Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio
Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
Xiaotu let Cheng Zhiyan escape this time, but she was a curious child who liked to get to the bottom of things. So during the days that followed, she kept hounding Cheng Zhiyan and refused to let him off the hook.
Cheng Zhiyan became extremely nervous from all her relentless questions, and he started thinking of all sorts of ways to avoid her.
However, some matters couldn’t be avoided. He still had the job of taking her to school and picking her up every day.
Fortunately, Xiaotu’s preschool was right at the gates of their neighborhood, and it was fairly easy, during their ride from home in the mornings, for Cheng Zhiyan to keep changing the subject. He worked very hard at not answering Xiaotu’s questions.
Finally, it was Friday. Just before school ended for the day, Cheng Zhiyan’s homeroom teacher walked into the classroom to announce that there would be a big classroom cleanup after school. He informed Class Representative Cheng that he would be in charge of the students and had to oversee the clean-up process. After that, the teacher left.
Cheng Zhiyan sat in his seat, and he frowned as he glanced at his watch. It was already four-thirty, and the cleanup would take at least an hour. He wasn’t going to be able to pick up Xiaotu.
But since Xiaotu would be inside the preschool and her teacher didn’t get off until six o’clock, it probably wouldn’t be that big of a deal if she had to wait a little bit.
With his thoughts on this problem, Cheng Zhiyan walked up to the podium, assigned tasks to each group of students, and picked up a rag himself and started wiping the windows.
Since Xia Feng sat right next to Cheng Zhiyan, he was also assigned the task of wiping the windows. With a rag in his hand, he came up to Cheng Zhiyan and whispered, “Cheng Zhiyan, don’t you still need to pick up your girlfriend later today?”
“Her name is Xiaotu.” Cheng Zhiyan continued to wipe the windows as he corrected him.
“Okay, let’s just say she’s my girlfriend then.” Xia Feng shrugged indifferently and continued speaking, “It’s already past four-thirty. Are you going to go get her or not?”
“I can’t go right now.” Cheng Zhiyan shook his head and said, “The teacher just said that I had to keep an eye on everyone until the cleanup is finished.”
“Do you want me to go pick up Xiaotu for you?” Xia Feng rolled his eyes and grinned at Cheng Zhiyan as he said, “I always skip stuff like these cleanups anyway.”
“…” Cheng Zhiyan frowned at Xia Feng, but he didn’t say anything.
Just as Xia Feng was about to continue talking, class ended for the classroom next to theirs, and a loud commotion instantly filled the entire hallway.
As the next-door classroom had almost emptied out, the sharp-sighted Xia Feng caught sight of Zhai Shiyu carrying her backpack as she tentatively walked in their direction.
“Ah, ha, it’s the most popular girl from Class Two, Zhai Shiyu. And she’s walking in our direction…” Xia Feng reached out to poke Cheng Zhiyan’s arm as he whispered in a low voice.
“Why is it that every time you bring up this person, you have to add that she’s the most popular girl in Class Two?” Cheng Zhiyan sputtered with annoyance as he glared at him. He then glanced toward that Zhai Shiyu girl.
“Hee, hee, hee, in order to remind you.” Xia Feng eyed Cheng Zhiyan with glee and lowered his voice even further to say, “Did I forget to tell you that the love letter from a few days ago had actually been written by Zhai Shiyu?”
“…” Upon hearing this, Cheng Zhiyan felt as if he’d been thrown for a loop.
“Seeing the shy look on her face as she’s walking toward you, perhaps she’s here to ask you for your response?” Xia Feng said mischievously as he teased Cheng Zhiyan.