Chapter 31: No Farewell, Only Divine Wounds

  Also on this sunny day, for Dan Yong, however, the gloom had not dissipated. He patrolled back and forth in front of the entrance to the Kai Rui Yue Hotel for a long time before finally plucking up the courage to go inside.

  From that day on, Xie Ying was never seen again. A day later, Shan Yong finally gathered the courage to call her, but her phone was turned off. Today, on the eve of going for an internship, he called again, and it was still turned off. Subconsciously, Shan Yong felt that his senior sister seemed to be intentionally avoiding him, which could also be understood. With a family like hers, she couldn't accept his unconventional behavior. Moreover, when he was taken to the security department, Shan Yong had also intentionally let them clash with the iron plate of the Left family. If they really knew it was the professor's daughter invited by the school leaders, they would have been scared off long ago.

  Regret, faint regret.

  A story that has not yet begun has already come to an end, always leaving a lot of regret in one's heart. In fact, he still wanted to take his master sister to visit the temple fair, watch the rice dumpling dance, and tour the Grand Canyon. Although the two people's identities were vastly different, Shanyong couldn't help but like being with such an intelligent woman as his master sister. Every smile, every glance, every movement could leave a deep impression in his eyes and heart, making him want to forget, yet unable to do so.

  "Miss... I have a gift for Professor Zuo Nanxia, would you mind passing it on?"

  Shan Yong had done his trick again, and the square wooden box was placed on the counter. His sister had said she loved the filling of the steamed buns inside, which were full of hometown flavor. The waiter, who seemed to have a good impression of the tall, thick-eyebrowed young man, smiled and asked for his name and room number in detail, before giving Shan Yong a disappointing answer: "Sorry sir, Mr. Zuo Nan had already checked out two days ago."

  "Oh... thank you!"

  Shan Yong quietly accepted the expected outcome, smiled slightly and nodded. He turned around and walked out of the door, pacing back and forth in boredom, standing still for a long time before realizing that this was where he had agreed to meet his sister-in-law that day. The streets were still the same, the tree shadows were still the same, but the joyful and excited mood from that time no longer existed. The hard-earned certificate felt heavy in his hand, Shan Yong casually threw it into a trash can and turned around to leave.

  After a few steps, I couldn't bear it anymore, turned back and picked it up from the trash can again, carefully dusting off the dirt, just like that unforgettable memory. Unfortunately, the protagonist of that memory seemed to have never appeared at all.

  The shuttling pedestrians, the endless stream of cars, Xiang Yong stood by the road for a while, but at this moment, he suddenly recalled Professor Zuo's philosophical lecture. In this steel and concrete jungle, surrounded by countless people, everything seemed like a dream, where one could see all the scenery, yet couldn't find oneself.

  Walked a long way in a daze, took two stops on the bus, arrived at the foot of the mountain, waited for a village tricycle to pull vegetables, got on the car, leaned boredly against the carriage, and just put down Shifu's sister, the aftereffect of being a hero again.

  This aftermath has been bothering Shanyu for several days, with typical symptoms of palpitations, guilt, and a lingering fear... For example, when seeing his parents, he feels guilty, afraid that they will discover what he did. Fortunately, the incident at Xiangmazi was relatively isolated and didn't leak out; as for the palpitations, it's because after all, he is still a student, and on that day, the school handled the situation very decisively, dispersing all the fourth-year interns. Whether this will have any future consequences, Shanyu really doesn't dare to confirm - if someone were to take a dislike to him and withhold his graduation certificate, Shanyu would truly feel like he had no way to explain himself to his family. Now that it's all over, thinking back on it, it was indeed quite an extreme incident - pretending to jump off the building, breaking into the broadcasting room, gathering a crowd to attack the security office... it was all because of him, and now if he were to say it out loud, he's afraid no one would believe him.

  What can be done, if the Security Department really gets a hold of him, Zhan Yong knows that there will be no good outcome, at worst it will be the same as the current situation, or even worse!

  Again in this predicament, he wandered for a while, the car stopped with a jolt, arrived home. Today is a weekend, many people came to the farmhouse resort, the parking lot was almost full. Dan Yong jumped out of the car, returned home, took his already packed luggage, and shouted into the courtyard: "Mom, I'm leaving!"

  "...Be careful on the road, and call Mom when you arrive. Da Peng just called to ask about you." Teng Hongyu wiped her hands on her apron and looked at her son with a smiling face, adjusting his collar. When Leida Peng called, Shanyong didn't respond, this glutton only cares about playing and doesn't have anything good going on, so he didn't ask much, having been cooped up for two days he just wanted to leave quickly. But his mom was reminding him: "Your uncle is at a school that's remote and poor, if you can't stay there come back early...I mean, what were you thinking, going to such a faraway place for an internship? Besides, it's not certain you'll become a teacher after graduation..."

  "Mom, I want to go out and practice, can't always stay at home?" Dan Yong found a very good excuse, he was afraid of seeing his parents' guilty conscience again.

  "It's also... you're all grown up now, Mom can't control you anymore... call Mom more often."

  Hongyu heard that there was a guest calling for more dishes, comforted her son and sent him to the door. When she turned back, she reminded him again: "By the way, there's also a girl coming to find you... My son Cheng Ah, hasn't even graduated yet, and already has girls knocking on his door... Hehe."

  "Ah, where's the person?" Dan Yong asked excitedly and anxiously.

  "He's just left for a little while." said Teng Hongyu.

  "Is it that person who came to eat last time, with the surname Zuo?" Yun didn't come from nowhere and his heart skipped a beat, looking very nervous and expectant.

  "What are you thinking about? You're not... But it's quite pretty, I'm warning you, don't flirt with others outside before getting married." Tian Hongyu responded and added an educational sentence as she entered the kitchen.

  It's not Zuo Xiying, whoever it is doesn't matter, but Dan Yong heard his mom scolding and smiled.

  Carrying luggage out the door, the parking lot at Hui Ma Village is not small. After walking a short distance, I stood at the intersection and waited for a car coming down the mountain to take me part of the way by bus. When I arrived at the station, I still had to take a rural minibus. Zhuo Ma Township is quite far from the city center. Actually, I hadn't planned on going there, but given the current situation, it's better to go further away. Besides, I'm also very familiar with that place.

  Just then, a bright red MINI came out of the parking lot with a screech and stopped in front of Dan Yong. Song Siying gave a standard hook-handed gesture: "Handsome guy, let's go... I'll give you a ride."

  It's her! Yun Rong was stunned for a moment, smiled, and knew who had gone to his home.

  It's not bad to hitch a ride, but this time Shanyou didn't put on airs, opened the passenger door and got in. However, as soon as he got in, Song Siying really had some **lustful thoughts**, leaned over, took advantage of Shanyou putting things in the back seat, and heavily kissed him on the cheek. After kissing him, she still looked at Shanyou with interest, like a long-lost lover who had just been reunited. Shanyou was so stunned that he scolded: "Are you crazy? You spit water all over my face as soon as you get in the car."

  "Please, Egg Brother, is the first kiss okay...... Hehe, you won't really be a low-carbon brother, right?" Song Siying teased. In Ruan Yuan's words, those who don't smoke or drink, and don't hold hands with girls are all called low-carbon brothers. Shan Yong didn't answer this question, and instead rubbed the side of his face that had been kissed, saying: "First kiss!? You have the nerve to say that? Since I met you, except for not changing cars, everything else has changed, including several boyfriends?"

  "Hehe... didn't get to swap with you, a bit angry huh?" Song Siying didn't mind at all, instead she said excitedly: "What's there to be angry about? The beauty has already given a kiss, that day my sisters were so happy, they might even give themselves up oh."

  What a great temptation, but unexpectedly, Shanyong said nonchalantly: "Forget it, I don't want to be robbed of my innocence by you."

  "Please, Egg Brother, if you're a virgin then I'm a saint, isn't that ridiculous?" Song Siying laughed and said, her whole body shaking with flowers, this is a person who aspires to be a Marilyn Monroe, bewildering the world, these words can't even stimulate her.

  This isn't, back and forth two sentences, but it's even more fierce than Single Courage. Single Courage looked at Song Siying's elegant driving posture, her chest was too low, touching the steering wheel, her shorts were too short, revealing a large part of her white thighs, a standard beauty in a sports car. If she were to be flirted with, she would definitely not mind. However, unexpectedly, he couldn't muster up that interest at this time, and said with a scowl: "You're so happy, coming to offer kisses again, it seems you've gotten what you wanted. Now should I tell you how much benefit you got? Can't even give me some lip service before sending me off?"

  Song Siying batted her eyelashes and coquettishly said "how annoying", then smugly said that it was indeed as she had wished. At this time, she didn't plan to hide anything from Shan Yong either. The reason behind this was that the principal of the logistics department, Chang Tai Lai, was actually Song Siying's uncle-in-law. He had been in office for several years, and the private contract operation of the cafeteria had always been a headache for the logistics management. This time, taking advantage of the students' strike, he naturally took over the management of the cafeteria in the form of outsourcing. It is said that a company called Mei Ruo Jia from Lu Zhou signed an outsourcing agreement with the school, and all the food carts on that day were provided by this company.

  Originally, the chess game was lost, but unexpectedly, because of this single move by Jian Yong, the entire board came back to life in a miraculous way. Song Siying's excitement was so great that she almost couldn't wait to sacrifice herself immediately.

  Upon hearing this, Shan Yong said calmly: "I'm guessing that this food company must have some kind of relationship with Principal Chang, and it should also have a relationship with you. Maybe they're even relatives, right?"

  "Does this still need guessing? If it's not a relative, who would bother with such trouble?" Song Siying said with satisfaction.

  "Be careful, or you'll end up like Xia Chubby, being kicked out for being overpriced and underqualified." Jian Yong reminded.

  "Black mouth, no good words." Song Siying scolded a sentence, but at this time her mood was very good, and she really couldn't get angry with the person in front of her who gave her an unexpected surprise. She unintentionally won everything, which would make her whole family happy. Then Song Siying said: "I have no choice in this matter, my uncle got me into college, he's busy and can't not help... Mei Ru Jia Food Company is my uncle's nephew, only a few years older than us, he also said he wants to get to know you... Now he praises me for being capable, promised me that after graduation, if I go to his company, I'll be the manager immediately... But I don't want to go yet."

  Song Siying found it uninteresting, while Shan Yong seemed to have no interest. The snipe and the clam are fighting, and the fisherman is benefiting. These things were performed many years ago, when my whole family was the victim, but this time, the beneficiary is not myself either.

  "Don't be depressed, what's wrong, it seems like you're not happy to see me at all." Song Siying glanced over and saw Shan Yong's dejection, saying displeased: "Don't be like this, they're coming sincerely to thank you... You set the conditions! Don't even think about setting conditions of dedicating yourself. My brother said that whatever expenses there are will be on him. Think about it, how to take advantage of him."

  "Whatever, they're all just greedy businessmen, taking a small advantage and then having to pay back ten times the interest. Besides, my original intention wasn't to get any benefits, it's just that Xiaobai is too overbearing and I couldn't bear to look at him...I don't even know if I can get my graduation certificate yet, no mood for that." Shanyong expressed his concerns, but in reality, getting some benefits was nothing compared to the graduation certificate he had worked hard for four years and spent tens of thousands of dollars on.

  The car stopped, parked on the side of the mountain road. Song Siying smiled and said mysteriously: "Oh? You're worried about this? I thought Egg Brother, who everyone worships, wasn't afraid of anything? Don't worry about it, with my uncle here, you won't have to leave school with your butt exposed."

  "Really? Don't fool me, I'm now afraid of the school finding fault with me later." said Shuang Yong.

  "Cut, no guts, three days ago a loud call... who can stop our courage now? Let me tell you, you're just a little off. If it's a small mistake, the school will definitely be ruthless; but when things get big, they don't dare to handle it. What do you think should be done with you? Inciting a riot? That means the school management has problems, and the principal is irresponsible! Or should the leaders resign, isn't that just slapping themselves in the face? Now Xiaobanzi has been fined by the industrial and commercial bureau and is hiding from sight, it's all his responsibility, what does it have to do with you? This matter has been studied by the school party committee, my uncle said, guess what?" Song Siying sold a suspenseful look.

  "What's going on?" Dan Yong asked in surprise.

  "Haha, no one even mentioned your name... You're really living up to your reputation as a troublemaker, I think whoever mentions you will be in trouble. If they had taken away your graduation certificate, wouldn't they be afraid that you'd cause more trouble and make the leaders lose face again? Now, harmony is the top priority, and whenever something happens, they have to investigate the leaders' responsibility... Just like that time when you pretended to jump off a building, broke into the broadcasting room, and fought with the security guards, the school didn't even dare report it."

  Song Siying said this and couldn't help but laugh, giving Danyong a thumbs up: "I didn't expect it, you're really something! You even came up with a plan like a beehive, and everyone knew about it except me... But what you did wasn't bad, I actually kind of admire you."

  "Really?" Danyong's eyes moved as he heard this, and he thought to himself: "They are powerful and have high status, I have nothing, now it is they who should be afraid, not me. The advantage of the proletariat lies in this, how could I be so muddled? Good grief, they scared me for several days."

  Dan Yong suddenly felt relieved, if it's like this, then can't get a higher score than 55, not as pessimistic as he thought. Now he also understands the meaning of Director Wang taking him home without saying a word, there should be no more discussion. Those who make small mistakes should be fired, but those who make big mistakes are not dared to be fired, this is the same logic as stealing a hook and stealing a country.

  "By the way, there's another thing they don't dare to handle you..."

  "What's wrong?"

  "Ha! Acting dumb, huh? That old man on the left."

  "What's wrong with Old Man Left?"

  "Didn't you say your daughter is his girlfriend? What are you afraid of with that thick leg in your arms? Even the municipal party secretary has to buy from you."

  "Unbelievable! Isn't he just a retired professor?"

  "You're really stupid or pretending to be, his eldest daughter Zuo Xirong is the chairman of Tianji Aluminum and Zinc Chemical Industry, just investing in Lucheng has already reached 1 billion yuan. My uncle said that the old man was so angry that he left the next day. The city leaders criticized our school by name at the meeting because of this matter, saying that we affected the business environment. Principal Wang is now leading a team to apologize to the old man's family in Fujian and even brought Professor Song along... You're really something, maybe Principal Wang will still need to consult with you when he gets back."

  Song Siying couldn't help but show an envious expression, her small white hands directly touched the handsome guy's face, and she really couldn't resist admiring him to the point of wanting to take action.

  "No...no...it can't be?"

  Shan Yong swallowed hard, his eyes bulging out, and he really didn't know how this bizarre thing had happened. He was so shocked that he stuttered for a moment. Even Song Siying's thug-like action went unnoticed by him.

  Song Siying looked at Shan Yong, also stunned, seemingly not like the kind of person who would hug his thigh, and was shocked to ask: "Hey, I came this time specifically to invite you, or it can be said that it wasn't me inviting you, but my uncle's nephew specially invited you... wanting to get acquainted with you, Egg Brother. This won't also be another case of putting on a tiger skin to pretend to be a big shot, impersonating the son-in-law of the Zuo family, right?"

  "It's really... what a fuss, I just met Zuo Xiying three days ago and they're already having dinner at my place. If this gets out, it'll be a big joke! What girlfriend? With me like this, you don't even want to give in, how can the young lady from Zuo's family look up to... forget it, let's just keep a low profile and go back to the countryside to play." Dan Yong waved his hand, not daring to continue.

  "Fake? I don't think it looks real either." Song Siying smiled, started the car and praised Dan Yong's words: "But I'm not completely unimpressed with you, at least that day you were so cool, I was impressed... then how can I explain to my aunt?"

  "Just say that I'm not feeling well and can't make it... Kuan Jie, it's not that I don't want to give you face, but if people find out that my face is worthless, then it's better not to go at all. It would be embarrassing." Yan Rong said frankly, which was more straightforward when dealing with this profit-driven Kuan Jie, so as to avoid unnecessary entanglements.

  "Haha... you're quite interesting, Cheng. Keep some mystery to yourself, it might be more effective. Don't worry and go for your internship, nothing will happen, if there's anything at school, I'll call you, don't worry and have fun, even if you mess up, it won't be because of this, the competition in school is fierce too, they're fighting over this fat meat in logistics."

  Song Siying felt relieved after hearing this, as if she had also resolved a heart issue. She drove the car down the mountain and wanted to send Dan Yong to Zhuo Ma Township. Dan Yong insisted on taking the bus, and Song didn't force her to stay. She sent Dan all the way to the station and chatted with her for a while before the bus departed. When it was time to say goodbye, they even shared a hug. The intimacy between them had indeed reached a new level compared to before.

  The man left, and Shan Yong got on the rural bus heading to Zhuoma Township. As he watched the red car disappear into the distance, he knew that someone as selfish as Song Siying would probably think that kiss was a gain that was too much to bear. However, in Shan Yong's heart, there was a kind of resistance, a determination to rather be expelled than mix that beautiful memory with other impurities.

  Life itself is hard, living like a human being is even harder.

  When the car was driving, Shanyong's heart remembered what his father said. The first half of his life followed his father's ups and downs, from being laid off at the winery to closing down the restaurant, from poverty to wealth and back to poverty again. His family's life had been through so many ups and downs. As he was about to reach a crossroads in his own life, he touched on the difficulties that his parents had experienced for the first time. Just like now, he didn't know what to do or even what he should be doing...