perfect savior

Chapter 38
"Boss, cut a piece of pig ear, weigh two catties of duck head, a box of duck neck, and cut some duck heart and pig skin."

"Well, Xiao Xia, I haven't seen you coming over for a long time."

"Well, I've been busy recently, and the students are about to take mock exams."

"It's really hard work for you teachers in the graduating class... It's 130 yuan in total."

"Thank you." Xia Jinyan took the packaged braised goods, but did not leave, but was in a daze in front of the small shop.

"Xiao Xia, do you have something on your mind?"

"..." Xia Jinyan was silent for a while, then said in a shy voice:
"In the past, the three of us liked to eat your home's lo mei, especially during the third year of high school."

"That's right." The fat proprietress' eyes turned red instantly:

"I still remember the way the three of you fought and fought in school uniforms until today, but it's a pity... Sigh."

Xia Jinyan pursed her lips and stopped talking.

……

Ding-dong-

"Who is it?"

"I."

"Wahhaha, Jinyan, come, come in and sit, and bring something? Yoho~ Isn't this the duck product from the fat mother's braised meat shop next to our high school?"

"Well, I bought some, I miss their taste."

"Me too, tsk tsk. At that time, the three of us took the braised meat from Fat Mom's house and went picnicking on Saturdays and Sundays. We didn't even do our homework. In the end, you were still the unshakable number one in grade. Be careful, do you memorize Watch us study hard?"

"I didn't risk my life." Xia Jinyan walked in and closed the door gently:

"It's not my turn to risk my life for an exam of that level."

"...I won't chat with you anymore, your words are a bit choking." Zhou Tianzuo took the bag of lo mei and shouted into the room:
"Xue'er, don't sleep, Jinyan is here!"

"Ah? Oh, I'll get up right away..." Cheng Xueer's voice came from the microphone.

Xia Jinyan smiled lightly:

"Why do you live on this floor, but Xue'er lives below? Are there conflicts? Sleeping in separate rooms?"

"That's not true, it's just that Xue'er recognizes the bed. The living room on the lower floor has a super big bed, the kind that can accommodate ten people. It is said that each piece of velvet is handmade by a craftsman in Northern Europe. Xue'er likes it." Sleeping there, she said she slept soundly."

"It's not good to do it like this. How can you sleep in a separate room if you're not married?"

"Well, I wanted to use the crane to get that big bed up, but...forget it, I'll tell you later."

Zhou Tianzuo started to work in the kitchen, Xia Jinyan turned on the TV in boredom, and fiddled with it absently.

Soon, Cheng Xueer came up.

Her family owns a theme park, and under her influence, Cheng Xueer's dressing tends to be fairytale style. Apart from wearing double ponytails, she also likes gorgeous skirts.

Today she seems to have dressed up, wearing a gothic black dress and an ultramarine tiara, as if attending a ball.

"Honestly, how about my body?"

Her smile was like a flower, and her eyes were bright, as if there were stars twinkling in them.

"You have always been beautiful. I have known this since I was very young."

"Huh...do I want to introduce you to a girl? I know a lot of hot girls."

"No, I don't want to talk about it yet."

"Are you really planning to die alone? Honestly, an outstanding person like you shoulders the sacred obligation to pass on your genes!"

"Let's talk." Xia Jinyan paused:
"Xue'er, you..."

"The meal is ready, come, come, serve!"

Zhou Tianzuo appeared and interrupted the unspoken words of the young teacher.

The three sat down one by one at the dining table. It was 10:30 in the morning, an awkward time between breakfast and lunch, but for young people, irregular eating is not a big deal.

On the dinner plate are the ducks bought from Pang Ma’s Lo-Mei Shop. It’s the same as a few years ago. The color and taste are impeccable. It’s good for dinner or as a snack.

However, none of the three moved their chopsticks.

Food may be the same as before, but people will change after all.

It seems that from the moment of entering the dining room, the atmosphere of harmony and trust in the past has completely disappeared, and the deadly condensation is deposited in this room, making people breathless.

In the end, it was Zhou Tianzuo who spoke first. He put on plastic gloves and fiddled with the duck's head back and forth, but he didn't eat it.

"Be careful, let me tell you something."

"Well, I'm listening."

"Xue'er and I are leaving Huaguo."

"...Where are you going?"

"West Vancouver."

"Good place."

"Yes, it is one of the most livable cities in the world, backed by snow-capped mountains, facing the sea, with ski resorts at the level of the Winter Olympics, and beaches surrounded by forests."

"Do all the uncles and aunts agree?"

"Hey, young man, just leave as soon as you say!"

"Is the date of departure set?"

"the day after tomorrow."

"Oh……"

Xia Jinyan pursed her lips tightly and stopped talking.

"Of course, I sincerely say that we will contact you when we arrive in West Vancouver." Zhou Tianzuo said softly:
"After all, the three of us are best friends, aren't we?"

Best...friend?Xia Jinyan sighed.

Yes, of course we are best friends, and we know each other deeply. Maybe the moment I knocked on the door just now, you can guess why I came here?
The young teacher scratched his nails subconsciously, thinking of his own childhood.

Xia Jinyan's childhood came to an end when his parents died in a car accident.

Although his parents are intellectuals and left a rich inheritance, the family is thin and no one can take care of him when he was young. After many twists and turns, Xia Jinyan was fostered at Zhou Tianzuo's house.

The Zhou family is a good person and rich, but they are too busy to take care of the family and educate the young Zhou Tianzuo themselves. They feel deeply guilty about this, and they choose to raise Xia Jinyan. The idea of ​​a son looking for a childhood playmate.

Although Xia Jinyan and Zhou Tianzuo are not related by blood, they are actually brothers.

They grew up together, playing games together, being mischievous together, being scolded together, and meeting a girl with twin ponytails together.

Xia Jinyan can't remember how many times, when he was scolded as a "wild child without parents", Zhou Tianzuo rushed to fight others for himself.

Just as he couldn't remember how many hot summers he secretly looked at Cheng Xueer's smart ponytail in a daze.

He only knew that Zhou Tianzuo and Cheng Xue'er were always by his side during the youthful years when he was growing up.

Yeah... how could we not be best friends?
Xia Jinyan looked at Zhou Tianzuo, and felt the sadness and pleading in the eyes of this close friend.

——Don't ask any more, Jinyan, just let us go in such a muddleheaded way, we won't hurt you, but you can't pierce the window paper, otherwise, otherwise, otherwise...

The young teacher's heart was so sad that it almost stopped beating. His eyes turned back and forth on the two friends. Finally, Xia Jinyan closed his eyes and said softly:
"Tianzuo, in order for Xue'er to live until now...what have you guys done?"

(End of this chapter)