I spent most of the following time with Yao Yizhou: he sent me home and picked me up for school the next day.
Actually, I didn't want him to do this on purpose because I knew his house was about an hour's drive from mine.
As a friend, I felt that I couldn't be so selfish. Moreover, I also knew that Yao Yizhou did this mainly because he was afraid that something would happen to me. So, I tactfully asked Yao Yizhou not to send me home or pick me up from school. But Yao Yizhou just smiled slightly and said nothing.
During the break the next day, I wanted to drink some water, so Yao Yizhou went to buy some for me. A female classmate took the opportunity to come over and chat with me.
This female classmate once went out to do research with me in the same group, and we were quite familiar with each other. She was an extrovert and spoke quite frankly.
"Wen Ya, I want to tell you something..."
The female classmate came over with a mysterious look on her face , which made me curious as well: "What's going on? So mysterious?"
The female classmate pursed her lips, frowned slightly, hesitated for a while, then sighed, and said seriously with a serious expression as if she had made a great decision: "Wen Ya, I want to tell you something. After you listen to it, you must stay calm."
Seeing her say this, I looked at her curiously and said with great confidence: "Don't worry, no matter what you say, I will remain calm."
The female classmate nodded slightly and said seriously, "Wen Ya, let me tell you, I saw your boyfriend having dinner with a girl at a restaurant near my home yesterday. They were talking and laughing, and they were very affectionate. Their relationship must be special. You have to be careful."
I was shocked. This news was like a bolt of lightning in a clear sky, but I didn't want to show my disappointment in front of outsiders... After a while, I pretended to smile and said calmly, "What's the big deal? It's just a meal. It's normal for classmates to have a meal together occasionally. You're overthinking it."
Seeing that I didn't care, the female classmate didn't say much, but just reminded me in a joking tone: "Wen Ya, don't be too careless, you should still keep an eye on Ji Chuan. Girls nowadays are very capable, it's better to be safe than sorry!"
I gave the girl a grateful smile and nodded slightly: "I know. By the way, have you finished the homework the teacher assigned yesterday? He will collect the homework when he comes to class later."
The female student slapped her forehead and shouted anxiously: "Oh my God, thanks to you for reminding me, I have to do my homework quickly, otherwise I will fail this course."
I kept smiling and watched my female classmate run back to her seat. Others could not see anything unusual. However, only I knew how bitter I was behind my smile.
What my female classmate said was like the final verdict on my love...
Perhaps, it has become a foregone conclusion. My love may really have to say goodbye.
Thinking of this, I don’t know how I should face Ji Chuan…
At this moment, Ji Chuan and Yao Yizhou appeared at the door of the classroom together.
I looked at Ji Chuan and Yao Yizhou who were standing at the door of the classroom with confusion. I was actually a little dazed by their appearance together.
Ji Chuan raised the food bag in his hand and smiled at me.
Yao Yizhou walked towards me. I couldn't get any information from his expression, and he didn't say a word to me. He just slowly walked to his seat and sat down.
Ji Chuan looked excited, and ran to my side with a food bag in his hand. He put the food bag on my desk like he was presenting a treasure, opened the bag, and revealed the food inside: "Xiao Ya, I bought some of the things you usually like to eat. Look, there are Huang Feihong peanuts, the brand of egg-flavored pudding you like, potato chips and French fries, and some other things."
Ji Chuan's actions caused the students around him to cheer again and again, as if they were encouraging Ji Chuan, but to me, the cheers from the students just sounded like a booing.
I looked down at the snacks in the food bag and said expressionlessly, "Ji Chuan, you know what? I'm not a child anymore. I don't like eating these things anymore. Take them and give them to the girls who like them. Don't waste them."
He seemed to hear the sarcasm in my words, but he didn't seem to care. He took my hand and asked me coquettishly, "Xiaoya, since when did you stop liking these things? I remember you always liked them. For example, you called me not long ago to ask me to buy this pudding for you."
I looked at the pudding and actually felt like vomiting.
I suppressed my discomfort and sneered, "Since yesterday, I no longer like these things. Go away, take your things with you, I won't send you off."
Ji Chuan understood that I wanted to drive him away, but he just smiled awkwardly and said anxiously, "Xiao Ya, are you angry with me? I have been too busy recently and neglected you. I apologize to you! How about this, when I finish my work in the club, I will accompany you well."
Thinking of how Ji Chuan's father treated his women, I shook my head and suddenly felt a piercing chill: "Ji Chuan, when your father wanted to please a woman, he would at least give her an LV bag or something. Why did you only buy such a small amount of food... Why? In your heart, am I Wen Ya so cheap? Can I only be compared with these things?"
My scolding voice echoed throughout the classroom. The originally noisy classroom suddenly became quiet, and almost all the students looked at Ji Chuan and me.
Just when I thought Ji Chuan would give up, he hugged me and said with a smile: "Stop it, ah! I was wrong, can't I apologize to you?"
I knew that such an apology was already the limit for Ji Chuan, but I still struggled and pushed him away.
Ji Chuan looked at me with a puzzled expression, and I could see that he was very nervous.
In fact, when he said "I'm sorry" to me, the originally solid wall of my heart had already begun to collapse. But I didn't want to forgive him just like that!
I suppressed my violently beating heart and looked at Ji Chuan standing in front of me, looking at the man whose name was deeply engraved in my entire youth.
After a long while, I couldn't say a word. It was not until my classmates started to make me forgive Ji Chuan that I slowly shook my head and said in a cold tone, "Go away. Give me some time to think about it."
I had said so much, and Ji Chuan had no reason to stay any longer, so he could only turn around and leave the classroom.
I turned my head to look at Yao Yizhou. He was looking at me and smiling. His eyes were still so gentle, so gentle that I had the illusion that nothing had happened.
I extended my hand to Yao Yizhou, smiled, and said calmly: "Yao Yizhou, I'm thirsty and want to drink some water."
Yao Yizhou immediately took out a bottle of water from his schoolbag and handed it to me.
I took the water, smiled at him, and handed him the snacks that Ji Chuan had placed on the table: "You can eat these things. I can't eat a single bite."
Yao Yizhou took the snacks and stuffed them into the drawer.
Just as Yao Yizhou was about to talk to me, the teacher walked in from outside the classroom door.
I stared at the blackboard, but I couldn't hear a word the teacher said.
Suddenly, my cell phone vibrated. I turned it on and found it was a text message from Yao Yizhou.
Yao Yizhou said in the text message: Wen Ya, if you still have Ji Chuan in your heart, forgive him and pretend nothing happened; if you no longer have him in your heart, be more resolute, as a short pain is worse than a long one.
I stared at the phone screen for a while, and replied: What would you do if the girl you like did something to hurt you?
Yao Yizhou replied to the text message very quickly. I opened the message and saw only three simple words in it: Forgive her!
I thought about it for a while and replied to Yao Yizhou: Why?
After a while, Yao Yizhou sent a text message: Because I love her, I can forgive everything she does, I can forgive every wrong decision she makes, and I don't even mind her being with someone else. As long as she is happy, I will be satisfied and will not regret or feel sorry.
Yao Yizhou's attitude shocked me completely. I have known him for so many years, and this is the first time I know that he is so persistent in love.
I don’t know why, but I actually envy the girl he loves, just like I once said enviously that the girl who marries Yao Yizhou in the future must have saved the galaxy in her previous life.
Another text message came in, and I looked at the number, and it turned out to be from the woman who claimed to be my mother. I was a little hesitant about whether to read it, but after thinking it over, I still opened the text message.
She said in the text message that she was about to leave China and her flight was at 10 am this Saturday, and she also said that she hoped to see me for the last time.
Isn't this Saturday tomorrow? I suddenly felt upset and threw my phone into my schoolbag.
In fact, it has been almost half a month since she first contacted me...
I have never been able to forgive her for abandoning me when I was so young. However, she appeared in front of me again and again, and I couldn't help but think of her again and again.
I didn't know what to do and my mind was dizzy.
After class, I packed up and went to work. When I was working, I was always absent-minded and made mistakes frequently.
The boss lady saw that I was not in good condition and asked me what was wrong, but I could only shake my head and make the excuse that I was not feeling well.
The boss lady was a kind person, and when she saw that I was not feeling well, she let me go home early.
I returned home, but I didn't feel sleepy at all. I was still very awake until late at night and couldn't fall asleep. So I could only look through the text messages Yao Yizhou sent me during the day.
Thinking of how Ji Chuan apologized to me during the day, the knot in my heart finally untied a little, so I decided to call Ji Chuan.
Ji Chuan answered the phone quickly, as if he was waiting for my call.
In fact, I know that at such a late hour, he is just as sleepless as I am.
After a long while, I slowly asked, "Are you busy?"
"It's already this late, and I've already finished my work. What's wrong with you? Why can't you sleep so late?"
Ji Chuan's concerned voice from the other end of the phone softened my heart.
I hesitated for a moment and said, "Ji Chuan, my mother is leaving. She will take a flight at 10 o'clock tomorrow. She said she wanted to see me before she leaves. I don't know what to do. I don't know whether I should see her or not."
Ji Chuan was silent for a while, and then said firmly in an unquestionable tone: "Xiaoya, I will accompany you to the airport tomorrow."
Ji Chuan's confidence made me a little emotional: "Why? She cruelly abandoned me and went abroad when I was four years old. I don't want to see her!"
Ji Chuan gently advised me on the other end of the phone: "Go meet her, don't leave any regrets... The reason you are hesitant now is simply because you still love her in your heart."
I love the woman who cruelly abandoned me when I was four years old? Ji Chuan's words made me open my mouth to speak but I was speechless.
My mind suddenly turned to the scenes of seeing my mother these days...
Every time I saw her, I just hated her for abandoning me, but every night, I always dreamed of her...
Could it be that, as Ji Chuan said, I was hesitant because I still loved her?
"Xiao Ya, there is no love or hate without reason in this world. The reason you hate your mother so much for abandoning you is because you love her too much. You must go and see her, otherwise, you don't know when you will see her again." Ji Chuan patiently advised me on the other end of the phone.
I finally made up my mind: "Okay, you accompany me to the airport tomorrow."
"Xiaoya, it's too late. Go to bed early. Don't think too much... Put on your headphones and don't hang up. I'll play some music for you."
After Ji Chuan said this, there was no sound on the phone.
I put on my headphones and turned up the volume. After a while, David Tao's song "Love is Simple" came from the receiver.

I forgot how it started
Maybe I have a feeling for you
Suddenly I found myself deeply in love with you
It's really simple
Love is so dark that it doesn't matter
Can't decide right from wrong
No regrets for following love day and night
That crazy person is me
…
I've been here baby
I love you
Never give up the right to love you

Tao Zhe's songs played over and over again, and my troubled mood gradually calmed down. I closed my eyes, a little sleepiness came over me, and I finally fell asleep.
The next day, Ji Chuan came to pick me up and we went to the airport together.
For the first time, I took the initiative to call my mother's number. When I gently said "I'm at the airport", the ecstatic voice on the other end of the phone made me feel better.
In the waiting hall, Ji Chuan and I met my mother who was dressed in white.
When she saw me, she covered her mouth, was very excited, and spoke incoherently. She asked me if the person who came with me was my boyfriend, then said that I was wearing too little and asked me to put on more clothes and be careful of catching a cold. Then she said she didn't expect me to come to see her, and said that she was not a competent mother and asked me to forgive her.
I looked at the woman in front of me with tears in her eyes and for the first time sincerely accepted her apology.
I was about to speak when I suddenly caught a glimpse of the obvious white hair at her temples, and the makeup on her face could not hide the fine lines that appeared as she aged.
Suddenly, I felt a little sad. I didn't expect that time passed by unknowingly and she had grown old.
I stared at the wrinkles on my mother's face, and suddenly I felt relieved of my hatred for her.
I looked away and said calmly, "You are indeed not a competent mother, and I will not forgive you so easily. However, if you come back to China next time and think of me, you can come find me."
A surprised smile suddenly appeared on my mother's face. She walked up to me, hugged me in her arms, and burst into tears.
After a long while, she said intermittently: "Thank you for your understanding! Mom knows that I am incompetent, but Mom wants you to remember that no matter what happens, Mom loves you, and this will never change."
My heart felt warm and I couldn't help but shed tears.
I was about to say something, but at this moment, the broadcast began urging passengers to board the plane.
When my mother heard the urging, she hugged me even tighter.
Seeing this, Ji Chuan whispered, "Aunt, please go board the plane quickly, or you will be too late."
After hearing this, the mother let go of her hands.
I saw her tear-stained face, and I couldn't help but let my tears well up. Although I wanted her to stay, I knew it was impossible. So I could only whisper, "Go board the plane, don't miss it."
My mother carried the box, shook my hand, smiled at me, then turned and left, waving to me reluctantly as she walked away.
Ji Chuan and I watched my mother walk into the gate and then disappear.
It was a long time before I turned around and left the airport.
At exactly ten o'clock, my mother's plane took off, and the tears in my eyes finally rolled down.
Ji Chuan hugged me silently without saying a word, just comforting me in this way.
I let my tears flow freely, as if only in this way, the sadness of being abandoned for so many years and the unhappiness with Ji Chuan during this period would disappear with my tears.