Chapter 59: Nie Qiu, Stay!
Nie Qiu and the other two did not see Li Kai’s inexplicable actions, nor did anyone pay attention. This made Li Kai, who was walking quickly out of the classroom, even more agitated. He spat and grumbled as he left the corridor outside the classroom.
As the monthly exam was approaching, the students in Class 10 had a rather tight schedule, but Nie Qiu really liked this fulfilling life. Every day, she would wake up early and eat the breakfast that Nie Aifang had prepared for her before heading to school. From six to eight, which was their self-study time and morning self-study, Nie Qiu would stand at the lectern, teaching the students in the class, either previewing knowledge they hadn’t learned or reviewing knowledge they had learned but didn’t quite understand.
The learning atmosphere in Class 10 gradually improved, and the subject teachers also became more enthusiastic during their classes. Most teachers would extend their class time to impart more new knowledge and consolidate old knowledge for the students.
After school, Nie Qiu would eat dinner, finish her homework, and then go to the night market with Nie Aifang to sell barbecue. Nie Aifang had already learned how to make pan-fried dumplings. To ensure Nie Qiu studied diligently, Nie Aifang didn’t let Nie Qiu make dumplings, only telling her to eat well and do her homework well.
Helping Nie Aifang set up the stall at night was unavoidable. Nie Aifang couldn’t manage alone. During Nie Qiu’s previous hospitalization, Nie Aifang hadn’t set up the stall even once.
Every night, she basically went to sleep after midnight, but Nie Qiu didn’t feel anything about it. After leaving the hospital, she had gotten used to sleeping after midnight. Although this went against her previous idea of health preservation, what they called scientific sleep, she was reluctant to let Nie Aifang get too tired. Besides her, who else would help Nie Aifang?
The morning air was exceptionally clear. Nie Qiu threw her disposable food container into the trash can and walked into the school.
“Nie Qiu!”
Following the sound, Nie Qiu’s good mood instantly vanished upon seeing who it was.
Today, Chen Yan was wearing a stylish, dress-like lace gauze skirt, with long, wavy blonde hair casually tied into a ponytail at the back. She looked even younger, but the jewelry she wore detracted from her temperament, and coupled with the black nail polish, it made Nie Qiu’s mood even gloomier.
“I’ve called you several times, what are you spacing out about? I didn’t expect you to start class so early. I came to school at seven yesterday morning but couldn’t wait for you, and the guard wouldn’t let me into the teaching building.” Chen Yan, carrying a three-tiered insulated food container, walked towards Nie Qiu with light steps.
Nie Qiu sighed. This was the fourth time Chen Yan had come to find her since their previous encounter. She frowned displeasedly, “Didn’t I tell you? Don’t come to school to find me anymore?” She had already told the guard at the teaching building not to let this person in.
Chen Yan smiled, “I also told you, I will definitely make you accept me!” With that, Chen Yan pulled Nie Qiu to sit on a chair by the lawn in the green belt of the sports field. She smiled and handed the insulated food container to Nie Qiu, “Here, this is what I specifically made this morning. Try my cooking. Your uncle likes this kind of porridge and chicken stew the most.”
Nie Qiu shifted to the side, not reaching out to take the insulated food container Chen Yan offered. She simply said, “I told you, my uncle hasn’t come to see us lately, so it’s no use looking for me.”
Nie Qiu indifferently took back the insulated food container, and as she lowered her head to unscrew the lid, she said, “I didn’t expect you to be so famous at school. Yesterday, I casually asked someone, and they knew exactly when you come to school every day.”
Nie Qiu sighed and stood up, “You… I’ll call you Auntie for now, Auntie, I have to go to class. Here, I want to tell you that a forced melon is not sweet.” Nie Qiu had always been someone who preferred to be alone than to settle for less. Yang Zihao had betrayed her, and even though she loved Yang Zihao, she had firmly left him.
This was no longer a matter of love or not. Love wasn’t an excuse for two people to be together; life had too many things to adjust to. Living habits, individual personalities, forcing oneself to be together would not lead to happiness. Since Nie Aiwen chose to leave this woman, then for Nie Aiwen, this person was already dispensable.
After speaking, Nie Qiu glanced at Chen Yan and turned to walk towards the teaching building.
Chen Yan, standing in place, looked at the insulated food container on the chair and clenched her fist. “If it weren’t for Nie Aiwen, I would go to great lengths to please this dirty little brat! Don’t be ridiculous…” This insulated food container was something she had asked the nanny to make early in the morning. For this, she had endured quite a bit of the nanny’s sarcastic remarks. A surge of anger rose within her, and Chen Yan kicked the insulated food container on the chair to the ground. She looked with disgust at the pool of porridge and chicken soup on the lawn, which looked like vomit, and turned to leave.
“Hey! Stop! Clean up the mess on the ground!” A boy with a red armband on his arm, on which was written the character ‘inspect’, quickly stepped forward and blocked Chen Yan. “This is the cleaning duty for Class 4 of the third grade. How can you create such garbage? Hurry up and pick up your things! And those!”
Chen Yan didn’t even look at the boy, bypassed him, and turned to leave.
The boy spat and cursed her for being uncivilized. He then stepped forward to pick up the insulated food container, and then got a broom from the guard room at the school gate to sweep up the garbage and put it into the trash can.
Standing on the balcony of the corridor, she smiled looking down at Nie Qiu and turned to enter the classroom.
She had also seen Chen Yan kick the insulated food container to the ground. She knew that people like Chen Yan would not be sincere towards anyone. However, after seeing it, she couldn’t help but feel a bit disappointed in her.
In her previous life, she had a dad but never experienced fatherly love. However, she knew that these things couldn’t be forced. She already had a mom and a very good uncle; she should be content. But… how could a person be content? She also wished to have various relatives, like ordinary people, with all sorts of cousins…
Although she disliked Chen Yan from the beginning, she truly hoped that this person was sincere towards her! But after seeing Chen Yan kick the insulated food container to the ground, she understood that many things could not be forced.
She was initially smiling bitterly, bitter about how she spoke of others without considering herself, forcing… forcing family affection that did not belong to her.
However, after seeing the boy who picked up the garbage and then swept the ground clean, Nie Qiu felt much better. There were actually many beautiful things in this world; what was lacking were eyes to discover beauty.
She felt that the boy’s actions just now were very beautiful, at least… they made her feel much better.
