"Hmm." Tao Ting picked up the car keys and said, "I haven't been on high speed much."

"It's okay, I'll drive it." Xu Linyue unscrewed the cap of the bottle and took a sip of water.

Tao Ting was worried about him: "Can you open your hand?" ”

"Yes, it's much better these days with the ointment."

Tao Ting was in a complicated mood now, she didn't know what to say, and before going out, she wrapped her arms around Xu Linyue's waist and whispered, "I'm sorry." ”

Xu Linyue hugged her tightly and patted her on the back: "What is there to be sorry for." ”

Thankfully, there was no rain on the way, and the branches shook in the strong wind, and dark clouds accumulated on the other side of the city.

"If you're sleepy, sleep for a while." Xu Linyue turned her head to look at the people around her, and when she came out of the house, she looked worried.

"Are you tired?" Tao Ting asked, "Why don't you open the next service area for me?"

"It's okay, I'm tired to tell you." Xu Linyue leaned on the steering wheel and wanted to say something to let her relax, "It's only been more than three hours, and when I was in graduate school, one summer vacation, my classmates and I went to North America to watch a tornado, and we drove along the highway for six or seven hours. ”

Tao Ting tugged at the corners of her mouth: "You're quite romantic, boy chasing the wind." ”

Xu Linyue also laughed: "I have the opportunity to take you with me, but it is spectacular, you will feel very small." ”

There were no cars on the high-speed roads, the night sky was dark, and there were no stars or moon to be seen.

"My aunt and uncle changed her wishes." Tao Ting spoke softly.

Xu Linyue said: "I guessed it. ”

Tao Ting didn't speak again, perhaps because of lack of sleep, and her head swelled and hurt.

When they arrived in Jiangbei, it was already dawn, sparrows were chirping in the trees, and the first rays of sunlight were spreading through the clouds on the earth.

Tao Ting doesn't come here often, and only Tao Zejun will come back during the New Year's holidays, occasionally taking Yang Fangting with her.

A few years ago, the village was demolished, and the grandparents and aunts' families moved into commercial houses, a total of three houses, and the one assigned to Tao Zejun was sold.

Tao Ting relied on her memory to find the building, and saw a person sitting on the steps from a distance.

"Nan Nan?" She got out of the car and trotted all the way over, "Is that Nan Nan?" ”

Tao Yingnan sat curled up there, with a torn admission letter at his feet. Hearing the voice, she slowly raised her head, and the moment she saw Tao Ting, she couldn't control her emotions anymore, she wrinkled her face, her lower lip was bitten white, and tears welled up in her eyes.

"Why are you sitting here?" Tao Ting squatted down and touched her arm, "Is it cold?" Haven't slept all night? ”

Tao Yingnan choked up and said, "I don't want to go back." ”

Tao Ting was so uncomfortable that she couldn't breathe, so she took her into her arms and said, "It's okay, my sister is here." ”

There was a coat in the car, Xu Linyue took it down, handed it to Tao Ting and said, "Put it on for her." ”

Tao Ting took the clothes and draped them on Tao Yingnan, turned back to Xu Linyue and said, "You take her to eat something, I remember that there is a KFC next to it, you can navigate and take a look, it should not be far away." ”

Xu Linyue nodded: "Okay." ”

Tao Ting helped Tao Yingnan get up, this girl had grown a lot taller in adolescence, but she was still half a head shorter than her.

"You go with your brother-in-law first, and I'll go up."

Xu Linyue grabbed her: "I'll go up with you." ”

"It's fine." Tao Ting's tone was firm, "I'll go alone." ”

Xu Linyue still said the same thing: "Call me if there is something." ”

Tao Ting nodded, watching him and Tao Yingnan get into the car, she took out her mobile phone and dialed Tao Zejun.

After that day, she didn't go home, and she didn't say anything to her parents, they were in a similar mood, and they were distressed, but they also knew that they couldn't do anything.

Tao Ting originally thought that this result was compromised by Tao Yingnan herself, but today she found out that it was not at all, she had seen in the news that someone had secretly changed her classmate's volunteer out of jealousy, and she had specially told Tao Yingnan not to let others know her admission ticket number, but she did not expect that it would be difficult to prevent thieves.

In that case, things are different.

The phone was quickly connected, and Tao Zejun "fed".

"Dad." Tao Ting tightened her breathing and said, "I'm downstairs at my uncle's house now. ”

Tao Zejun was anxious: "Why did you get there?" How to get there? Alone? ”

"Xu Linyue came with me, don't worry." Tao Ting raised her head slightly, "Tao Yingnan called me at three o'clock in the morning, and when I arrived, she sat downstairs and didn't sleep all night. ”

There was silence on the other end of the phone, and Tao Ting continued: "When I go up later, I may say something serious." ”

"I see." Tao Zejun sighed, "It's not good for me and your mother to come forward with this matter, just do whatever you want, ah, daughter, dad will carry it for you." ”

"Hmm." Tao Ting's nose was pantothenic, "I'll hang up first." ”

The doorbell was at hand, Tao Ting didn't care, raised her fist and slammed the door three times.

The sound insulation is not good, she can understand the dialect of Jiangbei, and the woman inside is dissatisfied: "Who? Early in the morning. ”

The man said, "Tao Yingnan is back." ”

The door opened, Tao Ting lowered her gaze, and looked coldly at the middle-aged woman in front of her, she was wearing a floral dress, her hair was dry and frizzy, and it was loosely coiled on top of her head.

Seeing Tao Ting, Shen Chun's face was shocked: "Why are you here?" ”

Tao Ting ignored it and stepped over the threshold with one foot.

The family was having breakfast, and the smell of stuffy tide was in the room.

Tao Zeming got up and came out, stunned: "Tingting is here." ”

Tao Ting ignored him, and her eyes fell on the little boy with a spoon in his mouth and eating porridge all over his mouth.

"You're pretty good." She curled the corners of her mouth and laughed, "Do you know that tampering with the volunteer will be criminally liable?" ”

Tao Zeming and Shen Chun glanced at each other and looked at her vigilantly: "What do you mean?" Who changed their mind? ”

"Don't worry, I'm not here for this." Tao Ting hugged her arms and said expressionlessly, "I'm here to ask for money." ”

Shen Chun asked angrily, "What money are you asking for?" ”

"My father's house was sold, and he didn't ask for a penny, saying that it was for his grandparents' pension, but I know very well who went into it." Tao Ting lowered her eyes and looked at the woman in front of her, her lips opened and closed, "500,000 yuan, Tao Yingnan's Tao is my Tao Ting's Tao, she went to college and learned that I will pay for her marriage, and it has nothing to do with you at all." ”

Shen Chun looked at her unreasonably: "What kind of nerves do you have?" I raised my daughter for you, huh? ”

Tao Ting stared at her eyes: "It's okay if you don't give it, I'll go to the Education Bureau to report, you wait to go in." ”

Tao Zeming threatened sharply: "You dare? ”

Tao Ting did not flinch: "You see if I dare." ”

The boy at the dinner table noticed the tension in the house and opened his mouth wide to cry.

Shen Chun was busy coaxing his son, but Tao Ting was crying harshly and her brows were furrowed.

She raised her voice and said: "Now they are all filling in the information online, and the records can be checked as soon as they are checked, and I am not afraid that I will not find evidence if I log in, which computer, and at what time, and the state also attaches importance to this matter, so why don't I dare?" Is it bad for me? ”

Tao Zeming obviously didn't think about it so much, his expression shook and he panicked.

"It's not like we're not going to let her go to school." Shen Chun rushed out with her son in her arms, Tao Ting was a yellow-haired girl in her eyes, she straightened her waist and said, "You go out and ask, we have done well enough." ”

Tao Ting didn't want to argue with them, and she didn't want to judge them whether they were qualified parents or not, she didn't even bother to be angry, she only said: "You don't need to tell me this kind of thing, either give me money, or wait for me to find a lawyer to sue you, you choose." ”

She paused, then said, "500,000 yuan, compared to what my father has helped you all these years, isn't it?" ”

-

The girl on the other side of the table drank porridge with her head bored, and Xu Linyue opened her mouth, hesitating to find something to talk about.

He originally thought that Tao Yingnan would be similar to Tao Ting before, with a quiet and docile personality and a bookish atmosphere, but he didn't expect this little girl to have short juvenile hair and dress quite neutrally.

In front of him, there was a gap of more than a round with him, Xu Linyue coughed and picked up the coffee cup in front of him.

He struggled to find a topic and said, "I have a niece who is a year younger than you and will soon be in her third year of high school. ”

Tao Yingnan raised his head and said "um".

Xu Linyue took a sip of coffee and asked her, "Is it enough?" Not enough to order again. ”

Tao Yingnan didn't answer, looked at the unopened porridge in front of him and asked, "Don't you eat it?" ”

Xu Linyue shook his head, he had slept for two or three hours last night, and now he was in a trance and had no appetite.

After a while, Tao Ting pushed open the glass door and found them in the window seat.

"Coming?" Xu Linyue breathed a sigh of relief and put the porridge and hash browns in front of her, "Eat something." ”

"What about you, have you eaten?"

"I'm not hungry."

Tao Ting sat down next to Tao Yingnan, snorted a handful of her hair, and just before she had time to ask, "Why do you cut your hair so short?" ”

Tao Yingnan replied, "Mom said that I used too much shampoo every time, so she took me to cut it." ”

"Like a little boy." Tao Ting used her hand to help her smooth the broken hair on the back of her head, "I almost didn't recognize you." ”

Tao Yingnan flicked the bangs in front of his forehead: "The short ones are easy to wash." ”

When she had almost eaten, Tao Ting said to her: "I'll pack a few clothes for you, see if there's anything you want, and I'll go up and get it later, I'll tell your parents that you'll stay with me for the next two days, okay?" ”

Tao Yingnan shook his head and said, "It's okay, there's nothing to ask for." ”

"Okay, buy what you don't need." Tao Ting took out the torn admission letter from her bag, handed it to Tao Yingnan and said, "I also picked this up for you, do you still want it?" ”

Tao Yingnan shook his head.

"Okay."

Tao Yingnan looked at her and said, "I want to repeat it." ”

Tao Ting patted her on the shoulder: "Let's talk about it later." ”

Seeing that Xu Linyue was about to go to the driver's seat, Tao Ting stopped him: "I'll go, you can rest for a while." ”

"It's fine."

"Something." Tao Ting took the car keys from him, "I'll come." ”

Xu Linyue laughed, turned his head to Tao Yingnan and said, "Your sister is quite domineering." ”

Tao Yingnan couldn't laugh, and when she got in the car, she picked her arm with her fingernails and apologized in a low voice: "I'm sorry, I'm sorry to trouble you to come over." ”

"Don't be sorry." Tao Ting pulled the seat belt buckle and said in a half-truthful tone, "Your parents have already sold you to me, and we will be your guardians from now on." ”