Translator: VinceStar Editor: PrisMiko
“Oh ? Zhao Ying?” Yang Dahai thought for a mont. “Is this the teacher who volunteered to tutor you every day during your high school?”
” En , Dad, it’s her.” Yang Ming quickly nodded.
“It turns out to be her. Then you really have to pay her a visit. If it was not for her, you wouldn’t be enrolled in Song Jiang Industry University!” Yang Dahai nodded.
“Dad, ngyan also helped a lot!” Yang Ming reminded him.
“You can’t just say that. What is the relationship you have with ngyan? It is normal for you both to study together. But, the teacher volunteered to help you!” Chen Fei said, “Since she is your teacher, you should pay her a visit!” ”
“ngyan and I thought so, too. We were planning to discuss it with you.” Yang Ming didn’t expect that it would happen smoothly. He glanced at Chen ngyan gratefully.
“But today seems a bit late. How about this? I will book a ticket for you both tomorrow morning. You and ngyan can go and visit her!” Chen Fei said, “I happen to have a classmate from police school in L City. I will ask him to welco you two.”
“Alright, then we will need to trouble Uncle Chen.” Yang Ming agreed as he nodded quickly.
Yang Ming had no way to go about it. It was unrealistic to visit Zhao Ying now. He could only do it tomorrow. So, he sat with Chen ngyan, and the two families continued to watch the Chinese New Year’s Gala show, but Yang Ming’s mind wasn’t on the TV at the mont.
For Zhao Ying, Chen ngyan’s concern for her was just friendship, but Yang Ming wasn’t the sa. His feelings toward her escalated to more than friendship with a mixture of romance in it.
Therefore, when sothing happened to Zhao Ying, Yang Ming was imdiately upset.
The phone rang once again. Yang Ming shook his head. Usually, there weren’t many calls on his phone. Why did the number of calls get more and more during Chinese New Year’s Eve?
Yang Ming took out his phone and saw that it was Zhao Ying’s caller ID! Yang Ming assud it would be Zhao Ying’s mother. He took his phone and went to Chen ngyan’s room and picked it up. “Hello? Aunty?”
“Yang Ming, it is . I’m Zhao Ying!” The voice of Zhao Ying ca from the phone.
“What? Sister Ying, it’s you. How are you? Are you in the hospital now?” Yang Ming asked with concern.
“Why am I in the hospital? I’m watching the Chinese New Year’s Gala at ho. I’m fine. How can I be in the hospital?” Zhao Ying said helplessly. “My mother was speaking nonsense to you!”
” Ah ? Nonsense? So, you haven’t been injured by the firecrackers from your neighbor’s children, right?” asked Yang Ming.
“What? At this ti, everyone is watching the Chinese New Year’s Gala at ho. Who would go out to play with firecrackers!” Zhao Ying said, “Also, I’m an adult. How can I not pay attention to safety? Can I get hurt by firecrackers?”
“What…” Yang Ming breathed a sigh of relief. “It really terrified . ngyan and I also bought the flight tickets to visit you!”
“I’m sorry… for causing trouble to you…” Zhao Ying whispered.
“Forget it. It’s alright if you are fine!” Yang Ming said, “But auntie’s joke is a bit too overboard, right?… Today isn’t April Fool’s Day…”
” Ai … my mom called you behind my back to have you co over. She wanted to et you… In fact, she wants to validate whether our relationship is real or not…She was relieved because she noticed you were quite worried about .” Zhao Ying said with embarrassnt.
“That is the case. Do I still need to co over?” asked Yang Ming.
“Of course you don’t have to co over. My dad gave my mom a lecture after he learned about it, saying that she has no sense of the gravity of things. How can she joke about such a thing?” Zhao Ying refused.
“Fine. The most important thing is that nothing happened to you. It’s better than anything else.” Yang Ming said, “Happy Chinese New Year! Help pass my blessing to aunty as well!”
” En … Happy Chinese New Year to you as well. Greet Chen ngyan for . I’m going to hang up. I will co back in two days ti.” Zhao Ying said.
Hanging up the phone, Yang Ming was helpless for a while. What is this? It scared the hell out of . Even my family is worried. Ai, it seems that it will be hard to explain.
“ngyan…” Yang Ming looked at Chen ngyan besides him with a depressed look…
“The telephone receiver is quite loud. I have heard all of it…” Chen ngyan also smiled bitterly and said, “That is really complicated!”
However, Chen ngyan apparently heard Zhao Ying’s last sentence to greet Chen ngyan, so she didn’t have any doubts about Zhao Ying. What she was thinking now was how to talk to both sets of parents.
“Yang Ming, aren’t you the best at lying?” Chen ngyan said, “You quickly think about how we explain it!”
“When did I make a lie?” Yang Ming sweated.
“When we were in high school when you skipped classes all day, you were quick-witted in telling lies to fool .” Chen ngyan rolled her eyes at Yang Ming.
” Hehe , you are talking about that ti. Isn’t that lie insignificant? I can’t be too ridiculous to lie to your parents and my parents, right? I don’t want to lie to them.” Yang Ming sighed.
“Really. Who wants it to happen like this?” Chen ngyan was also very troubled.
“How about we just say that it was a wrong call? The other party was joking with us.” Yang Ming thought for a long ti and finally ca up with such an idea.
“It can only be like this.” Chen ngyan nodded and agreed.
So, the two people tried their best to pretend to be happy and a little angry as they walked out of the room. Chen Fei saw the strange expressions of the two and asked, “What happened to you two?”
“It’s really irritating!” Chen ngyan said as she sat on the sofa with annoyance.
“What’s wrong? ngyan?” Mother Yang quickly asked, “Is Big Ming, this kid, bullying you? I will help you to beat him up.”
“No, aunty, it has nothing to do with Yang Ming!” Chen ngyan shook her head. “It was the phone call just now!”
“What happened with the phone call?” Mother Yang said in confusion.
“Just now, when Yang Ming and I called to wish Teacher Zhao Ying a Happy Chinese New Year, in the end, it was her mother who picked up the phone. But, the person wasn’t her mother at all!” Chen ngyan said angrily.
“Not her mother? Who is the person?” Chen Fei was a bit baffled.
“It was a liar who had nothing to do.” Chen ngyan said, “When I called Teacher Zhao Ying, I accidentally dialed a wrong number. The end result was a middle-aged woman who answered the call. When I said I was looking for Teacher Zhao Ying, the woman said to that she was Zhao Ying’s mother and that Zhao Ying was injured by firecrackers… It was all she who blurted out that nonsense!”
” Oh ? Then how did you know that she lied?” Chen Fei continued.
“Later, the woman’s son called Yang Ming again. Just now, he apologized to Yang Ming and said that his mother is old. She is like a little child who liked to make jokes and told us not to mind it…” answered Chen ngyan.
“It turns out to be like this. Just a false alarm!” Yang Dahai said, “It’s good that it turned out to be nothing…”
“Dad, do you think that the woman committed a cri?” Chen ngyan who was acting naturally had to follow with the act.
“Committed a cri… It’s hard to say… If we caught her, at most, she would be lectured. Forget it, ngyan. An old child is like an old child[1]. Since there is this saying, it ans that an old person is similar to a child.” Chen Fei laughed. “Also, it is a mistake with just a number, she must be from L City. How would I look for her? Do I ask my classmate to arrest an old lady just because of that?”
” Hehe , that is also true!” Yang Ming also smiled. “Forget it, ngyan. The most important thing is that nothing happened to Teacher Zhao Ying which is better than anything else!”
Since the two people’s acting seed to be convincing, no one doubted the authenticity of this matter. From the perspective of Chen Fei and Yang Dahai, there was no need for deception for this kind of incident!
Yang Ming felt at ease in his heart and watched TV with a peace of mind. Especially when they watched the skits of Zhao Benshan and Xiao Shenyang [2], both families smiled happily…
At twelve o’clock in the middle of the night, the Chinese New Year’s bell rang. Mother Chen stood up and attended to the guests. “Brothers and sisters, let’s go and prepare so dumplings! Let’s have midnight dumplings…”
The dumplings were prepared in the morning and the six people couldn’t eat much. It was just enough.
After having the dumplings, Chen Fei proposed to go out to set off firecrackers. This was already a custom for many people. They had dumplings at 12.00 a.m. After finishing up the dumplings, they went out to set off firecrackers. At that ti, the sound of firecrackers was already making noise outside their window. The Chinese New Year was here!
Wearing down jackets, the six people took a pre-prepared “Dadihong” firecracker and went downstairs. In the compound of their community, there were already many people in the neighborhood who were setting off firecrackers.
Most of the people in the community knew each other. As they saw Chen Fei and his family co out, they were greeted enthusiastically. Chen Fei also introduced Yang Ming and his family to the others.
This was also an affirmation of Yang Ming’s identity. However, Chen ngyan was also a university student. There was nothing strange about having a boyfriend. Everyone expressed their blessings.
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