“Go practice.” Yu Shi threw out these words with a hint of sternness, then Master Li stuck out his finger and whistled, the dog finally understood the situation and drooped its tail, listlessly following him, it would have been fine if it just left, but it kept looking back at Sheng Weixia, its reluctance was as deep as if it was carved into its eyes.

“This guy is really getting smarter.” A Jiu muttered, then greeted Yu Shi, “Boss, didn’t you have an appointment?”

“It’s okay.” Yu Shi’s gaze fell on Sheng Weixia, who was watching Master Li train the dog, he lowered his eyelashes and apologized in a low voice, “Shulan won’t disrespect Miss Sheng anymore in the future.”

“Anyway, we won’t be seeing each other anymore.” He had already said similar words on the phone, Sheng Weixia didn’t care much, she waved her hand, her eyes following Wu Biao’s vigorous jumping movements.

Yu Shi followed her gaze and saw the fierce dog that others feared, looking back with reluctance: “Miss Sheng is very popular with it.”

A Jiu retreated silently: It’s more than just being popular with it, if Miss Sheng waved to it, this dog might leave you.

“It’s probably because I saved several puppies when I was a child.” She remembered Ah Huang at the entrance of the village, Laifu next door, and a nameless black dog from a certain family.

Meanwhile, in the reception room, Gu Qingwei, who was drowsy but hadn’t actually fallen asleep, was startled awake by a chuckle, she blinked her blurry eyes, a strange man was in front of her, with a pair of peach blossom eyes, leaning back on the sofa chair, looking at her with amusement:

“Hey, who are you, why are you sleeping here?”

The man was wearing a well-made, handcrafted floral shirt, in his hand he was holding a big, black pager that exuded an expensive aura.

The pearly luster of the silk fabric, especially the floral pattern, often looked feminine on men, but because of his strong physique, he could completely support the shape, it wasn’t effeminate at all, instead, it added a touch of elegance and a seductive charm.

Gu Qingwei shyly retracted her gaze from the man’s chest, blinked her eyes, and leaned back, creating distance between them: “You are…”

At the same time, her mind was racing, those who could appear in the Yu family’s old mansion were usually members of the Yu family, and they were close to the Yu family.

Who was he?

From his age, he seemed to be the eldest grandson, but she had heard that he was always running business in the northwest, he wasn’t usually in Jinzhong City, was this a coincidence?

The man didn’t answer her, he asked instead: “Are you a classmate of Shulan’s? You can’t come here, do you need me to call a driver to send you back?”

“I’m waiting for A Jiu. Are you… Sister Shulan’s older brother?”

The man paused when he heard the word “A Jiu”, then he threw his head back and laughed as if he had heard a joke: “Yu Xi will be furious, I’m his uncle, remember that, little girl!”

He pointed at her from afar, as if he was playfully poking her nose, he was as frivolous as if he was flirting.

After speaking, the man stood up gracefully, lowered his head and looked at her again, then patted the dust that wasn’t there on his pants and left.

Yu Shulan’s uncle, Yu Mingda.

The youngest son born to the Yu family patriarch’s second wife after his first wife died in middle age, he was very favored.

Because he had always been in charge of the business in the south, he was not as famous locally as the Yu family’s grandsons.

She was still dazedly recalling the information about Yu Mingda when A Jiu came to knock on the door, he told her that she could go back.

She followed him to the garage, standing in front of the car, she found that Sheng Weixia was already sitting in the back seat, she had to open the passenger door and sit in.

“A Jiu, can you please drop me off at Heili Township’s Heili Middle School on the way? I need to pick up my admission letter.” Sheng Weixia asked.

She called the school’s number through the 114 directory and found out that the admission letter had indeed arrived, the teacher called the number in Tianzhao Village.

Sheng Dalian just received the news, he didn’t get the admission letter.

The family’s car was being used by Gu Desheng, it was only convenient at night and during breaks, but she didn’t want to wait a day longer, she wanted to get it today… it was just a bit far, she valued her life, and she didn’t want to ride a township bus that obviously hadn’t been inspected according to regulations.

A Jiu nodded, then looked at the passenger seat: “No problem, but Heili Township is on the other side, is Miss Gu going with you?”

Gu Qingwei: “I’m not going!”

If possible, she didn’t want to have anything to do with that broken place!

A Jiu got the expected answer, he nodded and said: “Then I’ll send Miss Gu back first, then I’ll take you there.”

The return trip seemed to be particularly fast, Sheng Weixia had a nap and was in good spirits as she looked at the scenery along the way, she counted according to her memory, there were quite a few mines that would go bankrupt in the market price fluctuations in the next few years.

The scattered small mines changed hands several times, and finally flowed into the hands of a few big coal bosses, the Yu family occupied a large part of them.

After they left, Wu Biao, who had finished his training for the day, was squatting in front of Yu Shi, his dog eyes were drooping pitifully, even the big piece of beef that Master Li used to reward him had lost its appeal.

Yu Shi looked down at it, his gaze carried an invisible pressure, he pointed at the food bowl: “Not eating?”

It licked the meat, raised its head and howled twice, its front paws scratched the ground restlessly, like a child begging for candy.

“She’s a guest, she doesn’t raise you and give you food and drink! You’re addicted, aren’t you?” Master Li muttered, while leading Wu Biao back to its kennel.

Seeing the dog’s unusual behavior, Yu Shi’s eyes flashed with thought, then he turned and walked towards a car that had been waiting in the garage.

Unfortunately, Sheng Weixia couldn’t see Wu Biao’s affection, at this moment, her heart was only filled with the admission letter.

A Jiu parked the car on the road in front of the Gu family’s villa: “It’s not easy to turn around inside, Miss Gu, please walk a few steps.”

Gu Qingwei waved her hand: “It’s okay, thank you, A Jiu.”

She got out of the car in a hurry, without looking back.

“Beep beep”, the pager on the center console of the car beeped, he picked it up and took a look, a hint of surprise flashed in his expression, he turned his head and asked: “Miss Sheng, I need to reply to a message, please wait in the car for a moment.”

He got out of the car and went to the public phone in the street shop to reply to the message on the pager, then he drove to the gate of Heili Middle School according to the map.

Seeing the familiar school gate, Sheng Weixia was very emotional: “Thank you, then goodbye!”

She had to go to Zhang Xiaochun’s house first.

She hadn’t had a chance to talk to her good friend face-to-face after the incident after the college entrance exam.

A Jiu followed her gaze towards the opposite direction of the school gate, he smiled understandingly: “No rush, I need to do something now, I’ll come back to pick you up in half an hour, okay?”

“Then I won’t be polite!” Sheng Weixia didn’t refuse, she got out of the car and ran towards the alley where Xiaochun’s house was.

A Jiu looked thoughtfully at the running back.

He had heard about the Gu family taking back their biological daughter some time ago.

He just didn’t expect Heili Township to be so close to Jinzhong City, it was only twenty or thirty kilometers away, it was quite a shock.

He shook his head and drove away.

No one was at Xiaochun’s house, Sheng Weixia went there in vain, so she had to go to the school first.

The teaching office was bustling.

The admission letters that came now were the first batch, all from good schools.

This year’s Heili Middle School’s college entrance exam results were much better than in previous years, with about twenty students being admitted to first-tier universities.

“Xiaxia, you’re finally here! Aaaaaaaa!”

Before Sheng Weixia even entered the door, she was lifted from the ground by a big hug, she recognized the person and hugged back tightly: “I’m here, I went to your house and you weren’t there.”

Zhang Xiaochun, her best friend from middle school, they had promised to go to Beijing together.

But in her previous life, she had broken her promise.

“I’ve been waiting for you for two days, if you hadn’t come today, I would have taken it for you and sent it to you! It’s just the city, I can go by myself!” Zhang Xiaochun said domineeringly, she pulled her to sign her name and collect the admission letter, she stuffed it into her arms, then leaned over and whispered, “How are things over there? Are you doing well?”

When she left Tianzhao Village in the Gu family’s car, everyone said she was going to live a good life.

Only Zhang Xiaochun cared about whether she was doing well.

Sheng Weixia’s nose was a little sour.

She had lived two lives, thinking about it carefully, it seemed that except for Xiaochun, she really didn’t have any friends.

She buried her face in Xiaochun’s shoulder, smelling the familiar scent of floral water, she said in a muffled voice: “It’s okay, I just miss you.”

“Heh! That means you’ve been wronged, don’t mind them, when you get to Beijing, live your own life.” Zhang Xiaochun patted her back, “It’s better than before, right?”

It was better than not returning to the Gu family, not having enough living expenses and having to figure things out herself.

“Yes.” Sheng Weixia patted her pocket, “Be nice to your sister in the future, I’ll support you.”

Her father, Gu Desheng, said he would buy her a house, so she was a rich sister!

“Don’t talk big, you’ll bite your tongue!” Zhang Xiaochun grinned.

Looking at Xiaochun’s bright smile, Sheng Weixia vaguely remembered that many years later, campus networks became popular, you could input your school and grade information, and the system would automatically push users who might have social connections to each other.

In the alumni network of Heili Middle School’s 1992 class, there was a gray, never online avatar, it was the one Xiaochun created for her.

Xiaochun, I will live a good life this time.

The two of them chatted for a while and got a little sweaty, the teachers on duty came over to congratulate them and said some encouraging words to them.

“Let’s go.” Sheng Weixia remembered what A Jiu said about the time, she took a piece of paper and stuffed it into Zhang Xiaochun’s hand, pulling her downstairs, “This is my number over there, keep it, I know your alley’s phone number, I’ll call you later.”

“Okay!” Zhang Xiaochun readily agreed, she said excitedly, “Then let’s go to register early, so we can go sightseeing in the big city, our school starts military training on September 15th, you should take a look at yours!”

Sheng Weixia touched the kraft paper envelope, she realized with a sense of wonder that she would still be happy for a college admission letter.

The admission letter from Beijing Normal University was designed to be very festive, it was even earlier than Beijing Institute of Technology, military training started on September 1st.

Really… good!

But this meant they couldn’t go together.