He Will Come Back Before Dawn

51

Before winter vacation ended, Bei Yao, Zhao Zhilan, and Bei Jun all went to Fang Minjun’s house for a visit.

Teacher Fang had sent some gifts to their home, and Zhao Zhilan had also sent some sausages she had made for the Fang family.

Zhao Zhilan was chatting with Zhao Xiu in the living room, and Bei Jun was playing on his own.

Fang Minjun was now 17 years old. She looked calm and composed, as if she had been reborn. She had lost her arrogant demeanor and had become a likable person.

Fang Minjun took out a thinly sliced apple and ate it with Bei Yao. She said, "People are really strange. Obviously, our mothers have been competing with each other for most of their lives, and they hate each other so much in their hearts, but once the other moves away, they still want to visit each other on New Year."

Bai Yao also chuckled.

Fang Minjun said helplessly, “It’s my mom who sent that bottle of wine to your house. I don't understand these things. My mom, she has an unpleasant mouth, but for the rest of her life, she will always be Aunt Lan’s friend.”

Bei Yao nodded. “This year, my mom keeps repeating how it has become quieter after your family moved away.”

Fang Minjun asked, “Has Uncle Pei moved away too?”

“Yeah.”

Fang Minjun and Bei Yao both studied at Sixth High School. But because they were not in the same class, they rarely met in school. However, Fang Minjun was naturally aware of the major “cheating” incident last year.

“Did Pei Chuan not move in with Uncle Pei?”

Bei Yao replied in a small voice, “En.”

Both girls were a little silent. After all, as old neighbors of the Pei family for so many years, they understood the story behind it.

Fang Minjun thought, "Where is Pei Chuan's mother? How come there’s no news about Aunt Jiang for so many years?"

Bei Yao looked at the window. It was white and foggy. She said, "I don't know, she remarried, she should have a new family."

It was only Pei Chuan who had lost a home.

Fang Minjun turned around, searching for a little piggy bank from the cabinet. She poured out a pile of money and coins. “I always give my New Year’s money to my mom, I only have this now. I’m not very familiar with him, so you give this to him.”

Bei Yao handed the money back to her. “Minmin, you save it for yourself, Pei Chuan won’t accept it.

Fang Minjun thought about Pei Chuan’s stinky and stubborn character. “You’re right.”

The two girls chatted for a while then Fang Minjun suddenly said, “Some time ago, my mother said that she would take me to meet some people, but it was actually a blind date.”

Bei Yao never thought that she would’ve taken the initiative to mention this.

“If I don’t go, my mom will be unhappy. She… doesn’t have bad intentions, so I met him. He’s older than me by two years, and his name is Huo Dinglin. I don’t like him. He obviously despises our family for trying to climb up, but still fakes a smile.” She was very frank as she talked about “”climbing up”. She had grown up to be open-minded.

Fang Minjun frowned. “It’s not the right era for matchmaking in the first place. I only agreed to meet a new friend as my mother said. But my mother was very satisfied with Huo Dinglin. She said that the Huo Family’s descendants all have good backgrounds and successful seedlings, so I have to meet him a few more times.”