1979: My fiancée is a goddess

Chapter 162: Confess and get leniency, or spend the rest of your life in prison!
The atmosphere in the courtyard was quiet.

Zhao Ruixue silently observed the two people in front of her. She didn't expect that Professor Jiang would come specially to give Cheng Kaiyan a birthday present.

Although she knew that Professor Jiang had helped Cheng Kaiyan find the job, it now seemed that it might also be related to Liu Xiaoli.

This guy is a gigolo?
Zhao Ruixue's thoughts flashed through her mind, and she was the first to speak to break the atmosphere, "I have other things to do, so I won't disturb you. Happy birthday to you."

After saying this, without waiting for Cheng Kaiyan to thank him, he turned around and left without any hesitation.

"Come inside first, don't just stand outside."

Cheng Kaiyan breathed a sigh of relief when she saw one of them left, and then pushed the aunt and niece into the house without saying anything.

Sometimes when faced with this situation, you just have to be stronger.

Entering the main room, the three of them sat opposite each other.

Jiang Ting lowered her head and sipped her tea, then raised her eyes to look at Liu Xiaoli, "Liu Xiaoli, what's going on with you? You didn't even tell me in advance that you were coming to Beijing to perform? And you even came to Cheng Kaiyan's house?"

"We also received the invitation at short notice, so we came rather hastily. Including the preparations, we only arrived in Beijing last week. In addition, we have been conducting closed training during this period, so we didn't have time to notify you."

Faced with a series of questions, Liu Xiaoli remained calm as she had already prepared a draft.

Hearing this, Jiang Ting recalled Tang Minghua's words in the morning. She worked at the Ministry of Culture, and Liu Xiaoli's words were almost the same.
She asked again: "Then why did you come to Cheng Kaiyan's house?"

"It's your birthday. Didn't I send you two a letter before? I mentioned it in the letter at that time."

Liu Xiaoli said frankly.

letter?
Jiang Ting held the warm tea with a hint of sweetness in her mouth and swirled it around.

She remembered the two letters Liu Xiaoli sent her that day, and specifically asked her to pass them on to Cheng Kaiyan.

At the time, she felt that the relationship between the two was somewhat good, but it was a bit strange...

Now we're celebrating my birthday again, have we really reconciled and become friends?
"In other words, Cheng Kaiyan, you knew in advance that Liu Xiaoli was coming? Why didn't you tell me? Speak!"

Jiang Ting looked at Cheng Kaiyan, her tone full of questioning and dissatisfaction.

"I told him not to tell you. I just wanted to give you a surprise. We were planning to visit you tomorrow anyway. Don't be angry."

Seeing this, Liu Xiaoli held her hand and started to act coquettishly, which left Cheng Kaiyan stunned.

"alright."

"Kaiyan, help me massage my shoulders. I've been writing papers for a while and my shoulders are so sore."

Jiang Ting's fair and delicate throat moved as she swallowed the tea. She leaned back on the cool backrest of the wooden chair, stretching her charming figure freely, and gave casual instructions.

The voice is soothing and lazy.

"coming……"

Cheng Kaiyan answered subconsciously because she was often dominated and ordered around by this woman in the school office.

Liu Xiaoli frowned slightly and glanced at Cheng Kaiyan inconspicuously. What was going on between these two people?
Unexpectedly, this glance was caught by Jiang Ting.

"Hehe... If you are hiding something from me, do you want to tell me yourself or should I ask? If you confess, I will give you leniency. If you resist, I will give you severity."

Jiang Ting raised her legs and crossed them. The straight seams of her black women's trousers were pressed against her leg bones, making her legs look even longer and straighter. She said with a stern face.

Liu Xiaoli and Cheng Kaiyan looked at each other and exchanged glances.

"That's right. We won't hide it from you. Actually... we are dating now."

In the end, Cheng Kaiyan, as a man, spoke up.

In a relationship?
Jiang Ting narrowed her beautiful eyes and looked at her niece. Her toes were curled up and dangling in the air, which was enough to show that the woman was in a very uneasy mood.

She now felt like a clown, taking the trouble to help her niece break off her engagement and find a new partner for Cheng Kaiyan.

And now these two people tell her that they, the two people who have broken off their engagement, are dating each other in a loving relationship, and they are hiding it from her?
"Yes, auntie."

Liu Xiaoli looked at Jiang Ting cautiously and nodded.

A hammer is fixed.

Jiang Ting took a deep breath, trying to calm her somewhat out-of-control emotions. She even laughed out of anger: "Haha...don't call me aunt, I don't have a niece like you, you're going too far."

"Aunt, I'm sorry. It's my fault."

Liu Xiaoli bit her lips with her teeth and apologized with a trembling voice.

She also knew the harm that the confession would cause to her aunt, but a short pain is worse than a long one and she couldn't delay it any longer.

"I go first."

Jiang Ting's face looked unhappy. She stood up, threw the gift box in her arms on the table, turned around and was about to leave.

"Auntie..."

Liu Xiaoli was so anxious that her eyes turned red and she reached out to pull.

"You two can go ahead. Why would an outsider like me get in the way here? Anyway, I've always been alone here. Just pretend that I've never been here."

Jiang Ting didn't know what she was thinking about, and her face looked so calm that it was a little scary.

"It's not what you think. When you first came to our house, didn't Xiaoli ask you to bring a letter? It was because of this letter that we got to know each other and became friends. Later, we went to Jiangcheng and gradually became familiar with each other. It doesn't happen overnight to go from friends to lovers."

"Besides, didn't you also hide it from my mother?"

Cheng Kaiyan shook her head and explained.

When Jiang Ting first came to break off the engagement, it was because Liu Xiaoli had some concerns and left some wiggle room, so she entrusted Jiang Ting to bring him a letter, otherwise the two of them would have missed each other.

In general, everyone has their own concerns.

Jiang Ting's face paused when she heard this. Yes, didn't she also hide it from Sister Yuxiu?

It was also because of this incident that she always felt apologetic towards Cheng Kaiyan.

She silently sorted out the cause of the incident in her mind and was silent for a while.

Finally, he sighed deeply, pointed at Liu Xiaoli and said calmly: "All this is caused by your deep delusion, Liu Xiaoli. You really went too far."

"I know it's all my fault. I was ignorant and resisted when I learned about the engagement, I felt uneasy after I became an adult, I was so willful when I broke off the engagement, and now...

It is because I have experienced all of this and these complex mental journeys that I was able to finally understand who my destiny is among those choices.

No one can find his or her true destiny without experiencing things. If there is, I am sure that it is just an illusion limited to the current environment.

So I don’t ask you to forgive me, but I don’t regret it, and I dare to accept everything that happens next.”

Liu Xiaoli stood there, holding Jiang Ting's hand, and said seriously.

The sunlight came in through the gap in the door leaves and fell on her face, leaving a shadow and light in her moist eyes.

Cheng Kaiyan, who was standing by, was listening intently, and thought to herself, "This girl really read "The Shepherd Boy" and gained a lot of experience and insights from it?"

Hearing these words, Jiang Ting felt both angry and relieved, which could be said to be quite complicated.

Looking at this niece who was almost like her own daughter, Jiang Ting couldn't help but think of her own marriage.

It was because of her unhappy marriage that she was willing to help Liu Xiaoli break up the engagement, but it was obvious that she found the person she truly loved among these choices.

Thinking of this, she reached out and wiped the tears from Liu Xiaoli's face, sighing: "It seems that you have really grown up..."

"I'm glad you're not angry. Let's sit down and eat, okay?"

Liu Xiao's eyes were curved like a bright moon, and he spoke softly.

With a creak, the door was pushed open.

"Xiao Li, Kai Yan, come and help serve the dishes." A beautiful woman carrying four or five plates came in. After seeing the scene in the room, she said in surprise, "A Ting! You are here too?"

"I came at the wrong time."

"No! You came at the right time. Today is Kaiyan's birthday. It's a good time for our family to have a lively meal together."

Xu Yuxiu said enthusiastically.

"Oh... okay."

Jiang Ting felt helpless when she heard this.

"Great!"

The three of them helped Xu Yuxiu serve the dishes and rice, and then brought them to the big table in the main room.

Just because Xu Yuxiu was present, the three of them tacitly agreed not to mention the matter again and just let it go in this confusing way.

But no one knows how long it will take to smooth over this matter.

After dinner, Jiang Ting and Liu Xiaoli helped wash the dishes, then returned to the main room to watch TV to help digest the food.

after awhile,

"Sister Yuxiu, we won't stay any longer."

Jiang Ting looked at her watch. It was already half past six and it was completely dark outside, so she planned to say goodbye.

Then he said to Liu Xiaoli, "Come to my place tonight."

"To your place?"

Liu Xiaoli suddenly remembered how angry she was just now and hesitated.

"Why do you still want to spend the night here?"

"No!"

Just like that, Jiang Ting took Liu Xiaoli away, and Cheng Kaiyan could not help her at all. After all, they were aunt and niece and there was no overnight hatred between them, but a lecture was still inevitable.

"May the best of luck to you, Sister Xiaoli."

Cheng Kaiyan stood at the gate, watching the two people's backs as they walked away, thinking in her heart.

…………

The next day, May 5th.

Today is the first day of the writer's class, and Cheng Kaiyan finally got to attend classes as she wished.

Get up early in the morning and get ready for your appearance.

It was still a little chilly in the morning in May, so Cheng Kaiyan put on a shirt outside and a pair of thin pants and rode his bike to take his mother out.

"Mom, the writer's class starts today, so I guess I'll be back in the evening."

Cheng Kaiyan and Xu Yuxiu informed them.

"Okay, study hard. If you can't learn, eat more."

Xu Yuxiu warned.

"Pfft! Got it."

Cheng Kaiyan laughed and rode away on his bike.

When I passed by the post office, I stuffed the manuscript I had compiled last night into the mailbox and posted it, thinking to myself, "Children's literature... Oh, by the way, I wonder if the Rabbit Town written by Lin Weimin has been revised? It's been almost a month. There's also Qingping Bay written by Tie Sheng. I'll ask these two people next time I meet them."

After submitting the manuscript, Cheng Kaiyan arrived at school in a short while.

The writer's class opens today. The school leaders and the leaders of the Institute of Literature have specially prepared an opening ceremony. I heard that many celebrities from the literary and art circles have been invited.

Cheng Kaiyan certainly would not miss it. She rode her bike to the east gate of Beijing Normal University. The trees on both sides of the road were covered with fresh dewdrops, which fell like rain when the wind blew.

Under the tree, a group of students were holding steamed buns and eating and chatting on the road. Most of the topics were related to study.

Cheng Kaiyan was riding his bike slowly on the road, and many students greeted him enthusiastically.

There was a propaganda board at the end of the road in the distance, and several staff members were using ladders to pull up banners.

"Writers' Workshop? What is that? Is it a new elective course in our school?"

A girl next to me looked up at the banner above her head and read it curiously.

"You may not know this yet, but this is not an elective course. It is jointly run by the Literature Institute under the China Writers Association and our Normal University. I heard that many well-known writers want to come and study.

As far as I know, there are Jiang Zilon, who wrote "The Record of Director Qiao's Taking Office", Ye Xin, who wrote "Fire Baby", Zhang Kangkang, who won the National Excellent Short Story Award this year, and Liu Yazhou, who wrote "Marriage of Men and Women"... They are all great writers!

Our school is now bustling with activity. Having so many great writers come to teach is great news for literature lovers!"

Seeing this, another boy wearing glasses immediately began to explain attentively.

His eyes were full of yearning and admiration for the great writer, and his tone was very excited.

He seems to be a literary youth.

The girl asked: "Great writer? How does our school's great writer, Ms. Cheng Kaiyan, compare to them?"

The boy laughed and said, "How can we compare? Although Teacher Cheng from our school is already well-known in Beijing, these people are mature writers who have been famous for several years. Most of their works have been proven by time."

"Why can't we compare? I've watched Mr. Cheng's works many times."

The girl said somewhat indignantly.

"Well... let's put it this way. Most of these writers have won the National Excellent Short Story Award. If I have to rank them, I personally think that Teacher Xiao Cheng should be ranked in the upper middle."

The boy commented very straight.

"Teacher Cheng has also won a major literary award, the Outstanding Children's Literature Award."

The boy shook his head. "What kind of literature is children's literature? It's far from being valuable, right?
Moreover, the children's literature written by these domestic writers is far inferior to those classic fairy tales from abroad, such as "Snow White" and "Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales."

Cheng Kaiyan, who was riding a bicycle slowly nearby, was speechless. It seemed that this boy was a little bit worshipful of foreigners.

"Oh! It's Teacher Cheng. Hello, Teacher Cheng."

The girl noticed his presence and immediately shouted in surprise.

"Hello, classmate." Cheng Kaiyan responded and said to the boy next to her, "Classmate, let me correct you. Children's literature is of course literature."

The boy's face immediately became very embarrassed, and he wished he could find a hole to crawl into, after all, he had just been saying bad things about the other person.

"When will Teacher Cheng write a new work? I've been waiting for a month. Are you slacking off?"

The girl didn't care about these details, she just put her hands on her hips and asked about Cheng Kaiyan's new work.

"Uh... it's almost done, it's already been submitted."

Being asked this question suddenly, Cheng Kaiyan was even more speechless.

After saying goodbye to the two, Cheng Kaiyan locked the car and went upstairs. The office was empty. Neither Jiang Ting nor Liu Xiaoli were there.

"Could it be that these two people went to bed too late and couldn't get up?"

Cheng Kaiyan thought to herself.

After tidying up casually, he turned and walked towards the auditorium.

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