The case was solved, and Tang Tang was in an especially buoyant mood.
She felt that she could finally go to the funeral home to visit Wang Lin without any burden.
However, she first had to go to school.
Yes, after spending several days frantically catching up on her homework, Tang Tang's school finally reopened.
Zuo Mu was delighted because he no longer had to endure Tang Tang's ear - piercing singing at home every day.
Tang Tang loved to sing.
However, she was tone - deaf...
So, this scene played out in the house every day.
"How much do I love you? You'll never know..."
The song was sung with such a powerful and resonant voice that a love song sounded like a heroic ballad. Zuo Mu was deeply impressed but couldn't say anything. Once he did, Tang Tang would look at him pitifully with a look like that of an abandoned kitten.
"Don't I sing nicely?"
Her eyes were exactly like those of a forsaken kitten.
Zuo Mu was rendered speechless. Twitching the corners of his mouth, he reluctantly replied, "It's... not bad..."
Zuo Mu wondered if Tang Tang was influenced by Tang Gu.
So, the start of school was exactly what Zuo Mu had been longing for.
It had become Zuo Mu's routine to pick up and drop off Tang Tang in the special car. Zuo Mu watched as Tang Tang skipped towards Huang Xiaoli, who had been waiting there for a long time. He felt relieved, then turned the car around and left the school gate.
"Tang Tang!" Huang Xiaoli was extremely excited to see her good friend after a long vacation.
After Tang Tang came over, Huang Xiaoli proudly showed off her hairstyle and asked excitedly, "Take a look. What's different about me?"
Tang Tang sized up this crazy girl from head to toe and asked doubtfully, "Did you get a haircut?"
"Yes!" Huang Xiaoli smugly tossed her painstakingly curled hair. Her peach - shaped bangs swayed.
"You're in trouble!" Tang Tang looked at her friend sympathetically. "The class teacher will force you to cut your hair."
Huang Xiaoli's face turned pale. It was true that their class teacher had once shorn the hair of several students with yellow or red hair at the school gate. After that, no one dared to dye their hair again.
"What should I do, Tang Tang!" Huang Xiaoli cried with a long face, at a loss.
Tang Tang smiled like a little mouse. "You were showing off. Fortunately, I came prepared." She magically took out a baseball cap from her bag.
What?
Seeing the cap, Huang Xiaoli rolled her eyes and said speechlessly, "Come on. Wearing a hat in the classroom will get us scolded even more."
"Just say that you've been losing a lot of hair these days. You saw a doctor, and the doctor told you to wear a hat. Isn't that okay?" Tang Tang's mind worked quickly and immediately came up with another idea.
"What on earth was I thinking?" Huang Xiaoli wondered. What had possessed her to get such an odd haircut?
"Fine, fine." Tang Tang looked at her sympathetically. "Put it on."
Huang Xiaoli put it on reluctantly. Strangely enough, it suited her quite well.
The two friends walked towards the classroom chatting and laughing.
By the time they reached the classroom, it was almost time for class.
Because of Wang Lin's incident a few days ago, the class teacher was worried that the students in his class might be frightened. So when he saw Huang Xiaoli wearing a hat, he didn't say much.
Just like that, Huang Xiaoli managed to escape this disaster and returned to her seat, feeling extremely relieved.
Tang Tang more or less guessed why the class teacher was being so lenient with them.
Looking at the new student sitting in Wang Lin's former seat, Tang Tang's expression darkened.
Tang Tang stayed in the classroom and didn't go out.
During the break, the class teacher suddenly appeared at the classroom door and called out, "Tang Tang, come out for a moment."
Tang Tang looked at the class teacher in confusion.
In his middle - age, the class teacher was no different from any other teacher. He had a slight beer belly, a receding hairline, and was dressed in a standard checked short - sleeved shirt, black pants, and big leather shoes.
The class teacher was a very nice person.
When he called her at this moment, Tang Tang thought there was something wrong with her homework.
When she entered the office, Tang Tang saw two guests sitting there.
She was a bit surprised. They were none other than Wang Lin's father and mother, who had been causing trouble every day not long ago.
In just a short period of time, the two middle - aged people looked more than ten years older.
"Uncle, Aunt?" Tang Tang was quite shocked. "What are you doing here?"
Did they come to find her? It didn't make sense.
Tang Tang was completely bewildered. Looking at the poor parents who had lost their daughter, they didn't seem to be here to cause trouble.
"Are you Tang Tang?" Wang Lin's mother looked at Tang Tang kindly. Tang Tang didn't look like Wang Lin, but they were of the same age and had similar builds. Seeing Tang Tang, she always thought of her poor daughter.
Tang Tang was a bit confused but still obediently replied, "It's me."
Wang Lin's father kept silent on one side, as if trying to hold back his grief.
Wang Lin's mother pulled herself together, took something out of her bag and handed it to Tang Tang. "Aunt found this in Linlin's..." She couldn't go on. After a short pause, she continued, "It was in Linlin's relics. Your name is written in it. Linlin locked this notebook carefully. She must have cherished it very much."
In the end, Wang Lin's mother choked with sobs and couldn't speak anymore.
When Tang Tang saw the notebook, she was slightly surprised. She remembered this notebook.
When she first met Wang Lin, Wang Lin was withdrawn and didn't interact much with others.
Especially in class, Tang Tang always saw her trying hard to keep her eyes open, but the notes she took were full of mistakes.
Tang Tang thoughtfully wondered if Wang Lin was nearsighted.
But she didn't say anything. After class, she simply gave her own notebook to Wang Lin and said generously, "You can take it and read."
Tang Tang remembered Wang Lin's look at that time. It was a look of uneasiness and gratitude.
She suddenly froze and couldn't move.
She had long forgotten about this incident, and the notebook had since disappeared. She had many friends, so she could just borrow one from someone else.
She never expected that her momentary kindness had been treasured by Wang Lin until now.
Tang Tang's eyes were a bit red. The notebook seemed to weigh a thousand pounds in her hands.
That timid girl would never come back. She could no longer laugh or cry freely. She would never have the chance to take the college entrance examination or soar in the broader world outside.
Tang Tang didn't want to stir up the grief of Wang Lin's parents. Holding back her own sorrow, she took the notebook and flipped through it. She found that her notebook had been well - preserved and still emitted a faint fragrance.
Tang Tang forced a smile and said, "Yes, I don't even remember. But she still kept it. She was such a gentle and kind girl."
Although Tang Tang, who was also a child, said that Wang Lin was a child, the three people around her didn't find it strange at all.
The class teacher noticed the change in Tang Tang's mood and gently patted her on the shoulder to comfort her.