Chapter 175: At the End of My Rope, I Suspect There’s No Path ⑥
Since she thought he was dreaming, he spoke without restraint, speaking of his love, and that he didn’t want to be just her younger brother.
If she felt he was dreaming, then let it be a dream.
The five o’clock alarm rang. Nie Aifang turned off the alarm, glanced at Nie Aiwen, whose voice was hoarse and who was still murmuring, then lifted the curtain and left the room to wake up Nie Qiu in her room.
Nie Qiu groggily looked at Nie Aifang. Nie Aifang smiled and said, “Qiu Qiu, you have the day off today. After you get up, take the cold rice from the cupboard and make fried rice with eggs. Sprinkle some minced ginger. Your uncle might have a cold, so ginger is good. Mom is going to work.”
Nie Qiu rubbed her eyes and asked, “Mom, aren’t you eating?”
“It’s getting late, the boss must be waiting. I’ll just grab a steamed bun at the road intersection to eat.” After Nie Aifang finished instructing, she stood up, took off her slippers, opened the door, and walked out of the house.
Nie Qiu looked at her alarm clock. It was only five oh five. They usually got up around this time, but they would be ready after washing up before leaving the house. Why did Nie Aifang get up so early today?
The morning wind was a bit chilly. Nie Aifang pushed the tricycle out of the shed, got on it, and rode away.
Nie Aiwen stood by the window, watching the tricycle gradually disappear into the dim, misty haze.
After breakfast, Nie Qiu sent Nie Aiwen off, then stayed home to do her homework. After finishing her homework, she went to the market to help Nie Aifang sell vegetables.
The next day at school, Nie Qiu, as usual, lectured on some study topics at the lectern. Then she walked down. Peng Yu Yang, holding a paper pencil case with a gift bow tie attached, walked towards Nie Qiu’s desk and smiled as he handed the pencil case to Nie Qiu, “Yesterday was the art festival. This is a gift for you.”
Nie Qiu was a little surprised. So they give gifts at the art festival now! She looked at the pencil case in Peng Yu Yang’s hand. The pencil case was pink with off-white floral patterns, dotted all over, very elegant. The bow tie attached was also very cute. She accepted it with surprise and smiled, “But… but I didn’t prepare anything to give you. Is there anything you want? I’ll go buy it for you.”
Peng Yu Yang smiled and said, “It’s fine if you didn’t prepare anything. I hope you like it.”
“Of course I like it.” My new pencil case was put away in storage, and I’ve been using this old, slightly rusty metal pencil case. I was already planning to buy a new one, but since Peng Yu Yang gave me one, I don’t need to buy it now. “Thank you, Peng Yu Yang, I really like it.”
“As long as you like it.” Inside the pencil case, he put a small MP4. He had originally planned to buy an MP3, but he found that more people use mobile phones now. There weren’t many MP3 models, and they weren’t as attractive as they used to be. So he chose an MP4 that could play videos and read e-books. He had already had someone put a pattern similar to the floral pattern on the pencil case onto the MP4’s casing, making it look like a set.
Li Kai, who had just returned from the toilet with Zhang Haiyang, saw Nie Qiu holding the pencil case with a happy expression. Hearing Peng Yu Yang’s words, he knew that the pencil case was a gift from Peng Yu Yang. His face immediately darkened, and he sat back down at his seat with a gloomy expression.
Afraid that Nie Qiu would discover the secret inside the pencil case, Peng Yu Yang specifically brought his English book to have Nie Qiu help him with English exercises and grammar. Nie Qiu placed the pencil case on her desk and discussed English with Peng Yu Yang.
It wasn’t until the bell for morning self-study rang that Peng Yu Yang returned to his seat. Huang Yan, sitting in her own seat, turned to look at the pencil case on Nie Qiu’s desk, then at Peng Yu Yang, who was secretly smiling in his seat. She gave a slightly bitter smile. She took out a notebook about the size of her palm from her schoolbag, wrote a sentence on it, and then asked a classmate to pass the note to Peng Yu Yang.
Two classmates were between them. Although the classmates were curious, out of loyalty, they wouldn’t peek at others’ notes. When the note reached Peng Yu Yang’s hand, he was stunned for a moment. He looked at Huang Yan, who was sitting at her seat, seriously reading her book.
Opening the note, Peng Yu Yang was stunned for a moment, then wrote back to Huang Yan.
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