ATBLM [QT] Chapter 117.2

After the meal, Yan’s father asked Yan Zhao to accompany him to play Go, but Yan Zhao was unwilling to let go of Jiang Rui’s hand.

The others watched for a while. Yan Xing was coaxed to take a nap, and Su Li quietly pulled Jiang Rui into the small living room.

“Come and sit down, don’t be nervous. Auntie just wants to talk to you.”

Jiang Rui sat upright, putting her hands on her knees, “Auntie, please tell me.”

Every time Su Li looked at her, she would think that such a well-behaved girl could be abducted by her son. She had never dared to think about it before.

She knew exactly what Yan Zhao was like. Even if he was her biological son, she would not be embarrassed to say that her son was not a good boy or a good student.

Ever since he started studying, she did not know how many phone calls she had received from the school’s teacher, either saying that he was fighting, sleeping in class, or not doing his homework.

It was not that Su Li had never thought about educating him well, but her son’s current personality was largely due to her previous negligence. It was the adult’s fault. Now she was asked to blame him and beat him. How can she be so cruel?

She could only reason bit by bit, be patient, and be tolerant. Maybe it had some effect, or maybe it was because he had grown up, and he finally stopped causing trouble after graduating from junior school. As for sleeping in class, even the teacher is used to it and no longer reacts to him.

Su Li hadn’t received a call from the school for a long time, but another one came suddenly a while ago. To be honest, she felt a little scared at the time, afraid that she would get some bad information from the teacher again.

But this call was not to complain but to praise Yan Zhao. At that time, Su Li thought that the teacher had made a wrong call, and after asking several times, she was sure that she was not hearing a hallucination.

The teacher said that Yan Zhao performed well in the second half of the semester. He never handed in homework before, but now he has started to write and the quality of the completion is acceptable. He also said that he made great progress in the final exam.

There were originally forty-eight people in the class, and Yan Zhao ranked in the lower half of thirty. This time, he ranked twenty-eight. If he can maintain this, he can study for another year in his senior year and get into a good university. So, his parents can continue to encourage and support him.

Su Li was so excited that she forgot to speak. After a long time, she calmed down and gradually figured out what was going on.

After such a long time, she did not think that her son would become enlightened for no reason. Everything that happened in the second half of the semester was all related to a little girl.

First, she became his deskmate, and then they became boyfriend and girlfriend. Then she saw that her son slowly started talking more, and his expression became richer and richer, no longer always frowning. Su Li did not know what to say other than being relieved.

In fact, Yan Zhao is not stupid. In some aspects, he is even smarter than children of the same age. Because Yan’s father runs a software technology company, he has heard about it since he was a child and always looks through the books and materials at home.

When he was in junior high school, he would make simple programs by himself. In his third year of junior high school, he even created a few small games. He negotiated with his father and sold them to his family’s company, earning his first pot of gold.

After that, he seemed to have found the fun, often typing on the keyboard alone in his room late into the night.

But no matter how outstanding her son is, Su Li just wants him to enjoy and experience the youth that a child of this age should have. But Yan Zhao is not a person who listens to advice, she can’t do anything about it.

Until the girl in front of her appeared.

Jiang Rui sat aside and listened quietly. Su Li spoke a little slowly, pausing for a long time from time to time before continuing.

“Manman…” Finally, she took Jiang Rui’s hand. Her eyes were slightly red, “Auntie knows that it is selfish to say this, but I really have no other way. I can see that Ah Zhao likes you very much.”

“He has never cared so much about someone. You are the first and most likely the last. So I want to ask you, if one day, he does something stupid and makes you unhappy or angry, before you leave, think about his goodness again and don’t give up on him easily, okay?”

Jiang Rui nodded lightly, “I promise you.”

“Thank you…” Su Li held her hand tightly.

***

In the evening, Jiang Rui was about to go home, and Yan Zhao sent her off.

The breeze blew on their face, taking away a little bit of the heat. The community at this time was much livelier than in the morning. Many people took their children out for a walk, and there were also people walking dogs and jogging in groups of twos and threes.

Yan Zhao remained silent until he reached the lakeside when he suddenly spoke: “I will try my best not to do stupid things, not to make you unhappy, not to make you angry, you…”

He turned his head to look at Jiang Rui, only glanced at her but he did not dare to look at her, “Can you… never leave?”

Jiang Rui knew that he heard her conversation with Su Li.

At this moment, Yan Zhao looked down at his shoes. He no longer looked fierce, strong, and confident. He was not at all like the flamboyant and wanton person he was.

Jiang Rui shook the hand held by the two of them, “You look at me.”

He paused and hesitated for a while before looking up.

Jiang Rui looked into his eyes and chuckled softly: “Auntie said no one wants you except me. How can I be willing to leave you?”

Yan Zhao’s face turned red little by little. He did not say a word for most of the day, just humming, like a little wife.

 

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Translator’s Comment:

Wow… This mother is really enlightened. Usually parents encourage their children to pay attention to study, not relationships.

 

 

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