âOh ya, Big Ming, for the past two days there was a girl who phoned our house and she called twice!â Mother Yang pretended that she just remembered it and told Yang Ming. She secretly observed the change in Yang Mingâs expression.
âGirl?â Astonished, Yang Ming asked, âWho?â From the time he was little until now, he, himself, had never received a phone call from a girl. How could this not surprise him?
Mother Yang looked at Yang Mingâs surprised face and gave out a sigh of relief as she didnât think he was pretending. As a mother, if there was a girl who called to find her son two days in a row, how could she not be concerned? Yang Ming was at a crucial time in his life. If his studies were ruined because of an early relationship, that would be bad!
âShe said she was Chen Mengyan. Sheâs your classmate.â Relieved, Mother Yang answered.
âChen Mengyan? It was actually her!â Yang Mingâs words made Mother Yang who just let out her sigh of relief tense up again. However, his next sentence let her relax again. âShe is our study commissary. It was she who helped me to study recently!â
âSo this was actually the case. Then you should quickly give her a call. She must be concerned with why you were not going to school!â Mother Yang nodded her head. In her opinion, a study commissary must be the best student in the class. Her son, even though she didnât want to admit it, was a bad student. How could a bad student be in a relationship with a good student? Now that she heard that Chen Mengyan was just helping Yang Ming to study, Mother Yang naturally thought that this was just part of a pairing system that the school had set up to help bad students to improve.
âSure!â Yang Ming was nervous. Could it be that Wang Zhitao already told my story to Chen Mengyan so she called to ask? If that wasnât the case, why didnât she call me when I skipped class in the past?
Even though he was worried, Yang Ming still dug out the class contact number list and called Chen Mengyanâs house number. Yang Ming wanted to clarify what had happened. If Wang Zhitao had already shared all of his stories, then he should prepare beforehand countermeasures for his explanation to the school.
âHi, greetings, who are you looking for?â The phone call went through and he heard the sound of a male voice.
âHi, I am looking for Chen Mengyan.â When Yang Ming first heard a man on the other end, he thought the voice sounded really familiar. Could it be Chen Mengyanâs father?
âAlright, please wait a bit,â said the guy. In a little while, he heard Chen Mengyanâs voice on the phone, âHello.â
âMengyan, itâs me!â Yang Ming thought to himself. Chen Mengyanâs parents were pretty open. A guy called her and he didnât even ask who the caller was.
âAh⌠hmph! Do you still know how to call me?!â When Chen Mengyan first heard Yang Mingâs voice, she was obviously a bit agitated. This brat had skipped class for two days! He didnât even bother to tell her beforehand and that caused her to turn around and look back at his seat many times over the past two days. However, once she said it out aloud, she felt like her tone was sending some ambiguous signals. She turned around to look at her parents who were watching television but since they werenât paying attention to her, she felt at ease.
Since a phone call couldnât show pictures, Yang Ming couldnât really see that Chen Mengyanâs face looked like a complaining little girl. As he heard Chen Mengyanâs cold humph, he was so scared that his heart almost jumped out. Did she already find out about that?
âIâŚâ Yang Ming was tongue-tied. He didnât really know what he should say.
âYou⌠What you? Last time, you skipped class for a day without any reason. This time was even better. You skipped class for no reason for two days straight!â Chen Mengyan said a bit angrily. In her heart, she was saying, If you had this kind of half-hearted attitude and still wanted to enter the same university as me, you are obviously dreaming!
Two days? I was in there for four days! Oh ya, the day of the incident was on a Saturday so from Chen Mengyanâs perspective it was only two days. Skipped class for no reason? This means Chen Mengyan really didnât know what I had been up to! It seemed like Wang Zhitao didnât spread this news out!
âSorry, I was sick. I was hospitalized for two daysâŚâ Yang Ming could only explain in this way.
âYou were sick? Are you okay? Really. Then thatâs why when I called your house your mom was so vague. She didnât even tell me where you went. So it was actually the hospital. What was there to hide?â Once she heard how he didnât skip class on purpose, her resentment dissipated.
âMy mom almost thought that you were my girlfriend. How could she tell you this?!â Yang Ming said smilingly, âOh ya, was the person on the phone just now your father?â
âYeah, why?â Chen Mengyan complained, âNo wonder your mom was acting so mysteriously. Was she concerned that I went to look for you?â
âI guess it was just because my mom hadnât seen what you look like. If she had seen that you were such a pretty girl, she would have definitely changed her intentions and asked you to be our Yang familyâs daughter-in-law!â teased Yang Ming. âSo that was your father who you wanted to look handsome, but his voice was pretty manly!â [1]
âGo die! My father is much more of a gentleman and even more handsome than you!â Chen Mengyan was agitated.
âSo that means, you only denied the second point, but you tacitly approve the first point?â Yang Ming had a sly smile.
âWhat first point?â Chen Mengyan didnât really understand what Yang Ming said.
âIt is the point about you being the Yang familyâs daughter-in-law!â Yang Ming continued to tease her. Now that he knew that Wang Zhitao hadnât exposed his case, his mood had turned a lot better.
âStop saying that! My family members are not far from me. Stop sweet talking me and being so cheeky!â Chen Mengyan complained.
She wasnât angry! Yang Mingâs heart was on cloud nine. If a girl was able to accept a guyâs teasing, then that meant this girl didnât repel this guy in her heart!
âDoes that mean that when your family members arenât around I can sweet talk you?â Yang Ming asked.
âIf you continue to be like this, I will stop bothering with you!â Chen Mengyan said in a serious tone. Then after she finished she was concerned that her tone was too harsh, so she added, âAs I have said, everything will have to wait until we have entered a university first. Since you have promised me, I hope you can fulfill this promise!â
Yang Ming was elated. With the x-ray and binocular vision, entering into a university was an easy task. However, on the surface, he said calmly, âAlright then, no worries. I am very sure that I will be entering the same university as you. What about you?â
âMe? What about me?â Chen Mengyan felt bewildered with Yang Mingâs question.
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