Rebirth: Those Years When I Was a Bad Student

Cheng Mingjiang drove them to the restaurant, and while driving he frequently looked at Cheng Yao in the back through the front mirror. At this moment he didn't know what to say, and Cheng Yao also found that the person in front kept looking at him.

Grandpa Cheng took the initiative to smooth things over and chatted with Cheng Mingjiang in a random manner, sometimes asking Cheng Yao a few questions.

Cheng Yao was listening from behind and would sometimes respond.

Half an hour later, they arrived at the restaurant. Looking at the grandly decorated store, Grandpa Cheng asked, "This place must be very expensive. Let's just go home and eat something casually."

Cheng Mingjiang said, "Uncle, this is not expensive. It's on sale today. We don't have any food at home, so we can eat at home tonight."

He turned to Cheng Yao and said, "I'll take you guys out for a walk tonight. If you want to eat anything later, just order it yourself. Don't be polite."

Cheng Yao nodded and said, "Thank you."

What I said just now was just to lie to Grandpa. How could this place not be expensive?

This also made Cheng Yao even more curious about the man in front of him and what his relationship was with his grandfather.

Cheng Mingjiang booked a private room, and after entering, he asked Grandpa Cheng and Cheng Yao to order the dishes. Grandpa Cheng couldn't help but be shocked by the prices on the menu, and Cheng Yao just ordered a few dishes at random.

In the end, Cheng Mingjiang added a few more main dishes and special dishes.

After ordering the dishes, Cheng Mingjiang asked, "Ayao, you are in the second year of junior high school this year, right?"

Cheng Yao said "hmm" and picked up the cup of water to drink.

In fact, he didn't know why, but he always felt that this cousin looked at him strangely. The look in his eyes was filled with guilt, joy, and even some uneasiness.

Seeing that Cheng Yao didn't really want to chat, Cheng Mingjiang kept chatting with Grandpa Cheng, but the topic was always about Cheng Yao.

He would talk about his childhood and his studies in school.

Cheng Yao listened silently. He had no recollection of some things. He didn't know why his grandfather wanted to talk to his cousin. He seemed quite interested.

Grandpa Cheng and Cheng Mingjiang decided to wait until after dinner and then tell him the truth after returning home.

After a while, the waiter started serving the dishes. There were a total of ten dishes, most of which were specialties from Jingnan City.

Cheng Yao was still eating calmly, but no matter how much he ate, the bowl was always full, not a little bit less but more and more.

In fact, he wanted to stop him at the beginning, but when he saw the look in his eyes, as if he was a child who had done something wrong, he couldn't say no.

Looking at the bowl that was once again filled, he said, "Eat by yourself. No need to help me pick up the food. I've almost finished eating now."

Cheng Mingjiang turned the table and said, "I saw that you like this fish very much. Eat more. If it's not enough, order another one."

Grandpa Cheng continued, "Mingjiang, that's enough. You can't go hungry with so many dishes. You didn't eat much just now, eat quickly."

"Ayao must be not used to it just now."

Cheng Yao discovered that he was just not used to it. He was not used to someone other than his grandfather picking food for him and asking him what he liked to eat.

No, someone else once asked him what he liked to eat and what he shouldn’t eat.

Seeing Cheng Yao's cold personality, he felt that he was so sorry for Ru Ping. Ru Ping was such a lively and cheerful person, always had a lot to say. When she was pregnant, the baby in her belly often kicked her belly, and she said that the child would definitely be a naughty one in the future.

But seeing that Cheng Yao was so quiet and taciturn at the age of thirteen, he didn't know how to face Ru Ping in the future.

It's all his fault. He shouldn't have just listened to Cheng Sheng's one-sided story and should have gone home to see him earlier.

Or contact your cousin earlier.

After dinner they returned to Cheng Mingjiang's house.

Cheng Mingjiang's residential complex is large, with a good environment, high floors and elevators. Such a community is not found in the small county town of Beishui.

Cheng Yao and his grandfather followed him from the underground garage into the elevator and went to the 16th floor. After Cheng Mingjiang took out the key, opened the door, changed into slippers, and told them to hurry in.

Looking at the spacious and clean ground, Grandpa Cheng and Cheng Yao did not go in, but just lowered their heads to look at the ground and the shoes on their feet.

Cheng Mingjiang said quickly, "No need to change your shoes. The floor has not been mopped for several days and it is dirty. I will go to the supermarket to buy some daily necessities. Come in quickly and I will get you some water."

Grandpa Cheng and Cheng Yao came in and sat on the sofa, looking at the well-decorated and spacious house, but thinking that it lacked some fireworks and was a little cold. So Grandpa Cheng asked: "Mingjiang, do you live alone?"

Cheng Mingjiang came over with two glasses of water and said, "Yes, my cousin has always been alone."

Looking at Grandpa Cheng's gradually gloomy expression, he said, "But this is also good."

So Grandpa Cheng suddenly turned to Cheng Yao and said, "Ayao, didn't you ask my father before? Grandpa is taking you to find him now."

Cheng Yao reached out to grab the cup but his hand stopped in mid-air, and he slowly withdrew it after a long while. He really hadn't thought that the cousin in front of him was his biological father.

It's not like he hasn't asked before, but grandpa always keeps silent.

It made him feel that he might never see them again in this lifetime.

I didn't expect everything to happen so suddenly.

How could he not have thought of it? My grandfather suddenly brought him here, and the look on my uncle's face when he was eating, how could he not have thought of it?

Looking at Cheng Yao's crossed hands, Grandpa Cheng patted Cheng Yao's legs twice and said, "We haven't seen each other for so many years. You and your son should have a good chat. Grandpa is a little tired. I'm going to take a rest."

Cheng Mingjiang stood up and brought Grandpa Cheng to the door of the room. "Uncle, you can rest in this room. I just changed the bed sheets this morning. The bathroom is right next to it. The white towel on the shelf is new. I just took it out this morning."

After a while, Cheng Mingjiang sat back on the sofa again. Seeing Cheng Yao bowing his head and saying nothing, he explained, "I had no choice but to bring you back home. You should blame me. I haven't visited you for so many years. It's all my fault."

"But you have to believe me. I've always missed you. I wanted to go back to see you these past two years, but Cheng Sheng said you hated me. I was afraid it would affect your studies, so I said I would go back after two years when you could accept it."

Looking at Cheng Yao’s performance today, it is clear that the person who called him at the beginning was not Cheng Yao, and he was deceived.

In order to get the money, Cheng Sheng went to Internet cafes, found Internet-addicted teenagers, gave them some money, and taught them to lie. Anyway, you can't see the real person on the phone.

Cheng Yao stood up after a long while, leaned on the sofa and asked, "Where's my mother?"

Looking at Cheng Mingjiang's stunned expression, he added: "I want to hear the truth."

Having lived a lie for so many years, he now doesn't want to listen to these false words, hiding everything from him in the name of doing good for him.

After a moment, Cheng Mingjiang said, "I have been looking for your mother all these years, but I have never found her. When you were born, I went out to buy food, and when I came back, your mother was gone."

"Because your mother never told me about her family's situation, I have never given up all these years. I believe that one day, we will find it."

"Because the nurse at the hospital said that your mother was taken away by her family. So your mother should have returned home, and she must miss you very much."

"I will try to find her."

What Cheng Mingjiang regretted most over the years was that he did not stay by his lover's side all the time.

But he always believed that Shen Ruping must be waiting for them.