Su Peile ran out of the basketball hall and did not return to the teaching building, but walked towards the direction of the Science and Technology Museum. As she walked, she was angry at Li Zhengyu. He was the one who did something wrong, but he acted very reasonable and even disliked her for her bad attitude and unreasonableness. If any girlfriend in the world saw her boyfriend's coat in the hands of another girl, who could remain so calm?
Unconsciously, they walked to the side of the Science and Technology Museum. The leaves of the ivy covered half of the wall of the museum, dotted with dark purple flowers. A few bright butterflies were fluttering among the stamens. Their free appearance made Su Peile stop and sigh in his heart that they could live a carefree life without worries.
While she was in a daze, someone slowly approached her, and as if afraid of scaring her, he called softly: "Su Peile."
She turned her head and saw a beautiful and elegant boy in the sunlight looking at her with a warm smile. That charming smile made the sunlight even more dreamy.
"Li Shengyu?" Su Peile was surprised to see him here. She noticed that he was holding a cardboard box in his arms. She asked curiously, "Why are you here?"
"My homeroom teacher asked me to come to the Science and Technology Museum to get something. Why are you here alone?" Li Shengyu approached her and asked. Both of them walked forward slowly.
"I...want to relax."
"What's wrong? You look like you just got angry." Li Shengyu noticed that her cheeks were slightly red, not because of the hot weather, but more like the redness from being extremely angry.
"It's that guy Li Zhengyu. He really pissed me off."
"What did he do wrong to make you so angry?"
"He was clearly with another girl last night, but he lied to me and said he wasn't. If that girl hadn't given me a coat at noon, I don't know how long I would have been deceived by him."
"You misunderstood. Zhengyu is not a fickle person." Li Shengyu pleaded for Zhengyu.
"I thought so too, that's why I gave him a chance to explain, but he got angry at me with a clear conscience!" She said excitedly as she walked.
"Jung Woo has always had a bad temper, you know that, just say no to him nicely."
"Even if I talk to him nicely, his attitude is not good!" She was so focused on talking to him that she ignored the two steps in front of her.
The tip of her shoe kicked up, obstructing her body and she fell forward uncontrollably.
"Ah..." She thought she was going to fall and screamed.
Suddenly, her left hand was firmly grasped by someone behind her, preventing her from falling further.
Her body froze, and she felt the warmth of his palm running through her body like an electric current. Although she and Zhengyu had held hands many times, Zhengyu's hand was tolerant and strong, giving her a sense of security that she could rely on. However, Li Shengyu's warm hand gave her a sense of familiarity.
When she looked back at Li Shengyu in astonishment, he slowly loosened his hand, continued to hold the small cardboard box with both hands and said, "Be careful."
"Oh, thank you." She said softly, stepped onto the stairs and continued walking forward, but her mind was still thinking about the fleeting warm feeling just now. Why did it feel a little familiar?
Li Shengyu looked at her as he walked and found that she lowered her head, as if thinking about something, with her pink lips slightly pursed and a serious look on her face.
When Su Peile raised her head and looked at him, her gaze met his, which he did not have time to retract. It was gentle and even affectionate. When her eyes became doubtful, a faint smile appeared on Li Shengyu's face.
"You don't have to be so polite to me. Zhengyu and I have been close since we were young, so we will have many opportunities to meet each other in the future. Can you treat me as a friend?" He said sincerely. Since he came back until now, he felt that Su Peile had always kept a distance from him.
"Okay." She agreed with a smile. Although she didn't know Li Shengyu yet, he gave people a very comfortable and gentle feeling, and he would be a good friend.
Li Shengyu's mouth curled up into a happy smile, and his eyes sparkled with bright lights like stars: "Then can I call you Lele like Zhengyu in the future?"
"Of course."
"Thanks."
"Look at you. I just told me not to be so polite to you, but now you are so polite to me." Su Peile said with a sarcastic tone, but his smile became more and more brilliant.
Li Shengyu couldn't help but smile and looked up at the blue sky. His mood at the moment was even brighter than the sky.
"Zhengyu has been naughty since he was a child, so I want to say thank you from the bottom of my heart. Thank you for changing Zhengyu."
At this time, Su Peile's anger had almost dissipated. When he mentioned Zhengyu again, her reaction was not as angry as before. She laughed and said, "Look at what you said, it seems like I have made a great contribution. In fact, I didn't do anything. He has a bad temper, but he is not a bad person by nature."
"Since you said that he is not a bad person, please don't be angry with him. Although I have only known you for a short time, Zhengyu and I grew up together. I know him, and he really cares about you."
"Really?"
"Of course it's true. When I was in the United States during the summer vacation, Zhengyu told me your story almost every day. Apart from the fact that we met at your grandfather's house before school started, we have actually been friends for a long time." When he said the last few words, Li Shengyu's voice was a little dry, with a hint of sadness in his eyes.
However, Su Peile, who was looking ahead, did not notice it. She only heard him say that Zhengyu often mentioned her when he was in the United States. Her heart was filled with joy, and she even felt a little regretful that she was a little impulsive just now. Why did she start a quarrel with Zhengyu?
"I admit that I did some things wrong, but it's because I care about him so much that I lose my mind when I encounter something like this."
"Have you ever thought that maybe Xiaoci came to tell you all this on purpose? Just to make you and Zhengyu quarrel, and you took it seriously and fell for her trick."
"I really didn't expect this." The little girl had always been hostile to her and treated her like an enemy. Su Peile tried to avoid her as much as possible, so how could she guess these things?
"Sometimes it's inevitable to do things like this for the person you love." Li Shengyu smiled gently.
Su Peile thought about it and felt that what he said was right. He smiled and said to him, "Thank you. After hearing what you said, I feel so stupid."
Li Shengyu walked forward, the wind messed up his hair, he smoothed the messy hair on his head with his hands, revealing a smooth forehead. Su Peile secretly glanced at him and couldn't help but sigh, what a handsome boy, but she still liked Zhengyu's sunny and handsome look.
"Whenever you have something on your mind in the future, you can talk to me. I'm the most competent listener in the world. Even if Zhengyu makes you angry, you can come to me. Well... I can be your free punching bag." Having said that, he turned his body towards her and walked backwards.
A happy smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and that smile was like a blooming flower, and the feeling of déjà vu became more obvious.
Perhaps there are similarities between brothers who are related by blood. Su Peile looked at his smile and said with nostalgia: "You know, when I first met Zhengyu four years ago, he smiled at me like this."
The next second, Li Shengyu's smile froze on his face, his heart suddenly ached, and his face became gloomy.
This time Su Peile noticed it. She stopped, looked at his face curiously and asked, "What's wrong with you? Are you feeling unwell?" Thinking of how he looked when he had an attack last time, she guessed with lingering fear.
He shook his head, as if trying to hold back something: "I'm fine."
"Really?" she asked anxiously.
Li Shengyu stared at her, with a faint ripple in his eyes, like a misty lake filled with sorrow, but his face was smiling.
For the first time, Su Peile became curious about him. She always felt that he seemed to have a story, an unknown story. However, that was his private matter, so she shouldn't ask too much.
Not far away, Li Zhengyu, who had already run half of the campus, came back from the main road of the campus panting. He was in such a hurry that he forgot to take his cell phone with him. He couldn't find Su Peile anymore, and he didn't know what to do.
When he looked in the direction of the teaching building, he spotted a familiar figure standing by the flower bed not far ahead. He breathed a sigh of relief, as he had finally found it.
"LeLe!" he shouted and strode over.
Hearing Li Zhengyu's voice, Su Peile turned his head and saw him running towards him, sweating profusely, with his short hair sticking to his forehead.
"LeLe!" He stood in front of her, his chest still heaving violently.
Noticing Lee Seung Woo standing next to him, he grinned and said, “Hyung, you’re here too.”
"Oh, yes, I just came out of the Science and Technology Museum and happened to meet Lele. Why were you running so fast?" Although Li Shengyu asked this, he also guessed a little in his heart.
Li Zhengyu smiled and said, "It's all to find her."
He looked at Su Peile, reached out to hold her hand and said, "Are you still angry?"
"Stay away from me." Seeing him chasing after her, Su Peile was very happy in her heart, but she still felt awkward on the surface.
"Le Le, don't be angry. I came here specially to apologize to you. Can you forgive me?" Li Zhengyu hugged her with a smile.
Li Shengyu was still watching from the side. Su Peile didn't feel comfortable letting him hug her, so she reached out and pushed his chest hard and said, "You said you'd forgive me, so I'll forgive you! Who yelled so loudly before?"
She didn't feel how much strength she used, but she didn't expect Li Zhengyu to take several steps back and fall into the flower bed, crushing a branch of flowers, and yelling, "Ah, it hurts."
When she heard him cry out in pain, Su Peile immediately panicked. When she ran over, he was sitting up and looking at the fingers on his right hand. She grabbed his hand and asked nervously, "Where are you hurt?"
There were a few black thorns on Li Zhengyu's palm. She then noticed the rose branches in the flower bed and quickly used her fingernails to pick out the small thorns. As she did so, she scolded him: "Why are you so careless? How can you fall down when you are so grown up?"
Seeing her worry about him, Li Zhengyu felt happy, but said aggrievedly: "As long as I can make you calm down, I will jump into the lake without hesitation."
Su Peile hit him on the shoulder and said in a chastising tone, "What's your attitude?"
"Admit your fault! I was too irritable just now and didn't care about your feelings. I'll answer whatever you want to ask, okay?" Li Zhengyu just ran all the way to find her. While looking for her, he figured out one thing, that is, he shouldn't hurt Su Peile and make her sad. In fact, it's a very simple matter, and it can be explained in one sentence. Why do the two of them have to make things so awkward because of a misunderstanding? Moreover, she was so angry because she cared about him, and he should be happy.
However, he would not tell Su Peile the truths he had figured out. He just coaxed Su Peile with a joking smile.
Su Peile removed the last thorn from his palm and said with a pout, "I can forgive you this time, but you are not allowed to hide anything from me in the future, and you are not allowed to get angry and yell at me."
"Okay, I'll do as you say."
"You agreed so readily? Are you trying to fool me?"
"Hey, if I don't agree quickly, you'll say I have a bad attitude, right?"
"Li Zhengyu, why are you so eloquent now?"
"I learned this from you." Li Zhengyu said, sitting beside the flower bed without moving, but holding her in his arms. The two of them argued with each other, not like a couple who had just had a quarrel.
Li Shengyu on the side looked at the two people who were smiling happily, and felt bitterness in his heart. He bit his lips tightly, sighed heavily, turned and left.
The laughter of Su Peile and Li Zhengyu came from behind, which seemed a bit harsh in his ears. He hugged the cardboard box tightly in his arms and strode forward without looking back.
After this little episode at noon, Su Peile and Li Zhengyu reconciled. After chatting with Su Peile for a while, Li Zhengyu went back to the basketball hall to continue training, because there was a game in October, and the school basketball team had to train two afternoons a week. Su Peile returned to the classroom.
The wind suddenly blew in in the afternoon. The wind blew in from the window and messed up the notebooks on Su Peile's desk. She pressed the pencil bag on top of the books.
Suddenly, someone pushed her close to him. She reflexively moved towards the window and looked at the person next to her. It was Xia Ying.
She asked curiously, "Why are you here?"
"Li Zhengyu is not here, I'm afraid you will be lonely." Xia Ying said with a sly smile.
Su Peile said jokingly, "Li Shengyu went to the student union meeting. You must be lonely too."
Xia Ying patted her head with a book and said, "Ha, you really become like whoever you learn from. You even talk like that guy."
"It hurts so much." Su Peile touched his head and looked at her with a pout.
At this time, Xia Ying came close to her and lowered her voice so that only the two of them could hear, "I say, did you know Li Shengyu before? Do you owe him money?"
"What?"
Xia Ying frowned and continued, "He always looks a little hurt when he looks at you, as if you owe him something. Are you sure you don't know him? He used to be from Songchuan, too."
Su Peile then thought of the gaze that Li Shengyu couldn't avoid at noon, and those eyes that seemed to be about to overflow with tears. Was it because of her?
However, she only knew Zhengyu in Songchuan. She shook her head and said, "No, we had never met before he returned to China."
"Oh?" Xia Ying's delicate eyebrows were knitted together, and she straightened her back, still looking very confused.
"Yingying, you saw it wrong, didn't you?"
"How is that possible? I'm only 17 years old. Do you think I'm old and blind?"
"You are just dazzled." Su Peile said affirmatively.
Xia Ying rolled her eyes at her, then moved over here again, her sight turning to the leaves swaying in the autumn wind outside the window, and said in an almost inaudible voice: "Actually... Li Shengyu is quite good. You see, they both have the last name Li, why is there such a big difference between them! Alas..."
Su Peile noticed that she looked emotional, as if she was full of worries. She couldn't help but have a guess in her heart, and she also asked in a very low voice: "Yingying, do you like Li Shengyu?"
Xia Ying's body stiffened, and her distraction just now disappeared instantly. She said seriously, "What a joke! How could I possibly like him! He is Li Zhengyu's brother. I wish I could stay as far away from those people with the last name Li as possible."
After saying that, she took her book and left Su Peile's seat, returned to her own seat, lowered her head on the table and began to write. Her short hair blocked her face, so no one could see the lovely pink on her cheeks.
When the school bell rang, Su Peile hurriedly packed his schoolbag and ran to the basketball court to find Li Zhengyu. Xia Ying packed Li Shengyu's schoolbag and stood outside the teaching building waiting for him with his schoolbag.
Xia Ying waited until almost everyone had left, then put her schoolbag on the steps, sat down, hugged Li Shengyu's schoolbag, and stared blankly at the student union meeting room in the office building.
After waiting for about half an hour, the student union meeting ended and student representatives from each class walked out of the office building. Xia Ying saw Li Shengyu from a distance and waved with a smile.
Li Shengyu strode over and said with a smile: "Xia Ying, thank you."
" Why are you being so polite to me?" Xia Ying smiled and handed him the schoolbag in her arms.
"Why are you here alone? Where's Lele?" Li Shengyu asked subconsciously, but he regretted it after he said it. Zhengyu was training today, so of course Su Peile would go and wait for him.
Xia Ying stood up and said, "She went to the basketball court. Do you want to go see Li Zhengyu? If so, let's go together."
"No, I'm going home." He walked forward with his schoolbag on one shoulder.
Xia Ying bit her lip and took two steps to catch up with him and walk beside him.
"Li Shengyu!"
"What's up?"
He turned his head to look at her and asked. His focused eyes made Xia Ying feel flustered. In fact, she didn't know what to say to him. It should be said that she had a lot to say to him, but she didn't know how to start.
After hesitating for a long time, Xia Ying asked cautiously: "Do you have any secrets?"
He denied calmly: "No."
"Then you don't like Peile too, do you? I admit that girl is silly, but very likable." After thinking it over, Xia Ying still felt that it would be better to start with Su Peile.
Li Shengyu was very surprised by her first question, and the second question inadvertently revealed his deep secret. His expression became awkward, but he tried his best to cover it up: "I just returned to China, and I haven't had much interaction with her. How could I fall in love with her so quickly?"
"Not so fast? Are you planning to fall in love with her slowly?"
"Don't guess."
"If you really have this idea, I advise you to give up. You must not know how much Lele likes Zhengyu. It was Lele who pursued Zhengyu first."
Li Shengyu stopped, looked at her and said, "Are you reminding me with this? You are overthinking it. I also feel that people who are close to Zhengyu are like family members. I don't have any other thoughts."
"Really? Haha, then you know what? I'm Zhengyu's ex-girlfriend, and his first love. So are you going to be closer to me in the future?" Xia Ying asked him deliberately, not missing any changes on his face.
Li Shengyu said a little awkwardly: "We are already desk mates, aren't we close yet?"
Xia Ying reached out and patted his shoulder, smiling and said, "Why are you so nervous? I was just teasing you, seriously."
Before they knew it, they had reached the school gate. Xia Ying smiled and waved to him, then ran towards the bus stop.
Looking at her back, Li Shengyu smiled self-deprecatingly. At this time, his phone rang with a text message alert. He opened his phone to check. It was from Li Zhengyu: "Brother, I have a date with Lele after training and will be home later. You go back first and tell grandpa that I am training."
The phone screen automatically locked and went dark, and Li Shengyu showed an indescribable bitter smile on his face.
Ever since he made Su Peile angry, Zhengyu has been behaving surprisingly well these days, acting like a model boyfriend. This has made the girls at Mingxin Middle School envious of him once again. It turns out that it is love that can transform Li Zhengyu. If they had known this earlier, they should not have backed off because of their fear of him.
On the weekend, the basketball team still had to train. Su Peile had originally agreed to come to the team to practice with Li Zhengyu, but Li Zhengyu called her early in the morning to ask her to go to school together. As a result, Su Peile told him that her mother and Uncle Gao were working overtime today, so she had to stay at home to take care of her younger brother and could not leave.
There was no choice, Li Zhengyu had to go to school alone.
The sound of shoes rubbing against the floor was heard in the basketball court. Li Zhengyu ran forward with the ball, jumped up, threw the ball, and made a perfect three-pointer into the basketball.
"Beautiful!" The coach outside the court praised him loudly.
Li Zhengyu didn't think so. He glanced at the clock in the basketball hall. It was already noon. He felt very bored without Su Peile. A teammate passed the ball to him again. He took it, jumped up and shot another three-pointer. When he landed, his body tilted, scaring the players around him.
"Zhengyu, what's wrong?" asked the person closest to him.
He suddenly had an idea and said, "Ouch!" "Coach, I think I sprained my ankle. It hurts!"
As a starter, he sprained his ankle. The coach immediately ran over in shock and said, "Go to the infirmary quickly."
"Coach, no need. I just sprained it slightly and it will be fine after some rest. Coach, can I go home and rest for the afternoon? I promise I will be fine tomorrow." Li Zhengyu said obediently.
The coach was naturally moved when the student who had always been the most difficult to manage suddenly behaved so well. He thought for a moment and said, "Okay, you've been training very hard these days. It would be bad if you get tired and it affects the competition. Take a rest for the afternoon today."
"Thank you, coach." Li Zhengyu said happily, limping to the sidelines, picked up his backpack, and walked outside without even changing his sportswear.
As soon as he left, a team member found the watch that Li Zhengyu had taken off before training on the ground. He hurried to the entrance of the basketball hall, opened the door and shouted, "Zhengyu, your watch."
Looking outside, he saw no one. He suddenly realized something and smiled, muttering to himself, "He sprained his ankle but still managed to run so fast."
Li Zhengyu's ankle sprain was fake, and the real reason was that he wanted to take a leave. He ran out of the school gate and went straight to his neighborhood. After returning home, he changed his clothes and ran to Su Peile's home at the speed of a 100-meter sprint. Knowing that her mother and uncle were not at home, he went straight into the elevator and arrived at her door.
After ringing the doorbell, Su Peile opened the door from inside. Seeing him standing outside, she asked in surprise, "Zhengyu, why are you here?"
"Training is boring, so I came to find you." He said, and walked into the door. The living room that came into his sight was a mess. Yangyang climbed onto the TV cabinet with a banana in his hand, and poked the whole banana onto the TV screen. "Animal World" happened to be playing on the screen, and a gorilla was scratching its fur.
When Su Peile saw that Yangyang used the banana as a paintbrush, she screamed and rushed over, picked Yangyang up from the TV cabinet, and wiped the TV screen with a tissue.
Yangyang turned around and ran to the coffee table, picked up a bag of Oreos, then walked to the fish tank in the corner, took out an Oreo, put it in the fish tank to soak, and then prepared to put it in his mouth.
After wiping the TV screen, Su Peile rushed over and snatched the biscuits from his hand.
Li Zhengyu leaned against the door and watched her busy and flustered appearance with a smile, and asked: "You two siblings had a really good time this morning. If this continues, your brother will tear down the house soon."
"Don't laugh at me. He's tormenting me so much that I have a headache. I wanted to go out shopping, but now I'm delayed." Su Peile said depressedly.
Li Zhengyu smiled and squatted down, clapped his hands and said to Yangyang: "Come here, Yangyang, brother will take you out to play, okay?"
Yangyang broke free from Su Peile, ran over quickly with her little legs, and threw herself into Li Zhengyu's arms.
Li Zhengyu picked him up, looked at Su Peile and said, "Let's go, let's go shopping with Yangyang, and then I'll treat you to KFC."
"Oh... okay." Su Peile was stunned for a moment, then responded with a sigh of relief.
Yangyang's birthday is in a few days, and Su Peile wants to use the pocket money her mother gives her to buy some clothes for Yangyang.
Although Yangyang is only two years old, he is very smart. He always clings to Li Zhengyu from home to the mall and refuses to get down, so Li Zhengyu always holds him and follows behind Su Peile.
When the three people walked into the children's clothing mall, they attracted many customers' attention.
When Su Peile was choosing clothes, a pregnant woman who was choosing baby products nearby said to the older woman next to her, "Mom, look, she is so small, but the child is already so big."
"Alas, people marry and have children later nowadays. It's rare to see such young parents. Look, the girl is not even 20 years old." The older woman said, looking at her curiously.
"Look at that dad, he's so young and still eating a lollipop, but he's so handsome and cute." Another customer also agreed with a smile.
Uh, this time Su Peile stopped what she was doing. She just heard these words and thought they were talking about someone else, but when she heard the word "lollipop", she turned her head and looked at the two people who had been following behind her.
Yangyang lay in Li Zhengyu's arms, his big black eyes looking around, with a lollipop in his mouth.
Li Zhengyu was also looking around, with a lollipop in his mouth!
A few dark lines appeared on her forehead. She turned around and touched his waist with her elbow: "You and Yangyang go out and wait for me."
Li Zhengyu asked incoherently while holding a lollipop in his mouth, "Why?"
She moved closer to him and whispered, "People will misunderstand us here and think we have a child."
Upon hearing this, Li Zhengyu was not disgusted as she imagined. Instead, his eyes sparkled with excitement, and he smiled beautifully as he said, "Okay, we will have children sooner or later anyway, so let them misunderstand."
As he said this, he turned Yangyang's little face towards him and said loudly: "Yangyang, call daddy."
"Dad." Little Yangyang called in a baby voice.
Before Su Peile could stop him, Li Zhengyu pointed at Su Peile and asked Yangyang, "Who is she?"
Yangyang was about to say "sister" when she noticed the cold light in Li Zhengyu's eyes and immediately changed her words to "Mom."
"Son, you're so good." Li Zhengyu smiled and kissed his little face.
The customers around looked at him in surprise.
Su Peile blushed: "What are you doing?"
"Wife, please pick out clothes for our son." Li Zhengyu picked up Yangyang's little feet and kicked Su Peile gently.
Su Peile looked at him dejectedly. Forget it. With so many people watching, there was no point in explaining. She pretended to be calm, lowered her head, reached out to pick up a set of clothes and handed it to the clerk who was staring at Li Zhengyu in a daze.
The clerk took the clothes in a daze. Su Peile glanced at Li Zhengyu who was teasing Yangyang, and suddenly felt that the situation at this moment was so happy.
After shopping in the mall, the three hungry people went to a nearby KFC and sat on a round sofa in the corner. Not long after, Li Zhengyu came back with a tray full of food.
Yangyang clapped his hands and laughed. Su Peile looked at Li Zhengyu in surprise: "Why did you buy so much?"
"I'm in a good mood today, can't I eat a little more?" He said this, then poked Yangyang's chin with his finger and said, "Yangyang, what did you call me?"
"Dad." Yangyang called out crisply.
This sound immediately attracted countless surprised looks from the people around. Su Peile picked up a chicken nugget and blocked Yangyang's mouth. He said to Yangyang angrily, "Don't call others dad randomly in the future. I'll beat you up."
Yangyang looked at Li Zhengyu pitifully, but Li Zhengyu was grinning happily because Su Peile fed him a chicken nugget.
Seeing that no one was there to support him, Yangyang opened his little mouth and started crying.
Su Peile reached out to hug him, but Yangyang twisted his little body to prevent her from hugging him. Li Zhengyu reached out and held him in his arms. The little guy sobbed aggrievedly in his arms, and his voice gradually became smaller.
"You bastard!" Su Peile was so angry that he didn't know what to say.
Li Zhengyu smiled at her proudly and winked.
At this time, a young man in his twenties passed by their table, noticed Su Peile, stopped, and said hesitantly, "Are you Su Peile?"
Su Peile looked up at him, smiled and stood up and said, "Teacher Qi, it's you."
"Pei Le, you still remember me." Teacher Qi looked at her with a smile.
"Of course I remember. How come you are also in Jiangyuan?"
"Oh, I got married, and my wife's parents' home is in Jiangyuan. I came to visit. I didn't expect it to be such a coincidence."
"Congratulations, teacher."
"Thank you, I have something else to do, so I'll leave first." Teacher Qi smiled at her, then turned and left.
Su Peile watched him walk out of the store before sitting down and continuing to eat.
Li Zhengyu hugged Yangyang and asked her with a jealous look: "Hey, do you have to smile so silly when you see your former teacher? He is not as handsome as me."
"He is Teacher Qi from the Youth Palace, don't you remember him? He is the host of our composition competition." Su Peile reminded him.
He picked up the burger and took a big bite, saying as he chewed, "I haven't been there."
Su Peile, who was feeding Yangyang French fries, turned her head to look at him. He was chewing his food and speaking vaguely. She frowned and asked, "What did you say just now?"
Li Zhengyu handed her a chicken drumstick impatiently and said, "Eat it quickly and stop asking those useless questions."
Su Peile took it and looked at him suspiciously, but did not think about what he had just said.
A few days after the pleasant three-person date, Mingxin Middle School entered the busiest month of October. The school had to participate in several city competitions. First, the basketball team of Mingxin Middle School led by Li Zhengyu passed the preliminaries and entered the semi-finals. At the same time, Su Peile, Li Shengyu and two other students had to represent Mingxin Middle School to participate in the knowledge competition in Songchuan City.
Originally, Su Peile and Li Zhengyu agreed to watch his game, but they didn't expect that the basketball finals would coincide with the quiz competition, so Su Peile and Li Zhengyu had to go to Songchuan for a week.
Li Zhengyu sent them to the station. After the rush hour, there were few people in the long subway car, which swayed with the speed of the train. Su Peile sat together with Li Zhengyu leaning on his arms, while Li Shengyu, who only carried a large backpack, sat opposite them and looked at them.
"You must be careful during the competition and don't hurt yourself accidentally. Also, control your temper and don't get angry all the time. What if you are disqualified again? By the way, go home early after the game and don't wander around, especially don't go to see that Xiaoci." Su Peile muttered like Tang Monk.
"Okay, I'll remember that."
"If you are too tired from playing, sit down and rest first. Don't rush to drink cold drinks, as it is not good for your health."
"Yes, I remember that."
"If you go to training, let Xia Ying help you take notes. Don't let training delay your studies. This is the most important thing."
"Yes, I remember."
Su Peile looked up at his jaw and said, "Hey, don't be perfunctory with me. Do you really remember it in your mind?"
Li Zhengyu grabbed her hand and placed it on his chest, then smiled softly and said, "Not only in my mind, but also in my heart."
"What a smooth talk!" Su Peile smiled and tried to pull her hand away, but Li Shengyu was still sitting opposite her. She felt a little embarrassed that Zhengyu was so intimate with her.
Li Zhengyu refused to let go of her hand. He found that she was bothered by Shengyu who was sitting opposite her. He smiled and comforted her: "Shengyu is not unaware of our relationship. Why are you shy in front of him?"
Su Peile smiled but didn't say anything. He let him hold her hand and looked at Li Shengyu opposite. He shifted his gaze from the phone in his hand and smiled faintly: "What are you talking about? I didn't hear you."
"Brother..." Li Zhengyu called affectionately, and Su Peile also laughed.
Li Shengyu didn't say anything and continued to look at his phone.
Li Zhengyu coaxed Su Peile: "Le Le, I will definitely remember your words. You can call me anytime 24 hours a day to supervise me."
"I don't have the time to supervise you. I can just call you every night."
Li Zhengyu nodded obediently, like a very good child.
Li Shengyu glanced at him and laughed out loud.
Hearing his laughter, Li Zhengyu turned to him and said, "Shengyu, you must take good care of my Lele for me. If she comes back thinner than a pound and loses a hair, I will sever my brotherhood with you."
"So serious?" Li Shengyu was stunned and looked at Su Peile seriously.
"So I'm not kidding you, take good care of my girl." Li Zhengyu hugged Su Peile and said.
Su Peile fell into his arms, the smile on her face and the tenderness in her eyes were all unreserved, and she didn't notice the lost expression on Li Shengyu's face next to her.
When they arrived at the station, Li Zhengyu carried Su Peile's suitcase and accompanied them to the entrance. Before they parted, Li Zhengyu hugged Su Peile despite the teacher being next to him and kissed her on the forehead, which made her blush. When she walked into the ticket gate, she looked back and saw Li Zhengyu waving at her.
After getting in the car, Su Peile sent a text message to Li Zhengyu: "We are only a turn away from each other, but I already miss you."
Outside the car window, the tall buildings of the city are slowly moving away, and what comes into view are the green mountains of autumn, rising one after another, stretching into the distance.
After more than four hours, they finally arrived at Songchuan. Li Shengyu carried his schoolbag and Su Peile's suitcase and followed the teacher out of the station.
Although he had been away for less than a year, Su Peile couldn't help but sigh with emotion when he looked at the scenery in front of him.
Although Songchuan is not very far from Gangwon, the weather is not as good as in Gangwon. It was stuffy as soon as we got off the car. The sky was covered with dark clouds, and it seemed like it would rain at any time.
Su Peile was a little disappointed at the moment. It would have been great if it was Zhengyu who came to Songchuan with her. She really wanted to say to him at the place where they first met: Thank you!
The representatives of each school participating in the quiz competition were uniformly arranged with accommodation by the Songchuan City Education Department. Taking advantage of the break between competitions, Su Peile asked for leave from his teacher and went home accompanied by Li Shengyu to visit his father whom he had not seen for a long time.
Although Uncle Gao was very good to her, he was not her biological father after all. In her heart, she still missed her father.
However, when she walked out of her father's house, she felt very upset. The happy home in her memory was no longer the same. The more she thought about it, the more depressed she felt. She felt so sad that she wanted to cry. Li Shengyu, who didn't know what was going on, walked silently beside her.
At some point, a drizzle began to fall, and the sky and earth were dim and hazy. The rain fell on her face with the coolness of autumn, and her tears flowed down her cheeks. Suddenly, something blocked her head. She looked back and saw that it was Li Shengyu who took off his coat and held it above her head to block the raindrops for her.
His eyes were as gentle as water, and he looked at her with concern: "Are you crying?"
Su Peile wiped his eyes guiltily and said, "No."
He put his coat over her head, wiped the tears from her eyes with his fingers and said, "The rain is cold, but your tears are hot."
"It's really okay." She sniffed and said casually.
Seeing her trying to be stubborn, Li Shengyu felt a little distressed.
"Le Le, don't be sad. We can never solve the adults' affairs, so don't think about it anymore. Let's go back." He comforted her softly.
Su Peile looked up at him and noticed that he had taken off his coat and was only wearing a plaid shirt. The rain had already soaked the ends of his hair. She quickly took off his coat and said, "You are not in good health. Don't catch a cold from the rain."
"It's okay." Li Shengyu refused, but Su Peile was worried that he would catch a cold, so he insisted on letting him wear it.
Li Shengyu felt helpless about her stubbornness: "Then let's block the rain together and quickly run to the intersection ahead to catch the bus, shall we?"
"Yeah, okay." Su Peile nodded in agreement. The two of them used one hand to support their clothes. Li Shengyu hugged her and they ran on the street together.
In his arms, Su Peile felt that familiar feeling coming over her again. If the street in the rain was replaced by the fire scene at that time, and if she didn't look at Li Shengyu's face at this moment, she would think that the person next to her was Zhengyu.
Why did Li Shengyu give her this feeling again and again? In her mind, the faces of Li Shengyu and Li Zhengyu kept switching. However, Li Shengyu and Li Zhengyu only had similar names, but they did not look the same. She was overthinking.