Chapter Thirty-Eight: The Whispering Lodge (1)
Fang Ruo and Zheng Yuqian walked to the staircase on the second floor, and at the corner, they happened to meet Xu Zhuoyuan, who had just come out of the Chinese teacher's office, Xu Zhuoyuan was holding a thick stack of Chinese weekly newspapers in his hand, which should be the weight of the weekly report for the whole class, and it seemed that the Chinese teacher wanted him to go to the class to distribute it on his behalf.
After seeing the other party, Xu Zhuoyuan winked playfully at Fang Ruo, and raised the newspaper in his hand to show that he was coming to get something, and then nodded politely at Zheng Yuqian with a smile, and Zheng Yuqian also greeted him with a smile.
"Fang Ruo, the Chinese teacher in the last class just read the excellent essay you wrote in the exam the day before yesterday in our class, which is very good." Xu Zhuoyuan had a happy expression on his face, as if Fang Ruo was more happy to be praised than the teacher praised himself.
"Really, I don't even know." After hearing this, Fang Ruo naturally felt overjoyed, and his face was also blushing.
"Tell me about it." Xiang Zichen followed, walked around behind them, and immediately put his head on Xu Zhuoyuan's shoulder, and leaned his head on his face, and the whole person looked like a lazy and lazy soft bones.
Xu Zhuoyuan disliked him for not standing up, and at this moment he was like an octopus with his hands on himself.
"What's a good thing, I'll tell you", Xu Zhuoyuan poked his waist with a wicked smile, and screamed at Zichen itchingly, dodging his outstretched hand, "Oh my God, I don't think I did anything bad today, it's so unlucky, you all treat me like this." ”
Fang Ruo and Zheng Yuqian looked at him with an aggrieved look, and felt that he was both ridiculous and angry, after the two of them glanced at each other, they found that each other's eyebrows and eyes were smiling, and Xu Zhuoyuan's laughter in front of him was also very hearty.
"Okay, let me tell you, just now we were talking about the composition written by Fang Ruo was taken by the Chinese teacher and displayed in Xu Zhuoyuan's class." Zheng Yuqian didn't really want to ignore him, so she told him in detail.
"Oh, I see." Xiang Zichen suddenly realized, and the curiosity just now was satisfied.
"Yes, you also work hard, when will you let the Chinese teacher read your composition." Xu Zhuoyuan raised his eyebrows at Zichen, deliberately telling jokes to make fun of him.
"Come on, I want to see the excellent essay I wrote, I don't have this opportunity in this life, wait for the next life!" Xiang Zichen laughed while talking, and stretched out his hand to push behind Xu Zhuoyuan's back.
Xu Zhuoyuan turned his head and scolded him with a grin, and several people laughed together, and the atmosphere was very relaxed and cheerful.
"Okay, I'll go first, the newspaper hasn't been sent out yet, and the Chinese teacher will look for me in the next class." Xu Zhuoyuan sighed helplessly, ready to retire first.
He walked past Fang Ruo, stopped again, leaned over and whispered in her ear, "I'll go home with you after school today, wait for me, take you somewhere." ”
Fang Ruomuna nodded, but his ears were unnaturally red, today is Friday, tomorrow and the day after tomorrow are weekends, you can relax a little today, and you can go home a little later.
Xu Zhuoyuan gently tugged at her ponytail again, with a satisfied smile on his face, and then walked briskly upstairs.
Zheng Yuqian looked at the ambiguous little movements of the two of them at the moment, and couldn't help but cover her mouth next to her and smile secretly, Fang Ruo blushed and pulled her into the classroom quickly.
Zheng Yuqian naturally knew Fang Ruo's thoughts, and at the same time, she also felt that Xu Zhuoyuan also liked Fang Ruo, the two of them grew up together, and they were more intimate than with others on weekdays, and all kinds of eye contact and language expressions between the two of them secretly conveyed a message to the outside world, that is, the two of them liked each other.
They get along every day naturally without being noticeable, the authorities are confused, and the bystanders are clear. In Zheng Yuqian's opinion, the two of them can only see each other in their sweet eyes, and this kind of performance makes her very envious in her heart.
As soon as Xu Zhuoyuan got out of school, he hurriedly ran to the door of Fang Ruo's classroom with his schoolbag and waited for her, Fang Ruoqing's schoolbag was a little slow, because she always likes to tidy up slowly, all her things must be put neatly and properly, the folds on every book and homework book must be smoothed, and the books should be aligned, this is her habit for many years, she likes to be neat and spotless.
She enjoys the process of cleaning things, which gives her a sense of pleasure, when she cleans things, the whole person feels like water, just focus on the things at hand, and all the rest can be turned away, which is a kind of silent happiness that immerses her in it.
Xu Zhuoyuan can't understand her slow reasoning, every time he always dislikes her for doing things too much, although his books are not tattered, but they are also seriously damaged, boys are inevitably rough, and they naturally don't care about these trivial things.
Every time he disliked Fang Ruo's movements too slowly, urging her to work faster, Fang Ruo was not annoyed when he heard it, he still came according to his own preferences, and the two of them always liked to argue a few words with each other, but in the end, they both had their own opinions, and each other felt that they were more reasonable, and no one would let anyone.
But this is also a very normal way to get along, and they have long been accustomed to it, how can there be so much respect and politeness to each other, noisy and arguing is daily life.
However, when she looked out of the classroom window and saw Xu Zhuoyuan waving his hand at her in the corridor, Fang Ruo's movements on his hand subconsciously accelerated a lot, and his mood also jumped up.
Fang Ruo packed up her things and walked out of the back door of the classroom, Xu Zhuoyuan also stepped forward when he saw her come out, and said with a smile: "Old woman, you have finally finished cleaning up." ”
Fang Ruo rolled his eyes at him, and responded with a smile: "You have also worked hard, how about sitting and waiting for me next time with a cup of tea?" ”
"Forget it, then I'll wait until the daylilies are cold, let's go."
"Where do you want to take me, is that place far from home?"
"It's not far away, it's my new discovery, and you're sure to like it." Xu Zhuoyuan said confidently, and the pace of the two of them unconsciously accelerated a lot.
After getting on the bus, the two of them chatted happily for a while, and the bus in the evening went very fast, and soon they crossed most of the city, and they got off at the bus stop two stops away from home.
After getting out of the car, Xu Zhuoyuan took her through two prosperous commercial streets, and then walked into a fork in the road, the more she walked into the path, the more secluded it became, Fang Ruo felt very surprised, she didn't expect that there was such a quiet place in the depths of such a lively street.
The neighborhood is full of old-fashioned and classic residential buildings in the old town, which exist quietly, silently witnessing the earth-shaking changes of the city over the decades.
After walking about a hundred meters deep into the alley, Xu Zhuoyuan pointed ahead, Fang Ruo looked in the direction of his finger, and vaguely saw a small shop, and after slowly walking in, she found that there was a wooden plaque hanging on the wall at the entrance of the shop, which read "Louyu Xiaozhan", the words seemed to be carved by hand, and the words were painted with warm yellow lacquer.
The doorway to the store is very low, and instead of a large gate that can be found everywhere, it is a small wooden door that can only accommodate two people to enter at the same time, and two people must also hunch their backs slightly to enter.
Fang Ruo looked at the small shop in front of him very curiously, Xu Zhuoyuan looked at her with a serious look, and wanted to take her in as soon as possible, so he hurriedly took her hand and walked inside.
Fang Ruo followed Xu Zhuoyuan and pushed the door in, after her eyes adjusted to the indoor light environment, she was surprised to find that the inside of the small shop was not as small and gloomy as she had just thought, on the contrary, it was just the right amount of warmth.
There is a bar a few meters in front of it, where people can drink tea and chat, bypass a small sofa, go down a few steps to the right, you can see several neat rows of tables and chairs, this should be the dining area, and the middle of each table is also blocked by a tulle screen, each of which is very secluded. The warm yellow light cast overhead is very gentle, and the small speaker is playing soft and slow soft music.
Almost everything here is made of wood, the tables, chairs and benches, the small wooden bamboo stickers on the walls, the wooden hanging lamps on the ceiling, and even the cute beckoning cat on the bar table are all wooden.
The proprietress was making cold drinks with her back to them, and when she heard the sound of the door opening, she turned around with a smile and greeted them, Xu Zhuoyuan walked up and ordered two drinks with her back, and beckoned Fang Ruo to sit down at the bar.
There weren't many customers in the shop, only a few people, they all talked and laughed lazily like regular customers, everyone was talking quietly and quietly, and Fang Ruo felt very comfortable in it.
Fang Ruo was still a little restrained, but after coming in and getting used to it for a while, she felt a lot more relaxed, she sat down next to Xu Zhuoyuan, and began to observe the proprietress in front of her making drinks.
The proprietress should be only in her 30s, wearing a white cotton tune, tall and slender, her hair is long and jet black and shiny, she wears a simple twist braid at the back of her head, she looks very elegant, and she is not in a hurry when making drinks, as if she is immersed in her own world.
After making the drink, she smiled and said to Xu Zhuoyuan: "Sure enough, I brought my friend, it seems that I didn't lose my words." ”
Xu Zhuoyuan responded to her with a smile: "Of course, I told you before." “
The proprietress laughed twice and pushed the drink in front of them, "I invited today's drink, little girl, your first time, don't feel restrained, just like in your home, casually." ”
Fang Ruo nodded shyly, and looked at Xu Zhuoyuan on the side suspiciously.
Xu Zhuoyuan knew what she meant, and Fang Ruo wanted to know how they met.
"It's a bit of a long story, I'll tell you when I get back." Xu Zhuoyuan lowered his head and took a sip of the drink in his hand, and then said, "It's delicious." ”
The proprietress nodded contentedly, turned around and went back to her own business.
Fang Ruo took a sip of the drink in her hand, the tea flavor in her mouth was mellow and refreshing, and the milky jam at the bottom was also sweet and delicious, she liked this taste very much.