Chapter 240: Chapter 240
In the kitchen, Ye Ling listened carefully, but after a while, Zhao Guodong didn’t say anything. Finally, she looked up to see Zhao Guodong coming out of the house, hurriedly standing outside in the yard, staring blankly at the gate.
Zhang Linong stood at the door of the inner room, poked his head out, "Ye Ling, go out and have a look."
Ye Ling nodded, put down the bowl in her hand, and went out, while inside the house, Ye He Ping was puzzled, "What’s going on here?"
Thinking of his daughter’s age, Ye He Ping’s expression changed, could she be seeing someone?
Zhang Linong, sharp-eyed, immediately opened his mouth to explain, "Uncle Ye, it’s about Dongzi’s college application. He applied to the Business University, but Ye Ling changed it to the University, and Dongzi doesn’t know about it yet, that’s why he’s downhearted."
"Business University?" Ye He Ping was shocked.
Zhang Linong explained the situation briefly, and inside the house, Ye He Ping was astonished. Outside in the yard, Ye Ling was wiping her hands as she walked up behind Zhao Guodong. Zhao Guodong heard the sound and turned around, seeing a hint of embarrassment flash across Ye Ling’s face.
"I asked Ji Zhongjun to change your application," Ye Ling said as Zhao Guodong’s mouth gaped in shock. She continued, "I don’t know why you want to attend Business University, but I think, no matter the reason or for whom, the other person would feel guilty for a lifetime if they know you love the military and yet chose business. Making them live with that guilt for a lifetime isn’t fair, don’t you think? You’re seventeen, you should work hard in college and become an outstanding person. I think it’s time for you to mature, instead of facing things with impulsive thoughts like now, what do you think?"
"Did... Lining tell you?" Zhao Guodong’s mouth opened, not knowing how to refute.
Ye Ling smiled faintly, "See, you don’t know what to say now, right? Luckily, he told me, everything is still in time, otherwise, like when you were standing in the yard just now, weren’t you disappointed? Getting into college should be a happy thing, yet you couldn’t feel any joy at all? There’s no medicine for regret in the world, you should be glad he told you."
"Am I... really useless?" Zhao Guodong lowered his head like a child who had done something wrong.
He didn’t know why, but since meeting Ye Ling, he always felt inferior to her and kept causing trouble. If he hadn’t arranged the park outing, such a thing wouldn’t have happened, and Ye Ling wouldn’t have had to bear it, which is always a concern for a girl.
"Why would you think that?" Ye Ling laughed, "At your age, you should be ."
As for herself, the reason she couldn’t enjoy student life was because inside a young body was a heart that had lived twice. She could see through everything in the world, making it difficult for her to truly be happy.
"Ye Ling, if in the future no one wants to marry you because of that incident, then I’ll marry you," Zhao Guodong mustered the courage to say. He thought he would be scared, but inexplicably, he felt completely relaxed. ᴜᴘᴅᴀᴛᴇ ꜰʀᴏᴍ novel·fiɾe·net
Ye Ling laughed, "You don’t have to worry about that. Alright, let’s go inside, my dad’s still there, seeing you , who knows what he’ll think."
Ye Ling only took his words as childish talk and didn’t take them to heart. Zhao Guodong saw that Ye Ling didn’t believe him, so he got more anxious, chasing after Ye Ling, "I’m telling the truth."
"I believe you," Ye Ling replied.
But this light-hearted sentence made Zhao Guodong feel that Ye Ling didn’t really believe him. However, since he was already inside, it wasn’t good to keep pursuing the matter with Ye Ling. After hearing the whole story, Ye He Ping called Zhao Guodong over and scolded him. Zhao Guodong quickly admitted his mistake, and only then did Ye He Ping agree to keep it from the adults.
Even though their scores hadn’t been released yet, they knew they had been accepted into college, so everyone was particularly happy. When Ye He Ping returned to the compound, he called Zhang Linong and the other two to go back together. Originally, Ye He Ping wanted to stay, but was driven away by Ye Ling, who felt that her daughter had grown up, and it wasn’t good to stay these two days, so he left.
Although Ye Ling was happy, she was also very excited that she actually got into college in this lifetime. She opened her bag and took out a piece of red and black checkered fabric. It was found in her grandmother’s cabinet along with some money at the time, and Ye Ling had never been willing to use it. Now that she was going to college, the weather would certainly not be cold when she went to report, and since the place was the south, warmer than the north, Ye Ling planned to make a skirt.
After the divorce in her previous life, she wandered outside for half a year, taking on any job that could earn money. Though temporary work was scarce, there were more piecework jobs at the sewing machine shop. Ye Ling still remembered some skirt designs; although she couldn’t cut them herself, she could tell the sewing shop, and they would cut it out.
Locking the door at home, Ye Ling took the fabric to a nearby sewing shop. Meanwhile, back at the compound, after talking with Ye Ling, Zhao Guodong came back to life with excitement. When he rushed home, Mrs. Zhao saw him and smiled.
"Made up with Lingzi?" She didn’t guess anything else.
Zhao Guodong’s face turned red, and he explained, "Grandma, it’s about the scores, Uncle Ye said our scores were good, there’s no problem getting into college."
"Oh my heavens, that’s wonderful news! Does your dad know? You must give him the news," Mrs. Zhao was so thrilled she clapped her hands, "When you were young, I thought, you’re not good at studying and naughty, but now it’s different, getting into college is another matter."
"Grandma, it’s all thanks to Ye Ling," Zhao Guodong immediately added.
Mrs. Zhao laughed, "Of course, I know whom to thank, how could I forget? Look at how nervous you are."
She looked her grandson up and down, eyes smiling. He truly has grown up, caring about someone in his heart. These days Mrs. Zhao had seen it all. Her grandson might be bold and careless, but his eyes and mind were full of that eldest daughter from the Ye Family. If they ever end up together in the future, there’d be no worry about her grandson getting into trouble. With Ye Ling watching over him, he’d learn to be sensible.
Zhao Guodong felt uncomfortable being scrutinized by his grandmother, "I’m going inside. Didn’t you say you were going back to the hometown? I think you should stay, I need to prepare for college."
"Don’t try to fool me, going back to the hometown won’t stop you from attending college? Besides, it’s just a few days, hurry and pack your things and come with me." Mrs. Zhao didn’t point out that her grandson was reluctant to leave Ye Ling.
After all, he’s still a child, and these things are best left to them to work out at their own pace.
Zhao Guodong mumbled a few words. Though unwilling, he didn’t argue back; Mrs. Zhao knew her grandson was filial, and with a smile, she returned to the West Room. (To be continued. If you work, please vote for it at Qidian (qidian.com). Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users, please visit m.qidian.com to read.)