Chapter 146 — Delivering a "Love Letter"
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Teacher Song was taken aback. She knew how Tang Zhi usually behaved. Though suitors were endless at school, and not a few of them were rich young masters, Tang Zhi paid them no mind at all — let alone going out to see one who had come to the classroom door; even when she ran into them elsewhere, she would take the initiative to avoid them. And this time...
But since Tang Zhi had decided to go out and see Wei Zhao, Teacher Song could hardly say much. She nodded, but followed Tang Zhi to the classroom door and watched the two of them from afar, to see what they were up to — so that if Wei Zhao pestered Tang Zhi, she could intervene.
"Why did you have to come now?" Tang Zhi pouted, looking at Wei Zhao with displeasure. "It's our homeroom teacher's class, and it's not over yet. Didn't you see the gesture I gave you?"
"You went shh and waved your hand — how was I supposed to know what you wanted?" Wei Zhao shrugged innocently. "Didn't we agree before? During the break this period, I'd bring you the recipe..."
"Ugh..." Tang Zhi let out a faint sigh, full of helplessness. "Then just give it to me quickly."
"Here." Wei Zhao took out the recipe he had written and handed it to Tang Zhi.
Tang Zhi took it and slipped it straight into her pocket without even opening it. "I'm going back now. Don't go knocking on windows at random next time."
"Next time?" Wei Zhao blinked.
Only then did Tang Zhi realize her slip of the tongue. By saying that, hadn't she just implied that she was inviting Wei Zhao to come pester her again? She hastily corrected herself: "There won't be a next time."
With that, afraid of angering the young master of the Lin family, she did not dare look at him. She turned, lowered her head, and dashed quickly back to her classroom — and nearly barreled straight into Teacher Song.
"Ah... I'm... I'm sorry, Teacher Song..." Tang Zhi's face flushed red.
"Go on back. Be more careful next time." Teacher Song knitted her brows. She did not much mind Tang Zhi nearly colliding with her; what concerned her was — what had Wei Zhao just given Tang Zhi? It looked like something folded out of paper.
And after Tang Zhi took it, she had fled back red-faced, as if running for her life?
Teacher Song naturally took Tang Zhi's red face — flushed with embarrassment at nearly bumping into her — for a blush of shyness...
Could it be a love letter? At the thought, Teacher Song shook her head. Had the child Tang Zhi lost her wits? She had never once accepted a boy's love letter before — what had gotten into her this time? Not only had she made an exception and met with Wei Zhao, but she had accepted his love letter, and with such a bashful look on her face besides... Could there really be something going on between the two of them?
Teacher Song was not the only one who saw this; there were many others as well — Tang Zhi's classmates, for instance. The corridor had more than one window; any few people who pulled back a curtain could see the scene unfolding outside...
Though they could not hear what was being said, the ambiguous expressions, the ambiguous gestures, Tang Zhi's look of mingled reproach and coyness — all of it let one imagine a great deal...
Especially at the end, when Wei Zhao produced a folded piece of paper and gave it to Tang Zhi, and Tang Zhi shyly tucked it into her pocket, then ran back with her head lowered and her face flushed...
The whole scene was just too good.
In the dull, flavorless life of a school, what kind of news spreads fastest? Nothing other than which boy is going out with which girl... So-and-so gave so-and-so a love letter, so-and-so accepted a confession, classmate A turned down classmate B's advances...
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