Rebirth: At the beginning, the cool school beauty was caught stealing in the supermarket

Chapter 717 The Third Version

These were indeed questions circled in red pen. Lu Yuanqiu glanced at them briefly, his mind went blank, and he realized that he had almost forgotten all the knowledge points.

The kind that can't spill even a tiny bit.

Seeing his brother hesitate for a long time without speaking, Lu Yidong, as if he had finally found a place to vent his frustration, said sarcastically, "You can't? A top student from Zhuhai University?"

Lu Yuanqiu felt humiliated and retorted vehemently, "Don't I have to think about how to solve the problem first? Who can solve it just by looking at it once?"

No sooner had they finished speaking than Bai Qingxia began writing down the solution on a draft paper, leaving the brother and sister staring in disbelief.

You actually did something like slapping your boyfriend in the face without hesitation, my dear Xiaxia… Lu Yuanqiu licked his lips.

Lu Yidong then turned around and glanced at his brother, letting out a triumphant chuckle. Lu Yuanqiu was speechless: "..."

“She…is not human,” Lu Yuanqiu tried to justify himself.

Bai Qingxia stopped writing, raised her head, and looked over with a slightly reproachful expression.

Lu Yuanqiu immediately put on a smile: "Xiaxia is a goddess~ A goddess is naturally omniscient and omnipotent."

Bai Qingxia wanted to give a look, but seeing Lu Yidong's face tighten again, she pretended not to hear Lu Yuanqiu's praise and continued writing the questions with her head down.

After writing down the solution, she took the paper to Lu Yidong's side to explain, and Lu Yidong pretended to listen attentively.

The two exchanged polite words, but the awkwardness between them was evident.

As Lu Yuanqiu watched this scene, she suddenly recalled the adorable way Lu Yidong, with short hair, enthusiastically linked arms with Bai Qingxia three years ago, calling her "Sister Bai" over and over again, while Bai Qingxia smiled shyly at her.

If we're talking about things changing and people being different, this is certainly reflected in the way the two of them interact now.

"You continue teaching, I'm going out," Lu Yuanqiu said.

Bai Qingxia turned to look at him and hummed in response.

Lu Tian, ​​standing in the living room, raised his head and demanded, "What are you doing out here?"

"You've been left behind by the times, Dad."

The tutoring session in the bedroom continued until dinner time.

After dinner, Lu Yuanqiu and Bai Qingxia planned to go for a walk. They called Lu Yidong, but the girl didn't come out. Instead, she retorted from inside the room, "Who has nothing better to do than be a third wheel?"

Lu Tian, ​​who was about to step forward to follow, silently withdrew his foot...

A pleasant evening breeze blows, and willows sway gently along the banks of the Happiness River.

Lu Yuanqiu and Bai Qingxia held hands by the roadside, each stepping on a white line, their bodies swaying precariously as if they were carefully walking across two log bridges.

Just then, as if the connection had been severed and then reconnected, rows of streetlights suddenly lit up without warning.

They looked up, rarely having the chance to witness this scene firsthand.

“Dongdong doesn’t seem to have accepted that we’re together. Who says she doesn’t care about guys? You’re the guy she cares about.” Bai Qingxia continued walking along the white line.

Lu Yuanqiu responded: "Actually, I think she cares about both of us. She probably thought we were just good friends before. You know how silly this girl used to be, how could she have thought about love?"

“One day we suddenly announced our relationship, and the relationship between the three of us changed instantly. She not only became cold towards you, but also towards me for a while. We stayed in Zhucheng for a long time and didn't come back. She must have thought that we were living a carefree life as a couple there, and had completely forgotten about her in Lucheng…”

“My relationship with her has improved a bit, probably because I had a heart-to-heart talk with her. You guys can have more fun during the holidays.” Bai Qingxia nodded and added, “In the future, when we’re around her, we should be a little more reserved and not act too intimately.”

Lu Yuanqiu suddenly chuckled: "She'll adapt on her own. Actually, once she's in a relationship, she'll be able to see things much more clearly."

Bai Qingxia turned her head: "Didn't you say you didn't want her to date?"

Lu Yuanqiu stopped, and Bai Qingxia stopped as well.

Lu Yuanqiu: "I don't want to, but if she meets true love and true home, there's nothing I can do to stop it. It's her destiny."

So Lu Yuanqiu wasn't completely condemned... Bai Qingxia thought to herself. She looked away, took Lu Yuanqiu's hand, and hopped forward a small step.

Back home, after washing up and lying down, Lu Yuanqiu received feedback from Zheng Yifeng.

Zheng Yifeng: My maternal grandparents said that my mother was robbed in her home in the United States and suffered a fatal head injury.

Lu Yuanqiu immediately sat up straight on the bed.

Lu Yuanqiu: How come there's a third version of the story? Is it the flu or a home invasion robbery?
Zheng Yifeng: The flu story was just something they told Li Bowen to use; you can't tell a child the truth.

The burglary and the "murder" mentioned in the letter do match up, but for some reason, perhaps because he has heard too many versions of the story, Lu Yuanqiu now remains skeptical of the "burglary" theory.

Lu Yuanqiu: Has the criminal been caught?

Zheng Yifeng: No.

Could it be that Lao Zheng spent those five years looking for criminals? Lu Yuanqiu couldn't understand why he would go to such lengths after the divorce, but perhaps there were details he didn't know.

Zheng Yifeng: I got the phone number and address of one of my mother's good friends when she was in the United States.

Lu Yuanqiu: What are you planning to do?
Zheng Yifeng: There's nothing I can do but tell my second uncle about this. My second uncle doesn't know why my dad went to the United States for those five years. Let's see if we can find my dad's location by following the clues through this phone call.

Lu Yuanqiu: Okay, let me know if there are any new developments, and I'll see if I can help.

Zheng Yifeng: No problem.

Lu Yuanqiu actually preferred to believe that the factor that led to Lao Zheng's second departure was the change in Bai Qingxia's family.

Although an accidental car accident and Lao Zheng's disappearance may not be related, the timing of the two events seems too coincidental.

Lu Yuanqiu even questioned Bai Qingxia and Zheng Yifeng in detail, and it turned out that Bai Ruoan's car accident and Lao Zheng's disappearance coincided with the same month.

Lu Yuanqiu was also curious about one thing: why Zheng Yifeng's maternal grandparents hadn't visited him all these years.

Since Zheng Yifeng didn't bring it up, Lu Yuanqiu gave up the idea of ​​asking, since it was a private matter after all.

However, after this meeting, Zheng Yifeng said that his maternal grandparents even went to his house to meet Ye Hui.

Lu Yuanqiu thought it was some kind of melodramatic custody battle, but it wasn't. Zheng Yifeng's maternal grandparents simply expressed their sincere gratitude and condolences to Ye Hui, thanking her for raising Zheng Yifeng alone all these years, which was truly not easy.

This time, Zheng Yifeng revealed why his grandparents hadn't visited him for so many years. It turned out that his grandparents had a major falling out with Zheng Yifeng over something, and the two elderly people vowed never to see their son-in-law again, which naturally led to them losing contact with him.

They now realize that Old Zheng had disappeared for many years.

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