't met one yet. I guess they know that I don't have any money."

What he just said was mostly speculation, and Shen Lingzhi himself couldn't say for sure.

"But I've heard a lot." Shen Lingzhi said, "Stay away from them. Come to me if you have any problems."

"Is it useful to look for you?" Qi Yuan looked at his short stature, then whispered, "Can you fight or kill?"

"I can fight." Shen Lingyun puffed out his chest, "I'm already thirteen, what's so great about fighting? It's not like I haven't fought before."

Qi Yuan: "..."

Is it that awesome? I didn't realize it.

"No." Shen Lingzhi felt embarrassed when Qi Yuan looked at him, and his cheeks turned red. "I can find someone else."

"That's right." Qi Yuan nodded, "I understand. I'll come to you if I need anything. If you have any problems, please let me know. We need to help each other."

"Hi!" Liu Peng saw that he hadn't come over for a long time and had been talking to Shen Lingzhi, so he brought people over, "What are you talking about?"

"It's okay." Qi Yuan said with a smile: "I just told him to study hard.

"You go to school first." Qi Yuan waved to Shen Lingzhi, and then he also walked towards the classroom.

Liu Peng hurriedly followed, "Don't go."

Qi Yuan ignored him and walked forward.

Liu Peng: "..."

Damn it, how dare you ignore me?

"Qi Yuan." Liu Peng shouted, "Stop right there."

Qi Yuan turned a deaf ear and walked slowly forward, ignoring Liu Peng who was following behind him.

"I'm talking to you." Liu Peng ran in front of him, "Are you deaf?"

"What did you say?" Qi Yuan scratched his ears, "I didn't hear you."

Liu Peng's nose was almost crooked from anger.

"I'm kind enough to introduce my friend to you, and this is your attitude?"

"Did I ask you to introduce me?" Qi Yuan said with an innocent look, spreading his hands, "I didn't say that."

"Tsk." A tall and thin boy clicked his tongue twice, "It's hard to talk to him since you're in the same class with him. Let me do it."

"Help." Qi Yuan said with a smile, which immediately stunned the boys surrounding him.

"You, what did you say?" Liu Peng was incredulous and pointed at Qi Yuan and asked, "You said help?"

"Yes." Qi Yuan said as a matter of course: "Surrounding me and not letting me leave means they want to kill me."

Liu Peng was confused. What Qi Yuan said was so matter-of-fact and so certain.

He doesn't even know: Is this person stupid?

"Don't block me." Qi Yuan was impatient and pushed Liu Peng away through the book. "Class is about to start."

Liu Peng and the others watched Qi Yuan leave and looked at each other in silence.

"What does this mean?" Liu Peng asked.

"Who are you asking?" The tall and thin boy said impatiently, "Didn't you say he was a gigolo? What about now?"

"He..." Liu Peng didn't know what to say. After hesitating for a while, he gritted his teeth and said, "I'll try again. Don't worry."

"Find out first." The tall and thin boy turned around and left, wasting a lot of time. It was so infuriating!

"Qi Yuan." Liu Peng walked to his seat and asked before he could even sit down: "What happened to you just now? What nonsense are you talking about?"

"We are all classmates." Liu Peng said, "We are all good students. How can you say that?"

"I've never heard of making friends like this." Qi Yuan said nonchalantly, "Your friends are all those who surround you and want to make friends with you no matter what."

Isn't this cheap?

"Is that so?" Liu Peng seemed to be thinking, was he acting too hastily?

"Let me tell you, our school is full of problems." Liu Peng thought about it and changed his attitude, saying, "There are also some people in our class who we cannot mess with."

"I'm not fishing." Qi Yuan said indifferently, "What does the depth of the water have to do with me?"

"You?" Liu Peng found that Qi Yuan was a little unresponsive.

"Okay, class is starting." Qi Yuan smiled brightly, "The monitor is going to call you again."

"Am I afraid of her?" Liu Peng sneered, "I just don't want to cause trouble."

"That's right." Qi Yuan nodded and said in agreement, "We are all the same, really."

Liu Peng: "..."

He looked at Qi Yuan suspiciously and asked in doubt: "You, what do you mean?"

"I mean whatever you mean." Qi Yuan smiled calmly, "Don't doubt me."

His eyes were clear without a trace of impurities, like a simple boy who had not experienced much of the world, but the words he said were thought-provoking.

No matter how Liu Peng looked at it, he couldn't understand. This was the person who had just smiled and said: Help me.

Chapter 70

"Hey."

"Hey."

After class, Qi Yuan sat leisurely in his seat with a handful of melon seeds.

As he cracked the melon seeds, the shells came out of his mouth one by one.

"Hey!" Liu Peng turned around and saw Qi Yuan eating melon seeds. "Eating melon seeds?"

Qi Yuan glanced at him without saying anything. Isn't this a question that you already know the answer to?

"Give me some." Liu Peng turned around and reached out to Guan Qiyuan for some. "Let's eat together."

"No more." Qi Yuan refused.

"Hey!" Liu Peng was unhappy, "We are classmates, why are you so stingy and want to eat alone?"

"They are all my classmates in the class, why don't they want it?" Qi Yuan wanted to say that you are so shameless.

Liu Peng does have a big face, and his eyes are not small on his chubby face, but no matter how you look at him, he looks like he hasn't woken up yet.

I was held back by a face full of fat.

"We are close and we are still friends." Liu Peng said confidently, "You don't want to be friends, do you?"

"I'm telling you." Liu Peng glared at Qi Yuan and threatened him, "If someone bullies you, don't say I didn't help you."

"You said you look pretty." Qi Yuan was also unhappy, "Why do you do something unpleasant?"

"What are you talking about?" Liu Peng didn't expect Qi Yuan to not take him seriously at all. "Isn't that likable?"

"That's enough." Zhao Li couldn't bear to listen any longer and turned to look at Liu Peng. "Who can't understand what you mean? And you still have the nerve to ask."

She and Liu Peng sat at the same table and lived in the same residential compound. Coincidentally, they were also neighbors.

Zhao Li understood Liu Peng. "You just saw that he was well-dressed and wanted to get some food from him. How greedy are you to do this?"

"Zhao Li, I'm giving you face, right?" Liu Peng was furious when his thoughts were exposed. "Say it to me again, believe it or not..."

"Do you dare to hit me?" Zhao Li was not afraid of him at all, "Or are you going to find Chen Jian and the others to scare me?"

He hasn't learned his lesson at all. Ever since he started hanging out with Chen Jian and the others, Liu Peng has become more and more outrageous.

"I..." Liu Peng didn't dare to say anything, let alone do anything to Zhao Li, "Shut up and stay out of my business."

"I'm just reminding you kindly." Zhao Li pouted and said, "Don't ask for trouble."

Qi Yuan looked at Zhao Li in surprise. He didn't expect that she would help him.

Zhao Li has a pretty face, a tall and fair figure, and two pigtails hanging on her shoulders.

She is also a popular girl in the class.

"Don't be afraid." Zhao Li said to Qi Yuan, "If he bullies you, tell the teacher."

"Why are you so mean?" Liu Peng angrily threw the book in his hand and pointed at Zhao Li and said, "I'm warning you, stay out of other people's business."

"But you have to be careful of Chen Jian and the others." Zhao Li ignored Liu Peng and continued to say to Qi Yuan, "They often ask other students for food, and if they don't give it to them, they will intercept and beat them up."

"Why don't you want money?" Qi Yuan asked curiously, "Do you often bring delicious food to school?"

While eating melon seeds, he asked the questions in his mind. He had never been to school and knew nothing about these things.

Who knew that before Zhao Li could say anything, Liu Peng, the idiot, said, "Asking for money is against the law. It's no big deal to take some food."

"Oh." Qi Yuan nodded, "You guys are still talking about strategy, then isn't beating someone illegal?"

Liu Peng curled his lips and said disdainfully: "What law is broken? It's just a joke between classmates, a minor fight, who would care?"

"What if there is a fight at school?" Qi Yuan asked again.

"No one admitted to the beating. Are you waiting to be punished?" Liu Peng looked at Qi Yuan as if he were a fool. "Even if you are punished, it's just writing a self-criticism. It's no big deal."

"You don't admit it even after being beaten?" Qi Yuan asked curiously.

"Hahaha." Liu Peng was particularly arrogant. "I admitted it, but I still got beaten. No one would be that stupid."

Qi Yuan didn't quite understand, but didn't ask any more questions.

"What, are you scared?" Liu Peng said proudly, "Be smarter next time, this pretty boy should be obedient."

"Yes, you are a pretty boy." Liu Peng suddenly burst into laughter and pointed at Qi Yuan and said, "I was right."

He looked at Zhao Li angrily, implying that Qi Yuan just relied on his good-looking face.

Only then did he let Zhao Li help him expose herself.

"Bang, bang, bang."

"Hey hey hey."

"What's wrong?"

The people in the classroom suddenly heard the sounds of "bang bang bang", followed by a series of "ouch ouch ouch" cries of pain.

They all turned their heads and looked towards the last corner of the classroom.

"Bang, bang, bang."

"Ouch, ouch!"

Qi Yuan took a book and smashed it on Liu Peng's head, but he refused to admit it even after being hit.

Why is he being polite?

"What are you doing?" Liu Peng was not paying attention for a moment and was hit on the head by Qi Yuan. He cried out in pain while dodging, "You dare to hit me?"

"Where did I hit you?" Qi Yuan looked at him in surprise and waved the book in his hand, "Weren't we just joking?"

With an innocent look on his face, he looked at Liu Peng, then at the classmates who were looking at him in the classroom, and spread out his hands.

"Liu Peng and I were just joking." Qi Yuan said, "Why is he like this? We were talking and laughing just now, but now he says I hit him."

"No fighting during breaks." The monitor said sternly, "If you want to make a scene, go out and go to the playground."

The monitor is a girl with an oval face and bright eyes. She has a stern face and doesn't look very majestic.

Instead, I saw the girl's coquettish look.

"Yeah." Qi Yuan nodded obediently, then gave a bright smile, "I understand, squad leader."

"Qi Yuan." Liu Peng felt a little dizzy. Seeing Qi Yuan's behavior, he ignored the discomfort and pointed at him and said, "How dare you hit me?"

"Who hit you?" Qi Yuan's eyes flashed with disdain, "I was just joking."

After he said that, he leaned forward and moved closer to Liu Peng, who was glaring at him with hatred.

He whispered, "Didn't you say that you can't admit being beaten? Why don't you keep your word?"

Qi Yuan smiled and curled his lips at Liu Peng, indicating that he despised him.

"Pfft~" Zhao Li couldn't help laughing, "Yes, they were just joking."

"Zhao Li." Liu Peng was really angry this time, and gnashed his teeth and said, "How dare you give false testimony?"

"I didn't." Zhao Li spread her hands, shrugged and smiled, "When classmates are playing together, they just use a book to hit each other."

"Okay, okay." Liu Peng glanced at Zhao Li and Qi Yuan several times and sneered, "Just you wait, you two bastards."

"Who are you scolding?" Zhao Li's face suddenly turned red. "I'll beat you to death."

She smashed the book on Liu Peng's head, cursing, "You don't learn well, and you dare to falsely accuse others. I'm going to fight you today."

Qi Yuan's mouth twitched. Why did these two people fight?

Liu Peng grabbed Zhao Li's wrist and spat to express his disdain.

"Still fighting me? I'll let you hit me today." Liu Peng grabbed Zhao Li's hands and yelled, "I can't hit you, I can't hit you, I'll make you mad to death, I'll make you mad to death."

He was talking in a rude manner, shaking his head and making faces, making his classmates laugh out loud.

Zhao Li couldn't hit him and was mad at him. Now she heard that all her classmates were laughing.

She stamped her feet in shame and anger.

"Qi Yuan." Zhao Li was angry and anxious, "He scolded you, why didn't you hit him?"

"Oh." Qi Yuan nodded stupidly and stood up in slow motion. "I don't know how to fight. I'll pull you apart."

He reached out and grabbed Liu Peng's wrist and squeezed it hard. Liu Peng let go in pain. Qi Yuan said obediently, "Liu Peng, how can you bully your classmates?"

"The squad leader said no fighting, how could you not listen? This is unorganized and undisciplined, you must be punished."

Seeing that Liu Peng was so rude and Zhao Li had offended Liu Peng because she helped him, Qi Yuan had long wanted to take action.

He kept his eyes on Liu Peng's hand, thinking whether he should help now or wait for Liu Peng to hit him.

What about taking action again?

As a result, when Zhao Li shouted, Qi Yuan suddenly had an idea and thought of a good way to stop the fight.

"I'll beat you to death." Zhao Li didn't care about the pain in her wrist. She angrily hit Liu Peng on the head with a book, "Bang, bang, bang."

Qi Yuan's eyelids twitched when he heard this. This was a ruthless move.

The students around him were also terrified and rushed over to stop him, "Stop it, stop it."

"Ouch." Liu Peng felt pain on his face. "Zhao Li, are you pushing so hard?"

He struggled to hit Zhao Li, but his classmates stopped him and prevented the two from fighting.

The squad leader also came over and shouted angrily: "What are you doing? The more you talk, the more you beat me, right?"

No one noticed that Qi Yuan had let go and sat quietly in the corner without saying a word.

"He scolded me." Zhao Li was held back by several classmates, panting. "Didn't you hear it?"

"You are just a bunch of bastards, teaming up to bully me." Liu Peng said without thinking, and turned to look for Qi Yuan, "Where's Qi Yuan? Come out now."

Qi Yuan saw everyone's eyes turned to him, pursed his lips and said unhappily: "Why did you come to me for a fight?"

"You and Zhao Li..." Liu Peng was interrupted by Qi Yuan before he could finish his words.

"I'm here to stop the fight." Qi Yuan raised his hands, his eyes full of innocence, "It's not a fight."

"Just wait, just wait." Liu Peng was so angry that he only said this, "Qi Yuan, I am not done with you."

The squad leader looked at Liu Peng, then at Qi Yuan, and then at the angry Zhao Li.

I think it's all Liu Peng's fault.

"You are wrong." The monitor said seriously, "Everyone saw what happened just now. Don't try to shirk your responsibility. I will tell the teacher."

"Go ahead and sue me." Liu Peng sneered, "I want to see how Lao Wang will punish me."

"You?" Class monitor Su Meiyun blushed, "Liu Peng, you are too disorganized and undisciplined to have such an attitude towards the teacher."

"That's my attitude." Liu Peng was stubborn and said, "Can you punish me or beat me?"

"Lawyer Qiu." The monitor felt wronged. She couldn't do anything to Liu Peng. "You are the disciplinary committee member. Why don't you take care of it?"

"That's enough." A loud shout accompanied by an impatient voice, "Get out if you keep making noise."

"Liu Peng." An impatient face and irritable eyes made people's hearts tremble, "You want to be beaten, right?"

"No, no." Liu Peng shook his head quickly, "I will be quiet now. I will definitely stay quiet."

Lawyer Qiu looked at Zhao Li. Zhao Li was stunned for a moment, then she lowered her head with red eyes and sat down in her seat.

Qi Yuan was unaware as he met a pair of cold eyes. He blinked, not understanding why this person was looking at him.

Qiu Lu: "What about you?"

"Me?" Qi Yuan pointed at himself and asked in confusion, "What's wrong with me?"

Qiu Lu choked: "In this class, no one is allowed to cause trouble."

"It's none of my business." Qi Yuan was not afraid of him at all. He pointed at Liu Peng and said, "He is the one who bullied others. Why are you staring at me?"

"Wow!"

"Yo!"

"Hi!"

The classmates around him exclaimed in a low voice: How brave!

Qiu Lu had a cold face and his stern eyes fell on Qi Yuan, discovering this pale and weak new student.

He is not afraid of himself.

"This is a warning." Qiu Lu said coldly.

"You should warn the students who bully others," Qi Yuan disagreed.

If it weren't for me, the one being bullied would have to be warned.

Qi Yuan's meaning was very clear, everyone understood it, and their eyes turned to Qiu Lu.

Waiting for his answer.

"You can report it." Qiu Lu said, "If you do it yourself, it will be a violation of discipline."

"I report it." Qi Yuan suddenly raised his hand, "Liu Peng bullied me and brought people to intercept me halfway."

"Puff~"

"Hahaha."

All the classmates laughed so hard that they fell backwards. Regardless of Qiu Lu's cold face and unfriendly eyes looking at them, they all cast admiring eyes at Qi Yuan.

Lawyer Qiu: You are shooting yourself in the foot.

"We don't care about things outside of school." Qiu Lu said, "The scope is this classroom."

Meaning: He doesn't care even if we are outside the classroom or in the corridor.

"Okay." Qi Yuan nodded. What else could he say?

The range is given.

Liu Peng smiled triumphantly, his provocative look was too obvious, but he didn't expect Qi Yuan to slap him directly in the face.

"I report it." Qi Yuan shouted, "Liu Peng turned around and looked at me."

Qiu Lu had just turned his head away from the things that were upsetting him when he became furious at Qi Yuan's words.

"Can one look at you ruin you?" he asked unhappily.

"I'm not happy." Qi Yuan didn't even look at Qiu Lu, and said to Liu Peng, "When you turned around and showed a fat pig face, it made me feel sick and I couldn't concentrate on my studies."

"Liu Peng." Qiu Lu looked at Liu Peng angrily, "Are you looking for death? Do you want to go against me?"

"No, no." Liu Peng trembled all over and turned back quickly, not daring to provoke Qi Yuan again.

"Hmph." Qi Yuan snorted. Do you dare to bother me again?

He was in a good mood and maintained it until school was over. He saw that Liu Peng really didn't dare to look for him again.

Qi Yuan still admired the discipline committee member very much, who was able to control Liu Peng so well that he dared not disobey at all.

"Student Zhao Li." Qi Yuan bowed to Zhao Li before leaving and said, "Thank you for today. I apologize for the trouble I caused you."

"No need." Zhao Li was caught off guard by Qi Yuan's bow to her and waved her hands in panic, "Don't blame you, it's all Liu Peng's fault."

"Yes, it was his fault." Qi Yuan said, "But it was caused by me, so I still want to thank him and apologize."

Qi Yuan said a few words of thanks in front of the whole class before leaving the classroom with his schoolbag.

...

Shen Lingyun just came back in the evening.

Qi Yuan looked at him aggrievedly, and said with red eyes: "Someone bullied me."

"Who bullied you?" Shen Lingyun's face darkened, "Didn't you find a teacher?"

"The squad leader and the discipline committee member are in charge." Qi Yuan shook his head and briefly explained what he could say about the incident.

Of course, I'm not talking about the fact that he beat people.

"There are people like this everywhere." Shen Lingyun listened and said thoughtfully, "Ignore him. He will give up after a few rejections."

"Yeah." Qi Yuan rested his head on Shen Lingyun's shoulder, feeling that he needed comfort, "But I feel bad."

Qi Yuan felt frustrated and annoyed because he couldn't fight back when being bullied.

"I know." Shen Lingyun knew why he was aggrieved, "I don't have to control you."

He looked at Qi Yuan, who was lying on his shoulder with grievance, and sighed helplessly: "If it's just one person, I'll beat him, but if there are many people, it's inevitable that I'll beat you."

Qi Yuan was overjoyed, he knew that Shen Lingyun was worried about him and didn't want him to have a conflict with his classmates.

He smiled secretly.

"I won't let anyone hit me." Qi Yuan said softly, "Don't worry."

Shen Lingyun didn't say anything. He stroked Qi Yuan's hair with his slender fingers, silently comforting Qi Yuan.

Qi Yuan didn't say anything else. He felt very comfortable being stroked by Shen Lingyun and leaned obediently on his shoulder.

Finally, Shen Lingyun said, "It's getting late, you should go to bed."

"When are you going to sleep?" Qi Yuan asked dazedly, "Are you hungry? I'll get you some."

He jumped up and ran to the kitchen, blaming himself: I just remembered to make something to eat for Shen Lingyun, how come I forgot about it in a moment.

"I can do it myself." Shen Lingyun followed into the kitchen, "You go to bed, I still need to study for a while."

"I'll do it." Qi Yuan pushed him away, "Go wash up, the noodles will be ready soon."

Qi Yuan quickly cooked a bowl of noodles and brought it to Shen Lingyun on the dining table. "Eat. I'll stay with you until you finish eating before you go to sleep."

"Yeah." Shen Lingyun didn't chase him away, but just said: "I will sleep very late, don't worry about me, go to bed early."

Qi Yuan looked at his watch. It was already past ten o'clock. He really hoped that the day of his college entrance examination would come sooner.

This way Shen Lingyun won't have to work so hard.

"Go to sleep." After finishing his meal, Shen Lingyun looked at Qi Yuan and said, "I will study in the room from now on. You should go to sleep early so that the light won't bother you."

"Hey." Qi Yuan agreed happily and jumped up happily, "I'll go to sleep now."

Shen Lingyun was afraid of disturbing Qi Yuan's rest, so he studied in the living room at night, which made Qi Yuan complain a lot.

It was a rare occasion that Shen Lingyun changed his mind today. Qi Yuan was extremely happy as he could see him whenever he opened his eyes.

"Oh!" Shen Lingyun sighed helplessly, looked at Qi Yuan's excited back, and then chuckled: That's enough!

What a childish temper.