He sighed slowly only after the other had walked far away.
There was no sense of vengeance in his heart.
Since he no longer cared, it all became a matter of indifference from the past.
But watching a man beat a woman to be covered in bruises was not a good feeling at all.
Yue Jiannan still found a phone booth in the neighborhood and made a call to the police.
He thought, this was the last thing he could do.
Lin Yushan was anxious and could tell that Yue Jiannan was in a bad mood, but she didn’t know what to say.
Afterward, she carefully started, "Jiannan, don’t be sad."
Yue Jiannan smiled at her, "I haven’t been sad for a long time, by the way, haven’t we reached your place yet?"
"It’s just up ahead, in this apartment building." Lin Yushan said with her head down, feeling like the road seemed shorter than before.
When they arrived at the door, she mustered up the courage and said, "Jiannan, do you want to come up for a drink of water to soothe your throat?"
Back then, going upstairs for a drink of water didn’t have as many connotations as it would later.
Lin Yushan just wanted to spend a little more time with Yue Jiannan, as she didn’t know when they would meet again.
But someone completely missed the point, "No need, I’m not thirsty. I’m in a hurry to get home, my family must be missing me."
Lin Yushan could only purse her lips and said softly, "Be careful on the way home."
"And... I will try hard to get into Lingguang University."
Yue Jiannan said approvingly, "Alright, then I’ll be waiting for you on campus."
Look at this school’s top student halo of mine, even though it has been a year since I left No.1 Middle School, it still inspires the junior schoolgirls!
However, once he got home and before he could feel the longing from his family, a broom was thrust into Yue Jiannan’s hands.
"You’re back just in time, go sweep the floor."
Yue Jiannan looked incredulously at his mother and then at the broom.
"I’ve just got back."
"Yes, Xiaofang and Yingzi are one busy with chores, the other with accounting, isn’t it perfect that you’re back?"
Tears flowed in Yue Jiannan’s heart, he almost felt like biting the corner of his blanket in frustration that night.
Are these my real parents?
Only Yue Qingqing, the little one, came over diligently with a cup of water.
"Uncle, drink some water."
Yue Jiannan couldn’t help but be moved, "Our Qingqing is the best."
He downed a big gulp only to hear his little niece cautiously probe,
"That little boy who keeps bothering you, what does he actually look like?"
Yue Jiannan almost spat out his water, "What are you asking this for?"
"Didn’t you say he was really good-looking? I was just wondering..." Yue Qingqing didn’t lie and looked down, somewhat sheepishly.
Yue Jiannan advised earnestly, "What’s the use of being good-looking, you can’t eat that. That kid might turn out to be a kidnapper."
"Qingqing, you must remember, don’t be deceived by a pretty face. When you grow up and look for a partner, you can’t just look at the face. Those who are good-looking often have many tricks up their sleeve, and they are fickle too. It’s better to find someone not so good-looking but solid and dependable."
Yue Qingqing stared at her uncle for a long while, then realized with an ’oh’, "Like you, uncle?"
"You... I... you kid!" Yue Jiannan nearly choked, unable to breathe properly. What do you mean like me? Am I not a fine-looking man?
Yue Qingqing, like a little bee, hovered around Yue Jiannan, flattering him while fishing for information.
Eventually, she learned that the boy with the surname Gong had a pair of peach blossom eyes, a nose as straight as a poplar tree, a small black mole at the corner of his eye, which made him look particularly attractive when he smiled.
Anyway, as long as he didn’t open his mouth, he absolutely could be someone who deceived you with his appearance.
At this point, Yue Qingqing was one hundred percent sure that the person Yue Jiannan encountered was none other than her junior brother from school—Gong Qiming!