The two of them squatted in the corner of the wall in the summer, facing the scorching sun hanging overhead.
When Qin Ye's crying turned into a soft sob, Su Yuwei went to buy her a bottle of frozen mineral water. Qin Ye took the mineral water, unscrewed the cap, and drank most of the bottle.
"Are you okay?" Su Yuwei asked with his head down.
Qin Ye is really like a capricious hedgehog. He cannot be touched, and even asking questions requires caution.
Qin Ye wiped his face with his hand, stood up, held the mineral water and ran home without saying a word to Su Yuwei. Su Yuwei looked at Qin Ye's fast pace and shouted in confusion: "Hey, Qin Xiaoye!"
"What are you doing...you didn't even say a word. I bought you some water and you didn't even say thank you." Su Yuwei complained like a child.
Finally, he folded his hands across his chest and said nonchalantly, "If you don't want to talk, then don't talk. I'm going to go play with Fatty Lin."
After saying that, he turned and walked away. After taking a few steps, he realized that he was going in the wrong direction, so he turned around and left again.
It's not like me to lose my pace just because of a little Qin Ye! Su Yuwei thought depressedly.
Before arriving home, Qin Ye took out the small mirror he carried with him and looked at himself. After making sure that there was nothing wrong, he dared to knock on the door and enter the house.
In the room, Qin's father and mother were sitting on the sofa, studying something with a book in their hands, and occasionally laughing.
Seeing Qin Ye coming back, they waved at her: "Xiao Ye, come here."
"What's wrong?" Qin Ye had a bad feeling.
"Look, Xiaoye." Father Qin handed her the book. "This is the university that your parents asked you to apply to. The president there is your father's elementary school classmate. Dad has chosen your major for you: economics or finance. Which do you like? Oh, by the way, go out and see if there is a courier delivering the admission letter. It should have been sent out by now."
An inexplicable irritation surged up from his chest, and Qin Ye said impatiently: "I don't like any of them! I didn't fill out the school application according to your requirements, so you don't have to bother with it!"
After saying that, she went back to the bedroom and slammed the door shut.
Really, she had just come back from Ding Shaocheng's place and was already in a bad mood, so why did her father add to her troubles? She was already 18 years old and an adult! Why couldn't she live the life she wanted?
Hearing that Qin Ye did not fill in the school they prepared when filling out the application form, Qin's father walked over and knocked on Qin Ye's door, shouting: "Xiao Ye, what did you just say? You didn't fill in this school? Then which school did you apply for? Is that school good enough to have the one Dad introduced? Xiao Ye, come out, why didn't you discuss such a big thing with Dad?"
Qin Ye hid in the room, covering his ears tightly, feeling so angry that his teeth were itching.
"Xiaoye, can't you hear what daddy is saying?" Qin's father became emotional and his knocking on the door turned into banging.
"Why is this girl so irritable?" Father Qin grumbled, then shouted, "Qin Ye, come out here! Come out and let's talk. Who would go to a university without discussing it with their parents? How can you, a little kid, know which school is good? Which major is good? Come out now!"
Mother Qin also helped from outside, "Yes, Xiaoye, come out and discuss it, or dad will get angry later."
Discuss, discuss, discuss! Do they even know what a discussion is? When did they discuss it with her?
Qin Ye stood up from his chair angrily, walked over and opened the door. Seeing Qin Ye's red eyes, Qin's father was about to get angry, but he stopped immediately, glanced at him quickly, grabbed the book in his hand, and said, "Really, you are still not obedient."
"Dad, I really won't listen to you this time." Qin Ye said with a firm look in his eyes, "I applied to Ancheng A University, the same school as Ding Shaocheng. My major is not economics or finance, and I applied for the Chinese Department."
"Ancheng A University? Chinese Department?" Qin's father's eyes almost popped out of his head. "Who told you to take the initiative? What's so good about the Chinese Department? Do you want to be a useless teacher like your father when you graduate?"
Qin's father's eyes were also red. He became a teacher with great enthusiasm, but was dismissed by the school because of his "teaching style". He felt that his talent was not appreciated by the Bole, and he was unwilling to let Qin Ye teach.
"I may not necessarily become a teacher after graduating from the Chinese Department. As for what to do, that is my business. Mom and Dad, I beg you, can you please stop imposing your ideas on me? You blame me for not discussing with you, but have you ever discussed with me since I was a child? You didn't even ask for my opinion when you asked me to fill in the schools you prepared!" Qin Ye felt very aggrieved when he recalled the past.
Coupled with Ding Shaocheng's matter, the grievances in her heart for more than ten years were about to burst out in an instant.
Seeing Qin Ye's resistance and the tears on his face, Qin's mother became anxious and pulled Qin Ye to coax him, "Xiao Ye, don't be anxious. Listen to what Dad has to say, okay? After all, Dad is an experienced person and always has his own ideas."
"That's his idea! I don't want to learn piano but you want me to learn piano. I don't want to be the first in the grade but you want me to be the first in the grade. I don't want to participate in training but you want me to participate in various trainings. I have listened to you for eighteen years and I am very tired! Mom and Dad, do you also want me to be a greenhouse flower and a caged bird for the rest of my life?" Qin Ye shook off his mother's hand and refused to listen to anything.
Qin's father was so angry that he was shaking all over. He pointed at Qin Ye and glared at her: "Look, we worked hard for 18 years to raise her, but in the end it was our fault! Qin Ye, you are grown up, your wings have grown hard, you want to fly away, right? Do you know how complicated it is out there! Can you handle it alone? I'm afraid you'll get into danger, what are you going to do as a girl? You're a girl, you can't carry anything on your shoulders or hands, how can we let you go to such a far place without worry! You are the only child of your mother and I! If we don't take care of you, who will?"
Father Qin was so excited that he started coughing. Mother Qin quickly patted Father Qin's back and pulled Qin Ye's clothes: "Xiao Ye, hurry up and apologize to your father!"
Qin Ye turned his head away, holding back the tears in his eyes, and sobbed, "Dad, don't be like this..."
"Hurry up... tear up the admission letter! Just stay in Fengcheng. Your dad will arrange something for you if you don't fill in the application form. Don't worry about it!" Qin's father coughed as he asked Qin Ye to hand over the admission letter.
Qin Ye pursed his lips tightly, and said with a determined heart, "Dad, I'm sorry, I really can't listen to you this time."
"You!" Qin's father clenched his fists and roared with a red face, "You really want to go to that A University! You! Don't call me dad! Don't even think about tuition and living expenses! Aren't you quite capable? Then don't rely on your family! If you have the guts, don't ask your family for anything!"
Qin Ye calmed down a lot. She swallowed her tears and said with a smile, "I'm sorry, Mom and Dad."
After that, she closed the bedroom door and packed her luggage.
Even if her parents didn't give her living expenses and tuition, she would find a way on her own. After so many years, she wanted to make a plan for herself.
Half an hour later, Qin's father and mother sat back on the sofa and watched Qin Ye come out dragging his suitcase.
Qin's mother suddenly became anxious, but Qin's father held her down to prevent her from moving. He wanted to see how capable Qin Ye was.
"Mom and Dad, I'm leaving first. I'll call you when I have made arrangements." After saying that, she dragged her suitcase out.
Qin's mother stood up and walked towards the door, calling Qin Ye's name as she walked.
Seeing Qin Ye coming downstairs and seeing Qin Ye hailing a taxi and getting in, Qin's mother turned around and accused Qin's father on the windowsill: "Look at you, now you are in trouble! Xiaoye has never been away from home. If anything happens, you will regret it yourself!"
"What could happen? Where could she go? She must have gone to look for her sister. I don't know her personality." Qin's father said stubbornly, but in his heart he was more worried than anyone else.
Qin's father was on pins and needles. Half an hour later, he called Ina's home, but the news he got was that Qin Ye did not go to their place.
Now Qin's father and mother were anxious. Qin Ye had no money and didn't go to Yina's house. So where would she go? She wouldn't really go to Ancheng.
"Uncle, don't worry, let me go find my sister. I know some of her friends. You don't have to go, just wait for my news at home." Ina said on the phone.
Father Qin nodded repeatedly: "Okay, okay, Yina, go help your uncle find it, and tell him when you find it."
Ina agreed and hung up the phone. Afterwards, she called Ding Shaocheng and Su Yuwei respectively, and the three of them gathered together with Qiao Shuanghua, Fatty Lin, Zhuo Hao, and Ye Ming.
After calming down and thinking about what happened, Ding Shaocheng said, "Let's do this. One group of people will go to each of Qin Ye's relatives and Teacher Yang Xue's home, and the other group will go to the train station. Xiao Ye has only had an hour since he left, so even if he wants to go to Ancheng, it won't be that fast."
"Okay, even if she gets on the train during this hour, I can ask my father to help confirm whether she has bought the ticket. My father works in the Ministry of Railways." Ye Ming offered a favorable condition.
"How about this, Ye Ming and I will go to the train station, Brother Shaocheng will take Qiao Shuanghua to look for relatives, Su Yuwei, you and Fatty Lin and Zhuo Hao will look for the school teacher. Sister Qin Ye is a good student, and the teachers all like her. Maybe Sister will go look for the teacher."
"Okay." Everyone responded and went their separate ways.
However, Ding Shaocheng, Su Yuwei and others went to many relatives' and teachers' homes but could not find Qin Ye. Instead, Ina and Ye Ming saw Qin Ye board the train twelve minutes ago through the surveillance camera at the train station.
Just twelve minutes before they turned on the surveillance.
"Dad, can you help me check if she went to Ancheng?" Ye Ming said to his father.
Father Ye nodded and helped them check Qin Ye's itinerary, and found out that he had indeed gone to Ancheng.
Seeing the ticket purchase information displayed on the computer screen, Yina sighed: "It seems that Sister Qin Ye is really serious this time."
When everyone gathered together again, Fatty Lin couldn't help but sigh, "Qin Ye is also stupid. She wouldn't go to Ancheng just for a quarrel, right? Does she really not care about her tuition and living expenses?"
Ding Shaocheng frowned and said, "I know Xiaoye. She wouldn't do this just because of a quarrel. Something else must have happened to her."
Hearing Ding Shaocheng say this, Su Yuwei scratched his head and said, "It's impossible..." Then, he muttered again, "It's impossible."
"What's impossible?" Qiao Shuanghua and Ina listened carefully.
Su Yuwei said, "I went to look for Qin Xiaoye today and found her on the way to her and Ding Shaocheng's home. Then I apologized to her for something that happened before and accidentally confessed to her, and she burst into tears. I was completely confused at the time. I didn't do anything or say anything, so why did she cry? And she cried for so long."
"Did you confess to her?" Ina, Fatty Lin, Zhuo Hao, and Ye Ming, who all loved gossip, picked up this topic and immediately started to ask questions.
"This...this is not the point?" Su Yuwei supported his head, feeling a little embarrassed.
But after hearing this, Ding Shaocheng's brows grew deeper and deeper, and his hands clenched tighter and tighter.
Qiao Shuanghua saw his emotions and guessed what he was thinking. She held his hand and squeezed it gently.
"I'll go to Ancheng and take a look, and just think of it as going to school early." Ding Shaocheng suddenly said.
He thought of Qin Ye going to his house with an excited look on his face, as if he wanted to tell him something, but in the end she saw him and Qiao Shuanghua kissing, and he yelled at her in a bad mood.
Thinking of this, Ding Shaocheng felt inexplicably uneasy.
"I'm going too! I'll also report in advance." Su Yuwei said hurriedly.
"The three of us will go together." said Qiao Shuanghua.
So, Ding Shaocheng and his friends went home to prepare and bought the nearest ticket to Ancheng.
The train ride to Ancheng took four hours. Ding Shaocheng was restless the whole time. Qiao Shuanghua comforted him : "It's okay. Xiaoye is so sensible."
"I'm worried." Ding Shaocheng closed his eyes and took a breath anxiously. "I shouldn't have yelled at her. Besides, she has never been far away from home. If she meets a scammer, she will be easily fooled."
"Why did you yell at her?" Su Yuwei, who was sitting in the back seat, climbed up and lay on the seat and asked Ding Shaocheng.
Qiao Shuanghua looked up at him and said, "Sit back."
Su Yuwei rolled his eyes at them and sat back down. Did these two people take him for an idiot? If the reason why Qin Ye ran away was also related to Ding Shaocheng, he would definitely not let him go.
Four hours later, it was Ancheng at night.
"Qiao Shuanghua and I will go back to school first. What about you? You can't live in the school now." Ding Shaocheng looked at Su Yuwei and asked.
Su Yuwei pouted and said, "Don't worry about me, I'm staying in a hotel and I have money."
Ding Shaocheng and Qiao Shuanghua left. Su Yuwei booked a hotel close to A University and took a taxi there.
After arriving at the hotel, Su's father called and asked Su Yuwei, "Are you there yet? Ask your grandmother to answer the phone for me."
"Not yet. I'm still buying things for grandma." Su Yuwei lied.
"Then call me back when you get there. Don't play too long! If you miss the registration time for new soldiers, I will make you suffer!" Su's father warned on the other end of the phone.
"No, I won't say anything for now. I'm hanging up." Su Yuwei hung up the phone prevaricately, then turned off his phone, took out the SIM card, and bought a new one.
If his father knew that he was not actually going to see his grandmother, he would be doomed! Therefore, he was determined not to let his father find him. It would be best if he missed the time for new soldiers to sign up so that he would not have to go to the army.
Su Yuwei sent his new number to a few good friends and Ding Shaocheng, and then he went out for a stroll, hoping that he might be lucky enough to run into Qin Ye.
Ding Shaocheng posted Qin Ye's photo on A University's forum and Weibo, hoping that seniors from the school would see Qin Ye and get in touch with him.
Qin Ye doesn't have a cell phone, so it's really hard to contact her.
If Qin Ye cannot be found within three days, Ding Shaocheng plans to call the police.
Su Yuwei, who was out for a stroll, was grilling barbecue at a roadside stall and asking passers-by if they had seen Qin Ye. He was very careless and didn't even notice the dusty Qin Ye who passed by him on the street.
Qin Ye dragged his suitcase and used his meager savings to stay in a guesthouse for one night.
At night, Su Yuwei was lying on the bed, scrolling through Weibo and Tieba messages, muttering as he scrolled: "Qin Xiaoye, if you knew I was looking for you, would you meet me tomorrow? Please don't let anything happen."
The next day, Qin Ye was alone in the streets of Ancheng, her target was all on the billboards. Some motorbike drivers would shout when they saw her, "Little girl, are you going somewhere?"
Qin Ye shook his head and quickly moved away from them.
It was difficult to find a part-time job that suited him in Ancheng. After searching for a whole morning without success, Qin Ye went to an Internet cafe and looked for job openings online.
Finally, she saw a job on 58.com looking for tutors to teach junior high school graduates.
Qin Ye quickly borrowed a phone to contact the other party. The other party roughly understood Qin Ye's conditions and gave her an address.
When Qin Ye arrived at this address by bus, she was shocked.
If people's lives are divided into shantytowns, alley areas, high-end areas, and villa areas, Qin Ye's family belongs to the alley area, but this family is a bit too high to belong to the villa area.
Standing in front of this big villa, Qin Ye became as restrained as a little ant, and was even afraid of dirtying the stone slabs in front of the door when walking.
"What kind of stone slab is this? It must be very expensive, right?" Qin Ye bent down and looked at the floor under his feet, pondering it carefully.
Suddenly, the door of the villa opened automatically, and an elegant woman in a nightgown . She stared at Qin Ye curiously and asked, "Are you the girl who works as a tutor?"
"Ah, yes!" Qin Ye straightened his body and answered quickly.
The woman smiled and said, "Come in then."
"Oh." Qin Ye clenched his hands tightly and quickly followed the woman's steps into the villa.
No, no, no, this is not a foreign-style house area, this is a palace. Qin Ye corrected his previous thoughts after entering the house.
The villa was so magnificent and bright that Qin Ye could hardly open his eyes.
"My son is upstairs. I'll take you upstairs to meet him and discuss the terms with you." The woman walked up the stairs, and Qin Ye followed closely behind her, saying hurriedly, "Okay, no problem."
The woman took Qin Ye to the living room upstairs, where a boy in casual clothes was lying on the sofa, with a childish look on his face, watching TV lazily.
The woman walked over and turned off the TV, pretending to be angry and said, "Xiaotian, sit down, the teacher is here."
The boy named Xiaotian looked towards Qin Ye, and seeing her timid look, he couldn't help but burst out laughing, "Mom, are you okay? You found me a student, too, hahaha!"
"Don't make a fuss. Sister Qin Ye got into our A University with the top score in Fengcheng." The woman patted Dan Xiaotian's leg, sat next to him, and politely invited Qin Ye, "Xiaoye, please sit down. This is my son Dan Xiaotian. He's a little naughty, so don't pay any attention to him."
"It's okay." Qin Ye curled up and sat down in a corner of the sofa.
Shan Xiaotian's eyes were full of inquiry and smirk, staring at Qin Ye so hard that his whole body went cold.
"Xiao Ye." Dan Xiaotian's mother was very gentle. She sat close to Qin Ye and asked, "You are from Fengcheng, why did you come to Ancheng to report so long in advance?"
"I..." Qin Ye's words were stuck in her throat. Should she tell the truth?
Seeing Qin Ye was a little embarrassed, Shan's mother smiled and said, "It's okay, it's okay, I'm just worried that you don't have enough time. It's like this, I have to go abroad for work recently, and stay abroad for half a month. During this half month, Xiaotian has no one to take care of him. I thought... In addition to helping Xiaotian with his homework, can you help me take care of Xiaotian? Don't worry, I will pay you extra for this."
"Take care...how to take care?" Qin Ye asked. She couldn't take care of others, and she might not even be able to take care of herself.
"Can you cook? Just know how to cook, and then make sure Xiaotian can go to bed on time at night." said Shan's mother.
Qin Ye nodded immediately: "I can!"
Even if she can't cook, she can learn. She can't miss such a good opportunity.
"That's good. Here's the card for you." Mother Shan took out a bank card from her exquisite wallet and placed it on the table, saying, "I will deposit your salary, your living expenses, and the electricity, water, and gas bills for this family into this card. Your tutoring fees and the cost of helping me take care of Xiaotian will be 1,500 yuan a day. Whatever is left over from living expenses will be yours."
Fifteen thousand a day, so much money? In half a month, it is more than twenty thousand. Not only can she earn tuition, but also her living expenses!
But fifteen hundred is too much...
"This, this, this... isn't this too much?" Qin Ye couldn't believe it. How could such a good thing fall from the sky in this world?
"Poor guy! Fifteen thousand yuan. Five hundred is the fee for you to take care of me every day, and the other one thousand is for you to teach me classes. Mathematics, physics, chemistry, politics, history, geography, Chinese and English are all required. This price is already cheap, and there are people who think it is too expensive to make money. It's really funny." Shan Xiaotian kept rolling his eyes at Qin Ye. This tutor looked stupid at first glance.
Stupid people are the easiest to bully, which is exactly what he wants.
"Shut up." Shan's mother winked at Shan Xiaotian, then apologized to Qin Ye, "I've spoiled this child. I'm sorry, Xiaoye. Do you think this is okay? If not, I'll give you more."
"Sure!" Qin Ye said quickly, subconsciously standing up but not knowing what to do. Her head twitched, she bowed and said, "Thank you!"
Qin Ye amused Shan's mother. She said, "I have a flight ticket for tonight. Xiaoye, you can move your luggage here tonight. I will let Xiaotian take you to the guest room. By the way, Xiaoye, please give me your contact information so that I can get in touch with you at any time."
"I... I don't have a cell phone." Qin Ye then realized that he didn't have any contact information and couldn't help but frowned.
Shan's mother said to Shan Xiaotian: "Take out one of your cell phones and one of your SIM cards."
"I don't want it!" Shan Xiaotian objected loudly.
The single mother made a fierce expression and said, "If you don't take it out, I won't buy you the latest Apple."
When Dan Xiaotian heard that his mother would not buy him the latest Apple phone, he ran back to his room, and then ran back again, giving up his least favorite Android phone.
Shan's mother helped Qin Ye install the SIM card, turned on the phone and handed it to Qin Ye: "You can't be without a phone, take it first."
"This is not good..." Her father taught her not to accept things from others casually.
"This is considered as a loan from me. Just return it to me later." Mrs. Shan saw through Qin Ye's thoughts.
Good things came one after another, Qin Ye was overwhelmed. She pursed her lips and took it, and said with emotion: "Thank you, Shan Mama, thank you so much."
"You're welcome." Shan's mother smiled, stood up again, and said to Shan Xiaotian, "Take your little teacher to the guest room to have a look. Mom will go and prepare the luggage."
"I understand." Shan Xiaotian said reluctantly, curled up on the sofa.
"Then I'll leave you first." Mrs. Shan smiled apologetically at Qin Ye and turned back to her room.
The only people left in the empty living room were the nervous Qin Ye and the disdainful Shan Xiaotian. The two looked at each other for a long time. Shan Xiaotian jumped off the sofa and said reluctantly, "Come with me."
Shan Xiaotian took Qin Ye to see the room he lived in, which was more luxurious than any room Qin Ye had ever lived in.
Before leaving, Shan's mother gave Qin Ye a key. Qin Ye said to Shan Xiaotian, who was sitting in the living room playing with model toys, "I'll go back and bring my luggage. I'll teach you formally tomorrow."
Shan Xiaotian responded with silence.
Qin Ye pursed his lips and went back to the guesthouse to get his luggage.
Living in a strange environment, Qin Ye stayed awake all night, still wondering in his heart whether this was a dream.
She thought she really got a free lunch, but the actual situation made her realize that it was not a free lunch at all - because Dan Xiaotian's naughtiness was far beyond her imagination.
Qin Ye had already gotten up early enough, but she didn't expect that Dan Xiaotian got up even earlier than her. Dan Xiaotian was nowhere to be seen in the early morning.
Qin Ye walked around the house for a long time but didn't see Shan Xiaotian.
But she couldn't call Shan's mother. Since Shan's mother had entrusted Shan Xiaotian to her, she had to reassure Shan's mother. Qin Ye, who had been sitting on the sofa and thinking for a long time, went into Shan Xiaotian's room and looked for some useful clues. Finally, he found his junior high school yearbook at the back of his bookcase.
Written on it was the contact information of each classmate. Qin Ye identified the degree of intimacy between these classmates and Dan Xiaotian based on the way they left messages, and then followed the addresses to find them one by one.
After searching six families, Qin Ye finally got news about Shan Xiaotian.
Also outside the door of the luxury villa, the classmate's mother learned that Qin Ye was looking for Shan Xiaotian, so she told her that Shan Xiaotian and her son went to the villa for summer vacation. Qin Ye asked the classmate's mother for the address of the villa, and ran to the villa without stopping.
In a certain mountain villa, Dan Xiaotian and his classmate Lai Qiu were soaking in the swimming pool and enjoying freshly squeezed juice. Dan Xiaotian was also sharing with Lai Qiu how low the tutor his mother hired for him was, and how he looked like a country bumpkin who had never been to the city.
Lai Qiu laughed out loud at Dan Xiaotian's amusement and asked, "When will you take me to meet this bumpkin?"
"There's nothing good to see. Compared to the models in magazines, that girl is so ugly. And her name is Qin Ye, which sounds like a boy's name. My mom gave her 1,000 yuan a day for teaching, and she was so shocked that her jaw dropped. Hahaha, come on! The foreign tutor my mom hired for me before charged 3,000 yuan for one lesson, right?" Shan Xiaotian boasted, sucking on the juice cup with a straw.
"Hahaha! If that's the case, then why are you still hiding from her? Wouldn't it be better to just chase her away like you did before?" Lai Qiu asked in confusion.
"What do you know! I want to let her know that she shouldn't work as a tutor at such a young age. Just wait, if she can't find me, she will definitely call my mom. When my mom sees me, she will think, oh, this tutor is so useless, let's fire him - let her cry then!" Shan Xiaotian pouted, an inexplicably majestic image rising in his mind.
At one end of the swimming pool, Qin Ye, dressed simply, walked in. She stood behind them calmly, listening to their conversation.
Lai Qiu asked again: "What if she doesn't leave?"
"It would be so embarrassing if she didn't leave after my mom fired her. I can imagine her hugging my mom's thighs and crying pitifully..." As he spoke, Shan Xiaotian hugged Lai Qiu and acted out the scene vividly, "Wuwuwu, Shan Mama, don't chase me away, I will work hard, I really need money, please."
"Dan Xiaotian, you are such a bitch!" Lai Qiu and Shan Xiaotian were playing around, splashing water on each other playfully.
"Dan Xiaotian." Qin Ye couldn't help but speak. His voice was very gentle and soft, but it seemed to echo very loudly in the empty swimming pool.
Shan Xiaotian was stunned for a moment, then slowly turned his head and looked at Qin Ye intently.
Qin Ye's hand slid down to her thigh, straightened her cotton skirt, squatted down, and said with a smile: "What a coincidence, meeting you here."
Dan Xiaotian was so scared that he slipped and almost fell into the swimming pool. Fortunately, Lai Qiu was quick to grab him.
"You, why are you here!" Dan Xiaotian's eyes widened. How could she be here? How could she find this place?
"Because we have a very similar mind." Qin Ye smiled and supported his cheeks with his hands.
Shan Xiaotian was completely dumbfounded, and stood stiffly in the swimming pool for a while. Lai Qiu glanced at him awkwardly, and hurriedly said to Qin Ye: "Um...Sister Qin Ye, we had agreed to go swimming with Xiaotian a long time ago, and he forgot to tell you."
"It's okay." Qin Ye smiled, and then Dan Xiaotian watched her slowly stand up, and his smile disappeared.
An ugly color slowly spread across her face. Qin Ye walked over and picked up the clothes that Dan Xiaotian had left on the shore. He said coldly, "Go on. Have fun."
As she said this, she walked away holding the clothes, and on the way she took out the wallet from her clothes and put it into her shoulder bag.
"Hey! Qin Ye!" Dan Xiaotian in the swimming pool reacted and immediately chased after him. He grabbed a towel on the shore and wrapped his lower body. He caught up with Qin Ye on his wet bare feet and shouted angrily, "Leave your clothes to me!"
Qin Ye said indifferently: "If you have the guts, just follow me out. There aren't many people outside anyway, only a few dozen. Oh, by the way, although this is my first time using a mobile phone, I'm quite smart and I know how to use the recording software. I have recorded your conversation just now. If I send the recording file to your mother, do you think your mother will chase me away? Or will she spank you?"
Qin Ye tilted his head and looked at Shan Xiaotian, the smile in his eyes could kill people.
Shan Xiaotian was speechless.
After a while, Shan Xiaotian shamelessly grabbed Qin Ye's hand and said coquettishly: "Sister Qin Ye... Teacher Qin Ye... return the clothes to me. I know I was wrong."
A man is one who can bend and stretch. This is Shan Xiaotian's motto.
It is never too late for a gentleman to take revenge. This is another motto of Dan Xiaotian.
Qin Ye handed the clothes to Shan Xiaotian, who grabbed them and ran to the dressing room to change. Then, Shan Xiaotian ran out angrily and asked, "Qin Ye, where is my wallet!"
"I don't know." Qin Ye showed an innocent face.
"You!" Shan Xiaotian's chest rose and fell in anger. Forbearance! A little impatience will ruin a great plan!
"As long as you are happy." Shan Xiaotian smiled.
So, Shan Xiaotian followed Qin Ye like a follower. After she paid the bill, she took Shan Xiaotian home. Shan Xiaotian was forced to make up for all the time he had wasted that morning.
Qin Ye is a devil, Dan Xiaotian has confirmed it.
Qin Ye was relatively calm, but Ding Shaocheng was not. They had been looking for Qin Ye for two days but there was no news. Qin's father and mother called several times to ask about him, but Ding Shaocheng didn't know how to answer.
"Why don't we call the police? With their help, we will find Xiaoye quickly." Qiao Shuanghua suggested.
"I'll call." Su Yuwei said as he took out his cell phone.
At this time, before Su Yuwei's call was made, Ding Shaocheng's call came in. It was a classmate from the same city.
"Hello, Ding Shaocheng, I think I saw the junior school girl you are looking for." said the boy on the phone.
"Where is she?" Ding Shaocheng stood up excitedly.
"She showed up at Green Water Villa with a boy younger than her, and the two had an argument. I secretly took a photo and sent it to you." After the boy finished speaking, Ding Shaocheng's WeChat prompted a new message.
Ding Shaocheng opened it and saw that it was really Qin Ye. Although it was only a profile view, he would definitely not make a mistake!
"It's her, that's right." Ding Shaocheng said on the phone.
"Ask for the address." Qiao Shuanghua reminded Ding Shaocheng.
Ding Shaocheng asked again: "Do you know her specific address? What is her relationship with that boy?"
There was a laugh on the phone, and the voice said, "Brother, please treat me to a meal. I followed him on purpose. Judging from the situation, Qin Ye should be the boy's tutor. I'll send you the address. When you find him, I'll give him a meal."
"Not to mention one meal, ten meals will be no problem." Ding Shaocheng said happily.
"Okay." The boy hung up the phone and quickly sent an address to Ding Shaocheng. Ding Shaocheng took the phone and rushed to the address with Qiao Shuanghua and Su Yuwei.
In the villa, Dan Xiaotian was still doing the homework Qin Ye had given him. Qin Ye was wearing an apron in the kitchen, feeling somewhat helpless.
She had never experienced cooking before.
Qin Ye closed the door and cooked Douguo Food in the kitchen. He looked at the tutorial and decided what dish to cook before washing and cutting it. But Qin Ye always felt that the vegetables he cut were too thick and rough. How could he show them to others? Dan Xiaotian would definitely find fault with them.
Shan Xiaotian's voice complained from outside the door: "Teacher Qin Ye, I'm starving!"
"Right away." Qin Ye replied perfunctorily.
Shan Xiaotian pouted and said, "I haven't even smelled the fragrance yet, and it's coming right away. I might as well order takeout myself!"
Qin Ye's battle in the kitchen was unsuccessful, and Dan Xiaotian was already starving. In desperation, Dan Xiaotian ordered a takeaway with cash on delivery, and ten minutes later, the doorbell rang.
"So fast!" Shan Xiaotian jumped up and ran to open the door.
But the people standing outside the door were not the delivery brother, but three unfamiliar faces.
"Who are you looking for?" Shan Xiaotian asked.
"Excuse me, is Qin Ye here?" Ding Shaocheng asked politely.
Shan Xiaotian said resentfully, "He's not here!" and immediately closed the door.
Qin Ye came out of the kitchen, holding a bowl of vegetables, and asked, "Xiao Tianer, who is it?"
"I don't know him." Shan Xiaotian shrugged.
Suddenly, there were several shouts from outside the door: "Qin Xiaoye! Are you here? Qin Xiaoye!"
Qin Ye was shocked: "Su Yuwei?"
She quickly put the dishes on the table, wiped her hands on her apron, and ran to open the door. When Qin Ye saw the familiar faces of the three people in front of him, his eyes were instantly moist, as if he had met an old friend in a foreign land.
"Xiao Ye, are you okay?" Ding Shaocheng walked over hurriedly, grabbed Qin Ye's arm and looked here and there, fearing that she had not had a good time in the past two days.
Qin Ye glanced at Qiao Shuanghua, then calmly pried open Ding Shaocheng's hands, and said with tears in his eyes, "I'm fine, why are you here?"
"We've been looking for you for a long time and almost called the police." Su Yuwei said first.
"You guys come in first and talk." It was inconvenient to talk standing at the door, so Qin Ye wanted to invite them in, but then he thought that this was Shan Xiaotian's home, so he turned around and asked Shan Xiaotian, "Can they come in?"
"No." Shan Xiaotian leaned against the wall and said lazily.
Qin Ye was a little embarrassed.
Su Yuwei still remembered that the boy had just closed the door rudely, so he asked Qin Ye: "Is there an adult at home?"
"No." Qin Ye shook his head.
No, that's easy. Su Yuwei's eyes fell on Shan Xiaotian, and Shan Xiaotian shuddered. Su Yuwei pounced on him like a cheetah, held Shan Xiaotian's head with his armpits and dragged him inside, saying, "Come here, brother will tell you what politeness is."
"Oh my god - Qin Ye! What kind of friend are you? Help, help -" Shan Xiaotian's wails were heard from the living room.
Qin Ye smiled helplessly and said, "Come in."
After entering the living room, Su Yuyi used violence to subdue the naughty boy Shan Xiaotian. Qin Ye told Ding Shaocheng and Qiao Shuanghua everything that happened after arriving in Ancheng.
"Xiaoye, call your parents. They are worried about you." Ding Shaocheng said earnestly, and then he apologized, "I was wrong that day. I shouldn't have yelled at you. Don't take it to heart. I'm sorry, Xiaoye."
The room suddenly fell silent, and Dan Xiaotian and Su Yuwei, who were playing with each other, also quieted down. Seeing the strange atmosphere, Dan Xiaotian took the opportunity to attack Su Yuwei, but Su Yuwei immediately got up and grabbed him, telling him not to move.
"It's nothing. My coming out this time has nothing to do with you. I will contact my parents." Qin Ye shook her head. She didn't want to mention the past.
What I saw that day was just a dream.
"Qin Ye! This man wants to beat me to death!" Shan Xiaotian, who was being ridden on the ground by Su Yuwei, called Qin Ye for help. Qin Ye turned his head in distress and said, "Su Yuwei, please stop bullying him."
Su Yuwei got up obediently and pointed a finger at Shan Xiaotian to warn him: "Don't move!"
Dan Xiaotian straightened his clothes, glared at Su Yuwei angrily, and then walked over to get some rice and vegetables. However, as soon as he put the vegetables on the table into his mouth, Dan Xiaotian spat them out in disgust: "Pah, pah, pah, Qin Ye, what did you do! Is your family selling salt?"
Su Yuwei pointed at Shan Xiaotian, signaling him to be more polite to Qin Ye, but Shan Xiaotian glared at him and ignored him.
"I'll make it again." Qin Ye walked over and dumped the vegetables into the trash can. Then she seemed to have thought of something and turned around to ask, "Qiao Shuanghua, can you cook?"
"Yes, I'll help you." Qiao Shuanghua understood what Qin Ye meant and accompanied her into the kitchen to help her cook.
Shan Xiaotian looked at Qin Ye with disdain and muttered, "So you can't cook, you liar."
"Student Shan Xiaotian." Su Yuwei's eyes were like arrows, shooting at Shan Xiaotian. Shan Xiaotian slammed the table and said, "You are bullying the weak!"
"What do you care about me?" Su Yuwei rolled his eyes at him.
At this time, the doorbell rang again. Dan Xiaotian ran over excitedly to open the door. This time it was finally takeaway.
Shan Xiaotian happily took the takeaway and shouted to the kitchen, "Qin Ye, pay!"
Ding Shaocheng came over and wanted to help Qin Ye, but was stopped by Qin Ye who came out of the kitchen: "Let me do it, the living expenses were all given by his mother."
Shan Xiaotian ran back to his room excitedly holding his takeaway. Su Yuwei looked at Shan Xiaotian and asked suspiciously, "Qin Xiaoye, did that kid bully you?"
"No, he doesn't dare. You guys rest in the living room first. Qiao Shuanghua and I will prepare the meal in a while. Let's eat together." Qin Ye said, and turned back to the kitchen.
Ding Shaocheng called back to report that he was safe, and then had dinner with Qin Ye and the others. Before leaving, Su Yuwei asked curiously, "Qin Xiaoye, do you live here?"
"Yes, I have been living here for the past half month." Qin Ye said.
"Just the two of you?" Su Yuwei was a little worried.
"Don't worry, I'm fine. Xiaotian was just a little naughty, but he's not a bad person." Qin Ye comforted everyone and said to Su Yuwei, "And you, it's still early before school starts, you should go back to Fengcheng. You look like you must have come out without telling your father again."
Su Yuwei scratched his head: "I really can't hide anything from you."
Qin Ye rolled his eyes at him in annoyance. He was such a grown-up, yet he still did such a childish thing. But then he thought about it and realized that he had come to Ancheng alone because he was in a bad mood and was angry. Wasn't that childish?
After seeing Su Yuwei and the others off, Qin Ye hid in his room and called his parents.
It was Qin's mother who answered the phone. When she heard Qin Ye's voice, she burst into tears: "Xiao Ye, why are you so ignorant?"
"Mom, I'm calling you just to let you know I'm safe, so please don't pick on me." Qin Ye said calmly.
"Why are we picking on you? We are worried about you, but you just left without saying anything. Have you ever considered how your father and I would feel?" Mother Qin wiped her tears while blaming Qin Ye for being ignorant and unfilial.
Qin's father's voice could be vaguely heard on the phone, and he yelled, "Don't come back! Tell her not to come back! Isn't she great? Can she make money? Then don't come back, and just pretend that we are not your parents."
"Okay, Mom. I'm hanging up." Qin Ye hung up the phone irritably, and sat in the room with his hands on his hips, panting.
If he didn't call them, he was afraid that they would miss him, but if he called them, he would be furious. Qin Ye really didn't know what to do.
Now that she had said it and was out, she should not regret it. As long as she could teach Dan Xiaotian well, she would not have to worry about the tuition and living expenses for this year. There was still a long time to go, and she had to hold on.
She can give everything to her parents, including her own life.
Except life.
Late at night, Qin Ye was carefully thinking about cooking in the kitchen. She messed up several dishes and burned her fingers several times, but she would not go to bed until she was done. Some things accumulate slowly, and you will find the shortcomings and find a way to succeed.
The same goes for cooking.
Dan Xiaotian, who got up in the middle of the night to go to the bathroom, vaguely heard some noise in the kitchen. Thinking it was a thief, he tiptoed down to check what was going on.
It turned out to be Qin Ye who was busy in the kitchen, practicing while reciting the menu. He was splashed with oil on the back of his hand and was so scared that he took a few steps back. Then he went to stir the food in the wok with a cowardly look on his face.
"Psycho." Shan Xiaotian cursed secretly in his heart. He had never seen such a stubborn person. If he couldn't do it well, he could just order takeout. It's not like his mother didn't give her money.
Shan Xiaotian turned around and walked towards the room. Halfway there, he stepped back and said to Qin Ye in the kitchen, "Stop working and go to bed. The sizzling noise is keeping me awake."
After saying that, he walked towards the bedroom again.
Qin Ye paused for a moment, and finally turned the vegetables in the pot for no apparent reason.
After a while, Qin Ye turned off the engine, and the rumbling range hood stopped. The house became unusually quiet.
In the bedroom, Dan Xiaotian couldn't sleep. He hugged his favorite toy and felt that he was a bit nosy.
Qin Ye is so stupid, what does it have to do with him?
Why did you ask her to go to bed?
Shan Xiaotian suddenly became worried.