Lin Xiaoying felt a little regretful.
It was all because Wei Zhuoning always looked ferocious and kept strangers away, which made Lin Xiaoying want to see her cry.
Tears were already welling up in Wei Zhuoning's eyes, and she had no way to avoid them. However, Lin Xiaoying was still not satisfied and continued to poke her a few more times.
It was also a bit innocent. Lin Xiaoying thought that the last few pokes did not hurt at all. "I want to appreciate you when you cry because of my bullying" was very sweet and doting, okay? But as soon as he sent it out, the silly rabbit started to cry and couldn't stop.
The flood that broke out of the sluice gates made the usually unruly Lin Xiaoying panic. She saw that the other students who were kept after class seemed to be looking at them.
If it weren't for the remote corner that provided protection, and if Wei Zhuoning hadn't lowered his head as low as possible, the news that Lin Xiaoying had made Wei Zhuoning cry would have spread throughout the classroom long ago.
Lin Xiaoying immediately found some paper to wipe Wei Zhuoning’s tears.
Wei Zhuoning brushed her aside: "I have my own paper."
His throat was hoarse and there was an obvious tremor in his voice, but Wei Zhuoning remained strong and calm.
He wiped his own tears, and was quite rough. I don't know whether he was hating his damn former desk mate or himself. He wiped his tears so hard that his eyelids were almost broken.
"Look at you, kid. Why are you so cruel to yourself?" Lin Xiaoying held her wrist to stop her and helped her gently wipe away the tears that were still on her face.
Wei Zhuoning didn't expect that this bad-hearted man actually had a gentle side.
"So what are you here for?" Wei Zhuoning asked again in annoyance.
Indeed, I came to see you crying—Lin Xiaoying thought so in her heart, but she couldn't say it directly. She put on a 100% sweet smile, raised her hand and arched it slightly, covered it next to Wei Zhuoning's ear, and whispered to her:
"I'm worried about you and want to stay with you."
After hearing this, Wei Zhuoning stepped back and pretended to be busy:
"There's nothing to worry about. It's just a scolding. I don't need your company. You can go first."
While we were talking, the math teacher came and took a quick look to make sure all the students who were supposed to be kept after class were there.
I actually saw Lin Xiaoying.
"Why are you still here?"
Lin Xiaoying: "Teacher, Wei didn't perform well in this exam. As the class monitor, I am a little worried that she may have encountered some difficulties and confusion in life and study. Teacher, can I stay and accompany her?"
"Sure, why not?" The math teacher was very pleased. "It's a blessing for Class 6 to have a monitor like you who cares so much about your classmates."
Lin Xiaoying's goal was easily achieved. Wei Zhuoning muttered in a low voice:
"The teacher is too partial. If a poor student wanted to stay, he would definitely say that he was causing trouble and chase him away immediately."
"Being a good student is convenient." Lin Xiaoying looked at her and smiled, "So, do you want to be a good student too?"
Wei Zhuoning shook his head: "I can't do it."
Lin Xiaoying held her hand and interlocked their fingers:
"You can't do anything by yourself, but now, you have me."
…
There were 13 people left in Class 6, which was the class with the most students who scored below 50 points in the whole grade.
The math teacher won’t scold people, but he is very good at persuading people.
It only took half an hour to explain the wrong questions, and the rest of the time was spent giving everyone some chicken soup.
It was already completely dark when they released him, and Wei Zhuoning was almost deformed by hunger.
"I'll treat you to dinner tonight. What do you want to eat?" Lin Xiaoying followed her with his schoolbag on his back, playing with her hair as he walked.
Wei Zhuoning's hair was neither long nor short, and it looked a little messy as it hadn't been trimmed for a while.
Her bangs covered her eyes, her hair was very fluffy, and a little naturally curly, so it bounced around when she walked. Lin Xiaoying used to laugh at her for having a pot of flowers on her head.
"Don't do it!" Wei Zhuoning turned around angrily, "Why should I ask you to treat me?"
"I made you cry today. I apologize."
"Don't talk about this anymore!" Wei Zhuoning was a little anxious, "Besides, I'm not crying because of you."
"Could it be because of someone else?" Lin Xiaoying's eyes dimmed, "It turns out that I misunderstood. I was just being sentimental."
Even though he knew that his former deskmate had lots of bad ideas and was so cunning that even thousand-year-old foxes would bow down to her, looking at her expression at this moment, Wei Zhuoning couldn't really tell whether she was really sad or just pretending.
“Why do you say that…” Wei Zhuoning continued to walk forward, holding the straps of his schoolbag with both hands, his fingers scratching unconsciously, a little nervous, “I’m just mad at myself.”
Lin Xiaoying had long legs and caught up in just two or three steps: "Why are you so angry?"
"Being angry at yourself, your emotions are always carried away..."
Wei Zhuoning's voice couldn't be any quieter, and she deliberately avoided looking at Lin Xiaoying, but Lin Xiaoying could completely imagine her expression.
This kid just told the truth.
It's too easy to be tricked.
Lin Xiaoying hugged her shoulders and sighed, "I'm really worried about you, Zhuoning."
"What the hell are you worried about! And who told you to hug me? And you're making such a disgusting noise!"
Lin Xiaoying ignored her frantic struggle and hugged her tighter and tighter:
"With your personality, what if you run into bad people when you go to college and enter the society? You will definitely be cheated badly."
"Is there anyone worse than you?"
Lin Xiaoying didn't expect her to say that. She was a little happy. After thinking for a while, she said:
"Well, you're right to ask. There shouldn't be any more."
"You know your own character."
"But what if that happens? Why don't you consider marrying me directly? This way you can avoid a lot of detours."
"Avoid taking the detour? Go straight to the shortcut you tricked me into taking?"
Both of them were amused and laughed non-stop in the empty teaching building.
Wei Zhuoning did not struggle anymore. She knew her former deskmate too well. Once she got stuck to him, it would be hard to tear her off. This was how Lin Xiaoying had been since junior high school.
So I didn't continue to struggle with her. If she wanted to hug me, she could hug me. It was not like I hadn't been hugged by her before.
The two seemed to have telepathic contact and did not want to take the elevator, so they walked down the stairs.
They walked slowly for a long time to the height of the 8-story building.
When I reached the 4th floor, I heard voices.
Wei Zhuoning immediately pulled Lin Xiaoying's arm away.
"Why are you feeling guilty? We haven't done anything well."
"Shh." Wei Zhuoning signaled her to be quiet. She seemed to hear Chi Lin's name.
…
“I did take the picture, but it’s too blurry.”
"It was raining heavily more than 100 meters away. I used my phone to shoot through the car window. It's amazing to be able to capture such clarity."
"But I can't see this sister's face clearly."
"Chi Lin's profile hasn't been revealed, right? It's enough for everyone to see her clearly. The focus is still on her. As long as we can identify her, it will be a solid proof!"
"You are right."
"Humph, there were people speaking up for her in the forum last time. Let's see what they have to say this time."
…
Wei Zhuoning and Lin Xiaoying were one floor away from the person who was speaking, and they didn't hear anything before or after the conversation, only this part.
The two people who were talking walked and talked, and soon they reached the elevator.
Wei Zhuoning: "Is there someone taking secret photos in the school? Are they those anonymous people posting on the forum?"
Lin Xiaoying: "I haven't been to the school forum very often."
Wei Zhuoning thought about it. There were often gossips about her on the school forum. The scandal between her and senior sister Tan Luo also fermented from the school forum. It was normal for her not to go there often, otherwise she would not be angry enough.
Wei Zhuoning quickly changed the subject: "The voices of these two people sound so familiar, have you heard them somewhere before?"
"Silly child, can't you recognize the voices of your classmates?"
“?!”
"Xu Yifang and Jiao Minxuan."
"Fuck, now that you mention it... it really is them!"
Lin Xiaoying looked at her with the pity he gave to a mentally retarded child.
Wei Zhuoning: "…So what did they film? Chi Lin and her sister? Not that serious."
Lin Xiaoying: "It must be a product of exaggeration and imagination. Chi Lin's family situation is quite complicated. He does have a sister, but she is not a godsister. She should be a child brought by the other party of the reconstituted family."
Wei Zhuoning remembered that she seemed to have seen Chi Lin getting out of a luxury car. The person in the car was not very clear, but from the outline she could tell that he was a very beautiful person.
Wei Zhuoning told Lin Xiaoying about this matter, hoping that Lin Xiaoying's smart brain could help analyze it, but she said:
"Are you as pretty as me?"
Wei Zhuoning: “???”
What's the weird point of this
When Lou Mi and Chi Lin arrived at their grandparents' house, Lou Lixing and Peng Ziyuan were nowhere to be seen.
This is an old neighborhood, built at the beginning of this century. All the buildings are as old as Lou Mi and Chi Lin combined.
Lou Mi and Chi Lin got out of the car holding their gifts. As they walked towards the elevator, Lou Mi said to her:
"Do you remember what sin you committed the last time you came here? Although my grandparents are not the kind of people who bear grudges and don't show it on their faces, they haven't lost their memory either. You'd better behave yourself this time and don't make things difficult for your mother."
Chi Lin naturally didn't know the details of what happened during her last visit, as that was before she traveled through time.
However, the original owner wrote a note in her microblog, saying that she had swapped the fish that Lou Lixing bought to honor the old man with the old man's ornamental fish. When Grandma Lou Mi was about to cook the fish, she opened it and saw that it was actually her own ornamental fish! She quickly put the fish into the fish tank. The catfish bought from the market in the bathtub was like a giant submarine, scaring the other colorful little fishes into shivering and shrinking in the corner.
That tank of fish is the old man's painstaking work.
The original owner was very proud of this, and Lou Mi almost fought with her on the spot.
The original owner said, "Since everyone dislikes me, I will make them completely hate me."
Standing at the door, Lou Mi was afraid that Chi Lin would feel awkward when she rang the doorbell, so she said to her:
"Don't be nervous, it's just a meal. If you feel nervous, don't say anything. You don't have to chat. I'll find a book for you and you can just read it quietly."
Chi Lin: "The whole family is celebrating grandpa's birthday. Is it inappropriate for me to read a book on the side?"
Lou Mi wanted to take the initiative to show off what she said: "As long as you don't make my grandparents angry and give them high blood pressure, you can do anything."
Chi Lin has been liked by the elderly since she was a child, from her teachers to the elders in the family, no one treated her as a child, and everyone liked to chat with her.
She believed that she could get along well with Lou Mi's grandparents.
"I am here."
The door opened, and a plump old lady with white hair appeared behind the door. Her hair was pale but her face was ruddy, she loved to smile, and she looked very energetic.
"Grandma! Mimi misses you so much."
Lou Mi walked up to her and hugged her, her tone a little coquettish, completely different from her usual stiffness, and then she kissed her grandmother on the face.
Chi Lin looked a little surprised, he just kissed her directly... He could even kiss his grandma
"Mi Mi, why do you look thinner? Let grandma take a good look." Grandma held her hands and looked at her face carefully. "Have you not slept well recently?"
"How could that be? He slept really well." Lou Mi said, "Look carefully, his face has become rounder."
Grandma frowned: "Do you really think I'm old and confused? There's no flesh on your small face. You, don't be too busy, take care of yourself."
While the two were talking, grandma noticed Chi Lin standing behind her and came forward cheerfully to ask:
"Is this our Mimi's friend? Here to celebrate her grandfather's birthday?"
Lou Mi laughed out loud after a "puff". "I was just about to praise you for your intelligence but you made a mistake. Look carefully, what do you mean by my friend?"
After hearing what her granddaughter said, the grandmother also felt that the child in front of her looked familiar. After looking at her carefully, she was startled:
"Yes, it's Koike Rin."
Chi Lin bowed politely and presented the gift: "Good evening, grandma. This is a birthday gift for grandpa."
Grandma took the gift in a daze, and grandpa came out with a spatula: "You are here! Come on, come on, come in."
Chi Lin saluted him but didn't rush in. Instead, he said in a rhythmic tone:
"The Luqi tree is a thousand-year-old tree, and its steps are like a cane, which carries you through the spring and autumn. The bright moon shines over a lotus pond, and the fishing line is long-lasting. I wish Grandpa a long life!"
Grandpa Lou Mi came over excitedly, but was stunned by Chi Lin's flowery poetry.
Grandma hadn't come to her senses yet, and the two old people stood at the door like door gods.
Quiet…
Chi Lin looked at the current situation and thought, "Oh no!" She didn't kneel down and kowtow according to Ohara etiquette, and she didn't even bow. She just recited a widely circulated birthday poem. People in this era also read poetry, right? Poetry can be seen everywhere in textbooks, and there are TV programs with poetry competitions...
Was it too abrupt for her to recite a birthday poem on the spot
Lou Mi was holding onto the door and almost laughing to tears. Grandpa thanked Chi Lin and asked everyone to come in quickly.
"The child has grown up, become sensible, and can... write poems." Grandma took Chi Lin's hand and led her to the inner room, while grandpa continued to cook in the kitchen.
Lou Mi closed the door and shouted towards the kitchen:
"Grandpa, why did you go to the kitchen on your birthday? Did the kitchen automation I used for you break down?"
Grandpa smiled and said, "It's not broken, but I can't sit still. I always feel that the robot's cooking is not good enough. I still want to eat something I cook myself, with human taste."
Lou Mi: "You really are, don't let the fumes inhale you."
"We all grew up like this, with every household cooking their own meals. You guys don't need robots to help you eat."
Lou Mi chatted with her grandfather in the kitchen for a while, and sent a WeChat message to her father as she walked to the living room:
"Where have you two been? My grandfather has cooked for us personally, and the food will be ready soon. You didn't want the birthday boy to wait for you, did you?"
Lou Lixing replied immediately, this time with a voice message: "I'm at the door, let's go upstairs!"
Lou Mi looked away from the phone screen and saw Chi Lin and his grandmother standing in the middle of the living room, pointing at each other, their faces completely covered with anger.
Oh my god... what happened? !
Lou Mi's heart beat faster. She had been away for just a short while, so how come the old man and the child were facing each other again
That shouldn’t be the case. Although it was a bit awkward when I first walked in, the atmosphere was quite harmonious.
This little bastard can let his guard down for even a moment!
Lou Mi was just about to go over to mediate between them, but unexpectedly the two of them suddenly moved their feet and turned in a circle in one direction. When Chi Lin opened his mouth with full confidence, he sang the lyrics in a clear and loud voice!
Grandma was not to be outdone and sang along with her.
Lou Mi almost stepped on empty air and slipped out.
After all this fuss, you two are going to have a fight, but now it's become a drama?!
Grandma and Chi Lin sang to each other, with great emotion from beginning to end. They were sweating and became more and more excited as they sang.
Lou Lixing and Peng Ziyuan came over carrying a bunch of things. At the door, they heard the sound of opera singing inside. It didn't sound like something played on TV, it felt like live performance.
Lou Lixing and Peng Ziyuan looked at each other and said, "Is the old man inviting fans to his birthday party today?"
When I walked in, I saw some amateur singers. My grandfather, who had just finished cooking, joined them. The three of them performed and sang. The old man was so unyielding that his voice was so loud that it almost broke through the ceiling.
No matter how high the tone of his grandparents' speeches was, Chi Lin was able to catch up. As soon as he opened his mouth, his grandparents cheered in unison, and it didn't sound like they were just flattering him, but rather full of genuine emotion.
Lou Mi sat aside, expressionlessly playing the erhu to accompany them. Her grandfather forced her to learn the erhu when she was a child.
Lou Mi: "You two are here? Sit down and applaud."
The two parents had never seen such a scene before and were so shocked that they stood there in a daze.
"When will Xiaolin learn to sing opera?" It's such an unpopular and almost lost opera.
As the biological mother, Peng Ziyuan should be able to answer the question, but she really couldn't.
Forget about singing, Xiaochi Rin always sings out of tune.
It is impossible to sing a play; the only thing that can be sung is the opposite tune.
The author has something to say: Note:
"The Luqi tree is a thousand-year-old tree, and its steps in the morning are eternal. The bright moon shines over a pond of lotuses, and the fishing line in the Wei River stretches for days and months." It is from an old couplet for celebrating birthdays.