Chapter 29 - The Poor Childhood Sweetheart's Counter Attack (2)

Xu Zifan smelled the smell of a home cooked meal as soon as he reached home, and he shouted inside according to the original owner’s routine. “Mom, what did you cook? It smells so good!”

Mother Xu leaned half out of the kitchen and said with a smile, “you only know how to eat all day. Hurry up and change your clothes and wash your hands. Today I made your favorite chicken stewed mushrooms and fried tenderloin.”

“Great!” Xu Zifan went back to his room with his schoolbag and changed into household clothes. Fortunately, the original owner did not like sweet things, otherwise it would be troublesome for him to pretend to love it.

After he went out, Mother Xu had already plated a large bowl of fried tenderloin and asked, “is Xin Xin back today? If she came back, you should send some to her. She likes to eat spicy food. Don’t forget to take some dip too.”

Xu Zifan pouted his mouth, leaned against the kitchen door frame and said, “she’ll be back later. Her schoolbag is too heavy. I asked her to take the bus. Treating me as a coolie every day. I’m almost a slave to her. Don’t you feel sorry for me?”

Mother Xu glared at him. “What are you talking about? Xin Xin is so good, you have to give in to her more, or else she will be angry with you, and my daughter-in-law will be gone.” Then she looked at Xu Zifan again and wondered, “did you have a fight with Xin Xin?”

Xu Zifan took a few more bites of fried tenderloin and said carelessly, “it’s not that bad of a fight, it’s just that, she’s often away from home recently. I hear she is very close to a rich boy…”

Before he finished, Mother Xu smiled, “now, what am I supposed to do? Are you jealous after all this trouble? Don’t think about it all day and night. You two have been a couple since you grew up together. How can there be such a mess? You mustn’t lose your temper with Xin Xin because of it.”

Ji Yuxin is very good at pretending to be good in front of adults. Xu Zifan didn’t succeed in trying to destroy her image, so he simply said, “Mom, I just asked her after school, and she admitted that we were in an engagement. However, I know best whether she has any feelings for me. I see that she has been blushing recently and has been dazed from time to time. She definitely likes someone else. Mom, I just want to tell you first, so that you can be psychologically prepared, so that you don’t find out so suddenly and be stimulated one day. Your son, is so handsome, why are you afraid of not finding a daughter-in-law? If she has an outside heart, let’s assume that the engagement doesn’t count, don’t be angry. Just take it as if you had wasted all your care for her all these years.”

Mother Xu was stupefied, but she was optimistic and liked to think about things from the bright side, and immediately said, “don’t make any guesses. You’re just messing around at your age. You grew up together, you are two months older than her, and you are a boy, so don’t be too petty.”

“Okay, I know.” Xu Zifan raised his lips and smiled. He knew that Mother Xu wouldn’t take him too seriously before he said it directly, but saying some things was tantamount to planting seeds in Mother Xu’s heart. If Ji Yuxin comes out again, she will certainly think of this incident, and in the relationship between her and Mother Ji, she would mention it politely with Mother Ji. It will be nothing for a while, but if Ji Yuxin really cheats on him in the future, don’t think about innocently pretending to be his sister. The elders of the two families will never forgive her so easily.

The last bowl of fried tenderloin was not sent over, it was all eaten by Xu Zifan. He is now 1.85 meters tall, and only 120 jin, too thin. He is very dissatisfied with this figure, he made a fitness plan while eating. Father Xu came back later than he did, and the three of them ate while chatting at the dinner table. The atmosphere was very warm.

This kind of family is Xu Zifan’s favorite. He can see that Father and Mother Xu are contented, cheerful, smiling and kind-hearted. But Ji Yuxin did not care about these two elders who loved her, just because their annual income was only 150,000 yuan, which was too poor in Ji Yuxin’s eyes. So, she recklessly squandered the original owner’s heart, broke his leg without any scruples and broke the family’s happiness without repentance.

The family is the bottom line for Xu Zifan, even if there was no request from the original owner, he would take good care of the family. No one is allowed to destroy it. Ji Yuxin had better take all her little scheming thoughts back, or he wouldn’t be the one to lose face when the time comes.

After the meal, Xu Zifan went into his room and took out his math book. After a few glances, he still couldn’t understand it, so he went to the study to look for the original owner’s books from primary school to high school. Father Xu passed by with a teacup and spoke in surprise, “what are you doing?”

Xu Zifan was busy flipping through books and replied without looking up: “I’m going to take the college entrance examination next year. I intend to study hard and go to college.”

father Xu was instantly happy, he put the teacup on the table, rolled up his sleeves and helped him turn the books over, “with good study, it’s easy to go to college. What are you looking for? Let father help you find it.”

“A math book for the first grade of primary school.”

Father Xu made a move, he pulled down his slippers, about to beat him. “are you playing me? What use is re-reading first grade stuff!?”

Xu Zifan found it, holding a pile of books and smiling away, “Dad, I’m just taking a look to consolidate my knowledge, and then read something else. Isn’t it more solid if I re-read it from the basics? All right, I’m going to read. Put your slipper back on and don’t twist your waist.”

Xu Zifan ran back to his room and really began to read from the first volume of the first grade of primary school. Then he found that everything in it is common sense, and he knows it all, but there are some mathematical nouns that are easy to get wrong if you don’t read it. It took a little over ten minutes to read the book, and it was only two hours after reading the whole primary school math book, that he had figured it out. Then he looked at junior high school math, which was a little more difficult, because it added a lot of knowledge that he didn’t need in life, and he hadn’t come into contact with it.

Fortunately, the example was very clear, looking at it for two or three more times and then find the corresponding exercises to do a few, anyone would basically understand. He looked at other subjects and found that he should be highly gifted in mathematics and could understand it by himself. But his physics was a little weak, he could understand some, but couldn’t in some others; Chemistry wasn’t good at all, with self-study it was still completely confusing him, so he honestly picked up the math book to continue learning.

Others always say that he is a workaholic and an iron man, but in fact, he just works seriously and will ignore other things, if he puts his heart into it. Now he regarded study as a job and didn’t pay attention to the time at all. When Mother Xu knocked on the door and told him to sleep, he had already finished learning the first year of junior high school’s math and was about to do exercises to consolidate it. Looking at his watch. It was over 11 pm. He went out to take a bath and listened to Mother Xu say that he couldn’t ignore his body in his studies. It was very homey and warm. He slept soundly that night.

During the holiday the next day, he got up early in the morning and went out for morning exercises. The family’s financial situation did not allow him to go to the gym. Fortunately, the green belt in their community was very large, and there were many paths around in the small garden. It wasn’t bad to run in and breathe fresh air at the same time.

When he came back from morning exercise, Xu Zifan met Ji Yuxin head-on. Ji Yuxin was dressed in a pink dress and had a small delicate bag hung at an angle. She was very well dressed. When she saw Xu Zifan sweating, her eyes flashed with disgust. She stood far away and said, “are you running?”

Xu Zifan wiped his face casually with a towel and replied, “getting some exercise. Where are you going?”

“I have an appointment with a friend to go to the bookstore.”

“I’ll go too. Wait for me for a moment.”

Ji Yuxin said hurriedly: “It’s a girls-day-out, what are you going to do? We are going to go shopping and buy some girl things. If you want to go, you can go by yourself. All right, I’m going to be late. I won’t say anymore. Bye-bye~”

Xu Zifan glanced at her and said to her, “aren’t you dating Li Xudong? You’re dressed up so beautifully. If anyone ever tells me that they saw you two together, I’ll have to ask him why he’s always looking for my fiancée.”

Ji Yuxin suddenly turned around with some panic and a bit exasperated. “You have time to watch me?! You are at the bottom end of every exam list; don’t you have some self-reflection? You have no right to be jealous! Weirdo!”

“Anyway, remember, if you do anything, you’d better not let me find out.” Xu Zifan ignored her and ran into the corridor.

Ji Yuxin looked at his back angrily, but she couldn’t do anything. She stood there for a long while, then went on her date. However, she had something on her mind. She was always worried that when someone saw her and Li Xudong. Getting into the car, getting off the car, or even going in and out of somewhere, she would always wait and look around. When they went to a restaurant, she felt suspiciously that someone was always watching her. So, she refused to eat in the hall and they had to change to a private room.

Li Xudong felt that she didn’t concentrate on her date with him at all, and she didn’t even look happy. He was so upset that he directly left her at the door of the restaurant after dinner. Ji Yuxin was so aggrieved that she wanted to cry. She hated Xu Zifan, to death, but she still didn’t dare do anything. Li Xudong took advantage of her, but he was always lukewarm to her and didn’t admit that she was his girlfriend. She didn’t have a sense of security, fearing that Li Xudong would dump her. If she quarrels with Xu Zifan at such a time, Xu Zifan will certainly tell her parents and Li Xudong will be more troublesome at that time. She can only be more careful. When her relationship with Li Xudong was stable, she would certainly dare speak about it to her family and bear with it. At that time, she must make Xu Zifan a big laughing stock. How can he compare to Li Xudong?

Ji Yuxin was afraid that Xu Zifan would come to her when she got home, but Xu Zifan didn’t show up at all. He even went to school on Monday morning without waiting for her at all. She ran to take the bus. There were so many students from different schools. Not only were there no seats, but they were squeezed in half to death. After one stop, she couldn’t stand it anymore. She quickly got off the bus and called a taxi to take her to school. When she got to school, the morning self-study session was over.

The head teacher named and criticized her in class, “the task of studying in senior high school is important. Every student has to race against time. Ji Yuxin missed the morning self-study today and did not recite English. Copy the English text that was supposed to be recited ten times after school, and hand it to me tomorrow. All right, let’s start the class.”

Ji Yuxin blushed with anger as she bowed her head. She has been in the top five in this secondary class. She is a good student in the eyes of the teachers. She always got praises. When has she ever been criticized? This is all Xu Zifan’s fault! She turned slightly and stared at Xu Zifan, and whispered, “Why didn’t you wait for me!?”

“Didn’t you say you’d take the bus in the future? I am growing up, giving you a free ride every day is wearing me thin. It’s good that you have gained a little weight, but you should be a little self-conscious.” Xu Zifan spread out his notebook and began to take notes on it. “Be quiet, don’t disturb my study in class.”

Ji Yuxin was so angry because of him that she stared at him for a long time, secretly took out a small mirror and hid from the teacher. She has eaten so well with Li Xudong recently that she had really put on weight. What should she do?!