Ge Erping found the paper with the writing on it for Xiaoyue, and immediately packed up the food box and said to Gao Lei, "Write me one too." Then he took the food box to the pond in the yard to wash it. At this moment, Xiaoyue was standing by the table, watching Gao Lei write the exact same words with a brush.

Xiaoyue memorized the order in which she wrote each stroke, and suddenly had a sense of déjà vu.

Out of the corner of his eye, Gao Lei noticed Xiaoyue unconsciously imitating his calligraphy stroke by stroke with her hand, so he said, "It's good to learn to read. Next time you come home, I'll give you the primer your younger brother finished reading." His voice was deep and mellow.

Xiaoyue watched Gao Lei write, wondering when she had also witnessed this scene elsewhere. She heard Gao Lei speak, but didn't understand what he said, only casually replying with a "hmm."

When Ge Erping brought the washed food box into the house, he saw Xiaoyue unconsciously following Gao Lei's strokes. Ge Erping scoffed and said, "Xiaoyue, do you want to become a female scholar?" He rolled his dark eyes disdainfully.

Gao Lei blew on the words he had written and handed them to Ge Erzhan. Xiaoyue then left the room.

As Ge Erping stepped out of the house, he waved the same paper as Xiaoyue in front of her eyes and said, "The first one has my name on it," before stuffing it into his pocket.

Xiaoyue also folded up the paper with writing on it, carefully and thoughtfully placed it, and waited outside.

Gao Lei then came out and said to the two of them, "I have class this afternoon, so I'll be leaving now."

Ge Erping wanted to go up and say a few more words to Gao Lei, but seeing Gao Lei striding ahead, Ge Erping couldn't catch up at all.

Seeing that Ge Erping was still looking at him with reluctance, he said, "Now that I've taken care of things for you, how about you show me around town?"

Ge Erping had already explained to Gao Lei that she hadn't bullied Xiaoyue, and that Gao Lei had even brought her food. She was in an incredibly sweet mood, and with her good mood, her attitude towards Xiaoyue improved as well. "Let's start shopping from the beginning," she said. But as soon as she turned a corner, her face immediately fell. "What bad luck."