"Erjie, get up, don't be lazy on the bed, my brother's friend came to make it at home today."

"Mengping, don't wear trousers today, didn't I buy you a skirt two days ago, go change into the skirt, and Ruping also put on the new skirt I bought for you."

"Today is the first time my brother invites someone to do it at home. I heard that the other party is the son of a diplomat. We can't be rude."

On the morning of the weekend, Wang Xueqin's energetic voice sounded in the Lujia villa. Mengping came out of the room with a cold face. She went to bed late last night. She thought she could sleep in without going to school on weekends, but she was woken up up.

"Oh, Mengping, didn't I just tell you to change your skirt? Why are you wearing pants again, or black pants? Why do girls always wear black?"

Wang Xueqin saw Mengping going downstairs unkempt, so she immediately pushed her upstairs to change clothes, but Mengping ignored her, and sat down on the sofa by herself, "Isn't it Er Hao's friend? What's so great about it?" ? Mom, why do you take it so seriously? And I’m going to pick up my brother at the pier today, and I’m not at home.”

"Your brother's letter didn't confirm that he would be back today, so hurry up and change your skirt."

Mengping refused with a firm attitude, and Wang Xueqin's attitude was even tougher. She had to change her skirt when she pulled Mengping upstairs. She had to make people realize that their daughters were all educated and reasonable.

In Wang Xueqin's view, the most important thing to be knowledgeable is to wear a gentle and pleasant skirt or cheongsam. Mengping is only 16 years old and is too young to wear a cheongsam. Wearing a skirt is the best.

Mengping couldn't resist Wang Xueqin, so she had to change into the skirt she bought just a few days ago. The goose yellow skirt looked cute and cute, but her face was a little cold, which didn't match the bright skirt.

"I don't know what your brothers and sisters have been doing abroad in the past two years. You don't like to laugh anymore. You obviously liked to laugh before."

Looking at the slim daughter, Wang Xueqin expressed her satisfaction. This is just like her daughter, dressed in dusty clothes like a wild girl that no one wants.

"Brother is really arriving today. I'm going to the pier. I won't meet anyone at home if I wear a skirt."

Three years ago, Jiang Yan and Mengping participated in the exchange and study organized by the school, mainly to learn foreign cultures. Mengping came back a month ago, but Jiang Yan did not come back with everyone. He did some things of his own and postponed a Yue just came back.

After breakfast, Mengping was forced to stay at home by Wang Xueqin, and she left after seeing the two colleagues brought back by Erhao.

Mengping is not interested in Er Hao's colleagues now, and she didn't go to the pier after leaving the house. Her brother wrote that the boat would arrive in a few days, but she received a call from her brother at school yesterday, knowing that he had left the port half a month ago. I have already returned home, but I have never returned home.

Coming to the address I spoke on the phone, Mengping saw an unremarkable apartment, took out a key from under the pebbles in the potted plant at the door of the apartment, and successfully entered.

The apartment is not big, and there are not many things in it, except for the toiletries that are carried with you, there is nothing more.

According to what my brother said, I tidied up everything, packed clothes and toiletries into the suitcase, and cleaned the entire apartment by noon.

At this time, the sound of the doorknob turning came, and the sudden sound made Mengping look over vigilantly, and she was relieved when she saw the person who opened the door and came in.

"Brother, you scared me to death, I thought..."

"What do you think? Although this place is remote, it is also rented out, so there is no danger." Jiang Yan said with a smile, taking the box that Mengping had put away, "Let's go, and go home after eating outside."

Mengping nodded and followed Jiang Yan out, "Brother, have you been living here for half a month?"

"Yes, I rented it for half a year. If you don't want to stay at home, you can come here to relax." Some things are inconvenient to do at home. Although this place is small, it is a good venue.

Mengping didn't ask Jiang Yan what he was doing this month, nor did he ask him why he didn't go home. In fact, she knew more or less what Jiang Yan did. After going abroad for three years, she saw a wider world and let her There is no way to be as ignorant and fearless as before.

During the meal, Mengping and Jiang Yan talked about the two people who came to the family today, and also talked about Wang Xueqin's battle of wits and courage with her when they got up in the morning.

"You said that mom is thinking too much, He Shuhuan is the son of a diplomat, but what's the matter? Does it have anything to do with our family?"

I don't know why, she just doesn't like He Shuhuan intuitively, he looks gentle, with a smile on his mouth, but when he looks at him, he can feel weird.

Jiang Yan didn't want to comment on He Shuhuan. In his memory, he was the object of competition between Ruping and Yiping.

"You have been home for a month, did Yiping come to ask for money?"

Mengping shook her head, "I'm at school during the day, maybe I didn't see her coming, and I didn't hear about it from my mother."

After returning from abroad, this group of them has officially graduated. Their siblings are the youngest among these people, and they use the country's money to study abroad. After returning, they will naturally contribute to the country.

Mengping was sent to the school library to be responsible for translating some foreign books. The work was not difficult, and she had done it for almost a month.

After lunch, Jiang Yan and Mengping went home together. When they got home, the Lu family had just eaten. Wang Xueqin didn't expect Mengping and Jiang Yan to come back together. She thought it was Mengping's excuse in the morning.

"Er Yan is back, come here and let my mother take a look. I have lost a lot of weight. Is it because I didn't eat well abroad?" After not seeing Jiang Yan for three years, Wang Xueqin was a little excited, and asked him for a while.

"Are you Er Yan? Hello, I am a friend of your elder brother Er Hao. My name is He Shuhuan, and this is Du Fei." He Shuhuan looked at Jiang Yan, with a tall and straight figure and a handsome appearance. Although he was only 16 years old, he was already the same as him Taller.

"Yes, yes, these two are declared reporters just like Er Hao. Before you came back, they said they wanted to interview you, and wanted to let more people know what your life in France is like."

Wang Xueqin said on the side that her son and daughter can study abroad, which is a great honor for her, especially since her daughter has already started translating foreign books, and she will be a female writer in the future. No official job yet, but certainly not a bad job.

Jiang Yan greeted He Shuhuan and Du Fei, and Mengping saw that he was a little impatient, "Mom, my brother just got off the boat, let him go to rest first, there will be opportunities for him to say something in the future."

"Then go upstairs to rest quickly. You will have to rest for a few days when you come back by boat. I'll let Mama Yun buy some things, and I'll make up for you tomorrow."

Mengping helped Jiang Yan carry the box upstairs, and a harmonious chatting atmosphere continued downstairs.

Later, both He Shuhuan and Du Fei left. Wang Xueqin came to Jiang Yan's room and saw that he was sleeping and left without making a sound. She didn't know that Jiang Yan opened his eyes after she left, and there was no sleepiness in his eyes.

He returned to Shanghai but did not go home. What he had to do during his stay had something to do with Wang Xueqin, more precisely, it had something to do with Wei Guang.

Wei Guang cooperated with foreigners to do business, and used the money Wang Xueqin gave him as start-up capital. He has made a lot of money over the years. What Jiang Yan has to do now is to use Wei Guang's status as a "foreigner partner" to do something.

In fact, Wei Guang is not necessary for this matter, but who made Wei Guang appear in his life, just use him.

"Mengping, tell me the truth. Eryan came back a month late. What did he do? Why do you feel that he is more indifferent than when you just came back? He is not close to our family at all."

In Mengping's room, Ruping asked the reason. Although Jiang Yan and their relationship were not very close before, they were all brothers and sisters. No matter how bad they were, they couldn't be worse. But today, Jiang Yan looked at her like It's like looking at a stranger.

"Brother hasn't come back for three years. Of course, it's inevitable that he's a little rusty. Don't think too much about it after a while." Mengping said casually while drawing.

However, she could vaguely guess some reasons for Jiang Yan's situation, but she couldn't tell Ruping.

Ruping still felt that something was wrong, but she couldn't figure out what was wrong, "Then he will go to the library to do translation work like you when he comes back?"

"Then I don't know. It depends on how the school arranges. Of course we obey the arrangement." The jobs of these people who have returned from their studies are different.

Ruping took a look at Mengping's painting, and couldn't understand what she was painting, it was completely black, whether the sky was black, the land was black, even the people were black, but the degree of darkness was different That's all.

"I'm going to rest first, and you go to bed early, and you have to go to work tomorrow."

Ruping left, Mengping looked at her painting, this painting was just like her current state of mind, so dark that no light could be seen...

The next day, after breakfast, Jiang Yan and Mengping went to school together. Unlike Mengping's translation work, his job was to be an assistant to Professor Zhen Li who taught Western music. Jiang Yan accepted without any objection.

However, Jiang Yan did not expect that the first time he went to the classroom with Professor Zhen, he saw Yiping among the students.

But Yiping doesn't seem to recognize who he is, after all, he looks a little different from three years ago, it's normal not to recognize him, but Mengping has been working at the school for a month, I don't know that Yiping is also in this school school?

"I've been in the library all day, how did I know that Yiping went to this school? She has never been to the library, but I never thought that my brother would become her teacher one day."

Mengping was very interested in this, and some began to look forward to Yiping's expression after knowing it.

And this day came soon, the second day after Jiang Yan met Yiping at school, she came to Lu's house to collect this month's living expenses.

Looking at the pouring rain outside, and Yiping's body covered in rain, this scene completely coincides with the scene in memory.

"Yiping, you're here, you're all wet, come up with me and change your clothes." Seeing Yiping, Ruping hurried forward and said.

Yiping looked around at everyone in the hall, and finally her eyes fell on Jiang Yan. Although she was surprised, she immediately understood that the professor would not introduce the name of a teaching assistant in class, and she could feel Jiang Yan looking at her in class. His gaze was a little different, so it was because of this.

"No need, I'm here to collect this month's living expenses, and I'll leave after I take it." At this time, Mama Yun handed over a dry towel to Yiping, asking her to wipe off the rain on her body.

"Hey, old man, look quickly, you don't call anyone when you enter the door, you just ask for money, does this still have the attitude of being a junior?" Wang Xueqin said as she came down from her arms with a wad of money in her hand.

Lu Zhenhua was indeed dissatisfied with Yiping's attitude, and now being provoked by Wang Xueqin, he became even angrier, "Yiping, you and your mother have left this house, even if your name is not Xueqin, you are still my daughter. Shouldn't I say 'Daddy'?"

"Dad, I'm here to collect this month's living expenses. If I don't go back today, my mother and I will have nothing to eat tomorrow." Yiping looked at Lu Zhenhua and said seriously.

Wang Xueqin stepped forward and handed the money in her hand to Yiping, "Before Mengping and Eryan went to France to study abroad, the school paid for their food and lodging, and the family was fairly generous. Now that they are back, the family is also very nervous. , this money should be enough for you and your mother to eat for a month."

Wang Xueqin looked at Erhao while talking, smiled and said: "But it should be better next month. Both Erhao and Mengping are working, so they can get some money from home and subsidize it."

He said that those who cared about listening would be more caring. Lu Zhenhua loved saving face the most. Asking his children to take money from his family to subsidize his family would be like slapping him in the face.

"These are for meals. Dad, I should pay the tuition. I haven't paid the tuition for this semester yet."

Lu Zhenhua cares about his face the most, and Yiping cares about her self-esteem the most. It hurts Yiping's self-esteem to come here every month and beg for money. But in order to be able to live, for her and her Mom doesn't have to go hungry, she has to come.

"Xueqin, give it to her."

Lu Zhenhua said with a cold face, Wang Xueqin reluctantly went upstairs to get the money, "Master, this is the family's grocery shopping money for this month, and now we have to pay Yiping's tuition, we have to feel wronged."

Wang Xueqin was reluctant in every possible way, and Yiping felt that she was hurting her self-esteem in every possible way. She took the money in her hand and saw that it was not enough to pay the tuition fee. "You can buy a car for Erjie and a bracelet for Ruping. So difficult? Daddy, am I not your daughter?"

Jiang Yan looked at the money that Wang Xueqin took out and was a little puzzled. Although he was not in China for three years, he still knew the domestic prices. 20 yuan a month was enough for Fu Wenpei and Yiping.

In my memory, the life of their mother and daughter has always been very difficult because Li Ke was seriously injured because of the death of Lu Erhao's child, so he had to see a doctor and take medicine, so he didn't have enough money. Could it be that Li Ke was already pregnant when he left Lu's house?Did he let Lieutenant Li's family leave in advance, but the result didn't change?

"Lu Yiping, who are you talking to? I am your father. Is this your attitude towards elders?"

Just as Jiang Yan was thinking about it, Lu Zhenhua finally couldn't help it and started to get angry. Yiping retorted without hesitation. Family law service.

It's just that the person holding the whip changed from Erhao to Erjie this time, Lu Zhenhua grabbed the whip and was about to beat Lu Yiping.

Jiang Yan wanted to use some hidden weapon to knock out the whip in Lu Zhenhua's hand just like that time, but Mengping ran over and grabbed Lu Zhenhua's arm.

Yiping didn't expect Mengping to come out suddenly to stop Lu Zhenhua, looked at Lu Zhenhua who was full of anger and snorted coldly, and threw away all the money in his hand, "The former black leopard, but now he can only face his daughter Wipe the whip, I won't come to you for money again, I just pretend I don't have you as a father."

"You rebellious girl." Lu Zhenhua shook off Mengping and was about to swing the whip, but he couldn't reach Yiping at this distance. Jiang Yan took advantage of him not swinging down, and threw a small stone from the potted plant over .

The stone hit Lu Zhenhua's wrist impartially, and he was surprised when the whip fell off. He looked up and saw Yiping's mocking expression, as if saying that he was not as good as before, and that he no longer had any deterrent power.

"You...you..."

Yiping glanced at Lu Zhenhua, turned around and left without saying anything, regardless of the heavy rain outside, Yun Ma hurried out to bring her an umbrella.

"In the future, Lu Yiping will no longer be my daughter, and none of you are allowed to help her." After saying a word, Lu Zhenhua went upstairs, stepping on the stairs and making loud noises, as if expressing his anger.

But now his anger is just like the sound of stepping on the stairs, it disappeared in an instant, without even an echo, no one is really afraid.

"You silly boy, your father is angry, what are you doing to stop him? What if the whip falls on you? You didn't like Yiping before, why did you help her?" Hearing the sound of the study door closing, Wang Xueqin had a dream Ping, look up and down to see if she has been hurt.

"It was true that I stopped Dad on impulse, but Yiping's words were correct. The black leopard who once dominated the world can only swing his whip at his daughter now."

"Mengping, what nonsense are you talking about? It's okay for Yiping to say that, and you say it, you are not afraid of your father's whip, are you?" Wang Xueqin hurriedly covered Mengping's mouth, afraid that she would say something again, while watching To the top of the stairs, Lu Zhenhua didn't hear it even in the study.

Mengping pushed Wang Xueqin's hand away, and went upstairs without saying a word.

In the past, she never thought that one day she would agree with Yiping, whom she had always disliked. As expected, the situation is volatile, and it is uncertain what will happen next.

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