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Qi Meiling waited for Yao Zhenhai in the restaurant for almost an hour.If it was because of other things that he kept her waiting for so long, she would have turned her face, but today is different, today is because of Yao Xu's exam.

Qi Meiling was exceptionally patient, and without urging him, she ordered her own meal and finished eating.

When Yao Zhenhai came in, the plate in front of Qi Meiling was half empty, she smiled and said, "I thought you wouldn't come again."

It was true that Yao Zhenhai almost couldn't come. His wife had a big fight at home because she knew he was going to see Qi Meiling.

"Let's talk, what's the matter." Yao Zhenhai opened the chair and sat down, and then saw Qi Meiling's report card on the table.

"Yao Xu held a parent-teacher meeting today, and I'm going." Qi Meiling raised her chin proudly, "It's No.1 again, first in grade." Yao Zhenhai took a sip of water, flipped through the menu and said without concern "Good."

"How did your daughter who doesn't have your last name do in the exam?"

Yao Zhenhai put down the menu impatiently: "What's the matter with you always staring at other children?"

"Why am I staring at her? I'm just concerned, so I asked casually." Qi Meiling said, "When Yao Xu was in elementary school, he was always the first. If you can't take the first place, you will beat him. What's the matter, others If you were born, you would be reluctant to beat her up, wouldn’t it be your money?”

Yao Zhenhai didn't want to talk to her about this, he just asked her why she insisted on meeting today.

"What do you think I want?" Qi Meiling didn't give him a good look. "It's been two months since the start of this semester, plus one month of summer vacation. Have you ever paid Yao Xu's living expenses?" Yao Zhenhai asked a little embarrassedly Picked up the water glass.

"Yao Zhenhai, let me tell you, Yao Xu is not my responsibility alone, don't try to leave everything to me." Qi Meiling scolded him sharply, "Did you pay the child support on time for so many years? He is watching now I'm going to be in my third year of high school, and I'm about to take the university entrance exam. When the time comes to go to university, it will be a lot of money! What do you mean? Don't you care about raising the students? Yao Zhenhai, you are a man. If you start, your son doesn't care about it."

"Qi Meiling, can you stop shouting?" Yao Zhenhai frowned and lowered his voice, "There are so many people watching."

"What's the matter? I'm ashamed? Why didn't you feel ashamed when you stole people outside when I was in confinement?" Qi Meiling's voice became louder and her emotions became more and more agitated, "The one who forced me to divorce with a knife Why don't you feel ashamed at that time? Yao Zhenhai, are you a fucking man or not? Helping other women to raise the child she had with another man, the hat on your head is so fucking green, why are you pretending to me here? "

"Qi Meiling! You're almost done!" Yao Zhenhai slammed the table, and everyone around looked over.

The nearby waiters also became nervous. They looked at each other and were ready to ask them to leave.

Qi Meiling used to be a decent person, but later she found that it was ridiculous that she was the only one trying to maintain this false decency. Anyway, Yao Zhenhai was already shameless, so she also risked it.

"I'm almost done." Qi Meiling smiled, "What right do you have to talk to me like that?"

Qi Meiling threw Yao Xu's report card at him, "Your son, you have to raise it. This is your responsibility and obligation. You can buy skirts worth hundreds of dollars for other people's daughters, but you have bought them for your own son. A piece of clothing? I came to you today for two things. First, no matter how much you don’t want to see our mother and son, the son I teach will be more promising than your daughter who was picked up halfway. Second, what do you like? Spending money for others is your business, I don't care, but it should be given to our mother and child, so don't think differently."

Qi Meiling gritted her teeth and said, "If you don't pay child support next month, then we'll see you in court." After she finished speaking, she stood up, took her bag and left.

After walking a few steps, Qi Meiling turned back and "forgot one thing." She smiled slightly, picked up the half glass of water that Yao Zhenhai drank from the table, and poured it directly on the other's face.

After Qi Meiling quarreled with Yao Zhenhai once, a week later, she finally received the child support from Yao Zhenhai on her card.

Only one month, as if the previous blank months did not exist.

Qi Meiling quarreled on the phone again, when she and Yao Xu were both at home, she just scolded Yao Zhenhai for not being a man in front of her son.Yao Xu originally wanted to go back to his room, but she forced him to stay in the living room, forcing him to listen to the two quarreling.

Yao Xu kept his head down, he really wanted to leave this place.

In November, the northern cities officially enter winter.

When Yao Xu got up in the morning, he opened the curtains and found that it was snowing. His first reaction was that Ni Xingqiao should be very happy.

Ni Xingqiao likes snow. Every winter, he would wear thick clothes, wrap himself up like an astronaut, and then drag Yao Xu to build a snowman downstairs at home.The first snow this year came a bit late, but it fell heavily.Last night Qi Meiling worked the night shift, Yao Xu was the only one at home.His family has not paid the heating bill this year, and the house is so cold that his hands and feet are cold.

After Yao Xu changed his clothes, he opened the cabinet and found the woolen scarf that Ni Xingqiao gave him at Christmas last year, and put it on when he went out.

Snow days are not too cold, and the heavy snow like cotton wool makes the world extraordinarily quiet.

The two have agreed over the years that they will not ride bicycles in rainy, snowy and windy days.Ni Haiming would send them off when he was free, and if he didn't have time, the two children would take a taxi to school.

Yao Xu had been waiting for Ni Xingqiao downstairs, thinking that in winter that guy would fall into "hibernation" and would not be able to get out of bed, but unexpectedly, Ni Xingqiao appeared 3 minutes earlier than usual.

"Why are you so early?" Ni Xingqiao ran out of the building and was a little surprised to see Yao Xu.

"Shouldn't I tell you that?" Yao Xu looked at him and smiled.Both of them were wearing school uniforms with a down jacket outside, Yao Xu was black, Ni Xingqiao was white.

At the same time, they were also wearing woolen scarves of the same style, knitted with thick black wool, which Huang Qian bought for them when she was on a business trip.

Originally, Huang Qian bought it for Yao Xu, but Ni Xingqiao borrowed flowers to offer Buddha, and regarded it as his own Christmas present for Yao Xu.Huang Qian complained about this for several days.

Ni Xingqiao said: "I think it's snowing, and I came out without breakfast." The snow was heavy, and a thin layer of snowflakes quickly accumulated on the top of Ni Xingqiao's head, like a curly-haired doll covered with a lump of white cream. It looks so delicious.

Ni Xingqiao walked out side by side with Yao Xu, muttering that he was a little hungry.When they arrived at the entrance of the community, Ni Xingqiao bought two brown sugar cakes, and there happened to be a vacant taxi coming, he paid the money and followed Yao Xu into the car.The two sat in the car watching the snow, chatting, and eating cakes. Ni Xingqiao said, "By the way, about the math competition, do you want to sign up?"

In the mathematics competition for middle school students in the whole district, the top ten will take the city's examination, and the top three in the city will enter the provincial team to participate in the training camp. Next spring, they will follow the provincial team to participate in the national mathematics competition.

Cao Jun told Yao Xu about this at the beginning of the semester, and he very much hoped that Yao Xu could participate.

Because, once you get the ranking in the national mathematics competition, you will have the opportunity to get extra points in the college entrance examination in the future. If you are lucky, some schools will also admit you without the test.The policy is different every year, but there are many benefits for sure.The students are very active in participating in these competitions, and everyone hopes to reduce the pressure of passing the college entrance examination as much as possible.However, Yao Xu is an exception, he does not want to participate at all. "I have not decided yet."

"The registration form will be handed in on Friday." Ni Xingqiao said, "Why are you hesitating?"

In Ni Xingqiao's opinion, Yao Xu should be the most important member of the school.In his heart, Yao Xu is the "God of Mathematics".

Yao Xu took a bite of the brown sugar cake and muttered, "I don't know." Can."

"That's right, apart from you, I have almost no other competitors."

Yao Xu looked at him with a smile, and he especially liked his self-confidence. "But I said, if, I mean, if, if you have the slightest idea, I hope you can participate." "Why?"

"Think about it! As far as this math competition is concerned, I am determined to win the top three in the city, right? But Lu Li's performance is unstable and he often loses his mind. If you don't go, he won't be able to go. I'm with so many people I don't know. During the training camp, you will be depressed."

After Ni Xingqiao finished speaking, he glanced at Yao Xu, "I just want you to accompany me."

Yao Xu is happy, he loves to hear this. "So can't leave me"

Although he didn't want to admit it, Ni Xingqiao really couldn't do without Yao Xu. "If you really don't want to go, I won't force you." Ni Xingqiao said, "Then you should make up for Lu Li recently and let him try to go with me." Yao Xu "I won't."

"Hey! You are so annoying! If you don't go by yourself, you won't help Lu Li go!" "Who said I won't go?" Yao Xu opened his schoolbag, took out the registration form, and filled it out with his textbook. It's over.

"Here." Yao Xu stuffed his registration form to Ni Xingqiao, "When you hand in the registration form, please help me."

Ni Xingqiao couldn't restrain his joy, and when he took Yao Xu's registration form, the corners of his mouth parted.

"As expected of you." Ni Xingqiao put away the registration form like a baby, "I have already started to imagine the beautiful life when we went to the training camp together."

Yao Xu laughed at him, "Don't be too blindly optimistic, there are mountains beyond mountains, and people beyond people, so you are so sure that we both can go there"

"I'm sure." Ni Xingqiao said, "As the saying goes, people don't frivolously waste young people. This young man is very confident now, and we are destined to win glory for No. [-] Middle School."