Chapter 10 Chapter 10 The Girl Waving Wings

I sit down on the sofa. "Okay, come on, let me order songs for you." Ding Xuanran said enthusiastically, "Listen everyone, Lei Yazi is late, her songs should be given priority, do you have any objections?" "Your birthday star speaks, how dare we have an opinion?" The group of boys booed. "No need, Ding Xuanran, let everyone sing!" I shirked. "No, no, I haven't heard you sing since I graduated from elementary school. I remember you sang very well. I must sing today, so it's my birthday present." Ding Xuanran insisted on ordering songs for me.

I took a deep breath and told him: "Joey Yung:". "Okay." Ding Xuanran said, "This song is good!" The melody sounded faintly, I held the microphone and closed my eyes... At the end of the song, I felt my eye sockets warm. Fortunately, the light in the private room was very dim, so I don't have to worry about everyone seeing my embarrassment. Applause rang out. In fact, I also hope that I can fly happily by someone's wind like in the song. "It's a really good song, but it's a bit sad." Ding Xuanran commented. "That's right, it's Xuanran's birthday today, let's have some explosive music." A boy shouted, "Hot dance music!"

Everyone shook their heads and danced to the rhythm of the music. I didn't let myself calm down and started to dance too. Ding Xuanran stood opposite me. I closed my eyes and swayed my body, as if intoxicated by the warm music, not in harmony with the music. He made eye contact. Finally, everyone was tired from dancing and collapsed on the sofa. "Let's sing a duet next." Ding Xuanran sat down in front of the computer. ""Crystal", who will sing with me?" Ding Xuanran held the microphone and handed it to me, "Lei Zi, give me a favor." "Sorry, I don't know this song." I smiled apologetically.I really don't know this song "Crystal", because I don't like Ren Xianqi, and I always think his words are ugly.

"I will, I will!" Ji Yu grabbed the microphone and sang affectionately with Ding Xuanran: "Oh..." Everyone cheered. "Next is "I Don't Love You Enough", who will sing it?" Ding Xuanran asked stupidly. "Lei Yazi!" Ji Yu handed the microphone to me, "I've heard you sing this song before, it's great! Come sing a song with Shou Xing!" "it is good……" In the face of everyone's applause, my patience has dropped to a zero point, and I am about to break through my body and burst out. They're "clean and transparent without the burden of secrecy", why should I be "not so committed so it will fall flat"?

I can't stay any longer, I can't stay any longer. "Sorry, I can't sing, I'm in a hurry, let's go first, bye!" I carried the paper bag, dropped the microphone, and rushed out of the KTV private room... I trotted all the way, wishing I could fly with wings like Ding Xuanran said.Suddenly I feel that I am a failure, don't I want to hide my secrets and be a snail in disguise?Why are you still restless? "Lei Yazi, Lei Yazi..." Ding Xuanran caught up with me, "What are you doing? Is there something urgent that you have to leave now? Didn't you say there will be a show tonight?"

I didn't dare to look at him, fearing that I couldn't hold back my tears: "I... really... something... Mom told me to go back." I made up a powerless lie. "You are lying, you are lying if you dare not look at me." Ding Xuanran actually lowered his head to look for my eyes: "You are crying, are you uncomfortable?" It would be better if he didn't ask, but this question completely ignited the anger in my heart.I threw the paper bag with the Nike bag on him: "Don't ask so many questions, okay? Here, it's your birthday present. Whichever one do you like to carry, throw it away if you don't like it!"

He looked at the bag in his hand in astonishment, as if he understood something. I stopped a taxi as fast as I could and got in. "Leiya Zi, look—" Ding Xuanran shouted. I couldn't believe my eyes, he took a knife and cut a hole in the Nike bag I gave him. My heart is bleeding! It's fine if you don't like my gift, but you still spoil it like this.Ding Xuanran, Ding Xuanran, why are you so cruel?How could he be so different from the former Ding Xuanran? I was sitting on the back seat of the taxi, and the tears finally flowed down unscrupulously. When I opened the door, I suddenly found two strangers sitting on the sofa talking to my mother.A blond, blue-eyed, gentleman-looking, foreigner.The other is a young Chinese guy, who seems to be an interpreter for foreigners.

"This is my daughter, Leia." Mom introduced them. The foreigner said HELLO to me.I nodded to them and went to my room to heal my wounds. "Xiaozi, come here." My mother called me. "What?" I was a little impatient. "This is Uncle Jack, an American lawyer," my mother told me, pointing to the blond foreigner, "he came to China specially to deal with your father's will." "A will?" I was a little surprised. "Yes." The translator told me, "Your father, Mr. Li You, made a will when he was receiving medical treatment in the United States, and he will distribute one-third of the assets under his name to your mother and you."

"How much is one-third?" I asked blankly. "The estimate is—" The translator said a figure that seemed astronomical to me. I never thought that my mother and I would have so much money all of a sudden. It was like falling from the sky, which was overwhelming.But my mother sat on the sofa very calmly. "Xiaozi, Lawyer Jack said that there is another item in your father's will that fully supports you to go to school in the United States. Lawyer Jack will handle all the procedures for you to go abroad as long as you are willing. Are you willing, Xiaozi?" "I would. I'll go!" I replied firmly.

Mom was taken aback: "Are you really not thinking about it anymore? After all, going abroad is not an easy thing." "Don't think about it. Studying abroad is beyond the imagination of many people. Why should I give up such a good opportunity?" I said plausibly. "Well, let's take our leave first. The specific procedures still require your wife to go to the United States in person. As for your daughter's study abroad, we will arrange it." The foreigner and the translator got up and left. My mother didn't ask me why I agreed to go to the United States so quickly, but walked into my room silently, and I heard the familiar melody sound again.It's been a long time since I heard this song, maybe the arrival of the lawyer today brought back memories of my mother.

I don't want to bother her, and I need time to accept all this suddenness. I suffered from insomnia that night, and there were so many images in front of my eyes. For a while, it was my father’s bright pupils before he died, for a while, it was my mother’s sad expression, for a while, Ding Xuanran and Ji Yu were chatting and laughing, and for a while, Liu was running after his mother...they Tangled fights in my mind, one darkened, another clear again.I try to drive them away, to go blank, but I just can't. It was finally dawn, and I went to school with my schoolbag on my back.As soon as I went downstairs, I saw Ding Xuanran sitting on the bicycle waiting for me. "Good morning, Leaz!" I noticed that the bag he was carrying was the Nike sports bag, and there was an obvious crack on the bag, which was scratched by a knife. "Look! I like the gift you gave me very much, see clearly, it was you who gave it to me!" Ding Xuanran raised his bag and gestured to me. I finally understood why he cut a hole in the bag yesterday. "Isn't it a pity to pack it well?" I said. "It's not a pity that it's not important, the key is how you feel, come on, get in the car!" Ding Xuanran raised his eyebrows at me. In fact, I always wanted to wait for Ding Xuanran to tell me some real things, such as why did he miss the appointment?Why are you deliberately hiding it from me?But he never said. Sitting on the back of his bike, watching the rip in his bag smile in the morning light, I couldn't help myself. "No way!" Ji Yu saw Ding Xuanran make an exaggerated cry, "Mr. Ding, the bag that I bought for you was bleed by my lady, and it was only a day later that I was trampled and injured by you. Are you still right?" people?" Ji Yu stroked the rip on the bag with extreme heartache: "I think it's better to sew it up, so as not to expand the area." "No need, I think this is pretty good, it has a lot of personality!" Ding Xuanran said. "Personality! Your size!" Ji Yu jumped up and hit Ding Xuanran.Ding Xuanran dodged left and right. Seeing them laughing and playing, I felt complicated again. I tried my best to let this feeling settle down. I comforted myself that nothing was important, because I was about to leave and go to another country to start another journey. This kind of life, all the past will be far away. "What? You're going to America?" Ji Yu looked at me with his eyes wide open like copper bells. I nodded affirmatively. "I'll be lonely if you leave, Yazi, it's hard for us to be classmates together, please don't leave, okay? What's wrong with studying in China? Why do you want to go abroad to see people's faces?" Ji Yu dragged me do not let it go. Looking at her pure and lovely appearance, a picture of her chatting with Ding Xuanran in the garden suddenly appeared in front of my eyes. I don't understand why she lied to me, and I don't want to think about it any more. "I have decided that maybe going abroad will be more helpful for my studies." "Then your mother is willing to let you go?" "Mom respects my decision." "Oh Yazi, don't be so cruel, okay?" Ji Yu hung my shoulder and said softly. After school, Ding Xuanran caught up with me on his bicycle. "Come up, I have something to ask you." His tone could not be refused. He took me to the river and put the bicycle aside.The wind is very strong, blowing my hair, I don't want to fiddle with it, let it cover my expression, cover everything about me. "I heard from Ji Yu that you are going to America." Ding Xuanran finally spoke. "Yes." I replied, "my father had hired a lawyer to arrange for me before he died, which is a very good thing, isn't it?" "No!" Ding Xuanran refuted me loudly, "The United States is so far away, people are not familiar with the place, and the language is not familiar, why are you going? Foreigners will bully you!" "According to what you say, no one dares to study abroad?" I disagree. "Anyway, I don't think it's suitable for you to go abroad now." "There is nothing worthy of my nostalgia here. As long as my mother has her own happiness, I will leave with more peace of mind." I looked at the vast river and said quietly. "Lei Zi, actually I have nothing to do with Ji Yu, we..." "Stop talking!" I interrupted Ding Xuanran, "I really don't understand what you are talking about, you two are my good friends!" "One day you will understand. Have you really decided to go to America? Don't you want to change?" Ding Xuanran turned to look at me, with a little melancholy in his eyes. I didn't dare to look into his eyes, and nodded decisively against the wind by the river. My mother told me that the lawyer was already helping me to study abroad, and asked me to seize this time to practice my oral English well.So Liu helped me find a foreign teacher to break through my spoken English. "It's very difficult outside without a language barrier." "Thank you Uncle Liu, I'm leaving, you have to take good care of my mother and make her happy." "Don't worry, your mother is actually very reluctant to part with you, but she respects your decision and your father's arrangement." "Will you accompany your mother to the United States to deal with the will?" "As long as your mother wants to." At night, I walked into my mother's room with the quilt in my arms. My mother was still awake and was sitting on the bed reading a book. "Mom, can I sleep with you tonight?" I asked softly. "Of course, Xiaozi." Mom motioned me to her side. I lay down on my side, looking at my mother's beautiful side face under the orange light, with a soft luster. "Mom, if only I were half as beautiful as you." "Silly boy, you have your beauty, which is beyond the reach of others." Mom reached out and stroked my hair. "Maybe I'm half as cheerful as Ji Yu, at least I won't be lonely." I don't know why I suddenly said such nonsense in front of my mother. It may be because of the night. The book says that the night is the worst time for the human heart. When fortification. "Are you feeling lonely?" Mom closed the book and leaned over to ask me. "Sometimes a little." "Is it because mom ignored you?" "No, Mom. It's my fault." I shook my head. "Xiao Zi." Mom sighed, "The incomplete family has always brought you some haze, and this is where Mom feels the most guilty towards you. So Mom always respects any decisions you make, including this time. Go to America, as long as you are happy, mom will be happy." "Mom, will you let Uncle Liu accompany you to the United States to deal with the will this time?" I raised my head and asked. "I don't think so." Mom shook her head. "why?" "Although he and I are very good friends, and I understand that he cares about me, but I still can't accept him completely." "That doesn't affect him going with you!" "Xiaozi, there are some things you still don't understand. If I let him go this time, it will mean subconsciously acquiescing to our relationship. I don't want him to have such an illusion, do you understand?" "Yeah." I nodded, but I really don't understand why I can accept Liu, but my mother can't?The adult world is really complicated. When I told Ding Xuanran my confusion, Ding Xuanran raised his eyebrows: "Don't you just want your mother to fully accept Liu? Why didn't you ask me for this matter?" "What can you do?" I looked at him blankly. "Of course—" he said confidently, "The reason why your mother can't fully accept Liu, I analyze, is not because she has no feelings for Liu, but because she is used to living alone for a long time, and she didn't realize that Liu was in the middle of nowhere. The important position in the life of your mother and daughter, we just need to design an event to let her discover the importance of Liu." Unexpectedly, Ding Xuanran analyzed the adult's feelings in a clear and logical manner, and he really admired him. "What event? It won't be the trick of letting me run away from home again?" "Of course not, I'll think about it." Ding Xuanran rubbed his chin in deep thought.