Translator: SJade, Editor: Dj22031
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A boy with broad shoulders and long legs stood at the entrance of the courtyard. He paused for a few seconds, then suddenly turned around and ran away.
Wen Fengmian was stunned and shouted: “Yu Yu, why are you running?”
But the young man had already run away without a trace.
“Cough…cough…cough…” Wen Fengmian was breathless and couldn’t help coughing again: “Look, why did he run away as soon as you came back?”
“You are not in good health, so go in first.” Ying Zijin said, patting his back, “I’ll go take a look.”
Yu Yu was Wen Fengmian’s biological son. His real name was Wen Tinglan. He had such a nickname because he was sick as a child.
They were not biological siblings, but the relationship between them was deeper than biological siblings.
“Yao Yao…” Wen Fengmian hesitated, and after a while, he sighed, “That’s fine.”
He smiled again, with an elegant look on his face: “I’ll cook for you, and you can eat when you get back.”
Ying Zijin nodded: “I can only cook glutinous rice balls.”
Don’t even think about being exposed to oil smoke.
The medicinal materials here were too young, so she needed to condition Wen Fengmian’s body from all aspects.
Wen Fengmian coughed lightly and said uncomfortably: “Dad knows, go find Yu Yu quickly.”
He seemed to be chasing people away.
“If I come back and find that -” Ying Zijin glanced at the kitchen casually, her tone was quite gentle, “you know what to do.”
Wen Fengmian suddenly felt that his daughter seemed to have become more aggressive this time around: “… “
He was half helpless, half amused: “Okay, Dad will listen to you.”
Ying Zijin nodded and left.
Looking at the girl’s retreating back, Wen Fengmian sighed softly. His mood was very complicated, and his eyes were red again.
How could he not see that she had lost a lot of weight this time when she came back.
In the past, his family was poor, but he would not let his children suffer in terms of food.
What happened after Yaoyao returned to the Ying family?
Didn’t the Ying family say at that time that they would take her back to live a good life?
Wen Fengmian frowned, pressed his chest and coughed again, feeling very worried.
When Ying Zijin found Wen Tinglan, he stood alone by the river, silently watching the fireworks in the distance, his eyes dark and the waves still.
The night was dark and the breeze was blowing.
There was a thin layer of ice on the river, reflecting the full moon.
The young man was like the wind, with a straight back.
White clothes and black trousers and an elegant temperament.
Just the type that girls in school would fall in love with.
Ying Zijin stepped forward, took out a lollipop from her pocket, and handed it to him: “Peach flavour.”
But Wen Tinglan didn’t pick it up and didn’t even move.
He was laughing, and his laughter was very cold: “I thought you would never come back in this life, why did you come back?”
He didn’t wait for an answer.
After waiting for a full ten minutes, the young man turned his head, his eyebrows cold.
But when he looked at her up close, his eyes suddenly changed.
The girl’s body was obviously thinner than when they parted a year ago. In the moonlight, he could see the pinholes on her arms.
Densely packed, numerous, countless.
It wasn’t obvious at first, but because her skin was sickly white, it became more clear.
He was shocked.
Wen Tinglan’s body froze. He stared blankly at the pinholes. When he opened his mouth, his voice was hoarse: “Sister, are you…sick?”
She didn’t come back for a year. Was it because she was sick?
Ying Zijin didn’t answer. She took out the lollipop again and raised her eyebrows: “Aren’t you angry anymore?”
Because of something, her brother had a serious personality disorder and refused to communicate with the outside world.
It only improved after he was ten years old, but it also resulted in his cold and reserved temperament.
In the first few days, Wen Fengmian couldn’t get close to him.
This year of silence from her had done a lot of damage to him.
He watched the sea and listened to the waves rising in the wind, soaring ninety thousand miles.
Wen Tinglan, this name showed the high hopes Wen Fengmian placed on him.
“What’s going on?” Wen Tinglan still didn’t answer, his eyes were dark, “Sister, the Ying family is not good to you? What did they do?”
“It’s okay, I’m fine.” Ying Zijin kicked the ground. She smiled faintly, “You study hard and don’t worry about other things.”
Wen Tinglan had been a genius since he was a child, but because of his frailty, he didn’t start school until he was thirteen years old. Even so, he skipped several grades.
One year younger than her, he was already in her third year of high school and would take the college entrance examination in June.
Hearing this, Wen Tinglan’s lips tightened, his arms trembled, and he took the lollipop.
He tore off the candy wrapper, put it in his mouth, and bite into pieces.
It was sweet, just like before, but he felt inexplicably blocked.
Even after so long, he would never forget the ugly faces of those people a year ago.
“What Wen Zijin? Zijin is the daughter of our Ying family, so her surname is naturally Ying. Don’t get involved and make random relationships.”
“What would Qingzhi’s students think of her if they knew she had a farmer father and younger brother? This is one hundred thousand. Forget that you have a daughter. She will never see you again. You will only hold her back, understand?”
Then, his sister really didn’t come back for a year, not even a phone call.
He waited and waited until he gave up.
He thought she had forgotten about them after going to Shanghai.
Now it seemed that the Ying family has clearly done something, and she was not doing well either.
Wen Tinglan pursed his lips again and whispered: “Sister, I’m sorry, I shouldn’t complain to you.”
He knew that he had a mental illness and was quite violent, but he couldn’t control it.
The young man lowered his head slightly and clenched his fingers.
He was trying hard to change.
He really wanted to become a normal person.
“I don’t blame you.” Ying Zijin put her hands in her pockets, “Let’s go back, Dad should be anxious.”
As soon as the knot in his heart was untied, Wen Tinglan’s tense body relaxed, just like it had been for more than ten years, talking about everyday things: “I actually didn’t have class this afternoon. I asked for leave.”
Ying Zijin nodded slightly: “Did you go to the market in the city to buy meat?”
“Yes.” Wen Tinglan was silent and said lightly, “Dad’s health is getting worse, and I want to give him some nourishment.”
Normally, even if there was meat to eat, Wen Fengmian would not take a bite.
Ying Zijin thought for a moment: “Then have you thought about which university exam to take?”
“Yes.” Mentioning this, a light appeared in the young man’s dark eyes, brighter than the stars and the moon, “Sister, I want to take the Imperial Capital University exam.”
Imperial University was the number one university in China, and thousands of students wanted to get into it.
Ying Zijin was not surprised by this answer. With Wen Tinglan’s ability, he could easily pass the exam even if he didn’t have enough learning resources.
Wen Tinglan added: “However, in fact, what I want to go to most is Norton University, but without a letter of recommendation written by the president, I can’t go.”
Ying Zijin paused: “What university?”
“Norton University.” Wen Tinglan thought she didn’t know, so he took out his mobile phone and searched for the encyclopaedia entry for her to see, “That’s it, QS World University Ranking No. 1. It has never changed.”
Ying Zijin looked at the screen and fell into silence.
She always felt that there were a lot of things wrong after she came back this time.
It didn’t matter that the Laurent family had opened banks all over the world. After all, stingy people made money quickly.
But how could a lunatic who only studied theology turn his university into the best in the world?
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