If the world had no daylight

The sound of firecrackers awakened Grandpa Liu who was in a light sleep. He put on his clothes and came out, and he was relieved to see Xing Yun.

The firewood in the kitchen was rekindled, and Grandpa Liu cooked a bowl of noodles for the hungry woman. The soup base was chicken broth, and he added a lot of fresh vegetables and an egg.

Xing Yun was really hungry and ate a big bowl of noodles.

After Grandpa Liu said a few words to her and went back to sleep, Bai Tian went to help clean up the kitchen, making room for the mother and daughter to talk.

Ye Wan looked at the dusty Xing Yun, but still swallowed all her words, and only told her to wash up and rest.

Xing Yun has her own special room in the hotel, which was specially reserved for her by Grandpa Liu, and it is usually locked and cannot be opened to other guests.She brought over both Bai Tian and Ye Wan's schoolbags, handed them over, and told them, "I've already bought you a plane ticket back to City S in the afternoon, go to bed early."

Ye Wan looked at her with disapproval, Xing Yun raised his hand to touch Ye Wan's face, and said softly: "What's the matter, can we talk about it tomorrow?"

It was hard to hide the exhaustion in her expression, Ye Wan couldn't say anything, she could only nod her head and say "good night" to her.

"Good night, my daughter." Xing Yun looked at her with gentle eyes.

But this night was destined to make Ye Wan not sleep well. She was afraid of disturbing Bai Tian next to her, so she restrained herself from turning over and just kept her eyes open to think about things.

The person behind him suddenly reached out and patted Ye Wan's arm with a soothing meaning.

"If you can't sleep, you can just talk to me." Bai Tian's voice was calm, without showing too much worry or concern.

With her back turned to her, Ye Wan was quiet for a long time before she said, "They agreed to divorce three years ago."

Bai Tian's hand paused, and then he supported the slender arm, passing the warmth of his palm over.

"I don't know what the reason for the divorce is. They don't quarrel in front of me. I didn't even notice the divorce for a year and a half."

The long-haired girl lying on the bed looked at the window screen, and recalled the past that was not easy for her from the leaking moonlight.

"In the beginning, they would pretend to be in front of me, but later they found out that I knew it, and they didn't even pretend. In fact, I won't force my parents to take care of me to live. If they really don't get along, it's good to separate .”

"But I slowly found out that's not the case."

The first time Ye Wan found out about her mother's abnormality was before the final exam of the first semester of the third year of junior high school.

She went back to school in the family car as usual, but because there was no traffic jam on the road that day, she arrived 10 minutes earlier than usual.When she got out of the car and opened the courtyard door, she found a man standing by the window of the study on the second floor.

The man was leaning against the window with his back to her. He was tall and oppressive for no reason.

Ye Wan's memory is very good, and her observation skills are not weak. She is very sure that she has never seen this person before, and he is not a friend or colleague of her parents, nor is she a relative.

So she made a decisive decision and asked the driver at the door to go home from get off work, then turned around and left the house.

About 10 minutes later, Ye Wan hid in a convenience store near her home and witnessed her mother and the man driving away.Because of the angle, Ye Wan couldn't see the facial features of the strange man clearly.

Having already noticed the divorce of her parents half a year ago, Ye Wan had to guess the relationship between her mother and the man. If that was the case, then when did the two start.

This was an unacceptable thing for her, but Ye Wan calmed down quickly and began to silently observe her mother's usual whereabouts and her reaction when she made phone calls with others.

So some things that I didn't pay attention to before suddenly became very conspicuous.

Mother would hide in the study at three fixed times every day. When Ye Wan passed by the study occasionally, the voice talking on the phone would stop and wait for her to leave before continuing.

She would go out quietly very late, and come back silently before dawn, pretending that she never went out.

Sometimes Ye Wan would find that the clothes she took off smelled of cologne, which was a men's perfume, and her father never used this kind of thing.

Ye Wan slowly accepted this fact, and then began to think about whether his father knew about it, and whether their divorce had anything to do with this matter?

Even since she was a child, she and her father's temper and even their ideas did not get along, and they seldom communicated, but at this time Ye Wan still cared about his father's feelings.

But Ye Wan didn't think about it, before she could think of a way to test her father's tone, she saw a scene that she would never forget.

At first, it was because the guests in the corner of the restaurant were too noisy, which made Ye Wan, who was already in a bad mood, a little irritable, so that she had no time to care about the dishes on the table and the people sitting opposite.

She was mechanically cutting the steak with a knife and fork, but all she could think about was how to gently mention this to her father to reduce the damage.

In the next second, Ye Wan suddenly heard his father's voice in the corner.

"Xing Yun, don't go too far!"

Ye Wan suddenly raised his head and looked at the people in the corner.

There were three people sitting there.

Two of them were her parents, and the other was a young woman who was crying.

A scowling middle-aged man sits next to the young woman, wiping the coffee stains off her head with a napkin as gently as if maintaining a fragile object.

The woman with red nail polish looked at them coldly, playing with an empty white china cup.

"Ye Chengze, I'm warning you for the last time. Before Wanwan goes to university, you don't want to let such a dubious woman into Ye's house!"

Hearing this, the man cursed angrily: "You are messing around outside by yourself, and you still have the face to control me? Xing Yun, you are simply unreasonable!"

The three of them didn't care about the many gazes in the restaurant, they performed a vulgar scene as if there was no one else around, and the guests around smiled tacitly.

But Ye Wan could no longer listen or watch.

She picked up her mobile phone and schoolbag, and left the restaurant without looking back.

On the passing street, the local education news is being played on a big screen. The well-known key middle school in the city is opening up its profound school construction to the public. The enrollment rate of the relationship.

Ye Wan stood on the street, looked up at that upright face, and stood until it was dark.

After that, Ye Wan no longer cared about her parents' private life.She understood one thing - she and her parents are not a community, they are just individuals who live together temporarily for various reasons.

The choice of parents does not require her to beak, nor does she need to care about it.In the same way, she doesn't need to ask the other party's approval for what she wants to do.

Unable to tell whether it was a qualitative change due to this, or the repressed nature was released, Ye Wan slowly changed.

This change was silent, no one noticed, and no one could see it.Ye Wan hides herself very well, she is still the most dazzling top student in the school, she is still the proudest daughter of the principal, and she is still a good child loved by teachers and classmates.

Parents are always the first teachers of their children, and Ye Wan is no exception. She has indeed learned a lot from her parents.

For example, "hypocrisy", such as "seeking advantages and avoiding disadvantages", and "regarding morality as nothing".

The world will not accuse you because of this, as long as you stand taller than them and have more things than them, then even "accusation" can make them speechless.

At the same time, you can use all means to get what you want.

It's okay to do bad things, as long as you don't get caught.

Ye Wan's excellence is her protective color, and it is also the guarantee of her unshakable status in the Ye family.

She learns everything quickly, including these.She was sure of her current situation, so she decided to be Ye Chengze's eternal pride, so that he would not give up her rights and opportunities.

But Xing Yun is different. For Ye Wan, no one can love her more than Xing Yun.Ye Wan is a very smart child, she knows what is good for her and what is bad for her, so whether Xing Yun is a cheating wife is no longer important to her.

She is her own mother, the one who puts herself first in everything.

Ye Wan believed that if she asked Xing Yun to choose between that man and herself, Xing Yun would choose herself without hesitation.

As for Ye Chengze, Ye Wan never believed him.

Because for Ye Chengze, there are more important things than her.

"After I entered high school, they officially separated. Ye Chengze collected the evidence of her cheating in advance and didn't give her any property. And she couldn't stay in S city anymore, so she could only start here again."

Bai Tian leaned against Ye Wan's back, quietly being the listener the other party needed.

Ye Wan's voice has always been calm, these things are rotten in her heart, and she needs an outlet to dump them all.

"I haven't seen that man until now. I don't know if he has lost contact with my mother. But since she came here, she has kept in touch with me and said that she will pick me up when she stabilizes. "

"I didn't realize a lot was wrong until she suddenly disappeared."

Ye Wan looked at the dark sky outside the house, fell silent, and continued after a long time: "There is no school in C city that is better than No. [-] Middle School. It is impossible for my mother to let me give up No. [-] Middle School and transfer here. She values ​​my future more than I do." .”

"But she promised to let me live with her. To put it bluntly, she is penniless now, but the Ye family is well-off. How can she ensure that I can live well with her? Unless she feels capable Offer these things, but you also see what kind of life she's living now."

She paused, and finally said: "So, either she was lying to me from the beginning, and wanted me to rest assured that she lives here. Or, her plan was disrupted by unexpected circumstances, which caused the current situation. "

Bai Tian knew that Ye Wan was more inclined to the second possibility.

After all, Xing Yun has always done what he says to her, which is why Ye Wan still believes in Xing Yun.

"After dawn, go and have a showdown with Auntie."

If this matter is not clarified, Ye Wan will not feel at ease even if he goes back.

Several people slept very late this time, and when they got up, washed and went downstairs, it was almost lunch time.

Xing Yun was talking and laughing with Grandpa Liu in the kitchen, while Ye Wan yawned and exhaled hot air with the smell of mint toothpaste, which drifted away in the cold air.

Bai Tian packed his backpack, tidied up the room and the bed, and then went downstairs with his things.

It was rare for the four of them to have a lively lunch. Grandpa Liu cooked a table of delicious dishes, all of which the three of them loved.

Xing Yun's eyes were a little red while eating, she sniffed and said with a smile: "I didn't expect you to remember my favorite dish."

Grandpa Liu just laughed, and then asked them to pick up vegetables to eat, and then drove to the airport when they were full.

Ye Wan eats this meal very slowly, but there is always time to finish it.Bai Tian consciously helped Grandpa Liu pack his things, so that the two of them had a chance to talk.

Holding a cup of hot tea, Xing Yun looked at Ye Wan with a calm expression.

"If you have anything to ask mom, just say it."

Ye Wan looked at her for a while, and finally asked, "How are you doing here?"

Xing Yun was startled, subconsciously lowered her head, hiding the expression on her face.After a while, she raised her head again, showing a smile: "Mom, everything is fine."

"Will you come to pick me up?" Ye Wan asked again.

This time Xing Yun nodded without hesitation, and replied, "I will."

Ye Wan finally broke into a smile. She didn't ask when it was, nor did she ask what she was hiding. She just nodded to her and said, "Then you promise me that you will have a good life."

Xing Yun held her hand, patted it lightly, and promised again: "I promise you."

Ye Wan and Bai Tian said goodbye to Xing Yun at the boarding gate with bags on their backs and boarding passes.

Xing Yun hugged them one by one, Bai Tian had never been hugged by an elder like this before, maybe she had before, but she had long forgotten.

In the unfamiliar body temperature and fragrance, Bai Tian said something softly to Xing Yun, the other party paused, then patted her on the back and let go.

Ye Wan took one last look at Xing Yun, waved to her, and then pulled Bai Tian into the boarding gate.

The woman standing there kept looking at that figure until she could no longer see it, and refused to look back.

The tall man stepped forward, glanced sideways, and said to her, "It's time to go, team leader."

Xing Yun withdrew her gaze, wiped away the water marks on her face, and then turned to leave the airport first.

The man sighed and followed her.

"Why didn't you tell her? You'll find out sooner or later."

The woman straightened her back and strode ahead. As soon as she reached the airport exit, she took out sunglasses from her bag to cover her face.

She straightened the cuffs and collar, took off the black buttons, and threw them into the trash can beside her.

The man opened the door for her, then sat in the driver's seat and started the black off-road vehicle.

The car drove towards the city, and after an unknown amount of time, the woman sitting at the back answered him:

"Third, have a baby early. Then you will understand."

The man smiled wryly and stopped answering.

The last day of the New Year's Day holiday is a buffer period for Bai Tian and Ye Wan.

After they got off the plane, they meekly accepted criticism and punishment from home and school.Surprisingly, the school had already given them an excuse to ask for leave, and no one except the principal and Teacher Li knew where they had gone.

Bai Tian felt that she was probably in Ye Wan's favor, otherwise it would not be too much for her to be expelled from school.

But Bai Laosan didn't let her go, and gave her a hard lesson, so he almost resorted to family law.But Bai Tian knew that he was reluctant, that is to say, he just came out to scare her.

She herself couldn't help but cast aside her confidence, but the past was over, and she had to move on.

The second is Monday, and school finally starts.When Ye Wan and Bai Tian returned to school, they felt as if they had passed away.

But Ye Wan will always be Ye Wan, her status has not been affected at all, she is still the top student who is dedicated.

Bai Tian continued her great cause of sleeping in class, unshakable.

The students who were a little restless at first, saw that they were really the same as before, and they returned to normal.

As a result, the private rumors were self-defeating and gradually disappeared.

In the first class on Friday afternoon, because I have to prepare for the experimental exam of the final exam, the chemistry class is held in the laboratory building.

The new chemistry teacher is a young female teacher, but she is very strict, and the teaching quality is also very high. She taught the steps of the experiment once, and then began to let them practice freely in groups.

Ye Wan was in a group with a few girls, and was teaching them the second time with her head buried, when there was a knock on the door of the classroom.

The fat old man stood outside, explained a few words to the chemistry teacher who opened the door, and then looked at Ye Wan.

"Ye Wan, come here."

She looked up and met a heavy face.

The measuring cup in his hand knocked lightly on the iron stand, Ye Wan came back to his senses, put down his things and walked over.

Li Xuemin held her mobile phone, took her downstairs, and stopped under a tree where no one was around.

"Ye Wan, calm down first and listen to me."

She was very calm, she even smiled and nodded to each other.

Li Xuemin took a deep breath, clenched his hands into fists unconsciously, but couldn't stop shaking.

"Your mother was arrested on suspicion of murder. She suddenly fell ill in the detention center of City C this morning, and she was not rescued..."

The smile on Ye Wan's face faded little by little, she didn't seem to hear clearly, she looked at him sideways and asked, "Ms. Li, what are you talking about?"