cloudies
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2
Chapters
105
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199.7 K
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Reading
16 h, 38 m
The next day, Ji Yan and Xiang Yang went to school together as usual. When they returned home, Xiang Yang’s parents still hadn’t come back. Remembering Xiang Yang needed a haircut, Ji Yan touched his own hair, which also seemed a bit long. He asked Lin Yueqin for money for both of them and took Xiang Yang to the…- 88.2 K • Completed
- That night, Xiang Yang’s parents didn’t return home. It was as if they’d forgotten him entirely—no call, no check-in. Dinner at Ji Yan’s house was unusually quiet. With Xiang Yang there, Lin Yueqin refrained from gossiping about neighbors, playing the gracious host and urging Ji Yan to serve Xiang Yang food. Ji Qiuyuan ate…
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- By mid-March, spring had arrived, flowers were blooming, and the weather was gradually warming up. Since the New Year, Li Lilian’s belly had grown noticeably, like an inflating balloon. Ji Yan had little concept of pregnancy but estimated that Xiang Yang’s mother was over five months along. That morning, as Ji Yan took Xiang…
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- Just a week into the winter break, the village was already steeped in a festive New Year atmosphere. Every year, Ji Yan’s family would do a major house cleaning. Ji Qiuyuan would pick a day off, and the whole family would work together to clear out old, broken, or unwanted items and replace them with new ones. Ji…
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- Perhaps because of the mix-up, Ji Yan was invited to Xiang Yang’s home for the first time. Though the apartment layouts were similar, visiting someone else’s home felt novel, filling Ji Yan with curiosity as he looked around the living room. Unlike his cluttered home, Xiang Yang’s was clean and spacious, with…
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- Time flies when you’re happy, and in the blink of an eye, it was the end of the semester. Students had swapped their light summer uniforms for heavy winter clothes. The first semester was nearing its end, and Ji Yan was about to face his first junior high final exams. Having…
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- By 8:00 p.m., Ji Yan’s brief runaway episode ended. He first walked Xiang Yang home, then rang his own doorbell. He’d left in such a hurry he forgot his keys. Lin Yueqin opened the door, showing no concern, as if she’d expected her son had nowhere to go. With a sharp tone, she said, “So you…
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- Back home, Ji Yan couldn’t escape another scolding. He felt deeply wronged, yet Lin Yueqin berated him with conviction, saying he was full of lies, deceiving his parents. If not corrected now, he’d go astray when older. At his age, Ji Yan knew angry words were often just venting. He’d seen classmates argue, their immature…
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- After the incident, Ji Yan suddenly noticed a shift in how his classmates treated him. Ji Yan was introverted, not one to hang out after school or connect with the more outgoing boys. Just over a month into the school year, small cliques had already formed in class. His relationships with classmates were superficial, with only…
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- At 7:25 a.m., it was still early, and the school was a twenty-minute walk away. Ji Yan usually left early, but today, with Xiang Yang in tow, he was extra cautious, worried about unexpected delays causing them to be late. More students were heading to school at this hour, all going the same way, wearing the same uniforms. Those they…
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