“Yes, Major Xia.” The car was sent to Xia Jinyuan by Hou Zi’s confidant assistant. He knew Xia Yiwei and Xia Jinyuan. He was very clear about Hou Zi’s attitude towards the two siblings, so he replied respectfully. He left the parking lot after Xia Jinyuan drove away.
The two did not stay in Hongkou City; they even had their dinner in the car, then they drove to Anyang City. When the car passed by First Provincial High, Ye Jian looked at the red neon sign “Anyang City First Key Middle School” she couldn’t help laughing, “That year, I came to report by myself. The vice-principal of First Provincial High told me that I could only attend classes as an accompanying student. If I disagree, then I won’t have any schools to study.”
Thinking about what happened three years ago, it was as if it had just happened yesterday.
Thanks to her good memory, she could still remember that day clearly, as well as the conversation she had with the vice principal.
“I was quite angry at that time, knowing that it might be Ye Zhifan’s doings. I thought it would be fine if I didn’t go to that school. But then I was afraid that it would affect my university entrance exam, that I wouldn’t be able to take it.”
“I was angry, but I still had a way out. So, I tore my registration notice in front of the vice-principal and left with my luggage. I felt great; I even wanted to laugh out loud and leave the place coolly.”
It’s a pity that she is not arrogant. After tearing off the notice, she left the scene in the stunned eyes of the parents and students.
Xia Jinyuan, who was driving, smiled and said, “I came here to find you. The security said that you weren’t around, so I called and checked and found that you were actually on leave of absence.”
“You even came to First Provincial High to find me? How come I don’t know about this? You didn’t mention it to me.”
“They’re all in the past anyway; what’s to mention?” Xia Jinyuan chuckled. Seeing that she was looking at him with great interest, he continued down: “When I rushed over, I happened to encounter the first snow in Anyang City. When I asked the school guard, he told me that you were not enrolled in First Provincial High and asked me to enquire the stall owners about your whereabouts.”
“Learning that you tore the notice and pissed off the vice principal, that time I wondered why did you become so arrogant all of a sudden? It didn’t bother you at all that you were not going to any schools; that’s too presumptuous, don’t you think so?”
Ye Jian laughed again and again, “Uncle Chen and Grandpa Gen arranged a four-year training for me, so I didn’t think too much about it. Since Ye Zhifan is a stalker, and I also don’t want to waste a year, I just follow Uncle Chen and Grandpa Gen’s arrangements.”
“That year was my biggest harvest. I went to the plateau, snow-capped mountains, and walked through the plains. I almost sank into the swamps, and I even went to the desert.” Ye Jian’s eyes were as bright as the sky when she mentioned the desert, “Do you know which dessert I’m talking about? It’s the Taklimakan Desert. There, I saw the most beautiful scenery in the desert: poplar trees.”
At the red light at the road crossing, Xia Jinyuan stopped the car and looked at the girl he liked with a pair of soft eyes. Upon hearing about the desert, the smile on his thin lips became deeper and wider, “I know, and I also know that you were training near Hotan River.”
“If I say that I was there during your training, will you believe me?”
Ye Jian’s eyes widened, “You were there too? Where were you?” He wouldn’t lie to me. If he said he was there, then it must be true!
“In the skies. I was in the skies.” He whispered, “At the same place, at the same time. I flew a fighter plane in the sky, and you, perhaps training or sleeping.”
