Xu Zhiyi finally remembered.
No wonder she felt that Octavia looked familiar. It turned out that he was the only provincial champion brought out by her father 14 years ago.
At that time, she was less than 12 years old and had just graduated from elementary school. She had never met Octavia in person. She had only seen his photo in the school brochure brought back by Xu Cheng, and her impression was indeed blurry.
She only remembered that Xu Cheng was very happy at that time. While accepting congratulations from others, he kept praising Octavia for his talent, saying that he was born to study and was a rare person.
He also kept lamenting how other people could give birth to such smart children.
That night, the school leaders had a dinner to celebrate the incident. Xu Cheng got drunk and went home very late.
She and Xu Zhian heard the door and came out excitedly.
To this day, she still remembers Xu Cheng's eyes.
Seeing the two siblings, Xu Cheng suddenly fell from excitement to despair. His eyes were full of helplessness and regret, and he unconsciously murmured to himself:
"Two children, one is stupid and the other is lazy. I, Xu Cheng, can never count on you two to make me happy in this life."
She couldn't forget that when Xu Cheng was drunk, his eyes showed longing for a child like Octavia.
People like Octavia are always the ones she looks up to from afar.
"Little sister, why do you look like this?"
Hua Yue's words brought Xu Zhiyi back from his daze.
Realizing that she was still looking at Octavia, she looked away in panic, drooped her eyelids, unconsciously grabbed her bag strap, and tried to cover herself up by talking:
"My dad is Xu Cheng. I also graduated from Aicheng Middle School."
Mingrui was slightly startled, and Hua Yue looked at each other, then both looked at Xu Zhiyi.
Hua Yue said in disbelief:
"Oh my God! What a coincidence. After all this, you are still our elementary school girl. When I was in school, I always heard people say that Teacher Xu's family has two very beautiful children, especially the daughter. It looks like a Barbie doll. When I saw it today, it certainly lived up to its reputation. It’s so beautiful.”
"A tiger father has no dog sons, but Mr. Xu's children are amazing."
As she spoke, she tapped Octavia's arm without leaving any trace.
"You think so? Octavia."
Xu Zhiyi kept his head lowered, and before Octavia could say anything, he whispered: "I, I'm not great at all, my dad..."
She suddenly felt aggrieved, her head dropped lower, and she couldn't speak any more.
At this time, she heard Mingrui's voice: "It's quite powerful. It keeps running forward. This is something I learned from Teacher Xu."
Hua Yue: "What you said is good, but we are not good at this. We worked after graduation and never even thought about taking the postgraduate entrance examination. Now we have already lost the courage to take the postgraduate entrance examination."
Seeing Xu Zhiyi's sudden depression, Hua Yue stopped teasing her.
Octavia glanced at Hua Yue meaningfully and said in a low voice: "What's wrong with you? You talk too much and forcefully drag me in. This doesn't fit your aloof elite persona."
Hua Yue whispered: "I'm saving myself, and I'm saving you, so I don't care about my personality."
Octavia laughed, "What are you talking about? Did we fall into the fire pit at the same time or were we met by robbers? You saved yourself and me? When you returned to the Acropolis, were you beaten back to your original shape?"
Hua Yue: "You are right, the Acropolis is my magic mirror. I was deceived, forced into a match, kidnapped by the morals of my elders and forced into marriage. I can't explain my reasons clearly, and I can't argue with each other. I feel so depressed."
"I really want to act recklessly and act recklessly once, but my calmness and rationality won't allow it. After weighing the pros and cons, my brain mechanism tells me that the price may be too high, so I can't be impulsive."
Octavia: "Are you afraid that my grandparents won't be able to bear it?"
Hua Yue: "Aren't you afraid? One is 82 and the other is 80. My two ancestors who have loved me since childhood. If I get angry when I am impulsive, will I be able to feel at ease in this life?"
Octavia: "Yeah, you can't take this risk after all. This time you go back to Shencheng, unless it's absolutely necessary. Don't come back. The elders won't have the chance to kidnap you. I'll take care of the rest."
Hua Yue sighed: "Running is always a delaying measure, and the problem is still there. If we want to fundamentally solve the current situation of us being paired as a couple, only one of you and I can get married as soon as possible."
"Tell you, don't count on me. You know, I am not married and have no children. I just want to fall in love with a puppy and a wolfdog. I am determined to be a reviled 'scumbag'. I can only rely on you for this task."
Octavia chuckled, "I think so, it must be suitable."
Hua Yue whispered, "Who said no?" and then gave him a mysterious look, "Octavia, I'll go ahead and say it first. If it's done, you owe me a favor."
Octavia was dumbfounded by her nonsense, "No, whatever happens, I have to owe you a favor."
Hua Yue remained mysterious, but smiled and said nothing.
When a WeChat message came in, Octavia became busy again.
Xu Zhiyi turned his head and looked out the window, thoughtfully.
For a moment, the three people in the row became quiet.
Soon after the trip was halfway through, Hua Yue asked Xu Zhiyi if she wanted to go to the bathroom together.
Xu Zhiyi didn't want to go, but realized that when Hua Yue left, she and Octavia were the only ones left in the seats. In comparison, it was more comfortable to go with Hua Yue.
After a while, the two came back. Octavia saw them coming and stood up to give up his seat.
Before Xu Zhiyi could take her seat, Hua Yue stood in front of her, with a look of discomfort on her face, and said: "Elementary school girl, I get carsick and feel very uncomfortable. It will be better if I sit by the window and look at the scenery outside. I'll switch with you." Can you please take a seat?"
Hua Yue's eyes were sincere. Xu Zhiyi glanced at Octavia out of the corner of his eye and said hesitantly: "...Okay then."
She was not very willing, not that she was stingy, but she was a little nervous sitting between two top students from Tsinghua University.
"The elementary school girl is really kind-hearted, thank you."
Hua Yue sat down without ceremony, and Xu Zhiyi followed her and sat down as well.
When Octavia sat next to her, she instinctively leaned towards Hua Yue, put her hands on her thighs, clamped her arms and legs, and tried to shrink her body as much as possible, for fear of accidentally touching Octavia.
She felt like a little quail being roasted on both sides, and she could hardly breathe.
At this time, Hua Yue suddenly said: "Hey, I just realized that you two are wearing couple's clothes. You look so matched."
As soon as these words came out, Xu Zhiyi and Octavia instinctively looked at each other.
She was wearing white clothes and black trousers, and so was Octavia. Last time his white clothes were more formal, but this time they were more business casual.
Hua Yue was right. To others, one was handsome and mature, the other was pretty and delicate. They really looked like an eye-catching couple.
Xu Zhiyi felt embarrassed and did not dare to say anything.
Octavia looked back with a calm expression.
Later, Octavia suddenly turned his head and asked, "Are you uncomfortable somewhere? Or am I squeezing you?"
Xu Zhiyi was startled, turned her head mechanically, looked at him, opened her bright eyes, and shook her head: "No, it's okay, it's not crowded."
She just felt a little tight in her chest.
Octavia looked at her for a while, then stood up and left.
Suddenly, Xu Zhiyi was out of breath, relaxed his shoulders, and took out his phone to check the time.
If we persist for another 20 minutes, we will arrive at the airport station.
As soon as she opened WeChat, Li Zijuan's call came and she picked up immediately.
After listening to Li Zijuan's words, her previous nervousness and embarrassment disappeared, and she felt unprecedentedly happy.
Li Zijuan said that she had made it clear to Wen Xuezhi that he and Xu Zhiyi were not suitable, and there was no need for the two to continue talking, so they broke off.
This is what Xu Zhiyi means, and what she and Xu Cheng mean as parents.
Thinking of Xu Cheng telling the family about Wen Xuezhi's dark history early in the morning, Xu Zhiyi couldn't help but sigh.
