Bai Ziren’s tutor, Fu He, spent a year writing a book and asked the students to help translate it into English. Due to the huge project, the designated students for more than ten days stayed honestly in the school except for attending classes. In the small conference room, they were busy with work, and they had two dictionaries, one English-Chinese dictionary, and one special terminology collection, the content of which was quite boring.
In addition to Bai Ziren, there is a senior, two senior sisters, a classmate, and Zhou Biran, a student borrowed by Fu He from the Department of Marine Science, in the small conference room.
Bai Ziren and Zhou Biran sat in the same row, three seats apart. At first, they didn't communicate with each other. Later, Zhou Biran couldn't stand Bai Ziren's translation speed and took the initiative to throw the words: "You look up the dictionary once a minute. This speed Which year are you going to turn to?"
"I can't help it, I don't understand a lot of things." Bai Ziren's writing to her tutor was cloudy, and there were too many uncommon words in it, which she had never encountered before.
"How about I help you turn a paragraph." Zhou Biran said.
"No, I'll do it myself."
Zhou Biran's eyes turned cold. He was originally enthusiastic, but he didn't expect her to be completely ungrateful.
"Student Zhou." Huang Xiaoling, who was sitting in front of Zhou Biran, turned her head quietly, with sweat on her forehead, and asked weakly, "Since you have time, why don't you read this passage for me."
Zhou Biran frowned, and wanted to refuse, but changed his mind: "Bring it."
The vocabulary that Huang Xiaoling struggled with for more than half an hour was not difficult in Zhou Biran's eyes, and he finished it quickly.
"It's so perfect, you didn't even look in the dictionary." Huang Xiaoling's eyes were full of admiration, "How did you do it?"
"When I was in college, I helped others read it, and I started to get in touch with this content relatively early." Zhou Biran said while looking in Bai Ziren's direction, but she was still stuck on that page.
"Let's discuss it. How about you do me a favor and help me find everything, and I'll treat you to dinner." Huang Xiaoling acted like a baby.
"I have other things." Zhou Biran's face became indifferent, as if he didn't want to talk to her anymore, and he bowed his head to flip through the book.
At the end of the day, the senior proposed a treat, and everyone else responded, only Bai Ziren shook his head and couldn't say anymore.
Zhou Biran didn't want to go at first, but the senior was kind enough to refuse, and he was indeed a little hungry, so he agreed.
Bai Ziren was the last one to leave the meeting room. She closed the door, and Zhou Biyi, who was walking in front, turned around and asked her, "Do you still have the strength to walk back to the dormitory? Why don't you go eat something first."
Bai Ziren said, "No need, I'll go back now."
Zhou Bibi, who had been shut down repeatedly, was in a bad mood, and picked up the bag on his handle without saying a word.
Huang Xiaoling in front urged: "Student Zhou, Zhou Biran, hurry up!"
Bai Ziren walked out of the office building alone, and the winter night fog quickly enveloped her body. She looked at the classmates who were walking ahead, happily discussing what to eat later, and suddenly felt a little hungry, so she turned around and went to the school convenience store.
When she walked out of the school gate with oden, she passed a certain tree hidden in the night, and heard a voice.
"What are you holding in your hand?"
Bai Ziren stopped and saw Zhou Bibi leaning against the tree trunk, idly doing nothing, and felt strange: "You didn't go?"
"It's too noisy, think about it and forget it."
She didn't know what he meant by too loud.
Zhou Biran came over and looked down at the contents of Bai Ziren's paper cup: "Do you mind sharing a bunch with me?"
Bai Ziren handed it over.
After taking it, Zhou Bibi took a sip and frowned: "It's too unpalatable."
Bai Ziren also ate a bunch, and found the taste to be okay, his expression remained unchanged.
"You are exactly the same as when you were in elementary school. No matter how bad the Chinese food is, you can finish it quickly, as if completing a task." Zhou Biran said, "Do you think eating is a waste of time? If there is something that can fill your stomach, A potion that guarantees nutrition, I guess you will run to buy it."
Bai Ziren didn't speak.
"Besides reading, I can't think of any other interests you have." He said harshly again.
Bai Ziren still didn't speak.
"Anyway, tell me back."
"I don't know what you want to say."
Zhou Bibi threw the remaining half of dried tofu into the trash can, looked at the person in front of him: "You really don't have any impression of me?"
"No, I remembered later, you are Zhou Biran."
"..."
Zhou Bibi wanted to die a little, so he asked patiently, "That's it?"
"You taught me vaulting."
Zhou Bibi felt a little relieved at the moment: "Well, I remember that your legs are not short, but you still can't jump over, and you are bounced back again and again."
"Later you told me to jump higher and pay attention to the strength of the wrist support. The point is not to care about face."
"You remember it very clearly."
Other than that, Bai Ziren couldn't think of anything else, so he had nothing to say.
"Since you already think of me, why don't you talk to me?"
"Because I have nothing to say to you."
"..."
After being speechless several times, Zhou Biran finally gave up communicating with her and looked up at the sky: "It's getting late, I'll take you back, anyway."
Along the way, neither of them spoke.
Zhou Biran naturally thought of Bai Ziren in elementary school. She was neatly dressed, efficient in her work, and had excellent academic performance, but she was not talkative and had no friends. She never seemed lonely. During a lunch break, he walked by In the classroom, I saw her playing with a puzzle on the table by herself. Her slender fingers nimbly picked up a piece and placed it in a corner with precision, gradually becoming a complete pattern.
She is tall, with long arms and legs, but she walks without a hunchback at all.
He asked her for advice with his homework book. She didn't refuse, but she only wrote it in the blank space next to it and rarely dictated it. Fortunately, her handwriting was clear and the steps were clear, so it was easy to understand.
One time, he flipped through the Chinese textbook irritably and asked her, "Which one of these articles is the key point of the exam?"
"You just have to carry it all on your back."
"Full back? You speak lightly."
"It took you ten minutes to flip through it, and you can already memorize an article in this time."
He looked at her angrily, but she didn't know what he was angry about. After pondering for a while, she clicked on one of the articles: "I think this article is very important, you really don't have time to memorize this article."
"This article is too many words, I'm going to make a cheat sheet."
"It's very tiring to make a cheat sheet. It's very troublesome to write it very small and put it in the sleeve."
"Occasionally, if you don't fight, you're not a man."
She didn't say anything. Later, in the final exam, his cheat sheet was confiscated on the spot. In a well-regulated key elementary school, this was a shocking incident. He was disqualified from the exam and called to the teacher's office for criticism. The school student looked down on him, and after that time, he even sneered at him. What's worse, he was beaten by his father when he went home, and when he appeared in front of her again with two bags on his head, he laughed at himself as unlucky.
She looked at him and said, "I had a hunch that you would be discovered."
He was very dissatisfied when he heard the words: "Then why didn't you stop me? It wouldn't cause my reputation to be discredited and everyone pushed me down."
"You don't listen to me, you always listen to yourself."
One sentence made him speechless, and it really made sense, he was a person who admired himself in his bones.
At that time, he gradually became interested in her, secretly inquired about her, and occasionally followed her home, but every time he crossed the road or passed through the vegetable market, he disappeared after twists and turns, so he only knew She lived in that area, but the specific building was not clear.
Until one weekend, he wandered to the vegetable market and happened to see her mother taking her to buy vegetables. Her mother was young and beautiful, with a good temperament, but she was hesitant to buy things, so he took her around and only bought some vegetables. When he came to a cooked food stall, he saw her staring at the glass with wide eyes, circling around the grilled chicken legs, as if she wanted to eat it very much. Her mother asked the price, and then dragged her away.
At that time, he had already guessed that she was a single-parent family with a poor family. She belonged to the kind of girl who didn't have much pocket money, but she didn't seem to be sad about it. For some reason, he was a little frustrated about it.
"Bai Ziren." Zhou Biran turned from memory to reality, and suddenly asked, "You always like to eat roasted chicken legs, don't you?"
"What roasted chicken legs?"
"It's nothing." He stopped talking and walked with her to the door of the dormitory.
Before Bai Ziren walked towards the girl's building, Zhou Biran said, "Leave a phone number, after all, we're old classmates."
So, they exchanged phone numbers before saying goodbye to each other.
As soon as he went upstairs, Bai Ziren received a text message from Zhou Biran: "I check my mobile phone up to three times a day. If I don't reply to the text message in time, it means I didn't see it. You can call directly. If I don't answer the phone, it means I am taking a nap or in the office. Lab, you can call again in an hour."
Bai Ziren was very confused, why did he have to fully explain, she didn't think she had anything to bother to contact him.
Then there was another one. I thought it was from him, but it was Mu Zibei.
"Brother Cheng will come to see me tomorrow, he will keep his promise to give me a gift, Guaziren, will you come to see me?"
Bai Ziren's heart was raised with this text message, and there was no reply for a long time.
"It's fine if you don't come, anyway, you won't go home this weekend, at worst, you won't see each other this month." Mu Zibei sent another plaintive message.
She thought for a while before replying: "I will help the tutor tomorrow afternoon, but you can try to ask for leave."
At the end of the two classes the next afternoon, Bai Ziren asked Fu He to ask for leave. Fu Ming was a little unhappy: "Recently, the translation process is very slow, and there is a shortage of manpower. In principle, you are not allowed to ask for leave, but it is always your private time. Why? Make arrangements for yourself."
No matter how ignorant Bai Ziren was of the world, he could hear that he was in a bad mood.
"Let's go." Fu He no longer looked at her.
When Bai Ziren went downstairs, he met Senior Zhao, who was dressed happily and holding a box of gifts. He was in a good mood and revealed to her: "Blessed today, Mr. Fu treats guests to dinner tonight."
"Really? But I just asked for leave."
"Are you asking for leave? Today is Teacher Fu's birthday, have you forgotten?"
Bai Ziren really forgot about it.
Senior sister went up a step and patted her on the shoulder lightly: "It's fine if you don't usually come to our dinner party, but it's a pity that you didn't even come to treat Mrs. Fu, but since you have already asked for leave, you should have It's important, he'll understand."
When Bai Ziren arrived downstairs, he felt a little guilty. He thought he should add a happy birthday, so he went upstairs, and when he reached the door of the office, he heard Fu He's hearty voice, as if he was calling to reserve a table: "There are five people in total, one table will be That's enough, no box."
After hanging up the phone, he studied the box of exquisite desserts at hand, and said in a very nice tone, "Handmade? Or low-sugar? Xiao Zhao, you are really caring."
Senior sister Zhao even said that it was her intention, and she didn't spend any money, and then mentioned Bai Ziren: "I met Xiao Bai on the stairs just now, and it's really a pity to know that she has to leave temporarily."
Fu Ming hummed, and said something else in the next sentence.
In such a situation, if you rush in and say happy birthday, it will only embarrass the people present, so Bai Ziren gave up.
When we arrived at Muzibei's school by car, the child had already slipped out of the school gate, and said with a smile, "I got in touch with Uncle Wang, who is watching the gate. He said that as long as I move around under his nose, I can take things in."
Bai Ziren asked him, "You asked Brother Cheng for a gift?"
"That's right." Mu Zibei said confidently, "It's only normal for elder brother to give me some gifts casually."
Bai Ziren knew that he couldn't be blamed, so he only expressed a little condemnation with his eyes.
"There are still three minutes." Mu Zibei lowered his head and twisted the delicate electronic watch on his wrist.
Three minutes later, Cheng Jingbo arrived. The car parked in an open space far from the school, and then came with a gift.
Mu Zibei rushed over to welcome him, and Cheng Jingbo asked him if he had skipped class.
"Really not, I swear, it's Teacher Lao who didn't come to class temporarily, so we have free activities in these two classes."
Cheng Jingbo handed him the bag: "Can you hold it?"
After taking it, Mu Zibei resisted on his arm, his round cheeks bulging: "No problem."
"Go back quickly, don't be discovered by the teacher." Cheng Jingbo urged.
Mu Zibei took the things, said some witty words to Bai Ziren, and then went back happily carrying his present.
After a while, Cheng Jingbo asked Bai Ziren, "You happen to be here too?"
"It just so happened that class ended early today, so I came over because I couldn't go home to see him for a while."
He nodded to express his understanding, and asked her, "Where are you going now?"
Bai Ziren was a little confused. In fact, she hadn't thought about where she was going. Thinking about it carefully, she actually asked for leave to come here just to see him. It was a bit crazy.
"Hungry? Want to eat something?"
"There doesn't seem to be anything to eat around here."
"I drove over just now and saw a family, it's over there."
He took her there, then walked into a simple restaurant, the waiter came over as soon as he sat down, and introduced them to various set menus eloquently, while Bai Ziren was quickly dazzled by the colorful menu.
"What do you want to eat?" Cheng Jingbo asked her.
"I want to eat risotto and tomato soup." Bai Ziren nodded seriously, "Enough."
"Let's add another drink. I can order any meal." Cheng Jingbo said.
The waiter suggested: "Then why don't you just order a couple's set menu, everything is included, and the total price is ten yuan cheaper."
"Couple package?" The four words "Arabian Nights" floated in Bai Ziren's mind.
"Yes, we have three couple packages, all here." The waiter quickly flipped through the menu and showed them.
Bai Ziren was a little at a loss, and looked directly at Cheng Jingbo: "You have to order."
Cheng Jingbo lowered his eyelashes slightly, and after a little research, he said, "Then let's order a couple's set meal."
Bai Ziren's heart thumped, like a stone falling into water.
The waiter enthusiastically helped to choose: "You might as well choose the sweet and sweet set meal, which includes rice, soup, dessert and drinks. Now is the promotion period, and mobile payment can be one-third cheaper."
"Then have a set meal with deep love and sweetness." Cheng Jingbo finished speaking calmly, and returned the menu to the waiter.
After the waiter retreated, Bai Ziren confirmed to Cheng Jingbo: "We really ordered a couple's meal?"
"Yes." He took a sip of water and asked, "Do you mind the name?"
Bai Ziren didn't know what to say, it seemed that deep affection was only suitable for people in love, it was too far away from them.
"Speaking of which, I once ate a set meal with dragon, tiger, leopard and lion head."
"What's the content?"
After recalling it, he said calmly: "It's boiled lion's head with green vegetables."
After hearing his description, Bai Ziren was very surprised: "You seem to have eaten a lot of delicious food. Is there anything you haven't eaten yet?"
"Coincidentally, I haven't eaten a couple's set meal yet." He simply looked around at the poorly decorated environment, with many plastic flowers on the wall, and his tone was as calm as usual, "I just didn't expect it to be near the elementary school. snack bar."
"..."