Chapter 76 - Are You Going Out with Cheng Mingchi? (1/2)
Du Xiaoxian went to school with the biscuits on Monday. As soon as she entered the school gate, she saw Cheng Mingchi. Strangely enough, since she met him, it seemed that she could almost see him every day going to and leaving school.
Actually Du Xiaoxian felt a little guilty that because of her, Cheng Mingchi was beaten up last time and fallen out with Yu Yuanpo. She ran over and patted him on the shoulder, “Cheng Mingchi.”
Cheng Mingchi turned around and smiled at her, “Good morning!”
Du Xiaoxian found that there were still light bruises on his forehead, but his mouth was completely healed. She did not ask anything and took out a small bottle of biscuits from her schoolbag, “Try some.”
Cheng Mingchi took a piece from the bottle and put it into his mouth with a smile, then he nodded and said, “It’s good.”
“I made it myself.” Du Xiaoxian said happily, “I drew all the patterns on them.”
“Really?” Cheng Mingchi took another piece and grinned, “No wonder they are so beautiful and tasty. I rarely eat sweets, but I think they’re very delicious.”
“Take a few more if you like.” Du Xiaoxian handed over the glass bottle.
Cheng Mingchi smiled and took a few more, saying, “Enough.”
Suddenly, a taunting voice came from behind, “Wow, how sweet it is for a couple to eat biscuits together!”
Du Xiaoxian knew it was Yu Yuanpo without even turning around. She angrily dragged Cheng Mingchi forward and whispered, “Ignore him.”
But Yu Yuanpo kept saying sarcastic things and followed them like a piece of sticky gum that couldn’t be shaken off. Du Xiaoxian felt that people were starting to give them strange looks.
She was too simply and naive to know what those looks meant, but Cheng Mingchi suddenly strode away.
Yu Yuanpo shouted from behind, “Hey, there’s nothing to be ashamed of if you two are going out!”
Vague laughter came from all around. Du Xiaoxian turned back and glared at Yu Yuanpo fiercely before running into the school building.
Wang Qian and a few other classmates were standing in the corridor upstairs. Seeing Du Xiaoxian coming over, Wang Qian went over and grabbed her arm with a smile as she whispered, “Are you going out with Cheng Mingchi?”
“No!” Du Xiaoxian opened her eyes wide. It was only at this moment that she finally understood what those strange looks and laughters meant.
“Still keeping it a secret from me?” Wang Qian said, “The whole school knew about it. Just now, everyone saw you give Cheng Mingchi biscuits.”
“I’m going to share them with everyone.” Du Xiaoxian took out the glass bottle of biscuits and said, “I brought it here for all of you.”
Walking out of the door, Yang Liying covered her mouth and chuckled, “We won’t dare to eat them. Save them for Cheng Mingchi.”
Du Xiaoxian became anxious and explained, “It’s really not what you think. We are just ordinary friends.”
“I know, I know,” Yang Liying said, “We all know that he is the ordinary boyfriend!”
Liu Tiantian laughed from the side, “Xiaoxian, I never thought that you would go out with the top student of our school secretly. You never even tell us about it, and you call yourself a friend.”
“I told you he isn’t, why don’t you believe me?” Du Xiaoxian entered the classroom angrily.
“Never mind. Stop it. Xiaoxian is very shy, you made her feel embarrassed.” Yang Liying said at a volume neither high or low so that everyone around could hear her.
Wang Qian glanced at her in surprise and followed Du Xiaoxian into the classroom without saying anything.
The simple Du Xiaoxian didn’t take this kind of joke seriously. She was simply too innocent to know that a large net was already being casted, in which she would be the only fish!
Du Xiaoxian spent her day happily at school as usual. By the time she finished painting class and walked out of the school gate, Xiaoding’s car was already waiting outside.
Du Xiaoxian gave the biscuits left to Xiaoding and said, “Try it. I made them with the young master.”
Xiaoding took it silently, but his heart was dripping with blood, “My noble young master, look what you’ve become now…a dessert chef?”
Xiaoding felt it was necessary to give Du Xiaoxian a wake-up call. Chewing on the biscuits, he said, “Xiaoxian, if you want to eat biscuits in the future, just ask me to buy them for you. Don’t bother the young master. He is the man who does great things. Now he has to make you biscuits in the evening after a long day’s work. How tired will he be? Will you be thoughtful?”
Du Xiaoxian lowered her head, looked at the glass bottle in her hand and whispered, “We didn’t make them in the evening. We made them in the daytime on a weekend.”
“That’s even more wrong,” Xiaoding said, “A two-day rest is precious for him, but he spends all the time making biscuits for you. The young master’s work is very exhausting!”
“Oh, I see.” Du Xiaoxian held the bottle in her arms, feeling a little depressed. She agreed with what Xiaoding had said, but she hadn’t been able to think of this.
After a while, Xiaoding calmed down and realized that he had spoken in excitement, venting his worked-up emotions just now. If Gu Nianbin found out that he had taught Du Xiaoxian a lesson, could he…still be alive?
Clearing his throat, he added, “Well, Xiaoxian, I have no other intentions. My words may be a bit too blunt and I hope you don’t take it to heart. Everything we do is for the good of the young master!”
“No, Driver Ding, you’re right. It was my negligence. I won’t let the young master make biscuits for me from now on.”
“Well,” Xiaoding coughed again, “let the young master make the decision. It’s useless for you to stop him if he wants to. I mean, just keep this between us…Don’t tell anyone else.”
Du Xiaoxian became speechless…Did this mean that there was going to be a secret between her and Xiaoding?
Xiaoding felt very uneasy not receiving any response from her, he added, “Huh?”
Du Xiaoxian answered in a low voice to show agreement.
But Xiaoding did not understand her and said, “There are no other intentions behind this, just don’t tell the young master about it. The less trouble, the better. Do you understand?”