Chapter 31
The next day, after finishing class, Xia Weining walked out of the school gate and saw him waiting at the door. The temperature had dropped and everyone around was wearing winter clothes, but this guy was still wearing a shirt and leather jacket. I don't know if he was pretending to be cool or if he was really cold-resistant.
Xia Weining walked up to him, tsk-tsk-tsk twice, and jokingly said, "You are really different. You even dress differently from others."
"Of course, being unique is my label, because I am a different kind of firework."
Xia Weining almost laughed out loud, "You really know how to flatter yourself."
"You really don't have any sense of humor."
"Nothing happened?"
Sheng Huaizhou raised his hands in surrender, "I didn't come here to argue with you today."
Xia Weining turned her head away, looking unhappy. "You're talking as if no one wants to argue with you."
The two of them kept arguing with each other all the way to the grilled fish restaurant.
Sheng Huaizhou handed her the menu and said, "Take a look at what you want to eat."
"I don't eat fish."
"Xia Weining, you're really funny." He couldn't help but laugh, "When we got to the grilled fish restaurant, you told me you didn't want to eat fish."
"I'm checking your sincerity. I didn't eat fish at the social gathering."
"You ate a lot in the fish pond." Sheng Huaizhou stared at her, afraid of missing any details. "What's the meaning behind this? Do you have to choose the occasion when eating fish?"
Xia Weining glared at him fiercely. Sure enough, Sheng Huaizhou was testing her.
"You invited me here for dinner just to embarrass me. Is this Officer Sheng's way of thanking someone?"
“The gratitude is real, and the desire to expose someone’s duplicity is also real.”
"Sheng Huaizhou, please be a human being. Can't I just not eat fish?"
"sure."
"Then why?"
He smiled and said, "Your preferences should not be influenced by external factors."
Xia Weining's face began to turn red, feeling embarrassed as if she had been exposed in public, but her mouth remained as hard as ever, "What do you care?"
Sheng Huaizhou didn't say anything else. After the fish came up, he picked out the fattest piece of meat. Xia Weining's face was full of disgust and she was speechless. This man was not a gentleman at all.
She didn't touch the fish either, and just kept eating the side dishes. When she was almost done with the side dishes, Sheng Huaizhou pushed a small bowl over to her and said, "Eat it, it's clean."
The bowl was full of fish meat with the bones picked out. It turned out that he was picking out the bones for himself. He had guessed the reason why he didn't eat fish.
Xia Weining was shocked beyond words for a moment, not knowing whether it was because of her finding fault with him or because of his meticulous thinking.
No matter what, she felt that people like Sheng Huaizhou were incredibly smart and not someone she could afford to mess with.
"I have my own hands and feet, who asked you to find fault with me?"
He chuckled, "Thank you."
"That's not unacceptable."
Xia Weining took the fish and ate it in big mouthfuls, just like eating steamed buns. This was the most enjoyable time she had ever eaten fish. Her mouth was filled with meat and she didn't have to worry about being pricked by bones. She ate with peace of mind and enjoyed it very much.
"Sheng Huaizhou, thank you."
"Thank me for what?"
"Thank you, I can eat so much fish."
But there was a voice in my heart saying: Thank you for noticing my abnormality, realizing my little thoughts, and being willing to give me the greatest respect in a decent way.
Sheng Huaizhou touched his neck, feeling a little embarrassed. "In the future, if you want to eat fish, just eat fish. What's the big deal?"
"There are so many good parts of meat, but you have to eat the ones with more bones?" he added.
Xia Weining burst out laughing, "You have a point."
She set a circle for herself, using the so-called imaginary image to trap herself in it. In fact, there is no need for that. No one would care so much.
After this meal, the relationship between the two eased a lot, and they were no longer tense when they met.
The next day at school, Tan Ya blocked Xia Weining in her office and asked, "Did Huaizhou come to see you yesterday?"
"How do you know?"
Tanya snorted in disdain, "His half-baked outfit is so conspicuous, it's hard not to know."
Xia Weining burst out laughing and silently gave a thumbs up, "Your description is very accurate."
The two looked at each other, their tacit understanding conveyed through their eyes, and suddenly they laughed even harder.
Xia Weining originally thought that this was Sheng Huaizhou's dressing style, but when she saw him again, he had a different style: a shirt and suit pants with a slim black coat. He was tall and dressed stylishly, and he really looked a bit like the male lead in a Korean drama.
I couldn't help but admire in my heart that clothes really make the man.
Sheng Huaizhou walked towards her and asked, "What are you looking at? Are you fascinated by me?"
Xia Weining: "...Actually, it would be better if you just shut up."
"People have mouths for talking, otherwise what's the point of having a mouth?"
"Have a meal."
Xia Weining felt that she was really crazy for arguing with him about such elementary school issues.
"Yes, yes, you're right." Sheng Huaizhou surrendered directly, "I won't say anymore, I still have to go to the video store."
"Wait a minute." Xia Weining suddenly showed a flattering expression, "You want to go to the video store?"
"Um."
"Can I come along?"
She has watched those discs so many times that she can even memorize the lines after watching them over and over again. She wants to buy some new dramas. There is nothing good to buy in the nearby video stores, and the big video stores are too far away so she doesn't want to go. This time, she has to go because she can get a ride.
Looking at those eyes full of expectation, Sheng Huaizhou found it difficult to say no, but Xia Weining didn't give him the chance. While he was hesitating, she had already walked to the car. Her familiar driving style was astonishing. Those who didn't know would have thought it was her car and Sheng Huaizhou was her driver.
She gestured towards Sheng Huaizhou, "Let's go."
This time he looked more like a driver.
Sheng Huaizhou always felt that something was wrong, but his steps were like they were under a spell, and he walked to the car involuntarily.
When they got in the car, he suddenly realized, "Did I say I would take you there?"
"Look, I'm already up here, and my seatbelt is fastened. Do you have the heart to let me get off?"
"You have no heart." Sheng Huaizhou glanced at her, "Your tricks won't work on me."
Xia Weining wanted to show weakness again, but seeing this, she changed her style immediately, holding on to the car tightly, and urged him, "Hurry up, you don't want me to go with you so much, are you going to buy that kind of CD?"
"Of course not."
"Then why are you afraid to let me go?"
"I don't want you to go."
Xia Weining's face fell and she pouted, looking as aggrieved as she could be. Just when she was about to unbuckle her seat belt, Sheng Huaizhou suddenly started the car.
Xia Weining looked at him puzzledly, "What do you mean?"
"If I don't let you go, you'll go to Tanya and say bad things about me."
"Who said anything bad about you? Stop accusing others."
Sheng Huaizhou snorted coldly, "You feel wronged? I feel even more wronged than you."
Xia Weining decided to remain silent. She really couldn't figure out Sheng Huaizhou's thoughts and felt that he was more changeable than the weather.
This is the largest audio-visual city in the county. Every store is engaged in audio-visual equipment or CD business, mainly focusing on wholesale, and retail is also cheaper than outside.
Xia Weining decided to buy a few more sets. Winter vacation was coming soon, and she wanted to watch different dramas during the vacation and live a comfortable life of chasing dramas all day long.
In fact, all the dramas here are ones she has watched before, and the plots are very familiar to her, but the feeling of watching them again on discs is still different. The key is that there are not many ways to entertain herself now.
Sheng Huaizhou wanted to buy some equipment. The two of them had different goals, so they went straight to their respective merchandise areas and agreed to meet at the door.
There were colorful movie and TV discs all around, and Xia Weining was dazzled by the choices. She wanted to watch every one of them, so she bought them all. Soon she had picked a whole basket, and only then did she realize that she had watched so many high-quality movies and TV series when she was a child.
The music store was playing MVs of Jay Chou's latest albums. Familiar memories were brought back to me. I picked out a few more music albums and finally left feeling satisfied.
Sheng Huaizhou had been waiting at the door for a while. When he saw Xia Weining coming out with a heavy CD, he almost dropped his jaw in shock. "Did you empty the store?"
"I just thought I wouldn't come here often, so I just bought more."
"It's indeed quite a lot." Sheng Huaizhou was still a little puzzled, "You don't have any equipment there, how are you going to play the discs?"
"You don't have it."
To be honest, she had been thinking about Sheng Huaizhou's equipment for a long time. It must be really cool to watch TV series on such a big screen.
Sheng Huaizhou: "...I didn't agree. Besides, are we really that close?"
Xia Weining blinked, "So you don't agree?"
He hesitated to speak several times, but in the end he said nothing and turned away. Xia Weining was so angry that he gasped for breath, his face drooped, and he muttered unhappily behind him.
In fact, it was her fault. She made a rash decision without discussing it with others. She was too selfish and did not consider other people's feelings. There was no reason for her to be unhappy after being rejected.
In just a few seconds, she had thought of a solution. She could go to the bookstore upstairs, where she could read freely and there was food to feed her.
Sheng Huaizhou finally didn't give up and took the disc from her hand and put it in the car.
Xia Weining looked at the red marks on her hands caused by the bag, then raised her eyes and fixed her gaze on Sheng Huaizhou.
He put his things away, stood by the car and looked at her, then raised his head and said, "Let's go back."
Xia Weining said "Oh" and ran over quickly.
As soon as the car started, she began to apologize, "I'm sorry, I was wrong just now."
He was so happy, "What did you do wrong?"
"I shouldn't have pushed people without asking."
Sheng Huaizhou raised the corner of his mouth slightly, staring straight ahead, pretending not to care, and said: "Really? I don't think so."
"No?"
Xia Weining was shocked. What did Sheng Huaizhou mean by this? He didn't blame her?
Sheng Huaizhou did not respond to her questions until the car arrived at the community.
Sheng Huaizhou opened the trunk and took out the equipment he bought and Xia Weining's CD.
Just as she was about to take it, he carried her upstairs.
Looking at his hands hanging in the air, Xia Weining became even more suspicious. What did this man mean?
Seeing him carry all the things to his room, Xia Weining finally couldn't help but ask, "What do you mean?"
"Didn't you say you wanted to leave it with me?"
Xia Weining was a little surprised, "You agree?"
"If you disagree with someone, you'll always have a gloomy face."
"Tsk, I don't know who had such a cold face just now, as if someone owed him millions."
Sheng Huaizhou immediately replied: "It's not me anyway."
Xia Weining shrugged, "That's not me either."
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