Chapter 16: You and I Can Stay in the Same Room

After the dispute that day, DuYan didn’t see HeJin for a long time.

This time, the reason was not because of DuYan, but because of the bear child HeJin, who had run away from home.

It was unknown whether it was because DuYan concealed his plans to leave Nancheng, or because he felt guilty for almost beating up his uncle. In short, the person disappeared.

But DuYan was not too worried about HeJin's whereabouts, because 1. HeJin had money on hand, and 2. He was an adult.

DuYan only sent a WeChat message to ask of his whereabouts and fulfill his obligations as a guardian.

HeJin didn’t reply for a whole day, which was completely different from when he would reply within seconds.

DuYan didn't care. He only thought that his temperament was still very big, but that was ok. Since they are avoiding each other now, in the future when they have a fall out, the psychological pressure would not be too much.

In the evening, HeJin finally replied to the WeChat. It was very simple, just three words: currently out traveling.

After that, the two’s contact was cut.

The next time DuYan heard news about HeJin again, it was from his head teacher, Teacher Chen.

The content of the call was as follows.

"Hello, Mr. Xie, I would like to discuss with you about HeJin’s college application.”

DuYan felt that this was a bit odd. He had watched HeJin fill it out online. There were still things to be changed? “What is it?”

"Student HeJin just changed his college application from Nancheng University to Beicheng University. I already contacted him, and his attitude was very firm."

"Beicheng University..."

"Yes. With HeJin’s usual grades, he can’t stably apply for Beicheng University. Moreover, the university and the major that he applied to at Nancheng University, is not necessarily worse than Beicheng University’s. And to add on, he’s a local student, so student HeJin will definitely get his major.” Teacher Chen paused for a moment, “If it’s Beicheng University, it is a bit risky."

What’s wrong with this bear child?

This kind of strange behavior only happened when he encountered Fang Xiangxiang in the movie. DuYan directly asked, "That is--that student called Fang Xiangxiang, which university did she write down?”

Teacher Chen was not surprised about DuYan asking about Fang Xiangxiang. In fact, in the eyes of the teacher, Fang Xiangxiang and HeJin were already a couple.

Nowadays, whether it was the guardian or a school teacher, they no longer reacted the same way towards these vague and ambiguous feelings in school. As long as they didn’t do anything out of the ordinary and didn’t affect their learning, the teachers generally wouldn’t interfere in their interactions.

"Nancheng University. Student Fang Xiangxiang also discussed this with me before filling out the application. This time she got sick before the exam and didn’t perform too well, so she was more confident in applying for Nancheng University.

DuYan's eyebrows wrinkled slightly. What happened to HeJin’s situation? Was this the plot forcing Fang Xiangxiang to go to Nancheng University, and HeJin could only become Fang Xiangxiang’s classmate after staying back a year?

DuYan's whole person became a little anxious. Everything was originally going extremely smoothly, but then HeJin suddenly had this random idea, and this sudden change was making him upset.

"Teacher Chen, I will talk to HeJin about this."

After hanging up the phone, DuYan directly asked someone to find out about HeJin's whereabouts. He never thought of asking HeJin directly. According to HeJin’s hard to deal with behavior, it was impossible for him to tell DuYan where he was.

As a person of the Xie Family, or as the current leader of the Xie Group, it was not hard for DuYan to know the whereabouts of a person.

It didn't take long before he knew of HeJin's whereabouts. The person was currently in Hudong County, a famous tourist county.

The handover of the Xie Group was almost done, and DuYan didn’t have too much work on hand. After learning the whereabouts of HeJin, he drove directly to Hudong County.

HeJin was never one to treat himself badly. The person was staying in a five-star hotel that was close to the scenic spots of Hudong County. The scenery was excellent and it was a good place to relax at.

Only when DuYan arrived at the base of the hotel, did he call HeJin, but he got no answer. He asked the front desk of the hotel to call his room, but there was no one.

Upon thinking about it, in this touristy area, it was impossible to stay inside all day. He must have of course left to go play.

DuYan waited at the coffee shop on the second floor of the hotel. The second floor was an empty floor. He was facing the direction of the entrance and he would be able to see at a glance when HeJin came back.

When the skies were getting darker, HeJin came back. Despite DuYan sitting from a distance, he didn’t make a move.

Because HeJin did not come back alone. What other beautiful girl would it be besides Fang Xiangxiang.

The first thought in DuYan's mind when he saw his child and a girl travelling alone was: Fortunately, he had taught HeJin the correct sex education. It shouldn’t cause any deaths.

Since Fang Xiangxiang was here, DuYan was now going to appear as a completely ignorant guardian. He was of course not going to affect the feelings between the male and female lead.

DuYan decided on the spot. After the two children had gone up, he would call HeJin to tell him to come downstairs and pretend that he didn’t know Fang Xiangxiang was there.

No one would be embarrassed, and mature adults should handle things like this.

Unexpectedly, the two stopped at the entrance, said something, and then HeJin entered by himself.

DuYan, who was looking from above, was full of question marks above his head. What kind of situation was this? How could he leave a single girl alone at the entrance of the hotel?

Seeing HeJin disappear from sight, DuYan walked down the stairways that wouldn’t be visible to others. When he arrived at the entrance, he saw Fang Xiangxiang take out her phone and make a call.

It wasn’t polite to eavesdrop on someone else’s call, and DuYan was starting to leave, but then something caught his attention.

"Hello, Teacher Chen, I’ve been thinking about it these days, and I still don’t feel reconciled.”

"En, I still want to compete for Beicheng University. After all, that is the place I have always been longing for. Ever since junior high school, I have been determined to go to Bei. U.."

"Even if I fail, I will also be mentally prepared." Fang Xiangxiang paused a bit, "It’s not a big deal, I can always retake it [the exam].”

"I’ve thought it over. My mother also supports me."

After hanging up, she called again, “Mom, en, I’m coming back now to eat dinner.”

After finishing speaking, Fang Xiangxiang left the hotel, stopped a taxi and left.

DuYan exited from the side. It turned out that Hudong County was Fang Xiangxiang's hometown. No wonder she didn't go in with HeJin.

Regardless of whether HeJin came to find Fang Xiangxiang on purpose, or to relax and then occasionally meet Fang Xiangxiang, HeJin's sudden change of application could be explained.

It was for Fang Xiangxiang.

Fang Xiangxiang couldn't give up the dream she always had, and after listening to Fang Xiangxiang's thoughts, HeJin changed his first choice in order to encourage her.

If this was the case, then there was nothing for him to do as the guardian. Upon thinking about this, DuYan was going to quietly leave, and pretend that he didn’t know anything.

He had just taken a step, when he heard a voice coming from behind.

"Uncle, what are you doing here."

Having been caught peeping, DuYan’s body became stiff. He quickly adjusted his facial expressions, and when he turned around, nothing could be seen different from the usual.

"I heard from Teacher Chen that you changed your choice. I came to understand from your point of view.”

HeJin did not have a good expression, and his tone was also a bit stiff, “Didn’t you say that I’m an adult already? So I don’t need your consent to decide on things.”

Hearing these words that were dripping with sarcasm, DuYan knew that HeJin hadn't calmed down yet, but he also didn't care, "I'm just showing concern as an elder. Besides, Teacher Chen also didn’t understand why.”

"Huh." HeJin partially listened to him.

DuYan saw HeJin's expression of not wanting to speak, so he took the rare initiative to speak, "Is it because of student Fang Xiangxiang."

"It’s not..." HeJin only spit out two words, before changing his words, "It is because of her. So what?”

DuYan thought that it was of course like this, “This is your own life, and for you to judge. Are you willing to fight for love or other factors? Are you sure?”

HeJin couldn’t understand why, but he became angry again. He glared at DuYan, “I’m sure. Don’t treat me like a child anymore.”

"Then fine. If you are willing to take the risk of staying back a year, I also will not force you to change your decision.”

The voice just fell, and it could be seen with the naked eye, the boy’s expression became gloomy.

DuYan increasingly felt that there was a generation gap between himself and HeJin. He clearly said that he would not interfere with HeJin’s own mishaps, nor with the feelings between HeJin and Fang Xiangxiang.

HeJin’s anger towards him should have decreased, but why was the boy in front of him looking more and more angry?

"You--you!" HeJin was very angry. He knew the reason for his anger, but he couldn’t say it aloud.

He had been avoiding that problem all these days. He didn’t even dare to think deeply, and his intuition told him that once he dug deeper, something terrible might happen.

DuYan saw that HeJin didn't want to pay attention to him, and wondered that if he stayed any longer, would this childish boy explode like a pufferfish in public.

"Since I know that you’re fine, I’m going back now.” DuYan finished speaking, and immediately turned around to leave. He wasn’t going to stay around this little nonsense child as if they were in a cockfight.

"Wait a minute. Don’t you know what time it is now? You’re still going to drive back? Aren’t you tired?”

DuYan stopped and saw that it was already dark outside.

Although Hudong County was within the Nancheng area, it was a relatively remote mountainous county after all. It would take more than three hours to drive back.

HeJin saw DuYan stop, “If there is nothing important in Nancheng, it doesn't matter if you go back tomorrow."

DuYan turned around, nodded, and then walked directly to the front desk.

"I'm really sorry, the rooms are all full today.”

This was not surprising. It was peak season, and this hotel had the best scenery in Hudong County. It was normal for it to be full at this point in time.

DuYan glanced at HeJin once, but didn’t ask if the other party was willing to stay in the same room as him. With their rigid relationship, he was bound to be rejected.

Unexpectedly, HeJin opened his mouth and directly said, "Uncle, you and I can stay in the same room.”