Chapter 294 Going Home
Time never changes according to human will, no matter it is happy time or difficult time.

The summer vacation ended with Fang Weizhiyi’s tutoring and Cailing’s training. Time passed quickly and it was September 10th.

This is the first time in my school life that I have such a vague concept of the start of school. After all, classes have officially started a long time ago. However, the new batch of freshmen who have entered the school have injected a lot of new looks into the campus.

During the period of supplementary lessons, they only had one day off per week. Finally, after the monthly exam at the beginning of the school year, Fang Wei and Zhiyi had a “long vacation” with two days off.

Cailing is finally about to finish her two-month provincial team training!

September 10th was a Friday, so Fang Wei took half a day off in the afternoon. Together with the two-day weekend, he had two and a half days of free time.

After having lunch with Zhiyi at noon, Fang Wei set off to Suzhou and Hangzhou to pick up Cailing. Zhiyi decided not to go, and she would go back to the village on her own tomorrow when it was a day off.

It was already seven o’clock in the evening when we arrived in Suzhou and Hangzhou and met Cai Ling, who was waiting at the gate of the base with lots of luggage.

There was definitely no time to go back, so the two of them stayed in my sister’s hotel together, shamelessly for the entire night…

The next day, Saturday morning, we boarded the bus and the ferry to go home.

When we returned to the village, it was already past eleven o’clock in the morning.

This is the first time in Cai Ling’s life that she has been away from home for such a long time.

Sitting on the back seat of Fang Wei’s motorcycle, feeling the wind with the unique scent of the island, her shoulder-length hair fluttered in the wind. The girl’s eyes were sparkling as she watched the changes in the village over the past two months with excitement and curiosity. When she took her sister home before, she always felt that she was making a fuss, but she never thought that she would become as fussy as her sister did at that time.

“Zhiyi~! Zhiyi~!”

The motorcycle slowly stopped in front of the gate of Liu Zhiyi’s house.

Following Cai Ling’s two calls, Liu Zhiyi, who was having lunch with his grandfather in the house, ran out with his bowl in his hands.

“Cai Ling~! You’re back!”

“Hey! Zhiyi~~ Did you miss me~~?”

“think!!”

Unlike Fang Wei, the two girls haven’t seen each other for two months. Although they call each other every day, it can’t compare to the reality of meeting face to face.

The feelings between them have long surpassed ordinary friendship. During the days when Cailing was away, Zhiyi always felt as if something was missing in his heart. Now that Cailing is back, he no longer has to call her on behalf of Fang Wei, he can call himself~!

The two girls hugged each other affectionately. As the best friends in each other’s lives, they were in bright and cheerful moods when they met.

“Cai Ling! Why did you cut your hair short? It’s the same as when you were a kid!”

Zhiyi was stunned. When she first met Cailing, she had this hairstyle. Unexpectedly, after many years, she saw her signature neat and playful short hair again. It felt like time had gone back.

“‘Just like when you were a kid’, it’s so weird coming from you, Zhiyi! Aren’t we the same age? How is it, does it look good?”

“It looks good! It looks much better than Zhao Yueting’s short hair! This is indeed the best for you!”

“Hahahaha!”

She was still sensible and knew how to compliment. When she said that her hair looked better than Zhao Yueting’s short hair, Cai Ling felt that her compliment hit the mark. A fool like Fang Wei would not understand such weird comparisons between girls.

Fang Wei: “…”

Seeing that the two of them had no intention of letting him express his opinion, Fang Wei was able to escape the danger and pretended not to hear anything and continued to eat his meal.

Don’t ask him where his food came from. He just helped Zhiyi get the bowl of rice, and then he started eating.

“Ah…! You ate my food!”

“I’m hungry. Eat a few bites. The ribs are delicious.”

“I want to eat too!”

Fang Wei picked up another piece of pork ribs from the bowl and put it into Cai Ling’s mouth. The two of them grabbed Zhiyi’s bowl and started eating happily.

“Zhiyi, you’re eating so early. I was planning to ask you to come over and eat at my house.”

“It’s almost twelve o’clock. Grandpa and I are almost done eating.”

“Then, come to my house for dinner tonight. My mom said she made a lot of delicious food.”

“Well……”

“Come on, come on! Come on!”

“Well!”

“Hey, let’s go home first, I’ll come over to play with you later!”

“Mmmmm! Bye…my bowl!”

He almost took the girl’s bowl away. After giving the bowl back to Zhiyi, Fang Wei continued riding home with Cai Ling.

When passing by the big lychee tree at the entrance of the village, I saw Xiaoting, who had just started fifth grade. Xiaoting was playing sandbag throwing with Xiaopang and Xiaolian, several friends from the same village.

In this slow-paced village, the ones who have changed the most are probably these little girls and brats. They really change like crazy in just one or two months.

When I first entered junior high school, Xiaoting and her classmates were in the first grade. They were also the first group of children in the village who needed to go to primary school in town after Donghua Primary School closed down.

Time flies. Now I am in the second year of high school, and Xiaoting and the others have become glorious fifth-grade elementary school students.

But every day they were still very childish, either robbing bird nests, or playing with glass beads, making slingshots, jumping on grids, throwing sandbags…

Cai Ling sighed, can’t he be more mature like her? She never made a slingshot or a sandbag!

Fang Wei: “…”

Please! When you say this, do you think carefully about who you are asking to do this for you?
“Sister Cailing~! Where have you been? We haven’t seen you for a long time and we thought you were missing!”

“Hahaha, I went to the provincial team for training! Running!”

“Where is the provincial team?”

“The provincial team is not a place name… it’s just a team in Suzhou and Hangzhou!”

“Suhang…! Uh… (scratching head), where is Suhang?”

“… It’s about a one or two hour drive from Shanghai.”

“Shanghai…! (Eyes shining)”

This time, the silly girls didn’t ask where Shanghai was. Although they didn’t know where it was, they often heard adults talk about it. It was a place where many adults went to work and it was a very far place.

Just like Cai Ling in her childhood, they also regarded Shanghai as a faraway dreamland. Now, when they heard that Sister Cai Ling had actually gone to a place even farther than Shanghai, they immediately admired her very much!

“Amazing!”

“Hey, hey, hey! Have you all eaten?”

“We’ll eat after ten!”

Yes, after living in the city for a long time, I have forgotten the rhythm of the village. Nowadays, everyone in the village eats early, after all, they get up early. Basically, they eat at around 10 or 11 o’clock in the afternoon, and around 5 o’clock in the evening.

“Brother Cailing, do you want to play sandbag throwing with us?”

“We still have to go home for dinner! Bye!”

They rushed back from Suzhou and Hangzhou early in the morning, and it was already noon when they got home. Fang Wei and Cai Ling were already starving.

Returning to the familiar doorstep of home, Fang Wei helped Cai Ling carry the luggage into the house.

Aunt Juan started cooking the last dish when they called back from town, and they arrived home just in time to find the table filled with sumptuous dishes.

“Dad! Mom!”

“Uncle Yuan, Aunt Juan!”

“You’re back?… Hey girl, when did you cut your hair short again?!”

Almost everyone who sees Cai Ling would ask this question in surprise, and of course her parents would be included.

When the little girl stayed at home during the summer vacation, her parents were annoyed by her naughtiness. But now, after being away from home for two months, when she comes back, they treat her like a treasure. They don’t even need her to serve the rice and soup. They just serve them in front of her.

It’s so funny. Maybe all parents in the world are like this. They feel annoyed when they see their children every day, and miss them when they are not together. Who would have thought that the sumptuous dishes that were used to entertain guests in the past would one day be specially made for themselves?

“There are so many dishes today–!”

“Your dad is worried that you won’t eat well in the provincial team, so he asked me to make more.”

“Yes, yes, I asked your mom to do all this. Look how much your dad loves you!”

“Hey, you’re busy flattering yourself even though I gave you the honor, right?”

“Ah Wei, sit down, sit down, let’s eat together!”

“Uncle Yuan, my mother is cooking at home…”

“Hey, why don’t you just tell me? There are so many dishes at my house, so why not have you? Eat, eat, eat!”

Fang Wei didn’t even need to say anything. Aunt Juan called out to Tian Xilan and Fang Xianfeng through the wall, and Fang Wei went to eat at Cai Ling’s house…

The family sat around the dining table and had a lively meal. Naturally, they couldn’t help but ask about Cailing’s training in the provincial team.

After two months of intensive training, with a more professional and efficient training model and her own wholehearted efforts, Cai Ling has now broken through her previous bottleneck and her skills have reached another new level. Her best record for the 11 meters is 43 seconds, and her best record for the 23 meters is 35 seconds.

In the upcoming provincial games next year, she will represent the Xuanzhu City Track and Field Team in the women’s 4 meters, women’s 100 meters and women’s * meters relay events.

Aunt Juan and Uncle Yuan may not be clear about what this result means, but Fang Wei, who has learned about this field, knows it very well. It represents the strong strength to win the championship!
Of course, training matches and actual combat are two different things. I still remember the famous saying in the e-sports circle in my previous life: “I can kill one person with one shot in the training match, but after two minutes of playing in the competition, I don’t know who I am.”

The higher the level of the competition, the more important the mentality is. After all, the technical levels of the players who can stand on the same stage will not be too different. Whoever can withstand the tremendous pressure in the actual competition will be able to perform more than 100%.

On this point, Fang Wei is still very confident in Cai Ling. After all, the more audiences there are and the more lively the party is, the more excited she will be.

For Cailing, the most crucial support from her family is the change in her parents’ attitude.

I still remember that at the beginning, my parents thought that being involved in sports and becoming an athlete was an unrealistic thing like a fantasy, and they did not approve of her determination to pursue a career in sports.

But the girl spoke with her grades and proved herself bit by bit. Not only did she get into the best high school in the city as a gifted student, she also joined the city team and went to the provincial team for training. If she wanted, she could even become a formal athlete who could receive salary subsidies from the provincial team.

Occasionally thinking back, Xu Zhiyuan and Deng Xijuan also felt that they were extremely wrong at the beginning. Fortunately, their daughter finally walked on the path that was most suitable for her. As expected, they were old and short-sighted. Now they dare not make decisions for her easily anymore. Let her choose the path she wants. As parents, silently supporting her from behind is the greatest encouragement to her.

After lunch, Cailing rode her bike to Zhiyi’s house to play.

Fang Wei did not go, but rode a motorcycle to see the mussel fields and seedling bases, the feed processing plant, and the seafood deep processing plant jointly built with Cai Ling’s family in the town.

It can be considered as an inspection of the family’s territory!
Now the family business is thriving, and he doesn’t need to do anything on weekdays. Occasionally, he will give the old man some advice on some key development strategies.

Fang Xianfeng, who was as stubborn as an ox, would not listen to anyone except his son. After all, so many facts had already proved that his own son was better than his father and his vision was totally beyond his reach.

But why do I always have this feeling… Even though I am a boss now, I always have the illusion that I am working for this brat!
Isn’t it said that the son works hard and the father enjoys the good life? How come it’s the other way around? The father is working hard, but the brat is just enjoying the good life! However, there is one good thing. After making a fortune, many bosses worry that no one will inherit their family business, but Fang Xianfeng won’t. After the brat graduates, he can safely hand over the family business to him. Maybe that’s when he can really make it flourish…

Still want to lie down?! When you graduate, it will be my turn to lie down!

I’m afraid I won’t be able to lie down by then, and I’ll probably have to stay at home to take care of my grandchildren…

In the evening, Cailing, who had gone to Zhiyi’s house to play, came back on a bicycle and brought Zhiyi, who looked confused, with her.

At dinner time, Zhiyi ate at Cailing’s house, and Fang Wei was also called over.

Although the family conditions are better now, there is a lack of entertainment on the island and they are too lazy to go out late at night. After dinner, Cai Ling and the other two called Aunt Juan to play Landlord at home.

A table was placed in the yard, with a mosquito coil lit under the table. The breeze was cool in the summer night, and there was a brilliant starry sky above their heads. The four of them sat around playing cards, with cut watermelon placed beside them.

Fang Xianfeng and Xu Zhiyuan went to Uncle Liu’s house to drink tea. Tian Xilan didn’t know how to play cards, so she sat next to the four of them, eating melon seeds and chatting with them.

The cat was also lazily sleeping on the top of the wall. Occasionally, a blind firefly would land on its nose, and it would swallow it in one gulp, chew it a few times, and then spit it out.

Bitter. Not as delicious as cicada.

Gradually, the night got darker.

The sound of a motorcycle rumbled leisurely, the orange lights of the car swayed in the dim country road, and Fang Xianfeng and Xu Zhiyuan came back on their motorcycles, smoking cigarettes as the smoke from their mouths floated into the summer night air.

The game was over. Fang Wei won twenty-four yuan, Deng Xijuan won four yuan, Cai Ling lost twelve yuan, and Zhiyi lost sixteen yuan.

“Ahhhh…! Mom, how could you even win our kids’ money! Please give us our money back…!!”

“Hey, hey, hey, if you lose a bet, you should accept the result. There’s no reason to give back the money you won!”

“Ahhh! Pay back the money!”

“You little brats, you two dare to play cards with me with your level? Hey, here, Zhiyi, I’ll give you twenty yuan, use it to buy some snacks~!”

Deng Xijuan, who won the money, waved her hand and gave Xiao Zhiyi 20 yuan as pocket money.

“What about me?”

“Don’t shake your head… Here, here, here! Here’s twenty dollars, spend it!”

The girl was overjoyed. She lost twelve and earned twenty. Isn’t that eight dollars for free? ! This card game is fun!
Just when Deng Xijuan was about to give Fang Wei twenty bucks, she suddenly realized, “…That’s not right! Ah Wei won all the money tonight! Why do I still have to pay?!”

“Wow! The stinky Fang made a fortune in silence! Pay me back now!”

“Hey, hey, hey, if you lose a bet, you should accept the result. There’s no reason to give back the money you won!”

Fang Wei laughed and ran away.

Although it was said to be very late, it was actually just a little after nine o’clock in the evening.

It was past nine o’clock in the city and Fang Wei and the other two had not yet finished their evening self-study. However, on the slow-paced island, most people had turned off the lights and gone to bed.

Zhiyi is not going back tonight. She and Cailing will sleep together at her house.

As the night deepened, the lights in both houses were turned off, leaving only the two adjacent windows with lights on.

Fang Wei, who was used to going to bed after eleven o’clock, couldn’t fall asleep so early, so he sat on the windowsill with a book in his hand.

Maoer didn’t play with Fang Wei tonight. The next room was more lively, so July ran to Cailing’s room and was played with by Cailing and Zhiyi.

After getting tired of playing with the cat, the two girls who couldn’t sleep started playing with Fang Wei.

“Hee hee hee……”

When Fang Wei was reading a book, a small ball of paper flew over and hit him on the head accurately.

He didn’t even look up.

It’s really quiet when Cailing is not around!
After a while, a paper plane flew over and hit him on the head accurately.

Fang Wei finally looked up.

Seeing that the quiet and ladylike Zhiyi had also started to follow Cailing’s lead, Fang Wei said in great sorrow, “You don’t want to learn from others! Cailing threw a paper ball, so you threw an airplane, right?!”

“No no no it’s not me…!”

“Still trying to make excuses. I saw that it was you who lost it!”

“Oh! So you weren’t reading, but you were pretending to be reading!”

“…”

The two girls happily lay on the windowsill and talked to him.

On summer nights like this, talking through the window was nothing new to Cailing, but it was extremely new to Zhiyi.

Especially at night, it feels like the two adjacent windows are getting closer.

I couldn’t help but feel a little envious of Cailing. After all, what she was just experiencing now was something Cailing had been playing for more than ten years and was already tired of.

“Fang Wei, aren’t you going to sleep yet?”

“It’s still early, read a book and don’t bother me, or I’ll rush over and spank you both!”

Before he finished his words, two more paper balls flew over.

Fang Wei: “…”

You really think I don’t dare to go over there?
Fang Wei stood up suddenly, and the girls were startled. They really thought he was going to jump over, but they didn’t expect that he would jump back to his room…

“cut……”

It was 100% Cai Ling’s instigation.

After Fang Wei returned to his room, the two girls sneaked into his room through the window in the dark like thieves.

Fang Wei’s eyes almost popped out of his head, and he subconsciously lowered his voice and shouted: “What are you two doing…! You’re going to get your legs broken…!”

“Come over to watch a movie with you…”

“There’s no TV in my room…!”

“Where’s your MP4? Hurry up and take it out. Let’s watch a movie together…”

“Late in the evening…”

“I can’t sleep! We’ll go back after we finish watching!”

The two female thieves had already crawled into his bed, each looking excited.

Not to mention Zhiyi, even Cailing felt very excited, after all, the elders were just one room away…

If it was any one of them, they wouldn’t dare to climb through the window and run into his room in the dark, but they dared to do it together… because there were two of them! Even if they were caught, it would be more decent than a man and a woman alone…!
Seeing that the two of them were so excited that they couldn’t sleep and had to make a fuss, Fang Wei couldn’t do anything about them.

Seeing that the light in Cailing’s room was still on, he sneaked over to her room and turned off the light and window for her. Then he brought July, who was sleeping in her bed, back home. Then he went back to his own room, looked around, and closed the window of his room.

“… Cailing, he’s so skilled… Do you two do this often?”

“No, no! Have you played like this with him these days, Zhiyi?”

“How, how is it possible!”

“…Keep your voices down, both of you! You don’t want my parents to hear you, do you?”

“…!!”

The girls then quickly shut up and hid in his bed, lifting the quilt to cover their heads.

After a while, Fang Wei confirmed that it was safe, then he took out his MP4 from his bag, turned off the lights in the room, climbed onto the bed, and squeezed in between the two girls.

None of the three spoke a word, but their hearts were pounding with nervousness.

After Fang Wei lay down, Cai Ling and Zhi Yi hugged him, one on each side, smelling his scent and feeling his body temperature. Only then did they feel a lot more at ease. They kissed his face, one on each side, and finally, happily took his arm, and sat with him on the head of the bed to watch a movie.

“Just watch a movie, can you two keep your legs straight…!”

“You have to wrap it like this so it won’t slip off…”

“Why not just use a pillow to support your back?”

“You just have a pillow…!”

“Shh…! Be quiet…!”

“Meow?”

The cat was confused, wondering what was going on. It jumped onto the bed, stepped on the legs of three people entangled in the quilt, and lay on Fang Wei’s chest.

The lights in the room were turned off. In the pitch-black environment, only the MP4 in Fang Wei’s hand was on. The light from the screen was projected onto the faces of the three people and the cat.

Fang Wei bought this MP4 in Yanjing during the summer vacation. It is considered a rare electronic product these days. Fang Wei bought it mainly for Cai Ling to watch movies and TV series in the dormitory for entertainment after the training. It cannot be connected to the Internet, so videos, songs, etc. have to be downloaded in advance.

It’s not as shocking as watching it on the big screen, but there’s also a special warmth in snuggling in bed together and watching a movie on the small screen of an MP4.

Most of the movies have actually been seen before, but the girls don’t mind watching them again.

“Hahahaha…! I can’t help but laugh every time I see this…!”

“Keep your voice down…!”

“Kukuku…”

Cai Ling quickly shut up, but Ku Ku was still laughing with joy.

Knowing the meaning will make you much quieter.

But while watching the movie in the dark, she made a lot of small movements, and several times Fang Wei took her hand away speechlessly.

Cailing was aware of the two’s strange behavior, so she started to behave herself.

As a result, among the three people and one cat, the only one who watched the movie most seriously was July…

The movie was really good. When it ended, Fang Wei cried. Cai Ling and Zhiyi wiped his tears with tissues.

In the end, I didn’t dare stay in his room for too long.

After committing the crime, the girls patted their buttocks and escaped through the window in the dark.

Left alone in a mess…

(End of this chapter)