Obviously, they were already half-acquaintances, but after Pei Zhi sat down, Lin Chaoxi suddenly couldn't remember what to say.

She subconsciously took out a bag of vegetable garden cookies from her bag, opened it, ate a few slices herself, and handed the rest to Pei Zhi.

Now Pei Zi was also stunned.

The car started moving, and the electronic clock in the car showed the time was nine o'clock. Lin Chaoxi suddenly thought that at this time, a normal person would have just finished breakfast, so how could he still have room for cookies?

She covered half of her face and suddenly felt a little desperate. Lao Lin was right. She really didn't know how to fall in love.

However, just like when they shared the dry crispy noodles in elementary school, Pei Zhi did not reject her kindness. He reached into the bag, grabbed a handful of biscuits, ate two, and then asked, "How are you preparing for the thesis defense?"

Lin Chaoxi thought about it and realized that Pei Zhi must be concerned about their modeling competition paper, so he answered seriously: "We have sorted out a rough outline and plan to discuss it today, tomorrow and the day after tomorrow." Lin Chaoxi paused and told the truth, "In other words, we haven't made any preparations so far."

Pei Zhi smiled: "No need to be so serious. But this time the defense is at Yongchuan University, the teacher may be more strict, it is better to prepare more."

Lin Chaoxi nodded. Pei Zhi was not the kind of person who would threaten them for no reason. He probably heard something and came to remind them.

Along the way, Pei Zhi gave a lot of advice on defense skills, and Lin Chaoxi took notes with a notebook. They kept talking about this until a small hand stretched out from the gap between the backs of the front seats.

There was a traffic jam on the highway at the time, and everyone looked bored. The little girl showed them half of her face, looking naughty and shy.

Lin Chaoxi always felt that the little girl looked familiar, but she couldn't remember who she was. She wanted to strike up a conversation with someone again, so she used the garden cookie trick again and put one in the little girl's hand.

The little girl looked at the biscuit in her palm, half-clenched her fist, and took the biscuit back to show her grandmother, but the old lady warned her not to eat things from strangers.

Naturally, the little girl became very aggrieved and began to sob.

Lin Chaoxi made a face, and before her grandmother turned around, she stuffed the whole bag of biscuits into Pei Zhi's hands.

The handsome boy has the magic power to attract people of all ages. When the old man saw that the biscuits were given by Pei Zhi, he suddenly felt embarrassed.

"We are not bad people." This was Pei Zhi's first sentence.

"I know you're not, it's just that the baby is so greedy, and I'm afraid she will be cheated by strangers in the future."

"She didn't eat the snacks right away, but took them back to ask for your permission, so you have educated her well." Pei Zhi paused, and then said, "And we are not too unfamiliar, we have met before."

"Brothers and sisters who catch dolls." The little girl muttered.

Lin Zhaoxi was shocked.

The little girl had a red face and pigtails. Lin Chaoxi looked at her for a long time and finally confirmed that the two people sitting in the row before her and Pei were the grandfather and grandson they met at the door of the hot pot KTV restaurant that day.

What kind of fate is this...

The little girl was still sobbing, Pei Zhi handed the cookie to her, but the little girl didn't want it. She looked like she was bored in the car, so she struggled to play.

Lin Zhaoxi clapped his hands, opened his arms towards her, and said with a smile: "Do you want to come over and play?"

“Yes!”

The old lady had no idea what to do with her crying granddaughter, so she whispered a few words and asked her to let her come over.

Lin Chaoxi thought the little girl would crawl to Pei Zhi, but she didn't expect the little girl to sit directly on her lap in no time.

There was a traffic jam ahead and no one knew when it would clear up. Lin Chaoxi fastened their seat belts together and gave the bag of vegetable garden cookies to the little girl, letting her hold it and eat.

The little girl ate while looking at her notebook, mumbling: "What is this?"

“It’s math.”

"What is mathematics?" The chubby little finger pointed at the Bayesian formula she wrote.

Lin Zhaoxi hugged the soft little girl and followed her example, holding up a finger and asked, "What is this?"

"It's 1."

“That’s mathematics.”

The little girl then asked: "Why is this mathematics?"

The little girl was so eager to ask questions, so Lin Chaoxi decided to take charge. She hugged the little girl, stretched out her two index fingers, put their fingertips together, and asked, "Do you know what this is?"

"It's 2."

"You cut it in the middle?"

The girl's little hands rose and fell, and Lin Chaoxi exaggeratedly separated her hands. Then he put the tips of his thumbs and index fingers together and made a heart shape with his hands.

The little girl was stunned at first, and then she started giggling happily.

It turns out that cheesy love words always work to coax girls. The little girl likes this trick very much and keeps asking to play with her.

They cut each other's fingers and made a heart shape with their hands. After doing this dozens of times, the little girl twisted her body around and asked her to position her fingers properly, and asked Pei Zhi to try it too.

Lin Chaoxi lowered her head and saw Pei Zhi's thin index finger gently stroke between her two fingers.

The nail petal lightly touched, and Lin Chaoxi raised his head subconsciously.

There was a slight smile in Pei Zhi's eyes, but he seemed to be looking at her very seriously.

Lin Chaoxi smiled and made a heart shape to him.

——

After the bus started again, Lin Chaoxi sent the little girl back to her seat.

The road conditions were bad and the car kept stopping and starting. It was around noon when we finally arrived at the Dongming Lake in Nanshan. The sky was overcast.

After the luggage was unloaded, the old lady and the little girl were treated like queens by the presence of this group of college students with good moral character.

The boys helped carry the things, while Lin Chaoxi held the little girl and continued to play with her.

"Sister, come to my house and play." said the little girl.

"Okay, I'll go when I have time."

"Really?"

"real."

"You must hang yourself on the hook for a hundred years without changing your mind!" The little girl stretched out her little finger, and Lin Chaoxi pulled the hook with her.

Xie Ran walked slowly beside her. Seeing this, Xie Ran asked with a smile, "If you like children so much, why don't you have one yourself?"

"Do you know the prince?" Lin Chaoxi suddenly asked.

"Who is the prince?"

"The old man next door to us, I often go to his house to play with his little great-grandson."

Xie Ran was silent for a while, then took a few quick steps and went to chat with someone else.

The classmate next to him came over and asked: "Grandpa Wang Guigeng?"

"Ninety-three." Lin Chaoxi replied.

When they arrived at the entrance of the scenic area, Lin Chaoxi realized that the grandmother was not bringing the little girl to Dongming Lake for fun, but they were actually going into the mountains.

"Let us take you there!" the students said one after another.

"No, no, go and have fun. I know this mountain better than you do. Grandma, I grew up here. Summer is here, so I'll bring the kids back to escape the heat."

"But you have too much luggage."

“And bring the kids along.”

"The teacher said we should respect the old and love the young."

"We must respect the traditional virtues of the Chinese nation."

The college students were chatting with each other, as cute as primary school students.

"No, really." The old lady was even more embarrassed. "It's going to rain soon, you should take care of yourselves."

There is no end to the dispute. Pei Zhi chatted with Jie Ran for a while, took the old lady's luggage, and said, "Let's go."

"Brother Pei, are you alone?"

"mighty!"

The boys were cheering from the back.

Ever since that day when Lin Chaoxi learned that Pei Zhi had been fighting since he was a child, he no longer regarded him as a weak scholar.

She squatted down and put the little girl down: "Be good."

But the little girl pulled her clothes and said, "Sister, come together!"

"Sister is very weak!"

"My sister said she would come to my house to play."

After these words came out, Lin Chaoxi couldn't help but look at Pei Zhi.

The agreement she had just made with the little girl to hang herself for a hundred years came to her mind. In front of her was the towering Nanshan Mountain, but her legs couldn't help but go weak - was she going to go into the mountains with her grandfather, grandson, and Pei Zhi?

It would be embarrassing if I couldn't walk.

However, before Pei Zhi left, this was probably a rare opportunity for them to be alone.

——

The Nanshan Road is not rugged, but due to poor maintenance, it is somewhat difficult to walk on.

The old lady walked briskly, Pei Zhi carried the luggage as if it were flat ground, and Lin Chaoxi followed behind them, holding the little girl's hand.

The surroundings were thick with trees and the sky was dark; it looked as if a rainstorm was brewing.

The mountains are quiet and silent.

She looked to the side and front. Pei Zhi didn't talk much to begin with, and he seemed to talk even less after entering the mountain.

Maybe even the old lady felt that the road was too quiet, so she just went to chat with them.

“Have you been to Nanshan before?”

"I haven't been here. My hometown is Anning." Lin Chaoxi answered, holding the little girl's hand.

Pei Zhi had a large bag on his shoulder and another in his hand. He took a few steps before answering, "I've been here."

"Have you played around there?"

"Not much fun." Pei Zhi replied.

Lin Chaoxi thought that Pei Zhi had probably been here with his classmates before, so she asked, "Grandma, what fun places are there here?"

"Actually there's nothing interesting here, just beautiful mountains and beautiful waters." The old lady was very honest. "You young people don't like to burn incense, otherwise you can go to the top of the mountain, the Nanshan Temple is very spiritual."

Lin Zhaoxi smiled: "I heard it's very famous."

"If you have any requests, go and offer a perpetual lamp. I know the monk Zhigong inside. Tell Wang Meijuan from Shili Village to introduce him. He can give you a 20% discount."

"What do people usually pray for when offering a perpetual lamp?" Lin Chaoxi asked.

"You can pray for anything, to be reborn in paradise and attain wisdom. The eternal lamp in Nanshan Temple is extremely powerful. Not to mention in the province, we are ranked first in the country." The old lady chattered enthusiastically.

"What if someone in the family is sick?" Lin Chaoxi asked.

"Little girl, you are right to ask. The lights in the temple are the most effective in keeping you healthy. Every year, many people in families are seriously ill and travel far to our Nanshan Temple to burn lights." The old lady said, holding her hand.

Lin Chaoxi looked up at the top of the mountain and nodded, "Okay, I will definitely go."