Perhaps afraid of affecting her studies, Chen Shi rarely contacted her after he went to college.
Because at that time, she was in her second year of high school, a tense period of studying.
However, she often received letters from him, encouraging her to study hard and strive to get into his university.
Every time this happened, Li Man would lament and beg to be spared. How could she, a mediocre student, get into the school of a top scholar?
Sure enough, she couldn't actually get into Chen Shi's university and went to Shencheng instead.
After she entered college, she contacted Chen Shi even less. Chen Shi was an oddball. Despite having a cellphone, he insisted on writing letters. Li Man would always mock him, saying, "Are you trying to show off your writing skills?"
During high school, Li Man would write back to him because she didn't have a cellphone then. She was enthusiastic about replying to Chen Shi's letters, considering it as practice for her writing skills. But after Li Man got a cellphone in college, she became too lazy to write back to him. Every time she received his letters, she would just send him a message saying she received them.
Coupled with the colorful college life and making many new friends, she left Chen Shi behind.
Every break, Chen Shi would come to find her, but she felt they no longer had any common topics. Chen Shi would ask her to go out and play, but every time she would find various excuses to refuse.
It wasn't until she got together with Huang De Han that she stopped contacting Chen Shi altogether.
Because she didn't know what to talk about with Chen Shi anymore.
After Chen Shi graduated from college, he returned to Ancheng to take the civil service exam.
As for her, she graduated from college and stayed in Shencheng with Huang De Han.
They hadn't been in contact for so many years.
It wasn't until her father's funeral that Li Man saw Chen Shi again.
According to her mother, Chen Shi got divorced, but no one knew the reason for the divorce.
Chen Shi got divorced less than three years after getting married and never remarried. He was almost forty and didn't even have a child.
Her mom said, "His parents are really worried."
Sigh! Every family has its own difficulties.
Perhaps because Chen Shi didn't have a child, he was particularly fond of Huang Duo Duo. He would often come to play with Huang Duo Duo and buy her many gifts.
Every time he bought gifts for Huang Duo Duo, Li Man would scold him, "Don't spoil the child."
Chen Shi would always say, "Fine, I won't buy next time."
But every time he came, he would bring gifts.
Li Man couldn't be bothered to pay attention to him.
...
After the three of them finished playing, they finally returned.
Seeing Chen Shi carrying large and small bags again, Li Man couldn't be bothered to say anything and asked, "Why do you have time to come today?"
"I'm on vacation today, so I came to see Auntie and Duo Duo with nothing else to do," Chen Shi said as he took off his coat.
Li Man rolled her eyes, apparently she wasn't worthy of being seen?
"Mom, why don't you go play in the snow? It's so much fun," Huang Duo Duo asked excitedly.
"Only you haven't played in the snow. I've been playing from childhood to adulthood, and I'm not interested anymore," Li Man replied.
Huang Duo Duo got angry and said, "Mom, you're so selfish. It's only now that you brought me to Grandma's house."
Li Man gave her a stern look, her eyes a naked warning.
"Huang Duo Duo hurriedly ran to Zhang Yan and complained, 'Grandma, look, Mom scolded me again!'
Zhang Yan protected Huang Duo Duo and scolded, 'You should be more patient with children. Don't scold them so easily.'
Li Man thought, '...Did she scold the child? It seems like she didn't.'
This favoritism has even extended to Grandma's house!
When Li Man raised her eyes and saw Chen Shi smiling foolishly at her, she glared at him fiercely.
Birds of a feather!"
