NFBE Chapter 211 My Mother Was a Heartthrob in the 1980s
Chapter 211 My Mother Was a Heartthrob in the 1980s
"Wu Xiao, let's go and meet her."
Sitting next to Wu Xiao, Liu Xue said angrily.
"Forget it, we've already broken up, what's the point of going back now?"
Wu Xiao lowered his head, lost in thought, which infuriated Liu Xue, who was standing nearby.
"You didn't even try to fight for him, and you just let him go like that. Besides, the breakup was his decision unilaterally. Did you agree to it? Why should he be so carefree?"
Liu Xue gave Wu Xiao a look of disappointment and frustration.
Xiao Yuan didn't realize that the look in someone's eyes when they like someone is impossible to hide, and Wu Xiao knew he had lost the moment he saw it.
"Wait a bit longer. Their superiors are right in front of them. It's not worth getting punished if this causes a scene."
The people in front of Xiao Yuan and his group were the school's leaders and senior experts. For the sake of their future, now was not the time to cause trouble.
Meanwhile, the Li family mother and daughter are currently discussing Si Yan.
"Mom, do you think Si Yan has arrived yet?"
As Li Rui asked the question, she casually glanced back, but paused for a moment when her gaze swept over Si Yan, before quickly looking away.
Si Yan's temperament was simply too outstanding; she was a very eye-catching presence in the crowd, even though she was wearing a large mask.
"Forget about her, just focus on your nephew. Next, you need to figure out a way to reasonably reunite with him without making him feel resistant."
After finishing her speech, Li's mother glanced at Si Qingyanzhou, who was waiting on the side of the stage, and continued speaking.
"Recognizing your nephew is the most important thing. Why bother with those irrelevant people?"
"That's true, but Mom, we should at least tell Big Brother about this reunion, otherwise, will Qingzhou have a problem with him?"
Li Rui thought that since ancient times, the recognition of relatives must be done with important figures present, otherwise it would look strange no matter how you look at it, and what would Qingzhou think?
"What you said makes sense. I was too hasty. But your older brother's son is indeed outstanding."
At this moment, Si Qingzhou was giving a speech on stage. His speech was informative and humorous, and his gray-black suit made him look even more outstanding, which made Li's mother like him even more.
"Hey Mom, you know what, this nephew really does have some of the charm of my older brother when he was young."
Li Rui recalled that when her older brother was in his twenties, he often represented the school at various large-scale events.
Back then, there were so many people pursuing my older brother. If it weren't for those unforeseen events, he would probably be surrounded by a wife and children by now.
Si Yan, sitting in the audience, looked at Si Qingzhou on stage with a look of satisfaction. The stubborn boy who insisted on studying even with his hands covered in chilblains in the winter had finally come to the stage that belonged to him.
"Mom, one day I will definitely make sure you live a good life."
In the winter, the chilblains on the boy's hands had cracked, but he still breathed on his hands to warm them and continued doing his homework, not daring to slack off at all.
"Qingzhou, Mom doesn't have any wishes. Mom just hopes you grow up healthy and can live the life you like. Here, take this hand warmer. Aunt Liu specially saved this empty bottle for Mom. I just filled it with hot water, it's still warm."
"Well, thank you, mom."
Looking at the young man speaking eloquently on stage, Si Yan's thoughts slowly returned. Such a good young man, just because of jealousy, ended up with such an ending in his past life.
Sure enough, there are always people with such dark minds, no matter where you are.
Si Yan's gaze inadvertently drifted to Lin Gang, who was staring at Si Qingzhou from below the stage with a sinister look.
She moved her fingers slightly, and a wisp of blue light instantly merged into Lin Gang's body.
Upon seeing this, Si Yan's lips curled up slightly.
[Those who harm others will always be harmed in return. Every time Lin Gang harbors thoughts of harming someone, he will become increasingly unlucky, and soon he will no longer have time to harm Qingzhou.]
The academic exchange lasted for more than two hours. Si Qingzhou shone brightly at the exchange and attracted much attention.
"Hey, Lin Gang, your school has produced a dark horse this time. Weren't you always the representative before? This Si Qingzhou is only a freshman and he's already the representative. It seems your school has found a good prospect this time."
A senior from the neighboring B University patted Lin Gang on the shoulder and said with a touch of emotion.
"Really? It's probably not that bad. Maybe you were just lucky."
Lin Gang's expression remained unchanged, but he gave Si Qingzhou a meaningful look.
But just as that thought crossed his mind, he suddenly felt his foot slip and then Lin Gang performed a flat-bottomed wrestling move in front of everyone.
The senior from University B standing to the side was so surprised that he couldn't close his mouth.
"Lin Gang, are you alright?"
Upon seeing this, the senior student from University B quickly stepped forward to inquire.
"It's nothing, I just tripped and fell."
But when Lin Gang looked up, the senior from B University couldn't help but cover his mouth and laugh. Lin Gang's appearance was just too funny.
Who would have thought that just a fall would not only knock out a front tooth, but also leave a huge bump on the head? It was just too unlucky.
"why are you laughing?"
"No, why am I talking like that!"
At first, Lin Gang was confused, but after saying a few more words, he realized that his words were slurred and he quickly covered his mouth.
"Pfft... Haha... Lin Gang, I'm sorry, I couldn't help it. You should go back and look in the mirror first."
The senior from University B smiled as he offered his reminder.
Upon hearing this, Lin Gang's expression changed drastically, and he ran towards the exit with an embarrassed look on his face, no longer caring about Si Qingzhou.
Si Yan followed the crowd out, and Xiao Yuan led her to a tree to wait for Si Qingzhou.
Seeing that there were few people around, Xiao Yuan hesitated and wanted to say something to Si Yan, but was interrupted by a female voice that suddenly came from behind him.
"Xiao Yuan, is she the reason you want to break up with me?"
Wu Xiao glanced at Si Yan with a complicated expression.
"Wu Xiao, don't talk nonsense. I broke up with you because I felt we weren't right for each other."
Xiao Yuan turned around and glanced nervously at Si Yan, afraid that she might misunderstand.
"You didn't think it was a bad match when you were pursuing me, but you feel it's a bad match after just one meeting with her?"
Tears welled in Wu Xiao's eyes as she pointed angrily at Si Yan.
"That's right, Xiao Yuan, you have problems with your thinking, you're messing around with women."
Liu Xue, who was standing next to Wu Xiao, couldn't help but speak up.
“Student, you can’t just say things like that. I’m here today as a parent to participate in this event. I’m Si Qingzhou’s mother.”
Seeing that the two were going too far, Si Yan quickly pulled Xiao Yuan aside and stepped out from behind him.
"What?"
Wu Xiao and Liu Xue stared at Si Yan from head to toe in disbelief.
"No, you've gone too far! You'd even resort to such a clumsy lie to fool us?"
Wu Xiao looked at Si Yan's clothes and figure, and she didn't believe Si Yan's words at all.
"What do you mean by believe or not believe? Mom, Xiao Yuan, aren't you getting impatient? I just ran into a friend and chatted for a bit, which took up a little time."
Wu Xiaogang had just finished speaking when she was interrupted by Si Qingzhou, who ran up from behind her. Si Qingzhou had been running so fast that she was panting heavily when she stopped.
"No, it's nothing, hello Auntie, it was a misunderstanding on our part."
With a blush on her face, Wu Xiao pulled Liu Xue away and ran off.
Si Qingzhou shrugged, looking puzzled, but then he remembered that he had told Si Yan that he would take her around the campus, so he continued.
"Mom, let's go, it's still early, let me show you around first."
"Well, let's go."
Si Yan didn't say much, just nodded and followed Si Qingzhou.
However, students would pass by them from time to time. If their eyes weren't so obvious, people would think they were just ordinary passersby.
"Hey, she must be the Si Qingzhou's mother you're talking about. Although I haven't seen her face, her figure and temperament are really extraordinary."
"Si Qingzhou is good-looking, so it's not surprising that his mother is also good-looking. But he's getting on in years, aren't you guys going a bit too far?"
The classmate who had never seen Si Yan's true face asked with a puzzled look.
"Anyway, you'll definitely regret it if you don't see it. This is the first time in all my years that I've seen someone so good-looking."
The girl who spoke tilted her head back and clasped her hands together. She thought Si Qingzhou's mother was even prettier than a movie star.
Li's mother and Li Rui happened to overhear their conversation.
It turned out that the Li family mother and daughter had been following behind Si Qingzhou and the others all along.
"Mom, just looking at her from behind, Si Yan doesn't seem as bad as I thought."
"What kind of taste does your brother have? Even a fool could tell that Si Yan is definitely not an ugly woman."
As for Si Yan, Li's mother was mentally prepared. She might be pretty, but she was definitely not ugly, otherwise her demanding eldest son would not have been able to bring himself to kiss her.
"That's hard to say. It wasn't my brother who took the initiative. We don't even know what Si Yan looks like yet."
Li Rui raised an eyebrow. Her older brother had high standards, but he didn't know that at the time. According to Sister Qingqing, the one who took the initiative was someone else.
"Hey, look, she's taken off her mask!"
Li Rui, who was still lost in thought, gradually came back to her senses after hearing the voices of the girls in front of her.
"No way? This is Si Yan?"
Li Rui stared blankly at Si Yan's profile in the sunlight, while Li's mother, standing beside her, also took off her sunglasses in surprise.
"Goodness, your older brother has really high standards. He could actually give up someone as good-looking as her. He could have brought her home and made a fuss with me back then."
"Mother Li said with an incredulous look on her face."
"Mom, you've forgotten again. Didn't I tell you? My brother didn't know what happened back then. If he did, I don't believe he would have chosen to leave so readily."
As Li Rui spoke, she glanced at Si Yan.
Meanwhile, since the sun was shining brightly, Xiao Yuan suggested taking a photo of Si Yan and her son, so Si Yan took off her mask.
She didn't notice that there was a moment of silence around her after she took off her mask.
After they left, the area became lively again.
"Wait, are all the people at your school so tight-lipped? That girl is so pretty, how come I've never heard you mention her? What department is she in?"
The freshman from C University stared blankly at Si Yan's retreating figure.
“She’s not a student at our school, but I roughly know who she is.”
The male student from University A looked like he had something to say.
"Who is it? If it's not from your school, could it be from the neighboring B University?"
"No, she should be Si Qingzhou's mother from our department. I heard them say that Si Qingzhou's mother is very beautiful, and I thought they were exaggerating. I didn't expect that what they said was not true enough."
After the boy finished speaking, he glanced longingly in the direction Si Yan had walked away.
"That can't be right, she's so young, could she be her stepmother?"
"How could that be? She's not my stepmother."
The boy denied it, but then he thought back to Si Yan's face.
"If only she were a stepmother, we wouldn't be so incredulous."
"She's quite impressive. Her son, Si Qingzhou, performed so well at the exchange meeting, which must be inseparable from her guidance."
A male student from University C said with a sigh.
Meanwhile, the Li family mother and daughter behind them were already debating when would be the right time to visit.
"Mom, do you think it's appropriate for us to come to your door like this? Before, I thought Si Yan was a materialistic woman who wanted to climb the social ladder, but now I think it's my brother who's unlucky."
Li Rui looked hesitant.
“Your older brother went a bit too far. Here’s what we’ll do: you go and prepare some more gifts, something a bit more expensive, as compensation for all her hard work over the years.”
Unlike her previous tough and disdainful attitude, Li's mother was already thinking about which jewelry collection she should give to Si Yan as a gift.
Meanwhile, Li Yang, whom they were talking about, was at the hospital visiting Li's father, Li Hai.
"Dad, how are you? Are you feeling any better?"
"Heh, you're not dead yet. At this rate, if something really happened to you, would I be able to count on you?"
Li Hai glared angrily at Li Yang.
"Dad, I just found out about it too."
Li Yang frowned and said softly.
"How could that be? They already notified you."
Li Hai was so angry that he pounded his chest, and Li Cheng, who was standing next to him, secretly thought that things were going to get bad.
"Alright, alright, Dad, stop talking. My older brother must have been held up by something. Don't make things difficult for him. Besides, Mom hasn't arrived yet."
After finishing his sentence, Li Cheng also took the opportunity to criticize Li's mother.
"Never mind them, it's my fault for not notifying them."
Li Hai said guiltily that he was at his lover's house on the day he had the stroke. Li Hai was afraid of being exposed, so he hadn't made a single phone call to the old house yet.
"Dad, you look so energetic, I won't bother you any longer. I have things to do at the company, so let my third brother keep you company."
After Li Yang finished speaking, he nodded to Li Cheng and walked out of the ward, which made Li Hai so angry that he cursed loudly.
"Seriously, does Li Yang even see me as his father anymore? Without me, he wouldn't be where he is today? What kind of attitude is this? Is he a son or a father?"
After Li Hai finished speaking, he took a slight breath, still a little out of breath from being so angry.
"Dad, that's just my personality, you know that. Besides, my company's business is probably more important, so don't worry about it."
Li Cheng's words only made Li Hai angrier.
After his anger subsided, he looked at Li Hai to the side and couldn't help but sigh.
"Cheng'er, you're the most reliable one. In the future, Dad can only rely on you. Your older brother is heartless; he never thinks about us."
Li Hai looked at Li Cheng with a gratified expression.
But he didn't know that Li Cheng was only so sensible in front of him; after all, who can't pretend?
What they didn't know was that Li Yang was in such a hurry to leave because he wanted to go to University A.