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For example, if you want to have a cat, a new school bag, or some toys, then make an agreement with your parents about how many points you want to get and what rank you want to have in the next exam.
Once this goal is achieved, most parents will agree to respond to their children's expectations.
But this is limited to some material rewards.
For plans like Xia Yuan's father's, which concern his future career development, he can only discuss them with adults.
There is absolutely no need to consider the children's opinions.
Unless parents can understand their children’s urgent demands.
Children want to make their own decisions about their own affairs, so they often compete with their parents for independence. Running away from home is an outward manifestation of this sense of independence.
There are many reasons why children run away from home. On the one hand, it may be heavy academic workload, on the other hand, it may be the lack of family love from indifferent parents. A few are tired of the monotonous life and want to go out and explore the world.
In addition, the seduction and instigation of bad people is also one of the reasons why children run away from home.
For example, Mei Fang.
"Are you serious...you want me to run away from home?" Xia Yuan was shocked by Mei Fang's proposal. "Why can this solve the problem?"
Mei Fang nodded. "Think about it. Your parents love you so much. If you run away from home, will they put down their work and look for you? Then they will take your ideas seriously. The most important thing here is your thoughts."
"But... that would be making a big fuss!" Xia Yuan muttered, "If I really run away from home, my parents will definitely go crazy looking for me everywhere."
"You were originally a fake runaway, and you put your thoughts and opinions squarely on the table by making them worry."
"Like on TV? But I didn't have a fight with my family, and it would be weird to run away from home."
"You watch your parents quarreling and you are powerless to do anything. Don't you feel sad? Mom also said that she wants to divorce Dad and let you choose who to live with. Are you willing to do this?"
"If you really get divorced, think about when you are in middle school, high school, college, or even when you get married, your father might marry another aunt. Then..."
Mei Fang's whisper made Xia Yuan gradually realize the huge crisis, and she hurried forward to cover Mei Fang's mouth.
"Stop talking! You...you're so annoying!"
Mei Fang continued to perform at a consistent level in coaxing children and made Xia Yuan cry in no time.
Seeing that they were almost at school, she quickly rubbed her eyes with her hands.
"It's true that what I said was very toxic, but it was also the truth. That's why you had to run away from home, express your sadness with your actions, and force your parents to take your opinions seriously. If Dad got what he wanted and bankrupted the family, or if Mom really divorced Dad, these would not be what you wanted to see, right?"
"But...but..."
Xia Yuan looked at Mei Fang eagerly, "I have never run away from home before, and I don't know if I have enough money. If I really meet a bad guy, what should I do..."
"Why are you afraid of this? We are such good friends, how can I be at ease leaving you alone?"
Mei Fang patted Xia Yuan on the shoulder and said, "I will run away from home too—"
"Run away from home with you."
Chapter 028 Not elopement!
Regarding the plan of running away from home, Mei Fang had actually already thought of it three years ago when he learned that Xia Yuan was the protagonist of the tragedy. After comprehensive analysis and consideration last night, he finally decided to use it as the top priority plan.
He believed that Xia Yuan's father loved his precious daughter deeply, and by running away from home this time, he could truly pay attention to his daughter's thoughts, so that he could calm down and give up the pursuit of wealth.
In the final analysis, running away from home was just a plan, not a goal. If his pursuit of wealth far outweighed his love for his daughter, Mei Fang would have to adopt the second plan -
Try to find a way to persuade Xia Yuan's mother and father to cut ties in time, that is, to divorce, to avoid further involvement.
Whether it was out of consideration for her daughter Xia Yuan or her love for her husband, judging from the ending, Teacher Yu in her previous life chose to compromise and ultimately did not separate from Xia Yuan's father.
And if all else fails, he must at least protect Xia Yuan and prevent her from getting involved in tragedy.
This plan is to let Xia Yuan come to his own home, or let her live at her grandmother's house for a while to get through this period.
Of course, this is not the final result that Mei Fang wants to see, but this is the only thing he can do at his age.
Because of this incident in the previous life, Mei Fang has always felt resentful towards Xia Yuan's parents, especially his father.
Perhaps the tremendous pain that Xia Yuan's father experienced when he fell from a high altitude to the bottom of the valley was unimaginable for a poor man like him, or perhaps it was just a momentary impulse.
But such behavior of disregarding life makes him feel "very regretful" to some extent.
He didn't know whether Teacher Yu knew what happened at that time, but the truth about Xia Yuan in his previous life was definitely kept from him.
She may be delicate, but she is not fragile.
This is Xia Yuan, a classmate he has known over the years.
In today's class, Xia Yuan seemed unusually quiet. He kept his head down and wrote something in a beautiful notebook for several consecutive classes.
She was planning her plan to run away from home and what items she should take with her.
【All the money saved】
[Seven changes of clothes]
【Phone Card】
【towel】
【Toothbrush, toothpaste】
【Small mirror】
【Lip Balm】
【compass】
【Fruit knife】
[Canned fruit (with more yellow peaches)]
【A family portrait of three people】
【School bags, stationery, textbooks】
Mei Fang watched Xia Yuan divide the clothes from 2 sets to 7 sets, and then wrote down a bunch of outrageous equipment. After class, he couldn't help but complain:
"We're not going camping, why do you bring a compass?"
"What if I end up going to a faraway place and don't know where it is? I'll be able to use it when I get there..."
"You actually brought your textbooks?"
Xia Yuan said seriously: "After all, we are just running away from home on a fake basis, so we can't fall behind in our studies..."
"Just bring money."
Mei Fang asked Xia Yuan casually, "By the way, how much money do you have saved in total?"
Xia Yuan held his chin and thought for a while, "I have saved all the New Year's money given to me by my relatives and my usual pocket money. I counted it during the New Year this year, and it was about... 6,000 yuan?"
"Six thousand?"
Although Mei Fang had a feeling that the wealthy Xia Yuan had accumulated a lot of savings, this number was still a bit exaggerated.
This is 2005, 2005!
Six thousand yuan is enough to buy one square meter of land in Pengcheng!
Mei Fang helped Xia Yuan cross out some things that were completely unnecessary to bring, and told her that she only needed to take 200 yuan with her when she went out.
After all, I'm not really going away from home for a long time, so there's no point in bringing so much money.
Today, Xia Yuan’s mother, Ms. Yu, taught the class as usual. She is a Chinese teacher.
Apart from speaking more quietly in class, she appeared nonchalant and still maintained a very dignified image.
Compared with other class teachers, she always seems so kind and amiable. Of course, this also makes it difficult for her to control some troublesome students in the class, but overall, students like and respect her.
Mei Fang still remembers that when their family of three passed away, the students in their class spontaneously organized to attend their funeral.
The last class was physical education. Before the class, Xia Yuan and Mei Fang discussed something.
"Let's tell Lin Youxi about this plan after school today."
"Hey, are you crazy? Why are you talking to her?"
"Remember when you guys hid your gaming skills from me? That made me angry for a long time."
Xia Yuan explained, "If we hide such an important thing from each other this time, Lin Youxi will definitely be sad."
"I don't think it's a problem whether Lin Youxi is sad or not..."
Mei Fang sighed and said, "If you tell her, she will definitely -"
"I'm going to run away from home with you!"
After hearing the whole story, Lin Youxi made his own decision.
I knew it!
Mei Fang quickly stopped him and said, "You can't go with us. You have to be our insider."
"An insider?" Lin Youxi tilted his head in confusion.
"Xia Yuan and I ran away from home. There must be a way to find out what's going on here, right? In case they haven't been looking for us, or the matter has gotten out of hand, you can tell us, or tell our parents where we went."
"Why didn't Mei Fang come to act as an insider..."
Lin Youxi said dissatisfiedly, "Is it not okay for Xia Yuan and I to run away from home together?"
Xia Yuan hurriedly replied, "Lin Youxi, I think Mei Fang is right. After all, he is a boy, so it will be easier for him to do anything..."
"Just because he's a boy!" Lin Youxi frowned and said, "He ran away from home with you, isn't that the same as eloping?"
"Elope!"
Xia Yuan blushed when she heard Lin Youxi say this. It took her a long time to react and she hesitantly explained:
"We're not eloping! We're elementary school students! How could we do something so shameful!"
"In fact, if I change my mindset, I can completely clear myself of the blame."
Mei Fang held his chin and thought, "For example, I went to pursue Xia Yuan and tried my best to persuade her to come back. That good student who was willing to help others and was brave enough to do what was right might even be named this year's county's three good students and give a speech in front of the teachers and students of the whole school."
"Mei Fang!"
Lin Youxi said angrily, "We are trying to help Xia Yuan solve the crisis now, can you please be serious?"
"I'm serious."