In late May, Fu Shitian received the certificate and prize money for winning the first prize in the National College English Contest finals. Before he could invite Chen Xizhu and Shi Yi for a cup of milk tea, the joint trip of the Student Union Office and the External Relations Department took place before the start of the exam month.
The trip was scheduled for two days and one night. To save costs, the planning team decided not to charter a car and arranged for everyone to depart by bus in three groups on Saturday morning, gather at the chartered homestay, and start the tour after lunch.
Fu Shitian and Shi Yi made an appointment and followed the first team from the bus stop outside the school at 8:30. Both of them wore summery dresses today, fresh and soft, but one had no sleeves and the other had sleeves. Shi Yi's temperament was more cold and distant, while Fu Shitian was more gentle and pure. Yuan Ning joked, "Are you here to participate in the beauty pageant today?"
Shi Yi was calm: "Then senior sister should be the champion."
Everyone burst into laughter, and Fu Shitian felt slightly disappointed. It turned out that Shi Yi was just good at talking.
When she praised herself as the most beautiful that day, she was probably just saying it casually.
The bus arrived and everyone got on. Maybe it was because everyone slept in during the weekend, there were seats left on the bus, so all the girls sat down. But not long after, the bus entered the Shanghai living area, and more and more elderly people who were buying groceries and office workers got on the bus.
Everyone stood up one after another to give up their seats to the elderly and pregnant women in need. Fu Shitian and Shi Yi stood together, leaning against the chair on the right.
After two more stops, more people got on the bus, and the bus became crowded. People standing in the front moved back, and Fu Shitian and Shi Yi followed suit. There were people in front and behind them, and Fu Shitian had been protecting Shi Yi, who was a little uncomfortable, without leaving any trace, and helped her occupy a convenient place to hold her hand.
Shi Yi's skirt is not suitable for raising her hands high.
"Shi Yi, hold on here." She loosened her hands on the back of the chair, gave her seat to Shi Yi, and raised her hands to hold the handle of the hanging ring above her head.
The handle of the hanging ring was shaking, and when the car braked suddenly and turned sharply, Fu Shitian couldn't help but sway back and forth with the car. She tried hard to control herself from stepping back, for fear of stepping on Shi Yi, but she couldn't help but run two steps to the right and two steps forward.
After the car got on the roundabout, it made a series of sharp turns. Fu Shitian stumbled to the left due to inertia and stepped on the person next to her. She quickly apologized and moved back to her seat. She braked suddenly at the next intersection and couldn't control herself from falling forward again.
A slender arm suddenly went around her waist, wrapped around her and pulled her back, firmly holding her in front of her. "Hold my hand, don't run around."
The cold voice rang in her head, and the heat from his arm seemed to penetrate her lower abdomen and go straight into her heart. Fu Shitian's breathing became disordered instantly, and she held her breath and turned sideways to look at Shi Yi.
Shi Yi withdrew his arm and raised his chin towards the chair back which was already being grabbed by three hands.
Fu Shitian looked at the white and soft hand, slowly loosened his grip, and placed his hand on the back of Shi Yi's hand. Shi Yi slightly spread his five fingers to make it easier for her to hold.
Following Shi Yi's instructions, Fu Shitian passed her knuckles through Shi Yi's five fingers, and Shi Yi exerted a little force and clamped her.
Fu Shitian felt the strength of her fingers, swallowed, and his heartbeat was completely out of control.
The bus sped along the avenue. Outside the window, the morning light was reflected on the sea. On the beach and reefs, brides and grooms in formal attire were occasionally seen taking wedding photos. The students in front and behind were talking quietly, but Fu Shitian had no intention of appreciating them. All her thoughts were occupied by the hands of her and Shi Yi interlocking on the back of the chair.
I don’t know if it was an unconscious action, but Shi Yi looked out the window and occasionally rubbed her thumb with her thumb.
Like a feather gently scratching.
Fu Shitian developed a restless desire—he hoped that this stop could be a little longer, or that the car could be a little more crowded.
They finally arrived at the station. Some people got off at the back door and some got on at the front door. Shi Yi turned around and moved back with Fu Shitian, holding their hands with their fingers intertwined.
Once again, their clasped hands were placed on the back of another chair.
Fu Shitian's eyes moved from their hands to Shi Yi's fair face. Shi Yi was so happy that she suddenly whispered, "Your hands are pretty."
Fu Shitian's hands froze as he heard the crazy voice of the deer in his heart.
They stood like this all the way to the destination. Fu Shitian reluctantly parted with Shi Yi and got off the bus, steaming all over.
Yuan Ning called out Fu Shitian's name and felt that something was not right with him.
"Why is your face so red?" She reached out and touched Fu Shitian's forehead.
Everyone's eyes were focused on him, and Shi Yi's gaze also fell on Fu Shitian's face.
Fu Shitian's face immediately became even hotter. He didn't even dare to look at Shi Yi, and replied naturally: "Ah? Is that so? Maybe there were too many people in the car just now, and the air was not circulating, so it was stuffy."
Yuan Ning touched her forehead with one hand and her own forehead with the other hand to compare. The temperature seemed to be quite normal? She was relieved, "That's good. If you catch a cold after going out for fun, it will be a loss." She called everyone, "Let's go and see if the homestay that our senior sister Sui Meng praised so much is really that good."
"What if there is no one?" someone joked.
"If not, throw her out to feed the mosquitoes tonight." Yuan Ning said mercilessly.
Everybody was happy. They were rubbing their hands together, expressing hypocritical sympathy, and talking and laughing as they headed towards the B&B.
Shi Yi walked beside Fu Shitian, and the more she looked at Fu Shitian's face, the more she felt something was wrong. Passing by a pharmacy, she said, "Senior, can you wait for me for a moment?"
Yuan Ning was surprised, "What's wrong?"
"I'll go in and buy a thermometer."
Fu Shitian felt embarrassed and guilty in an instant, her eyes were about to shed tears with shame, "Ah, no, no, no. Shi Yi, I'm really fine." She reached out to pull Shi Yi, touched her smooth forearm, and let go instantly as if burned by something.
I was at a loss and didn't know how to explain it.
"Then go ahead." Yuan Ning also felt it would be safer to take a test.
Fu Shitian wanted to dig a hole in the ground and crawl into it.
Soon, Shi Yi came out, and everyone followed Yuan Ning forward, passing a small street with fragrant aromas. Some people were curious, and Shi Yi explained that this was a snack street that the locals of Shencheng liked to come to, and there were many old shops that only the locals knew about. After Shi Yi introduced a few words, everyone was already salivating, and they couldn't wait to turn a corner and go in for a meal.
Yuan Ning urged with a smile: "Hurry up, there are delicious foods waiting for you in the B&B."
Everyone had to calm down and continue walking. After walking for about five minutes, we arrived at the B&B that Sui Meng had booked. The B&B was hidden in a small alley. It was a small house that was neither new nor old. There were rattan chairs and swings in the yard, which was full of green plants and paved with a cobblestone path, just like a small garden. It was very much in the style of Shanghai architecture.
Everyone looked at each other and saw satisfaction in each other's eyes.
Yuan Ning led the team in, reported their names and phone numbers at the front desk, and the boss led them directly upstairs. The boss said that the layout of the rooms on each floor was the same, except that there was only one room on the top floor with a rooftop outside. The other floors had four rooms and a living room, and they could arrange them freely.
Each room had a 1.8-meter-long bed. According to the previously reported accommodation arrangement, Yuan Ning assigned Fu Shitian and Shi Yi to live in the room on the left side of the third floor. Fortunately, this room had a bay window facing the outside of the alley, so they could see the bustling traffic outside the alley by lowering their heads.
Shi Yi put down his backpack and handed the newly bought thermometer to Fu Shitian.
Fu Shitian took it with his eyelashes drooping and his ears red.
Shi Yi took out a disposable pillowcase, bedspread and sheet from her bag, gathered up her skirt and sat on the edge of the bed, looking very poised... but putting on the pillowcase very inefficiently.
It was the first time for Fu Shitian to stay in a hotel like this, and it was also the first time he knew that there were such facilities in a hotel.
Seeing Shi Yi's cute look, she said politely, "I'll do the test with you after I finish it."
Shi Yi paused for a moment and continued to struggle in silence.
Fu Shitian bit her lip and chuckled.
Shi Yi raised his head and looked at her expressionlessly.
Fu Shitian held the thermometer in one hand and raised the other hand. He tactfully made a zipper-pulling motion across his mouth, his eyes rippling.
Shi Yi stared at her for two seconds, laughed, and gave up struggling. She put down her pillow and quilt, walked to the window and looked out, the light flowing on her pretty face, "Where do you want to sleep?"
Fu Shitian looked away at the two pillows and the only air-conditioned quilt on the bed and said softly, "I'm fine." Even she began to worry whether her body's temperature controller was broken and why she was getting so hot again.
Fortunately, this was not true. A few minutes later, the electronic thermometer beeped and showed that her temperature was 36.7, which was normal.
The two worked together to put on the disposable bedding. They heard louder laughter coming from outside and guessed that the large group behind them had arrived, so they went out and went downstairs together.
As expected, another group of people had arrived, and they were only one group away from being complete. Yuan Ning and the deputy director of the External Relations Department organized the first group of people to go to the kitchen on the first floor to boil water and prepare lunch.
They bought frozen dumplings at the supermarket outside for lunch.
When everyone arrived, the dumplings were put into the pot and eaten in batches. They were frozen foods and didn’t taste very good. Someone joked, “Minister, is this the delicious food you said was waiting for us? I feel like I’ve been deceived.”
Yuan Ning had no guilty conscience: "I'm not lying, really. Let's just have a quick bite at noon, and the big meal will be waiting for you in the evening. If you're not satisfied, you don't have to pay, I'll pay."
Everyone started to cheer, "Wow! Did you hear that? Do you know what to say after dinner?" Yuan Ning added, "Pay for lunch."
"Tsk..." Everyone burst into laughter, and Sui Meng scolded Yuan Ning, "You're such a coward."
Yuan Ning retorted, "Did you hear that? Senior Sister Sui is very generous. If we don't have good food tonight, let Senior Sister Sui treat us."
Everyone started laughing. Fu Shitian paid attention to Shi Yi amid the laughter. Shi Yi had only scooped five dumplings in total. There were still two in the bowl, but Shi Yi put down the spoon and stopped moving.
Does she not like it? Fu Shitian swallowed the dumpling in her mouth without hesitation.
They were almost done with lunch, and Yuan Ning looked at her watch. It was 12:05. She discussed with the other three ministers and decided that everyone should go upstairs to rest for a while, and then set off at 1:00 to walk to the Shanghai Museum, which was 20 minutes away.
The people from the External Relations Department went upstairs, and the people in the office who were responsible for lunch hygiene stayed behind to clean the kitchen and the dining table.
Twenty minutes passed and it was completely quiet outside. It seemed that everyone had taken a nap and Fu Shitian had not come up yet.
Shi Yi put down his kindle and prepared to go out. Did Yuan Ning assign Fu Shitian an extra task
She frowned and opened the door. Fu Shitian happened to raise his hand, ready to open the door. "Shi Yi?"
The corners of Fu Shitian's lips curved upwards, and two soft dimples appeared on her cheeks. "Look, what did I bring?" She walked in, closed the door with her back, and handed the bag in her hand to Shi Yi.
Shi Yi saw clearly that one bag was obviously milk tea, and the other was a paper bag with the name of Rong De Ji printed on it - the store she had just mentioned casually when she passed by. Their steamed buns were very famous.
She liked it very much at one time and came over to buy it several times.
Shi Yi looked at Fu Shitian's bright eyes and the thin layer of sweat on his forehead, and suddenly felt something plucked his heartstrings.
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