Chapter 20: Atypical Shura Field

Zhou YaLi knew who HeJin was talking about the moment she heard him. She was already a foreign citizen, so it wasn’t hard to apply for Beicheng University from abroad. Otherwise, if she had taken part in the national college entrance exam, Beicheng University would have never considered her.

What Zhou YaLi didn't expect was that HeJin could be admitted to Beicheng University. After all, when she left, HeJin was still the school bully and liked to play truant and fought all the time.

This was said to be because of a girl named Fang Xiangxiang.

Zhou YaLi brought up a smile, "Okay, HeJin-gege, you're busy, so don't worry about me. I’ve been abroad for so long, I know how to take care of myself."

While the two talked, they were already standing in front of the welcome desk of the College of Liberal Arts.

"Fang Xiangxiang." HeJin called out to Fang Xiangxiang who was packing something up.

Fang Xiangxiang stood up and turned around, "Oh, HeJin, what's up?”

Zhou YaLi sneered when she saw this. When she was chatting with HeJin just now, Fang Xiangxiang had been secretly watching them from the side, but now she was pretending to not know anything.

HeJin was only careful when it was about DuYan’s affairs, so he completely didn’t care about the turbulent undercurrents under the calm waves in front of him.

He said directly, "This is my little sister Zhou YaLi, who happens to be a freshman in the College of Liberal Arts. Please take her to familiarize her surroundings.”

Fang Xiangxiang nodded, "Okay."

"HeJin! Come and help." HeJin’s college had another batch of freshmens again, and suddenly there was a shortage of manpower, so the counselor shouted for HeJin to come back.

"I'll be going back first. I’ll invite you two to dinner when orientation is over.” HeJin left this sentence and then left in a hurry.

"Don't lie to people! I will be angry if you lie." Zhou YaLi waved.

When HeJin's figure disappeared into the crowd, Zhou YaLi turned around, looked at Fang Xiangxiang, and smiled, "Let's go, Senior Sister Fang. I've heard about you for a long time. I haven't been in China these years. Fortunately, HeJin-gege met you. Could you tell me your story?"

The girl in front of her eyes had curved eyebrows and two small dimples at the corners of her mouth. She seemed to be very easy to get along with, but Fang Xiangxiang had a feeling as if Zhou YaLi didn’t really want to acknowledge her.

"HeJin and I are ordinary friends..."

Zhou YaLi took Fang Xiangxiang's hand and said, "Oh, don't be shy. I know what HeJin-gege was like before. When I was in China, he would still listen to me and not go out to fool around. But later I went abroad, and my dad said that he was basically invincible in the streets and handed in blank papers during exams.”

"Oh, that.”

"Let me tell you, when HeJin-gege came to my house, it was really weird…”

The two girls left the student activity center hand in hand, looking as if they got along with each other in perfect harmony.

After HeJin finished his work, he found that Fang Xiangxiang and Zhou YaLi had returned to the student activity center, and the two were still sitting behind the desk. It was unknown what they were talking about.

Zhou YaLi seemed to perceive his arrival, "You’re finally done. I’m almost starving to death.”

"Let's go, I'll take you to dinner." HeJin raised his hand and said hello to the two girls.

Zhou YaLi said, "What are we going to eat? I think… sigh, I still miss the dishes made by Aunty Wang."

"Aunty Wang has long been picked up by her son to enjoy a happy life. I can’t fulfill your request.”

The three of them walked out of the student activity center together, but Fang Xiangxiang somehow discovered that she couldn't find a space to intervene.

Because the things that HeJin and Zhou YaLi were talking about, were something she didn’t know about at all.

Fang Xiangxiang was originally a shy person. In this situation, she felt even more embarrassed. It’s just that the moment she wanted to open her mouth and say that she had an appointment with her roommate, so she couldn’t go to dinner with them, she saw a person approaching the entrance of the student activity center. Students who came and went would subconsciously step aside when they saw that person.

The girls who passed by, after stepping away, would subconsciously turn back and take another look.

That person was very young, and there was not much difference between him and the college students next to him just by looking at his face. His skin was very white, the corners of his eyes were slightly raised, and the color of his lips and eyes were too light. His shirt and trousers were extremely well-fitting without a trace of wrinkles, making this man look incompatible with the chaotic crowd around him.

It was DuYan, HeJin's uncle.

Fang Xiangxiang had only just reacted when she saw HeJin that had been walking beside them, rush forward.

"HeJin." When DuYan arrived at the entrance of the student activity center, he saw HeJin and the two girls walking out.

Fang Xiangxiang, and Zhou YaLi.

The heroine and the female partner in the movie were actually there. Although Zhou YaLi's return to China was DuYan’s handiwork, he didn’t expect that the two girls would meet each other so soon.

In the movie’s plot, Zhou YaLi tried her best to become Fang Xiangxiang's good friend. Then she stabbed Fang Xiangxiang in the back, and told HeJin about Fang Xiangxiang's father's drunk driving accident.

Later, when HeJin and Fang Xiangxiang were in a cold war, she tried every means to get close to HeJin, and finally had a relationship with HeJin when he was drunk.

Afterwards when Fang Xiangxiang knew that HeJin was cheating, this was also Zhou YaLi’s handiwork.

This girl has a sweet and innocent appearance, but in fact her character was not very good. However, she was an indispensable figure for DuYan's great plan.

HeJin's voice rose slightly, and the corners of his eyebrows also had some joy in it, "Why are you here?"

DuYan nodded to the two girls next to HeJin, "I called you, but I couldn’t get through."

HeJin then took out his phone from his pocket, and found that the phone had ran out of battery a long time ago.

He smiled a little apologetically, "Sorry, I was too busy welcoming the freshmans today. I didn't realize that the phone was dead."

Fang Xiangxiang had seen HeJin in front of DuYan, and was accustomed to it, so she didn't find it strange. But Zhou YaLi is different. She was very sensitive when it came to HeJin.

HeJin's whole body had softened, and the feeling of alienation from beginning to end was also swept away.

Zhou YaLi asked, "HeJin-gege, this is?"

HeJin seemed to realize that there was someone next to him. He looked away from DuYan and quickly turned back, "Uncle, this is Uncle Zhou's daughter, Zhou YaLi."

"YaLi, this is my uncle."

After hearing this, Zhou YaLi settled down. It turned out that this was the uncle who had taken HeJin away from her home. Then HeJin’s abnormality could be explained. Since his guardian appeared, then of course he would show a soft and childish appearance.

Zhou YaLi immediately laughed, and tilted her head, "Hello, should I also call you uncle?"

DuYan glanced at her, and was not at all impressed by this young and enthusiastic girl, "Just call me Uncle Xie."

(T/N: The Uncle that Zhou YaLi said and what HeJin calls him, is uncle (舅舅 Jiùjiu)--his mother’s brother. The Uncle that DuYan is telling her to call him by, is uncle (叔叔 Shūshu)--a child’s form of address for any young man that is one generation above them. This is also the same form that HeJin calls Uncle Zhou.)

Zhou YaLi was taken aback, and then she smiled again, "It just so happened that HeJin-gege was going to invite me to dinner. Uncle Xie, you should also come. I want to know what happened in the past few years!"

DuYan knew what was going on at a glance. Zhou YaLi was expressing her closeness with HeJin both with and without words. Thus making Fang Xiangxiang, who was standing on the side, very embarrassed.

He didn't have time to take care of the plot of the two women fighting for one man. HeJin's nature was not bad, and his derailment in the movie was also due to the shock and getting drunk.

HeJin had always regarded Zhou YaLi as his younger sister. Now that the relationship with Fang Xiangxiang was going well, it was absolutely impossible for anything to happen with Zhou YaLi.

What's more, he came to HeJin for business today.

Grandfather Xie had said that he wanted to see HeJin.

Grandfather Xie had many descendants. HeJin’s mother left the Xie Family when she was young, and there had been no news since then. He had forgotten this granddaughter a long time ago, and hadn’t mentioned it for so many years.

Maybe it was because he had been admitted to a nursing home in recent years, and Grandfather Xie also knew that he was running out of time. Old people at this time would always recall the past, and this time, he remembered HeJin who was living outside.

So, he suddenly told DuYan today to bring HeJin over and meet him.

For DuYan, this was also a good time to bring HeJin back to the Xie Family to recognize his ancestors.

"My apologies, I came to HeJin today because of something at home. I’ll start the car first and wait for you at the school gate.” After DuYan explained, he left first, leaving HeJin little time to explain.

In Zhou YaLi's opinion, HeJin had never been a person who listened to the words of his elders. This uncle who suddenly appeared, spoke as if he was high above them and did as he pleased without considering the feelings of others, Zhou YaLi thought that HeJin would definitely not acknowledge him.

Unexpectedly, DuYan had just turned around and walked a few steps when she heard HeJin say, "Sorry, Fang Xiangxiang, YaLi, I owe this meal first. I’ll invite you guys out to eat another day.”

After finishing speaking, HeJin hurriedly ran in DuYan’s direction.

***

Beicheng Nursing Home was in a mountain villa far from the city. There were small bridges over flowing streams, and the environment was quiet. Most of the elderly in that circle would choose to spend their last period of time at the nursing home.

DuYan took HeJin and waited in the reception hall. It wasn’t their appointment time yet to meet Grandfather Xie.

Grandfather Xie had been sitting in such a high position, that even if he was unwell, he still had great momentum even in the nursing home.

For example, without his permission, these children and grandchildren couldn’t even take a step into the nursing home to see him. Even direct descendants, if they wanted to see him, they had to make an appointment in advance.

They couldn’t be late, and won’t be able to see him even if they arrived early.

Grandfather Xie is a very time-conscious person, and he did things very regularly, so DuYan, whose personality was very similar to his, was especially favored by him.

After a while, Grandfather Xie's life assistant came out and invited them in.

At the door, DuYan saw Xie BoShun come out.

This kind of wealthy family, no matter how hard they fought in private, they would be friendly on the surface.

DuYan was the younger generation after all, he stepped forward, "Uncle Bo, you came to see grandpa?”

Xie BoShun grew up with a benevolent and kind look. When he saw DuYan coming over, there was a smile on his face, “Little Yan, what a coincidence. How about I wait outside, and uncle will invite you to dinner later?”

Although there was no smile on DuYan's face, his voice was respectful, "Uncle Bo, you are busy with work, so there is no need to trouble you."

"It just so happens that SiQi has just returned from abroad. She’s missed you very much, this cousin…”

As soon as the voice fell, Xie SiQi also appeared. The young girl stood beside Xie BoShun, not like a father and daughter pair, but like grandpa with his granddaughter.

Xie SiQi was not born to Xie BoShun’s wife, but to a little star Xie BoShun raised outside. She had inherited her mother’s good looks.

But this was not the reason why Xie BoShun took the trouble to get Xie SiQi back from abroad. It was unknown how many illegitimate children's Xie BoShun had outside, but there was only one reason for Xie SiQi to appear before Grandfather Xie.

Xie SiQi looked a bit similar to Grandfather Xie’s wife who had died of illness in his early years.