Chapter 41: The Journey to Lin Yu Village (01)
Lin Feng Town Lin Yu Village - what a strange name, let's look forward to it together! ... seeking comments!
On October 6th in the morning, after spending a seven-day National Day holiday, Chen Haonan returned to school early.
There were only a few people in the campus, presumably most students were still indulging in the joy of the National Day long holiday. On the playground, several young children of teachers were kicking a broken football, occasionally making a loud noise. Chen Haonan walked slowly, watching the laughing and playing children, feeling envious in his heart, he involuntarily stopped his footsteps. Until the bell rang suddenly (the second class of senior three was over), he came to himself - smiling at the little devils, he went towards the dormitory building.
The weather was a bit gloomy, making people feel a bit suffocated. After entering the dormitory, Chen Haonan grabbed a towel and rushed to the bathroom to wash his face with a refreshing splash of water. The cool water splashed on his face, and he couldn't help but let out a loud shout: "Comfortable!"
He could go back to his dormitory, but Chen Haonan couldn't sit still. He suddenly thought of Li Donglin and Li Jia, and thought of his own sulking and impulsiveness before the National Day holiday. So, he quietly closed the door and rushed to Li Donglin's home.
As soon as Chen Haonan arrived at Li Donglin's doorstep, he was stopped by a voice. He turned his head to look and saw Li Donglin's mother walking towards him with a warm smile. He quickly smiled and went up to greet her, calling out in his usual affectionate tone: "Aunt Qiao——"
Li's mother happily agreed and asked warmly: "Haonan, are you doing well at home?"
"It's okay!" Chen Haonan replied with a smile. After a pause, he asked again: "Aunt Qiao, is Donglin at home?"
"'Here, here, here,' Mrs. Li replied repeatedly, 'Donglin and Jiajia are both upstairs, you go find them...'"
"Alright, I'll go first!" Chen Haonan responded and ran into the house. After a while, he went upstairs.
At this time, Li Jia was reading a book in the living room upstairs. Suddenly, she heard the sound of footsteps "thud thud", knowing that someone had come up, but didn't know who it was. She tilted her head and stared at the stairway entrance. Who would have thought that Chen Haonan's figure suddenly appeared? She was taken aback for a moment, then excitedly called out: "Hao Nan Ge!" Immediately after throwing away the book, she rushed up to greet him with a smile, asking: "Hao Nan Ge, how did you come?"
"Haha, I'm not allowed to come?" Chen Haonan joked, continuing Li Jia's words.
Li Jia happened to take a pair of slippers from the shoe cabinet and put them in front of Chen Haonan, listening to his teasing. She hurriedly said: "No, no - Brother Haonan, it's been a long time since you came to my house?" As she spoke, she pouted her small mouth and bowed her head to look at him.
"I'm here, aren't I?!" Chen Haonan said while changing his shoes, unaware that Li Jia was staring at him.
"Hao Nan, what are you drinking? Coke, Sprite, or tea?" Li Jia asked with a smile as Chen Hao Nan changed into his shoes and sat down on the sofa.
"Just give me a glass of water!"
"Oh, okay!" Before long, Li Jia handed over a glass of water.
"Jiajia, where's your brother? Is he still sleeping in?" Chen Haonan took the water and drank a small mouthful before asking with a smile.
"He's not here, he went out for a while, maybe to surf the internet..." Li Jiarou said softly, her eyes still fixed on Chen Haonan.
"Oh, that kid really did it!" Chen Haonan looked up and smiled, she was a little afraid of Li Jia's gaze.
At this time, Li Jia sat down beside Chen Haonan. She stared at him with a different gaze and said softly: "Haonan brother, I'm really sorry last time, I made you angry..."
"Oh, no... I should be the one apologizing instead." Chen Haonan smiled wryly, "I was too impulsive that day. I knew you were trying to help, but I just couldn't control my emotions - I'm really sorry for worrying you!"
"No, it's us..."
Li Jiazheng was speaking when her mother suddenly walked in. She smiled and quickly interrupted her daughter's words, saying: "What are you two talking about? You're chatting so happily, can I listen?"
"Aunt Qiao," Chen Haonan quickly picked up where Li Mu left off, with a smile, "I'll just chat with Jiajia for a bit – Donglin has gone out..."
Li Jia sat her mother down on the sofa and said with a spoiled tone, "Mom, I was just discussing with Hao Nan about going to find my brother!"
"Oh, really?" Li's mother's gaze fell on Chen Haonan.
Chen Haonan didn't know what Li Jia meant, but seeing her making eyes behind her mother's back, he hastily chimed in and said: "Yes, yes, we were just about to go find Dong Lin! Don't know where he ran off to fool around again..."
"Alright, you guys go then," Li's mother seemed to believe Chen Haonan's words, she said with a smile, "Come back early later, I'll make something delicious for you..."
"Got it, mom!" Li Jia happily grabbed Chen Haonan's hand and left.
Chen Haonan and Li Jia had changed their shoes and were about to go downstairs when Mrs. Li suddenly called Chen Haonan back, and she also walked to the corridor entrance.
"Aunt Qiao, is there anything else?" Chen Haonan turned around and asked softly.
For some reason, Mrs. Li's emotional wounds suddenly came, but she still suppressed the tears that were about to surge up... She stared at Chen Haonan for a while, and then said seriously: "Haonan, storms are something that everyone can't stop, but everyone has to go through ups and downs to grow up, so you can't blame too much or be too sad - as long as you work hard, heaven will use many things to make up for your losses!"
"I understand, Auntie Li!" Chen Haonan didn't expect Mother Li to suddenly give him such a wake-up call, his heart was stirred up, but he only let the tears flash in his eyes for a moment. He bit his lip and continued, "I know, I'll work hard!"
"Then go! Be careful on the road!" Li's mother smiled and urged...
