"No need, no need to come out." When Old Zhang realized it was Li Xiuyuan, he panicked. Whether the town mayor was willing to come out or not was none of his business. He was afraid of offending Li Xiuyuan, but in his haste, he said the wrong thing.
Li Xiuyuan's face darkened immediately. He had been misunderstood twice tonight. First, he was a taxi driver, and now he was being misunderstood by the gatekeeper. He, Mayor Li, was going to the female teacher's dormitory in the middle of the night without even coming out. What would people think if this got out?
"No, no, that's not what I meant." Seeing that Li Xiuyuan was angry, Old Zhang realized that he had said the wrong thing and quickly explained, "Mayor Li, what I meant was that you can stay as long as you want."
Li Xiuyuan's lips twitched. It would have been better not to explain at all; wasn't this the same thing?
"No need to say anything, I'm just seeing Teacher Su off, I'll be right out," Li Xiuyuan said helplessly. Su Ziying, standing to the side, blushed. She hadn't expected something like this to happen as soon as she entered the room.
"Yes, yes, Mayor Li, I'll hold the gate and wait for you." As soon as Old Zhang said this, he wanted to slap himself. How could he possibly continue working as a gatekeeper?
Li Xiuyuan stumbled, and couldn't help but complain, "Whose relative is this gatekeeper?"
Seeing Li Xiuyuan so depressed, Su Ziying's initial shyness vanished instantly. Instead, she found Li Xiuyuan's appearance quite amusing and said with a smile, "I heard he's Vice Principal Zhang's second uncle."
“No wonder. Anyone who doesn’t come from the vice principal’s family would probably get beaten up for talking like that,” Li Xiuyuan nodded and said.
Su Ziying immediately smiled, and her eyes shone even brighter as she looked at Li Xiuyuan.
They soon arrived at the teachers' dormitory, a three-story building, not very tall, but brightly lit. Li Xiuyuan escorted Su Ziying downstairs and waved to her.
Su Ziying also raised her hand and waved to Li Xiuyuan: "Then I'm going back."
"Okay, goodbye."
"See you tomorrow," Su Ziying said to Li Xiuyuan.
Li Xiuyuan nodded, and Su Ziying walked into the dormitory building. When she reached the door, she looked back and saw that Li Xiuyuan was still standing there. Only after Su Ziying disappeared from the doorway did Li Xiuyuan turn around and leave.
But just after Li Xiuyuan turned around, Su Ziying appeared again at the entrance of the building, watching Li Xiuyuan leave.
Only after Li Xiuyuan's figure completely disappeared from sight did Su Ziying go upstairs, a faint smile on her face. When she returned to the dormitory, Wang Yi was already there. She glanced at Su Ziying and asked, "Ziying, why is your face so red?"
"Really?" Su Ziying came to the mirror and saw that her face was fair with a rosy glow, and there was a hint of something indescribable in the corners of her eyes.
"I probably drank tonight; my face turns red when I drink," Su Ziying explained casually, but her mind was elsewhere. Back in school, she could always see couples reluctant to part at the girls' dormitory entrance.
When boys escort girls back, they linger at the dormitory entrance for a long time, and even when it's time to leave, they seem a little reluctant to part.
She watched from the doorway, and then from the dormitory building through the window. At that time, she couldn't understand why they were so lovey-dovey, inseparable, like they were going through a life-or-death separation, since they were all in the same school, had already eaten, dated, and gone shopping during the day, and would see each other again the next day.
But tonight, she vaguely sensed that faint, ambiguous atmosphere and felt her heart racing. Although they would be able to see each other again tomorrow morning when they went for a run, she still felt a little reluctant to part.
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