I Just Want to Freeload on Your Luck - Chapter 69
Two days later, Mingxi and Fu Yangxi were discharged from the hospital together.
The wound on Fu Yangxi’s shoulder healed so fast that the doctors were shocked. Originally, such an injury was prone to repeated infection. It might take three weeks to remove the gauze, but Fu Yangxi could remove it in less than four days.
But everyone only thought that Fu Yangxi was young and had a strong recovery ability.
On the day they were discharged from the hospital, Zhao Yuan had already been detained.
Because no major harm was done to anyone’s life, only property damage was caused, in the end the sentence was only three years.
This was a fair and just judgment of the court.
The Fu family did not intervene, otherwise she would only be given a heavier sentence.
And another art school gangster friend who helped her unconsciously was also sentenced to seven months in prison.
Zhao Yuan was 18 years old when she was imprisoned. She will be 21 years old when she is released from prison. She is still young, and she can start all over again.
But the question was whether she herself wanted to start all over again.
This irreversible result of the matter was undoubtedly something that no one in the Zhao family wanted to see.
The Zhao family was not only angry that Zhao Yuan almost killed Zhao Mingxi, but also distressed about why it ended so badly.
Zhao Zhanhuai naturally thought that maybe he had spurned Zhao Yuan by ignoring Zhao Yuan more than a dozen times.
The last time he was disgusted and indifferent to her in the garage, it directly became the fuse of her arson.
However, Zhao Zhanhuai asked himself, did his family feel sorry for Zhao Yuan?
He didn’t think so.
Not to mention the care they gave her for more than 10 years.
Even after finding Zhao Mingxi and discovering that Zhao Yuan was not his parent’s biological daughter, the family still treated Zhao Yuan as before.
It was not until they discovered that Zhao Yuan’s biological mother, Zhang Yufen, was the criminal who exchanged the two children, that their family had a psychological breakdown and drove Zhao Yuan out of the Zhao family.
Not only because they could no longer face Zhao Yuan who was the child of the criminal, but also because, under such circumstances, they still kept Zhao Yuan at home. So, how sorry should they be for Zhao Mingxi who had been living away from home for many years and suffered so much?
In fact, because of the last sliver of old love, she was not asked to compensate them, nor was she reported to the police about her instigating Zhang Yufen to escape.
However, things have still come to this point today.
Perhaps it was their family’s education that fundamentally failed.
What Mr. Zhao and Madam Zhao taught their children when they were very young was that you have to do everything you can to get what you want.
When their lives were good and their status was superior, this kind of education would undoubtedly make them more motivated.
However, Mr. Zhao and Madam Zhao forgot how to educate them and teach them what to do when they encounter setbacks. So, when Zhao Yuan returned from the sea to her original living environment of river mud, what she thought of was to do everything she could to get what she wanted, and finally, she went astray.
To a certain extent, the grandmother who adopted Zhao Mingxi may have been more successful in educating Zhao Mingxi than Mr. Zhao and Madam Zhao. At least, Zhao Mingxi learned from her how to be strong and grow in adversity.
This incident caused the Zhao family to reflect a lot on themselves.
It’s just that the matter had come to this point, and everything was irreparable.
*
After the Zhao family found out when Mingxi would be discharged from the hospital, they drove to the hospital in advance and waited for several hours.
When Mingxi was still in the ward, there were people from the Fu family near the elevator and they couldn’t get close. Now that Mingxi came out of the hospital, before getting into the car, they could finally catch a glimpse of Mingxi.
It was just a short while before Mingxi got into the car.
She was wearing a gray sportswear suit. Her hair was tied into a ponytail, her slender neck was fair, and she looked very energetic. She was talking to Professor Gao who was also picking up his grandson from the hospital.
Only upon seeing with their own eyes that Zhao Mingxi was fine, her whole body was intact, and she just lost weight after staying in the hospital for a few days, the Zhao family finally breathed a sigh of relief.
They stayed in the car and watched the Fu family’s car drive away, followed by the Dong family’s car, as if they were going to pick up Zhao Mingxi, Fu Yangxi, Professor Gao and his grandson for a meal. Both cars left in the same direction.
This time, they didn’t follow.
Because the current Mingxi looked really satisfied.
She had a lover, friends, relatives, and she lacked nothing.
To her, they may be just a trace in her memory which did not need to be repaired.
If they follow them, it would make them seem like uninvited guests and disturb everything.
Zhao Yuning spoke first, “Mingxi won’t marry Fu Yangxi in the future, right?”
Zhao Zhanhuai thought of Fu Yangxi’s vicious punch on Zhao Mo’s temple. He actually still had the mood to laugh, and said, “Then, Zhao Mo is probably going to die of anger.”
Mr. Zhao stared at the car driving away and frowned in displeasure. He said, “She’s only 18 years old, why would she be talking about marriage? And I don’t like that kid from the Fu family very much. That kid has no sense of etiquette at all. They’ve been together for so long, but he never thought of coming to see his father-in-law. He is so rich but he doesn’t seem to show his affection for her, so I think it’s better to find someone else who can marry into our home.”
Zhao Yuning said, “Dad, what’s the use of your disapproval? It’s not like she’ll invite us when she gets married.”
Mr. Zhao: “…”
Zhao Zhanhuai: “…”
Madam Zhao: “…”
The Zhao family sitting in the car suddenly fell into a death-like silence.
It was they who took Zhao Mingxi’s sincerity for granted before.
Just like a shattered glass, when something is broken, it is broken, and it can never go back to how it was in the beginning.
They thought they could make up for it before, but if Mingxi didn’t get enough warmth from them in the first place, then what’s the point of mending it now.
They were afraid that on the day she gets married, their family really won’t appear on the invitation list.
“Let’s go home,” Mr. Zhao said solemnly.
Zhao Zhanhuai looked at the red-eyed and silent Madam Zhao from the rearview mirror and sighed inwardly. He turned the car around and drove home.
Zhao Yuning became aware that he made a slip of the tongue, causing the atmosphere in the car to turn lifeless suddenly. So, he quickly said, “But a lifetime is so long, who can say for sure? Who knows what will happen? Maybe one day in the future Mingxi will reconcile with us?”
After all, humans always carry hope in their hearts.
Hearing his words, the other three people felt somewhat comforted.
Zhao Zhanhuai took a look at Zhao Yuning and thought, Zhao Yuning has made a lot of progress visible to the naked eye.
He is not as ignorant as before.
This was probably the only comforting thing among a lot of bad things in the past six months.
*
Mingxi and Fu Yangxi returned to school after dealing with the problem of Professor Gao’s relocation.
As soon as they returned to school, they were greeted by the followers in the class with tears in their eyes.
It’s almost the college entrance examination, and yet this kind of thing happened. It was really worrying.
Two followers even lit a brazier in the corridor and asked them to step over it.
Mingxi thought it was silly, but couldn’t reject the enthusiasm of the group of people, so she bravely jumped over it.
Fu Yangxi saw her bouncing posture and thought she was so cute. He caught her on the opposite side.
Ke Chengwen and the followers were still making noise. Even though the dean was late, he arrived and hurried over with a pointer. He shouted, “It’s still a few days before the college entrance examination, and your class is still making noise! Where’s Lu Wangwei?!”
Teacher Lu Wangwei who was sitting in the office sneezed.
Great, my performance bonus for May is gone again.
The fact that Zhao Yuan committed arson and was directly arrested caused heated discussions in the school.
The teachers and students in the school were so shocked that they felt as if they had watched a TV series.
It was even the kind that destroyed one’s moral views.
Because before this, Zhao Yuan hadn’t been to school much this semester, and when she did go to school, she was still dressed in the kind of boots that showed her thighs. Thus, the people in the Evergreen Class were no longer familiar with her.
So when they heard about this incident, no one in the Evergreen Class thought it was weird— In fact, some of them felt that Zhao Yuan’s mental state was a little bit off.
But no matter what, everyone’s mood was quite complicated. After all, they were classmates for almost three years, and she actually committed such a twisted crime.
Among them, Pu Shuang and E Xiaoxia had the most complicated feelings. One was Zhao Yuan’s friend and the other was Zhao Yuan’s enemy. The two looked at each other amidst the discussions in the classroom, and then looked away.
Late May.
It rained several times.
People in the Gold Medal Class discovered a very rare thing.
Recently, after school, Shen Liyao didn’t go home directly, or go to the laboratory assigned to him by the school. Instead, he stayed behind to tutor his classmates who were about to take the college entrance examination and were still a little short of the score of their chosen college, helping them to rush during the final hours. He helped them cross the threshold of the college entrance examination and get them admitted to their ideal college.
Ye Bai and the others felt it was unbelievable. They felt that Shen Liyao was not Shen Liyao at all.
Others in the class also wondered if Shen Liyao’s soul had been replaced.
“What are you looking at? I’m definitely passing, so I might as well do something to pass time,” Shen Liyao said coldly as he wrote a topic analysis on a piece of white paper for the few people who gathered around, still not lifting his eyelids.
Judging by the indifferent tone of this speech, it was definitely Shen Liyao.
Ye Bai and the others looked at each other, hesitating whether to stay and wait for Shen Liyao.
The former Shen Liyao really wouldn’t do these things. No matter who came to ask him questions, ask for help, or even if the homeroom teacher Mr. Jiang came to him with irrelevant questions, to him it was all worth three words: ‘waste of time’.
The reason God Yao was called God Yao was not only because of the gold medals in major competitions that he was sure to win every year, but also because of his almost ruthless indifference.
To be honest, some boys thought he was deserving of a beating, but girls liked his pretentiousness.
But maybe it was because of the loss to Zhao Mingxi in that final that Ye Bai and others felt that some changes had taken place in him. They couldn’t tell exactly what changed. In short, this feeling was like he got dragged off the altar of pride.
Shen Liyao lowered his eyes, pursed his lips and calculated on the piece of paper.
Although Shen Liyao resisted with all his heart what Zhao Mingxi said that day, he understood some things later.
He has stood at the finish line since he was born, thinking that he was outstanding, that he had the right to look down on everything, and that it was only natural for everyone to look up at him.
But then all he could get was adoration.
If he meets the person he likes again, if he remains the same as before, then the other person’s neck will be sore, and the other person will leave him sooner or later.
Perhaps only when he also learns how to like others and how to treat others well, can he be entitled to a deeper liking that has nothing to do with family background, appearance, or grades.
Shen Liyao never thought that one day Zhao Mingxi would be able to teach him something.
—After he fell in love with her, and she never looked back.
Of course, Shen Liyao would never admit that he also saw a dazzling quality from Fu Yangxi that he had never seen before.
He felt that this kid deliberately rolled up his sleeves when he saw him on the basketball court, exposing Zhao Mingxi’s little hairband, which was really annoying.
Next, there would be a lot of fuss, including three major events.
After Fu Yangxi recovered from his injury, no one knew what kind of conflict happened with Shen Liyao on the basketball court— They didn’t fight, but there was definitely some tension between them for a while.
After returning home, he didn’t eat dinner for three days.
After losing two kilograms in weight, he was finally lighter than Shen Liyao.
His face finally turned from cloudy to sunny.
Mingxi’s response: “…”
Then, there was the national competition and the college entrance examination.
There was no training camp for the national competition, so Fu Yangxi sent Mingxi there to finish the exam, and that was it. This time, it was the result after achieving 500 seedlings, that is to say, it was Mingxi’s own real result. No matter what she got in the exam, Mingxi was satisfied.
It was very hot during the two days of the college entrance examination. Everyone felt so hot that they could wring out water caused by sweat all over their bodies.
While they were about to suffer from heat stroke, everyone finished the exam in one go, and finally heaved a sigh of relief.
After the exam, the people in the International Class tore up the papers, and chased and slapped each other. Everyone seemed crazy.
White test papers were flying all over the sky, radiant under the scorching sun.
In a crazy and scorching atmosphere.
While packing up her things, Mingxi asked, “Aren’t most of the people from our class going abroad? We’re already going abroad at the end of September. Why are you still so excited after the college entrance examination?”
Fu Yangxi was wearing a black short-sleeve. Mingxi had no idea where he found that thin black gold skull chain from nowhere to hang around his neck again. Ever since Mingxi said last time that he looked handsome while wearing this one, causing her heart to beat wildly since their first meeting, he has been smug and never took it off.
He leaned against the wall, tearing up his book seriously. He raised his eyebrows at Mingxi. “Little Mask, this is known as a sense of ceremony, understand?”
Mingxi: “…”
What ‘sense of ceremony’? I think you just want to tear up the books, right?!
“Why is there a Chinese dictionary in my desk drawer?” Fu Yangxi suddenly found a thick dictionary while he was throwing away the things in his desk drawer.
Mingxi said, “It’s mine. How did it get into your drawer?”
Fu Yangxi handed it to her. “Do you still need it? Take it back with you.”
Mingxi said, “Forget it, it’s so heavy. Throw it here first, later on there will be those Year 2s who want to borrow books, so I’ll just give them directly to my juniors.”
Fu Yangxi: “…”
Fu Yangxi said angrily, “How can you do this, Little Mask? Do you still like to study? Such a thick dictionary costs 56 yuan!”
“…” Mingxi leaned over and touched his forehead. “Do you have a fever?”
Fu Yangxi’s face turned red suddenly. He put the dictionary back into the desk drawer.
Mingxi felt that he was acting weird. Before he stuffed it in, she suddenly pulled out the dictionary from his hand.
“Wait, don’t—”
Before Fu Yangxi could speak, Mingxi had already opened the thick dictionary.
Sunlight refracted in from the window, shining on a dark blue exquisite brocade box sandwiched between the hollowed out dictionary.
When Mingxi opened the dictionary suddenly, the brocade box was also opened.
Standing amongst them were two silver rings.
“…”
Mingxi’s heart skipped a beat.
Fu Yangxi stood up, his face was red like it was bleeding.
He originally planned to let Zhao Mingxi take the dictionary home with her own hands, and when she saw the starry sky he arranged, he would hint to the Little Mask to open the dictionary. However, he could not outdo what was fated. The decorative lights this time were the same as last time, and they had no effect at all. No matter what trick Jiang Xiuqiu made, it didn’t work every time.
The little bird in Fu Yangxi’s heart was crying. Is the love of an 18 year old destined to be in a hurry?
That being the case, he couldn’t wait for one more minute, one more second.
“Little Mask, give me your hand.” Fu Yangxi looked down at Zhao Mingxi.
Mingxi took a breath and raised her head.
Although this kind of routine was very basic and vulgar, but ahhh— why was she so damn tempted?!
The yellow and warm orange sunset came in from the window behind him, casting the tall figure of the young man on her.
Fu Yangxi lowered his head slightly to look at her. He raised his eyebrows, still as high-spirited as when he first saw her, as fierce as the rising sun.
Mingxi held the dictionary in her arms. When she met his eyes, her heart was still beating very fast.
It’s Fu Yangxi.
Mingxi was sure that he was the chosen one for her.
Amidst the noise of the group of people in the class, shreds of snow-white paper were scattered one after another.
Mingxi’s cheeks were hot. She raised her hand to touch Fu Yangxi’s.
Fu Yangxi looked shy but serious. With a ring, he slowly locked her close to him.