After Fu Sinian and Yu Manxi’s housewarming gathering that day, Song Fengwan entered the nervous period of studying and taking exams. After her exams ended, Yan Wangchuan happened to go to the capital for a business meeting, so he picked her up on the way back for the summer vacation.
Fortunately, Yan Wangchuan had picked her up. The summer vacation was long, so she had a lot of luggage. If he hadn’t come, she would have wanted to mail her luggage home.
On the day they returned, Fu Chen sent them to the airport. Along the way, Yan Wangchuan’s face was cold and solemn. He didn’t say a word, and his expression was sparse. It was really scary.
“Uncle Yan, have you lost some weight recently?” Song Fengwan stared at the person beside her.
“I’m fine.” Yan Wangchuan was only free because he was on a business trip.
He had never known that raising a child was so tiring. He had to wake up at night to feed the baby and change his diapers. Little Mr. Yan was relatively more well-behaved and didn’t like to cry. Even so, he hadn’t slept well. How could he not lose weight?
“We’re at the airport. Let’s go.” Yan Wangchuan opened the car door first.
Fu Chen was sitting in the driver’s seat and about to turn his head to say something to Song Fengwan when she suddenly reached out to grab his seat, leaned forward, and pecked him on the lips. “I’ll call you. Bye.”
After the door closed, Fu Chen raised his hand to touch his lips and smiled helplessly.
***
Song Fengwan’s summer vacation wasn’t as comfortable as her summer vacation in her senior year of high school. Qiao Aiyun had signed her up for a driving school to let her learn how to drive. She had also gotten a card at a swimming pool and had to accompany her brother when she went home. She was very busy every day.
The temperature in Nanjiang was about the same all year round, but it was very hot. When people practiced driving, they couldn’t turn on the air conditioner in the car, so the scorching heat made them sweat a lot.
She learned to drive from seven in the morning to ten in the morning and from three in the afternoon to half past six. During the middle, she went back to take a nap. All of this took up most of the day.
Most importantly, when Song Fengwan was learning how to drive, she met an amusing old man. Yan Wangchuan had asked someone to arrange this instructor for her. He had a lot of experience teaching and was a good person, but…
His mouth was vicious!
When Song Fengwan first touched the car, she was often at a loss. Once, after she got into the car, she looked at the instructor in a daze.
“Don’t look at me. Look ahead! Look at the road! Don’t make it seem like you fell in love with me at first sight!”
“I… I’m nervous.” Song Fengwan gripped the steering wheel, her back taut.
“I’m the one who’s nervous. You almost ran into a ditch last time. At my age, my heart can’t take this! I told you to change direction. What were you doing?
“You’re going to kill me at this rate!”
The instructor was about to go crazy. He gnashed his teeth and shouted at her all day.
Song Fengwan lowered her head. The last time she went out to practice, she had turned at the wrong time and almost crashed the car into a ditch. The instructor said directly, “Sooner or later, my old life will fall into your hands.”
Later, Song Fengwan learned her lesson. Every time she turned, she moved very quickly. She stepped on the accelerator and braked especially hard. She was nervous, afraid that something would happen again.
Sitting in the front passenger seat, the instructor said quietly, “Young lady, be gentle. Just use your foot to step lightly on the accelerator and break. Why are you so savage?!
“My car will be scrapped in your hands sooner or later.
“Just drive with the accelerator. I’ll brake. Look at how busy you are. You don’t even know where to put your feet!”
In the end, he really had no choice but to sigh.
“If there’s a piece of meat on the steering wheel, even a dog can drive better than you.”
Even so, Song Fengwan still successfully finished the second and third subjects. The fourth subject was theoretical, so she didn’t need to go to the driving school.
During the test for subject two, the instructor was already so old, but he actually stepped on something and almost climbed up a wall to watch them take the exam.
After the third test, the students in the same driving school class treated the instructor to a meal.
The students were people of all ages. When an uncle got out of the car after taking the second test, he walked to the instructor and hugged him. When they went to the restaurant for a gathering, the uncle drunk a lot and didn’t let go of the instructor.
There was also a mother who practiced driving with them. She often brought her fifth-grade son to the driving school to play, and they also went to the gathering.
The little boy liked Song Fengwan a lot and kept sitting beside her.
“Big Sister, when I grow up, can I marry you?”
Song Fengwan laughed out loud. “When you grow up, Big Sister will be old, and you may not like me anymore.”
“I’m not the kind of man who likes the new and hates the old!
“You have to wait for me. When I become an adult, I’ll pursue you.
“I just like you and want to marry you.”
…
Children’s words carried no harm. Everyone at the table laughed until the instructor asked, “Big Treasure, how many marks did you get for your final exams this year?”
This child’s nickname was Big Treasure. He frowned slightly. “I just passed in both language and math.” When it came to his marks, the boy wanted to save face and was a little embarrassed.
“Do you know what university your big sister goes to?
“Beijing University.
“Let me tell you. If you don’t study hard now, you won’t even be able to reach her tail in this lifetime. What right do you have to pursue her? Why would she marry someone inferior to her?” The instructor’s mouth was still vicious.
The boy pouted, and his eyes immediately reddened. He almost cried.
…
Song Fengwan almost went crazy laughing. On the way back, she called Fu Chen and told him about it.
Fu Chen said lightly, “He’s young, but he has good taste.”
Song Fengwan smiled and replied, “Are you trying to say that you have good taste?”
“Yours is even better. You wanted to sleep with me from the start.”
Song Fengwan was embarrassed. Why did he mention such an old matter?
“By the way, I mailed coconut cake and coconut powder to Sixth Master a few days ago. He wanted a lot, but it was inconvenient for me to pack them in a box and bring them over since they’re easily crushed. So I mailed them to him.”
Fu Chen nodded. “Did he give you money?”
Song Fengwan was surprised. “He gave me too much. I wanted to return it to him, but he didn’t accept it.”
“Then don’t return it. He doesn’t lack this bit of money.”
Song Fengwan responded lightly. The two of them had a fixed daily phone schedule. Sometimes, when she returned home, the call hadn’t ended yet. Little Mr. Yan didn’t know how to speak yet, so he could only make noises.
He was familiar with Fu Chen’s voice now. Every time he heard his voice, he would always shout excitedly.
“Third Brother, Little Chi likes you a lot.” Every time Song Fengwan put him on speakerphone, Little Mr. Yan would always scream into the phone.
Fu Chen wasn’t a cold-blooded and heartless person. There was a baby who liked him and always babbled at him. Sometimes, he would even giggle and drool during the video calls. He sometimes bought stuff and sent it over. When he visited Song Fengwan, he would even bring him some toys.
Once, when he went back to Nanjiang and ate at the Yan residence, Little Mr. Yan kept making Fu Chen hold him and rubbing against his face.
So much so that for a long time, Fu Chen felt that his brother-in-law was very likable.
At least, he was easier to deal with than Jing Hanchuan’s brother-in-law. He was young and easy to coax. If Fu Chen gave him candy, he would smile at his brother-in-law all day.
After all, he was still a child. He was innocent.
Only when a certain someone revealed his true colors and started tricking him did he know…
This brat was all smiles in front of others but did a lot of bad things behind their backs!
This also caused him and his brother-in-law to fight a lot in the future. He fought with wits and courage but pretended to be innocent after. Who knew how many tricks he had up his sleeves? He didn’t look like a member of the Yan family at all, nor did he seem like a member of the Qiao family.
But Fu Chen thought about it. At first, Song Fengwan was just like a little white rabbit. Later, he found out that she was a little fox. Perhaps their family had some hidden devious genes.
***
On another side…
After Fu Sinian’s housewarming party, Jing Hanchuan went to the dessert shop twice. The second time, it was closed. This dessert shop was originally for the students of the nearby teachers’ college. Since the school was on vacation, the shop was closed.
He asked Xu Yuanfei about it, and she said that she and her brother had gone to the countryside to accompany their grandmother.
Moreover, the signal in the countryside wasn’t good. Usually, Jing Hanchuan would send a message the day before and only receive a reply the next day.
When she returned to the capital, it was already a month later.
Xu Yuanfei posted a message online. The dessert store was officially taking orders today.
Jing Hanchuan practically ordered a chiffon cake on the dot. Xu Yuanfei stared at the address on the delivery list, puzzled.
Why was the delivery address the apartment outside instead of the Jing residence? There wasn’t any furniture there. Why would he go there?
At this moment, the big shot of the Jing family and Sheng Aiyi had just returned from listening to opera in the Pear Garden. Seeing that there was no one at home, they asked, “Hanchuan isn’t here?”
“Sixth Master went out.”
“Where did he go?” Sheng Aiyi was suspicious. Why is he still running outside on such a hot day?
“He said he’s going to the matrimonial house.”
Sheng Aiyi stared at her husband. “Is our Liuliu going through puberty?”
A certain big shot stroked his mustache. It’s already passed. What’s going on…
