On Sunday, Cheng Qicai was to go out to keep her appointment with Ren Baiping.
I couldn't go to the school last time, so I booked a new one for his school this time.
When Cheng Qicai finished getting ready and went out, she saw Yun Su Ni and the others walking this way.
"Sister, where are you going?" Cheng Qicai asked.
Yun Suni said, "I'll go to the door to meet the moving driver."
"Wow, so fast." She felt that it hadn't been long since Yun Suni told her about it.
"Uncle Lu and the others are urging us again, saying that it's too far for us to go over there, and the houses over there are closer. If we move over sooner, we won't have to work so hard and get up so early, so that's why we're in such a rush."
"Alright then, is there anything else you can help me with?"
"No, everything's packed." Yun Suni glanced at Cheng Qicai's clothes. "Are you going out on business?"
"Okay." Thinking that Yun Suni was moving out so soon, she felt a little disappointed. "Then I'll be going now, sister."
From now on, she'll really only be able to go home and play alone after get off work, with no one to even visit.
Yun Suni said, "Okay, come to our house to play next time."
Cheng Qicai nodded.
When she arrived at Ren Baiping School by bus, she saw him standing at the gate and waved to him warmly.
This time he was wearing a blue and white striped knit sweater, which made him look like a young college student.
Ren Baiping first took her on a tour of the school. Looking at the scenery, Cheng Qicai sighed, "It's been so long since I've been to school. It suddenly feels so unfamiliar, as if my school life is so far away from me."
Ren Baiping laughed, "Haha, so you've already got a work vibe this quickly?"
Cheng Qicai nodded seriously: "To be honest, working feels really different from being in school. I feel like I've aged a lot now."
"Now that you're walking around the school, do you feel younger?"
"Yes, but I feel a bit out of place."
“Look, those are our school’s black swans,” Ren Baiping said, pointing to the black swans gliding freely on the lake.
The black feathers shimmered in the sunlight.
"It's quite beautiful," Cheng Qicai praised.
Ren Baiping took out a palm-sized package from his pocket. "I've prepared some grains here. Would you like to try feeding it?"
"Is that okay?" Cheng Qicai asked, her eyes shining.
"Of course, we didn't prepare many. There aren't enough to go around."
Cheng Qicai said excitedly, "Then let's go over there."
The two walked to the observation deck, which is a designated spot for feeding the black swans.
As soon as they stood on the platform, many swans gathered around, stretching their necks in anticipation of being fed.
Cheng Qicai dropped some feed, which was immediately swarmed up by the swans below and swallowed whole.
She threw some more in, just like before, and the swans buried themselves in the water and ate them. The swans that didn't get any flapped their huge black wings, trying to block the other swans.
The main point is that it can't eat it, and it doesn't want other swans to be able to eat it.
"Is something on your mind?" Ren Baiping suddenly asked from the side.
Cheng Qicai paused in her hand as she tossed the feed, looked at him, and asked, "How did you figure that out?"
“You may usually be smiling, but if you suddenly feel down, it’s easy for others to tell,” Ren Baiping said.
Cheng Qicai touched her face, wondering if she was really so emotional.
She thought she was the kind of person who kept a low profile.
"No, it's just that my sister is moving and going to live with Brother Lu. I used to live in the same neighborhood as her, but now I'm all alone, so I feel a little lost," Cheng Qicai said.
"I see. That's normal. People always feel uncomfortable with things that are not what they are used to, but they get used to it after a while."
Cheng Qicai looked at him and suddenly remembered his crush on Yun Su Ni.
Ren Baiping asked, "Why are you looking at me like that?"
"nothing."
Are you trying to ask me if I like your sister?
Cheng Qicai was surprised that he would say it himself, and quickly looked away: "No, haha."
But she was actually incredibly curious.
"Come on, I already said your expression is easy to read, so I know you're curious."
Seeing Ren Baiping's poised and confident demeanor, she cautiously asked, "Then... is this something I can say?"
"Of course you can. Actually, it's nothing. Like I told you last time, I've only met your sister a few times, but she's so pretty and has such a nice personality. Every time she comes to see Teacher Yun, she brings us snacks, so I developed a liking for her, and that's how that photo came about."
"You couldn't have fallen for him so easily, could you?" Cheng Qicai asked incredulously.
"Yes, liking someone is a very simple thing. It could be a glance or a conversation, or any of those things could be the trigger that makes you like the other person without even realizing it."
Ren Baiping continued, "Moreover, your sister is the kind of girl that many boys dream of. It's human nature to like and yearn for beautiful things, isn't it? But for your sister, she may only be someone I'm attracted to, but I know there's no possibility between us."
Are you wondering why I agreed to go on a blind date with Teacher Yun?
You were right again.
This was indeed a question that Cheng Qicai had always been curious about.
Could it be that they used her as a substitute, like in novels? But that's too melodramatic.
"It's not because of Su Ni, but because Teacher Yun said you are a really good girl, and the style of your photos shows that you are a very warm person."
"I think we can still be friends even if we can't be lovers."
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