Running away from home without a plan will make you a headless fly, and even put yourself and Xia Yuan into great danger, turning it into a clumsy way of putting the cart before the horse.

Therefore, Mei Fang’s specific direction of running away from home was determined from the very beginning.

That is Xia Yuan's grandma's house in Jiangcheng.

During this period, they will disappear for about 10 hours, which is long enough to cause parents concern, and the impact is relatively controllable.

Unable to solve his parents' problems and turning to his closest grandma for help, in a sense it is in line with Xia Yuan's line of action.

By the way, he can also clear himself of the suspicion of "eloping" with Xia Yuan.

Because I was worried about unexpected changes, I didn’t delay my plan to run away from home for too long. The planned departure time was the next morning.

He asked Xia Yuan to find an unused small suitcase at home the night before, secretly stuff all the prepared things into the suitcase, and hide it first.

During school time the next day, the three of them arranged a place to meet first to make sure there were no surprises in the plan.

"It seems you are ready..." Mei Fang stared at the blue beret on Xia Yuan's head for a while, "You usually don't wear a hat when going out, so why don't you wear a hat today?"

"Is it conspicuous?"

Xia Yuan said in surprise, "I just wear the hat because I'm afraid of being recognized."

"That's not true. I just think this hat looks very nice."

"whee……"

Xia Yuan flipped his hat subconsciously.

"The letter about running away from home was written last night, right?"

Xia Yuan nodded, "It's written."

"I don't have anything special to prepare here..."

Lin Youxi held Xia Yuan's hand and said seriously to Mei Fang, "Xia Yuan is easily deceived, Mei Fang, you must protect her."

"Don't think of me so naively, please!"

Xia Yuan said dissatisfied, "Isn't it just to go to Jiangcheng to find my grandma? I often go there during summer vacation, so it's not a bad idea to treat it as a tourist..."

Take a trip...

Xia Yuan and the others did not have Mei Fang's perspective of future generations, so they could not imagine the serious consequences of this incident.

He was the only one worrying about the child.

Mei Fang sighed, "Calculating that your mother will be leaving around the same time, let's go to your house to pick up our luggage."

"All right!"

Mei Fang Xia Yuan said goodbye to Lin Youxi and then returned home.

In 2005, all train tickets were issued with real names. Minors without ID cards could not get on the train at all. However, the ID card check was not yet universal on buses. Mei Fang and Xia Yuan took the bus to the bus station and said they were brother and sister going to Jiangcheng.

Visiting relatives and easily bought tickets.

Because it was a working day, the bus to Jiangcheng was not full.

Mei Fang asked Xia Yuan to get on the bus first, and he put his luggage in the carriage below.

After getting in the car, Xia Yuan found a seat on the back side by the window. He kept opening the window to look for Mei Fang's figure. He watched Mei Fang appear in his field of vision before sitting down with peace of mind.

Mei Fang bought a box of biscuits from the canteen before getting on the bus and handed it to Xia Yuan.

"You haven't had breakfast yet, just to rest your stomach."

"Uh-huh……"

Xia Yuan carefully opened the package without making any unnecessary noise. He glanced at the passengers around him, and after making sure that no one was paying attention to them, he began to chew the biscuits gently.

She just ate one or two pieces and gave them to Mei Fang, while she kept staring out the window.

As if waiting for someone to show up.

The bus engine roared and the car started slowly. Xia Yuan lowered his head and finally asked Mei Fang in a low voice:

"Did we go too far this time? It makes our parents so worried about us... I feel a little uncomfortable."

"It's not too late to ask the driver to stop now."

"That was not what I meant!"

Xia Yuan took Mei Fang's hand and said, "When I wrote the letter last night, I also thought a lot. I was wondering if if I persuaded my father for a while, he would agree to my idea of ​​selling the hotel, or tell my mother,

Let her give up the idea of ​​divorce..."

"Then what?"

"Well... I actually know that that's impossible."

Xia Yuan smiled and shook his head, "As I told you before, my father only worked and socialized after I went to elementary school. I think he took me to the amusement park, but he never took me there once. Go to the back to see grandma.

During the summer vacation at home, my mother and I went there alone."

"Dad, mom and dad have actually been quarreling a long time ago. They just acted very affectionate in front of everyone."

"And...in front of me."

Xia Yuan lowered her head and struggled for a while, then looked out the window.

"They always quarrel with the bedroom door closed. Sometimes the noise is so loud that I can actually hear it from outside, but I just pretend not to know."

"Why do you pretend not to know?"

Xia Yuan said softly, "Because they hope I don't know, and I don't want them to be sad."

"Like This……"

Mei Fang was thoughtful, and her view of Xia Yuan also changed somewhat.

Xia Yuan is a well-behaved and sensible child.

But in other words, she is also a child who is always trying to respond to her parents' expectations.

Her idol baggage is not simply to maintain her beautiful image.

More often than not, it is to avoid embarrassing my parents and live up to their expectations.

Listening to Xia Yuan telling her thoughts, Mei Fang unconsciously put her hand on Xia Yuan's head and started to rub it gently.

"What are you doing...you!"

Xia Yuan stared at Mei Fang angrily and said, "I told you not to touch my head like an adult. If you still haven't changed this habit after so many years, why don't I knock you?"

Although he would say disgusting words, Mei Fang had been touching her for many years, and Xia Yuan no longer disliked such behavior.

"I didn't expect that you have been working so hard..."

Mei Fang smiled slightly, "Then at least, just relax in front of me. I won't tell you what you should be like or what you want to do."

Xia Yuan raised his head and looked at Mei Fang, his eyes blinking and his pupils shining with beautiful light.

"This is the first time someone has said this to me."

"This means that you are also pretending in front of me, right?"

"Let me think about it...even if you are alone, you do care about your image..."

Xia Yuan was chattering while enjoying Mei Fang's head touch.

Soon, she fell asleep leaning on Mei Fang's arm.

The bus ran smoothly and soon arrived at Jiangcheng from Baimei County.

Xia Yuan's grandmother's family lived in the countryside of Jiangcheng, and they had to change trains after arriving in Jiangcheng.

But after all, it took more than 4 hours by car from Bai Mei County. The journey was tiring, and the two of them were not in a hurry to continue their journey.

After breathing the air of the provincial capital for a while, Mei Fang turned to look at Xia Yuan:

"Let's go have lunch first. What do you want to eat?"

I saw Xia Yuan clasping his hands behind his back, jumping forward with light steps, leaning towards Mei Fang's cheek, and looking at him with a smile.

She looked a little excited, and the previous worries about her relatives no longer interfered with her mood of running away from home.

"Mei Fang, I will always remember what you said, right?"

"Specifically, it means..."

"I can do whatever I want in front of you and be my true self, and you won't care or dislike it, right?"

Mei Fang nodded: "Well, just be yourself."

"So, it's a rare trip to Jiangcheng this far away, so I have to eat some junk food that my parents would never take me to eat before!"

Xia Yuanba smacked her lips, and then stuck out her tongue playfully.


Chapter completed!