Meng Yan's Transformation

At the dinner table, Zhan Yingying told Zhan Yue about the incident when she and Zhan Mengyan were pulling soybeans and the cart overturned, which made Zhan Yue laugh so hard that she fell backwards. Zhan Mengyan also smiled.

"Zhan Mengyan, you have become a nerd from studying too much. You were sitting on a bean truck. Which side were you going to climb to if that side was lighter? The truck overturned and so many beans were smashed to the ground...That was the fruit of your sister Yingying and I's hard work for a year, and you still have the nerve to smile." Zhan Yu said as if he was slightly drunk.

Zhan Mengyan stopped smiling after hearing what Zhan Yu said, lowered her head and kept silent while eating.

Yunqing snatched the wine glass from Zhanyu and said, "I really shouldn't have let you drink. It's better not to drink. Once you drink, you will drink too much and say some drunken words, which will spoil everyone's mood. Don't drink anymore. I'll serve you some food. Let's eat. Mengyan, you are shooting yourself in the foot. Your father is full of resentment towards you. You can pour him some wine so that he can express himself through drinking."

Zhan Yu was about to grab the wine glass and pour wine, but Zhan Yue stopped him and said, "Fourth Uncle, I know your alcohol tolerance, at most one or two glasses of wine. You have reached your limit now, so don't drink. Drinking too much is harmful to your health. Besides, my sister Meng Yan and I haven't been home for a long time. You don't want us to see you drunk, right? Can't we have a good chat for a while?"

"Okay, I'll listen to my fifth niece and stop drinking. I need to keep a clear head. I have something to ask Zhan Mengyan later." Zhan Yu said as he picked up the bowl and started eating.

After dinner, Zhan Yue went home.

After seeing off Zhan Yue, Zhan Yingying harnessed the donkey cart and prepared to go to the field to pull soybeans. Zhan Mengyan happened to get on the donkey cart and wanted to go with Zhan Yingying to pull soybeans. Zhan Yu suddenly pulled Zhan Mengyan off the donkey cart and said, "Zhan Mengyan, go into the house first and tell me where the towels and washbasins on the table and the new clothes on your body came from. Zhan Yue was saving your face just now and didn't ask you. Tell me the truth now. Where have you been eating and living in the past one or two months? What have you been doing every day? How did you escape from home? Who did you dig the pit at the back door with? Who did you work with to commit the crime?"

Yunqing pushed Zhan Yu and said, "Zhan Yu, do you want to interrogate the prisoner? Do you think Zhan Mengyan is your prisoner? The child has been back for so long, can't you talk to the child properly? Do you have to force the child away again?"

Zhan Mengyan said calmly, "Dad, don't be angry. I'm in a hurry to help my sister pull the beans. Let me first briefly tell you about my life during this period: I ran away from home and chose the extreme method of escaping to go to high school. It was my fault. I admit my mistake to my father and mother. I am now studying in Class One of the First Year of the County Ordinary High School. My head teacher is Yan Shimao. I live and eat in the County Sports School. I use the evening self-study time to practice basketball and make money by playing basketball. The towel and washbasin are the prizes I won from the basketball game. The new clothes were given to me by the County Sports School. My coach is Coach Zhao, who came to our house and asked me to go to the sports school. As for who helped me escape from home, I can't tell you, because I can't betray the people who helped me. Every word I said is true and credible. If you have any questions, you can go to the County Ordinary High School to find my head teacher and Coach Zhao of the Sports School to review what I said. If you find a lie, I am willing to obey my father's punishment."

Zhan Yu stood there in a daze. Zhan Mengyan jumped into the car, and Zhan Yingying raised the whip and shouted, "Hey, sir..."

Before Zhan Yu could react, Zhan Yingying had already driven away in a donkey cart carrying Zhan Mengyan...