Because it was inconvenient to wear an engagement ring at school, Bai Ziren cut a piece of cotton cloth by himself, sewed a small bag, and hid the ring in it for easy carrying. Putting it in the school bag every day is like keeping a romantic secret.
Cheng Jingbo wore it generously for a few days, and soon more and more people came to ask questions, which disturbed his meditation work, so he had to take it off.
However, the goal has been achieved. The entire University of Finance and Economics knows that Mr. Cheng has a fiancée. Mr. Gu of economics also revealed to everyone that Mrs. Cheng's girl is young, still studying, and has a shy personality. Everyone, put it by your side as a baby.
Even Teacher Fan, who shared the office with Cheng Jingbo, liked to tease him about it, and he always laughed it off after hearing it.
"Stop talking, I'm just waiting to eat Teacher Cheng's wedding candy." Teacher Fan lazily stood up holding a glass.
"Okay." Cheng Jingbo said no problem.
After grading the test papers all morning, Mr. Fan had a sore back and a sore back, so he took time to bask in the sun.
Cheng Jingbo revised the copy by himself, and soon the door of the office was locked, and someone pushed the door in.
"Mr. Cheng, why isn't I included in the list of the heroes debate this time?" Zhou Chenran came here to ask for this matter.
Cheng Jingbo put down his work, looked at the female student in front of him, and explained to her: "After a period of consideration, I crossed out your name."
Zhou Chenran lowered his head, bit his lip, and said three words with difficulty: "Why?"
"Our team still lacks a debater who can respond quickly on the spot. Last week I went to the library to watch the mock debate competition. I will give you a fair score based on your performance and rank according to the overall score. Ning Yan is higher than you. I will choose her The team's second debate."
Zhou Chenran raised his face, his eyes flickered with obvious unwillingness: "Ning Yan is a freshman."
Cheng Jingbo smiled: "We don't look at qualifications, we only look at the performance on the spot."
"She has no experience playing the game at all."
"But she has quick responses, clear logic, and calmness. We are short of debaters with such qualities."
"I don't think I will lose to her." Zhou Chenran was a little anxious, "Please think again."
Cheng Jingbo said: "The list has already come out and will not change. I hope you will continue to work hard and strive for the next opportunity."
The light in Zhou Chenran's eyes dimmed to the extreme, she wanted to say something more to save herself, but found that his eyes had shifted away, it seemed that nothing she was saying could attract his attention.
"unfair."
Cheng Jingbo's eyes fell on the laptop screen, and she didn't look at her when she heard the words, but asked, "Where is the injustice?"
"I made a lot of preparations for this competition, and everyone can see my hard work, but it's really unfair to let others replace me just because I didn't perform well in a small simulated competition."
"You are wrong. Everyone has equal opportunities, and there is no substitute."
Zhou Chenran stood there motionless, his feet seemed to weigh a thousand catties, his heart sank to the bottom of the valley, and the previous events came to his mind, when others praised her as a talented woman, he didn't say anything, when other students said that she wrote beautiful articles , but he was not optimistic, pointing out the problem again and again, with harsh words, and when other teachers greeted her with a smile, he always showed no expression to her.
Why does he always ignore her? Now even a school girl is qualified to be the second debater. After preparing for so long, she is still a popular person on the school debate team, but in the end she becomes a crowd? She couldn't accept his prejudice.
After a while, Cheng Jingbo said, "If it's okay, you can go out."
"Mr. Cheng, do you hate me?" Zhou Chenran went all out and asked him how he felt face to face.
Cheng Jingbo denied: "I will not hate my students."
"Then why do you treat me like this every time?" Zhou Chenran's tone became very aggressive.
Cheng Jingbo said calmly: "You misunderstood. I have the same attitude towards all students. I will not favor anyone or hold prejudice against anyone."
Zhou Chen was dumbfounded, and stared at him blankly.
"Go out."
Not long after Zhou Chenran left, Ning Yan came to the office and offered to withdraw from the debate competition. Cheng Jingbo asked her why.
"My experience is not as rich as Senior Sister Zhou. Last week, I won the best debater by accident. In addition, the competition is approaching, and I have other things to do. I can't devote myself wholeheartedly. I am not sure that I can finish it well. This kind of mentality is not good. Fit to go on stage."
Cheng Jingbo naturally knew why she resigned, but he didn't point it out, nor did he try to keep her: "I respect your choice."
"Thank you, Teacher Cheng."
"You're welcome." He said, looking at her.
Ning Yan's eyes flickered. She knew very well how cowardly and completely irresponsible she was by the choice at this moment, but she was powerless. She couldn't offend Senior Sister Zhou's small team. She had a long way to go, and she had to weigh every step.
Eventually she silently exited the office.
In the next two days, the dean of the department also came to find Cheng Jingbo. Although he was talking about other things on the surface, he still mentioned Zhou Chenran's name intentionally or unintentionally.
"Teacher Cheng is highly knowledgeable and good at teaching, we all have seen it, but sometimes don't be too serious, otherwise it will make students feel uncomfortable. If you want me to say, in the future, what should be criticized should be criticized, but what should be encouraged should also be criticized. Encouragement, a girl like Xiao Zhou is rare, she is talented and hardworking, but she is a little thin-skinned and has a high spirit, so you have to be more tolerant."
Cheng Jingbo smiled faintly: "I have never criticized any student."
The director took a sip of tea, patted him on the shoulder, and said earnestly: "I won't go around in circles with you anymore, we all know how much Xiao Zhou's father has contributed to the school, you are so smart, you must understand, and that's all for now , it's up to you whether you want to hear it or not."
At the cafe in the lighthouse on Friday night, Cheng Jingbo played a silent movie for Bai Ziren, allowing her to spend a leisurely time.
After reading it, they chatted for a while, and Bai Ziren showed him the ring in his bag.
"Put it in the bag, are you afraid of losing it?" He asked.
"It's really scary, but you can only feel at ease if you carry it with you."
"It's better to wear a chain around your neck and hide it under your clothes."
"Good idea." Her eyes lit up.
"Speaking of which, the ring is a possession outside the body, and it's okay to lose it."
"No, this is my most precious thing now, and I will be very sad if I lose it."
"What's there to be sad about? I'll buy you another one."
"That's not the same one, the meaning is different."
Seeing her so persistent, like a dwarf guarding gold coins in a fairy tale, he was a little helpless, but he also thought she was cute.
"By the way, I have also prepared gifts." She took out a pair of masks with cartoon villains printed on them from her bag.
After taking it, he took a look and figured out what she meant: "It seems that we will buy things in pairs in the future?"
"Yeah, I think this is cute, a man and a woman, we can both wear it, especially when it's foggy."
She put it on herself first, and then put it on for him, and then found that he had a special charm when he only showed a pair of eyes, so she couldn't help but move closer to him, and touched his mask with her own.
After he took off his mask, he asked, "Did you kiss me just now?"
"..."
"It's more convenient to kiss this way." He lowered his head and let her kiss.
Anyway, no one was around, so she kissed boldly.
There was a frozen figure on the wall at the entrance of the stairs, which quickly disappeared after a few seconds.
Xiao Ji, who returned to the bar, was still in shock. He put down the two cups of hot drinks in his hand, his heart was pounding in his throat, and he tried to calm down.
"Little Winter."
Hearing the deep and dangerous voice, Xiao Ji trembled, and turned his head very slowly, it was indeed Zhang Wuji.
"Are you waiting for me?" He came over, put the car keys on the bar, and looked at her affectionately.
Xiao Ji's face was pale, and his emotions were about to collapse.
"Are you nervous?" he asked.
Xiao Ji nodded like pounding garlic.
There is a reason for being so nervous, and it all started when she went to work as a cleaner at his house last weekend.
The atmosphere that day was very strange. He first disliked her for her poor attire, so he gave her the pink dress he had prepared in advance, and ordered her to put it on before mopping the floor. She was under the eaves and had to bow her head. She did so, and then began to concentrate on mopping the floor. On the other hand, he rode a bicycle and wandered around the room, as if showing off how spacious his home was. What's more, he followed her wherever she went.
Because his house is too big, she spent three hours without even mopping the first floor, but she was dizzy from exhaustion and was sitting on the floor resting. It looked like it was bought from outside, she fainted from hunger, and finished eating in a hurry. He also gave her an extra ice cream, which she also accepted with a smile.
She continued to work in the afternoon and waited for the first floor to be cleaned. She was sweating, and he suggested that she take a shower.
The problem came in the bathroom. The temperature in his bathroom was too high. She ran out of oxygen after taking half of the bath. She fell on the tiles. The cold tiles felt comfortable against her skin. She gradually regained her senses and was about to get up leisurely. The sound of the door lock sounded in the ear, the doorknob in front of him tilted, he came in, and without a word, he raised his shoulders and led her out.
Of course, the moment he came in, he had already looked at everything about her.
"You seem to care more than enough." Zhang Wuji's voice pulled Xiao Ji back from the memories.
Xiao Ji's eyes widened: "I don't know what you're talking about."
"I mean, you're missing my bathroom." He didn't give her the leeway.
Xiao Ji turned around, ran to the back kitchen, and locked the door. It was obvious that she would not come out in the next half an hour.
At 9:15, Cheng Jingbo took Bai Ziren downstairs, and seeing a change of people behind the bar, Bai Ziren asked where Xiao Ji was.
Cheng Jingbo glanced at Zhang Wuji who was sitting by the window, wearing a dark gray suit, tied with a Windsor knot, and dangling a red wine glass with his right hand, and said to her, "Maybe I went back earlier."
"That's right, it's getting late." Bai Ziren looked at the clock on the wall.
"I'll take you back."
After the two went out, Zhang Wuji told the waiter behind the bar: "You can get off work."
The new waiter was puzzled: "But it's not ten o'clock yet."
"Leave now, the salary will be increased by 20%, otherwise it will be zero"
The waiter turned around and left.
Zhang Wuji stood up, locked the door himself, and turned off the lights. The cafe quickly became dark. He went back to his seat, took out the lighter, and lit the candles on the table. Everything was ready, waiting for someone to come out obediently.
On the way back to the school dormitory, Bai Ziren asked Cheng Jingbo if he was worried.
"It's not really a worry, it's just a little disappointing."
"Disappointed at what?" she asked.
"I'll let you know when things get better."
She was confused and didn't know what he was talking about, but seeing his calm eyes, calm and open-minded, she thought that he would tell her when the time came.
Under the street lamp, the figures of the two gradually overlapped, her hand was held by him, and she could see his broad shoulders, the curvature of his side face, and smell his familiar elegant scent. There is nothing better than this something happened.
She stopped suddenly, spread his hand, and wrote three words on the palm of his hand. He understood it, and looked up into her eyes.
"I accept it, you can't go back on your word, otherwise I won't let you go easily."
She stepped forward and hugged him.
"I have you, and you have me. Anything, good or bad, I want to face it with you."
He stretched out his hand to hold her thin back, nodded slightly: "Okay, I remember."
After a long time, she let go of him and confirmed one thing: "Can you really not come next Friday?"
"Yes, I'm going to watch this year's college debate competition that afternoon, and the teachers will have dinner together in the evening. I can't refuse it."
She was just asking, not embarrassing him, and said understandingly that she knew.
"When it's summer vacation, I'll take you on a trip." He mentioned something that made her happy, "You can think about where you like to go in your spare time."
Sure enough, her eyes brightened, her spirits also came, and she said positively to him: "I'll go back and look at the map to find a beautiful place."
He took her hand again: "If you want to see the sunrise, I'll take you to a place with mountains. If you want to see coral, I'll take you to a place near the sea. You can go anywhere you want."
"Great, I'll think about it when I go back."
On the next Friday, the Qunying Debate came to an end. The University of Finance and Economics won the victory. The debate team held a celebration banquet, and the students drank alcohol.
Cheng Jingbo finished the dinner, drove back to school to get the materials, and stayed in the office for a while by the way.
When he was about to leave, footsteps came from the empty corridor, and a voice appeared behind the door. He went to open the door and saw Zhou Chenran standing there with his head bowed.
"It's so late, why did you come here?"
Zhou Chenran raised his head, with two bruises on his face: "I have something to tell you."
"What happened to your face?" Cheng Jingbo asked seriously.
"It's okay, I fell down on the road just now." Zhou Chenran grinned, "I drank a little wine and came back by taxi."
Smelling the alcohol smell on her body, Cheng Jingbo frowned naturally.
"Mr. Cheng, do you have hot water?"
Cheng Jingbo turned around, took a paper cup, filled hot water in front of the water dispenser, and handed it to her.
Zhou Chenran became more sober after drinking, remembered his reason for coming, and said to Cheng Jingbo: "Do you have time? I have something to say to you."
"Sorry, I don't have time. I'll talk about it later if I have any questions."
"It's not a problem, it's what I have in mind." Zhou Chenran quickly explained.
"Then there's no need to tell me, I'm not good at listening to students' thoughts."
Zhou Chenran was silent for a while, and said slowly: "I performed very well in the game in the afternoon. All the teachers present came to praise me, but you didn't. Are you avoiding me?"
Cheng Jingbo didn't speak.
"Because I wrote you a love letter in the first semester, and you've been guarding against me since then?"
"I didn't receive the love letter." Cheng Jingbo said as he opened the door, "You can go."
"You must have received it, but you threw it away." Zhou Chenran's emotions fluctuated violently, and his eyes were very red.
"I say one last time, you can go."
"Why do you want to trample on my dignity? Why do you never praise me? You only talk about my badness endlessly..." Zhou Chenran cried in a low voice, "I just worship you, I have no other intentions. "
Cheng Jingbo turned around and stepped out of the office door.
"Mr. Cheng, I was wrong!" She rushed over, leaning against his back, hugging his person with both hands, "Please forget that love letter, I won't write it again, please don't treat me like this again , I'm already scared, I don't dare anymore..."
In the next second, she staggered and fell to the ground, her whole mind was in a daze, but one thing she could still recognize was that she was pushed away forcefully.
He showed no mercy, and she fell very painfully.
All is silent.
Seeing his back disappear, Zhou Chenran knew that he had ruthlessly left her behind. The palm of her side was aching, especially the edge of the palm, as if cut open by a knife. The pain was sharp. Her wine finally After waking up, knowing what a shameful thing I had done, I sat in the same place without saying a word, and became terrified belatedly.
About ten minutes later, footsteps came from the corridor again, Zhou Chenran's heart skipped a beat, and he opened his eyes to look at the open door.
Someone approached, and she couldn't take her eyes off it.
"Xiao Zhou, why do you look like this?" Teacher Shen from the Counseling Center was startled.
Zhou Chenran's hopes fell through, and he didn't say a word.
Teacher Shen hurriedly helped her up, carefully looked at the wound on her face, and asked her what happened, but she still didn't speak, her expression was confused, and her eyes were out of focus.
Time passed by, Teacher Shen patiently sat with her on the sofa, waiting for her to speak.
"What's the matter? Why did you appear in Teacher Cheng's office at this time?"
Zhou Chenran took a deep breath, and said in a low voice, "He is the one who asked me to come."
Teacher Shen's face changed, and he asked more gently: "Mr. Cheng asked you to come over? What does he want to talk to you about?"
"nothing."
"Impossible. You have bruises on your face and injuries on your hands. Something must have happened to you."
Zhou Chenran was silent again, and two lines of tears fell straight down.
Teacher Shen wiped her tears with a tissue, and gently enlightened her: "What wronged you?"
Zhou Chen shook his head.
"Ms. Cheng scolded you?"
Zhou Chenran still shook his head.
"He touched you?"
Zhou Chenran nodded, then shook his head, with a confused expression on his face, as if he couldn't tell whether it was sadness or fear.
Teacher Shen was in a heavy heart and couldn't bear to ask, but he couldn't escape the truth, so he tentatively said, "Did he do anything to you?"
This time, Zhou Chenran did not deny it.