What's wrong with me?

Qi Xia smiled. His mental age was different, and his attitude towards things was also different. At that time, he often complained to his aunt about Lin Shihan's orders. But now, there was only some warmth and a faint nostalgia left in his heart.

Only now did he have the chance to take a good look at the woman in front of him. Perhaps it was because of the natural pressure that her identity as an English teacher brought him, and also because she was his aunt's best friend.

When Qi Xia was in high school, he had always been cautious in front of her. He had always perceived her as a "bad woman" who liked to cause trouble for him and report to his aunt.

Now it seems that I thought so only because I was too silly, too shy, and too indifferent to the people around me at that time, so I didn't notice how good she was to me.

Lin Shihan is really beautiful. She was born in the Jiangnan region, so her appearance also has a touch of the exquisiteness and gentleness unique to Jiangnan women.

The iconic oval face, light eyebrows, long eyelashes that flickered like two small brushes, and bright eyes that were clear and bright as stars made Qi Xia have to admit that she and her aunt were both beauties of the same level.

However, what Qi Xia remembered most was not her appearance but her eyes.

Although Lin Shihan is very beautiful, her expression is always cold and unapproachable. Perhaps it is because of this that, even though she is so beautiful, Qi Xia went to college and he never heard that she had found a boyfriend.

As a girl with such a dull expression, her eyes naturally become the windows to her soul.

When she is happy, her eyes sparkle like the brilliant Milky Way in summer, deep and beautiful; and when she is shy, her eyes are filled with moisture, like a bud about to bloom, delicate and elegant.

As for what she was like when she was angry, Qi Xia had never made her angry so naturally he had never seen it.

Of course, although she rarely shows expressions, it doesn't mean that she has none at all. She will only show some changes in expression in front of people she trusts, such as her aunt, and like him, although he only benefits from her aunt's influence.

Qi Xia's answer surprised Lin Shihan. She really felt that something in Qi Xia had changed. For example, he would never be as relaxed as he was now when facing her before, let alone calling her Sister Shihan like he did now. Wanxia said that he usually called her "hot woman" behind her back.

It felt like he had matured a lot overnight and became an independent adult with his own opinions and goals.

Especially his gaze at this moment. She looked at his cheek, not knowing what he was thinking of. Suddenly her cheeks turned red and she turned her head away.

"Don't think I'll let you off just because you compliment me. You must memorize the passage you didn't memorize yesterday today. Remember, I'll check with you tomorrow."

"Ok!"

Qi Xia nodded heavily, his happiness was self-evident.

"By the way, you still have to go to the cafeteria to eat at noon, right? Come to me when you get out of class at noon. I left some food in the dormitory at school, and I can make something for you."

Yes, in fact, Lin Shihan really cared about him, no matter because she was his teacher or because she was his aunt's best friend, she treated him like an older sister who would take care of her younger brother. It was a pity that Qi Xia refused at that time because he was afraid that he would not have a good lunch every day in the future.

"Thank you, Sister Shihan, but I'm afraid that's not possible. In fact, I plan to go home for lunch starting today, and I'm going to ask for leave and go home later. I won't be back until the afternoon."

"You want to ask for leave, what's wrong? Are you feeling unwell?"

"Uh... No, I just have something to do and want to go back."

Lin Shihan looked at Qi Xia meaningfully, but didn't ask any more questions. Perhaps this was the benefit of being a good student and having connections.

She nodded and asked, "Okay, be careful on the way back. Do you want me to tell your class teacher?"

"No need, Sister Shihan, I'll go and talk to them myself. I'll be leaving first."

He shook his head. He was no longer the young man who would get nervous when he entered the office. Now when he entered Sister Shihan or Lao Li's office, he felt like home. He liked everything there.

Chapter 14 Homecoming

Mr. Li teaches mathematics and his office is next to the English office.

Qi Xia walked in without hesitation. The interior decoration and furnishings were still similar to what he remembered. There was an umbrella stand with a missing corner next to the door, and a few pots of carnations that almost never bloomed on the windowsill.

There were only Old Li and the math teacher of Class 3 in the huge office. Old Li was currently lying on the chopping board, carefully correcting a pile of test papers. The corners of his eyes, behind which he wore glasses, were dotted with fine crow's feet, and he looked a little older than Qi Xia remembered him to be.

He caught a glimpse of Qi Xia walking towards him out of the corner of his eye, so he put down the pen in his hand.

"Qi Xia? This is the first time I've seen you dozing off in class. Did you fail to arrange your rest time properly?"

In Qi Xia's memory, Lao Li was always like this, serious, but his words were full of concern for his students.

"Well, I just stayed up a little late last night. I will manage my time well from now on."

"I believe you. What's the matter with you coming to see me? Ahem..."

Old Li suddenly coughed a few times. He has been a teacher for more than ten years. Although the school now uses electronic blackboards that do not produce dust, they used to use chalk. Old Li also has some lung disease to a certain extent.

"I want to ask for leave and come back to school in the afternoon."

"Is that so? Fine, I'll approve a leave application for you.

Seeing this, Mr. Li didn't even ask him the reason for his leave, but just wrote him a note. Perhaps this is the privilege of being a good student.

He took the leave note approved by Lao Li, but did not leave in a hurry.

"Anything else?"

"Old Li, have you had a physical examination recently?"

If it were in the past, Qi Xia would never speak to his class teacher in such a tone. The name Lao Li was also what the classmates called the class teacher. But now, facing his high school class teacher, he did not feel intimidated at all after so many years of "training".

Old Li was also stunned, then he laughed.

He did not mind his students calling him that. No teacher would hate students being close to him, and his usual seriousness was just to encourage them to study actively and not slack off.

"I haven't done it for a long time. Why are you suddenly asking about this, Qi Xia?"

"It's like this. Recently, someone in our community went to the hospital for a physical examination and was diagnosed with stomach cancer. The human body is really fragile. Old Li, you work so hard every day, you should pay more attention to your health."

Qi Xia certainly didn't want his mentor to make the same mistakes he made before.

Considering the time, Mr. Li’s colon cancer may just have some symptoms. As long as he listens to him and goes to the hospital for a thorough check-up, I believe that with current medical technology, he will definitely not have the same problems as he will have in the future.

"Why do you say that too? My daughter has been urging me to go to the hospital for a checkup recently. Okay, I've been feeling chest tightness lately, so I'll go check it out during the National Day holiday."

Hearing him say this, Qi Xia felt relieved.

He thought that Old Li would be as stubborn as his own father. Relying on his age and strong body, he would not listen to other people's advice to go to the hospital for a physical examination. If someone didn't know, they would think that he wanted to take his money and harm his life. Fortunately, Old Li was more open-minded.

It was like a worry was put to rest. After returning to the class and telling the monitor and Lao Jia about it, Qi Xia prepared to do the thing he had been looking forward to for a long time.

The fourth class has started and the campus is quiet. Qi Xia is walking alone on the campus, looking left and right, as if he is shopping.

I didn’t think much of it when I was in school, but now when I look back, I feel that the campus that I once ignored is so beautiful and wonderful.

Look at the small pond planted with water lilies on the roadside, and the lawn that extends to the end of the road. Even the unsympathetic guard sitting by the gate seemed particularly cute in Qi Xia's eyes at this moment.

When Qi Xia was in high school, he rode a bicycle to and from school. Following the route he remembered, Qi Xia arrived at the parking lot of their school.

The school parking lot is underground, and above it is the school observatory. Although the parking lot is built underground so that students do not have to leave their bicycles outside in the wind and sun, the price is the possibility of flooding.

There was a heavy rain during my sophomore year of high school, which flooded the entire parking lot. During those few days, the bicycle repair shops near the school were doing particularly booming business.

Qi Xia took a long time to find his bicycle. He pushed the bicycle and handed the leave application to the guard who looked at any student who wanted to go out as if he was a prisoner. Then he successfully rode the bicycle and walked on the familiar road.

Qi Xia was extremely excited. Looking at the familiar snack street not far away, he started to smile.

The scenes that he had ignored in his previous life reappeared before his eyes one by one, and the sense of nothingness after rebirth finally began to disappear bit by bit. He was not dreaming. At this moment, he could really be sure that he was back.

Faced with what was going to happen next, Qi Xia's heart was beating very fast, as if it was going to jump out of his chest in the next second. He rode his bike non-stop and returned without any delay to the community where he had lived for many years, which could be called his home.

Qi Xia stood at the gate of the community, looking at the scene in front of him. He had no time to reminisce at school just now, but when he returned to this familiar place and saw Grandma Wang who lived downstairs from their house and was taking a walk with her grandson in her arms, his eyes began to redden.

He had too many regrets in the past. If there was one thing he was most grateful for after God gave him a second chance to live his life, it would be that God gave him the opportunity to change his future and see her again.

Unconsciously, beads of sweat slid down his forehead. When Qi Xia came to his senses, he realized that he had been standing downstairs in the community for a long time.

He hurriedly parked his bicycle in the garage on the first floor, then hurried upstairs. After climbing the stairs, he held his breath as he looked at the corridor that was so familiar to him.

He walked over, one step, two steps, and each step seemed to pass a summer.

Finally he arrived at the door. His breathing began to become rapid. Qi Xia put his hand on the door handle. There seemed to be someone in the room. The door was not locked. He opened the door easily with the key. The scene inside the room came into Qi Xia's eyes.

The familiar entrance, the familiar living room, the familiar sofa, and the familiar furnishings made Qi Xia feel at home all of a sudden, but he did not rush in. Instead, his eyes kept searching around the room until that familiar figure walked out of Qi Xia's bedroom. Qi Xia finally couldn't help it.

He felt his eyes starting to blur, as if something was flowing down.

Chapter 15 Aunt

Qi Xia is not a crying person. He hasn't cried since the fourth grade of elementary school.

He didn't cry when he got hurt in a fight in junior high school, he didn't cry when the environment changed suddenly and his grades dropped when he entered high school, he didn't cry when he had to leave home and his aunt to go to a place far away to go to college, he didn't cry when he encountered difficulties in his work after graduation, he didn't cry when his aunt left him, and he didn't even cry when he decided to break up with Yue Ran.

But now, his tear glands seemed to want to release all the pressure that had accumulated over the years at once. In just a moment, the tears blurred Qi Xia's vision.

The aunt in his sight was walking out of his bedroom, holding the bed sheets and his clothes in her hands. It seemed that she had just tidied up his room.

Her face was a little red, not sure if it was because of the hot weather or because she had just exercised. She was still wearing a beautiful and gorgeous ancient-style dress. She probably just came back from the dance studio not long ago and didn't even have time to change her clothes.

Qi Xia just stood in the door frame and stared blankly. The aunt reflected in his eyes seemed to be even more beautiful than he remembered.

They have slender waists like a willow, skin as white as ice and bones as white as snow. Their black hair, as black as thick ink and as dark as dark clouds, is tied into a bun and fixed behind their heads with a beautiful hairpin. The delicate collarbone slightly exposed under their tender white necks and their stunning faces seem to be full of magic, which will make any opposite sex who dares to look at them unable to take their eyes away.

Everything is so natural that it can only be described by the word "perfect".

There was a faint smile on the face of the aunt. Although compared with a big boy like Qi Xia, the aunt was obviously much weaker, but just looking at this smile that would never fade in his memory, no matter how big or difficult the problem was, even if the sky seemed to be falling, Qi Xia could remain calm.

He looked into her eyes, those eyes were the most beautiful thing in Qi Xia's memory. She was looking at the clothes in her hands that would be washed soon, but it seemed as if she was looking at everything in the world. Those clear eyes seemed to contain the entire galaxy, brilliant and eternal.

The beauty is so stunning that fishes sink to the bottom of their bodies and geese fall to the ground, birds chirp in surprise; the flowers are so ashamed of themselves and the moon hides behind them, and they tremble with sorrow. Qi Xia felt that this line of poetry was the most appropriate to describe his aunt at this moment.

But my aunt is not only beautiful, she is also very good in other aspects.

When his aunt was in college, she was the president of the dance club. As the only male around her, there was probably no one in the world who had more opportunities to see her dance than Qi Xia.

Qi Xia also knows a little bit about dancing. Of course, this is all because of what her aunt taught her.

In his words, if my aunt's dance studio only accepts females, then her business would be ten times more prosperous than it is now, or even more!

Not only in dancing, my aunt is also very talented in music. The instruments that Qi Xia has seen her play include the flute, the zither, the guqin, the guitar, and the piano, not to mention the ones he may not have seen yet.

My aunt is proficient in everything, including music, chess, calligraphy and painting. The same can be used to describe her. It seems that all the beautiful descriptions in the world can be used to describe her.

Sometimes, Qi Xia would wonder if his aunt was a fairy from heaven, because she was too perfect, so perfect that others could not even be jealous of her.

But to Qi Xia, the more perfect his aunt is, the better. He wishes he could give his aunt all the best qualities in the world.

Of course, if I just use beautiful words to describe my aunt, that may not be comprehensive enough. What can best illustrate my aunt's charm is the endless stream of "suitors" who almost break down the threshold of their house.

But sweet words and relentless pursuit were useless to my aunt. Besides, she had Qi Xia, her protector, by her side, so her suitors later switched to a gift offensive.

Especially on my aunt's birthday or some holidays, my aunt would receive a lot of gifts out of nowhere, so many that Qi Xia was too lazy to count them.

There were gifts from my aunt’s junior high school classmates, high school classmates, college classmates, and even some from people who appeared out of nowhere.

Those gifts ranged from expensive to cheap, but my aunt never accepted them. She would only keep those that Qi Xia might need, and would return all the ones that Qi Xia could not use.

The electronic bracelet that Qi Xia wears now, the clothes he wears, and the TREK bicycle that Qi Xia has been riding were all obtained in this way.

Don't ask why someone would give these things to my aunt. It can only be said that some people are smart and know that my aunt will not accept gifts. In addition, my aunt dotes on Qi Xia so much, so they set their sights on her and started giving her things that Qi Xia could use.

My aunt's name is Tang Wanxia. The name suits her. This nice name does not do any harm to my aunt at all.

By the way, Qi Xia’s mother’s name is Tang Xichun. She said that his grandfather was very ambitious and wanted to build four major projects: spring, summer, autumn and winter.

It's a pity that there was no follow-up when he just reached his aunt. Otherwise, Qi Xia might have an Aunt Qiu and Aunt Dong by his side to love him, and he would probably have immediately become the happiest person in the world.

Aunt's gentleness is like the sea, which can always embrace Qi Xia. When he was in junior high school, Qi Xia often wondered if he was not actually his mother's son. What his mother said to him before, that he was picked up from the trash can, was true. However, compared to the trash can that no one cared about, he was actually picked up from his aunt.

It's a pity that his aunt is six years older than him, and she is completely different from him and his mother, which made Qi Xia give up this idea.

But Qi Xia has always been confused. Although Qi Xia always says that his mother and his aunt are the most beautiful women in the world, in fact, that is just because of their emotional connection.

The real mother is just an ordinary woman who can be found everywhere and has to take care of her husband, son and family. Because the gap between these two sisters is so big, he even doubted whether they are real sisters.

Qi Xia held his breath. He wanted to make this moment as long as possible. He looked at her, and it seemed as if he had been looking at her for many years.

But perhaps she felt someone's gaze, or felt Qi Xia's breath, she suddenly turned around and cast her snow-pure gaze towards Qi Xia.

"Xiao Xia?"

Chapter 16: New Life

"Xiao Xia, why are you back?"

The aunt was obviously surprised, because since Qi Xia entered high school, he had eaten lunch in the school cafeteria in order to save time.

It’s a pity that he was young and didn’t know how helpful his aunt was. He once gave up so many opportunities to enjoy his aunt’s cooking just to save a little bit of time.

"Auntie..."

When he heard the gentle voice of his aunt in his memory again, the great joy of getting back the most precious thing and all the grievances he had suffered surged into his heart. Qi Xia finally couldn't bear it anymore. He ran over quickly and hugged her in front of his aunt's surprised eyes.

A man has many different faces in society. To the outside world, he is a worker who works diligently and conscientiously for his future. To his family, he is a husband who can protect his wife from wind and rain and the pillar of a family. To his descendants, he is an omnipotent father and a man who stands tall and upright.

But no matter how changeable a man's face is outside, there is always someone who can make him let down all his defenses. For most people, this person is the mother. No matter how old they are, in front of their mother, they are as if they are still the carefree children under the protection of their mother.