Chapter 650 - Dont Forget To Bring It On Monday (2/2)

Bai Qing took her time to enjoy up her burger. By the time Zhang Heng finished his meal, she had only gone through less than a third.

“There are still some fries and drumsticks. It should be enough for me,” replied Zhang Heng as he yawned.

“Am I really that boring?”.

“Ah, no. It’s not about you. I just didn’t get enough rest in the past two days,” Zhang Heng explained.

“Hmm… You went looking for that older brother again?”

“No, this time I was busy with something else,” Zhang Heng said.

“You are always so mysterious,” Bai Qing commented.

Zhang Heng changed the subject. “What about you? What are you up to?”

“Me? I’m just doing my usual stuff, studying and revising whatever I learned in cla.s.s. It’s only today that I have the time to come to the mall,” said Bai Qing as she bit the straw.

She still felt kind of nervous when she talked to Zhang Heng and had no idea where to look. The truth was, she had known Zhgn Heng for some time now, not to mention that they were tablemates as well. The truth was she had known Zhang Heng for some time now. Logically, she should have felt comfortable talking to Zhang Heng.

Could it have been the mall’s air conditioning? Bai Qing unconsciously rubbed her arm.

The two soon embarked on a great chatting session. They talked about volunteering at the college entrance examination. Bai Qing was gradually relaxed over time, even telling Zhang Heng about her family.

“Lately, I feel my dad’s been getting weirder.”

“Oh, why say that?”

“He used to socialize with his clients and come back late every night. My mother quarreled with him all the time because of this. He recently started to come home early, and I caught him looking at family photos we took a long time ago. This is the weirdest past: He’s always taught us never to look back on the past. I haven’t seen him taking the initiative to look at the family photos.” Zhang Heng’s expression instantly changed when he heard about Bai Qing’s father. “Did he do other strange things?” Bai Qing waved her hand. “No, my dad is a very serious man. He doesn’t usually smile. Sometimes I don’t even dare to talk to him. He doesn’t do anything stranger than that, I guess?” After a pause, she continued. “Is he in a midlife crisis? Is that why he looked through the photos?”

Zhang Heng did not know if he had become a little sensitive, thanks to what happened to the college student. He had started getting suspicious of everyone that acted differently, thinking that they had to be one of those creatures. Certainly, flipping through an old photo alb.u.m proved nothing for now. Human beings were not machines, and regardless of how mundane the person was, they couldn’t possibly do the exact same thing every day. Out of cautiousness, however, Zhang Heng said to Bai Qing, “If your dad does anything unusual in the future, you can tell me about it.”

1

“What’s the point?” Bai Qing raised her eyebrows, “Can you control my dad?”

“I can’t control your dad, but it’s always good to have someone to talk to,” Zhang Heng said. To conceal his true intentions, he then added, “Of course, you can talk to me about other things.”

Bai Qing obviously misunderstood the meaning of the statement. Her face flushed, and she lowered her head to stare at her shoes. After a while, she glanced at her watch. “Oh c.r.a.p. The movie will start in 5 minutes! How did we talk for so long?”

“Go catch your movie first,” said Zhang Heng.

Bai Qing hurriedly took out her homework from her canvas bag and pa.s.sed them to Zhang Heng before leaving. She thought for a while before finally saying, “Don’t forget to bring them back to me on Monday.”