Chapter 56: Almost Missed

  "Yèr, what's going on? Fēng'r always says you're his older brother, at least show some respect." Luò Zhènggāng glared at Luò Yè disapprovingly: "I just praised you for being sensible, but now you've turned into this?"

  "How did I become like this? Obviously, it's because brother is too kind and yet he still thinks I'm heartless..." Luo Ye said as tears started falling down her face. Wen Xin looked at her and quickly hugged Luo Ye: "Don't cry, don't cry, Feng Er, how could you bully your little sister?"

  Luofeng stared at Luoye in shock, who was crying uncontrollably. What had he done to make his sister so miserable?

  "What's going on?" Luo Zheng suddenly turned to Luo Feng: "Feng'er, you tell me!"

  After Luo Fang finished telling the story, Luo Zheng and Wen Xi exchanged a puzzled glance. Was this little thing worth crying about? It didn't seem right according to their daughter's recent behavior.

  Lu Zheng glared at Lu Feng discontentedly: "Is there something else you're deliberately hiding from us? Avoiding the main issue is not what a man should do."

  "No! Really no!" Luo Feng waved his hands repeatedly, anxiously turning red from the neck up: "Ye Er, can't you just say something? I didn't do anything to you, brother!"

  Luoye's eyes welled up with tears, her face full of grievance: "What's going on? You're yelling at me and pulling a long face all the way, not even talking to me!"

  "Pfft!" The warm smile on her face suddenly turned into a snort, and Luo Zheng's mouth corners twitched. His eyes were filled with amusement. Luo Feng rubbed his head, looking like he was laughing and crying at the same time: "I was afraid Ye Er wouldn't want to listen to me talk, I should have said it earlier."

  Lu Ye also felt embarrassed and thought to herself: "Why did I feel so wronged just now?" She covered her face and shouted in a muffled voice: "No one is allowed to laugh!"

  "Stop smiling!" Warmly hugging her daughter: "This is the kind of Yè that makes Mom feel so familiar, I thought our family's Yè was going to become a female Golden Monkey, haha..."

  Lu Ye's discontented muttering: "I've said it, no more laughing!" After a commotion, her mood had improved a lot. The earlier weakness was only because she saw a hint of sympathy in her brother's eyes. But the object of that sympathy was Liang Jing - the girl who threw money into the jar was Liang Jing. She saw it but couldn't say anything more. Saying someone is hypocritical would only make Lu Feng think she's even colder-blooded.

  She had always been secretly worried about the relationship between her brother and Liang Jing, especially after attending the birthday party today and meeting Liu Hang and Yang Xing, her worries in her heart grew stronger. Sometimes, no matter how much you like a certain type of person, even if you change the time and place, it feels like it's all the same.

  But even if Liang Jing won't be used by Liu Zhenghang and won't harm her brother, she still can't accept it. She firmly believes that some things in her bones will never change.

  "What's Ye'er thinking about? Her eyes kept rolling around?" Wen Xin smiled and stroked her daughter's slightly messy hair: "Tell Dad and Mom, why do you want to take the military school exam?"

  Before Luo Ye could speak, Luo Zheng had already opened his mouth: "Ye'er, no matter what the reason is, Dad doesn't agree with you taking the military school exam. With your current grades, it's better to take a second-tier university exam than an unknown military school. If it's a key university, it's probably just a fantasy, isn't that right, Dad?"

  "Dad, Mom, I've made up my mind on this matter, it's my dream!" Luo Ye stood up straight and looked at his parents with determination: "From my recent performance, Dad and Mom should be clear that I'm absolutely not reckless. I will definitely not do something that I have no control over. I will work hard to get into the best military academy. So, please believe in me, encourage me, support me, don't pour cold water on me!"

  "Yèr, military school is very tough, you're still young..." Warm and loving eyes flashed, continuing: "Moreover, the best military academies are all far away from us, as a girl, mom really can't help but worry!"

  "Mom, I'll definitely take the best university exam! It only takes more than two hours to fly there. If you miss me, you can come visit me. And during my vacation, I can also fly back!" Luo Ye hurriedly comforted her mom, but she was very curious about what her mom had just said. She guessed that even if she asked her mom, she wouldn't say anything. Hmm, she would go to her grandfather's place for the holiday and try to find out if he knew any inside information.

  Her feud with Liu Zhenghang was never-ending, and she wouldn't let bygones be bygones with others either. However, regarding the matters of her maternal grandfather's household, after some time for reflection and rationalization, she felt that in her past life, she had been somewhat rash.

  Some people in the Luo family had inexplicable accidents one after another, which should be caused by Grandma's family. However, after being taken away by Jiang Zheng, she changed her name and surname. In order not to let anyone find out about her whereabouts, Jiang Zheng erased all her original files. For this action, Jiang Zheng used his vast network of connections. To Jiang Zheng, Luo Ye felt only gratitude and guilt. That care, that dedication, was repaid in this life for the debt of the previous one.

  It's hard to find her even with a large network of relatives from Grandpa's family, let alone that she deliberately avoids the other party.

  Moreover, the fact that Dad and Jiang Zheng are good friends is known to only a few people, which is why Liu Zhenghang was able to take advantage of the situation. After some thought, she thinks that maybe she misunderstood her grandfather's family. Okay, she admits that there are still many loopholes in this, but she doesn't want to dwell on it anymore. Because from her mother's occasional dazed expression, she saw the sorrow and melancholy that had been accumulating since her past life, and she hopes that in this life, she can help her mother truly open up her heart.

  A festering wound, always afraid of the pain and dare not open it up, then one will suffer for a lifetime. It can be seen that Father and Mother are both very evasive about Grandfather's family matters. What kind of mistake is it, to have caused such a rift? What kind of pain is it, to be so feared? Everything, she will eventually uncover.

  Wen Xin was about to persuade him again, but Luo Zheng had just waved his hand and looked at Luo Ye seriously: "Are you sure?"

  Although Luo Ye was preoccupied with thoughts, she was using her mind for two purposes and hadn't lost focus. Just as Luo Zheng's words fell, her slender figure stood up straight like a pen: "I've made up my mind!"

  "How can you say that and still not change?"

  "No matter what you say, I won't change!"

  "Will you regret it in the future?"

  "I will never regret!"

  "Alright, Dad will believe you, just remember your answer and don't let Dad down!"

  "Dad, you're so great!" Luo Ye excitedly rushed over to Luo Zheng, she had been too afraid to discuss it with her parents and had taken matters into her own hands. She thought that her dad would definitely scold her severely, and that she would have to use all her persuasive powers to get her parents to agree. After all, her grades were there for everyone to see.

  Unexpectedly, it turned out to be this result. Dad's personality really is different from her perception now. As a result, the respect that had gradually been lost in my heart has returned. However, it's impossible for me to treat dad with the same respect as before again.

  Some habits changed and then went back to what she was before, not only did she not adapt, but also felt embarrassed. It's better to keep this respect in mind from now on.

  "You child, if you agree it's really good for Daddy, but if not, are you going to cry again? And then say that Daddy is bad?" Luo Zhenggang was clearly enjoying his daughter's closeness, with a smile on his face as he joked.

  The old Luo was still stiff and straight, obviously not very good at responding to his children's affection. This stiffness made Luo Ye pout: "Mom, look at Dad, he seems to be especially disgusted with me, his body is as hard as a board."

  Warmly smiling, she looked at her daughter: "You, clearly taking advantage of the situation, if it were in the past, would you dare to hug him like that? Even if you dared, he would slap you eight feet away."

  Luo Zhenggang looked at Wen Xin with a gloomy face: "Wen Xin, was I so inhumane before?"

  "What do you think yourself?"

  "Hehe... I've forgotten. Alright, the matter is settled, I'll go back to my study room to work, you three can chat!" Luo Zheng was about to stand up when he realized that his daughter still had one arm around his neck, and laughed as he patted Luo Ye: "Alright, let go of Dad."

  "Dad..." Luo Ye's voice was weak: "You sit for a while, Tease... Tease's paws... have slipped into your shirt..." Just now when she rushed over, Tease thought something good was going to happen and excitedly rushed over together with her, but ended up being squeezed in between, eh, awkward.

  Luo Zhenggang silently stroked his hair, no wonder he always felt like someone was stabbing him in the back. He thought his daughter had brought some small trinket and didn't remind her, thinking that girls love beauty.

  The key is that Tiao didn't make a sound, and he thought Tiao was standing on his daughter's shoulder all along. Recently, Tiao and Luo Ye often wandered around the house in this posture, so he didn't think much of it.

  Watching her busy daughter picking and choosing, Wen Xin smiled warmly, curled up into a ball, even Luo Feng, who had been unhappy all along, showed a hint of a smile.

  Finally freed, Luo Zheng just stood up and saw that his son was still looking unhappy. He let out a light sigh: "Feng'er, you and Ye'er's encounter today, from Dad's perspective, it's not easy to say who's right or wrong. However, Ye'er had one point correct - at such a young age, having hands and feet, thinking of relying on others' charity to get by, is not worthy of sympathy."

  "Dad, I think that giving a little pocket money won't affect our lives, and if we can help, we should. I read an article about impoverished areas, where people are destined to take more detours from birth. Many kids can't even go to school and enter the workforce early, and in this process, they get tired and don't want to try hard anymore, which is understandable, right?"

  "Maple, this question of yours is too broad, forget it, you all have your reasons, figure it out slowly yourselves, these kinds of things can't be resolved by others' advice!" Old Luo strode away with a flick of his sleeve.

  "Mom, I'm going back to my room too!" Little Luo also wanted to leave with a flick of his hand, and besides, Mili was his dear little sister.

  "Luofeng, stop right there!" Luoye was furious, meowing angrily, daring to turn her face away from her.

  "Yèr, you can't always impose your will on me, let me go back to my room and rest for a while!" Luó Fēng rarely spoke firmly.

  "Mom, is that my brother?" Luo Ye was shocked and her mouth remained open for half a day.

  She smiled warmly and rubbed her daughter's head, then went to the kitchen. As for what happened to her son and daughter, she felt similarly to her son, so she didn't make any comments that would irritate her daughter.

  Luoye returned to her room with a gloomy face. She knew that those people were an organized gang, but what could she say? Nothing! Could she control them? No! She couldn't let herself make a scene like this. She had more important things to do. Don't blame her for being selfish; if the family wasn't secure, how could they talk about other things?

  All the way to dinner, Luo Feng didn't love to talk to Luo Ye, his sister was fierce to him, managed him, he had no opinion, but he couldn't accept that a girl wasn't kind, let alone his own sister!

  Lu Ye's temper was also rising, you don't care about me and I'm not willing to care about you either. After finishing dinner, he went out for a stroll by himself. Lu Feng hesitated for a moment, then followed him out with his head hung low.

  Luo Zhenggang and Wen Xi exchanged a smile, and the children occasionally quarreling with each other was also quite fun.

  This couple is awesome!

  ……

  Luoye knew that Luofeng had been following her since she left the house, and she smiled slightly without turning back, continuing to stroll forward. When she saw a couple appearing in front of her, Luoye's mind suddenly went "buzz".

  How could she almost forget this? Luckily, she checked the time and it was just in time. She would have regretted it for her whole life if she had missed it. It's all because of these chaotic days that affected her mood and made her almost get the date wrong.

  "Brother, let's change our route and go to the residential area of the inspection institute. I heard that the flowers there are particularly beautiful. Let's go take a look?" At this time, she couldn't be bothered to be angry with her brother anymore.

  "Great!" His sister took the initiative to talk to him, and Luo Feng was also very happy. He responded with a cheerful tone and walked alongside his sister. After hesitating for a moment: "Ye Er, sorry, I shouldn't have turned my face away from you!"

  Lu Ye let out a soft sigh: "Brother, I know that no matter what I say now, it won't change your true thoughts. Some things, you'll come to realize slowly. In the future, I also need to get rid of my habit of always speaking on behalf of brother!"

  "Yèr......" Luo Feng's face was filled with conflict.

  "Don't worry, brother's position in Ye'er's heart is unshakeable!" Luo Ye said, quickening her pace. Luo Feng followed closely behind: "Ye'er, why are you in such a hurry?"

  "Got used to it, treated it as getting up early, hehe......" Luo Ye smiled and covered up, her footsteps slowed down a bit, she sneaked a peek at the time, let out a sigh of relief, everything was not late.

  "Brother, after I finish the college entrance exam, let's learn how to drive together?" Luo Ye started to steer the conversation in a reasonable direction.

  Luofeng nodded: "Learn to drive? Okay, but Ye'er's high school exam is over and she's not old enough yet. Isn't learning to drive supposed to be for those 18 years old and above?"

  "When the time comes, let's see if Yeno's dad can help me out a bit. Of course, I'll be very serious when practicing driving. If not, then brother will go learn first and I'll accompany him together. A girl driving is really cool!" Luo Ye had an expectant look on her face.

  "Does Ye like driving that much?" Luo Feng was amused by his sister's appearance, and the original cold-blooded feeling she gave him slowly faded away.

  "Hmm, brother, I heard that the cars at the inspection institute are all the latest models. Why don't we go take a look?" Luo Ye said, secretly letting out a breath of relief, finally leading him to their destination.

  Luofeng nodded: "Okay, listen to Yexi, you've piqued my interest in the car too!"

  "Dad is too principled, I reckon when the time comes he won't let us drive his car either. When brother graduates, we'll buy one ourselves, and during holidays we can drive to see grandpa, take grandpa out for a spin!"

  "But isn't it too expensive? Dad won't agree, will he?" The joy that had just risen to Luo Feng's face was replaced by anxiety.

  "I'll convince Dad!" Luo Ye pulled Luo Feng to quicken his pace: "Brother, I want to see the new car right away, let's hurry!"

  The second update is here, sigh... I've been working on it since last night until 4 am, and got up early today to finish it off. I'm so tired! Dear everyone, please support me with your pink tickets, these few days one pink ticket tops two, I beg of you all to use the pink tickets in your hands, every 30 tickets will get an extra update. It's been uploaded, looking forward to your continued support.