Chapter 33 (1/2)

Chapter 33

Winter Warmth 2

One afternoon was long enough for Xia Liang to become good friends with Xiao Yi’s two girls.  Qi Ning and Qi Jing sat at each side of Xia Liang.  They talked about interesting things that happened at school and asked some questions about college life.

“s.h.i.+xiong……uh, didn’t Albert tell you anything about our college?”

Both young girls shrugged.

Qi Jing twitched her mouth. “Albert seldom tells us things about his college.  He doesn’t talk much when he comes over.”

Qi Ning held her chin in an attempt to be more mature. “Uhm, basically he treats everybody the same way.  Albert has very low EQ.”

Then both girls stared at her with big open eyes. “How could such low EQ Albert catch you?”

Xia Liang was startled, then blushed.  She patted both children’s heads. “We are just schoolmates.  Don’t think too much of it. How old are you.”

“12!” Both girls answered in unison.

Xia Liang, “……”

Su Wei happened to walk out of kitchen with a helpless look. “Annie, Angie, don’t bully Summer.”  She smiled and looked at Xia Liang. “We didn’t eat much for lunch.  We will eat lunner[1].  It will be ready in 10 minutes.  Their dad is coming home soon.  Xiao Xia you go up to get Ah Yan to come down to eat.”

Naturally Xia Liang was very anxious to get away from the two little girls’ attempts at digging gossip out of her.  She went upstairs obediently.

“Go upstairs, turn left, then go straight to the room at the end.”

“Okay.”

Xia Liang went upstairs and breathed a sigh of relief.

Two little gossiping girls.

She lightly walked to the last room on the left side.  The door was closed.  It was quiet inside.  Xia Liang knocked on the door twice.

There was light noise inside, like somebody was rolling inside a blanket.

“Come in please.”  Xia Liang turned the doork.n.o.b and walked in gingerly.

The room was dark since the drapery in the room was closed tightly.  She surveyed the furnis.h.i.+ng in the room.  It was pretty simple; there was only one bed, one closet, one book shelf and a desk with a chair.  There was a stack of books on the desk.  The book shelf was also filled with books.

She looked at the bed.  Song Qiyan was still lying on the bed.

She walked over.  She felt a little bit uneasy for walking too close to him and stopped around one meter away.  “Well, dinner will be ready in about ten minutes.  Xiao Yi asked me to tell you.”

Song Qiyan seemed to have just woken up and was not quite awake yet.  He opened his deep dark eyes and stared at her with his slightly misty eyes.  He spoke with a strong nasal sound after a while, “En.”

The half awake Song Qiyan, was inexplicably……very cute.

Song Qiyan embraced the blanket and continued to lie there.  He fixed his eyes at Xia Liang calmly.

It was quiet in the room.  Even the noise from the two girls downstairs could be heard very clearly.

Xia Liang bit her lower lip. “Well, are you getting up?”

Song Qiyan continued to look at her quietly.  He still had the strong nasal sound, “En.”

His gaze made Xia Liang’s ears grow hot.

She coughed dryly. “Then I’ll go downstairs.  You get up.”

“Wait.”  Finally Song Qiyan got up.  He opened the blanket and sat up.

Xia Liang turned her head.  She saw his wrinkled white T s.h.i.+rt and unusually messy hair.