"You are..." Although Yin Xi had guessed most of it in her heart, she still asked in surprise on the surface.
"It seems you truly have a forgetful nature for important people," Jin Jingchen said with a smile, looking at her. "We're old classmates, don't you remember? My name used to be Jiang Feng."
Oh my god! It really was him!
"Jiang Feng? Is it you?" Yin Xi's eyes widened in disbelief. "Actually, the first time I saw you, I felt you looked familiar, but I wasn't sure. Why did you change your name?"
"Alas, it's a long story. I'll tell you later," Jin Jingchen sighed, staring at her in surprise. "What's your situation? Have you learned a new skill in the past few years—face changing?"
Yin Xi shook her head helplessly. "Mine is also a long story."
"I heard about what happened to the Yin family back then. You must have had a tough time these past few years, haven't you?" Jin Jingchen's tone was filled with concern.
At this moment, Shuo Shuo, as if understanding a bit, suddenly asked curiously, "Mommy, did you and Teacher Jin know each other before?"
"Yes. We were classmates in high school," Yin Xi replied with a smile.
To be precise, they were desk mates, and he had even pursued her, writing her several love letters. However, she had rejected them all. But these were things she couldn't tell the children.
Jin Jingchen glanced at his watch and said with a smile, "I'm sorry, ten minutes have already passed. I'll take Zi Shuo to class first. If we have time, we can catch up properly."
"Okay." Watching Shuo Shuo enter the small room with him, Yin Xi walked over to the sofa and sat down.
Images from high school suddenly appeared in her mind. Back then, many boys pursued her, and she received love letters almost every day, but she never opened a single one. At that time, her mother had only recently passed away, and she was in a crucial stage of her studies. She had no heart for romance. Her entire focus was on her studies, wanting only to get into her ideal university through her own efforts, thus comforting her departed mother's spirit.
But one day, her desk mate Jiang Feng secretly handed her a love letter. She didn't accept it and sat there, uneasy and shocked. Little did she know, he was persistent and wrote her several more letters, but she still didn't take them. Every time he handed one to her, she would unceremoniously throw it back. Once, in a deserted stairwell, he forcefully stopped her, confessed his feelings to her face, and stuffed all those letters into her arms.
After returning home, she opened the letters and skimmed through them. The words expressed his affection for her, and his feelings were very sincere. She was even moved to a degree and decided to write him a rejection letter, meticulously detailing her thoughts and attitude within it. From then on, Jiang Feng quieted down. Not long after, she heard that his family had encountered some sort of misfortune, and he quietly transferred schools. Since then, she had never seen him again. Who would have thought that years later, they would meet in such a way?
Now, she was a mother, and he had become a top Rubik's Cube teacher in City K, even teaching her child. Life was indeed unpredictable. After going through such a long and winding journey, they could still meet again.
Suddenly, her phone rang. She took it out of her bag and saw it was Song Kai Cheng. Yin Xi immediately slid to answer.
"Kai Cheng Ge."
"Xixi, how are things on your end? You didn't say anything after such a big incident. If it wasn't for Auntie telling me, I wouldn't have known about this," Song Kai Cheng asked directly as soon as he heard her voice. His concerned tone was mixed with a hint of complaint.
"I'm alright. Kai Cheng Ge, you don't need to worry too much. I've already obtained the evidence from that year and will explain everything to Qin Si Ye soon." Yin Xi tried her best to make her tone sound lighter.
But Song Kai Cheng knew it wasn't as simple as she made it out to be. He had learned from Mei Yun that this matter involved too many complications, and it had even angered Old Mrs. Qin to the point of fainting on the spot. He also heard that she was seriously ill and had not yet been moved out of the intensive care unit. However, no matter how angry Qin Si Ye was, he shouldn't have taken the three children away from Yin Xi. How heartbroken that would make her.
"Back in Country B, Qin Si Ye personally promised me that no matter what happened in the future, he would face it with you. But what is he doing now? Xixi, send me his phone number. I'll talk to him myself."