When Jiang Lingzhi returned home, the sky was completely dark.

The marshmallows have long been eaten, and the bamboo sticks have also been destroyed. If my mother finds out that she eats junk food outside, it will inevitably be another nagging.

Open the door with the key, the whole living room is bright and spacious.

Jiang Lingzhi changed his shoes at the entrance and walked in with his schoolbag.

Hearing the movement, Lu Yuping got up and walked over from the living room, pointing to the pendulum on the wall: "Zhizhi, why is it so late today, see for yourself, what time is it?"

School was over at 5:20 and it was already half past seven.

Jiang Lingzhi rubbed over and shook Lu Yuping's arm: "Mom, I accidentally sat and stood and walked a long way."

She has never let adults worry about her since she was a child. As long as she acts like a spoiled child, Lu Yuping can't do anything about her, and her voice softens: "Didn't I let you take a taxi, you child, go wash your hands and eat."

"Oh." Jiang Lingzhi responded, put down her schoolbag and entered the bathroom.

After washing her hands and coming out, Jiang Lingzhi sat down at the dining table, dried her hands with a tissue, and asked in the direction of the kitchen, "Where's Dad?"

The home seems to be extraordinarily quiet today. The TV in the living room is still playing, making a slight noise, making it even more quiet.

Lu Yuping brought the food to the table: "Your dad has been busy recently, so he can't pick you up after school during this time. You should pay attention to yourself. Just wait for the car to be repaired in the past few days, and Uncle Chen will be able to pick you up."

Jiang Lingzhi nodded, thought for a while, and tentatively discussed: "Mom, I think I can go home alone in the future."

Lu Yuping refused directly without thinking: "How can I do it? It's not safe to go home alone! Didn't you see those reports on the news?"

"Those traffickers, gangsters, just like to pick on the single female students!"

Jiang Lingzhi: "..."

First round, lost.

Jiang Lingzhi tapped the glass with her fingertips, trying to make her last effort: "But my classmates and the others also went home by themselves, you can't always treat me like a child, and it's not good for me to go home by myself these days. Well..."

With a rag in her hand, Lu Yuping leaned halfway and glanced at her from the kitchen: "You are sixteen years old, do you think you are very big? Besides, what time do you get home today?"

"..."

Jiang Lingzhi was speechless.

In the second round, a disastrous defeat.

The uprising failed, and she was no longer interested in speaking.

After dinner, Jiang Lingzhi listlessly twisted her schoolbag and walked upstairs: "Mom, I went back to my room to do my homework."

While clearing the table, Lu Yuping told her: "Remember to practice the piano, the competition is about to come, you can't take it lightly at this time."

"Know it."

Back in the room, Jiang Lingzhi took a shower and changed into clean home clothes. She sat in front of the piano and began to practice basic skills every day.

After an hour of piano practice, it was nearly ten o'clock.

Jiang Lingzhi rubbed his eyes, sat at the desk, took out the test paper from his schoolbag and started to do his homework.

There are three foreign language subjects, one test paper for each subject, and various review questions.

After all the papers were written, it was past the early morning.

Jiang Lingzhi checked it again for the last time to confirm that nothing was missed, and then put the things back in the schoolbag, rubbed her sore wrists and planned to go to sleep.

She lay down on the bed and turned off the bedside lamp, so sleepy she couldn't open her eyes, she suddenly thought of something, and turned on the bedside lamp again.