Chapter 35 of 40
Chapter 34 - The Poor Childhood Sweetheart's Counter Attack (7)
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After Ji Yuxin moved out, Father Ji and Mother Ji immediately cleaned the bedroom, boxed everything but furniture to the balcony, replaced the new bedding and curtains, and by the time Yan Yaru entered, there was no trace of Ji Yuxin.
Mother Ji wanted to help Yan Yaru clean up her things. As a result, she saw that she only took two sets of clothes and the rest were basically books. She couldn’t help but become speechless. Then she understood Yan Yaru’s idea and felt sour. Before, when they were tidying up the room, she found that Ji Yuxin had taken all the valuables, the more expensive clothes and bank cards. Although the sum of money is not even over 10,000 yuan; However, compared with Yan Yaru, the distinction was now apparent.
Mother Ji’s mood dropped suddenly. Can’t they teach a child? The Yan family taught their daughter so well, but she taught their daughter to be unreasonable, this was too much. But she thought, in addition to this period of time, Ji Yuxin was a little disobedient, but she has always been very clever before, even if it was little girl’s effeminacy, it was no big difference with other children. Why is it so sad that she suddenly seems to be a different person?
Mother Ji didn’t want Yan Yaru to find out what was on her mind, so she quickly cleaned up the room and called the Xu family out for dinner. They still owe Xu’s family an apology. This time they said they would treat everyone to a big meal to express their apologies. Neither of the two elder couple had eaten any Japanese food. One was that it was expensive, the other was that they couldn’t get used to it. They went into the store and directly asked the two children to order.
Yan Yaru ordered a medium-priced dish, which was obviously being considerate to the Ji couple. It made the two elders feel a little distressed for her. In fact, Yan Yaru was in a very bad mood when leaving the Yan’s house, and she didn’t pay much attention to other people’s situation. However, she only talked to Xu Zifan for an afternoon, and her bad mood completely dispersed. Naturally, she regained her instinct of observing the situation, and her exquisite mind was also highlighted.
Finally, Xu Zifan chomped on the food ordered by the couple at a considerate price. He was also half-a-son to the Ji couple. He knew very well that it wouldn’t make them feel bad about the money, but it would also make them feel it was sincere. The amount of food was just right for the six of them. Then atmosphere soon became lively when he spoke about what programs were available in the community performances, interesting things about playing ball games and mistakes made by teachers in their lectures.
This shop is indeed good. Xu Zifan has never tasted anything he thought ‘delicious’, but he felt that the taste is good. Yan Yaru would certainly accept it. In addition, she was hungry, and she really ate a lot of food, which relieved the Ji couple. They were smiling more and more obviously, and it seemed that getting along with this daughter wasn’t so difficult.
After dinner, watching the community program, they were even more lively. It so happened that today it was a performance of singing and dancing. Not only did the people on the stage danced, but many people off the stage also followed. There was a feeling of excitement in the midst of it. Yan Yaru had never seen such a scene before. The crowd around her made her feel uncomfortable, but everything was also fresh. She couldn’t help looking around.
Xu Zifan bought some bottles of purified water for them and said to Yan Yaru, “Do you want to jump in together?”
Yan Yaru ‘s face changed slightly and hurriedly shook her head. Mother Ji smiled and said, “it’s fun to dance together, but you can watch it if you’re not used to it. Look at the music fountain over there. It will look even better when it gets dark.”
Of course, Yan Yaru had seen a music fountain, but she has never seen so many people having so much fun by the fountain. Especially many children, the smiles on their faces were so pure, and she was in a better mood as she watched them.
Mother Xu and Mother Ji watched for a while and then followed. Xu Zifan said amusingly, “Mom, if you want to jump in, you can go. I’ll accompany Yaru. Just show Yaru that you’re a very young and energetic parent!”
At the same time, the four elders looked at Yan Yaru, Yan Yaru’s hand holding the pure water bottle tightened slightly, smiled and said, “I can stay with Xu Zifan, you go and play.”
Xu Zifan’s words touched the Ji couple, who pulled the Xu couple into the crowd and jumped in with the music with happy smiles on their faces. They thought that Xu Zifan was very smart, they had a disadvantage compared with the Yan family, but they could make their daughter feel warm and happy. Although the Yan family was good, to them, it seemed a little rigid. The Yan couple converge their emotions perfectly, and they actually were a little less tender. They can make their daughter feel the warm fatherly and motherly love, and make their daughter feel that they are young and open-minded, so they can certainly get along more easily.
Yan Yaru’s eyes followed Father and Mother Ji all the time, with surprise in her eyes. Even she didn’t notice that there was a small curve at the corner of her lips.
Xu Zifan sat bored for a while. Suddenly he saw the English advertisement on the sign next to him. His eyes lit up and he said to Yan Yaru, “What’s the score of your placement test? Is your English all right?”
Yan Yaru replied flatly, “full marks, all subjects.”
Xu Zifan immediately turned to look at her, his eyes brighter. Yan Yaru responded in hindsight, “you, you couldn’t be…”
“Yes! Sure is! Can you help me with my homework? In fact, I am very smart, learn very fast, you’ll teach me easily. Besides, I also have a foundation. I have no problem with oral English, it’s just that, there are some grammar, understanding and so on in the test paper. I am a little confused about the key points of the answers. In fact, I think physics is fine, it’s just that, I haven’t finished learning math. So, I haven’t come into contact with physics for the time being. Chemistry is a little poor. If I can’t learn this, forget it. Don’t force it. What do you think?” Xu Zifan looked at her earnestly and expectantly.
Yan Yaru pursed her lips and hesitated, “I… Want to spend my spare time to work, I… I feel that coming to the Ji family is too sudden, I don’t want to add to their burden, so I want to earn tuition fees for next semester. I may not have time.”
Xu Zifan smiled carelessly and said, “making money is a small matter. How about this?… Why don’t you help me with tutoring, and I’ll pay you an hourly tuition fee of two hundred an hour?”
Yan Yaru controlled herself, not to look at his clothes that only cost tens of yuan and euphemistically said, “the price seems to be higher than the market price. You could already hire a good teacher to teach you. I think Aunt and Uncle may have more trust in teachers.”
“It’s my own money, I don’t want to ask them. Of course, I don’t have it yet, but if you promise me, I’ll earn it for you soon. If you think about it, how uncomfortable would your parents feel if you work outside after school and holidays? It seems that you are very different from them. In fact, I think you can think of them as the closest adults you can rely on. If you can really integrate into a family, they would be very happy.” Xu Zifan gave a few words of advice, thinking of Yan Yaru’s character and then said, “in this way, I think we can make money together without delaying tutoring. When Uncle Ji and the rest ask, we could say that we want to try to be independent as adults, and they won’t think too much if I accompany you, how about it?”
Yan Yaru thought he had a point and nodded, “it would be nice if you could. Thank you. You’ve helped me a lot.”
Xu Zifan smiled. “Uncle and Aunt are actually like my godparents, we’re like one family. I also hope they can be happier and get along well with their daughter. In the future, you would know that they are as big-hearted as my parents, they don’t take anything to heart, they are very contented, they are very easy to get along with, and you don’t have to think about it so much. You will like them.”
Yan Yaru smiled sincerely. “I see. Thank you.”
On the first day, Yan Yaru returned home, she thought there would have a depressing sleepless night, but she fell asleep a few minutes after she laid on the bed. There was a yellow sun jar on the bedside table next to her. Even in the dark, there was a ray of sunshine in the room, full of warmth.
Ji Yuxin was transferred to class one when she went to school on Monday. This high school was the best high school in their city. In fact, only Ji Yuxin was admitted to Fist Middle School, and Xu Zifan was admitted to another ordinary school. Father Xu happened to have a good relationship with a vice principal of First Middle School. Xu Zifan was assigned to Ji Yuxin’s class by paying a tuition fee.
The classes in First Middle School were arranged according to grades, with three classes in science and three classes in liberal arts, and not too many students were enrolled. Yan Yaru, who came from a key school, naturally ranked first in the Class one. Ji Yuxin grades were also good, but in First Middle School, it only got her to the top five in Class three. Xu Zifan was the end tail of Class three, and Li Xudong entered their class with money. They all study science, so the three were all in a one class room now.
When Xu Zifan looked at the position vacated by Ji Yuxin after school, he always felt that Yan Yaru would be bullied. He tapped his fingers on the table. At the midterm and final exam, they would be re-divided. Most people’s performance were stable and will not change, but there may be shifts in the first few and the last few. The monthly exam is about to take place, and there was still a month to go before the exam. Xu Zifan decides that he must sit in Class One after a month.
After setting the goal, Xu Zifan didn’t do so many exercises, but began to learn everything crazily. Not only math, but also various other subjects, including chemistry, which he liked the least. After class, he no longer went out to play ball, and used all his time to study. All the students in the class were surprised. Didn’t Xu Zifan say that he would feel sleepy as soon as he listened to the lessons? Why did he change like this all of a sudden?
After finishing her homework after school every day, Yan Yaru would tutor Xu Zifan for two hours. Because she had something to do every day, and spent less time with her new parents, mostly eating together or caring about her studies, there was no pressure at all. Unexpectedly, it was so much easier. Three days later, Xu Zifan also came up with a way for the two to make money together, by giving a live lecture.
Xu Zifan has been running and exercising every day these days, his hair has changed and his temperament has changed. He wasn’t only the class’s handsomest now, but also the school’s. Yan Yaru has the temperament of someone from a rich and powerful family, and she’s beautiful. The live broadcast of the two attracted a lot of fans, all of whom came to see their faces.
Then someone found that a beautiful little sister was talking about various subjects in junior high school, and the handsome little brother was studying hard, understanding what the little sister said every day. He was very smart, even if most of the questions were error-prone. They couldn’t believe that they could learn a lot of practical information live! This channel soon became popular in junior high school circles, they really made money by learning!