So Zhou Yue replied politely, "It's really nothing. I just happened to see you and came over to say hello. I didn't realize your parents were here too."
Zhen Zhen saw through Zhou Yue's little ploy. Since she was ready to kill the conversation anyway, she explained offhandedly, "My family's moving to Beijing, so my parents are coming with me."
Zhou Yue could hear the distance in Zhen Zhen's words. He opened his mouth, only to realize he had nothing else to talk about.
So he could only stand up and say a little awkwardly, "I see. Well, let's keep in touch when we get to school."
Zhen Zhen didn't try to stop him. She stood up and looked at Zhou Yue as if seeing him out. "Sure. Let's keep in touch!"
Zhou Yue hadn't expected Zhen Zhen to actually see him out, and it stung. But he saved face with a smile and walked away as if nothing were wrong.
The moment he turned around, Zhen Zhen sat back down and put her earbuds in again. She was still listening to English, a habit she'd built up over the past year or so.
Zhen Liyang and Shen Xia had been watching from a distance. Seeing their daughter part ways with her classmate so quickly left them both a little disappointed.
In the old couple's eyes, although Zhen Zhen had come home, she clearly wasn't the same Zhen Zhen as before. It was as if she'd grown up all at once, and they didn't know how to adjust. They were also caught off guard.
Parents were like that sometimes. They wanted their children to grow up faster, but once they really did, they couldn't help feeling reluctant to let go!
Zhen Zhen had no idea what Zhen Liyang and Shen