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Lu Ming went up to the second floor with anxiety, Xi Wang just looked at her indifferently, turned and walked towards the study.

After several years of changes, Lu Ming no longer followed Xi Wang and looked up at her as in the past. She walked in step with her and walked through the corridor to the door of the study.

"Come in."

After finishing speaking, Xi Wang pushed open the door of the study and went straight in.

Lu Ming followed behind her, went in, and closed the door carefully.

She looked at this study she was very familiar with, feeling extremely nervous.

Xi Wang sat behind the desk, glanced at the little girl standing in front of him, and said, "How about a round of review?"

Unexpectedly, Xi Wang didn't ask Lu Ming about the book.

Lu Ming breathed a sigh of relief and said, "It's okay."

"The school organized mock exams two days ago?" Xi Wang asked.

Lu Ming nodded obediently.

Xi Wang: "How many points can I get?"

Lu Ming thought for a while, and said, "It's more than 600, just check the answer on the test paper."

Xi Wang frowned slightly when she heard the score, she took out Lu Ming's wrong question book from the side, and said: "There are many basic question types in this wrong question book that should not be recorded in it."

Xi Wang's voice was full of dissatisfaction and reprimand, Lu Ming looked at the notebook in his sight, and his heart skipped a beat.

She really read this book...

Xi Wang looked at the little girl standing in front of him, and reminded: "Don't use your energy to think about those unrealistic things, you know?"

Lu Ming could understand the implication of Xi Wang's words, his heart seemed to be tightly grasped by an invisible hand, as if trying to crush it with force.

Facing Xi Wang's denial of himself, Lu Ming bit his lip tightly, lowered his head without nodding or shaking his head.

She has a young heart, and she will not give up easily if she is sure.

Xi Wang looked at Lu Ming, and said again: "You should focus on your studies now. When you go to university and gain a lot of knowledge, you won't..."

"Will not."

Lu Ming raised his head and interrupted Xi Wang.

This was the first time she interrupted Xi Wang, and it was also the first time she tried to resist something.

Xi Wang was taken aback for a moment, she saw the words "stubborn" and "sincere" in the little girl's eyes.

Lu Ming licked his lips lightly and said, "There is nothing better."

Her voice was a little softer than before, and she blinked nervously at Xi Wang.

Obviously just now he looked so tough, but now he has become weak again, just like the denial just now was the roar of a cornered beast.

It was only then that Xi Wang realized that the little girl in front of her seemed to be a little different, not only in her appearance but also in her aura.

She used to suspect that Lu Ming was not the one who could write those thoughtful words, but now, it seems that it was really written by her.

Even so, Xi Wang snorted coldly and scolded: "Short-sighted."

Being reprimanded by the person he likes again, Lu Ming bit the flesh on the inner side of his lips tightly, and a trace of bloody taste spread slowly in his mouth.

I'm so short-sighted that I can only see the people around me.

"Go back and think about it, what Yu Sheng said makes sense, she is more mature than you." Xi Wang said.

Lu Ming remained silent.

She doesn't like to hear other people's names from Xi Wang's mouth, and she doesn't like to hear her say that others want to force her to be sensible and mature than herself.

Did she feel immature just because she wrote those immoral words in her notebook?

The silence made the atmosphere in the study gloomy, Xi Wang looked at Lu Ming, and for some reason, his sense of powerlessness was amplified in his heart.

She had never experienced this kind of feeling before, obviously what she said to Lu Ming were all righteous and correct words, but she couldn't convince herself.

Every word she said made her heart tremble slightly, and there were countless negative voices.

It's like saying that if you do this, you will regret it later.

Xi Wang's hand lightly slid across the notebook on the table, the smooth cover with the coldness of winter penetrated into her fingertips a little bit through her gloves.

Xi Wang looked down at the book that put everything on the table frankly. For the first time, she had some regrets, regretting opening this book, regretting taking this book to the company.

After a while, Xi Wang pushed the notebook to Lu Ming's side, "You should study hard, take the notebook and go back."

The tone was completely opposite to the one just now, it was very flat without emotion.

The plainness made Lu Ming flustered, as if Xi Wang wanted to give up on himself.

Lu Ming nodded, took the notebook, and walked to the door of the study step by step.

She clasped the doorknob tightly with her hand, struggled a few times, and turned to Xi Wang with anticipation: "I'm leaving, Aunt Xi."

The room was quiet, Xi Wang still did not answer as usual.

It's just that when Lu Ming felt heartbroken, she didn't even raise her head this time.

The lights in the corridor were as bright as ever, burning Lu Ming's eyes.

She never thought that this matter would be known to Xi Wang so quickly. It was clearly decided by her the day before yesterday, but she knew it today.

Lu Ming felt his heart hurt so much, he stared blankly at the book in his hand, unable to learn anything.

Her mind was extremely chaotic, and if she suppressed one side not to think about it, the other side would pop up, and she got five out of ten multiple-choice math questions in a row.

When I woke up the next day, the alarm clock beside the bed rang for the third time.

Lu Ming sat up from the bed with a drowsy head, touched the pillow towel and found it was wet.

Last night she had a nightmare that made her heartbroken to the point where she couldn't breathe. She dreamed that Xi had forgotten her.

She threw her out of the house and she had nowhere to go.

Lu Ming sobbed slightly, it was because she really had nowhere to go in reality that she was so flustered in the dream.

She patted the door that she had entered and exited countless times, no matter how she called, Aunt Xu would not come to open the door for her.

That kind of helpless loneliness surrounded her deeply, but what made her feel even more desperate was that the person who once reached out to her in the dream and asked her to go with him did not want her anymore.

Lu Ming went to the restaurant with a sleepy look, but saw Xi Wang's breakfast placed opposite his seat.

She felt very at ease with this business-as-usual scene.

Aunt Xu walked over from the side, saw Lu Ming exclaimed: "Oh, why are Miss Xiaolu's eyes swollen?"

Lu Ming didn't look in the mirror since early morning, thinking that it must be because he had a nightmare and cried last night, so he had to prevaricate: "Last night I wrote and went to bed too late, and drank too much water."

"Then I'll get you an egg and apply it." Aunt Xu said and was about to turn around and go to the kitchen, but Lu Ming stretched out his hand to hold her back, "No need."

She glanced at Xi Wang's breakfast across from her, and asked, "Aunt Xu, when will Aunt Xi come down? I want to wait for her to eat together."

"Miss Xiaolu, you don't have to wait. Miss left early in the morning and didn't eat breakfast, so I don't know what to do." Aunt Xu sighed, and said she was going to pack Xi Wang's breakfast.

There was a dull pain in Lu Ming's heart, and the spirit that was barely on his face dissipated in an instant.

She looked at the forgotten Americano coffee on the table, and took it over by accident, "Leave this to me, I want to taste it."

Aunt Xu didn't stop her, she nodded, "This is very refreshing, Miss Xiaolu can try it."

Lu Ming pursed his lower lip, and put the cup of coffee in front of him to his lips.

This was her first time drinking coffee, and the strong bitterness quickly occupied the tip of her tongue, causing her to frown involuntarily.

She felt that it was comparable to the traditional Chinese medicine she drank for a cold, but every time Xi Wang sat across from her, she could drink a cup without changing expression.

[But you have to understand that you and Xi Wang can't eliminate this long distance by getting into a good university. 】

【You don't even know if she likes girls or not. 】

Lu Ming's mind suddenly flashed what Yu Sheng had said to her.

From a certain point of view, she didn't like Xi Wang very deeply, and she even didn't understand the taste of what she drank until today.

Lu Ming looked at the chocolate sauce and coffee in front of him, and blinked twice.It is obviously a kind of thing, but one is bitter and sweet, and the other is completely bitter.

It's like she and Xi Wang seem to have the same fate, but they are actually two worlds.

And that world now looks like it doesn't want to accept her.

The swelling of Lu Ming's eyes did not disappear until he came to the class, and Song Ran noticed it as soon as he entered the door.

She said, "My God, what's wrong with you, baby."

Lu Ming still made an excuse to Aunt Xu: "Last night I wrote and slept too late, and drank too much water."

Her voice was not very interested, but Song Ran didn't hear it, and followed her words: "Drink less water when you're about to sleep, it's not good."

Yu Sheng turned his head and gave Song Ran the paper he had just finished, "here, copy it quickly."

Song Ran said "thank you" when he arrived, and hurriedly put the paper on the table, and began to copy it.

Yu Sheng noticed Lu Ming's tone, and naturally didn't believe her words, and asked, "What's the matter?"

Lu Ming put his schoolbag on, sighed, his lips were tightly pressed, and he couldn't speak a few rough words.

Yu Sheng understood immediately, and whispered: "She saw it?"

Lu Ming nodded.

Yu Sheng: "Did she scold you?"

Lu Ming shook his head.

It was because of Xi Wang's last peace of mind towards her that made her feel sad.

That's like treating an insignificant person, dealing with his own unreasonable thoughts without a trace of emotion.

Yu Sheng paused, and asked tentatively, "What about you? Do you want to give up?"

Lu Ming firmly shook his head, but...

"I don't want to give up, but I don't know what to do anymore."

Yu Sheng looked at the girl with lowered eyes in front of her, and felt sad as if she felt the same way.

No one is willing to give up the person they like, especially the first person they fell in love with when they were teenagers.

After pondering for a long while, Yu Sheng made a mixed proposal: "Go abroad. Then you will be an independent person when you come back. At that time, you can stand together with Xi Wang with a new identity. You are just Lu Ming, not a foster child. A child in the Xi family."

Lu Ming was a little moved when he heard Yu Sheng's words.

She raised her head, and this time accepted the enrollment prospectus handed over by Yu Sheng.

Yu Sheng: "Your English vocabulary is bigger than mine now, work hard, and you can take the IELTS after the next year..."

Yu Sheng told Lu Ming a lot carefully. She looked at the university on the cover of the admissions brochure, and her tightly pursed lips finally loosened slightly.

Lu Ming: "I'll think about it."

Sitting in the car home, Lu Ming looked at the street scene outside the window with complicated emotions.

Does she think she can go abroad to accept a completely strange environment?Can you adapt to the food environment that is completely different from China?

Many unknowns lingered in Lu Ming's mind, and she couldn't fully solve them until she got home.

The cold white light falls on the house, which is extraordinarily deserted.

Xi Wang still didn't show up at the dining table, and Lu Ming ate dinner alone.

Lu Ming looked at his lonely shadow on the ground, in fact, if it continues like this, it is better to really leave Xi Wang for a while.

Maybe when they were separated for a while, she would think about herself?

Will you find that she can't do without you?

Lu Ming smiled sarcastically, she felt that such an idea was a little unrealistic.

It's just that what Yu Sheng said makes sense. If she can go out and come back with a brand new identity, can she not regard Xi Wang as her aunt, but just someone she likes.

With such thoughts in mind, Lu Ming stood at the door of Xi Wang's study on the third floor, holding the enrollment brochure tightly in his hand.

The moonlight leaked into the corridor and fell on the shadow of the little girl.

Lu Ming was silent for a while, and finally mustered up the courage to knock on the door of Xi Wang's study, "Aunt Xi, I want to study abroad."