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Qiao Zhengyang saw that Cheng Wan was a little unresponsive and asked quickly: "What did she say?"

"He said that my boss is too young to urge me to fall in love." Cheng Wan exchanged his cell phone for Qiao Zhengyang.

"Huh? Is this why you made such an inexplicable phone call?"

Cheng Wan nodded truthfully and said to him: "You also said that if you can't find a girlfriend, you also asked me to ask you if you have any sisters or anything, and let me digest it internally."

Qiao Zhengyang really thought about it thoughtfully: "Speaking of which, I do have one, but it's a pity that my brain has been made stupid by studying, and I am not worthy of you."

*

During that time, Yin Zhiyao really began to pay attention to Xu Ruotong.

As Yu Bai said, Xu Ruotong must be in love, not to mention that she always looked at her phone and giggled. Once, when she was getting water, she seemed to have thought of something and absentmindedly distracted, and ended up scalding her hand with the boiling water.

The cup fell to the ground and she screamed in pain.

Yin Zhiyao happened to be passing by, so he quickly pulled her to the sink and poured a lot of cold water to rinse the back of her hands.

Xu Ruotong glanced at Yin Zhiyao and said in a bad tone: "Forget it, I'll give it to you. I don't care about it anymore."

Yin Zhiyao was shocked when he heard this, and then explained: "I have nothing to do with him. Although he doesn't like you, he doesn't like me either."

Xu Ruotong glanced at her and said, "What you say is really irritating."

Yin Zhiyao thought for a while and said, "Maybe, the truth is irritating."

"It doesn't matter. I used to have bad taste. I thought he had good grades and was handsome, and I heard my dad praise him all the time at home. That's why I became obsessed with someone who didn't like me at all."

Xu Ruotong shrugged and said, "Whoever likes to go to those high-mountain flowers, I won't bear the blame."

Yin Zhiyao looked at Xu Ruotong and felt a little strange, but at the same time she breathed a sigh of relief. Without the imaginary "love rival" relationship, she felt much more pleasing to Xu Ruotong and thought she was a quite innocent girl.

"Are you...in love?" she asked in a low voice.

Xu Ruotong looked at Yin Zhiyao defensively: "Who told you?"

"Do you still need to say it?" Yin Zhiyao pointed to his eyes: "Everyone can see it."

Xu Ruotong was a little panicked: "How many people saw it?"

"Then I don't know." Yin Zhiyao said, "You made it too obvious."

It is absolutely forbidden to fall in love in Nancheng No. 1 Middle School, so Xu Ruotong was very afraid that her class teacher would find out and if she told her parents, she would definitely be done with it.

"What should I do?" She was so anxious that her eyes were red: "We can't let mom and dad know!"

"Then you can't go on like this." Yin Zhiyao taught her: "First of all, don't play with your mobile phone in class; secondly, your grades can't drop anymore..."

Xu Ruotong nodded thoughtfully: "Okay, I'll try my best. Thank you."

In fact, Yin Zhiyao was also like this when she first entered high school. She almost had the word "rebellious" written on her face. Later, Cheng Wan taught her that even if she didn't want to be a good child, she shouldn't be too obviously a bad boy.

*

During the Qingming Festival, a few light rain stars floated in the sky. Su Wenrui drove Yin Zhiyao to pay homage to his father.

The cemetery is located in the suburbs, with humid air and desolate surroundings.

Yin Zhiyao held a bouquet of daisies and stepped onto the white stairs. He looked up and saw Xie Yuan, wearing a black jacket, standing quietly in front of his father's grave. He didn't know how long he stood there, his back bleak.

"Brother bitch, are you coming to see dad too?"

Xie Yuan heard the voice and turned around to see her, his firm eyebrows softened slightly: "Yes."

Immediately, he looked up and saw Su Wenrui and said hello politely. Su Wenrui responded lightly, but she still didn't like him very much.

Yin Zhiyao and Xie Yuan worshiped her father together, and Xie Yuan asked a lot about her study and life.

Yin Zhiyao found that Xie Yuan was a little different from the past. He wore new shoes and even his clothes were new, very stylish and very cool.

"Brother, you have become more handsome recently."

Xie Yuan turned around and smiled: "When will your brother not be handsome?"

"Hey, narcissistic."

"I'll come to school to see you when I have time."

"You say that every time, but you show up less and less."

Before leaving, Xie Yuan rubbed her head as always, his eyes were very gentle: "At any time, you must remember that my brother is sincere to you."

Yin Zhiyao nodded blankly.

...

After he left, Su Wenrui crossed her arms and said, "You have such a good relationship with him and you don't mind your father's death at all. Is it because of him?"

"Dad went out to find out what happened to him, but it was an accident and had nothing to do with him."

Yin Zhiyao lowered his head, looked at his father's photo, and said, "Without my cheap brother, I would have dropped out of school long ago."

Back then, his father brought Xie Yuan home. At that time, Xie Yuan was full of anger and would often run out in the middle of the night and wander around somewhere.

When his father went to look for him in the middle of the night, he was stabbed to death in a secluded alley by a gangster he had detained.

After this incident, Xie Yuan no longer looked like a young man overnight.

Perhaps out of guilt, he took on the responsibility of taking care of Yin Zhiyao and dropped out of school. For two years, the brother and sister depended on each other, and he never let anyone bully her.

Su Wenrui had nothing to say. After all, in those two years, it was Xie Yuan who shouldered the full responsibility of the precarious family.
Chapter completed!