A Photo
Lin Yi knocked on the door, and Tang Yin's voice came from the yard after a while. "Who is it?"
"It's me … …" Lin Yi said.
There was an obvious silence on the other side of the door. Then, with a creak, the door opened, revealing Tang Yun's beautiful face. There was no smile on it, only coldness. "Come in."
Lin Yi paused- Tang Yun's attitude wasn't good to him before, but she was honest and straightforward. She'd throw a tantrum at him and step on his feet … Today, however, Tang Yun's eyes were filled with coldness.
Kang Xiaobo didn't notice that as he followed Lin Yi into Tang Yin's yard. He pointed at the mess in the yard, surprised at the sight. "Boss, look! Where's the cherry tree?"
People who lived in single-story houses usually planted things in their yards. Almost every house in Lin Yi's hometown had that, so he wasn't too curious about it.
Kang Xiaobo grew up in the city, so he didn't see much of these things. He was excited, but curious at the same time.
"Yin, is that your classmate?" Mrs. Tang's voice came from the house- it was an old brick house, and it was impossible to tell the age of the house. The house was made of red bricks, and there was no cement on the outside. The windows were sealed with plastic sheets, and the door was covered in rust.
But in this shabby environment, there lived a girl full of sunshine, the commoner beauty of First Middle School.
"Yeah … …" Tang Yin replied faintly, her tone no longer carrying any anger or dissatisfaction towards Lin Yi … It was as if she was talking to a stranger.
"Lin Yi's here, come in!" Mrs. Tang said happily as she walked out of the house to greet Lin Yi and Kang Xiaobo.
"Auntie." Lin Yi greeted as he entered the house with Kang Xiaobo. It was a typical old-fashioned room, with a small kitchen and a small room behind the small kitchen. Tang Yin's room was probably there.
"Come in and sit." Mrs. Tang called Lin Yi and Kang Xiaobo in before turning to Tang Yin. "Yin, you keep Xueyuan company, I'll go prepare the barbecue!"
"Oh … …" Tang Yin nodded, not objecting as she sat on the chair opposite Lin Yi. The sofa was limited, and Tang Yin didn't want to squeeze with Lin Yi, so she chose to sit opposite Lin Yi.
Mrs. Tang went out to work, and Tang Yin didn't say anything as well. She sat on the chair, resting her chin on her hand as she stared at the floor, deep in thought.
Lin Yi didn't know what was wrong with Tang Yin today. She treated him so strangely, like he was a stranger. Sitting there awkwardly wasn't a good idea, so Lin Yi tried to start a conversation. "Is Uncle in the house?"
Lin Yi heard noises from inside the house. The door was closed, but with Lin Yi's hearing, it didn't escape his ears.
"My dad's injured at work, he can't get up from the bed," Tang Yin explained.
"Injured at work? Is it serious? " Lin Yi was startled. He'd imagined all sorts of situations for Tang Yin's family, but he didn't expect Tang Yin's father to be injured and bedridden.
"He's saving money for surgery later this year. If the surgery is successful, he'll be able to recover," Tang Yin said faintly, as if she was talking to a stranger.
"Injured at work? Then why didn't the company pay?" Kang Xiaobo interrupted.
"What can we do if the factory owner doesn't want to pay?" Tang Yin seemed to have accepted her fate. She was helpless against the factory owner who didn't want to pay. She wasn't angry anymore.
"I'll go see Uncle Tang?" Lin Yi stood up and wanted to go inside, but Tang Yin stopped him.
"My dad is resting, don't go." Tang Yin didn't let Lin Yi in. She didn't want to have anything to do with Lin Yi anymore, so naturally, she didn't want him to go inside the house. If she owed Lin Yi another favor, how could she pay it back?
Tang Yin wasn't ignorant of the ways of the world. On the contrary, her father's incident made her and her mother suffer the coldness of the world, and they had a deeper understanding of it.
Why would Lin Yi help her family? In her family, other than herself, what else could be valued by Lin Yi? In the end, when they couldn't pay back the favor they owed him, they could only pay it back with their bodies.
Lin Yi only wanted to see how Mr. Tang's injury was, whether there was a better way to treat it without surgery, but since Tang Yin was against it, Lin Yi wasn't in a hurry.
Kang Xiaobo didn't want to be a third wheel. He walked to the side while Lin Yi and Tang Yin were talking. He looked around the room, and his eyes suddenly fell on a photo in the bookshelf.
There were three girls in the photo. One was Tang Yin, and the other was Tang Yin's best friend, Liu Xinwen. Kang Xiaobo had some impression of her, but there was another girl that made Kang Xiaobo's eyes light up!
Of the three girls in the photo, Tang Yin was undoubtedly the prettiest and the most outstanding one, but the other girl was only a little bit weaker than her. She looked so soft and weak, and it made people want to protect her with just one look …
Who was this person? Kang Xiaobo's heart started to move again. As for Tang Yin, Kang Xiaobo had completely given up. As long as Lin Yi could catch up with him, he would be satisfied, but this girl …
"This photo?" Kang Xiaobo couldn't help but ask.
Tang Yin turned her head towards Kang Xiaobo's voice and saw the photo in the bookshelf, "Two of my best friends."
"I know this Liu Xinwen, she's also from our school, but this …" Kang Xiaobo hesitated. Although it was rude to ask directly, he didn't want to give up.
"Her name is Lan Fen, she's a good friend I grew up with …" Tang Yin clearly didn't want to talk about this anymore. She only briefly introduced Lan Fen and didn't say anything else.
Kang Xiaobo replied with an "Oh" and silently remembered the name. Lan Fen, it sounded pretty good? He just didn't know where he was studying now. She definitely wasn't from First School. If she was, there was no way he wouldn't know her.
Although Lan Fen wasn't one of the three school beauties, she was definitely a popular girl in the school. She could be ranked in the top ten of the girls in First School.
Kang Xiaobo wanted to ask about Lan Fen's current situation, but Tang Yin didn't seem to want to talk about it.
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