Lin Qingle feels that this year's Christmas is the best Christmas in recent years.
She couldn't hide the smile on her face as she walked back to school with the box of chocolates in her pocket.
"Qingle."
Just after entering the school gate, someone called her from behind. Lin Qingle turned around and saw that it was Yu Jiayou who had also returned from outside the school.
Yu Jiayou approached and asked, "Why didn't you have dinner with the squad leader and the others tonight?"
"I have something to do, so I don't have a piece."
"Like this." Yu Jiayou was silent for a moment, then suddenly raised his hand and placed the thing in his hand in front of her.
Lin Qingle was stunned for a moment: "What?"
Yu Jiayou: "Chocolate, this brand is delicious. Mmm... Merry Christmas."
Lin Qingle lowered his eyes to glance at the beautiful bag and asked, "Did you give it to me?"
"Ah... yes, no." Yu Jiayou coughed lightly, his ears slightly red. "This is for you. Take it and eat it with the squad leader and the others. It's really delicious."
Lin Qingle breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, it was not bought specifically for her. After all, she didn't prepare gifts specifically for other people. It would be very embarrassing if Yu Jiayou gave her something and she didn't give him a gift in return.
Lin Qingle: "Then take it up to Shuyi to see, she likes chocolate very much."
"Okay..." Yu Jiayou said, "You take it."
"Yes, thank you."
After returning to the classroom, Lin Qingle sat in front of Jiang Shuyi and Yu Tingting and placed Yu Jiayou's bag of chocolates on the table.
Jiang Shuyi first saw the brand of chocolate, then looked at Lin Qingle in surprise: "You bought it."
Yu Tingting: "Fuck, this is so expensive, Qingle, are you rich?"
Lin Qingle didn't recognize this brand at all. She was stunned for a moment and shook her head: "Yu Jiayou bought it."
Jiang Shuyi was stunned, and exchanged glances with Yu Tingting, then looked back at Yu Jiayou in tacit understanding. When he looked at Lin Qingle again, Jiang Shuyi's eyes were already filled with surprise: "You, you... Yu Jiayou gave you a Christmas present, or chocolate?"
"He didn't just give it to me. He said this chocolate is delicious and asked us to share it." Lin Qingle said a little embarrassedly, "I didn't know this chocolate was so expensive, otherwise, I would give it back to him..."
"Hey, no need, no need." Jiang Shuyi held the chocolate box. "Why return it to him? It must have been given by some little girl. He probably has a bunch of them in his drawer. Let's be merciful and help him deal with it."
Yu Tingting nodded repeatedly, happily opened the chocolate box, picked up a chocolate and opened it: "Wow! So delicious!"
Jiang Shuyi also opened one and ate it. While eating, she glanced at the other small box in Lin Qingle's hand: "Hey, what is this?"
Lin Qingle: "This one is also chocolate."
"Take a look." Jiang Shuyi took the box of chocolates, opened it and took a look. He thought it was quite cute, so he picked one up and put it in his mouth.
Lin Qingle stared in astonishment, and was too late to stop him: "Don't—"
But Jiang Shuyi had already eaten it. She took two bites and frowned slightly: "This is too sweet. It's not delicious."
Lin Qingle snatched the box away: "No way, it's obviously delicious."
Yu Tingting: "Let me try it. Let me try it."
Lin Qingle leaned back to protect his food: "... No."
Jiang Shuyi: "Hey you...you can share whatever Yu Jiayou gives you, but who gave you this? Why are you guarding it so tightly?"
"That's different." Lin Qingle stood up, "This box is for everyone to share, and this box... this box is my Christmas gift today."
"Oh." Yu Tingting raised her eyebrows, "Where's the Christmas present? Who gave it to you?"
"Xu Tingbai, right?" Jiang Shuyi continued.
Lin Qingle: "How do you know?"
"Look at you, I guessed it." Jiang Shuyi looked at her and suddenly lowered his voice, "Qingle, tell me honestly, are you the one..."
"What?"
“That’s it.”
"What..."
"Oh, we are together."
Lin Qingle was stunned for a moment: "No."
"So you guys give each other gifts?! And you're so nice to him, don't you like him?"
Lin Qingle: "I, I like him..."
Jiang Shuyi knew from her expression that this person didn't get what she meant, so she patiently explained: "Sister, the liking I'm talking about is not the kind of liking that you have as friends, but another kind, which is... the kind of liking that you want to be with him, want to hold his hand, want to... kiss him."
Lin Qingle was stunned for a moment, his face flushed: "... What nonsense are you talking about."
"This is nonsense. How can you be so stupid and not understand anything?"
"The bell is about to ring, I'll go back first!" Lin Qingle suddenly left his seat.
"Hello-"
Lin Qingle didn't listen and walked straight to his seat and sat down.
She hurriedly pushed the chocolate box in her hand into the drawer, but when she pulled her hand out, she stared at the fingertips that Xu Tingbai had just bitten.
Dear...
His lips appeared in her mind. When she touched them just now, they were soft.
“… … ”
What is she thinking?!
Lin Qingle immediately looked away!
It’s all the fault of that idiot Jiang Shuyi, what nonsense he said!
—
After Christmas, the atmosphere on campus became less lively because the final exams were coming up soon.
Time was running out, and Lin Qingle had no time to think about the thoughts that were not under his control, so he concentrated on reviewing.
Later, except for going to Xu Tingbai to learn English on Sundays, she spent every day with books and papers. Her efforts were not in vain. After the final exam results came out, she ranked in the top ten because of the obvious improvement in English scores, just at the edge.
This made her very happy. Her translation and composition had never received such high scores in the past. It seemed that her recent intense study of English with Xu Tingbai had paid off!
On the day she got her final grades, she couldn't wait to run back home, and while Lin Yufen was not back yet, she took out her cell phone and called Xu Tingbai.
She wanted to share her joy with him as soon as possible.
Xu Tingbai didn't answer the call immediately. Lin Qingle stood at the window of the room. His cheeks were a little cold from the wind, but his body was warm and he felt a little excited.
"Hello." Soon after, the phone finally got through.
When Lin Qingle heard his voice, a smile appeared on his face: "Xu Tingbai, guess how many points I got in the English test."
Xu Tingbai knew from her tone that she might have done well in the exam, so he smiled faintly and asked, "How many points?"
"130! And I only lost two points in listening this time."
"The total score is 150, and you lost 20 points."
Lin Qingle choked: "Well, that's a big improvement. You don't know, my English was really bad before. If it weren't for my other subjects, I wouldn't have ranked well..."
Xu Tingbai: "What's the overall ranking?"
"Tenth! Tenth in the grade!"
Xu Tingbai was a little surprised: "You did well in the exam."
Lin Qingle was a little embarrassed when he was praised by him, "Really..."
"Um."
"Then let's celebrate later. I'm on vacation and I'll make you a good meal as a reward!"
Xu Tingbai: "Aren't you the one who should be rewarded?"
"Hey, you're a teacher, you teach well~"
Xu Tingbai paused for a moment and smiled silently: "Silly or not..."
——
Lin Qingle was a man of his words. He said he would prepare a good meal and quickly started planning.
A few days after the holiday, she took advantage of the fact that Lin Yufen was not at home at work, so she went to the vegetable market to buy some food and went to Xu Tingbai's house.
It was cold, and she wrapped herself up tightly.
After entering Xu Tingbai's house, she took off her thick coat and put it on the sofa, then turned and went to the kitchen: "I'll wash the vegetables first."
Xu Tingbai was dizzy from her hurried walking, and only when she spoke did he realize that she was in the kitchen.
"Wait a moment."
"Ah, what's the matter?"
Xu Tingbai opened his mouth and said, "…Nothing, I'll tell you later."
"oh."
Lin Qingle was very efficient and quickly prepared three dishes and a soup.
This was the second time the two of them had eaten together, but for Lin Qingle, the first time was like being disturbed, and the meal was not very enjoyable. Today was the more comfortable time.
"Eat more meat." She put a bite into his bowl.
"Um."
"Here are the chicken wings. I bought several. Eat more."
"I know." Xu Tingbai said helplessly, "You should eat more. You are so thin."
"How do you know I'm thin?"
"You were very thin and small when you were in elementary school."
Lin Qingle: "That was in elementary school. I've changed now. I've gained weight. I, I'm really fat now."
Xu Tingbai: "Are you fat?"
"Yes." Lin Qingle said nonsense with his eyes open, "I'm fat and need to lose weight, so you eat more, I don't need it."
"What nonsense! I didn't touch you."
"… "
Lin Qingle snorted: "Anyway, I'm fatter than you."
After saying that, she put a few more bites of food into his bowl.
Xu Tingbai couldn't win the argument with her, and later he just felt that the food in his bowl was getting more and more...
at last-
"Lin Qingle."
"Hmm? Is it delicious?"
Xu Tingbai put down his chopsticks: "Stop, you want to stuff me to death?"
Lin Qingle looked at him helplessly and worriedly, and burst out laughing, "Are you full? I'm sorry, I thought you weren't full yet."
"At the rate you feed me like a pig, I should have been full a long time ago."
"Oh!" Lin Qingle pursed her lips to hold back her laughter, "Then you take a rest, and come back to eat when you're hungry."
Xu Tingbai: “…”
In fact, Lin Qingle had already eaten her fill. When she saw Xu Tingbai stand up and start to clear the dishes, she also stood up.
After cleaning up the dishes, Lin Qingle turned on the TV and sat down on the small sofa to watch a movie.
"Lin Qingle."
"I'm here, couch."
Xu Tingbai heard her instructions and walked over from the direction of the room. He stood not far from her and handed the bag to her: "Take it."
Lin Qingle was surprised: "What is this?"
Xu Tingbai looked a little uncomfortable: "Look for yourself."
Lin Qingle stood up quickly. She took his bag, opened it and took it out: "Scarf?"
Xu Tingbai took a step to the side, pretending to be calm but with a hint of trepidation on his face: "I give it to you."
Lin Qingle raised his eyes suddenly: "You bought it for me."
Xu Tingbai: "... You gave me something before, so I'm giving you a return gift."
"Christmas? But you gave me chocolate then."
How can chocolate be considered a gift
Xu Tingbai didn't say anything, but he was bothered in his heart.
He said, “Then take it as a reward.”
"What reward?"
Xu Tingbai: "You ranked tenth in the exam, shouldn't you be rewarded?"
Lin Qingle was stunned. There really was a reward...
But she had never been rewarded for getting good grades in exams, because her mother would not be satisfied unless she got first.
This was the first time that someone rewarded her for ranking tenth in the exam.
Lin Qingle lowered his eyes and looked at the scarf in his hand. Suddenly, he felt his eyes were a little hot: "Thank you..."
"The boss said it's a scarf that girls will like. I can't see it, so I don't know if it looks good." Xu Tingbai asked dryly, "Do you think it looks good?"
"Yeah! It looks good!" Lin Qingle sniffed and put it on directly, "Fortunately it's warm and comfortable."
Xu Tingbai listened to her happy voice, and the worry he had been feeling since she came in finally subsided. He had always been afraid that the boss had poor taste, and he was afraid that the scarf was not good-looking.
But now... Fortunately, she likes it.