Chapter 22.08 (1/2)

Chapter 22.8: Two People’s Time Machine (两个人的时光机)

Later Zheng Xie finally spoke. He said to He He: “Tomorrow you go with me. I will take you to B City.”

He He quietly whispered: “I have two more cla.s.ses to finish. My mother is not at home, she had taken her students to study in the south.”

Zheng Xie said: “The cla.s.ses, even if you don’t attend, it does not matter. You cannot stay here. My mother is over there. I will take her to her place.”

And He He did not argue but acquiescence to his arrangements.

Zheng Xie is departing from B City to go abroad to study. So that day, there are a large group of people that come to his home to bid him farewell. Zheng Xie is bored and insist to go to the airport alone with the driver only. No one else is allowed to send him off at the airport. His reason is extremely simple: “I hate goodbye scene. I am afraid of people crying.”

Everyone is noisy while gossiping. He He sat in the corner and was silent. Then the elders smiled and said: “He He is the most reluctant to let Ah Xie go. Once he is gone, she lack one big backer. Look at He He, sad before words.”

He He looked embarra.s.sed and did not know how to answer. So she sat there quietly.

Zheng Xie laughed: “Two days ago, we argued till an awkward point. So she is still in a fit of anger.”

Zheng Xie’s mother soft rebuke: “Ah Xie, you are already an adult. And you even have the nerve to bully He He?”

He He became more embarra.s.sed and laughed while suffered.

Aunty Qian gentle looked at He He and said to Zheng Xie: “I am also afraid of parting scene and saying goodbye. So I am not going to send you off at the airport. But you let He He send you off. There must be someone who personally send you off.”

In the end, in additional to the driver, He He is the only person whom personally sent Zheng Xie at the airport. As she say goodbye to Zheng Xie, there were no tears. She obediently walked behind him with her head bowed in silence.

Before boarding the flight, Zheng Xie said to her: “Are you still upset with me? Even now you are still not willing to give me a smile.”

He He shook her head and then reluctantly give him a very bright smile.

A gush of wind blew her hair into her eyes. Zheng Xie wanted to use his hand to push it aside but halfway, close his hand and only said to her: “Once a week, write a letter to me. I will call you once a week. Anything, just leave me a message. Call my cell phone for anything urgent. Once I settle down, I will give you my contact details.”