I, who advocate giving up, feel like a disqualified person

"What?" she asked me impatiently.

"Your mother really cares about you."

.................

"What kind of answer is that?" She seemed to think I was joking.

"Isn't it?" I looked at her. "Do you really understand what this means?"

"Of course...don't parents always love their children? Everyone knows this..." She pouted in dissatisfaction.

"So, isn't it good to stay with your parents?"

"You mean to let me go back? You..."

"I didn't say that. It's just that you're disgusted, so you think that way..."

"No matter what you say, I won't go back. It's not easy to get here, why do you have to..."

"Don't get excited..." I gestured to the excited Ling Can to calm down. "Since you don't want to go back, tell your mother the reason. What I'm saying now is just for you."

".....Hmph..." She turned her face away and said nothing.

...accepted?

"Although I don't know why you insist on staying here, I guess you must be nostalgic for something. It's like if you like eating a certain food. You can eat it often, but if you only eat that food all the time, then you are picky about food, which can have serious consequences."

"...but I just don't like it..."

"Disliking something and not doing it are two different things. Even if you don't like something, you still have to do it because it's very important." He paused. "Your parents love you very much, so they care about you. Your mother even traveled thousands of miles to take care of you. Although you don't want to go back, in my opinion, that's just being willful, just like being picky about food."

"Everyone is picky about food, right?!" Lingcan retorted to me loudly.

That's true...but that's not the point.

"Well... I mean, for your own health, you have to eat some vegetables even if you don't want to, just like there are some things you have to do."

"...But...I'm worried..."

"Are you worried you won't be able to come back?"

She nodded.

"No, thinking too absolutely about things is immature. Only children think that people are good and evil. In fact, human nature is very complex. You are immature now. You think that there are only fixed options for the development of things. This is wrong. In fact, you still have many options to choose from."

"...Is that really the case?"

"Yes." I looked towards the kitchen. "Although your mother didn't mention it, your father must miss you very much, but he just doesn't want to say it out loud. This is what they call maturity, or you could call it 'profundity'. But no matter what, he definitely wants you to be by his side."

"But, I went back during the Spring Festival..."

"Parents will never get tired of their children no matter how long they stay around, let alone you."

"...Um...well...it's alright..."

"It's okay. As long as you understand your parents' feelings, communication will be easier later... Just remember to express your own thoughts well, and at the same time, understand the other person's thoughts."

"Okay... I'll try my best..." Ling Can still looked a little worried.

"without..."

"The meal is ready, we can eat now."

Lingcan's mother said to us with a smile.

.......................

This was the most depressing dinner party I have ever witnessed.

The three of them said nothing, and the two people except me seemed to avoid contact with each other.

...Did I just say something unnecessary?

...No...I don't think so...

It seems like these two really lack one-on-one communication... and the topics covered in this conversation are quite important...

"I...I'm full..."

Actually, not really, but I always feel that it would be better to leave the table now and go to the living room to wait for them to finish their conversation, or just leave.

"Huh? You don't look like you've eaten much. Is the food not to your taste?" Lingcan's mother looked at me strangely.

"Yes, yes, he eats less than me, how can this be possible!" Ling Can also wanted to stop me.

"No...I ate a little too much at noon..."

As expected... these two people still can't let go... then I have to leave even more.

"Oh well..."

"Don't leave yet, okay? I have something to say later."

Lingcan said this to me probably because she was nervous.

"...Um...Okay."

Anyway, let's go to the living room and wait.

....................

They must be talking...

but...

I glanced at the time... This meal is taking too long...

"Ah..." I noticed that Ling Shen had come out.

"Well...it looks like the results are pretty good."

He looks healthy, so the decision should be to stay.

"That's right." She said to me with a smile, "It's better for me to go back."

...ha?

Everything happens in the near future

"I always feel that he is not in a good mood recently."

Lin Yi looked back with some concern at Sheji who was staring out the window in a daze.

"That's impossible. I dozed off in class as usual, but I handed in my homework on time..."

Qiluo, the deputy monitor who usually worked on duty with Lin Yi, just glanced at the guy calmly.

"Although it seems that way on the surface..." Lin Yi tilted his head, "I feel like he's not the same as before. Is it because of Ling Can's return?"

"Impossible." Qiluo denied it categorically. "He didn't even show up for Jiayin's farewell party. How could he be the type to be sad about parting?"

"That's right..." Lin Yi sighed, "Well, forget it..."

..................

【Third grade classroom】

"Guess who I saw yesterday after school."

Senior Sun was chatting with Senior Su while eating.

"Who...Yujie?"

"No..." Senior Sun held his forehead, "Not a woman."

"Oh...that's Lu Yunzi." Senior Su came to the conclusion.

"Be careful not to get hit..."

"...Just kidding...You must have met that junior." Su Xun took a bite of bread nonchalantly, "Who else is the guy you are interested in besides him?"

"I can't say that so absolutely...but it really is him."

“…Oh…and then.”

indifferent...

"I saw he looked a little lost, so I didn't call him." Senior Sun said as he took a bite of the lunch box he had bought. "Tell me, what could he be lost for at his age?"

"Most likely he was dumped..."

"Oh... That's a possibility..."

......................

【Tea Ceremony Club】

"Hey! Why are you the only one here?" Brother Nan pushed open the door of the tea ceremony club with some information, but only saw Rinquanchuan.

"Oh... If you're looking for that single-celled, unintelligent creature named Yi Sheji, I'm sorry to say he's already gone home."

While saying these words, Rinquanchuan's eyes did not leave the book in his hand.

"Why is this happening... I wanted him to help me process some information... Looks like he'll have to work overtime again." She sighed, "What's wrong with this guy lately?"

"...Who knows, the activities of lower-level creatures are more difficult to understand."

"Uh..." For the first time, Brother Nan felt like he had no way to communicate.

"Is it because of Lingcan's departure? Could it be that this guy has fallen in love with her?" Brother Nan looked at Linquanchuan half-jokingly.

"...It's hard to say..." Rinquanchuan muttered to himself.

"......"

This reaction... no way...

Yi Sheji, you really don't know how to appreciate what you have.

But what is so attractive about that guy...

Brother Nan couldn't help but think so.

"But it should be able to cheer that guy up, huh?" Brother Nan said as he placed the information on the table in front of Lin Quanchuan.

"...perhaps...."

As if he didn't understand the meaning of Nan Ge's action, Lin Quanchuan looked up at her.

"Do me a favor."

Brother Nan said to her with a smile.

.................

[At the gate of a junior high school]

"Hey, you don't seem to be in a good mood lately."

A classmate spoke to Ye Jin.

"Ah...? Really..."

Ye Jin answered listlessly.

"I heard that your neighbor moved away, didn't he?"

"...Let's just say so..." Ye Jin sighed.

"Cheer up, we will definitely meet again."

"Oh...oh, thank you." Ye Jin smiled at her, looked at the street ahead, and suddenly found a familiar figure.

"What's wrong?" The classmates next to him noticed that Ye Jin's eyes suddenly became bright, but it seemed that there was still more murderous intent.

"You go back first." Ye Jin said this and immediately rushed forward.

"Huh? Wait..."

Just when she was about to stop Ye Jin, she suddenly realized that she was rushing towards a man.

"You...bastard brother!!"