Chapter 44.
After a satisfying breakfast, Xu Baiqing took Qian Yirong out of the restaurant and planned to go out for a walk to digest the food, as it was still early before the gathering time and the weather was not too hot.
The meeting place was in the hotel lobby. In order not to miss the meeting time, they could only walk around the hotel. Fortunately, the greenery near the hotel was quite good, and there was even a small park. Xu Baiqing took Qian Yirong to the small park.
They didn't get up late, but some elderly people got up earlier than them, not to mention that they also took some time to eat breakfast, so when they arrived at the small park, they saw elderly people doing morning exercises.
Xu Baiqing pulled Xu Baiqing to a slightly quieter place and sat down on a bench under a tree in the park. She leaned on Qian Yirong's shoulder. The sunlight shone through the gaps in the leaves, leaving some tiny spots of light on them. Xu Baiqing held Qian Yirong's hand, feeling the breeze blowing, and felt that the years were quiet and good.
Qian Yirong didn't say anything either, enjoying the time they were alone together. Qian Yirong had never felt so comfortable before. She could faintly hear voices from a little further away, but what was clearer was the gentle breathing of Xu Baiqing beside her. She seemed to have gotten used to having Xu Baiqing by her side.
After an unknown amount of time, Xu Baiqing's cell phone rang. Xu Baiqing left Qian Yirong's shoulder with some regret and stood up. She was worried that she would forget the meeting time, so she set the time specifically.
Now it seems that it was a wise move. It was so comfortable to stay with Qian Yirong, but she didn't want others to come looking for them because she didn't go to the gathering.
"It's time to gather, let's go back." Xu Baiqing stood up and extended his hand towards Qian Yirong.
Obviously, there was no need to go to such lengths, but Xu Baiqing wanted to do it, so she did it without hesitation. Before, she always held Qian Yirong's hand, but this time, she wanted Qian Yirong to take the initiative to hold hers.
Qian Yirong lowered her eyes and looked at the white hand stretched out in front of her. Her slender fingers seemed to be trembling slightly because of nervousness, as if if she refused, this fragile hand would tremble and be retracted.
Some dark emotions flashed in Qian Yirong's eyes, and finally she raised her hand and held the hand of Xu Baiqing in front of her. After she held Xu Baiqing's hand, Xu Baiqing quickly turned his hand and changed their hand holding into a more intimate clasping of ten fingers, as if he was worried that she would run away.
Qian Yirong followed Xu Baiqing's footsteps. From her angle, she could see Xu Baiqing's profile. Her upturned mouth corners caught Qian Yirong's sight. Just by looking at her, she could sense the joy emanating from Xu Baiqing.
Xu Baiqing was indeed very happy that Qian Yirong cooperated with her unnecessary actions. Moreover, when she held Qian Yirong's hand tightly, Qian Yirong did not shake off her hand. Instead, she acquiesced to her action. Xu Baiqing sensed some signal that made her happy in Qian Yirong's indulgence.
The two returned to the hotel from outside. At this time, the hotel lobby was already scattered with students from Shengde High School in groups of three or four. Although many people did not have much interest in group activities, it was a traditional project of Shengde High School's school trip after all, so even if they were not interested, they still gave face to participate.
When Qian Yirong and Xu Baiqing returned from outside, they attracted some people's attention. Looking at their interlocked hands, some people's eyes flashed and they looked thoughtful.
Qian Yirong and Xu Baiqing didn't care about the gazes falling on them. They found a sofa next to the hotel lobby and sat down. Xu Baiqing lowered his head and gently kneaded Qian Yirong's hand, which he was holding, as if he had obtained a treasure that he couldn't let go. Qian Yirong's face turned slightly red and she pulled her hand away. Seeing that Xu Baiqing was holding it tightly, she didn't want to attract the attention of others because of her big movements, so she could only let Xu Baiqing play with it.
As the gathering time drew closer, other students soon arrived at the hotel lobby one after another. Familiar people gathered in groups of three or four to chat, waiting for the gathering time and the leading teacher. The place where Qian Yirong and Xu Baiqing were sitting was not very secluded, so many people were secretly observing Xu Baiqing because of the rumors in the school forum and yesterday's situation.
Xu Baiqing didn't care much about what other people thought. When she noticed that Qian Yirong was becoming more and more indulgent towards her, she was gradually testing Qian Yirong's bottom line. She leaned on Qian Yirong's shoulder in public and played with her hand, letting people who were observing her notice this.
Just as everyone was secretly speculating about the relationship between Qian Yirong and Xu Baiqing, Mu Zexuan and his three companions, who had booked the four presidential suites of the hotel as soon as they arrived, also came to the lobby.
Mu Zexuan noticed the hidden gazes of the crowd and immediately spotted Xu Baiqing at the center of their attention. Seeing her next to Qian Yirong again, Mu Zexuan felt a little irritated.
Just as he was about to step forward, he was stopped by Qu Qingyu. Seeing his disapproving look, Mu Zexuan thought of what he had told him before. Mu Zexuan held back and reminded Xu Baiqing to keep his distance from Qian Yirong.
Previously, Mu Zexuan told Qu Qingyu about how he and Xu Baiqing had parted ways on bad terms several times because of Qian Yirong. Qu Qingyu analyzed to him that Xu Baiqing trusted Qian Yirong very much at this time. If he told Xu Baiqing about Qian Yirong's danger again, Xu Baiqing would only think that she was trying to sow discord.
So what he needs to do now is to pay attention to Qian Yirong's actions and catch her red-handed when she wants to hurt Xu Baiqing. Only then will Xu Baiqing believe his words and feel sorry for misunderstanding him before, and he can further improve his relationship with Xu Baiqing.
After listening to Qu Qingyu, Mu Zexuan felt that what Qu Qingyu said made sense, so he adopted his suggestion. He felt that Qian Yirong would never miss the opportunity of this school trip and would definitely do something to Xu Baiqing. All he had to do was to keep an eye on Qian Yirong and catch her when she made a move.
So after getting Qu Qingyu's reminder, Mu Zexuan suppressed the irritation in his heart and did not go up to say anything to Xu Baiqing. He just kept looking at them.
Unlike other classmates who were secretly observing Xu Baiqing's situation, Mu Zexuan looked at Xu Baiqing openly with a softened look in his eyes. Xu Baiqing was obviously looking forward to the upcoming trip. It seemed that she really liked the beach. Perhaps in the future, when their relationship was better, they could make an appointment to go to the beach together.
Without even a clue about their future, Mu Zexuan had already started to imagine the future. In this situation, Qian Yirong's presence seemed a bit annoying. Looking at Qian Yirong's calm expression and the light glance she gave him after noticing his sight, Mu Zexuan felt that she was provoking him.
Restraining the anger in his heart, Mu Zexuan no longer paid attention to Qian Yirong. He would have time to settle accounts with Qian Yirong in the future. Mu Zexuan convinced himself that his patience now was for the future.
After Mu Zexuan and his companions arrived at the hotel lobby, the teacher in charge arrived soon after. She took out the student list, called out the students' names, and led everyone to the hotel entrance.
The school has arranged buses for tourism. Two buses can easily accommodate all the students. Xu Baiqing and Qian Yirong stood together, making it clear that they planned to sit together later.
This time, Mu Zexuan was not in a hurry. He just stood next to Xu Baiqing, a few people away. This way, he could ensure that he and Xu Baiqing would sit in the same car. The other people also followed Mu Zexuan with their own thoughts.
Just as Mu Zexuan planned, after Xu Baiqing got on the bus, he was also assigned to this bus. However, Xu Baiqing sat with Qian Yirong again and whispered something to the environment outside the bus.
Mu Zexuan paused and walked straight to the row of seats at the back of the bus. Since he couldn't sit with Xu Baiqing, it didn't make any difference where he sat. It would be better to sit in the back seat so that he could have a clear view of the entire bus.
Li Jingyan, Shen Tianxing and Qu Qingyu naturally sat down in the back seat with Mu Zexuan, ignoring the various gazes of others. After sitting down, Shen Tianxing glanced at Xu Baiqing. He didn't know if it was his illusion, but he sensed that Xu Baiqing vaguely disliked them.
In fact, Shen Tianxing was not wrong. Xu Baiqing was originally telling Qian Yirong which direction the park they had visited before was in, but after seeing the figures of Mu Zexuan and his men from the corner of his eye, he snorted impatiently in his heart, thinking that these people were really haunting him.
It was clearly a happy trip with Qian Yirong, but there was an annoying person disturbing their time together. It seemed that the plan had to be accelerated so that Mu Zexuan would not be able to continue disturbing them.
The bus drove to the museum in Zhuya City, which was the first stop of the group activity. Shengde High School specially hired a tour guide from Zhuya City so that they could better visit the famous attractions in Zhuya City.
The tour guide got on the bus with us from the hotel, so he began to explain the scenery along the way on the bus. Zhuya City is close to the sea and was famous for its sea treasures such as pearls in ancient times, so the specialties of Zhuya City also include pearl necklaces.
Zhuya City also has a special activity to experience opening clam shells to find pearls. Jewelry such as pearl necklaces did not attract the students' interest, but the activity of opening clam shells aroused the interest of many people. Since it is a famous activity in Zhuya City, maybe you can try it.
After confirming that there were many students interested in the event, the teacher in charge suggested that they could add a clam shell opening itinerary. After all, there are not too many famous attractions in Zhuya City, and three days is more than enough to visit them all. Even adding a fun activity would not take up much time.
Even students who were not very interested in opening clams had no objection to adding this activity, so it was natural to add a trip to the local workshop to open clams to the subsequent itinerary.
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