Chapter 15
After a brief period of noise, everyone got up and school was over.
Tomorrow is the weekend.
Tong Yao packed her schoolbag quickly. Lin Li glanced at her, then stopped looking at Tong Yao's hair.
Oh, right...
Seeing Tong Yao stand up to leave, Lin Li quickly grabbed her and said, "We agreed, I'll take you to the hair salon tomorrow."
Tong Yao looked down at the hand holding hers, her eyelashes trembling.
"good."
Upon hearing the affirmative answer, Lin Li beamed with joy and then released her hand.
"See you tomorrow!" He waved vigorously.
"Okay, see you tomorrow." Tong Yao nodded and turned to leave the classroom. But in that instant as she turned, the corners of her usually pursed lips seemed to curve almost imperceptibly.
Watching Tong Yao's departing figure, Lin Li began to plan for tomorrow.
"Aren't you leaving yet?" Tang Yue, who had finished packing and was carrying her schoolbag, walked up to him and followed Lin Li's gaze.
"I don't know who cut Tong Yao's hair, it looks like a dog chewed it."
Lin Li withdrew her gaze and nodded affirmatively: "You're right, it was chewed by a dog..."
Upon hearing this, Tang Yue was taken aback.
"A dog?" As if she had just thought of something, Tang Yue looked up at Cheng Yu, who was still lying down, and then suddenly realized, "Oh, it's her. Aren't they good friends? Cheng Yu probably didn't do this to Tong Yao on purpose."
Tang Yue's voice was not quiet. Her shoulders, which had been shrugging, stiffened for a second before she started again.
Tang Yue was annoyed and looked away: "Forget about her. Have you learned how to play the flute you bought during summer vacation? Can I borrow it for a couple of days?"
In her previous life, Lin Li bought a flute during her second year of junior high school summer vacation. She spent a lot of money on it and even boasted that she would show it off to everyone on graduation day, but nothing came of it.
Seeing that Lin Li was not speaking and was looking at her, Tang Yue said, "Why are you looking at me? Just say one word: will you lend it to me or not!"
Lin Li looked at Tang Yue and a thought struck him. He remembered that Tang Yue's family had already bought her an electric scooter at this time, so he could take Tong Yao with him tomorrow.
When going out for fun, you definitely can't take the bus anymore!
"You can borrow the flute, and I'll borrow your electric scooter tomorrow."
Tang Yue readily agreed, "Deal!"
Then he looked at Lin Li suspiciously and asked, "Why do you need to borrow the electric scooter?"
Lin Li didn't hide anything, "I made an appointment with Tong Yao to get a haircut tomorrow."
Upon hearing this, Tang Yue nudged Lin Li with her elbow, being quite gossipy.
"So you two have completely made up? You even went out together."
Lin Li nodded in affirmation.
Seeing this, Tang Yue smiled with relief, "I told you long ago that it's not worth arguing over a dog."
"If I were you, I would have broken ties with Cheng Yu long ago. You're still considering that she's Tong Yao's good friend."
Lin Li simply smiled at this.
I wouldn't care anymore...
The next day
In an old residential area in a corner of Yancheng.
Tong Yao quietly opened the door.
Old-fashioned security doors make a loud noise when you pull or close them.
"Tong Yao, where are we going?"
Tong Yao was startled, but she forced herself to remain calm and turned around, saying, "Dad, I'm going to get a haircut."
The man who just spoke was Tong Yao's father, Tong Ming.
Tong Ming came out of the inner room, his gaze falling on his daughter's short hair, which looked like it had been chewed by a dog. His brows immediately furrowed: "Who cut your hair like this?"
Who bullied you?
“No one bullied me, I cut it myself,” Tong Yao shook her head, “I didn’t expect to ruin it.”
Tong Ming's expression softened, and he took out his wallet and pulled out a hundred-yuan bill: "Don't cut it yourself next time."
Not understanding why she had to cut it herself, she then thought of something and said, "Dad has money, so there's no need to save money for him."
Tong Ming thought that Tong Yao must have thought that getting a haircut at a hair salon was too expensive, so she cut her own hair.
Last year, Tong Yao's homeroom teacher told her family that she ate shredded potatoes and white rice for every meal in the school cafeteria.
When asked why, Tong Yao said she wanted to save money because her parents worked hard to earn it and her family was poor.
When a father hears his daughter say this, his first feeling is shame and guilt.
He immediately went to the bank and withdrew all his savings.
Then it was smashed in front of Tong Yao.
"Look, Dad is rich, our family is rich. You can eat whatever you want at school without worrying about saving money for us."
Actually, that amount of money wasn't much, only 100,000 yuan, which was all their savings over the years.
Later, upon hearing that being a truck driver could be lucrative, this money became Tong Ming's start-up capital.
Tong Ming stuffed the money into Tong Yao's hand and continued, "Do you want Daddy to go with you to get a haircut?"
As they were talking, the phone rang.
Tong Ming answered the phone, his tone immediately becoming solicitous: "Boss Wang, okay, okay, I'll be right there!" After hanging up, he stuffed a few banknotes into Tong Yao's hand: "Sorry, Dad has to go drive the car."
"Be careful," Tong Yao said softly, watching her father's hurried departure.
………………
After making sure her father was out of sight, Tong Yao quietly closed the door. Her mother was working overtime at the supermarket and hadn't had time to look after her lately, so this was a rare opportunity for her to go out freely.
Tong Yao had just reached the bus stop along the road when...
The phone vibrated.
Upon opening it, I found a message from Lin Li.
LaLaLa: "Tong Yao, have you gone out?"
T: "Yeah, I'm out now, waiting for the bus."
LaLaLa: "I'll be right there."
What does that mean? Tong Yao asked, puzzled.
But she understood the next second.
Lin Li was riding a flashy pink electric scooter, which smoothly came to a stop in front of her with a beautiful drift.
He braced himself on one leg, and when he took off his helmet, a small, pointed canine tooth was visible: "Get in the car."
“I’m wearing a dress.” Tong Yao frowned.
Lin Li looked at Tong Yao's outfit today: a white long dress paired with a floral cardigan. She looked really good!
"Sit sideways, isn't that how they always do it in idol dramas?" Lin Li looked away and patted the back seat. "Don't worry, I'm a top-notch driver."
Tong Yao was still hesitating when Lin Li added, "That barbershop is in a very remote location, not accessible by bus. Let's take an electric cart instead!"
This successfully persuaded Tong Yao. She carefully sat sideways into the car, gently holding onto Lin Li's clothes with one hand and gripping the car armrest with the other.
"You have a car, so why do you usually take the bus?"
“Didn’t I tell you? It’s for exercise.” Lin Li answered quickly, her voice carried on the wind. “Besides, this car belongs to Tang Yue; I borrowed it.”
"I even lent out my flute to get this car."
"You can play the flute?"
Tong Yao asked, as she had never heard of Lin Li playing the flute.
"Yeah, I'll show you my skills next time."
Tong Yao gave a soft "hmm".
The electric scooter carried the two people through the streets and alleys of Yancheng.
Lin Li deliberately took a longer route, using a side road, because he had just lied and the barbershop was actually near the school, but he knew that another side road could also get there.
It wasn't until she looked at the increasingly rudimentary surroundings that Tong Yao asked doubtfully, "Are you sure there's a barbershop here?"
"Of course there is. Don't let the remote location fool you, this shop has great haircuts."
Lin Li used to come here often for haircuts in her past life; her skills were really good.
The most important thing is that people can understand what they're saying.
Lin Li, with Tong Yao in tow, turned left and right, finally stopping at a barbershop.
Let's go.
"Ding-a-ling—ding-a-ling," the wind chimes rang out as the door was opened.
Tong Yao unconsciously looked up.
A string of metal wind chimes hangs above the glass door.
The barbershop was small, but clean and tidy, and had all the necessary facilities, giving it a unique charm.
Tong Yao wondered how Lin Li had discovered it.
The boss is a man who looks ordinary, but if you look closely at his right hand, you will find an extra finger next to his thumb.
While others need to use their thumb and forefinger to make a heart shape, this boss only needs to raise his thumb.
Having an extra finger makes all the difference; it's better at cutting hair than someone with ten fingers.
Upon seeing someone enter the shop, the owner, who was sitting and filing nails, stood up to greet them, saying, "Hello, would you like a shampoo or a haircut?"
Lin Li found a sofa in a corner and sat down, pointing at Tong Yao and saying, "I want a wash, cut, and blow-dry."
5 minutes later.
After washing her hair, Tong Yao came out and sat down in front of the mirror.
The man asked, "Beautiful lady, what hairstyle would you like?"
Tong Yao blinked. She hadn't decided what hairstyle to get either. "Just a trim will do. You decide."
Lin Li actually thinks Tong Yao looks better with long hair, and he doesn't have any good suggestions for her new hairstyle.
The man thought for a moment and said, "Okay, then I'll take care of it."
First, they used a hairdryer to dry Tong Yao's hair until it was half dry.
Then pull out the drawer next to the mirror and take out scissors and a comb.
Lin Li was sitting on the sofa, but when she saw that they had started cutting, she couldn't resist her curiosity and went over to join them.
Click, click.
As the scissors moved, Tong Yao's choppy hairstyle gradually took shape.
This is a shoulder-length bob with air bangs.
Unlike a blunt cut, this hairstyle has inward curls at the ends, giving it a more youthful and sweet look.
Who knew Tong Yao looked so good with short hair?!
"Boss, I'm not exaggerating when I say that your skills are better than half of all the hairdressers in Yancheng."
Lin Li praised the man repeatedly.
The man chuckled and said to Lin Li's praise, "Then I'll come often in the future."
Lin Li never expected that her hair, which had been cut so badly by Cheng Yu, could be saved, and saved so perfectly!
Tong Yao looked at her refreshed self in the mirror and couldn't help but smile.
Indeed, it looks very good.
"Boss, how much?" Tong Yao stood up and prepared to take out her money.
25.
Then Tong Yao handed over the red bills that her father had given her before she left home that day.
Just as the man was about to collect the money, he saw Lin Li winking at him.
He glanced at Tong Yao, then at Lin Li. The girl was beautiful, and the boy was handsome. He immediately understood.
He coughed first, then said with difficulty, "Miss, I really don't have any change, how about..."
Lin Li quickly took out the money she had prepared and said, "I'll pay."
Before Tong Yao could refuse, the boss had already collected the money and started cleaning.
"Let's go, let's go, don't disturb their business."
Lin Li smiled and pulled Tong Yao out the door.
"What are you doing? I have money."
Tong Yao frowned, her tone displeased.
"I know, but they can't make change, right? You can give me the change later."
Lin Li had just come up with an excuse.
"I'll transfer it to you."
Tong Yao clicked on the green bubble to prepare to transfer the money.
"..."
How could he forget that Tong Yao still had money in her phone?
The next second.
Give me your green bubble.
The girl poked Lin Li with her phone.
Tong Yao had just opened the app when she realized that Lin Li was her only QQ friend.
There's another surprise! Luckily, I didn't use Green Bubble much when I was in junior high, so many people didn't have their own friends.
"Look, it's almost noon, and I'm starving. You have to treat me to lunch later, okay?"
"They picked us up and dropped us off; isn't that worth a meal?"
Lin Li tugged at Tong Yao's clothes, looking aggrieved.
"Hmm, that works too."
Tong Yao looked at the hem of her dress, her eyelashes trembled, and she agreed.
Upon hearing this, Lin Li happily grabbed Tong Yao's arm and shook it excitedly: "Then let's go!"
Two people in one car set off from the barbershop.
Seeing Lin Li turn left, not taking the same route back as before.
Tong Yao asked in confusion, "Aren't we going to eat?"
Lin Li laughed and said, "That's right, it's closer this way."
After the electric scooter turned left and drove about 50 meters, it reached the main road outside.
Tong Yao thought the road looked so familiar.
Looking back, not far from the alleyway was the gate of "Yancheng Middle School".
"..."
Tong Yao immediately understood everything.
So this barbershop is right at the school gate?
And what's this about the bus not being able to get there?
So Lin Li deliberately took a detour just so she could ride his electric scooter?
The boy was humming a little tune, staring straight ahead, completely unaware that he had given himself away.
Tong Yao smiled when she saw Lin Li's expression.
Hearing the laughter, Lin Li turned around and asked, "What's so funny?"
Tong Yao patted Lin Li's head and made him turn back: "Watch where you're going."
What are you laughing at? Of course, I'm laughing at you, you big idiot!
Lin Li turned back to focus on riding her bike. After a while, she glanced at the rearview mirror from time to time: "Looks like you're quite happy with this new hairstyle? This is the first time I've seen you smile so happily."
Upon hearing this, Tong Yao touched her face and realized that she had been smiling the whole time. Through the rearview mirror, she could clearly see her two front teeth.
He quickly raised his hand to cover his mouth.
Lin Li, oblivious to this, continued to say to herself, "People say that people with canine teeth look the best when they smile, but today I realized that people with rabbit teeth actually look even better when they smile."
Lin Li has a canine tooth, which makes him look especially sunny and handsome when he smiles. Many people compliment him on his good looks when he smiles.
Rabbit teeth are not considered a mainstream aesthetic; on the contrary, they can easily lead to being teased or given nicknames. Tong Yao dislikes her rabbit teeth, so she rarely smiles.
Hearing Lin Li say this now, Tong Yao was touched. "Are rabbit teeth pretty?"
The next second, Lin Li's voice rang out again.
"Actually, I also think that people with dimples look good when they smile."
Tong Yao's sixth sense told her that the person with dimples was real, and she had a pretty good idea of who it was.
"I also think that Shen Jiayi is especially beautiful when she smiles."
Tong Yao gave a forced smile.
"Yes, yes, how did you know I was talking about Shen Jiayi?"
Lin Li nodded quickly. As for the conversation at the rice noodle shop that day, he had long forgotten it, assuming that Tong Yao had watched the movie later.
Tong Yao's smile gradually faded. Looking at Lin Li, she said quietly, "Lin Li, has anyone ever told you that you're a big mouth?"
"Huh? I think so."
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