Hearing this, Principal Zhang, who was standing nearby, was taken aback. He looked at Ji Zhinan and asked, "You don't like strong tea?"
Ji Zhinan smiled slightly: "I do prefer weak tea to strong tea."
"I see." Principal Zhang smiled. "It seems I don't understand you as well as Mr. Gu does."
"..." Ji Zhinan's smile remained unchanged. She wanted to drink tea to ease the slightly awkward atmosphere. As she held the teacup handle, she realized that Gu Yibei had just turned the handle of the cup in front of her so that she could hold it more easily.
Her heart, still reeling from the electric shock, trembled violently once more.
Actually... she had only met Gu Yibei three times, which was less than a fraction of the number of times she had met Principal Zhang.
I never expected that he would remember my love of tea.
Perhaps it was because Ji Zhinan had never been cared for like this by anyone other than Old Master Ji, Gu Yibei's subtle concern warmed her heart.
"Thank you." A genuine smile was rarely seen on her usually indifferent face.
Unbeknownst to anyone, Ji Zhinan's heart, sealed by ice and dust, was slowly being melted by the scorching sun...
Principal Zhang carefully checked the documents and nodded: "No problem. Don't worry about the other procedures, I'll take care of them for you."
"Thank you, Principal."
The two sat there and discussed their studies for a while, and half an hour passed without them realizing it.
Seeing that it was getting late, Ji Zhinan interrupted, "Then let's leave it at that. I won't bother you any longer."
Principal Zhang was also hoarse from talking: "Okay, there's plenty of time later. Let's stop here for today."
"good."
After saying goodbye to Principal Zhang, Ji Zhinan left first.
She had barely left when Gu Yibei stood up as well: "Principal Zhang, if there's nothing else, I'll be going now."
Principal Zhang quickly stood up: "Let me see you off."
"Need not."
...
After leaving the office, Ji Zhinan took out his phone and called Xing Fei. A cold, mechanical female voice came from the other end of the line.
"Hello, the number you dialed is currently switched off. Please try again later..."
She glanced at the time; get out of class hadn't ended yet, so Xing Fei must have put the plane on.
Downstairs in the lobby, a cleaning lady was diligently cleaning with a mop.
Ji Zhinan walked to the stairwell, looking down at her phone as she went downstairs.
With one foot on the step, Ji Zhinan suddenly slipped and lost his balance, falling forward.
Ji Zhinan's pupils contracted sharply, and she instinctively reached for the handrail. There were twenty or so steps in front of her.
Falling from the second floor, even a fracture is considered minor.
A hand grabbed her wrist from behind, and then her body was pulled away like a kite.
She then fell into a warm embrace, her cheek pressed against the man's shirt, his chest visible through the thin fabric, and Ji Zhinan could even clearly hear Gu Yibei's strong and powerful heartbeat.
"..." Her heart also suddenly started racing.
Gu Yibei had one arm around her waist, and the other hand was protecting the back of Ji Zhinan's head.
Ji Zhinan wasn't short; at 169cm, she was considered quite tall for a girl, but she was nothing compared to Gu Yibei, who was over 190cm.
Gu Yibei held her, and with the hand around Ji Zhinan's waist, he used force to lift the 90-plus-pound Ji Zhinan up, leaving her shoes five or six centimeters off the ground.
Like a scene from a movie, the camera paused at this moment.
The man's heart finally settled after he firmly held Ji Zhinan in his arms. He put Ji Zhinan down, squatted down, and placed his incomparably noble hands on her ankles.
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