Meng Yao couldn't help but care about things related to Xu Yao.
"Funding?"
"Yes." Feng Xiao nodded, "I don't know the details, but it seems that Xu Yao came to Yunnan because of He Yang in the first place."
"Actually, I have only met He Yang two or three times. He only came when Xu Yao was at school."
From Feng Xiao's few words, Meng Yao thought of the story Yu Yuan had told her before. He Yang and the little boy in the story should be the same person as expected.
In the story, Xu Yao has just entered high school and the boy he sponsored is in the third grade.
A few years later, Xu Yao graduated from college. By calculation, the boy should have finished junior high school.
After class, Xu Yao was still pestered by a group of children. Meng Yao was in charge of the next class. When class time was approaching, she walked into the classroom and saw Xu Yao standing on the podium, surrounded by students.
Xu Yao put his hands on the edge of the podium and turned his head to listen to the students. Although he was smiling, he looked a little helpless.
Only when Meng Yao got closer did he understand where the helplessness on his face came from.
The students pestering Xu Yao are all innocent and cute, and they have countless curious questions waiting to be answered, such as:
"Brother Xu Yao, am I better at painting trees than you are?"
"Brother Xu Yao, do you like chocolate? Last week my cousin got married and I was a guest. It was so far away, but I ate the chocolate and it was delicious."
"What is chocolate?" someone asked.
"It's just a dark candy."
"Ah? Dark? Is it really delicious?"
"It's delicious." The child nodded heavily.
Xu Yao didn't interrupt, but he couldn't stop laughing when he heard the children's wise words.
Many children had never eaten chocolate before and lost interest after asking a few questions, and then started to pester Xu Yao again.
"By the way, brother Xu Yao, do you have a girlfriend?"
"My mother said that you should get married if you have a girlfriend. Brother Xu Yao, when will you get married?"
Xu Yao didn't expect that the first time he experienced being forced to get married in more than 20 years was in a classroom with a group of slightly older children. This scene was really funny.
Meng Yao paused for a moment, and she also wanted to hear the answer.
Unfortunately, Xu Yao had no intention of discussing such personal and private topics with a group of children. He glanced in the direction of the classroom door and saw Meng Yao. For a moment, Xu Yao felt that a savior had come. He breathed a sigh of relief. Instead of answering the children's questions, he patted a student next to him and said to all the children Said: "Teacher Xiao Meng is here, class is about to begin, please go back to your seat."
When the children heard this, they all turned around and shouted "Teacher Xiao Meng" loudly to Meng Yao, and then they all ran off the stage.
Meng Yao didn't hear the answer she wanted to hear, and she was a little regretful. Xu Yao said "Teacher Meng" and she couldn't care less about the regret.
Xu Yao was only in his twenties and did not have the kind of magnetic voice, but Meng Yao had never been able to resist his voice.
Xu Yao walked down from the podium. He was not casual in his clothes. Even if the style was simple, it still looked good on him.
He stood in front of Meng Yao. Because of the height difference, he needed to lower his head when talking to Meng Yao.
He lowered his eyes and looked at Meng Yao, then looked outside. Meng Yao's somewhat puzzled eyes asked in surprise, "Is it hot today?"
Meng Yao reacted for a while. She was handling weeds, watering and basking in the sun for a long time by the flower bed. Not only was she sweating a lot, but her face was also red from the sun.
Before coming to the classroom, she washed her hands, arranged her clothes and hair, and wiped her face with wet paper. However, after being exposed to the sun for a long time, the heat on her face did not go down easily.
Meng Yao subconsciously slapped his cheek with his hand and said, "A little bit."
Then she realized that this action was a bit silly, and immediately put her hand down, trying to pretend that nothing happened, and changed the subject: "He Yang came to the school to see you, and is now in the office with Principal Yu."
Xu Yao was not surprised that He Yang came to see him. Instead, he was a little curious about how Meng Yao knew about He Yang.
Meng Yaoshicheng said: "Just now in the playground, he came over to say hello to Feng Xiao. I had never seen him, so I asked Feng Xiao."
Xu Yao nodded clearly and said to her, "That's it. I'll go there first."
It happened to be class time, Meng Yao nodded, and Xu Yao left the classroom.
There is nothing special about this class. It is mainly about accompanying students to do their homework.
The classroom was very quiet, with only the rustle of the pen tip falling on the paper. Meng Yao was sitting on the podium. Occasionally, if a student raised their hand when they encountered a question they didn't know how to solve, she would walk over and lean over to answer the question for them.
After this class is over, it's time for school to end.
Under normal circumstances, the lower and upper grades have different school dismissal times, but during the summer vacation, they organize homework together and the school dismissal time is also unified.
Feng Xiao came when school was over, and he and Meng Yao sent the students out of the school. Then they went back to tidy up the classroom before closing the classroom door.
The office was at the end of the corridor, not far from the classroom. The students had all left, and the campus was no longer lively. Meng Yao listened attentively, but she didn't hear any conversation in the office.
Later, when she and Feng Xiao were returning to the dormitory, Meng Yao heard Feng Xiao say that Xu Yao and He Yang left school while she was in class.
"Anyway, in my impression, He Yang is very good at chatting with Xu Yao every time he comes back, and he rarely sees them and doesn't know what to talk about."
"But I asked Tan Hong out of curiosity before, and I heard from him that He Yang is not easy either."
Feng Xiao thought for a while and said with emotion: "But not many children living here have an 'easy' life."
Feng Xiao now no longer deliberately ignores Tan Hong as she did before, and can also communicate with Tan Hong normally. She calls this desensitization.
To be honest, in Meng Yao's view of relationships, it is difficult to desensitize yourself to someone you like, because in essence, Tan Hong has done nothing wrong and has no problem with his character, so he cannot deny the person he likes. , plus getting along day and night, time can't play a diluting effect, so Feng Xiao's desensitization is of little use.
But Meng Yao never discussed this with Feng Xiao. Feelings are a very personal matter, and outsiders have no right to interfere. What's more, it's not certain what Feng Xiao's true thoughts are. Whether he is really desensitized or is using this as an excuse to reduce the burden of the relationship on both parties and allow himself to continue to be willing to get stuck in it. Feng Xiao may not have an answer in his heart.
Meng Yao didn't want to point it out, she thought she could understand Feng Xiao in some way.
Although she and Feng Xiao have different personalities.
As Feng Xiao said, Xu Yao and He Yang are very good at chatting.
During dinner, Xu Yao had not returned to school yet, and only Yu Yuan, Feng Xiao, and she had dinner. Meng Yao helped put the rice on the table, hesitated for a moment, and asked, "Do you want to leave some food for Xu Yao?"
Yu Yuan took off her apron and said, "You shouldn't need it. Xu Yao borrowed a car from Uncle Liu and went to town with He Yang in the afternoon. They probably ate in town."
"It's great to be able to drive." Feng Xiao was envious.
Although the food cooked by Yu Yuan is delicious, sometimes I get greedy and want to change my taste.
After getting along for a year, Yu Yuan knew Feng Xiao very well. As soon as she heard her words, she knew what she was envious of. She asked with a smile: "What do you want to eat? Ask Xu Yao to help bring some back."
Feng Xiao's eyes lit up, and he quickly backed down: "Let's forget it."
She is not very familiar with Xu Yao and usually doesn't talk much. Although she has a little admiration for Xu Yao because he is handsome, has a good school, and has strong abilities, this kind of person can easily make people feel distant.
Feng Xiao leaned to the side and asked, "Meng Yao, can you drive?"
"The school sometimes needs to borrow a car for errands, and we will settle the bill with Uncle Liu once every six months, and because Xu Yao troubles Uncle Liu every time he comes back to school, he will also pay Uncle Liu separately. If you can drive, we can also borrow a car when we have time. Have fun in town.”
Meng Yao didn't know whether he knew it or not.
She told the truth: "I have a driver's license, but I haven't driven a few times."
"Ah?" Feng Xiao was quite excited when he heard the first half of the sentence, but became sleepy after the second half.
She asked without giving up: "When did you take the driver's license test?"
Meng Yao thought about it for a moment: "Sophomore year."
I haven’t driven there a few times in more than two years, and the roads here are still winding and winding.
Feng Xiao gave up the idea: "I can't drive. I thought about taking the exam before, but I didn't sign up for various reasons."
She became interested and asked Meng Yao: "Is it difficult to get a driver's license?"
"It varies from person to person. I didn't go completely well during the exam. I failed the second subject once."
"That's okay." Feng Xiao said, "A friend of mine heard somewhere about how difficult it was to take the exam. She told me several times. I heard her talk too much and was a little scared, so I never made up my mind to go."
"Why were you thinking about taking the driver's license test?"
Is this a problem...?
Meng Yao said: "If you want to go, just go."
Feng Xiao was stunned for a moment, then realized that he had asked a nonsense question and held a bowl of music.
Meng Yao's answer was not perfunctory. She really wanted to go, but there was a little story behind the driver's license test.
When the college entrance examination just ended, Song Lan asked Meng Yao to take the driver's license test during the holiday.
——You have to take the test anyway. Being able to drive is also a skill when you work in the future.
These are Song Lan's original words.
But at that time, Meng Yao was determined not to choose a volunteer according to her arrangements, and even anticipated Song Lan's reaction in advance. She didn't have any guilty thoughts, but Song Lan asked her to take the driver's license test as a reward. Meng Yao could guess how unbalanced Song Lan would be when the admission results came out and Song Lan still didn't get what she wanted after paying for it. Meng Yao didn't want Song Lan to talk about her efforts again, so she kept putting off taking the driver's license exam.
Sure enough, when the admission results came out, Song Lan was furious. She returned to the countryside and the matter was settled.
Although Song Lan later showed no concern and seemed to have compromised on Meng Yao's university aspirations, Meng Yao knew that she had not given up and was still worried about him not holding the kite string, so Song Lan kept silent. Not mentioning that summer vacation, Meng Yao was never mentioned to learn to drive.
Taking the driver's license test was originally a reward, but now Song Lan unconsciously regarded it as punishment for Meng Yao.
Meng Yao also knew that he had never taken the initiative to take the driver's license test after college.
But deep down she will resist.
Why can Song Lan set rewards or punishments at will?
It was the first time that he had truly made a decision for his life, Meng Yao thought, this was so worthy of a reward.
She began to use her free time to do part-time jobs in her freshman year, and took the driver's license test at the school in her sophomore year.
There are student discounts and the price is not expensive.
Meng Yao felt childishly happy the day she got her driver's license. She invited her dormitory friends to have a barbecue outside the school.
Throughout college, she only helped drive twice at school gatherings with her senior brothers and sisters because she didn't drink.
She never mentioned taking the driver's license test to her family, and even now Song Lan and Meng Yuanshan don't know that she has learned to drive.
