Chapter Thirty-Three

  The apartment, in fact, the two brothers had taken a liking to it long ago. The location is good, the environment is good, the floor is good, the decoration is exquisite, the transportation is convenient, and the price is also very reasonable, so they both like it very much. However, just because they liked it too much, they both wanted to buy it, and at that time, they were always quarreling over this matter, neither of them willing to give up. Quarreling and quarreling, the two people couldn't decide who would buy the apartment in the end, resulting in another buyer snapping it up later.

  The two brothers were so angry that they pulled the buyer out and chatted with him for a while. The buyer told them that he was willing to transfer the house to them at the original price because he was very rich and didn't lack this suite of houses. As for who he wanted to transfer it to, it was up to the two brothers to decide. So the two brothers started arguing again, and after arguing back and forth, they still couldn't come to a conclusion. Until today, when both of them had left home, they decided not to buy a house for the time being, but to rent it first.

  The landlord was very easy-going, and when they said they wanted to rent the house, he didn't say a word and directly threw the keys at them. The landlord didn't even keep a spare key for himself, and even told them that they could modify the interior decoration as they pleased.

  The day after renting the house, Ye Haiwei disappeared. Yi Ling got up later than Ye Haiwei and saw that Ye Haiwei didn't leave a note or send a text message asking where he went or what he did. Yi Ling simply tidied up the door and followed him out.

  In the following days, the two basically couldn't meet because Ye Haiyi usually rested at home during the day and went out at night, while Yi Ling went out during the day and didn't return home until midnight, only to go out again early the next morning.

  This summer vacation, Ji Xiaowan was busy, her tutoring schedule was full, and the parents of those students she taught all liked her very much.

  Ji Xiaowan usually tutors students in their first year of junior high, but she also has a few second-year students. However, Ji Xiaowan is quite young herself - at 16 years old, she should have just graduated from her third year of junior high and be entering her first year of senior high school this September.

  Among Ji Xiaowan's students, the oldest one was a seventeen-year-old boy.

  The boy is one year older than Ji Xiaowan, but because his grades were too poor, he repeated two years, so in September when school started, the child was only in junior high school.

  The boy's mother quite likes Ji Xiaowan, because she found that since Ji Xiaowan came, her son studied much harder. Just take the last semester exam for example, previously her son's scores were all below 20 points in every subject, but after Ji Xiaowan taught him for just half a semester, her son passed every subject except English in the final exam.

  The boy's mother was delighted and gave her a red envelope with 2,000 yuan after the final exam. She also hired her to continue tutoring her son during the summer vacation.

  Her son used to get angry and run away whenever he mentioned family education, but now that Ji Xiaowan has come to their home, her son looks forward to Tuesday and Thursday nights every day.

  The boy's name is Kai Ming, and his mother is the deputy general manager of a branch of a certain bank. Kai Ming's father is also the head of the loan department of another bank. The Kai family is really wealthy, and they pay Qixiaojuan the highest salary among all her tutoring jobs. Qixiaojuan is very happy to help Kai Ming with his studies.

  Although Ji Xiaowan felt that Kaiming's gaze was a bit strange, she couldn't quite put her finger on it. Among all the students she tutored, none of them stared at her face like he did, sometimes even to the point of being dazed.

  Ji Xiaowan was indeed confused about men and women, but since she had been in contact with Yi Ling and Ye Haoyu's gaze, she vaguely understood that Kai Ming had unusual feelings for her.

  Ji Xiaowan pretended not to notice and carefully helped him with his studies, only discussing topics related to the class material.

  Fortunately, Kaiming only expressed his ambiguous feelings to her with his eyes and would not make any physical contact with her. Such a gentlemanly Kaiming made Ji Xiaowan have quite a good impression of him, unlike some people, she had to rack her brains to ensure her personal safety.

  It was near the start of school, and one time after class, Jie Xiuwen received a delicate card from Kai Míng. Since she had received similar cards before, as soon as she saw the cover, she knew that this card must be a love letter from Kai Míng.

  Ji Xiaowan felt a little regretful. Originally, she could have pretended not to know and continued to tutor him. The tutoring fees from the Cai family were really tempting, but since Cai Mings actions today were a straightforward confession to her, she couldn't pretend not to know anymore.

  Kai Ming saw Ji Xiao Wan staring at the card in his hand for a long time, her heart racing, her face red with embarrassment.

  As Ji Xiaowan slowly took the card, he was both excited and thrilled, his whole body trembling, his breathing a bit unstable.

  Ji Xiaowan flipped through the card for a few moments before she was certain of Kai Ming's intentions. She closed the card, stuffed it back into his hand and said, "I'm still young, I don't suit dating."

  Ji Xiaowan refused him, and Kaiming wasn't oblivious. After hearing her words, he instantly fell from heaven to the bottom of the valley. The taste of this sudden drop was written all over Kaiming's face.

  "Xiao Wan, I really really like you! For you, I'm willing to work hard and study, and when the time comes, I'll get good grades and get into B High. Then we can attend school together, and I'll pick you up from school every day!"

  For Kai Ming, the goal is still very high. With his current grades, he wants to get into B High, unless he buys his way in. But surprisingly, Kai Ming is willing to work hard and study for Si Xiao Wen, striving to get in with a qualified score.

  "My mind is now focused on studying, I won't like anyone." Ji Xiaowen still didn't give him any chance.

  Kai Ming hastened, he stepped forward and directly grasped Ji Xiao Wan's hands, his face red with emotion, saying "Give me another chance! I will show you my determination! Even if you don't want to talk about it now, I can wait for you, until whenever you are willing to be in contact with me again, we can have a good talk about love, okay?"

  Kai Ming said this when he himself didn't know how much courage he had spent.

  Kai Ming looks pretty good and his family background is not bad either, so the girls in the class all like him very much. Kai Ming doesn't need to write love letters or send flowers to anyone, just a glance from him makes those girls can't help but chase after him, which gives him a strong sense of satisfaction deep down.

  This time, the love letter that Kai Ming wrote to Ji Xiao Wan borrowed a lot from those previous love letters he had received. Unexpectedly, his first-ever love letter was rejected by her.

  Facing Kaiming's pursuit, Ji Xiaowan didn't have a single heartbeat. When Kaiming grasped her hand and wouldn't let go, Ji Xiaowan furrowed her brow several times, but she didn't feel disgusted or anything.

  Ji Xiaowan saw his persistence and thought for a moment before saying, "Alright, if you can get into A University, I'll consider your proposal."

  What's up?

  This is an absolutely impossible task for KaiMing now!

  "But you're in B High, I don't want to go to A High."

  Kai Ming didn't mind A High's high passing score, it was just because Ji Xiao Wan wasn't in A High.

  "If it's just because of this reason, then it's easy to solve," said Ji Xiaowen. "I'm going to transfer to A High School next semester."

  "What?" Kaiming was stunned for a long time, and he found that this girl was really hard to pursue!

  Think about it, a high score line is not generally high. If it's just B high, Kaiming still has a lot of confidence, but Ji Xiaowen suddenly helped him set his goal at A high, which really put too much pressure on him.

  It's not that Ji Xiaowen is to blame, Ji Xiaowen just keeps coming up with excuses to reject him, how can Kai Ming be willing?

  Kai Ming thought for a moment and then gritted his teeth, saying, "Alright, you have to promise me! If I get into A High, you must be my girlfriend!"

  Ji Xiaowan nodded slightly, without refusing his words.

  At the door of the study, Tan Ya listened to the movements in the house. The conversation between the two, she heard clearly. Kai Ming's thoughts, how could Tan Ya not know? She knew her son had a crush on Ji Xiaowan, but he also studied hard because of Ji Xiaowan, and his grades improved significantly. Tan Ya didn't oppose Kai Ming and Ji Xiaowan dating, instead, she even hoped that Ji Xiaowan would accept her son's pursuit.

  So usually, when Ji Xiaowan goes to their home, Tan Ya treats Ji Xiaowan with the same warmth as her own daughter, which makes Ji Xiaowan feel a bit overwhelmed.

  Ji Xiaowan caught a cold, so she wore a mask to help Kai Ming with his studies at his home. Tan Ya found out and went out to buy some medicine for her. Because it was nighttime, the medicine was hard to find, but Tan Ya managed to get some thanks to a doctor friend's help.

  It was just a simple gesture, but Ji Xiaowen's heart felt warm all over. From that moment on, she regarded Tan Ya as her own mother and also considered Kai Ming to be her own older brother. Because of this relationship, Ji Xiaowen had a lot of indulgence towards Kai Ming, even when she agreed to his condition that if he got into A University, she would be his girlfriend!

  Ji Xiaowan came out of the study, Tan Ya hurriedly ran back to the kitchen, pretending to be busy, then carried out the cut fruit and said, "Xiaowan, eat the fruit before going back."

  Ji Xiaowan lowered her head shyly and said, "No, Auntie." Ji Xiaowan walked to the door, changed out of her slippers, and said, "I want to tell you something, Auntie."

  Tan Ya felt a little guilty, she was really afraid that Ji Xiaowan would tell on her son. Her son was now hiding in the study and didn't dare to come out because he had just been rejected after confessing his love, and he was too ashamed to see Ji Xiaowan off. Tan Ya had also heard Ji Xiaowan's words earlier, so if Ji Xiaowan told on him later, should she scold her son a few times?

  "Xiao Wan is being polite, just say what's on your mind, Auntie is listening!"

  "Auntie, I think today should be the last time I tutor Kaiming. Auntie can help find another tutor for Kaiming."

  Tan Ya heard that she was leaving and quickly asked, "Why? Is it because Kai Ming bullied you? Tell Auntie, Auntie will help you deal with him!"

  "No, auntie, it's my own reason. I'm sorry, auntie, school is about to start soon, so I want to focus on my studies and don't have enough energy to handle too many tutoring sessions."

  Ji Xiaowan refused like this, Tan Ya didn't say much more. She said with a tinge of regret, "Alright then, but feel free to come over and play at our place anytime, my brother Ahming really likes you!"

  Tan Ya said this when she was very innocent, but after she finished speaking, she realized that she had misspoken.

  Ji Xiaowan's face turned red, and she said with a twist of her neck, "Okay, I'll come to play often when I have time."

  Ji Xiaowan's sentence was purely perfunctory, Tan Ya knew that Ji Xiaowan would not come to their house again from today on.

  Poor thing, her precious son, after today, they will be apart and miss each other.

  After that day, Tan Ya arranged for four or five tutors for her son. Kai Ming also started to study hard from that day on, not touching the computer, not playing with his phone, and not taking half a step out of the house, just to study desperately. Tan Ya was delighted to see this, but also had some vague worries.

  Ji Xiaowan only told Kaiming that she was transferring to A High School, but didn't tell him that she had skipped a grade and would be graduating and going to university by the time Kaiming caught up with her. The two of them would never have any intersection in their lives, no matter how hard Kaiming tried, he would always be far behind Ji Xiaowan! Ji Xiaowan agreed to Kaiming's conditions so readily because she knew that distance could dull a person's passion! As long as they didn't contact each other for a long time, Kaiming wouldn't remember her anymore!

  It's just a pity that her most expensive private tutoring session had to end here! She couldn't ruin the future of someone else's precious son! Although she knew that Tan Ya treated her with great care, like a daughter, so doted on her! But she also understood that this kind of care was not something she could hope for! She was just borrowing Kai Ming's glory! Ji Xiao Wan sometimes thought that if she had a mother like Tan Ya, even if it meant dying again, she would think it was worth it! Ji Xiao Wan left Kai Ming's home, carrying regret and reluctance, returning to her own cold world.

  Digression

  The bubbly male partner has appeared, with a small amount of screen time, but his infatuation is strong! A seed-type powerhouse.

  Tomorrow I will officially become a third-year student...