Because of the holiday on New Year’s Day, classes would be held on Sunday and Saturday. This week, she couldn’t go to Mr. Zhao’s cram school due to New Year’s Day.
When Su Xingyang went to class in the morning, Father Su specially reminded him to tell Su Xingchen to go back home on New Year’s Day, so the whole family would celebrate the new year together.
Su Xingyang knew from experience. Instead of waiting on the stairs, he directly went to Class 16 to find her.
When he came to Class 16, the students in Class 16 were a little surprised. They whispered to Su Xingchen who was behind.
Su Xingchen and Cheng Kangyao were sitting in the middle row, second last bench. This was the first time Su Xingyang came to Class 16. Standing at the window, he looked into the class. He easily saw Su Xingchen and called, “Second Sister!”
This was the first time that the students had heard a classmate in the school call her ‘second sister’ publicly. Although many people knew that Su Xingchen, Su Xingyang and Su Xingyue were siblings, people only knew that Su Xingyang was the younger brother of Su Xingyue. They didn’t know that he was younger than Su Xingchen.
It was mainly because Su Xingyang and Su Xingyue who attended elementary school in International primary school had been going to school together since childhood.
Su Xingchen was enrolled in a public junior high school when she first came, and the tuition was particularly cheap. Later, she transferred to the International junior high school. Even so, it had been three years since junior high school. She and Su Xingyue have never played together. So the outside world had not confirmed this speculation.
A small part of this was because Su Xingyang would wait for Su Xingyue and Su Xingchen to go home at the staircase every night, plus their similar names.
Su Xingyue’s classmate Wang Sijia who grew up with them, knew of the Su family’s affairs. In the class, except her who knew that the Shā mǎ tèi of Class 16 was Su Xingyue’s sister?
No one.
When Su Xingyang came over to talk to Su Xingchen, Ma Nana was surprised.
She asked, “Su Xingchen is this your brother? You look quite alike.”
Su Xingchen went out without saying anything. The two stood in front of the flower bed. She asked him what happened.
“You didn’t come back home for two weeks. We got holidays for the New Year, so dad asked you to come back.”
Su Xingchen was silent for a while, “I’m going to cram classes at night. I’ll talk about it later.”
The New Year’s Day holiday was 30, 31, 1, and 2 as usual.
Su Xingyang thought that she was still angry about the previous things, and that she deliberately made excuses not to go back. He felt annoyed by her stubborn temper, “Anyway, I have brought the news and you can decide if you will come or not.”
Then Su Xingchen didn’t go back.
She didn’t go to the evening self-study, and left school at 4:30 in the afternoon. At night, Father Su came back to see that the living room lights were turned off. He turned on the lights and saw that the balcony door was still tightly locked. The heater was still on the desk, and there was no trace of someone moving in the balcony.
He went to knock on Su Xingyang’s room and asked, “Your second sister didn’t come back?”
“She said she has cram class.”
“What class at night?”
“How would I know.”
“All right, you study. I’ll call and ask.”
The next day was a holiday, so today was a very busy day. Father Su arrived at home at eight o’clock. He took out his phone to call Su Xingchen.
She was really taking lessons now. When she saw the phone ringing, she said sorry to the teacher, took the phone to the side, and answered it quietly, “Hey?”
“Chen Chen, where are you now? Why didn’t you come back today? Tomorrow, we have a new year. Come back to have dinner!” Father Su was also a little unhappy, but his tone was still moderate.
Su Xingchen whispered, “I am now taking classes at my friend’s house. His family invited an English tutor, and I am following the class.”
“Which classmate?”
“My classmate.”
Father Su didn’t know whether she was telling the truth or not, but out of respect for studying, he didn’t bother her much, and said, “Then join the class first, remember to come back tomorrow.”
Su Xingchen was silent for two seconds, “I have class tomorrow.”
Father Su frowned, “What about the evening?”
“English class at night.”
“Can’t you take a leave for one day?”
Su Xingchen said, “I’m learning from other people’s teachers. I can’t let them follow my time.”
Father Su stopped talking. After hanging up the phone, he felt very sad.
He knew that she didn’t want to come back. What did she say she was taking tuitions from others? Even if she went to Mr. Zhao’s house for the young man named Zhao the result would not be so bad.
He sighed, realizing that she didn’t want to come back and just made an excuse. Otherwise, if she really wanted to come back, she could visit them. The school was less than two kilometers away from home, and she could come back every day.
He sat on the sofa, took out the talisman from his pocket, and looked at it.
Because of the holiday on New Year’s Day, classes would be held on Sunday and Saturday. This week, she couldn’t go to Mr. Zhao’s cram school due to New Year’s Day.
When Su Xingyang went to class in the morning, Father Su specially reminded him to tell Su Xingchen to go back home on New Year’s Day, so the whole family would celebrate the new year together.
Su Xingyang knew from experience. Instead of waiting on the stairs, he directly went to Class 16 to find her.
When he came to Class 16, the students in Class 16 were a little surprised. They whispered to Su Xingchen who was behind.
Su Xingchen and Cheng Kangyao were sitting in the middle row, second last bench. This was the first time Su Xingyang came to Class 16. Standing at the window, he looked into the class. He easily saw Su Xingchen and called, “Second Sister!”
This was the first time that the students had heard a classmate in the school call her ‘second sister’ publicly. Although many people knew that Su Xingchen, Su Xingyang and Su Xingyue were siblings, people only knew that Su Xingyang was the younger brother of Su Xingyue. They didn’t know that he was younger than Su Xingchen.
It was mainly because Su Xingyang and Su Xingyue who attended elementary school in International primary school had been going to school together since childhood.
Su Xingchen was enrolled in a public junior high school when she first came, and the tuition was particularly cheap. Later, she transferred to the International junior high school. Even so, it had been three years since junior high school. She and Su Xingyue have never played together. So the outside world had not confirmed this speculation.
A small part of this was because Su Xingyang would wait for Su Xingyue and Su Xingchen to go home at the staircase every night, plus their similar names.
Su Xingyue’s classmate Wang Sijia who grew up with them, knew of the Su family’s affairs. In the class, except her who knew that the Shā mǎ tèi of Class 16 was Su Xingyue’s sister?
No one.
When Su Xingyang came over to talk to Su Xingchen, Ma Nana was surprised.
She asked, “Su Xingchen is this your brother? You look quite alike.”
Su Xingchen went out without saying anything. The two stood in front of the flower bed. She asked him what happened.
“You didn’t come back home for two weeks. We got holidays for the New Year, so dad asked you to come back.”
Su Xingchen was silent for a while, “I’m going to cram classes at night. I’ll talk about it later.”
The New Year’s Day holiday was 30, 31, 1, and 2 as usual.
Su Xingyang thought that she was still angry about the previous things, and that she deliberately made excuses not to go back. He felt annoyed by her stubborn temper, “Anyway, I have brought the news and you can decide if you will come or not.”
Then Su Xingchen didn’t go back.
She didn’t go to the evening self-study, and left school at 4:30 in the afternoon. At night, Father Su came back to see that the living room lights were turned off. He turned on the lights and saw that the balcony door was still tightly locked. The heater was still on the desk, and there was no trace of someone moving in the balcony.
He went to knock on Su Xingyang’s room and asked, “Your second sister didn’t come back?”
“She said she has cram class.”
“What class at night?”
“How would I know.”
“All right, you study. I’ll call and ask.”
The next day was a holiday, so today was a very busy day. Father Su arrived at home at eight o’clock. He took out his phone to call Su Xingchen.
She was really taking lessons now. When she saw the phone ringing, she said sorry to the teacher, took the phone to the side, and answered it quietly, “Hey?”
“Chen Chen, where are you now? Why didn’t you come back today? Tomorrow, we have a new year. Come back to have dinner!” Father Su was also a little unhappy, but his tone was still moderate.
Su Xingchen whispered, “I am now taking classes at my friend’s house. His family invited an English tutor, and I am following the class.”
“Which classmate?”
“My classmate.”
Father Su didn’t know whether she was telling the truth or not, but out of respect for studying, he didn’t bother her much, and said, “Then join the class first, remember to come back tomorrow.”
Su Xingchen was silent for two seconds, “I have class tomorrow.”
Father Su frowned, “What about the evening?”
“English class at night.”
“Can’t you take a leave for one day?”
Su Xingchen said, “I’m learning from other people’s teachers. I can’t let them follow my time.”
Father Su stopped talking. After hanging up the phone, he felt very sad.
He knew that she didn’t want to come back. What did she say she was taking tuitions from others? Even if she went to Mr. Zhao’s house for the young man named Zhao the result would not be so bad.
He sighed, realizing that she didn’t want to come back and just made an excuse. Otherwise, if she really wanted to come back, she could visit them. The school was less than two kilometers away from home, and she could come back every day.
He sat on the sofa, took out the talisman from his pocket, and looked at it.
