Qin Ke was speechless. Ning Qingyun was indeed known for her strong principles. He had improved her favorability level in the last class. He originally thought that she would restrain herself and stop minding her own business, but in the end she still insisted on her principles and was unkind.

Qin Ke spread his hands and said slyly: "You also know that my English is not good, so what class should I take? I can't understand it anyway."

He answered so confidently that Ning Qingyun was choked. After a while, he whispered: "If you don't understand, try your best to listen. If you don't understand, take notes. I will explain it to you after class."

Qin Ke said lazily: "The midterm exam is next week, and it will affect your review."

"It doesn't matter. It's just a midterm exam anyway. It doesn't matter whether I review it or not."

Listen, is this what people say? A super academic is so arrogant?

Qin Ke felt that his previous pretense was too low-level, and he should learn more invisible pretense like Ning Qingyun in the future. This is the real arrogant pretense.

At this time, footsteps sounded. Qin Ke thought it was the English teacher. When he looked up, it was the head teacher Wei Wenping. She hurried into the classroom and shouted: "Qin Ke, come out for a moment."

Qin Ke was confused and walked out and asked: "Teacher Wei, what's wrong?"

"Your family is calling. It seems that your father has been in an accident. You'd better go back quickly."

Qin Ke was startled: "Teacher Wei, what happened to my dad?"

Wei Wenping shook her head: "Your sister just called. She didn't go into details. Why don't you call back and ask?" She said and handed over Qin Ke's mobile phone.

The school rules of Yingyuan Private High School are very strict. Although students can bring mobile phones to school, they must be handed over to the class teacher for unified management. They can only be retrieved under special circumstances or after holidays. Parents who need to contact their children can only contact the class teacher.

This was obviously a special situation. Qin Ke took his cell phone and quickly dialed the cell phone of his younger sister Qin Xiaoke (ke, second tone).

The call was connected immediately, and the younger sister's crying voice came from inside: "Brother, come home quickly! Dad...he had an accident..."

Qin Ke's brain buzzed and he almost lost his balance. He held on to the window to steady himself, his face still a little pale: "Little sister, don't cry. First tell me what's wrong with dad?"

"I don't know, I just know that there was an accident. I'm rushing home now, please come back quickly... Wuwu..." Qin Xiaoke cried and hung up the phone.

Qin Ke took a deep breath and tried to calm down. After all, his little sister always spoke and acted like his father, with the word "unreliable" written all over his head. To be cautious, he called his mother's cell phone again, intending to ask about the situation first.

Because he was too worried, his hand holding the phone was shaking.

My mother's cell phone sounded a notification that it was turned off.

Qin Ke gritted his teeth and said to the head teacher: "Teacher Wei, I want to ask for leave..."

Wei Wenping listened to Qin Ke's call throughout the whole process. Seeing his anxious face, she sighed in her heart that this child still has a lot to offer, such as valuing his family. She took out two hundred yuan and said, "Do you have enough money to take the bus? If not, go first."

Take it."

Qin Ke said hurriedly: "I have enough living expenses, thank you, Teacher Wei."

Wei Wenping asked Qin Ke to simply fill out a leave note. After signing it, he sent Qin Ke to the school gate, explained the situation to the guard in person, let him go, and repeatedly warned: "Pay attention to safety on the road, and come back to class when everything is fine at home.

Mid-cycle exam.”

Qin Ke didn't talk nonsense and just saluted respectfully. He respected a good teacher like Wei Wenping from the bottom of his heart.

As for the midterm exam, he will definitely come back to take it as long as he can. After all, he still has to complete the task.

…

Qin Ke's hometown is in Qingping Town, which belongs to Changhua District of Yuanzhou City, the provincial capital.

What kind of town is this? If you use the rhetorical techniques taught in Chinese classes to describe it——

"This is a small town with beautiful mountains and rivers, with willow trees, small bridges and flowing water. Low but clean bungalows can be seen everywhere. Old people walking leisurely give people a sense of leisure and greenness in the time.

, allowing you to put aside the turmoil of the world, stay away from the hustle and bustle of the city, and feel your own poetry and tranquility..."

What? You want to talk about it in human language? Oh, it is the most remote mountain town in the suburbs, adjacent to the mountains, with a population of less than 100,000. In the eyes of urban people, it is a place where birds are not attracted*.

, there is no subway, and the transportation is very inconvenient.

So Qin Ke has a long way home.

He first had to take the subway for nearly fifty minutes to the city bus station, buy a ticket, wait for the city long-distance bus that runs once an hour on average, and then drive for nearly two and a half hours before returning to the town bus station. Finally,

It takes twenty minutes to walk home, and the total time is about four hours.

Not long after Qin Ke got on the subway, his cell phone rang again. It was a call from his sister Qin Xiaoke.

Qin Ke immediately answered the call: "Little sister, are you home? How is dad?"

I heard Qin Xiaoke ask weakly: "Brother, have you asked for leave?"

"Please, I'm on my way home. I'll be back at noon."

"Oh... that's good." The little girl on the other end breathed a sigh of relief, and said cautiously: "Brother, come back slowly, don't be in a hurry, dad doesn't seem to be as serious as the rumors, uh, it should be said that it's nothing serious...

But you still have to come back, I’ll wait for you at home! If you don’t come back, I won’t go to class!”

After saying that, Qin Xiaoke hung up the phone as if he was afraid of being scolded.

Qin Ke was stunned, what happened? Dad had an accident, but it was nothing serious.

I tried calling my dad, but no one listened. Lao Qin still had a headache without his phone by his side all day long.

Forget it, we're all out anyway, let's talk about it when we get home, but at least the phone call from my younger sister made him relax a lot of his anxious mood.

When the scenery along the way slowly changed from reinforced concrete and high-rise buildings to a lovely green and rolling mountains, Qin Ke knew that he was close to home.

When Qin Ke jumped off the long-distance bus and hurried home, it was already past lunch time.

When a familiar elder saw him on the road, he immediately greeted him enthusiastically in his native dialect: "Zhuangyuanzi, are you back home?"

"Zhuangyuanzi" is the special name given to Qin Ke by the residents of the small town. At that time, in the entire town, together with hundreds of nearby villages and thousands of students from mountainous areas, only Qin Ke was admitted to the best provincial key high school in the city.

In the eyes of the townspeople, this honor is almost like winning the top prize in the past. In addition, Qin Ke has been a top student since childhood, his grandfather is a well-known professor (retired), and his parents are also "celebrities", which makes Qin Ke in this Very famous in a small town the size of a palm.

Qin Ke kept smiling and said hello, but his pace quickened.

Close, close.

When he saw the familiar figure of his mother sitting under the signboard "There is a Hardware Shop", slowly turning the pages of a book, Qin Ke's heart, which had been half hanging, relaxed.

The store is not big, and lunch is not a busy time. My mother, Shen Qiuyi, is sitting elegantly on a chair at the door. She is obviously in her forties, but her black hair is like a waterfall, and there is no trace of time on her face. She looks like a beautiful young daughter-in-law in her late twenties.

She was wearing an ordinary but clean white dress, and around her neck was a necklace composed of nuts, small steel balls, and copper wires. Behind her were shops and various hardware parts and tools.

She was holding a book in her hand and a cup of brewed tea beside her, feeling content and content, just like an elegant young lady from a scholarly family.

She is indeed called "the lady who can dress elegantly with nuts and wires" by the residents of the town. This daily scene can be regarded as a scene in the town.

Hearing the footsteps, Shen Qiuyi raised her head from the book and saw Qin Ke. Her eyes slowly opened wide, as if the scene was in slow motion. Then she stood up from the chair and asked softly: "Ah la ah la, Xiao Ke, why are you back home?"

Seeing his mother's look, Qin Ke felt that it really didn't seem like something big had happened at home, but he still asked: "Where is dad? My little sister called my school and said that dad had an accident?"

Shen Qiuyi pursed her lips and chuckled: "Ah la ah la, it turns out it was Xiao Ke who informed you. Your dad is fine. He was playing with a group of children. A naughty little boy climbed up a branch and fell off. Your dad rushed I went over to catch him and found that the child was fine. He sprained his foot and was helped home. However, within two hours of applying the medicine, he was out and about again."

"So..." Qin Ke finally felt relieved: "Mom, why is your phone turned off?"

"Mobile phone?" Shen Qiuyi thought for a moment: "It's been too long since it's been used. Maybe it's out of battery?"

Qin Ke: "..."

Forget it, my mother seldom uses her mobile phone, she only likes to read romance novels and romance TV series. It’s not uncommon for her mobile phone to run out of battery and forget to charge.

"Where's my little sister?"

"Xiao Ke said he was worried about his father, so he didn't go to class after he came back."

Qin Kecai didn't believe the little sister's lies. Her father had gone out to play, and she was still worried. It must be that this lazy girl didn't want to go to class and wanted to stay at home and play.

"Mom, don't let your little sister have her own way next time. This will affect your academic performance."

Shen Qiuyi smiled gently: "Studying is not that important, as long as she is happy."

Qin Ke shrugged helplessly.

Mom has always had such a gentle temper. Qin Ke has never seen her get angry since she can remember. No matter how naughty things he and his little sister did when they were young, she would just smile and clean up the mess behind, unless it was two people. She would only try to dissuade the brothers and sisters from doing anything dangerous or harmful.

Why didn’t my little sister inherit such a good character from her mother?

——But my father once secretly told Qin Ke in private that Shen Qiuyi was a very rebellious girl when she was a girl. She did everything from getting tattoos to drinking and fighting.

Qin Ke refused to believe it at first, but his father said confidently, "If she is not rebellious and non-mainstream, how could she marry me?" This was so reasonable, and thinking of his little sister's quirky personality, Qin Ke couldn't help it. I don’t believe it anymore.

"Have you eaten yet? Let me make you a bowl of egg noodles." Shen Qiuyi put the bookmark in the book and was about to leave.

"No, no, I'll do it myself, and let dad, a doting wife, see you cooking and nag me again."

Shen Qiuyi pursed her lips and smiled, then sat back on the chair: "Then I will continue reading. You can make your own food and play computer games. Oh, by the way, your grandpa will come over for dinner in the evening."

"I know." Qin Ke walked into the store carrying his schoolbag and climbed up the stairs.

The first floor of Qin Ke's house is a shop, and the second floor is a living room with three bedrooms and two living rooms.

As soon as I went up the stairs, I saw a sneaky little figure poking around.

Qin Ke rushed over and caught this stinky girl wearing a junior high school uniform: "Qin Xiaoke, you have grown more capable. You lied about the situation to fool me into coming back before you understood the situation? Are you still pretending to cry? This time I’ll make you really cry!”

"How did you know I was pretending to cry... No, I was really crying!"

"I'll give you another chance to confess and be lenient."

"Brother, I was wrong, I was crying half-truth..." Qin Xiaoke pitifully handed over the feather duster, then covered his butt: "Brother, I am a middle school student in the first grade of junior high school, you can't spank me anymore. !Of course, you can’t hit me in the face either!”

"What's the word 'again'? Have I ever really hit you before?" Qin Ke was so happy by Qin Xiaoke's reaction that he took the feather duster in one hand: "You also know that you are a junior high school student? How dare you take the opportunity to exaggerate? Are you trying to fool me into coming back? Do you know the story of the boy who cried wolf? I really have to make your memory last longer today!"

"Brother, I...I didn't lie to you either. Something did happen to my dad. I contacted you right away after I found out the truth. It's just that I didn't understand the situation at the beginning and it was a bit exaggerated..."

"How dare you talk back?"

"I don't dare anymore. I don't dare anymore." Qin Xiaoke covered his mouth in a funny way, then picked up his ponytail and stretched it out pitifully in front of Qin Ke:
Chapter completed!