Can you pretend not to understand Chinese?

  I awkwardly shifted my gaze out of the window, not wanting to delve deeper into the implied meaning behind Hua Jing's words.

  I'm afraid, having just escaped from the swamp, I'm again irretrievably sinking in.

  Hua Jingyan also didn't continue the topic.

  After a few minutes, the view suddenly opened up, and the car drove out of Cui Zhu Lane, onto a spacious avenue. Seeing the road sign flying with Huapeng Road, my tense face finally revealed a hint of a relaxed smile.

  "Now I know which way to go. Left." If it weren't for the seatbelt holding her in, she would have jumped up excitedly.

  "After living here for over a decade, I surprisingly didn't know the roads near my home." The cold water splashed by Hua Jing did not extinguish my excitement.

  "Huamu Town only has one Huamu Public School. Children from ordinary families like mine all go to public schools in the city. Every day, I get up very early, take a 1.5-hour bus ride to the city, and return home late after school. After dinner, I finish my homework and sleep. This is repeated every day. Later, I went to Huamu Public School, although the school's curriculum was not as extensive, but I had to work part-time to earn tuition fees, how could I have the opportunity to go out and understand..."

  Hua Jing Yan revealed an unexpected expression. How could a young master like him, who is used to the free-range education abroad, understand my rote memorization education model at home?

  "How was your weekend?"

  "Sweep the floor, buy groceries and cook a good meal. Go to tutoring class. After school, come back home to cook dinner, wait for dad and mom to come back, have some free time to watch TV... Watching TV is my most enjoyable pastime."

  "Didn't you have any other fun memories in your childhood besides studying and doing homework?" Hua Jingyan's puzzled gaze swept towards me, I tilted my head, thinking back.

  "Oh, yeah! If the cram school teacher has something to do, they'll let us out early and I'll take Dong'er for a walk around the neighborhood." I turned my head, "Later when you see Dong'er, you'll definitely like her!"

  Hua Jingyan's enthusiasm wasn't as high as mine, I think Dong Er's rustic name already showed that she isn't a dog of noble bloodline, so he lost interest.

  "We're here." Hua Jing Yan pulled me back from my thoughts.

  "Have you arrived?"

  The car somehow drove into the Sheng'an community and stopped at the bottom of the building where I lived.

  "How did you find it?"

  I was amazed, I didn't instruct Hua Jing to extend my house's specific location.

  "My heart tells me."

  Hua Jingyan gazed at me seriously, my heart skipped a beat. His eyes were crystal clear, with a light brown mixed with a faint blue, beautiful and magnificent.

  "Thank you. I...I'll get off first..." I hastily opened the car door and saw a familiar figure walking from afar, and suddenly thought of something.

  "Hua Jingyan, can't you pretend not to understand Chinese?" I bit my lip and said hesitantly.

  "Why?" Hua Jingyan asked without emotion.

  "My parents are two curious babies. When they meet people who are different from others, they will be especially 'enthusiastic'. If they know you can communicate with them normally, they will pester you to death."

  "Are you worried they'll interrogate me?"

  In one word, yes.

  Moreover, I also don't want to be misunderstood by neighbors.

  The whole neighborhood consists of employees from Sheng An Group, where dad has lived and worked with for decades. I don't want to give dad a bad impression.

  I have made up an excuse in my heart.

  Hua Jingyan is a mutual assistance student at school.

  He's very pitiful, having lost his parents at a young age and recently his grandmother who took care of him also passed away.

  No one at home, no one to take care of, living alone in a foreign country, so pitiful.

  The school launched a caring relay activity to bring warmth to his family.

  Hua Jingyan came to our home today and tomorrow he will go to other classmates' homes.

  But I know this saying, Huajing Yan may not cooperate necessarily.

  The safest way I can think of is to get him to agree to pretend to be deaf and dumb first. After that, no matter what I say, he can only pretend to be deaf and dumb.

  I nodded awkwardly.

  Hua Jing gazed deeply at me and finally spat out a word.

  "Go."