Tao Zhi spilled all his breath from his puffed cheeks in one go, and some didn't react.
She originally thought that she was straightforward enough, but she didn't expect that Jiang Qihuai would be more straightforward than her, asking straight to the point.
Although she has been quite obvious lately.
But he was a little caught off guard by asking such a straightforward question.
Tao Zhi held his breath, lifted his drooping head, and looked at him under the streetlight.
In the next second, like the cat that ran away in the corner just now, she almost ran in place, then took two steps back, leaning her back against the cold wall, staring at him with round black eyes .
It was almost exactly the same as the cat that was frightened and ran away just now.
Tao Zhi is not a question like "Do you want to be my girlfriend?", but "Do you like me?".
For interrogative sentences, she can have two answers.
If she said she liked it, then Jiang Qihuai also had two answers.
I like you too. Or, I don't like you, please don't cause trouble to me and don't continue to like me.
Tao Zhi already had a bias in her mind about which of the two answers had a higher chance of winning, but she didn't particularly want to admit that she would be rejected.
But let her deny that she likes him, Tao Zhi is also unwilling.
At least for now, she likes this person very much in her heart, even if she is only talking about deceiving people, Tao Zhi doesn't want to deny this fact.
Like is like.
She frowned and looked at him, racking her brains for a long time before opening her mouth with some difficulty: "It's hard to say."
"..."
Jiang Qihuai's voice was calm: "It's hard to say."
"That's right, it's hard to say," Tao Zhi leaned his fingers against the wall, scratched the wall tangledly, and said hesitantly, "I have to think about it, and I'll give you an answer in a few days."
Jiang Qihuai: "..."
With a single question, she immediately turned back to the guest, and she slammed the suffocated emotions back there. Jiang Qihuai was angry and wanted to laugh, and he took a step forward calmly: "Do you like me?" If you don't like me, you still have to think about it?"
Tao Zhi looked at him and licked his lips nervously.
He took another step forward: "You only started thinking about it if I asked you?"
The alley was originally narrow, the distance between two or three people was wide, Tao Zhi pressed against the wall, watching him walking step by step, the deep and long shadow completely surrounded her.
Jiang Qihuai circled her between the wall and his body, tilted his upper body down, looked down at her, his breath enveloped him for a moment: "What are you doing here today? Show off your senior tutor to me?"
The boy's breath was warm, in stark contrast to the cold air outside. From a short distance away, his voice was lying next to her ear, and the warm breath rushed to the ear, Tao Zhi's breathing was a little messy, and his fingertips Numb, the brain began to short circuit.
no.
I wanted to come and get a hug.
Tao Zhi lowered her eyelids, her heart was beating fast and fast, the sound was so loud that she felt it was already ringing in her ears, she suddenly moved, and she took a small half step forward.
Jiang Qihuai still maintained the movement of leaning over, Tao Zhi suddenly raised his arms, wrapped his arms around his neck and leaned forward.
The soft body was pressed up through the coat, and she pressed her forehead against his shoulder and hugged him gently.
The sweet smell of shampoo in her hair lingered on the tip of her nose.
Jiang Qihuai froze in place.
Tao Zhi rubbed his head, buried it on his shoulder, and whispered, "I'm here to do this."
After she finished speaking, she immediately let go of her arms and opened the distance again, and jumped out of his encirclement along the gap between him and the wall, and ran out without looking back.
One end of the alley is a dim yellow, and the other end is a brightly lit night.
Her back pushed away the darkness, like Cinderella who was chiming midnight, running away in a panic against the light.
Jiang Qihuai stood there for a long time, until Tao Zhi's shadow had completely disappeared from his sight.
He raised his arm, covered the nape of his neck exposed outside the jacket with his fingers, and rubbed his fingertips lightly.
Her fingers were just close together there, the fingertips were cold, with a soft force, penetrated the skin, remained in the body.
When Tao Zhi escaped home, the family had just finished dinner. Tao Xiuping was sitting on the sofa holding a notebook to deal with work emails, and Ji Fan was lying on the sofa holding a comic book and reading it.
Tao Zhi took off her bag, took off her coat and threw it aside, stepped on her slippers and walked into the living room. When she looked up, she saw the father and son looking at her in unison.
Ji Fan's eyes were exposed from the manga, and Tao Xiuping lowered his head slightly, looking over the gold-rimmed glasses.
Ji Fan: "Where have you been?"
Tao Xiuping: "Aren't you coming back for dinner?"
"..."
Tao Zhi scratched his nose with a guilty conscience, and said casually, "I'll go find Ji Yu to eat."
"Oh, it's all right." Ji Fan felt relieved and continued to read comics.
Tao Xiuping could tell at a glance that she was talking nonsense, so he didn't say anything. He pushed his glasses and continued working.
Tao Zhi heaved a sigh of relief, walked over with his schoolbag and threw it on the sofa, sat down next to Ji Fan, and took out an exercise book.
She bent her legs and stepped on the sofa, reading the exercise book on her lap.
Tao Xiuping was typing away, without looking up, he asked casually, "What's the name of that little boy you like?"
Ji Fan looked at the comic book, turned a page, and lazily said, "Little beast."
Tao Zhi raised his hand and slapped him on the head.
Ji Fan let out an "ow" and covered his head: "Jiang Qihuai! Let's go."
Tao Xiuping agreed, "My surname is Jiang? It's a good name."
"The main reason is that my father has a good last name," Ji Fan said, curling his lips, "Look at this one in our family, he named him after a fruit."
Tao Zhi stopped writing, and being reminded by him, he remembered what happened in the kitchen this afternoon.
Jiang Qihuai is allergic to peaches.
Then her last name is Tao.
It was as if somewhere in the world, the two of them were destined not to be such a good match.
Why does she have to be named Tao
Can't she be named pear, apricot, grape or something
Tao Zhi frowned, a little unhappy, she raised her head and looked at Tao Xiuping: "Father."
Tao Xiuping raised his head: "Huh?"
"I don't want to be called Tao Zhi anymore." Tao Zhi looked at him and said seriously.
"Then what do you want to be called?" Tao Xiuping also respected her wishes, and asked, "Tao Xiaozhi? Tao Meimei? How about calling him Dafa Tao? You were quite fat when you were young."
"It doesn't matter what you call it, you can call it whatever you want," Tao Zhi sighed a little melancholy, "The main reason is that I don't want to be named Tao."
Tao Xiuping nodded: "The main reason is that you don't want to be named Tao. I think you want to go to heaven."
"Your surname can be Ji, and you can call it Ji Shangtian," Ji Fan said, "Let's isolate Lao Tao."
"Okay, you two, it's endless, right?" Tao Xiuping glanced at him, then at Tao Zhi, "Tell Dad, why don't you want to be called by this name suddenly? Someone said your name Doesn't it sound good?"
"No one said," Tao Zhi didn't want to admit that it was because of such a childish reason, "I just suddenly didn't want to be named Tao."
"She just wanted to go to heaven suddenly." Ji Fan said energetically.
Tao Zhi casually grabbed a sofa cushion and hit his face.
Ji Fan struggled to pull the cushion down.
Tao Xiuping put the laptop beside him, leaned over and took a sip from the teacup on the coffee table: "Our princess has a lot of wonderful ideas recently."
"Girls in unrequited love are like this, there is no way." Ji Fan hugged the cushion and said.
Tao Xiuping sighed, "Dad won't be the most handsome man in the world in two days."
Ji Fan: "After a while, I will start turning my elbows outward."
"Women's colleges are not allowed to stay," Tao Xiuping said.
"I can't keep it." Ji Fan said leisurely.
"..."
Tao Zhi didn't want to hear these two people singing and acting in harmony here, and her mind was in a mess, and she couldn't do the questions, so she went upstairs to her room with the exercise book in her arms.
The bedroom was quiet, Tao Zhi stood beside the bed with his exercise book in his arms, then he fell straight forward, and fell on the bed with a muffled sound.
She buried her head in the quilt and rubbed against the corner of the quilt.
Tao Zhi suddenly regretted that he was too timid before and missed a great opportunity to show his love to Jiang Qihuai.
But Tao Zhi didn't want to confess his love so rashly, and then be rejected.
She had to find a way so that even if Jiang Qihuai disagreed, he would not say no.
For several days, Tao Zhi didn't mention this matter.
Zhao Mingqi has been very active recently. He usually goes out to play and find people to chat with. He only knows how to play. The sports meeting is just around the corner. He has a reason to do everything. Playing is to strengthen his body and prepare for the next sports. Chat It is to persuade the students to sign up for the competition.
The students in Class 1 have good academic performance, sports and various extracurricular activities are so-so, except for a few boys, the rest of the people are not interested. Zhao Mingqi even tempted guests with treats and snacks. The number of applicants for all the events was collected, and the registration form was handed in to the physical education teacher.
Tao Zhi also applied for two projects under his soft and hard palate.
The sports meeting is in mid-November, because the outdoor stadium in the school is being expanded, so I temporarily borrowed the venue of the Second Imperial Medical University next to it.
Tao Zhi checked the map the day before, and found that this school is not far from Jiang Qihuai's home, if you pass by her home, you can just pass by.
The next day, she woke up early, woke up Ji Fan and Tao Xiuping immediately after washing up, and left the house half an hour earlier.
The father and son yawned one after the other. She sat behind energetically, carrying a bunch of snacks in her bag, pursing her lips nervously.
The car drove up to the street where Jiang Qihuai's house lived.
Tao Zhi's eyes lit up, he straightened up, and patted the driver's seat: "Dad, stop the car."
Tao Xiuping drove slowly to the side of the road, stopped, and turned his head: "What's wrong? Did you forget something?"
"No, I'm going to find my classmate." Tao Zhi opened the car door and got out of the car, then turned around again, "You guys go first, I'll go there with my classmate later!"
Before Tao Xiuping could speak, the little girl had already run to the sidewalk ahead with her small bag on her back. Just when the light was green, she ran across the road with bumps, then ran all the way forward, and soon disappeared.
Tao Xiuping turned his head and glanced at Ji Fan: "What's wrong with this kid?"
Ji Fan yawned, winked and said, "What else is going on, I went to find that so-and-so."
In the early morning of late autumn, the frost and dew were heavy, the weather was gloomy, and the clouds blocked out the sun.
Tao Zhi trotted all the way to the alley of Jiang Qihuai's house, stopped, bent down with his hands on his knees, gasped for breath, and adjusted his breathing.
My heart beats fast, I don't know if it's because I just ran all the way or for some other reason.
Tao Zhi stood at the entrance of the alley, straightened up and leaned against the wall, took a deep breath, and adjusted his breathing.
There was no night bustle on the street, the whole street was empty, and the sky above the alley was pouring down, illuminating the dark and narrow road.
Tao Zhi rubbed his frozen fingers, stood inside and waited for a while.
After about ten minutes, a figure appeared at the end.
He walked forward wrapped in fog, until the distance between the two of them was a few meters, and he stopped.
Tao Zhi raised her head and looked over. Through the morning mist, she was looking at him vaguely.
Jiang Qihuai walked forward slowly.
Tao Zhi stood there, watching him getting closer and closer, her heartbeat started to speed up again, and her salivary glands became active in an instant, until he walked in front of her.
He seemed to have just taken a shower, the tips of his hair were not dried at all, and there was a faint smell of shower gel on his body.
Tao Zhi swallowed, raised his head to look at him, then lowered his head again: "I thought about it, I like you."
"like you very much."
Her voice hit the eardrums with the cold air.
Tao Zhi rubbed her toes on the concrete floor, her fingers tightly grasping the cuffs of her coat, she didn't know whether it was because of the cold or nervousness, she felt that her voice was shaking.
He is such a wonderful person.
His grades are good, his sports seem to be okay, and he looks the best in the world.
The only flaw is that the character is a bit horny.
But it doesn't matter, she has a good personality, she can make up for his little innocence, the only problem is—
Tao Zhi lowered her eyes, and suddenly felt a little inferiority complex that she had never felt before. She felt a little bored, like this weather, and she couldn't see the sun.
She said in a low voice: "But I can't score 700 in the test now."
Jiang Qihuai looked at her.
The little girl's nose was red, and her long eyelashes drooped, trembling, looking depressed and sad.
People can't help but want to touch her head again.
He stood with his hands down, didn't move, and only asked, "So."
"So," Tao Zhi licked his lips, mustered up the courage to raise his head, looked at him and blinked, and said tentatively, "Can you let me take the exam a few more times?"