The sunrise from Lugu Mountain was beautiful, especially from the south direction. If the curtains were pulled open in the villa, the golden-orange sunrise could be observed up close, as if it could be touched by hand.
Zhi Ying was used to such beautiful scenery, and she only opened the window to let in some air. But she didn't expect to see Jiang Wei in the opposite villa, who was also sitting by the window. He sat on the edge of the window and didn't notice Zhi Ying.
Zhi Ying's eyes didn't completely fall on Jiang Wei, but looked at the place where he was sitting, thinking that the design of his villa was different?
The place where Jiang Wei sat was a bay window with a concave design. He sat there and looked down at a book. The warm winter sun shone on him, illuminating him with a light golden glow, causing people who witnessed this scene to feel warm.
For the first time, Zhi Ying felt that her room was a bit shabby. Not only did she not have a bay window, but even her curtains were not as large as the ones hung on both sides of Jiang Wei!
"Ying Ying, come out to eat." Mother Zhi knocked on the door from outside.
"Oh, coming." Zhi Ying retracted her gaze, turned and walked out of the bedroom.
Jiang Wei raised his head and glanced at the opposite window. Someone's gaze was too intense, and it was difficult for him not to notice. At this point, Jiang Wei could no longer focus on the book. He simply leaned on the comfortable pillow and closed his eyes to rest.
"I am going to buy some food later at noon, you invite Xiao Wei, and we'll have a meal together." Mother Zhi told Zhi Ying when they went downstairs.
Zhi Ying's core thoughts were all on the dining table in the living room, and she replies thoughtlessly, "Oh."
"Child, you... in fact, it's to say you two have no fate." Mother Zhi said helplessly, "Xiao Wei always came here to recuperate during summer break these past years, but you always ran around. You did not live with us here and always went to the city, so you two never met."
In fact, Jiang Wei didn't pay much attention to the people nearby, but his mother always came to talk to the Zhi family. Neither of the two were short of money, so they got along rather well.
But when they talked about their children, they were always vexed. Mother Jiang, Ruo Lan, was always worried about her son's health, and the lack of communication with them. He didn't care about anything, his only request was to come to Lugu Mountain every summer break.
At that time, the master suggested that they find a place with a good environment to recuperate. Hence, Ruo Lan chose several places with a developed economy. In the end, Jiang Wei didn't choose any of those choices. Instead, he opened the map and chose this place in Quan City.
Mother Zhi was also very helpless, her daughter also required a lot of worrying, and she was numb to external substances to a certain extent. Three meals a day, she would eat anything given to her, and if she didn't receive anything, she wouldn't care either.
In order to let her learn self-care skills, at the very least to know how to take care of herself, Mother Zhi tried to let Zhi Ying go with the local children of Lugu Mountain to sell things. She wanted her to go so she could learn the nature of children, and also be more carefree like them.
It was just that she did not know how it evolved into Zhi Ying following a bunch of adults all day long to wholesale various items in the urban area. And then it led to them shipping items up for resale.
The Zhi Ying who did not even know how to comb her hair when she woke up in the morning and would only lie on her bed to do math problems now had a very good relationship with the local merchants in Lugu Mountain. They would always bring Zhi Ying with them when they sold things, and she only earned a small amount of money. However the merchants were actually willing to give her a small profit.
Mother Zhi remembered that once Zhi Ying came back with a bundle of sticks on her back, saying that she wanted to sell it to tourists who went up and down the mountain as walking sticks. During that time, Mother Zhi had seen all kinds of strange things.
When the two mothers with the same kind of problems were together, the conversation naturally increased. The two mothers had been in contact all this time, but Zhi Ying and Jiang Wei had never met.
After a hearty breakfast, Mother Zhi and Father Zhi headed in the north direction to walk around, and Zhi Ying was urged to inform Jiang Wei to come over for lunch.
Zhi Ying was actually more familiar with the gathering place in the north direction of Lugu Mountain, and she has basically never visited the villa group in the south. Slowly walking across the road, she raised her hand and rang the doorbell.
This villa had always been cleaned regularly. When Jiang Wei came yesterday, everything was already set up, just in case he came over someday.
Uncle Li immediately went to open the door when he heard the doorbell, and found that it was the little girl from yesterday. He asked with a smile, "Did you come to find the young master?"
Zhi Ying nodded: "Is Jiang Wei awake?"
"He's awake, he's awake." Uncle Li replied quickly: "Young master is reading upstairs, what do you want to drink, young classmate?"
"No need, I just need to talk to him about something and then I'll leave." Zhi Ying didn't want to waste time, she still had math problems to solve later.
Uncle Li nodded: "The young master's room is on the left side of the second floor. Young classmate, you can go up and find him first. I have something to do."
What would Uncle Li have to do? He was a driver and didn't have to drive right now. However he thought that this young classmate was different from other people, and it was good for her to have more contact with the young master.
"Oh." Zhi Ying walked upstairs according to Uncle Li's directions.
Jiang Wei's door was not shut tightly, but was slightly opened. Zhi Ying hadn't even started knocking, and the door opened as soon as she touched it.
Zhi Ying stood at the door and didn't go in. Looking at Jiang Wei sitting on the bay window, she raised her hand and lightly knocked the door: "Classmate Jiang Wei."
"Why are you here?" Jiang Wei was dressed in comfortable home clothes, and his long hair was casually scattered on his shoulders. He looked a lot softer.
"Do you want to come to my house for lunch at noon?" Zhi Ying asked directly, "My parents said they would like to thank you for taking me home."
"It was on the way." Jiang Wei didn't want to admit that he sent her here specifically.
"Oh, then are you coming for lunch?" Zhi Ying nodded to show that she knew.
"…" Jiang Wei closed the book, stood up, and walked to the door. When Zhi Ying saw that he was walking towards her, she couldn't help but step back.
However, Jiang Wei just stood one meter away from the door: "Uncle and Aunt have already invited me, so naturally I will go."
Zhi Ying was about to say something when the phone in her pocket suddenly vibrated, it was her mother who called.
"Ying Ying, don't just inform him, remember to invite Xiao Wei to come and sit at our house." Mother Zhi suddenly remembered her daughter's dullness while she was walking around, and hurriedly called to remind her.
After hanging up the phone, Zhi Ying looked at Jiang Wei again: "You come to my house and sit down, my mother told me to."
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In the end, Uncle Li watched his young master and his classmate walk to the opposite villa together.
The interior design of the villa was designed by the owner themself, so each villa was different. Unlike the villa where Jiang Wei lived, where the lines were tough and it had a Northern European style, the Zhi family's villa was much more comfortable and full of warmth.
Of course, except for the outdated straw mat in a corner, and a pile of books on the far right of the living room.
There was no one else in the Zhi family. The cleaners came to clean it every two days, and they did the rest by themselves.
After leading Jiang Wei to the sofa in the living room, Zhi Ying wanted to go back to her bedroom to do math. But after recalling her mother's polite manner lessons, she could only sit in the living room and accompany the guest, Jiang Wei.
Originally, Jiang Wei didn't plan to come, but after seeing Zhi Ying's embarrassed expression, he suddenly changed his mind.
"What do you want to drink?" Zhi Ying put her hands on her knees, her back was straight, and she was very polite.
"Water." Jiang Wei glanced at Zhi Ying, and then continued to look at the villa he entered for the first time.
Zhi Ying first poured a glass of water for Jiang Wei, then ran to the TV to turn it on and then went to the refrigerator to get a bunch of food and put it in front of him.
"The remote control is here, you can watch whatever you want." Zhi Ying had a wishful thought in her mind. After completing the etiquette to greet the guests, she could settle to do her own math problems with a peace of mind.
After speaking, Zhi Ying ran into her room, grabbed the book, and sat next to Jiang Wei: "You watch TV, I still have problems to finish."
"..." Jiang Wei was silent.
"Since you are silent, I'll take it as you agree." Zhi Ying burrowed into her own problems happily.
Since the height of the sofa and the coffee table was about the same, Zhi Ying always liked to put the book on the coffee table and sit on the floor when she was doing math problems in the living room of this villa. The height was just right.
Jiang Wei was not interested in the TV, and his eyes fell on Zhi Ying from time to time.
Staring at the swirl of hair on Zhi Ying's head for a long time, Jiang Wei suddenly asked, "Have you ever been injured before on your forehead?"
Zhi Ying was absorbed in her own world, she couldn't hear the outside world at all. Seeing this, Jiang Wei reached out and nudged Zhi Ying.
"What's the matter, do you want more water?" Zhi Ying looked up at Jiang Wei blankly.
"…What's wrong with your forehead?" Jiang Wei asked again.
Zhi Ying immediately reached out and touched the scar on her forehead. This scar was not obvious as it was from a long time ago, but if you examined it closely, you could see the seriousness of the injury.
"I don't remember, it should have been a fall." Zhi Ying couldn't remember when she was injured.
Jiang Wei's eyes flashed, and he didn't ask any more questions. The two continued to stay in silence. When Zhi Ying saw that he didn't speak anymore, she started to work on the problems again.
After a while, Jiang Wei asked again, "Do you come here often to live?"
Zhi Ying scrawled quickly without raising her head and answered, "I didn't often come to this south villa before."
Before, they generally lived in the urban area, and the neighbors who went to study in the United States were also from the urban area. In recent years, Father Zhi and Mother Zhi had always liked to come to Lugu Mountain to rest, so Zhi Ying came directly to the villa to live.
"Then… where did you go to often before?" Jiang Wei asked after some consideration.
"The gathering place of scenic spots in the north." Zhi Ying finally figured out the answer to the problem, and her tone became relaxed.
Jiang Wei replied, "Selling things?"
Zhi Ying thought it was Mother Zhi who told Jiang Wei, and nodded matter of factly: "Mhm."
Zhi Ying was very satisfied until Father Zhi and Mother Zhi came back. Classmate Jiang Wei was easy to greet, and would not bother her except for a few questions from when first came in.
By the time Zhi Ying heard the door open, Father Zhi and Mother Zhi had already entered the living room. Zhi Ying was afraid that her mother would scold her, so she hurriedly stuffed the book into her arms, pretending that she had been talking to Jiang Wei.
Jiang Wei stood up, just blocking her from the sight of the two parents.
Every time Mother Zhi saw Jiang Wei, she would sigh in her heart: This child is too handsome, with elegant eyebrows, especially so with a red mole in the center.
There would always be an illusion that he was here to escape the tribulation.
But Mother Zhi only thought of it in her heart, and greeted Jiang Wei with the same attitude as she would treat an ordinary person.
"I heard your mother mention you all the time, but I didn't invite you to come over and play." Mother Zhi walked over and smiled, "If our family hadn't been moving from home to home all the time, we would have definitely invited you to come and play. "
"But now you two are both schoolmates, and you can come and go frequently in the future." Both of Father Zhi's hands were full of things.
Zhi Ying hid the book well and let out a long sigh of relief.
The corners of Jiang Wei's mouth curled slightly: "Classmates, we should be in the same class next semester."
Mother Zhi was surprised: "Ying Ying didn't tell us about this, that's great, you can take care of each other. Xiao Wei, if you have any questions about your studies, you can ask Ying Ying. Her grades are quite good."
"Okay." Jiang Wei nodded.
At this time, Zhi Ying piped in, "I have nothing to teach you about high school knowledge. Didn't you learn it well yourself?"
Father Zhi, who was standing in the back, had a dark face. He was really helpless when it came to his daughter who didn't know how the world worked and how to use polite words.
The curvature of Jiang Wei's mouth continued to deepen: "There are still many knowledge points to ask Zhi Ying for advice."
"Oh, that's also fine." Zhi Ying was a little unsatisfied, but agreed.
Mother Zhi watched the interaction between the two and thought that Xiao Wei was not as indifferent as his mother, Ruo Lan, had said, but a rather gentle boy.