Wandering among the heavens, learning has no end.

"Then you should work hard!"

Lin Miaomiao patted Jiang Tianhao on the shoulder.

I don't have a high opinion of Jiang Tianhao.

After all, she had spent so much time with Deng Xiaoqi, and she knew that Deng Xiaoqi genuinely disliked Jiang Tianhao.

Actually, she didn't understand why either.

Jiang Tianhao, while not exceptionally handsome, is still considered good-looking.

Moreover, she was extremely wealthy, and although her academic performance wasn't outstanding, it wasn't bad either, at least much better than Deng Xiaoqi's.

But Deng Xiaoqi just wasn't interested in him.

The three of them didn't linger on the street for long.

Ji Yuan and Lin Miaomiao left quickly, but Jiang Tianhao was in no hurry to leave.

He followed Qian Sanyi and Deng Xiaoqi from a distance.

He was quite certain that Deng Xiaoqi wouldn't receive a good answer, so he wanted to keep an eye on her, fearing something might happen to her.

……

As he expected.

On the other side, Deng Xiaoqi mustered up her courage and confessed her feelings to Qian Sanyi.

Qian Sanyi simply apologized and told her that he didn't want to think about these things right now; he just wanted to study hard and learn enough knowledge to serve his country.

Qian Sanyi was somewhat tactful; he didn't say directly, "I don't like you."

But that's basically the meaning.

Deng Xiaoqi wasn't stupid; she understood what Qian Sanyi meant.

Even though she had expected this outcome, she still couldn't help feeling a little sad when she heard it with her own ears.

……

After Ji Yuan and Lin Miaomiao left, they did not go back to their own homes. Instead, Lin Miaomiao went to the Country Garden with Ji Yuan.

Lin Miaomiao had already taken her things to Ji Yuan's place that morning, as she was going to school that afternoon.

After the two returned, they received a message from Jiang Tianhao.

The news that Deng Xiaoqi's confession of love was unsuccessful.

Neither of them was surprised by this.

This was something I had expected.

Lin Miaomiao thought for a moment and decided not to send a message to Deng Xiaoqi right now.

I was thinking of comforting Deng Xiaoqi when I got back to the dorm that night.

……

night.

Just as Lin Miaomiao was about to comfort Deng Xiaoqi, Deng Xiaoqi casually told her that everything was fine.

To be honest, she was feeling unwell, but not to the point of being miserable.

After all, she knew what the outcome would be before she even confessed her feelings.

This time, expressing my feelings is perhaps more about not having any regrets.

Not wanting to regret it after Qian Sanyi actually left, she never confessed her feelings to him.

"Is it really okay?"

Lin Miaomiao crawled into Deng Xiaoqi's bed and asked softly.

"It's okay."

Deng Xiaoqi replied.

After saying that, Deng Xiaoqi looked at Lin Miaomiao and said, "Miaomiao, I'm quite envious of you. You and Ji Yuan are mutually attracted, unlike me, who is in unrequited love."

As she spoke, Deng Xiaoqi thought of Jiang Tianhao and added, "It's still a love triangle."

"No, don't talk nonsense. My relationship with Teacher Ji is completely innocent."

Lin Miaomiao immediately spoke with righteous indignation.

Deng Xiaoqi smiled and said, "Innocent and righteous? You're kidding me."

She's only curious about one thing right now: how far things have progressed between them.

After all, the relationship between couples can vary in depth.

They might only hold hands if they're close.

A little deeper...

"Go to sleep, I'm going back."

Lin Miaomiao smiled at Deng Xiaoqi and immediately slipped off Deng Xiaoqi's bed.

……

In the following days, Qian Sanyi had already left the elite high school.

Meanwhile, Qian Sanyi and his mother also moved out of the Country Garden area.

After they moved out, Ji Yuan quickly contacted the landlord of the house they lived in and bought it at a premium.

Finally, we hired a professional to thoroughly renovate and upgrade the apartments upstairs, downstairs, and the neighboring apartment.

The apartment upstairs where Qian Sanyi and his family live is in good condition; it was recently renovated. The other apartments, however, have been renovated for many years and need to be renovated again.

Ji Yuan hired someone to keep an eye on these matters, so he didn't need to worry about them.

Moreover, now that the entire building belongs to him, the renovation workers don't have to worry about much anymore and can get to work at full speed.

……

Time passes day by day.

In a blink of an eye.

Summer vacation is almost here again.

Final exams are over, and a huge pile of homework and tests are being assigned.

One teacher after another was saying the same old things in the classroom.

"When you come back from summer vacation, you will be senior high school students."

So your teacher hopes that you won't have too much fun this summer vacation, but will study hard.

The college entrance exam is just one year away, you must take it seriously.

Students are tired of hearing the same old clichés.

The teacher is tired of saying it, but she still has to keep saying it.

After all, they don't discipline the students; they rely on the students themselves.

There are still too few self-aware people.

……

summer vacation.

After Lin Miaomiao returned home, Wang Shengnan repeatedly reminded her that the coming year would be crucial and that she must work hard.

Therefore, she decided that during the summer vacation, she would take Lin Miaomiao to Ji Yuan's place every day.

Only when Ji Yuan kept an eye on her and tutored her could Wang Shengnan feel at ease.

Lin Miaomiao looked completely unwilling.

But inside, he was overjoyed.

Make sure to take her to Ji Yuan's place every day.

However, Lin Miaomiao soon regretted it.

……

this day.

After Wang Shengnan delivered Lin Miaomiao to Ji Yuan's place, she didn't go back but stayed with Ji Yuan instead.

"Mom, aren't you going back?"

Lin Miaomiao looked at Wang Shengnan and asked.

“I’m not going back. I told Xiao Ji yesterday that since I have to bring you here every day anyway, I’ll just stay here and go back with you in the evening. That way, I won’t have to make four trips every day.”

Wang Shengnan replied.

"what!?"

Lin Miaomiao exclaimed "Ah!"

No, if you're like this, I'd rather stay home!

"What are you 'ah' about? You guys do what you want, I'll just watch TV in the living room and won't bother you."

Wang Shengnan continued.

Lin Miaomiao felt like crying at that moment.

Lin Miaomiao looked at Ji Yuan.

Ji Yuan waved his hand; there was nothing he could do.

Wang Shengnan has mentioned wanting to stay, so he can't very well refuse.

After all, making four trips every day is quite tiring.

"Mom, I can't concentrate on my studies if you stay here and watch over me."

Lin Miaomiao looked at Wang Shengnan and tentatively said.

"What, am I in your way?"

Wang Shengnan said irritably.

"No... having you here makes me feel like the teacher is standing next to me during an exam..."

Lin Miaomiao explained.

Wang Shengnan looked at Lin Miaomiao with a puzzled expression.

Why don't you have this problem at home?

"I can't kick you out even if we're at home..."

Lin Miaomiao muttered to herself.

"You're such a heartless little thing. When you're studying, just close the door so you can't see me, okay?"

Wang Shengnan thought about it and decided that she shouldn't let it affect their studies, so she said...

"That's fine."

Knowing she couldn't push her luck, Lin Miaomiao immediately nodded in agreement.

P.S.: Rewatching *Growing Pain*, and getting to the later parts of the story, I really disliked the character Deng Xiaoqi more and more...

Jiang Tianhao's family went bankrupt, and several people went to help him start a business. However, this inevitably took up their own time, and their families certainly disagreed. However, Lin Miaomiao and Qian Sanyi were determined to help Jiang Tianhao, while Deng Xiaoqi chose to withdraw.

After leaving, she felt that Lin Miaomiao had taken the two of them away because the three of them were now spending every day together. She probably felt isolated and started to throw a tantrum, and even left the four-person group chat.

Later, he also got into an argument with Lin Miaomiao.

Lin Miaomiao had actually been trying to coax her. Lin Miaomiao just didn't understand why Deng Xiaoqi was angry. It couldn't be that if she stopped helping, Lin Miaomiao and Qian Sanyi would also stop helping, right?

The two started arguing, and Deng Xiaoqi even brought up the fact that Lin Dawei had become a funeral director after losing his job.

Lin Miaomiao was unaware of this matter; everyone kept it from her, afraid that she would feel ashamed if she found out.

However, Deng Xiaoqi immediately exposed it, saying that Lin Miaomiao had no shame or figure, and wondered if she had learned witchcraft from her father to bewitch Qian Sanyi and Jiang Tianhao so much that they kept revolving around her.

The implication was that he looked down on those in the funeral industry.

Of course, if you think there's no problem, you can take it as just saying it in anger.

I find it quite speechless.

She clearly chose to stay away from this small group from the very beginning.

It's not that she was wrong to distance herself at first—after all, she's a high school student and doesn't want to waste her time, which is fine. But if you distance yourself and others are still hanging out together, and then you blame them for not including you, that's really unreasonable.

Most importantly, because of her mother's job, she never wanted others to know about her family situation and told countless lies. So she should be very clear about why Qian Sanyi and Jiang Tianhao kept it from Lin Miaomiao. She should understand this feeling very well. If she really considered Lin Miaomiao a friend, she would never have revealed this.

Whether she wanted to vent or was just saying it out of anger, her own family is in the same situation, and the fact that she could still say such a thing only shows that she is exceptionally selfish.

Especially after the two argued, the other students in the tutoring class started avoiding Lin Miaomiao, not daring to get close to her, creating the impression that everyone knew about it.

If everyone really knew immediately, how did they find out?

Thinking about it from the perspective of the wickedness of human nature, it was probably Deng Xiaoqi who spread the rumors.

In any case, Lin Dawei's work situation seemed to have become a knife in Deng Xiaoqi's hand, used to stab Lin Miaomiao.

I don't know how she has the nerve to do that. At least those who run funerals earn a legitimate living. So what if it's a funeral? It's still better than Deng Bancheng.

It's especially infuriating that Deng Bancheng helped Jiang Tianhao when his family went bankrupt.