Chapter 18 Chapter 18 [Are you concerned about me? Is that so...
The temperature in the imperial capital has been getting lower and lower recently. It may snow, and the cold wind is biting.
Wu Ma was dressing her younger sister in new clothes when she looked up and saw Lin Qianyuan staring out the window. She thought for a moment, figuring that since Teacher Pei was home for the day and no one was coming over for the weekend, the small building was about to return to its usual quiet and deserted state.
Mother Wu shook her head and carried her sister into the house.
Lin Qianyuan's left hand had long been healed. He supported his chin with it and fiddled with the green plants by the windowsill.
The phone on the desk vibrated. She slowly moved over to unlock it. After seeing who had sent the message, she immediately jumped up from her chair, unable to suppress the smile on her face, and typed back, "OK."
Before she could send the message, she clicked twice to clear the content.
Lin Qianyuan cleared his throat and dialed the phone.
Pei Lanqing on this side was confused when he saw the incoming call. Zhang Shurui, who had just packed his luggage, said goodbye to him. Pei Lanqing responded with a smile, then walked to the balcony and answered the call.
Lin Qianyuan slowly came down from the attic and walked into the bedroom. She spoke first, "Teacher Pei, do you want to play with me?"
Pei Lanqing suspected for a moment that he had heard it wrong.
He put down his phone and switched to the chat box, confirming the message he had sent. He was asking her, "Are you home now? I have something for you."
Pei Lanqing frowned. It seemed that he didn't mean what she said?
How could Lin Qianyuan possibly know what he was thinking? She continued, "I'll go find you."
Lin Qianyuan entered the cloakroom, pondered for a few seconds, suppressed the joy in her voice, and said in a tone that was seven parts calm and three parts reluctant, "It's more convenient for me, and Uncle Chen is fine." After saying that, she maintained her usual style and hung up the phone first.
Those who hadn't spoken from beginning to end and had no chance to speak couldn't think of any solution.
Pei Lanqing stood on the balcony, and couldn't help but ponder how things had developed to this point. He couldn't understand or figure out where her logic was coming from.
Lin Qianyuan asked him if he was at school.
Pei Lanqing: [Yes.]
After getting a positive answer, Lin Qianyuan threw her phone aside, picked and chose in front of the full-length mirror, chose an outfit, put on her makeup, and notified Uncle Chen to come and pick her up.
Seeing her dressed so formally, Aunt Wu was stunned for a second, then asked anxiously, "Young lady, are you going to the Lin residence today?"
The Spring Festival is coming soon, and Lin Qianyuan goes to the Lin residence as usual every Spring Festival.
Every time she came back from her trip, she would become particularly stubborn, making Song Wenci particularly angry, and the time she would be punished to stand in the attic would get longer and longer. As this happened more and more times, Wu Ma secretly felt that Lin Qianyuan was doing it on purpose, just to be able to stay there alone.
Song Wenzhi is not here this year, and she is worried that she will stay in the studio for a long time.
Uncle Chen had already arrived at the door of the small building. Lin Qianyuan said as she walked out, "No," she did not hide it, "I'm going to find Pei Lanqing."
"Pei Lanqing?"
Wu Ma hadn't heard this name in a long time. She whispered it twice and felt that this uncommon surname became more and more familiar. Wu Ma suddenly realized it and was overjoyed.
It turned out to be Teacher Pei, no wonder.
While Lin Qianyuan was changing her shoes, Wu Ma hurriedly wrote: [Miss, will you be back for lunch today?]
Lin Qianyuan tilted his head and smiled, "No reply."
What about at night?
Lin Qianyuan pushed open the door, his voice carried away by the wind, leaving only the joy in his words, "I won't go back either."
Wu Ma smiled and nodded, "Okay."
Finals week was drawing to a close, and the campus was experiencing a peak in student departures. Pei Lanqing had booked his return ticket long ago for this afternoon's trip. Before leaving the dormitory, he hesitated for several minutes but decided not to change his ticket.
Pei Lanqing picked up the wooden box on the table, intending to return after delivering the items. There were many cars parked on the road opposite the school gate. Pei Lanqing stood there waiting for a while before receiving a message from Lin Qianyuan, saying she was not at the gate but in a nearby alley.
Pei Lanqing: [Okay.]
A small half of this alley is a commercial street, and the rest is the Imperial Capital University staff housing complex.
Lin Qianyuan was standing at the gate of the family compound at this time.
There were some old men sitting under the tree opposite, playing cards and chatting. Lin Qianyuan stared at them for several minutes. They spoke too fast and she couldn't follow their mouth movements.
Lin Qianyuan turned around, ready to find something else to do. Just as he turned, a child on a scooter rushed out of the family compound, chased by his friends. He looked back and ran forward as hard as he could, his giggles piercing the sky.
When he rushed over, Lin Qianyuan was unable to avoid him, and the scooter hit her ankle hard. She felt pain, but just frowned and didn't make a sound.
The laughter stopped abruptly. The children knew they had done something wrong and felt extremely guilty. Then they saw Lin Qianyuan had a stern face and a cold look, unlike anyone they had ever seen. No one dared to speak for a moment.
Uncle Chen noticed something was wrong and got out of the car. "Ms. Lin, they are just..."
Lin Qianyuan glanced over, and Uncle Chen fell silent, unable to utter the following words. He lowered his head, wondering what Miss Lin was fussing about with these children.
Lin Qianyuan didn't look at him again, but looked at the person in front of him, "Apologize."
The kid on the scooter was the first to look up. He mustered up the courage to look into Lin Qianyuan's eyes and said hesitantly, "Sister, I'm sorry."
Lin Qianyuan's expression remained unchanged as he looked at the others, "What about you?"
The elderly people under the tree across the street noticed something was wrong and paused their card game. The old lady, who had accidentally seen the reason, smiled and asked them to continue. "The little girl was indeed bumped into. Shouldn't Lele and the others apologize to her?"
"Never mind, let's continue our journey."
The children standing further back looked at each other, then raised their heads one after another. "Sister, we're sorry. We didn't mean it." Noticing that Lin Qianyuan's expression had softened, they boldly asked, "Can you forgive us?"
Lin Qianyuan looked at them and said, "Okay," she turned and got into the car.
As soon as he got in the car, Lin Qianyuan closed his eyes, clearly not wanting to talk. Not long after, there was a knock on the car window, and Lin Qianyuan half-lowered it.
Pei Lanqing only glanced at her, and the prepared words turned into a sentence, "What's wrong with you?"
Realizing she couldn't hear him, he pulled out his phone and typed.
Lin Qianyuan shook his head and said to himself: "Where is the thing you want to give me?"
Pei Lanqing stared at her, feeling more and more that something was wrong. Lin Qianyuan looked back at him frankly. He put his thoughts aside and handed the wooden box to her.
"What is this?" Lin Qianyuan opened the box. Inside was a swan. It was made of amber-colored wood and was beautifully carved. It was so detailed that every hair on the swan was so clear and lifelike.
For some unknown reason, Lin Qianyuan asked, "Did you make this yourself?"
"Well," Pei Lanqing suddenly didn't dare to look her in the eye. Thinking of something, he quickly added, "Time is a bit tight, but I tried my best to complete it."
【As long as you don't mind. 】
Lin Qianyuan was very close to him, his eyes and eyebrows full of smiles, "I like it very much."
Pei Lanqing's heart trembled slightly. He knew that she would never say such affirmative words.
Pei Lanqing's ears turned slightly red, and she embarrassedly changed her words: "As long as you like it."
Lin Qianyuan thought for a few seconds, "Teacher Pei, are you doing this to return my painting?" A sly look flashed in her eyes, "Then you're at a loss. My painting is a copy of someone else's work, it's not worth much."
Pei Lanqing disagreed with this statement, "I think it is very precious."
"Why?" Lin Qianyuan put the wooden box aside and leaned forward. The joy in his eyes seemed to be dotted with stars, and his whole body became lively. "Is it because I drew it?"
Pei Lanqing nodded honestly.
Lin Qianyuan lowered his head and tried hard to suppress his smile.
To her, he seemed to have a kind of magic that always attracted her to him and made her want to stay with him longer.
Lin Qianyuan felt quite regretful that he had to go back early today. "Teacher Pei, do I have to wait until school starts to see you next time?"
It would be like this as expected, Pei Lanqing nodded.
"Oh," Lin Qianyuan looked at him, the expression on his face was consistent with his inner thoughts, all depressed.
"Then I'll leave," Lin Qianyuan waved at him.
Pei Lanqing saw the expression on her face clearly, and didn't know what he was thinking. He lowered his head to type again, wanting to ask her if she wanted to have lunch together?
"Mom, it's this sister." The skateboarding boy came over with an adult. When he saw Lin Qianyuan noticed him, he subconsciously hid behind the adult, but he kept repeating in a trembling voice, "I bumped into this sister."
The young woman holding his hand bent down and said apologetically, "Hello, my child hit you. Could you please leave your contact information? We'll cover the cost of the follow-up examination. Is that okay with you?"
Lin Qianyuan frowned. She said so many words in one breath that she had no time to read the lip movements clearly.
Lin Qianyuan didn't feel that there was any need to tell her that she couldn't hear. She could imagine what kind of look the person in front of her would use to look at her. She was making trouble out of nothing. Lin Qianyuan tried her best to restrain her impatience.
The woman didn't hear a response for a long time, and couldn't help but wonder, "Miss, you..."
"Tell me," Pei Lanqing, who was standing aside, suddenly spoke. He moved his position and quietly stood in front of Lin Qianyuan, isolating her from the woman's sight.
Pei Lanqing smiled apologetically, "We just had a fight. It's my fault. She hasn't forgiven me yet."
Pei Lanqing wasn't good at lying, and his uncomfortable look was indeed a bit embarrassing in the eyes of others. "Because I haven't coaxed her yet."
The woman smiled and nodded, showing that she understood very well, and she repeated the story again.
Pei Lanqing listened attentively, his eyelashes lowered, making it impossible to tell what he was thinking. After a long pause, he said, "I'll ask for her opinion."
"Okay," the person behind him saw him leaning sideways, bending over and saying something to the people in the car.
The child had never experienced such a serious situation before. Knowing that he had gotten into trouble, he pouted as if he was about to cry. The woman squatted down and whispered a few words of comfort. She noticed Pei Lanqing coming over from the corner of her eye. She stood up and asked nervously, "Is it serious?"
Pei Lanqing relayed the story truthfully, "Nothing. She meant she doesn't need to take responsibility."
"I'm glad you're okay," the woman breathed a sigh of relief and said goodbye with a smile. "I'm so sorry for taking up so much of your time."
Pei Lanqing politely shook his head and turned back. He asked Lin Qianyuan if it would be convenient for him to get in the car, as he had something to say.
Lin Qianyuan did not refuse.
Pei Lanqing opened the other door and got in. She began by saying, "I'm sorry, I didn't come up with a good excuse in time, so she mistakenly thought we were boyfriend and girlfriend."
He looked at her and said, "I have to confess this to you."
Lin Qianyuan smiled indifferently, "It's just a mistake."
Pei Lanqing nodded. He hadn't asked to get in the car just to say these two words. Looking at her deeply, he asked her again, "Are you really okay?"
Lin Qianyuan looked at this sentence and hesitated.
Pei Lanqing waited for her for a while, but she didn't reply, so he could only ask someone else, "Uncle Chen, if it's convenient for me to ask you..."
Uncle Chen had been paying attention to the situation here and knew what he wanted to ask. He smiled and said, "Nothing."
He found it strange. "They are just a bunch of kids, they don't know much. And Miss Lin kept asking them to apologize."
Pei Lanqing didn't say anything, but Lin Qianyuan asked him on the phone, "Are you concerned about me?"
She pursed her lips, [Really?]
Lin Qianyuan raised her head and looked him in the eye. She understood without him even saying anything, so she said, "It hurts."
Perhaps she hit a bone, and her ankle was in excruciating pain. A thin layer of sweat had already appeared on her forehead. She even dared not breathe heavily for fear of causing injury.
Pei Lanqing didn't know if it was psychological or because he was closer and could take a closer look, but he felt that her face was turning pale, and so was his.
There was a sense of emptiness in my heart for no reason, and some unspeakable strangeness accumulated at the speed of quicksand. It was heavy, as if it was being clenched, and I felt nervous and scared.
Pei Lanqing lowered his eyes, [Can I take a look?]
"Um."
Lin Qianyuan always wears skirts, no matter whether they are dresses or suits, no matter whether they are black, white or any other colors, they are all ankle-length.
She always wears this no matter how low the temperature drops.
Before she said the word "it hurts", he almost thought that she had no perception and was not afraid of pain or cold.
Pei Lanqing rolled up the hem of her skirt a little bit. Her fair skin made the bruises even more glaring.
He lowered his eyes, straightened his skirt, and said, "Let's go to the hospital."
"Will you come with me?" She looked at him nervously. "I don't want to go alone."
Pei Lanqing nodded, "Yeah."
Lin Qianyuan smiled, "That's good."
Uncle Chen drove to the hospital, feeling puzzled. He clearly remembered that Miss Lin walked normally when she got into the car, so that's why he said that there was nothing wrong.
After arriving at the hospital, Uncle Chen vaguely saw the bruises on Lin Qianyuan's ankles and was shocked. Miss Lin was too tolerant.
Lin Qianyuan hopped forward, Pei Lanqing supported her, thought for a moment, and pulled her to stop. [I]
He had just typed this word when Lin Qianyuan immediately reached out and covered his phone, "Stop talking, I'm afraid I can't help but agree." After saying that, her face turned red again in a very strange way.
She would also be shy with so many people around.
Pei Lanqing felt that nothing was more important than her injury. He ignored her blushing face and continued typing with a frown, "Let me carry you."
"What if you fall again? Don't worry, I won't touch you with my hands."
Pei Lanqing looked up at her, [What do you think?]
So he was carrying her on his back. Lin Qianyuan curled her lips, not knowing who she was angry with. She said in a light tone, "Oh."
Pei Lanqing squatted in front of her, and Lin Qianyuan obediently lay on his back. As he said, he used her skirt to separate their skin, and used his wrist for leverage, so he didn't touch her at all.
He is a gentleman, but Lin Qianyuan is not.
They had never been so close to each other before. Lin Qianyuan moved closer to his neck and sniffed it curiously, "Teacher Pei, you smell so good."
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The author has something to say: The person who said it was very fragrant said that he is very regretful now.
Author: So why not a princess hug? Wouldn't that divert the shyness? (What a genius!
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