Chapter 2 Thank you for your hard work

Following the crowd to the school gate, people around were chattering about the answer, only Xu Ye was silently feeling the beauty of youth.

At the age of 18, I was free and unrestrained.

At the age of 28, I was weathered and a mess.

Everything started this year. After getting married, Xu Ye thought more than once whether his life would be much better if he had not pursued Gu Mengyao this year.

"Hehe, it seems that God has given me a chance to choose again."

There is not much difference between Jiangzhou City ten years ago and Jiangzhou City ten years later. This year, Malaysia Airlines lost contact, and the divine song "Little Apple" was just born. As an ordinary person, Xu Ye did not remember what other major events happened this year.

Just when he was about to reach the school gate.

"Xu Ye, Xu Ye!"

A strange yet familiar voice suddenly came from behind him. A boy wearing glasses and a green T-shirt ran towards him. He put his hand on Xu Ye's shoulder and panted heavily, saying, "Didn't you say you would wait for me after the exam? Why did you run away by yourself?"

"Wei Ge?"

Qin Zhiwei frowned, "Why are you looking at me like that?"

"Nothing."

Xu Ye raised the corner of his mouth without explaining.

If he told Qin Zhiwei that he was drinking with him last night, he would never believe it.

"How did you do in the exam?"

"It's okay. I think I'll get into a first-class university."

Qin Zhiwei grinned and said sarcastically, "If you can get into a first-class university, I'll take your last name."

Xu Ye took Qin Zhiwei's hand and walked out of the school: "Let's go, let's ask your dad if he agrees."

"Get lost."

Xu Ye remembered very clearly that after the college entrance examination, the two went to the same city to study in college. It was a pity that both of them had bad luck in love.

Xu Ye is not to be mentioned. Qin Zhiwei is even more miserable. In the second year of marriage, his wife cheated on him. After the divorce, Qin Zhiwei started living a widow's life early. He was both a father and a mother. At the age of 20, he had a beer belly like a seven-month pregnant woman because of the pressure.

"Xu Ye, are you going to No. 2 Middle School later?"

"What are you going to No. 2 Middle School for?"

"Gu Mengyao is in the examination room of No. 2 Middle School. Didn't you say you would go to her after the exam today?"

Xu Ye's smile froze in an instant. He said coldly: "Why do you want to go to her? I want to go to dinner with my parents."

Qin Zhiwei looked at Xu Ye's indifferent expression and said in surprise: "What's the situation! Aren't you going to chase her?"

"Who would chase her after rebirth?"

There were too many people around, Xu Ye's voice was not loud, and Qin Zhiwei didn't hear it clearly.

However, Qin Zhiwei knew from the beginning of high school that Xu Ye liked Gu Mengyao, the class beauty. Xu Ye was a day student, while Gu Mengyao was a boarding student. In the past three years, Xu Ye had bought breakfast for her outside the school countless times.

Xu Ye liked Gu Mengyao, not to mention Qin Zhiwei, no one in the class didn't know.

However, Gu Mengyao's attitude towards Xu Ye was always ambiguous. Sometimes they were as good as boyfriend and girlfriend, and sometimes they were cold. This situation lasted until college.

"What did you say just now?"

"Nothing. I'm going to have dinner with my parents later. I'm going to stay at home all day tomorrow. At night..."

"Let's go to the Internet cafe to play League of Legends at night. I'll be Yasuo and you'll be Lee Sin. Kill as you like."

Xu Ye rolled his eyes at him, and after walking out of the school, he saw a middle-aged couple across the street waving at him.

The man was wearing a short-sleeved shirt and casual pants, and the woman was probably wearing a dark red cheongsam for a "flag-winning" start.

"Xiao Ye, here!"

I didn't expect that my parents ten years ago were so young.

Xu Ye was stunned for a moment, and after saying goodbye to Qin Zhiwei, he walked towards the position of his father Xu Xiangdong and mother Zhang Hong.

Both husband and wife knew that their son was seriously biased in subjects, so the last exam was crucial for him.

After Xu Ye came over, Zhang Hong said with concern: "Son, how did you do in the exam?"

Xu Ye was about to speak.

Xu Xiangdong interrupted: "I say you...didn't we agree not to ask first?"

Zhang Hong glared at her man and made an excuse: "I care about my son, what's your business?"

Hearing the familiar bickering, Xu Ye's mood suddenly improved a lot.

After he married Gu Mengyao, his parents also worried a lot about him. It is said that the relationship between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law is the most difficult to get along with, but after Gu Mengyao married him, not only did she not respect her mother at all, but she even bossed her mother around. For the sake of her son, Zhang Hong could only tolerate everything, causing the family atmosphere to get worse day by day.

If you are in a bad mood, you will age faster, so the couple's hair turned white at an early age in their fifties.

Thinking about it now, Xu Ye really wanted to slap himself twice.

"Son, don't listen to your mother. Don't think too much after the exam. Let's go and have a drink. We won't go home until we are drunk today."

"Dad, I actually did quite well in the exam this time."

"Really?"

"Really, I feel that I should be able to get into a second-tier university, and maybe I can even get into a first-tier university."

Zhang Hong was so excited when she heard this that she didn't know what to say.

Xu Xiangdong was also relieved.

The couple has only one son, and their biggest wish is that their son can grow up healthy and happy, go to a good university, and find a good job.

"Let's go, let's go to a restaurant."

Xu Xiangdong excitedly took the car keys to drive, and Zhang Hong took Xu Ye's hand, with a happy smile on her face.

Looking at his mother's black hair, Xu Ye felt very self-blaming and guilty, and he suddenly said: "Mom, you have worked hard."

Zhang Hong didn't know that Xu Ye's words were said to both himself now and himself ten years later.

She reached out and patted Xu Ye's hand gently, and asked with some emotion: "Why are you so disgusted suddenly?"

Xu Ye forced a smile: "I just found that your hands are full of calluses, and I think you have paid too much for this family."

"Oh, the calluses on my hands are all from playing mahjong."

Zhang Hong laughed casually, but her eyes were slightly red.

Sitting in a very old Volkswagen Santana, Xu Ye looked at the people coming and going outside the window, and his heart was mixed.

He didn't expect that his simple words could move his mother so much.

The memories of the dead flooded into his mind like a nightmare.

Xu Ye took a deep breath and put all the unhappy things behind him.

His life went astray after the college entrance examination. Now that he has a chance to start over, he must make changes. Not only must he change, but he must also live a different life...

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