The villas on Lugu Mountain were not connected together, but separated by two or three. The Zhi family's villa was the only one around the villa where Jiang Wei lived, and there were no other buildings.
The two got out of the car in silence. Jiang Wei ignored Zhi Ying and walked straight to his villa. Zhi Ying could only thank Uncle Li, dragging her suitcase and mat towards the opposite side.
Mother Zhi had a facial mask when she came out to open the door. When she saw Zhi Ying's tattered image, her eyes went black.
"Zhi Ying!" Mother Zhi stopped sticking the mask on and lifted it off. "What are you doing? Where did you get the straw mat?"
When Zhi Ying registered for school, Father Zhi and Mother Zhi were both out of town talking about restaurant branch matters. They didn't pay attention to their daughter's registration, so they didn't know that Zhi Ying went to No. 1 High School in this way.
"I bought it." Zhi Ying looked down at the cool mat in her arms, "This is called a cool mat, not a straw mat."
Mother Zhi didn't care what it was called; her daughter made herself so poor, and how could she, as her mother, sit still.
"What are you doing with it?"
"It's for the dormitory in the summer. I bought it for 20 yuan. I'll take it and wash it, and I can use it next year." Zhi Ying pulled the suitcase into the villa, and held the mat to go wash it.
"Zhi Ying, put it down." Mother Zhi's veins jumped, she was really helpless to her only daughter.
"Oh." Zhi Ying was used to listening to her parents.
At this time, Father Zhi also heard the voices and walked into the hall, shocked. In the past, when Zhi Ying was in elementary school and middle school, her mother bought her clothes and put them in the closet for her. Everything was exquisite. Although Zhi Ying had a way of making them simple, Mother Zhi would regularly clean up the old clothes.
Zhi Ying has actually turned into a ghost now that she has only gone out to live for one semester. Even the uniform school uniform can't resist her earthy and simple atmosphere from the inside out.
"Straw… It's okay to sleep on the cool mat for one summer. You can buy it again next year, but you brought it all the way over here. Are you stupid?" Mother Zhi tapped her daughter's forehead and wished that iron could turn into steel at once. She was exasperated thinking that why couldn't her daughter be smart in these kinds of things.
"But this one costs money, and it's not broken. It's a waste to throw it away." When Zhi Ying sold things, it was difficult, so she had always lived frugally.
Mother Zhi was not happy when she looked at the leather suitcase too: "In the past, you could use it to pack messy things. You're going to school and you don't know where to get a new one, and you have to carry a broken suitcase."
Father Zhi interrupted with a dark face, took the mat and said, "Go and tidy yourself up. After taking a shower, come out to eat. These things will be dealt with tomorrow."
Looking at Zhi Ying's back, Mother Zhi's eyes were a little red: "Ying Ying didn't care about items originally, and we had her be independent since she was a child. Now, this silly child…"
The dinner was very rich. Today, they knew that Zhi Ying was coming home, and they went to the scenic spot to buy some special dishes. Zhi Ying was not picky; she could eat any dish with relish and answered whatever her parents asked.
"Do you get along with your classmates? How many friends have you met?" Mother Zhi asked carefully while adding vegetables to her daughter's bowl.
"Yeah." Zhi Ying swallowed, "I met several friends, and they said they wanted to come and play with me."
"Really?" Father Zhi was surprised.
Zhi Ying's grades were good. In the past, classmates would call for answers to questions, but seriously, they couldn't be called friends. Sometimes Mother Zhi would have Zhi Ying bring snacks to make friends, but often there was no movement.
"There is a classmate in the next class who is very good." Zhi Ying thought of Jiang Wei next door, although his temper was always uncertain.
"Very good classmate?" Mother Zhi was a little curious.
"Mhm, he brought me back today." Zhi Ying managed to eat the food in her bowl.
Mother Zhi said angrily: "What's the matter with you? Why didn't you invite them in? I didn't see anyone."
"He's next door, he went in first." Zhi Ying lowered her head, ate her meal, and said vaguely, "You can see him tomorrow."
"It's Xiao Jiang?" Father Zhi remembered, "I almost forgot that he and you are classmates."
Speaking of Jiang Wei, Father Zhi and Mother Zhi finally turned their attention away from their daughter.
"Didn't Xiao Jiang study in the capital before? Why did he come to Quan City?" Mother Zhi asked in confusion.
Fahter Zhi had many business partners, some of whom were in the capital, and had heard of him.
"The environment here in Quan City is good. Xiao Fu was in poor health before, so he should have come to recuperate." Father Zhi nodded, "Studies must not be dilapidated."
"That's right, Quan City is still pretty good." Otherwise, their family wouldn't settle here and give up their residence in the big city.
"How are Xiao Jiang's grades?" Father Zhi asked casually.
Zhi Ying raised her head and said matter-of-factly, "He has good grades, but he is not as good as me."
"Yes, our family's Ying Ying is the most powerful." Mother Zhi smiled and rolled her eyes, not denying it.
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The next day, before sunrise, the villa was dark. Zhi Ying slipped out of the bedroom wearing pajamas. She had forgotten to bring the suitcase into the room yesterday, and all her books were in it.
There would be a noise when the suitcase was being dragged, and Zhi Ying had to tiptoe to open the suitcase on the spot, and run to the bedroom with a pile of books in her arms.
Father Zhi, who came out to use the restroom: "..."
"I'm awake. I can't sleep." The familiar scene made Zhi Ying freeze.
"Dad won't stop you from learning, but you have to work and rest normally." Father Zhi sighed, "What time is it?"
Zhi Ying held the books, bowed her head and remained silent.
"What are you doing standing still? Hurry up and go back to the room." Father Zhi whispered, "Do you want your mother to come over and get angry again?"
Zhi Ying immediately slipped back into the bedroom and happily read her books until the sun came out and the sun shone on the window. She stretched, stood up, and opened the curtains. Just as she was about to open the window, she couldn't help but pause her hands when she saw the other side.