The Seventh Night Heartbreaking Date 2
"Try what?" My head was full of question marks.
“Oh, nothing.” Ji Youran stood up and seemed to be leaving. But he took a few slow steps and turned around with a strange smile on his face: “By the way, I’m here because of my master’s order!”
What? Did Huang Mingxi ask Ji Youran to take care of me?
Seeing my surprise, he continued in an unfathomable tone, "It was the master who carried you here after you fainted, and the food was brought to you by the master through Liuli's order. Chaye, remember the master's kindness to you. If one day he needs you to do something for him, you'd better not refuse him."
Although Ji Youran's words were strange, I didn't think too much about it. I said in a strong voice, as if I was swearing an oath, "Of course! As long as Huang Mingxi asks, I will do anything for him."
Something seemed to flash across Ji Youran's eyes. He said with a half-smile, "I hope you remember what you said and don't break your promise when the time comes."
It sounds as if Huang Mingxi will definitely "ask" something from me.
I curled my lips and said, "A gentleman's word is as good as his bond!"
Ji Youran was too lazy to say more, and as she walked out the door, she stretched out her voice and said, "That's good."
I watched Ji Youran's back, questions popping up in my mind one after another.
Yesterday everyone was guarding against me like a monster, but today their attitude suddenly changed. What's going on?
Huang Mingxi is the same! You obviously don't want to see me, right? Why do you still take care of me everywhere?
What went wrong and why did everyone start to become abnormal?
I took a few bites of rice absentmindedly and found that my limited intelligence was not enough. So I just cut the Gordian knot - put aside all doubts and let things take their course.
I was so hungry that I fainted. My vitality was greatly damaged, my hands and feet were weak, and my mind was blank. After eating, I just wanted to sleep. This made Ji Youran, the class teacher, extremely dislike me, so he simply turned a blind eye and told me to go home and rest for two days.
As for Huang Mingxi, when I appeared in front of him, he always had a poker face and was unwilling to even look at me.
Oh! I feel so depressed! My mind is in a mess! I'd better go home and have a good sleep!
Who knew that I would sleep until the evening of the next day.
“Bang, bang, bang!”
In a daze, there seemed to be a knock on the door.
I wiped the saliva from the corner of my mouth, turned over and ignored him.
“Bang, bang, bang!”
"Chaye! I know you are at home, please come and open the door for me!"
Liuli's clear baby voice continued to be heard.
I buried my head under the pillow and held on for a long time, but finally I couldn't bear it anymore and climbed out of bed.
I grabbed my messy hair, took off my slippers, and walked to the door barefoot, opening it while yawning.
Classmate Ji Liuli was standing at the door with her hands on her hips, like a teapot. The driver, whom she had just met two days ago, was standing beside her respectfully, with one hand raised high, as if he was going to continue knocking on the door.
When they saw me finally open the door, the driver who knocked on the door immediately withdrew his hand and stood still, secretly making a face to greet me. Liuli, who was standing at the door with her hands on her hips, pushed me aside without any hesitation and walked straight into the room, saying disdainfully as she walked in: "Are you a girl? You're still sleeping at this hour! And your taste is too childish! You're wearing pajamas with little bears printed on them! And that messy hair, are you trying to imitate a bird's nest?"
Liuli started to nag at me like the nanny in the TV dramas.
I don't have any other skills, but I have already mastered the skill of letting things go in one ear and out the other to perfection.
So I yawned countless times and walked towards the bed in a daze.
"Stop right there!" My pajamas were grabbed by a small hand. I turned around and saw Liuli's eyebrows were furrowed so tightly that they were about to pinch a mosquito to death. "Don't tell me you have slept from yesterday until now?"
I rubbed my eyes dazedly and repeated unconsciously: "Yesterday? Now?"
Liuli finally couldn't bear it anymore, she ran away "thump thump", and after a while she ran back "thump thump".
I watched her leave and come back with sleepy eyes, my mind blank.
“Crash!”
The cold water was poured all over my face. I shuddered all over and woke up instantly.
My eyes were almost mesmerized by the flowing water! I reached out and wiped the water off my face. The first thing that appeared in front of me was Liuli's face full of emotions such as "hate iron but not steel", and the cup she used to "commit the crime".
"Liuli?" I called her name in confusion.
"Yes! It's me!" Liuli put the cup on the table beside her and looked at me with her arms folded. "I heard from my brother that the reason why the emperor is dissatisfied with you is that you have never learned how to be a qualified lady! Although I know that you have always been unkempt and rude, I never thought you would be so sloppy! Forget about being a lady, you can't even be an ordinary girl!"
"Uh..." I pulled at my bear pajamas awkwardly.
Okay, I know I don’t look elegant at all, let alone have any ladylike temperament, but it’s the first time that someone comments like this on me, and I ’m embarrassed!
"First, let's start with your attire!" Liuli snapped her fingers, and the driver who had been waiting outside the door immediately came in respectfully holding a box.
The box is white, with antique patterns painted on the front, which looks very classy.
Liuli opened the lid of the box, took out a piece of clothing from it, and threw it to me: "Today, you wear this to attend the temple fair."
I hurriedly caught the clothes that Liuli threw to me. It felt very soft in my hands, and I could tell that it was of high-end material just by touching it.
I unfolded it carefully and found that it was a slim-fitting white pleated dress, but the outside of the skirt was covered with a layer of transparent gauze as thin as a cicada's wing, which added a sense of "fairy" to the skirt.
This skirt should look good on me, but I seldom wear skirts, especially short skirts. Also, this sweet style doesn’t suit my personality. Will it look weird on me wearing it?
I stroked the soft skirt hesitantly, full of doubts about myself.
"Why are you still standing there? Go change your clothes! The temple fair is about to begin!" Liuli pushed me into the bathroom impatiently and closed the door.
She urged outside the door: "Change quickly! I still need to help you with your hair!"
Liuli dislikes me from head to toe!
Have I failed in the past 17 years? Thinking carefully, I really don’t regard myself as a delicate girl. Isn’t there a popular word now? It’s called “female man”!
Mom, would you feel relieved if your daughter became a real lady?
So, during the long "dressing up" time, Liuli and I were busy like spinning tops.
Tie up your hair, trim your eyebrows, take care of your face, and receive emergency training on your speech and behavior.
When the driver took Liuli and I to the entrance of the temple fair, I had been successfully "packaged" into a girl who looked very ladylike.
I sat upright in the car all the way. When the driver opened the door for me, I stepped out and almost ruined my ladylike appearance. Fortunately, Liuli was quick to stop my "uncivilized" behavior.
"Remember, you are a noble swan. Stretch your neck, hold your chest high, and smile. When you walk, lift your feet gently and gracefully, and walk in a straight line..."
Liuli followed me and kept giving me instructions.
I walked forward mechanically as if facing a great enemy, afraid to make any wrong move.
"Left foot, right foot, don't mess up your steps...Ah! Your Majesty!" Liuli, who was following me closely from behind, suddenly raised her voice and screamed, scaring me so much that I almost sprained my ankle.
My attention had already been focused on the boy not far away since Liuli called out Huang Mingxi's name.
Next to the big pillar at the entrance of the temple fair, two people were standing, one in front and one behind.
The one standing in front was wearing a white shirt and plaid cropped trousers, and a pair of plaid casual shoes on his feet. His soft black hair was obediently attached to his forehead, and his facial features were handsome, looking very cute.
As for the person behind me, I ignored him mercilessly.
Because the two of them looked so good, there were already many girls around to watch them. However, due to Ji Youran's cold face, no girl dared to approach them.
"Your Majesty! Brother!" Liuli jumped towards the two of them happily like a little bird leaving its nest.
When she was three steps away from Huang Mingxi, she suddenly stopped, then lifted her skirt and saluted like a lady. She smiled sweetly and said, "Your Majesty is still so noble today!"
That movement, that expression, that tone, she looks so well-behaved no matter how you look at her!
As I stood there watching the situation, my eyes met Huang Mingxi's unexpectedly. At that moment, it was like a spring thunder awakening all things, causing flowers to bloom everywhere, and even the air became fresh. Huang Mingxi and I were both stunned for a moment.
It was short, but profound, and made me feel that the distance between him and me was not as far as I had imagined.
At that moment, I couldn't help but think greedily: "Maybe after the temple fair is over, the previous hurt, estrangement and sadness will disappear, and Huang Mingxi and I can still be close friends..."
However, after a brief eye contact, Huang Mingxi immediately and mercilessly withdrew his gaze.
He looked at Liuli tenderly and said with a smile, "Liuli is so cute today."
After receiving Huang Mingxi's praise, Liuli's face immediately turned red. She smiled shyly and looked extremely cute.
Ji Youran also teased Liuli. The three of them looked particularly harmonious standing together. I couldn't get involved in that warm atmosphere at all.
After talking to the two of them for a while, Liuli turned around and winked at me.
Is that action telling me to go over there?
I stood there in a daze for a moment, and the thought of reconciling with Huang Mingxi finally defeated my hesitation.
I approached Huang Mingxi cautiously.
When Ji Youran and Liuli saw me coming over, they stopped chatting and just looked at me quietly.
I finally mustered up the courage: "Hello... hello, long time no see..."
After I finished speaking, I fell into an awkward silence. Huang Mingxi ignored me from beginning to end.
"Chaye must have been too sleepy. Don't you see each other in the classroom every day?" Liuli stepped forward to smooth things over. "By the way, I heard that there are a lot more interesting stalls in the temple this year! Let's go check it out!"
The city's temple fair is held once a year, covering the entire suburban park, and is usually held on midsummer night. It is said that the temple has four entrances, east, south, west, and north. It takes two or three hours to walk up the gentle stone steps to reach the blessing temple on the top of the mountain.
I heard that this blessing temple was just an octagonal pavilion in the past. Almost everyone who made a wish in the pavilion could get what they wanted. Over time, it was called the "Blessing Temple" by the citizens, and it attracts many people to come here to make wishes every year.
The stairs going up the mountain extend to a large flat area every few steps, and at this time the flat area is already filled with various stalls.
Orange lanterns meandered down from the distant mountain top, and the stone steps leading up the mountain were crowded with people coming and going, making it look very lively.
Ji Youran considerately protected Liuli to prevent her from being bumped by others, while Huang Mingxi walked silently behind the two of them. Before we knew it, we were walking side by side.
