He Panshan left, and the house was cleaned spotlessly by the health care aunt. He Tianran sat blankly on the sofa until evening, when he walked into the bathroom and took a cold shower for himself.
The cold feeling stimulated his brain, making him gradually become conscious.
He had shaved off the beard on his face, but this face was obviously still the same person, but it seemed that no matter what, it had lost the childishness and innocence it had before.
Mature? nor.
It just will never be the same again.
This feeling is very strange, as if "warmness and coolness" still exist in this world, but He Tianran understands that she is not her anymore, and the boy feels the same way when he looks at her now.
Maybe the old self has followed her.
I went back to the bedroom to charge my phone. After turning it on, a series of messages and missed call reminders popped up.
Cao Aiqing, Xue Yong, Ye Jiaqi, and Boss Park, but there is no one among them who I have always missed.
He Tianran had no intention of taking a closer look. After clicking to ignore them all, the phone interface became much cleaner, and the wallpaper covered by the message was also revealed.
His vision suddenly froze.
It was the first photo he saved in a girl’s circle of friends, and he still remembered the matching copy——
"I'm back!"
In the photo, the cool smile of the future is warm, but I can no longer feel it.
He Tianran put the phone close to his heart and lay on the bed. He sobbed softly, like an injured puppy licking its wounds, and fell asleep unknowingly.
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Early the next morning, a phone call woke him up.
The note on the phone name is "Uncle Hu", which is the company's driver who drives He Panshan.
"Hey Xiaohe, your dad asked me to pick you up from school. Come down quickly. I'll wait for you on the first floor."
The cheerful voice of Uncle Hu was on the phone. This uncle had always been kind to him. He Tianran could tell that it was the feeling of an elder caring for a younger generation. When he was a child, he even received red envelopes from him during the New Year.
"Well, uncle, wait for me for fifteen minutes."
He Tianran got up from the bed and Uncle Hu came to pick him up. He must have been entrusted by his father. He was afraid that he would stay at home and refused to go to school. He wanted to find someone to take care of him.
After the boy washed up and put on his school uniform, he came to the parking lot on the first floor, and a latest model white BMW X5 honked its horn.
He walked over and opened the passenger door. The driver, Uncle Hu, was also stunned when he saw this young man he hadn't seen for a long time, and then smiled heartily:
"Hey Xiaohe, I haven't seen you in half a year. You have become more handsome. You young people are really different every day. You are growing up, growing up, hahaha..."
He Tianran fastened his seat belt, smiled politely, and changed the subject: "Uncle, go back and tell my dad that you don't have to pick me up tomorrow. For someone as old as me, you don't have to pick me up every day."
The driver, Lao Hu, said with a smile: "This is not possible. Lao He has set a target for me. I have to send you for a month. I think it's good. Anyway, you are responsible for the delivery. You have to come back by yourself. I don't have to go every day. The company is on standby, my uncle is old, Xiao He, you can't ruin my job."
Lao Hu has been their family's driver for nearly ten years and is now over fifty. He Panshan used to have a lot of schedules and would have to go out in the middle of the night. When He Tianran heard this, he couldn't continue to force it.
"By the way, I bought you steamed buns and soy milk, you kid, eat them while they're hot."
Lao Hu handed over a paper bag and watched He Tianran put the food into his mouth. Then he withdrew his gaze from his child. Finally, with a smile on his face, he started the car.
"Did he buy this car new?"
He Tianran looked at the autumn scenery passing by the window and looked for a topic.
The boy didn't know much about cars, but he also knew that this BMW was not the most expensive one in He Panshan's garage, nor was it his favorite style.
Lao Hu patted the steering wheel with his white-gloved hand and said humorously: "Yes, he asked me what the first car of young people nowadays is, and I told him it was a BMW X5."
"..." He Tianran had a dark look on his face. Although he didn't know much about cars, he always knew a few brands.
"Hahaha, just kidding. This is what he plans to give to you after you go to college. Your first car can't be too shabby, right?"
Only at this time did He Tianran feel like a rich second generation.
However, he really has no interest in cars, and for a child who has not entered society, he does not want to understand the value of a car to a man for the time being.
He would only give it to me if I did well in the exam, right? Rather than do this, it is better not to let yourself know.
He Tianran was disgusted by his father's behavior, but he had learned to hide these words in his heart.
The school was twenty minutes away and took half an hour to drive. The morning rush hour in Hong Kong City was too congested. He Tianran asked Lao Hu to park the car not far from the school and then entered the school alone.
Along the way, the eyes of his classmates changed. No one saw him get out of the luxury car. Most of the changes in their eyes came from the party before the long vacation.
Because there are rumors that Wen Liang rejected Zhang Zhifan because of him.
"Is he that classmate He from Class 2, Grade 3? He's pretty good-looking..."
"Wow, you haven't seen what he looked like before. He has changed so much now."
"Isn't he good now? I feel like he is so aloof. Do you think it will be difficult to get in touch with him?"
"Maybe, he hasn't spoken to many people before."
Finally, on this day, He Tianran became one of those well-known campus figures that others said was difficult to get close to.
But now, he no longer pays attention to these looks, and there is no longer even a trace of waves in his heart.
Entering the classroom, he clearly felt that the air in the classroom was stagnant for a second.
He ignored it and went straight to sit next to Cao Aiqing. The girl was a little surprised and asked carefully:
"you are back?"
He Tianran smiled:
"Um."
Cao Aiqing was sensitively aware that this boy who had become somewhat strange had words in his mouth, but he forgot to say them for a moment.
"cough!"
A deliberate cough sounded. He Tianran turned around and saw a girl wearing glasses. She was sitting at the table behind him. She looked serious now:
"Classmate He, you are sitting in the wrong seat!"
"What?"
Cao Aiqing pulled He Tianran's sleeves and whispered:
"You didn't come for the monthly exam in October. Your position was changed a few days ago..."
He Tianran was embarrassed on the spot. He stood up embarrassedly and asked: "Then, where should I sit now?"
The girl with glasses pointed to the seats in the last row and said politely:
"The teacher said that if you don't get a grade, it will be treated as 0 points, and you will sit at the back."
He Tianran nodded, picked up his things and walked to the last seat. Seeing him sitting down, Cao Aiqing said to the girl with glasses:
"Xiao Bai, why are you angry? Student He just doesn't know..."
The girl whose real name was Bai Tingting pushed up her glasses. She was still angry, and her tone was even a little angry. She looked at her best friend and said:
"Oh Ai Qing, don't be blinded by this kind of thing. I was sitting at the back table before, but I clearly saw how he usually bullies you in class. Don't worry, I'm here, don't be afraid!"
"I...I didn't!"
Naturally, He Tianran couldn't hear the conversation between the two girls. He didn't care where he sat now. Bored, he held his chin with one hand and looked out the window.
The school bell rang, and students outside the classroom filed in. Xue Yong put the basketball under his arm and walked in, chatting and laughing with a few buddies. He was stunned when he saw his new deskmate.
He Tianran also turned his head at this time, and the two of them noticed each other at the same time, and then a curse word popped out of their mouths at the same time:
"Fuck..."
