Chapter 44 Chapter 44 Why does he keep calling her name today...
After she finished speaking, she turned and left. The hand that had been holding up her skirt just now hung naturally at her side, and she didn't mind the rain under her skirt.
Pei Lanqing stopped where he was. The distance was too far and the rain and fog gradually blurred his vision. He didn't plan to go back until her figure completely disappeared.
Passing by Lin Fusheng, Pei Lanqing recognized him at a glance. He was elegant and refined, and his whole temperament was exactly the same as the photos circulating on the Internet.
But since Lin Qianyuan didn't introduce them to him, these people must not be important to her, so it doesn't matter whether he knows them or not.
Pei Lanqing nodded politely to Lin Fusheng and did not stay long.
Lin Fusheng turned around and looked at him twice more.
This man looks young, has a bookish air, and is obviously a student.
Lin Fusheng has been in business for several years. Young and inexperienced people are often nervous and ungenerous in front of him, but he is able to behave in a measured manner, neither humble nor arrogant, which is rare.
Lin Fusheng always knew that Lin Qianyuan had a tutor.
After the car accident, she luckily survived, but was unable to go back to school due to deafness. One day, she suddenly asked him to find a tutor for her.
Lin Fusheng still remembers his surprise when he first received the message. He thought he had seen it wrong, after all, there was almost no communication between them.
Their only communication might have been when he visited her in the hospital after the accident. She was sitting alone in her bed, lost in thought, while he stood outside the door. Since he was her legal guardian, the doctor told him she might be experiencing post-traumatic stress disorder, which could cause her to become emotionally detached, easily frightened, and withdrawn. This could easily lead to depression, which could become extremely serious and put the patient at high risk of suicide.
She just wanted to find a tutor, and Lin Fusheng had no reason not to agree to her request. After all, she was innocent, so he called his assistant and told him to take care of the matter.
The assistant later reported the specific situation to him. Lin Qianyuan rejected the several candidates selected by the assistant in advance and asked to make her own choice. The assistant also compared the basic information and found that the one she chose was indeed better, although the fee was a little higher.
Pei Lanqing, Lin Fusheng remembered his name.
Lin Qianyuan returned to the room, changed his wet clothes, sat in the room for a while, and went downstairs to have dinner as usual.
Before leaving the room, she returned to her desk, took two candies from the glass bottle and stuffed them into her pocket before going downstairs.
Tonight, the table was packed with people. Lin Qianyuan stopped eating after just a few bites, neither putting her chopsticks down nor reaching for them. She sat at the edge of the long table, and no one noticed her unusual behavior.
Mrs. Lin smiled and gently picked up some food for her. Lin Qianyuan lowered her head to look at the plate in front of her and ate the vegetable she picked up.
Lin Fusheng glanced at them, then looked away without saying a word.
After dinner, the cousin's wife walked over to Lin Qianyuan and, smiling, talked about what happened that afternoon. She was a little embarrassed, "Ever since the kids started calling you 'sister,' I've been teaching them how to address family members correctly. I didn't expect them to apply what they learned so quickly and misunderstand your relationship with the teacher."
Lin Qianyuan looked at the two children and repeated Pei Lanqing's words, "It doesn't matter."
Lin Shuting grabbed Lin Qianyuan's skirt and smiled with narrowed eyes, "Auntie."
The cousin's wife touched Lin Shuting's head. Someone was calling her. She looked over and then embarrassedly asked Lin Qianyuan to help look after the child and she would be back soon.
Lin Shuting held onto Lin Qianyuan's skirt tightly and kept calling her, "Auntie, Auntie."
Lin Qianyuan didn't know why she liked to grab her skirt so much, but she didn't ask her to let go. Instead, she reached into her pocket, held the candy tightly, and after hesitating for a few seconds, she finally reached out and said, "I'll give it back to you."
There were two candies in her palm. Lin Shuting and Lin Shuheng each took one. Both children had been taught to be polite and quickly replied with a smile, "Thank you."
Lin Qianyuan put down his hand and said stiffly, "You're welcome."
The heavy rain outside the house subsided a little, and the swing amplitude of the windshield wipers in front of the car slowed down. As night fell, the car just arrived in the city. The road here was wide, unlike the mountain road.
Uncle Chen breathed a sigh of relief. He accidentally saw Pei Lanqing staring out the window in a daze through the rearview mirror. He smiled and said, "Although where they live is quiet, it's not convenient to get anywhere. It takes a long time to drive."
After saying that, he looked at him again and said, "Lan Qing, are you tired of sitting?"
Pei Lanqing came back to his senses, smiled and shook his head at him, "No."
Uncle Chen knew that this kid was the type to only report good news and not bad news. He looked at his listless appearance and was a little skeptical. "If you're tired, just close your eyes and rest for a while."
Uncle Chen turned up the air conditioner temperature slightly and continued, "When I brought Miss Lin here before, she always sat the entire way with her eyes closed."
Pei Lanqing seemed to be able to imagine Lin Qianyuan sitting in the car with his eyes closed and resting. He turned his head and looked at the person beside him and smiled.
Uncle Chen saw that he liked hearing this. He thought about it and laughed, "Miss Lin seems to love sleeping in the car. She has been like this since she was a child. She doesn't like to open her eyes. When she does, she just stares out the window and never speaks a word."
Pei Lanqing hummed softly, and after a few seconds, he slowly spoke: "From childhood to adulthood? Did she come here often before?"
The light at the intersection ahead turned red. Uncle Chen stepped on the brakes and looked in the rearview mirror. "Not very often. We only come here a few days before the New Year. Miss Lin doesn't like coming here, and Miss Song doesn't like Miss Lin coming here either."
"Miss Song?"
The red light at the intersection turned green. Uncle Chen released the brake and switched to the accelerator. He explained with a smile while paying attention to the road conditions: "Miss Song is Miss Lin's mother. She is very strict with Miss Lin. Apart from school, Miss Lin can't go anywhere else. Otherwise, she will be punished."
Pei Lanqing frowned, looking as if he couldn't believe it. "Punishment?"
Uncle Chen heard him ask this, and before he could answer, he asked again, "Is it serious?"
"Yes, it's very serious. I remember that Miss Lin once came home half an hour late, and Miss Song didn't allow her to enter the house and made her stand at the door to reflect on her mistakes."
"It was just after winter and spring had arrived. The nights were cold, and Miss Lin wasn't wearing much. After a while, she couldn't help but shiver. She was only eight years old, and I felt bad for her. I tried to explain the situation to Miss Song, but Miss Lin told me not to go. I asked why, and Miss Lin lowered her head in silence. Then, she suddenly looked me in the eye and told me that if I went, she would only be punished longer, so I shouldn't go."
The weather that night was not as violent as today's storm, but it was still drizzling and extremely cold. When the wind blew, it felt like thousands of needles piercing into one's bones.
Uncle Chen couldn't help but shudder every time he thought about it. Miss Lin not only didn't let him go, but also asked him to leave.
How could Uncle Chen feel comfortable leaving her here alone? He looked up at the small building and saw Song Wenci standing in front of the French window on the second floor, quietly watching every move downstairs.
Uncle Chen didn't dare to stay any longer and had to leave. "I don't know how late Miss Lin stood that day, but she had a high fever the next day. But even if she was sick, she didn't want to stay at home and would rather go to school."
Uncle Chen felt that there was no such thing in the world. When an eight-year-old child was sick, school was more like home than home.
The car stopped safely in front of the Imperial Capital University. Noticing that the person in the back seat hadn't said a word, Uncle Chen turned and looked over. "Am I talking too much?" He scratched his head embarrassedly. "I can't stop reminiscing."
Pei Lanqing raised his eyes and smiled faintly, "Thank you for telling me this."
Uncle Chen was baffled by his thanks, but his words were so nice that he was immediately dizzy and said, "You're welcome, you're welcome."
The faint smile on Pei Lanqing's face disappeared. "What exactly did you mention?"
Uncle Chen thought back to where he had mentioned the reason, and suddenly remembered. He slapped his thigh and sighed, "It was drizzling that day, and Miss Lin's classmate didn't bring an umbrella. She must have known Miss Lin had a driver, so she knocked on the window and asked Miss Lin if she could take her home. Miss Lin didn't refuse, so she was half an hour late."
Uncle Chen felt a little sad. He knew he was talking too much but insisted on finishing what he was saying. "Actually, Miss Lin isn't someone who likes to meddle in other people's business. Although it's not nice to say this, it seems she hasn't liked interacting with anyone since she was a child."
"I asked her why she was willing to take such a long detour to take her home. Miss Lin only told me that her clothes were wet and she must be very cold."
Pei Lanqing nodded, forced a smile and thanked him. Without saying anything else, he opened the car door and got out.
She was only half an hour late, but she was forced to stand there as punishment. She said she felt like she had no home. She said her mother died of suicide. She replied that her ears were also related to her mother.
The counselor had only explained to him that her ear was damaged due to an accident. He had no idea what the accident really was like, how she became deaf, and how she survived alone after becoming deaf.
The cell phone in his pocket suddenly vibrated non-stop. Pei Lanqing stood at the school gate and answered the call.
Lin Qianyuan had just finished taking a shower, her hair still dripping with water. She casually draped a towel over her head and said with a smile, "Teacher Pei."
"Yeah." Pei Lanqing agreed softly.
She sounded in a good mood, but she hadn't spoken for a long time, so he smiled and asked, "What's wrong?"
Lin Qianyuan pondered for a moment, then smiled sweetly again, "Teacher Pei, do you want to have dinner with me tomorrow?" After saying that, she added in advance, "We're not eating outside, we'll eat at your school."
Lin Qianyuan wiped the water droplets from his face, feeling confident but also a little nervous. "So do you want to have dinner with me?"
It may not even take a second before she hears the person on the other side reply to her, "Okay, I'll eat with you."
Lin Qianyuan raised the corners of her lips and smiled secretly. Not long after, she pulled off the towel on her head and let her hair lie messily on her forehead.
"You..." Lin Qianyuan opened his mouth, then closed it, and decided to give him some more time to react.
She didn't say anything, and he didn't say anything either. The phone was quiet for a long time. She heard nothing except the sound of rain and his breathing.
Lin Qianyuan was a little unhappy, his face was depressed, and even his voice was lowered. "Why don't you ask me why I'm looking for you for dinner?"
Pei Lanqing heard her words clearly, his eyes flickered slightly, he lowered his head slightly, and unconsciously repeated her words, "Why?"
Lin Qianyuan's temper came and went quickly. Since he asked, she answered reluctantly, "I'm going to practice painting. My current art teacher is there."
After she finished explaining this, the phone fell silent again. Lin Qianyuan took the phone away and confirmed that she was really on the phone. She felt a little unhappy again. When she was about to say something, she heard the person on the other end suddenly say, "Lin Qianyuan."
Why does he keep calling her name today?
Lin Qianyuan frowned slightly. Although she also wanted to leave him alone for a few minutes, she had already formed a conditioned reflex. "What?"
Pei Lanqing lowered his gaze for a long time, then smiled and closed his eyes, saying, "Nothing." He naturally changed the subject, "What time will you finish tomorrow?"
Lin Qianyuan heard him swipe his card to enter the campus and thought for a moment, "I don't know yet." She felt a little rash, "It might be late. What if I miss lunch?"
Pei Lanqing hesitated for a moment, then smiled. "It's okay. Send me a message when you're done. I don't have classes tomorrow, so I'll be waiting for you."
"Oh." Lin Qianyuan hung up the phone. She put down the phone and touched her ear unconsciously. She felt a heat behind her ear.
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