Xu Tang's anger from getting up slowly dissipated, and his consciousness gradually returned. He sat up in bed and was in a daze.
The boy's voice at the door was not too loud, and it could be heard that Shen Queyan deliberately suppressed his voice, but his tone was not very good.
"Then you guys live well and I'll stay in Jiang City."
The person on the other end of the phone didn't know what he said again. Xu Tang clearly heard Shen Queyan's answer this time, revealing his undisguised anger.
"Even if you don't have any relatives in Jiang City, it's better than going back to see your family." He laughed angrily as he spoke, and his tone became completely frivolous, "I want nothing more than to live and die on my own."
There was no sound outside. He must have hung up the phone. No matter how slow Xu Tang was, he could tell that he must have been quarreling with his family.
While I was lost in thought, the door handle suddenly turned.
Xu Tang suddenly lay down on the bed again and covered her face with a blanket. She felt that it would be too rude to eavesdrop on someone else's phone call.
Shen Queyan probably didn't want to be caught in her current state.
The door was pushed open and footsteps gradually approached. Xu Tang used his lifelong acting skills to make it look like he was sleeping more realistically.
"It's not acting like it." A male voice sounded slowly.
Shen Queyan originally wanted to open the door to see if the child had been awakened, but when he came in, he saw the person on the bed with trembling eyelashes that could not be more obvious. The blanket only covered the lower half of her face.
Xu Tang's face turned red from suppressing the pain, and he did not dare to look directly at the person in front of him.
"Did you all hear it?" Shen Queyan asked.
"No..." Xu Tang shook his head and explained seriously, "I accidentally heard a few words in a daze, brother, I didn't mean it."
The lights were not turned on in the room, and the snowy light outside shone in. The boy's facial features were vaguely outlined, and the bridge of his nose was straight, giving him a very sharp appearance.
It's just that Xu Tang was distracted by his ruthless energy during the day and didn't notice it.
She raised her eyes and looked into Shang Shen Queyan's dark eyes, which were as dazzling as fine obsidian, with a fierceness that had not yet dissipated.
She couldn't help but panic for a moment.
"It's okay." Shen Queyan's big hand still stretched out, fell on the girl's soft hair and rubbed it a few times, his voice calmed down to avoid scaring her, "Not even your second brother can tell the secret between the two of us."
Xu Tang felt the pressure on the top of his head, his palms were very dry, his already panicked heartbeat skipped a beat, and he nodded blankly.
Like a little penguin.
"I understand, brother."
The boy's hand still fell on his head, and then he laughed with unknown meaning.
When Xu Tang came out, all the food on the dining table was ready. She sat in her seat obediently. She had just woken up and had no appetite, but she still pretended to eat.
"I saw the results of the monthly exam." Shen Man looked at the transcript on his phone. It was sent to the class group by the head teacher before the holiday.
Xu Tang slowed down his eating movements and his eyes were tense.
"Mathematics and physics are still lagging behind, especially mathematics. Other subjects are very stable. Do you want to find a tutor for you during the holidays, Tangtang?"
Xu Tang thought for a while and nodded in agreement.
"There's no need to put too much pressure on her. There's no such thing as a decathlete." Shen Man sometimes feels that his daughter, apart from her sensible personality, is extra gentle and doesn't want to put more pressure on her.
"I understand, mom." Xu Tang replied. She was the youngest of three siblings, and Xu's father and mother had always been open-minded, which actually did not put much pressure on her.
It's just that her two brothers, a top political and law student at Peking University, is now a partner of a popular law firm in Beijing, and a junior majoring in Jiangnan University, and they are soft on scholarships.
Invisibly, Xu Tang can't help but put pressure on himself, which is also motivation.
"Why don't you teach?" Shen Queyan, who had been quiet all this time, gestured with his arm to Xu Chensi who was sitting next to him.
They were from the same dormitory and were good at science. In addition, the two of them always participated in competitions together, so they knew their abilities well.
Xu Chensi gave him an unfriendly look, "I can't teach him."
Xu Tang explained from the side, "The second brother has a weird way of solving problems, and he is always impatient."
A few laughs escaped Shen Queyan's throat.
"If you don't return to the capital for a while, you can teach me." Xu Chensi had a sudden idea that the existing labor force would not be wasted.
Shen Queyan looked at him with a somewhat baffled expression, as if he was saying that you and I are not the same, not to mention that he has no juniors in his family, and he has no experience in tutoring.
Shen Man agreed that she knew the level of Jiang University's finance department.
"Okay, Xiao Shen didn't say that your house is not too lively, so he just stayed here for the New Year. It just so happens that Xiaotang can study with you during the holidays."
Shen Queyan put down his bowls and chopsticks and put away his undisciplined look, "I just have something to say today. Thank you uncle and aunt for taking care of me these days. Today my dad called and said that the flu in Beijing has been severe recently and asked me to stay in Jiangsu Province. I’m celebrating the New Year at a relative’s house in the city.”
"Do you have relatives in Jiang City?" Xu Chensi looked at him suspiciously, "Why haven't I heard you say that?"
"I'm not familiar with him either. My father called me today. It's hard to disobey my father's orders." Shen Queyan looked helpless.
The screen of his mobile phone was on, and it showed the time of the previous call, and the note was indeed Dad.
"That's a pity, but since we're in Jiang City anyway, we can come to our house often to play." Shen Man liked the liveliness at home, and told Xu's father that the recent flu was indeed serious, and he didn't know if the college entrance examination would be affected.
"Are you here to teach her?" Xu Chensi still remembered what happened just now, "The flu is serious now, and the people invited from outside are worried."
Shen Queyan thought that the Xu family had really been troubled recently, so he should help. He looked at the girl who had been quiet and said, "I can, ask my sister if she is willing."
Xu Tang was still thinking about what Shen Queyan said just now. When he called before dinner, he said that he had no relatives in Jiang City and had to fend for himself, which meant that he was lying just now.
She came back to her senses when she heard someone calling her name, and when she met the boy's sly and joking eyes, she nodded slowly, "Then it's my fault, brother."
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Xu Tang got up and washed up the next day. When she went out of the bedroom to have breakfast, she found that one person was missing. She seemed to casually ask Xu Chensi, who looked angry after getting up.
"Where's that brother?"
Only then did Xu Chensi realize that there was one person missing. He got up and went to the empty room, with Xu Tang following behind him.
The room was spotless, with no trace that Shen Queyan had lived there. Xu Tang sniffed hard and could only smell the residual scent of his perfume in the air.
Bergamot and cardamom mixed with a faint orange aroma at the end. It was a very strange taste that Xu Tang, who was still ignorant, couldn't describe.
It wasn't until Xu Tang saw a description of this perfume at a counter after graduating from high school that she suddenly realized it.
"Sleep in the arms of the prodigal son and listen to him chuckle and say his love words about how he likes you."
It is also famous for its scumbag scent, but now Xu Tang knows nothing about it, except that he finds this scent very addictive.
Shen Man brought out the porridge and saw two figures, one big and one small, standing at the door of the bedroom, "Xiao Shen went to his relative's house. He said he was being urged by his family early in the morning, so he didn't even have time to eat breakfast."
Xu Tang and her second brother looked at each other, thinking the same thing, "Why don't you say hello to them."
Xu Tang was writing papers in the bedroom in the morning, and encountered a difficult question again, so he ran into Xu Chensi's bedroom to ask him questions.
The two talked head to head for half an hour, still deadlocked as before.
Xu Tang was a little tired, and he poked the soft flesh on his face with the pen, "Second brother, when will Brother Shen give me tutoring?"
Xu Chensi was exhausted from talking and wanted to know the answer to this question. He calmed down and stared at the girl with clear eyes, inquiringly.
"Little thing, you are not normal."
