Chapter 321 — Meeting Wang Xinyan Again
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"Heh, that time?" At the mention of the train, Wang Xinyan laughed. "That time you scared me half to death — I thought you had been swindled. Who would have guessed it was those others who were out of luck! By the way, are you going to Yanjing too?"
"Yes, but only a connecting flight," Wei Zhao said with a nod.
"Oh... I see..." Wang Xinyan sounded a little disappointed. She had meant to treat Wei Zhao to a meal by way of thanks, but with a connecting flight he naturally could not leave the airport... and the airport was all fast food, hardly suitable for a proper invitation.
"And you? What are you going to Yanjing for?" Wei Zhao asked.
"I... I'm going to deal with some family matters..." At this, Wang Xinyan's expression dimmed.
"Oh?" Seeing that she seemed unwilling to say more about her business, Wei Zhao did not press her.
Silence fell between them at once. It was plain that Wang Xinyan was a girl not much given to conversation, somewhat introverted — otherwise, when he had met her on the train, she could not have sat alone so quietly listening to her MP3 player.
And it was likewise because Wang Xinyan was poor with words that Wu Huiru had been able to extort and swindle her on the commercial street downtown. Had she run into a firebrand like Shen Yushu or a hellcat like Liu Xinlan, it would have been Wu Huiru, one would expect, who fled with her head in her hands.
"Your cell number is..."
"Your cell number is..."
The two spoke almost in the same breath, and could not help smiling at each other. Wang Xinyan blushed a little: "Give me your phone and I'll enter it for you!"
"I didn't bring mine. I'll give you the number, and you can just send me a text." Wei Zhao said, "My number is 152XXXX1234..."
"All right." Wang Xinyan nodded, took out a small, dainty cell phone, entered Wei Zhao's number, and then composed a text message and sent it.
"Is your home in Yanjing?" The journey was long, and Wang Xinyan was not fond of talking, so Wei Zhao had to find topics himself.
"It's my grandfather's house..." Here Wang Xinyan grew sorrowful: "My grandfather has passed away... I'm going to attend the funeral..."
"Ah?" Wei Zhao was taken aback, and knew he had touched on a sore subject: "My condolences! But why are you going alone?"
"My parents went on ahead of me. I'm still in school and had to ask for leave, so I'm rushing to catch up." Wang Xinyan explained: "It's nothing... my grandfather and I were never close, I only met him a few times, it's just that I feel a little bad about it inside! Back when my mother married my father, she broke with the family... my grandfather and my grandfather on the other side were enemies..."
Wei Zhao's head began to ache as he listened. This family's relations were tangled enough, and no wonder little sorrow showed on Wang Xinyan's face. Perhaps her mother had seldom gone back since the break with the family; and since her grandfather was her other grandfather's enemy, he would hardly have shown a kind face to her, a member of the Wang family bearing the Wang name...
"Every family has its own difficult scripture to read... but you're better off than I am. I'm the unlucky one — to this day I still don't know who my parents are!" Wei Zhao said, consoling Wang Xinyan.