Chapter 345 - Happy Chinese New Year Eve (1/2)

Chapter 345 Happy Chinese New Year Eve

“Mei Nan, school is over?”

The girl called Mei Nan showed Zhang Heng a threatening look, warning him not to laugh at her name. She whispered, “Don’t talk during dinner later. Although you say you’re my cla.s.smate, you don’t know my school well. You also don’t know much about my high school as well. Talk less, and my mother won’t be suspicious.”

As soon as she was done talking, the door opened.

The woman standing at the door smiled. “Give me your schoolbag, take off your shoes, and eat first,” she said warmly. She was stunned, though, when she saw Zhang Heng.

“This is…”

“He is my cla.s.smate. About that… His parents are doing something important, and he can’t go home for now. There’s nowhere for him to go, which is why I brought him home first.”

Mei Nan quickly explained the situation before Zhang Heng could say anything.

“Oh, oh, oh, welcome, welcome! It just so happened that I cooked a lot. Let’s eat together.”

“Thank you, auntie,” Zhang Heng replied as he followed the two of them into the house.

There were only two rooms and a living room in the entire house. Cramped and looking in dire need of a revamp, the ceiling was so low that Zhang Heng hit his head on the incandescent lamp when he entered the house.

Mei Nan’s mother immediately apologized, “I’m sorry… I’m sorry! Are you all right?”

“It’s okay. His head is made of iron. You should worry about the light instead,” Mei Nan jibed.

Through the aisle, Zhang Heng could see the kitchen. Some kind of meat was stewing in the iron pot above the gas stove, its fragrant aroma instantly hitting him in the nose. He also saw a little boy who looked only about three or four years of age, lying on the dinner table doing his homework.

The little boy shouted immediately when he saw Zhang Heng, “Mom, sister’s got herself a boyfriend from school!”

“You little b.a.s.t.a.r.d! Do you want more homework or are you looking for a good beating?” Mei Nan growled and rewarded the little boy with a punch at the back of his head. “My brother… he is a fool,” she sneered.

The little boy then cried while clutching his head, “Mom!!! Sister’s talking too much, and she beat me as well!”

Mei Nan’s mother brought the food out of the kitchen and reprimanded them, “Stop messing around! Mei Nan, come help me scoop the rice.”

After that, she turned around and enthusiastically spoke to Zhang Heng. “Why are you still standing there? This place is a mess! I hope you don’t mind.” “Nope, it’s all good here.” Zhang Heng grabbed a stool beside the table and sat down. At the same time, Mei Nan’s younger brother pretended to do his homework, but his eyes were curiously eyeing the stranger.

Seeing that his sister and mother were in the kitchen, he leaned over and asked in a low tone, “Big brother, my sister is ugly and bad-tempered. Why do you like her?”

Zhang Heng then informed the boy, “Your sister is standing behind you now.” The little boy was shocked when he heard this. “You are going to lose your brother-in-law, big brother…”

“…you know what? I’m not going to wait until the end of the world. I think I might just kill him now!” Mei Nan threw her bowl in front of the little boy and said to Zhang Heng, “There are no chopsticks here. You can’t use them in your current state anyway. Just use your hand to eat later.”

Zhang Heng nodded.