CHAPTER XV

At 8:15 a.m. on July 26, 2017, the domestic arrival exit on the first floor of Binjiang International Airport was filled with people greeting relatives and friends as usual. In the anxiously waiting crowd, some are alone or looking forward to it, or bowing their heads to play with their mobile phones; Some of them waited in groups, chatting and waiting, or playing and playing.

On the edge of the cordon closest to the exit, three men stood side by side, one of them a middle-aged man and two young people, one of whom held a sign in his hand to welcome strangers, which read: Sima Yuanying's family. These three people are teachers in the philosophy department of Mingchuan University, the middle-aged man on the far left is Zhou Xiaobo, and the other two are administrative officers who have not been hired long ago in the office of the philosophy department.

At 8:20 a.m., passengers flying from Qianxi Nagasaki International Airport to Linhaibin River International Airport walked out of the domestic arrivals exit, and not far from the exit, there were three people who looked to be dressed simply, a man in his early fifties, a woman of about the same age, and a girl in her twenties, who looked like a family. The three were no different from the other passengers, except that all three were a little tired and emaciated, and that there was no luggage other than the backpack the little girl was carrying.

When she was about to reach the exit, the little girl glanced at the crowd waiting to greet relatives and friends outside the exit, and then turned her head and whispered something to the middle-aged couple, only to see the middle-aged couple look at the crowd waiting outside the exit at the same time, and then the three of them walked quickly beyond the crowd.

"Hello, I'm Sima Yufan, is it a teacher at Mingchuan University?" The three of them walked up to Zhou Xiaobo and the others, their eyes fixed on the administrative officer holding a sign that read "Sima Yuanying's Family".

Zhou Xiaobo had been looking at Sima Yufan since they walked towards him, and when the three of them stopped in front of the administrative officer holding the sign, Zhou Xiaobo immediately realized that they were Sima Yuanying's family members.

Zhou Xiaobo had heard Sima Yuanying introduce his father before, and according to Sima Yuanying, Sima Yufan did a small business in his hometown in Qianxi. Now it seems that Sima Yuanying is a little modest or does not take his father's business seriously. Sima Yufan's character is not very high, and the general's belly is quite obvious, but even if he is wearing dark black casual clothes, his face is haggard and tired, but he can still feel the inherent calm and sophisticated temperament of a businessman emanating from him. The rich woman standing on his left is Chen Huixian, Sima Yuanying's mother, Chen Huixian is much more mediocre in comparison, although the long black dress on her body does not look like a bargain, but her overly godless and red and swollen eyes fully expose the grief and heartbreak in her heart. Standing to the left of Chen Huixian is Sima Yuanying's sister Sima Wanyan, wearing a coffee-colored short-sleeved shirt and a pair of pale black denim shorts, with equally red, swollen and tired eyes.

"Hello, I am Zhou Xiaobo, a teacher in the Department of Philosophy of Mingchuan University, and an associate tutor of Sima Yuanying. These two are Xiao Wang and Xiao Bai, the administrative officers of the department. ”

At the same time as Zhou Xiaobo's self-introduction ended, Chen Huixian suddenly turned her head and stared at Zhou Xiaobo in a daze, her eyes widened angrily, and she couldn't help but feel a trace of coldness in Zhou Xiaobo's heart.

"What about Wonyoung? Where's my Yuan Ying? What did you do to him? Just when Zhou Xiaobo was still puzzled by Chen Huixian's eyes, Chen Huixian suddenly rushed towards Zhou Xiaobo, grabbed Zhou Xiaobo's collar with both hands, and roared in despair, hoarse.

Because Chen Huixian is a typical southern woman, her character is far smaller than Zhou Xiaobo, so when Chen Huixian grabbed him by the collar, Zhou Xiaobo had to bend down, on the one hand, to make himself more comfortable, and on the other hand, to make Chen Huixian more convenient. The two administrative officers next to Zhou Xiaobo did not expect such an unexpected situation at all, and for a moment they did not know what to do, so they could only watch helplessly.

The crowd of people who were still waiting for relatives and friends and the passengers who were walking out suddenly stopped unconsciously when they heard Chen Huixian's roar, and looked at Chen Huixian and Zhou Xiaobo with inexplicable expressions. There are people who stop and watch out of pure curiosity, people who discuss it sparsely with friends or family, and even people who have their mobile phones to record this rare anecdote.

"Huixian, calm down, this is Yuanying's teacher, you can't do this." Seeing his wife behaving so uncontrollably, Sima Yufan immediately grabbed Chen Huixian's shoulder with one hand, and tried to break Chen Huixian's hand with the other hand, which only grabbed Zhou Xiaobo's collar.

"Mom, don't do this, Mom!" Sima Wanyan also hurriedly came up to hold Chen Huixian's hand, pleading with tears.

Chen Huixian slowly let go of the hands that grabbed Zhou Xiaobo, turned around and pounced on Sima Wanyan, holding her with both hands, burying her face in her chest and crying silently.

"Teacher Zhou, I'm really sorry, Yuan Ying and they still can't accept it." Seeing that Chen Huixian had let go of the hand that grabbed Zhou Xiaobo's collar and hugged Sima Wanyan and cried softly, Sima Yufan immediately turned his head and apologized to Zhou Xiaobo very sincerely.

"Brother, it's okay, I didn't take good care of Yuan Ying, I can understand my sister-in-law's reaction." Zhou Xiaobo also said to Sima Yufan very sincerely, and after speaking, he took a step back slightly and bent down and bowed deeply to Sima Yufan and Chen Huixian.

For Sima Yufan, Zhou Xiaobo's unexpected bow instantly made him realize Zhou Xiaobo's love for Sima Yuanying and Zhou Xiaobo's deep self-blame for Sima Yuanying's accident, which unconsciously made Sima Yufan have a good impression of Zhou Xiaobo and invisibly shortened the distance between the two men.

Chen Huixian didn't see Zhou Xiaobo's move, and still buried her head in Sima Wanyan's chest, her shoulders trembling slightly. On the contrary, Sima Wanyan, as a female college student who had just entered the university campus for a short time, she had never seen a university professor bow to the parents of students in public so lowing his status in public, and she didn't know what to do for a while, so she could only look at Zhou Xiaobo blankly.

Sima Yuanying nodded slightly, accepting Zhou Xiaobo's apology, and then looked at the exit of the airport's domestic arrivals hall.

Zhou Xiaobo had been looking at Sima Yufan, and naturally found that Sima Yufan looked at the exit of the hall, and immediately understood what Sima Yufan meant, turned his head and said to Xiaobai: "Xiaobai, you go and drive the car over first." ”

After Xiaobai left briskly to drive, Sima Yufan turned around and said to the crowd of onlookers, "I'm sorry to disturb everyone." Then Zhou Xiaobo led Sima Yufan and the three of them to the exit of the domestic arrival hall of the airport, and Xiao Wang followed behind them.

After waiting for a while at the entrance of the airport hall, a group of five people got into the car, and Xiaobai took them to the Mingda Hotel near Mingchuan University.