If you hadn't come to call me old

Chapter 10

Usually, I am used to being busy, but once I am free, Wen Ran becomes a little bored.The biggest joy of every day is to accompany my mother to take care of the flowers and plants left by my father, and chat with my mother while pruning branches and leaves.

Wen Ran made a sudden discovery, that is, since Teacher Ye's "home visit", or since that slap, her relationship with her mother has developed a deeper level.In the past, she regarded her as a strict teacher, but now she is more of a loving mother.

"Ran Ran, Mom has something to tell you." Mom suddenly put down the scissors and looked at her.

"Huh?" She raised her head slightly, but her hands kept moving.
"Do you still remember that on New Year's Day, I told you not to let you come back?"

"Hmm." The scissors paused slightly, Wen Ran tried to regain his composure, and asked softly, "What's wrong?"

Mrs. Wen sighed: "In fact, in those few days, I fell ill and was admitted to the hospital."

"Oh?" Wen Ran raised her head slightly, a little surprised that her mother would say it.

Mrs. Wen smiled and smoothed her hair: "It's an old problem at the waist. I stayed in the hospital for a few days. I didn't tell you because I was afraid that you would worry."

She knew about it a long time ago, and she was worried about it before. Putting down the scissors, Wen Ran whispered: "Then tell me this now, so you won't be afraid that I will be angry with you?"

Mrs. Wen gave her a reproachful look: "It happened that your uncle came to T city for a meeting in those few days. You know now that he always comes to the house to have a look at him every other time. When he came, I happened to have a seizure , your uncle sent me to the hospital. Your Teacher Ye is also there."

Teacher Ye is here?

"I remember you said back then that Mr. Ye had come to the house—"

Mrs. Wen smiled guiltily: "It's not at home, it's the hospital. I stayed in the hospital for a week, and he came to see me every day, so it was hard for him. It is said that he is very busy with work, and he runs back and forth between the two cities all day long." , must be very tired."

Wen Ran was stunned: "You mean, in those few days, Teacher Ye went to the hospital every day?"

"At that time, I thought, how could a teacher be so dedicated to the parents of the students. Later..." Mrs. Wen paused, looked at her daughter's slightly flushed face, and smiled, "You are also lucky, There is a young man who is willing to do so much for you."

Wen Ran lowered her head, she was really messed up those few days, first Zhao Weichuan was thrown to her by her grandfather, and then her aunt told her that her mother was sick.Of course, these things might not be considered anything, what made her feel at a loss most was his confession.She deliberately didn't see him, and he also wanted to know, so he didn't appear in front of her.Wen Ran can't imagine now that during that time, when she was thinking about how to reject him, he frequently went back and forth between the two cities, taking care of her mother while working.He must have been exhausted, to the point where he had a migraine and needed medicine.

"Mom—" Wen Ran suddenly grabbed her mother's hand, not knowing what to say.

The mother understood what she meant, patted her hand instead, and sighed: "Silly girl, I really don't know what you are hesitating about. In fact, my mother envies you. If your father is willing to be so patient, I will feel better." Yes. People, one must know how to cherish blessings, don’t you think?”

"Yeah." Wen Ran nodded, "I see."

A few days later, it was New Year's Eve. Wen Ran sat on the sofa watching TV after having a simple and sumptuous dinner with her mother. The soft lighting made her a little sleepy.The mother patted her hand and said: "Go to bed when you are sleepy, and I will watch the year by myself."

Wen Ran shook her head, just about to say something, the phone in her pocket buzzed, Wen Ran glanced at her mother, blushed, picked up the phone and slipped into the room to answer the call.

"Hey."

Her voice was soft and clear, and immediately caught the mind of the person on the other end of the phone.

"What are you doing?"

His voice was a little far away, as if he was outside. Wen Ran lay on the window sill, watching the clusters of fireworks in the dark sky: "I'm staying with my mother to watch the new year, and I'm a little sleepy. Where are you?"

"Me?" Ye Yizhen smiled lightly, slipped one hand into his pocket, and looked at the bright lights of Jingshan leisurely, "I'm on the mountain."

"On the mountain?" Unsurprisingly, a surprised voice sounded from the other end.

"Well, on the mountain." He repeated lightly, "Do you still remember when I told you to spare me a few days?"

"Remember, what's wrong?" Wen Ran asked subconsciously, her face flushed slightly.

"Well, just remember." He smiled, "Go to bed if you're sleepy, and it's okay for children to not keep their age."

"Hey!" Wen Ran was angry.

"Hang up the phone." He said, but couldn't help but smile.

"Wait a minute." Wen Ran quickly stopped and said, "I still have something to tell you."

"Huh?" The other end stopped and listened to her.

"Uh... that..." Wen Ran scratched the back of his head, hesitating a little.

There was another humming patiently over there, but Wen Ran wanted to scratch the wall, why did he stop him, why did he stop him impulsively, why did he stop him out of emotion, no no no, Wen Ran sat down Okay, thinking about the words: "I...you..."

She hesitated and hawed here, while Professor Ye over there was obviously proficient in this way, and he understood the way. He probed and said persuasively, "I miss you?"

"Hey! Hey!" Wen Ran was a little out of breath and a little bit annoyed.

Ye Yizhen smiled loudly, and comforted: "Okay, I understand." Staring at the quiet and soft moonlight, his voice softened involuntarily, calming down the shy girl who couldn't help but calm down, " Me too."

Chatting with Yao Mianmian on MSN the next night, Wen Ran asked a question that puzzled her: "Are all uncles not blinking when they say nasty things?"

After Yao Mianmian was silent for a few minutes, she replied with an embarrassing expression and added this sentence: Wen baa baa, ordinary sorghums are sullen or black-bellied.

Wen baa baa: The key is that this Shu Shu has a dark belly and doesn't blink when he says nasty words.

Yao Mianmian: Well, then you must have encountered a strange sorghum.

Wen Baa stared at this sentence for a long time, then took it seriously, hugged the quilt crookedly, and fell asleep.

I was woken up by my mother early the next morning. My mother cooked dumplings. If I couldn't afford to eat them early, the rest would be cold.Wen Ran sat down in front of the table with crystal shrimp dumplings in her mouth, just swallowed one, the phone in her pocket rang, Wen Ran took it out and saw that the number was familiar to her, and she was about to point fingers.

"Hello." In a low, gloomy tone, it seemed that he hadn't recovered from the blow.

The person on the other end was still generous, and said without hesitation: "Have you had breakfast?"

"Hmm..." Lukewarm.

"It snowed heavily in City B last night." Ye Yizhen said suddenly.

Wen Ran was a little confused, looked at the vast expanse of whiteness outside the window, and began to speak nonsense: "Hey, that's a pity, the sun is shining brightly in T City these days."

The other end smiled again, and said in a soft voice: "Then the little snowman downstairs is my illusion? Kid Wen Ran."

Wen Ran was taken aback for a moment, then suddenly came to her senses and ran to the window.There was a thick layer of ice on the window, Wen Ran took a little effort to open the window, and in an instant, he saw the familiar car and the familiar person downstairs.He was wearing a gray overcoat, standing there with his hands in his pockets, saw half of her head exposed, and smiled slightly.

"Good morning."

really-

Wen Ran slammed the window shut, and ran down without even putting on a piece of clothing.When someone saw her like this, he frowned first.

"Ms. Ye, why are you here?" With Professor Ye in front of him, Wen Ran became obedient again.

Professor Ye narrowed his eyes: "You said you remembered last night, but now you forget?"

"No." Wen Ran quickly shook her head.I thought to myself, Professor Ye really blamed Shushu. Generally, Shushu would know to give the child a hug in this situation, instead of frowning and squinting.

Ye Yizhen smiled with satisfaction: "That's good, use these few days to accompany me to a place."

"What, where?" Wen Ran asked stammeringly
Professor Ye leaned slightly and smiled easily: "You will know when you arrive."

After saying goodbye to his mother, Wen Ran followed Ye Yizhen and drove on the road.After driving for nearly five hours, the car stopped steadily in a small town.

Wen Ran woke up from the drowsiness and got out of the car, looking at the small town in front of her, she couldn't react.Seeing Ye Yizhen park the car beside the half-arched stone bridge, Wen Ran walked over and asked in a low voice, "Teacher Ye, where is this?"

Ye Yizhen smiled slightly, and turned her head lightly, Wen Ran immediately saw three words.

"Stone Bridge Town?"

"Well, Shiqiao Town." Ye Yizhen said quietly, looking around.It's been a while since he's been here, but luckily he still remembers the way and made no mistakes.

"Why are we here?"

"You'll know later." As he spoke, he walked towards a black door not far away.

This is an old door, the metal color of the two knockers on the door panel has faded, Ye Yizhen hesitated before knocking on the door.After a while, someone came to answer the door. It was an old man in simple clothes. He opened the door with his eyelids downcast, but the moment he saw Ye Yizhen, he couldn't help showing a surprised expression.

"Ye, Mr. Ye?"

Ye Yizhen smiled and brought Wen Ran forward: "It's me, Uncle Zhao."

The person called Uncle Zhao looked at Wen Ran with a slight smile, hurriedly opened the door wide, and welcomed them over: "It's a coincidence, you usually come here years ago, I think you haven't come at this time today, and you are going back to your hometown Let’s go to my hometown, I’ve even packed my luggage, and you’re here.” While speaking, Uncle Zhao led them into the living room and opened the curtains of the living room.

"I was negligent, I should have called in advance." Ye Yizhen said.

As soon as the curtains were drawn, the room became much brighter.It was only then that Wen Ran saw the furnishings in the house clearly. The half-old furniture was simply displayed, and it could be seen that it was a bit old, but it was often taken care of by people, and it still looked intact.However, as soon as little Wen walked in, he felt like he had traveled back to the old times, and the room was full of vicissitudes.Professor Wen Ran Lala's coat: "Miss Ye, where is it?"

Ye Yizhen looked back with a chuckle, looked up again, and said, "This is the house I lived in before I was six years old."

Before six years old?so long ago? !Her eyes widened in disbelief.

Uncle Zhao took off the coat he was wearing and said with a smile, "Mr. Ye, take a look around first. I'll turn on the stove and boil some hot water."

"Excuse me, Uncle Zhao." Ye Yizhen nodded slightly, and then stretched out his hand to Wen Ran: "Would you like to go upstairs and have a look?"

"En." Wen Ran followed.

Shiqiao Town is not too close to City B, they drove for nearly a day to get here.In Wen Ran's view, this is a house in a small southern town, full of tranquility and elegance.Looking at the colorful paintings on the wall, she couldn't believe it. This was the home he lived in before he was six years old?
"Very beautiful." After a long while, Wen Ran sighed, then turned to look at the man who was following behind her, "Miss Ye, have you lived here for six years?"

"Yeah." He held her fingertips and walked towards a room.Every room here is kept clean, presumably thanks to Uncle Zhao, Wen Ran touched the quilt on the bed, it was thick and soft, she couldn't help but want to lie down on it.

"This is the room I lived in when I was a child." After speaking, Wen Ran looked up in surprise and looked around.Ye Yizhen slightly curled his lips and said, "It's also the room where you sleep tonight."

Is there any relationship between the two?Wen Ran slandered inwardly, but couldn't help but blushed.

The dinner was prepared by Uncle Zhao, this old man with a kind face cooked good dishes, light and delicious, very good for dinner.Wen Ran sat aside with a bowl in his hand and ate slowly, listening to the conversation between Uncle Zhao and Ye Yizhen.

"Mr. Ye, how many days are you going to stay here this time?"

"It won't be too long. If you are ready, you can go home. I can do it by myself here." While talking, he picked up another chopstick and dropped it into Wen Ran's bowl. Seeing her eating happily, he put it down slightly Heart.Before coming here, Professor Ye was worried that someone who was used to northern food would not be satisfied with his stomach.

"Oh." Uncle Zhao nodded, "Then you have already come, is there still no movement over there?"

Ye Yizhen smiled slightly: "How could it be, maybe I will kill you tomorrow."

The two looked at each other and smiled again, Wen Ran raised his head and looked at the two of them curiously.Ye Yizhen stroked her hair, and said gently, "Go to bed early after eating, and have a bedtime story."

Wen Ran: "..."

Wen Ran also has dignity. It’s not that you can follow the hair if you want to, and you can talk about Alibaba if you want to talk about Alibaba.Therefore, the bedtime story that night was changed from Ali Baba to "Professor Ye's Autobiography - Before the Age of Six" under the protest of Wen.

Ye Yizhen was leaning on the bed, looking at someone with only two eyes exposed, with a helpless smile: "What do you want to know?"

Wen Ran blinked: "Think about it all."

Professor Ye glanced at her: "If you have read the top post on BBS of University B, you should know everything you need to know."

Wen Ran felt a little guilty at this glance, shrank his head, and said, "I want to hear from you."

Professor Ye sighed, put down the book in his hand, and clasped her waist from the quilt calmly, Wen Ran was so frightened that he dared not move.This person is very dangerous at the moment, so dangerous that he may kiss her anytime, anywhere!As soon as this thought flashed across, Wen Ran immediately closed her eyes in fright——

After a while, the imagined scene didn't happen, but the aura of the person above his head became more and more wrong. After a while, the top of his head said lightly: "Wen Ran, open your eyes."

With a swipe, the two eyes opened again, and they blinked a few times, which seemed to be flattering.Ye Yizhen thought of the kitten at home almost at the same time, Duoduo.This person and cat made a mistake and the attitude of admitting it was so sincere that he couldn't bear to blame him, so he looked down at her, raised his eyebrows and smiled slightly: "This story is a bit long, if I want to tell it, I have to ask for something return."

Wen Ran flinched, and Professor Ye immediately declared: "Don't worry, it won't be too much."

In fact, after reading the post of the fleshy Ye Yizhen on the BBS, Wen Ran had a general understanding of his affairs, including his mother.Xiaosan is in the top position, this word has always shocked her, but now, listening to him say it, it is so calm and calm.

"Yes, when the old man met my mother, he did have a family."

Wen Ran raised her head and listened carefully to what he said.

"Mother knows, but neither of them can quit." He smoothed her messy hair, and pressed his chin against her soft heart. "Later, the old man divorced, and the two of them were together."

"Then, then..."

"Later?" He smiled lightly, even with a slight tremor in his chest, "Later my mother died early."

"How come?!" Wen Ran couldn't help being surprised.

"At that time, I was studying abroad, and I received a call from China saying that my mother had passed away. The doctor said that my mother was too worried, depressed and hurt her body. In addition, my foundation was poor, so I couldn't survive this catastrophe." He paused, Then he continued, "I think that's it."

At that time, he was young, and when he was sent abroad to study by his father, he was impatient and wanted to return to China. When he received the sad news of his mother's death, he was completely stunned.Three days, three days after receiving the bad news, he returned to China. No one knows what this young man thought and did during these three days. What he left to others has always been a calm and unhurried side.Only he himself knew what he was thinking while holding his mother's urn in his hand, and he didn't know what gave his mother so much strength to pursue an unpopular love.This weak woman only knows that love can bear sweet fruits, but she doesn't know that love may become poisonous wine at any time, but the bad thing is that your only choice is to drink poison to quench your thirst.

After a moment of silence, Wen Ran spoke with a hoarse voice: "Auntie, have you ever regretted it?"

He paused, then smiled: "Would it be too much if I said no?"

She froze, and immediately heard the bitterness in his words.Even in a strong and domineering, perfect man, there will be a soft place in his heart that cannot be easily touched, because it is full of his fragility.But now, Wen Ran felt as if she had touched the inner core, a soft piece, but it hurt like a needle prick.

She shook her head with red eyes and whispered, "No."

"Ok?"

He lowered his head to stare at her, but unexpectedly saw her raise her head, her small, red lips leaned towards him, and in the next second, a soft feeling stuck to her lips.He was taken aback for a moment, and immediately took the initiative, grabbed her waist, and sucked a deep kiss.Ye Yizhen bit her thin lips lightly, Wen Ran cried out in pain, and lost every inch of land, so he had to face up to accept his kiss.Different from before, Wen Ran seemed to be able to feel all his emotions bursting out at this moment, deeply she was almost unable to resist, just when she thought things were going to get out of control, Ye Yizhen let go of her, her forehead touched, lingering.

"Wen Ran, is this how the teacher taught you to express sympathy?" His voice was a little hoarse, and he didn't let go of his hand around her waist.He didn't want to let it go, because the feeling of being so close made him feel very comfortable, but he had to let it go, because he was afraid of frightening her, her breathing was so tight that he didn't dare to take a step further, for fear that a certain child would faint like this.

"It's not sympathy!" Wen Ran hurriedly yelled, with an expression of misunderstood grievance.

Ye Yizhen smiled lowly and let her go: "Okay, go to bed. The bedtime story is over."

In fact, he didn't care what it was, he just warned himself that it was not enough now, she hadn't fully adapted to him yet.But classmate Wen Ran didn't know about this kind of thinking, so he hugged the quilt depressed and shrank in, his little heart beating non-stop.What kept rolling in her mind was this sentence: Her first unsolicited kiss was rejected, rejected, sad!
Waking up the next day, Wen Ran looked in the mirror and saw panda eyes again. Fortunately, there was no one in the room, so she slipped downstairs and washed her face with water indiscriminately.

Uncle Zhao added hot water for her and said, "Little girl just came here yesterday, didn't she sleep well?"

"Well, um." Wen Ran replied vaguely, covering her eyes with a towel.

"Hehe, this house is old, and people don't often come to live in it. Mr. Ye has never brought others here."

"Yes, is it?" Wen Ran blushed and stammered, and quickly changed the subject, "How long have you been working here, Uncle Zhao?"

Uncle Zhao smiled: "It's been a long time. My hometown is in the countryside, and I'm a neighbor to Mr. Ye's mother. Later, his mother hasn't seen each other since she left her hometown. It was Mr. Ye who asked me to come and take care of the house."

"Well, what about others?" Wen Ran glanced around, but saw no one.

"He said he was going out for a walk, and he should be back soon." After pouring out the water, Uncle Zhao went to the kitchen to cook, and Wen Ran carefully covered his eyes with a towel.

After a while, Wen Ran heard the sound of a car horn coming from outside, curiously poked his head around, and saw a stranger by accident.It was a middle-aged woman with meticulously done hair and a dark shawl on her body. She looked very elegant and had a similar temperament to her mother.

She forgot to move for a moment, and the middle-aged woman saw her as soon as she pushed the door open and smiled at her.Wen Ran timidly responded until she saw the tall figure behind the middle-aged woman—Ye Yizhen.

He bent down to put down his luggage, and introduced to the middle-aged woman: "Auntie, this is Wen Ran."

The middle-aged woman smiled and extended her hand to Wen Ran: "Hello, kid."

Wen Ran was stunned for a second, raised his eyes, glared at someone, and stretched out his hand under his smiling gaze: "Hello."

Because of the sudden arrival of her aunt, Ms. Qi, Wen Ran became a little cramped.Ms. Qi’s return to the country this time can be said to be a pre-emptive act. Ye Yizhen thought that it would be difficult to abduct Wen Ran to Canada. Ms. Qi did not see his legendary girlfriend for a long time, so she booked a plane ticket and returned to the country in advance. When Ye Yizhen knew about it, she had already arrived at the station in Shiqiao Town on the bus for two hours, and she was waiting for him to pick her up.

At this moment, Ms. Qi went to wash up, and Wen Ran wrinkled her bun face and rubbed her face in front of someone: "Ms. Ye." The tone was obviously listless.

Of course he understands, but he is not worried: "Ms. Qi, oh, I mean my aunt, she is very tolerant to people, so you don't need to worry too much."

Wen Ran rubbed her face, thought for a moment, and said seriously: "I'm not ready yet, I won't eat breakfast, I'm going back to my room to do some mental training." As he spoke, he was about to get up.

Ye Yizhen clasped her forearm quickly, brought her in front of him, and said gently: "It's okay, Wen Ran."

"In the whole family, my aunt is the closest to me and the one who loves me the most. So you don't need to worry about it. She understands my character and will naturally approve of the person I like. You see, your meeting is very good, isn't it? "

"Really?" Wen Ran was suspicious, and said timidly, "Don't you think I'm cramped?"

You can't dampen the enthusiasm of the children at this time. Ye Yizhen thought about it for a moment, then nodded: "It's much better than I imagined," he said, wrapping his fingers around her waist, with a gentle tone, "I was worried that you would be shy." Just turn around and run away."

Wen Ran: "..." She is still very promising, isn't she?
The breakfast was prepared by Uncle Zhao himself. The light millet porridge, plus four delicate side dishes, tasted refreshing and delicious.Uncle Zhao sat down, looked at Ms. Qi and said, "Since you've come back, I won't go back to my hometown in the country. I'll stay here for a few more days."

Ms. Qi smiled: "No, you can go back with peace of mind, I can't live for a few days, and I'm not used to being taken care of like this." She said and looked at Ye, "Yizhen, it's just a few days before Chinese New Year, so it's probably not easy to get a ride. You can send Lao Zhao back."

Uncle Zhao quickly waved his hands: "No need."

Uncle Zhao's house is in the countryside, quite far from here, and it takes about four hours to drive back and forth.This back and forth will wear away an afternoon.Ye Yizhen put down his chopsticks, squinted his eyes slightly, and looked at Ms. Qi, the sly smile flashing across her beautiful pupils made him amused, so let her go.He looked at Wen Ran who was eating seriously with his head bowed. She had to adapt to his family one by one. It was best to have an aunt to start this.However, he still looked back at Ms. Qi, which translates into vernacular: Do not bully children.

Ms. Qi blinked, and the two reached an agreement.

After the meal, Wen Ran helped Zhao Bo carry the luggage to the car, Ye Yizhen looked at it with a heavy expression, not feeling funny, and smoothed her hair: "Wen Ran."

"Ok?"

"Ms. Qi actually doesn't have any hobbies, she just has some bad tastes."

Bad taste?Wen Ran blinked.

Looking at the woman holding the teacup gracefully in front of her, Wen Ran couldn't put the word "bad taste" on her no matter what.The room was very warm, Wen Ran only wore a turtleneck sweater and sat on the sofa, looking at the design drawings.Ms. Qi's job is an architectural designer. In addition to visiting her this time, she also has another purpose to find design inspiration.Wen Ran was amazed as she watched it. An art idiot like her can only envy her.

Ms. Qi looked at her expression, smiled, and put down her coffee: "How is it?"

Wen Ran answered honestly: "It's very beautiful, but I'm not very good at art, and I rarely get in touch with it."

"Oh? Then what do you contact the most?"

"Model." Wen Ran thought for a while and answered seriously, "I major in the Department of Economics, mainly studying accounting and trade, so I will be exposed to various models and—— formulas"

Really, serious answer.Ms. Qi smiled and took another sip of coffee: "Maybe it's art too—in his opinion."

This other word is self-evident.

Wen Ran nodded slightly, thought for a while, and smiled, a pair of pear dimples were slightly circled on his cheeks: "Sometimes I think he is a very magical character."

"Oh?" The meaningful tone meant that she wanted to continue listening, so Wen Ran continued.

"Well, don't you think? Look, a person with a diploma from a prestigious school returns to China and his main job is to teach? Although he is a teacher, his identity will be blurred unconsciously. I don't think he is a teacher at all. It's just for fun." Wen Ran nodded and said.

"You still call him—teacher?" Ms. Qi couldn't help asking, looking her up and down.That look seemed to say, since they are all sleeping under the same roof, everything that should happen should have happened, right? !

Wen Ran was horrified by her, blushed slightly and said, "I can't change it yet."

Ms. Qi: "It's not a matter of habit. It's a matter of your heart, maybe you haven't fully accepted it yet?"

Wen Ran: "Huh?"

Ms. Qi smiled: "Then tell me, do you like or love your feelings?"

This question confused Wen Ran. She put down her teacup, hugged her legs, and thought for a moment: "I don't know." She answered honestly, "Aunt, are liking and love different?"

She even started working as an emotional counselor. Ms. Qi laughed: "Of course it's different." She leaned slightly and said seriously, "Love is deeper than liking. If you get infected, you can't quit. According to me Look, you're not there yet."

Wen Ran lowered her eyelashes, was silent for a while, and suddenly asked: "Then, will you oppose us?"

Ms. Qi is about to laugh again, this kid is really interesting, "Do you think such a person, whether I object or not, can play any role? I just hope that you will be happy when you are together, and you will be happy when you are apart. No complaints—of course, I like the former. It takes a lot of courage for a girl to accept a love, so don’t let her courage down. Do happy things with the person you love, don’t ask whether it’s a calamity or a fate. "

After finishing speaking, I saw the girl in front of me looking at me with wide eyes.After a long time, the two looked at each other and smiled.

"I see, thank you."

It was already ten o'clock in the evening when he came back from the countryside. Ye Yizhen stopped the car, leaned his head on the seat, and sobered up.He sent Uncle Zhao home, Uncle Zhao said that he would not be allowed to return until after dinner. During the dinner, he tasted the red bayberry wine made by Uncle Zhao himself. He didn't have a few cups, but he felt a little tipsy.Looking up, it was no surprise to see a room with lights on on the second floor. After a while, the lights went out, and he must have fallen asleep.

He opened the door softly, but unexpectedly the light in the hall was still on. Ms. Qi was working with her notebook spread out on her lap, and she saw him smiling slightly: "Why, I'm a little disappointed to see that the person waiting is not Wen Xiaoren?"

Ye Yizhen smiled back: "Ms. Qi, you really underestimate me."

"Okay." Ms. Qi shrugged, "Actually, she wanted to call you, but she put it down after listening to my persuasion."

"Oh?" This voice expressed curiosity.

Ms. Qi giggled: "I said that the roads in the country are not easy to walk. If you answer the phone, it will affect your driving. This child is really easy to coax. She just went upstairs to sleep."

Ye Yizhen narrowed his eyes and walked to the second floor.

"Hey, wait a minute. I have something to talk to you about."

"what's up?"

"Yizhen, have you ever thought about your father?" Ms. Qi said, "Have you ever thought about him?"

Ye Yizhen pondered for a moment: "I know." His tone was unhurried, "But I don't think that's a problem."

Ms. Qi spread her hands: "It's better like that."

After staying in Shiqiao Town for three days, Wen Ran set off for T City.Before leaving, Wen Ran and Ms. Qi reluctantly bid farewell, and Professor Ye raised his eyebrows in surprise. The two had become so familiar under his nose.Of course he didn't know. On the afternoon when he sent Uncle Zhao back to his hometown, after Ms. Qi had a preliminary conversation with little friend Wen Ran, Ms. Qi told little friend Wen Ran everything about Professor Ye from childhood to adulthood. Much more interesting than Professor Ye's bedtime stories.

"Aren't you going back with us?" Wen Ran burst into tears, and she wanted to continue listening to the story Ye Yizhen had to tell.

Ms. Qi smiled beautifully and patted her hair: "Hey, I will see you when Auntie is free."

Aunt? !Professor Ye immediately narrowed his eyes and looked at Ms. Qi. Ms. Qi trembled unconsciously and said, "I still want to stay here to find inspiration, you guys go back first."

After finishing speaking, Professor Ye didn't wait for someone's reaction, and directly stuffed her into the car.Is this worth it?After only waiting for three days, he was called "Auntie", so how would he, this strange man, deal with himself, no, absolutely no!
After returning from Shiqiao Town, it was time to start school.Wen Ran returned to school two days early, returned to the dormitory, and unexpectedly found that both Liu Feifei and Lin Sheng had arrived.

"Why did you come so early?"

Lin Sheng flipped through the books and said, "I signed up for the CPA exam, and now I'm going back to school to study hard, but how much money will be wasted!"

so serious?Wen Ran looked at Liu Feifei again: "What about you, Feifei?"

Liu Feifei didn't speak, Lin Sheng smiled, and answered for her: "She, she still needs to say, for love."

Liu Feifei glared at her, then covered her face with a book and said shyly, "You are jealous of him."

Wen Ran smiled slightly, and within a few minutes, the familiar feeling returned.

"By the way, Wen Ran, I went to the dean of the department this morning and heard from him that Tong Zhou took a long vacation. I guess he won't be here for two months."

"Why?" Wen Ran turned around in surprise.

Lin Sheng shrugged: "According to the director, it seems that there is a problem at home. Her father had a car accident at work, and now he is in a vegetable state."

"Zhi, a vegetable?" Wen Ran couldn't believe it, and then went to the phone, just dialed a button, but stopped there again.She thought, at this time, Tong Zhou probably didn't want to receive her call.

On the morning of the first day of school, Wen Ran and Mr. Xu handed over the work of the counselor of the international trade class.She seemed to have lost a lot of weight, and she looked even thinner when she was already delicate. When she stroked her hair, she couldn't bear to look at the thin wrist that slipped out.Wen Ran has experienced the blow of her father's death, and knows how unbearable and unspeakable the pain is. This kind of pain can only be relieved by herself, so she only comforted her softly: "My condolences and change."

Teacher Xu smiled softly: "Thank you, I heard from my classmates that you get along well with them?"

"Well, it's okay." Wen Ran was a little embarrassed.

"I heard it's not okay, how can the teacher who can make our class monitor have a crush on him be okay?"

Even know this?Wen Ran smiled embarrassedly.The feelings at this age are all clear and pure. In fact, she is very grateful, grateful that someone will give her such feelings.Either respect, admiration, or liking.Many years later, maybe they have forgotten it, and when they think about it occasionally, they just laugh it off.

Have dinner with Professor Ye at noon.After returning from Shiqiao Town, this person started to get busy again. Speaking of which, he worked harder than the students, and at least they could enjoy two vacations a year.When Wen Ran mentioned Fan Yingze, Ye Yizhen, who was cutting the steak, paused slightly, and then wrote lightly: "Well, that's a good boy."

"That's right." Wen Ran echoed triumphantly. After all, she was also a student she had taught for half a year, so it's an honor to be praised.

Ye Yizhen looked up at her, and then handed his plate in front of her.Having eaten with him more times, Wen Ran is also used to his thoughtfulness in such subtleties, and every time he just smiles like a dog leg, and then eats heartily.

"By the way, I've been thinking about whether to take the CPA qualification exam." Wen Ran suddenly remembered something, and said.

"how?"

"Ms. Cheng Bei is going to work soon. Now she tells me that finding a job is difficult on MSN every day. I think it's better to get a certificate now. The major is also suitable. It may be useful in finding a job in the future. I want to find a job. Good job."

It doesn't matter if you can't find it.Professor Ye suddenly thought so, but it was rare to see her cheer up and do something, and she should be encouraged to be motivated: "You can take the exam if you want. But it can't be won in a short time, you have to be prepared."

"I know." Wen Ran was a little distressed, and then looked at it for a while, and said with a flattering smile, "Ms. Ye, I have to trouble you to help me review."

"Yes." Ye Yizhen happily agreed, "But, is there any reward?" His eyes fell on her lips.

Wen Ran coughed choked, Ye Yizhen smiled slightly, and leaned over to relieve her.Wen Ran couldn't help but slander: It's really strange.

In April, a group of postgraduate students of B University entered the stage of graduation defense.After the defense, it was time for graduation. Before that, the college held a special employment guidance and graduation ceremony.Wen Ran was not interested in such a ceremony at first, but Cheng Bei gave her an important task, that is, Cheng Bei, as a representative of graduate students, was going to give a speech on stage, and asked Wen Ran to record it with DV.

Wen Ranlaipi: "Sister Cheng Bei, it's fine to leave the heavy work of carrying tools to senior Liu Bin."

"No way!" Cheng Bei glared, "Liu Bin will definitely shoot while laughing wildly, I can't entrust him with this kind of task. And, Xiao Wen, Professor Ye will speak on behalf of the teacher, then Don't you want to witness this kind of grace?"

Wen Ran tried hard to resist the temptation: "I, I don't really want to..."

Cheng Bei: "Remove two words."

Wen Ran: "I don't want to."

Cheng Bei: "Remove two more words."

Wen Ran: "I think..." Woohoo, she is too hopeless, so she was tempted away like that.

The first lecture hall was overcrowded, Wen Ran stood at the entrance in a daze, holding a DV, trying to find a seat among the hundreds of people.Suddenly, two people stood up from the middle row and waved to her. Wen Ran looked over and found that it was Liu Feifei and Lin Sheng.Immediately her eyes lit up, okay, these two left her alone and that's it.

Wen Ran took a few steps over and took a seat between the two of them: "Why didn't you wait for me?"

Liu Feifei smiled and said nothing, Lin Sheng said: "Didn't you think that you have family treatment and can sit in the front VIP seat?"

Wen Ran: "..."

The DV was stolen by Liu Feifei. She recently became a DV enthusiast and was saving money to buy it. Wen Ran naturally gave Cheng Bei's task to her, and he did not forget to convey Cheng Bei's original words to her: "Remember to It captures the beauty of my dark blue academic uniform."

Looking at Cheng Bei on the stage, Wen Ran deeply felt that this was a big problem.

Ye Yizhen was sitting in the front row, looking down at something with a serious and focused expression. Even among a group of teachers wearing similar suits, it was not difficult to recognize him.Wen Ran stretched her neck to look at him a few times, then shrank back.

The ceremony was very long. After the leaders of the academy finished their speeches one by one, Ye Yizhen finally came on stage. He wore a black formal suit and was a little more serious than before.Wen Ran only took one look, then lowered her head, for fear of being seen by someone.

After a while, Lin Sheng poked her pretending to be a turtle: "I think it's better for you to come out."

"What's wrong……"

"Professor Ye has seen you."

"How come?" She lowered her head to the bottom of the seat.

"Then do you think there is any fool hiding between me and Liu Feifei?"

Wen Ran: "..." Too, so outrageous!
Wen Ran raised her head.Just in time, I saw Ye Yizhen standing in front of the podium, his soft gaze slightly scanning the audience."Before I start my speech, I would like to ask the students a question," he said.

Everyone in the audience listened attentively, but Wen Ran was stunned for a moment. This opening remark was so familiar that she almost traveled back to the time when she saw him for the first time. He stood on the stage with a slender figure that caught people's eyes.

"If I remember correctly, you are the first batch of undergraduates I brought after I came to B University. I would like to ask, among you, does anyone remember the first of the ten principles of economics?"

As soon as the voice fell, someone shouted the answer, and Ye Yizhen couldn't help showing a smile, "Thank you, classmate, yes, the first of the ten principles is that people face trade-offs. Then, who are the students who can memorize all ten principles?" come down?"

Everyone hesitated for a while, Ye Yizhen smiled slightly, turned the microphone, and said: "Okay, now the speech begins. Today's topic is employment, so I will talk about my career."

"When I first returned to China, I had trouble choosing a job for a while. In the end, I chose to be a teacher, which puzzled many people. They think that people who study economics come out to create GDP and improve social and economic levels, otherwise they will be sorry. Your hard work in the past few years, at least I am sorry for your tuition. I think everyone here should have this experience."

There was a resonant laughter from the audience.

"In fact, they are right. Everyone has the requirement of pursuing economic interests. For this reason, people created money, created transactions, created the stock market, and created Wall Street. People create wealth while trying to create happiness. However, Here, I want to ask an old-fashioned question, is wealth and happiness directly proportional?" The people in the audience looked at each other, Wen Ran raised his head, and looked into his eyes, which were full of warmth, as if he didn't get the answer, "Very Very few people will give me an answer on the spot, unless you are a pure optimist or a pessimist."

"Because we have all learned to think, in order to obtain wealth - economic benefits, we have to make trade-offs, not to choose the one we like the most, but to choose the one that brings the most value. This choice can easily bring a gap , that is the gap between wealth and happiness. In order to realize the value, we start to consider the margin, cost and effort, and we hope to bring the maximum value benefit with the minimum cost. Of course, it is good to get the maximum value, but we It is unavoidable to think about another aspect, that is, if you get nothing from the bamboo basket, you will get nothing. This result is very likely to happen, because choices have always been accompanied by risks.”

In the silence, Ye Yizhen smiled, lowered his head and took care of the speech he hadn't read since he came to the stage: "So, thinking is a very troublesome thing. My speech is not about life, because it is too It's too general, and I'm not a philosopher. I just want to tell the students here that when you enter the society and start working conscientiously, you start to care about your own interests, and when you betray your heart, you start to feel When you are tired, it is better to forget all of this. No longer think about the cost, benefit and price, no longer think about what is the most economical and beneficial way, but choose the way you like as you like. This may be more a little better."

After he finished speaking, he glanced around the audience, and when his gaze passed her, his smile became more gentle.With a slight bow, he stepped off the stage.Everyone seemed to be immersed in a kind of shock. Before they recovered, Wen Ran looked at Lin Sheng and moved his body.Opening her mouth, she was just about to be defended by Professor Ye's unprofessional speech just now, when suddenly there was roaring applause in the lecture hall, and she sat there, slightly dazed.

Lin Sheng tilted his head, his beautiful eyes were full of smiles: "Wen Ran, be careful that you will have a few more love rivals after this speech."

Wen Ran smiled slightly, stared at his back, and applauded vigorously.

(End of this chapter)