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Not long after Jiang Zhijin entered, Tang Yi rushed up from downstairs, probably because he was a few minutes late, sweating anxiously, and saw Fang Jie in the corridor without having time to say hello, and strode directly into the classroom inside.

During parent-teacher meetings, students were not allowed to stay inside. After a few minutes, other students in the class also came out.Seeing Fang Jie in the corridor, Xu Hang came over a few steps, put his hand on the man's shoulder, and waved his arms at the others.

"Let's go, let's play ball!"

Fang Jie glanced back at the classroom, and followed the team to the stadium.

Those who play basketball are those who are fixed in the class, and those who play in the afternoon can’t get up. After halftime, a few boys are lazily shooting and playing. Xu Hang asked Fang Jie while shooting: “Come to help you open today Who is that at the parent meeting?"

Fang Jie replied, "Just as I told you last time, I—"

After he paused for a while, Xu Hang immediately added: "Oh, your brother."

"Ah." Fang Jie replied.

Xu Hang continued: "I was talking to my mother when he came in and said to me, 'Handsome guy, can you let me go?' Damn, he's pretty handsome."

Fang Jie imagined the scene at that time and Jiang Zhijin's tone when he said this, and couldn't help laughing: "Sometimes he is quite handsome."

The process of parent-teacher conferences is similar. The head teacher starts, and the teachers of each subject come up to talk about the situation of different subjects, and then the head teacher wraps up. Occasionally, there will be a face-to-face conversation with the parents of a few students, and it is almost over.

The things on Fang Jie’s desk have not yet been taken away. Jiang Zhijin took a distracted look while listening to the teacher’s speech. The physics notes and wrong problem sets spread out, the pencil case, and a half-drunk can of osmanthus-flavored Pepsi were placed on the left side of the table. Corner, next to it is an unknown brand of candy wrapped in plastic.

Jiang Zhijin was so bored, he took it, tore off the package, and fed it into his mouth, and he let out a "tsk" in the next second.

Lemony, sour and bitter, must-have for refreshment.Jiang Zhijin remembered that this was what he smelled on Fang Jie one night, a faint lemon aroma.

The big scene is over, and the teacher starts a targeted one-on-one interview with the parents.When Tang Yi came down, Jiang Zhijin hadn't finished eating the candy, Tang Yi gave Jiang Zhijin a disgusted look.

"Do you still eat candy during the parent-teacher meeting?"

"Fang Jie's." Jiang Zhijin crushed the candy, destroying the corpse as soon as possible. "What's wrong, Teacher Tang?"

"It's nothing. It's just that Fang Jie did well in the exam this time. Parents, please let him continue to maintain it. Don't be proud, and look for more mistakes."

"He's not that kind of person." Jiang Zhijin smiled a little, "I've never seen him proud before."

Tang Yi glared at him, and said with a smile: "It's almost done, and it's not your son."

Speaking of this sentence, Jiang Zhijin thought of Fang Jie's father again.

In the end, the other party agreed to let him hold the parent-teacher meeting. In fact, Jiang Zhijin was quite embarrassed.Because he really didn't have enough ground to replace Fang Chenglin, but he still spoke up.

Not only did he speak, but his attitude was also very tough.

Because he promised Fang Jie, he really didn't want to disappoint Fang Jie.

As the head teacher, Tang Yi was so busy that he didn't touch the ground. He was immediately called away by other parents. Some parents had already started to leave. Jiang Zhijin felt that nothing was wrong, so he signaled to Tang Yi and left the classroom.

This Saturday afternoon, there will only be a parent-teacher meeting. When will it end and when will school be over?After Jiang Zhijin went downstairs, he called Fang Jie.Just a few seconds after it rang, the other side connected, Jiang Zhijin said: "It's over, where are you?"

"The court." Fang Jie was still panting slightly after playing the ball. "Come here right now."

Two or three minutes later, Fang Jie came from the stadium and went upstairs to pack his things.The two walked slowly towards the school gate.

On the way out, Jiang Zhijin said first, "Sorry, I'm late today."

Fang Jie looked at him with a very flat tone: "Didn't you come here?"

Jiang Zhijin looked at him with a little smile on his face, and was about to continue talking when Fang Jie suddenly turned his head and glanced at Jiang Zhijin.

Then he said with great certainty, "Did you steal my candy?"

Before Jiang Zhijin could speak, Fang Jie lowered his head and smelled it, and then said with absolute certainty: "It smells like lemon."

"...What is stealing?" Jiang Zhijin didn't expect the taste of sugar to last for so long, and he took it for granted, "Didn't you put it on the table?"

Fang Jie nodded and asked, "Can you eat it if I put it on the table?"

Jiang Zhijin was overwhelmed by Fang Xiaojie, a senior high school student aged [-] or [-] who loves to eat candy and forbids others to eat it—I have never seen such a childish teenager.He nodded: "Next time, you can just post a note. Just write: Fang Jie's candy, strangers should not touch it."

Fang Jie turned his head to look ahead, and couldn't help laughing.

It's not that he wants to talk to Jiang Zhijin about a lemon candy that can be seen everywhere in the supermarket, he's just bored and thinks it's very interesting to talk to Jiang Zhijin about trivial matters.

Anyway, I have nothing else to do, so just say something, it's very interesting.

Jiang Zhijin observed for a while, and felt that Fang Jie's mood looked okay, so he spoke again: "I have something to tell you."

Fang Jie didn't speak, and waited for him to continue.

"When I came, didn't I say that I went to the city center, just to meet someone—"

He paused: "Your father is here."

Then Jiang Zhijin saw that Fang Jie was stunned for a second, as if he was digesting the meaning of his words, and then his expression cooled down visibly to the naked eye, and the relaxed state just now disappeared in an instant.

Fuck, Jiang Zhijin thought, things are not going well.

Seeing that he was about to reach the school gate, Fang Jie asked, "Where is he?"

No emotion can be heard in the tone.Jiang Zhijin sighed inwardly, and replied, "At the gate of the school—he is passing by on a business trip, on the plane tonight, and wants to come and see you."

Fang Jie didn't speak any more.

When he got to the school gate, Jiang Zhijin's car was parked in a parking space on the side of the road.With the window half open, Fang Jie saw Fang Chenglin sitting in the co-pilot at a glance.

The other party didn't know who he was on the phone with, so he kept talking non-stop until he turned around and saw Fang Jie and Jiang Zhijin, then said a few words in a hurry, hung up the phone, opened the door and got out of the car.

Before the person was in front of him, Fang Chenglin took a few steps towards Fang Jie and called out, "Xiao Jie."

Fang Jie didn't make a sound, just nodded.

Fang Chenglin seemed to be very happy, chattering endlessly: "Dad passed by Shaojiang on a business trip, and stopped for a long time on purpose, thinking that he must come and see you. I heard that you got the first place in the grade, which is really good. I know that no matter where you are You're all—"

Fang Jie interrupted him: "What's the matter?"

Fang Chenglin stopped immediately. He looked at Fang Jie, as if his whole body was shrouded in disappointment, and the expression on his face looked quite uncomfortable.

Finally, Fang Chenglin smiled at Fang Jie: "It's nothing, I'm just worried about you and want to see how you are doing."

Fang Jie didn't want to see his expression, so he turned his head and stared at the sidewalk trees, his tone was very calm.

"pretty good."

More and more parents and students have come out together, Jiang Zhijin stopped the conversation between the two in time.

"Let's find a place to talk." Jiang Zhijin said. "Stay away from the school gate."

In the end, the three of them found a milk tea shop not far away. There was no one on the second floor, so they ordered something casually and found a secluded place.

Fang Jie didn't speak all the way, he was not prepared for the sudden appearance of Fang Chenglin at the gate of his school, nor was he prepared for the fact that Jiang Zhijin had already met Fang Chenglin.

For him, Shaojiang is a place where he escapes from all the chaotic things in Chaocheng, and Jiang Zhijin, as the person he is most familiar with here, has become the dividing line between the past and the present.

Because of Fang Chenglin's appearance, this dividing line was broken.

He had to face the bad, messy, and nauseating blood debts again.

Jiang Zhijin didn't sit down, he nodded slightly to Fang Jie and Fang Chenglin: "You guys talk, I'll go down and smoke a cigarette."

When he turned around and went downstairs, his hand lightly pressed on Fang Jie's shoulder.

His movements were very light, seemingly unconscious, but Fang Jie immediately pulled away from the emotion just now, and looked up at Fang Chenglin.

The two were silent for a few minutes, and finally Fang Chenglin spoke first.

"Father, I'm sorry." Fang Chenglin said.

Fang Jie looked down at the lemonade in front of him.

"Blame me. Dad didn't expect things to turn out like this, and you had to transfer to another school, because... You've been staying in the hospital all this time, and you've been devastated. Really, Dad is very sorry for you."

After a long time, Fang Jie said, "You are sorry for my mother."

Fang Chenglin nodded, smiled wryly and said, "Yes, I'm especially sorry for your mother, there are too many people who are sorry."

"You were in the hospital some time ago?"

Seeing Fang Chenglin nodding, Fang Jie was silent for a long time, and finally asked, "How is he?"

Fang Chenglin was stunned for a moment before realizing who Fang Jie was asking.He covered his face to control his emotions, and then put down his hands after a while, trying to make his tone sound normal.

"It's not very optimistic. The doctor said that if conservative treatment doesn't work, chemotherapy should be arranged."

"Oh." Fang Jie was silent for a long time before finally answering.

Fang Chenglin also didn't want to linger on this topic for too long: "Don't worry about these things, study hard, and tell me if you don't have enough money. By the way, next month is your 18th birthday. Do you want to go home by then? -"

"No." Fang Jie didn't finish listening this time, and immediately answered Fang Chenglin.

"...Okay, let's talk about it later."

After speaking, there was silence between the two of them.In a conversation, the time spent in silence was several times longer than the conversation. In the end, Fang Chenglin glanced at the time and sighed.

"Dad has to go, the plane is at six o'clock. If you have anything to do, you must contact Dad, and study hard, you know."

Fang Jie did not send him downstairs.But he heard Jiang Zhijin and Fang Chenglin talking vaguely downstairs, probably Fang Chenglin was thanking Jiang Zhijin or something, but he couldn't hear the specifics.

After a while, Jiang Zhijin went upstairs and sat opposite Fang Jie.

Fang Jie was ready for Jiang Zhijin to ask something, such as why he made a bad face at his father, or he didn't ask anything, just comforted himself not to be sad.

But Jiang Zhijin just glanced at the time and said, "It's past four o'clock, where are we going?"

Fang Jie: "...what?"

"You can't just sit here, should you go home?" Jiang Zhijin said, "But it's too early to go home now."

Fang Jie looked at Jiang Zhijin, not knowing what the other party was going to say, Jiang Zhijin smiled at Fang Jie.

"Let's go, in order to reward Fang Jie for being the first in the grade, I will take you to a place."