The breeze does not pass me by

Chapter 55
On the evening of March 3th, during the 12-minute break between classes, Liang Chan was sorting out the PPT content taken in the previous class in the phone photo album, and a WeChat message popped up in the notification bar.

Jiang Qishu: "Are you free tonight?"

During the winter vacation, he asked Liang Chan if he was free on the night of March 3th. She asked him if he was free, and he said he wanted to make a date with her.

Liang Chan didn't give a definite answer at the time, so on this day, he asked again.

Liang Chan clicked into the dialog box and typed a word to go back.

"Have."

She set a reminder on the calendar in advance, and called the bar manager at noon because she couldn't afford to work part-time, so she could spare time in the evening.

Jiang Qishu sent an emoji of a little Shiba Inu circling in circles.

Jiang Qishu: "Wait for me after class, I'll pick you up."

Liang Chan suppressed the slightest expectation that surged in her heart, and did not reply, acquiescing to his arrangement.

She went back to the photo album and transcribed the notes in the margin next to the textbook.

The class bell rang, and the teacher continued to explain the content of the previous class. Liang Chan pulled back his thoughts of trying to run away several times, and tried his best to focus on the matter of listening to the class.Things that were easy to do in the past have become a little difficult for some reason. She never admits that Jiang Qishu disturbed her heart.

This class was extraordinarily long, during which Liang Chan looked at her phone a few times, each time feeling like 10 minutes had passed, but in fact the time flow was far from as fast as she thought, only 8 minutes had passed.

It was cold in spring and the temperature dropped sharply. Lu Mingming, who was sitting next to her, was shaking his legs from the cold, which aggravated her anxiety.

Lu Mingming noticed Liang Chan's small movements of frequently checking the time, and while the teacher was not paying attention, he quietly leaned into her ear and said, "Why do I think you are absent-minded?"

Liang Chan replied without confidence: "No."

"We're going to eat hot pot outside the school at night. If you don't work part-time, you can join us." Lu Mingming whispered.

At the beginning of last semester, Liang Chan was quite aloof. She often moved alone, and didn't eat or go shopping with them. After a long time, it was inevitable that she would become unfamiliar.She is still so busy this semester that she often doesn't see anyone, but after getting to know her personality slowly, I know that she is a very good person and a friend worth making.

Liang Chan always refuses her roommate's invitations, and I feel very embarrassed. Today is indeed a special situation: "I have other plans for the evening." She smiled apologetically, "Next time."

"It's okay." Lu Mingming didn't mind.

The bell rang, and the students sitting in their seats rushed out one after another, fighting with some of them who went to the cafeteria to grab a meal after school in high school.Because this is the last class in the afternoon, due to the bad weather, it is already dark outside, and everyone wants to finish their meal early and return to the warm dormitory.Enjoy one more day while the heating is on.

Liang Chan packed things faster than before. When Lu Mingming was slowly packing the stationery bag, Liang Chan had already carried the bag, stood up and said, "Let me go first."

Lu Mingming turned sideways and retreated into the aisle first. Liang Chan thanked her and went out through the back door.

"Why do you feel that she is in a hurry?" Lu Mingming scratched his head.

The big classroom was on the second floor, and when Liang Chan walked to the corner of the stairs, he saw Jiang Qishu waiting there.He was standing loosely against the wall, with one foot against the base of the wall, wearing a woolen cap and a light brown windbreaker, with one pocket in one hand and the phone in the other looking down. His lazy appearance couldn't stop him from being handsome.

As if having a premonition, Jiang Qishu raised his eyes and just saw Liang Chan going downstairs. He put away his phone and stood up straight. When she walked in front of him, a warm smile automatically appeared on his face: "Is it cold?"

"The heating in the classroom is not working, it's a bit cold." Liang Chan told the truth.

Jiang Qishu held her hand, his fingertips were cool, which made his palm hot: "Don't you know that the temperature has dropped recently? Wear more."

"I've already worn a lot." Liang Chan felt a little helpless when she saw herself wrapped up like a bear. There were a lot of bottoming shirts, sweaters, and down jackets. If she wore more, she could only go out wrapped in a quilt.

Jiang Qishu smiled, and led her down the steps. His bicycle was parked in the open space on the side of the teaching building—he never rode a motorcycle in school, and the only means of transportation was a bicycle.

Liang Chan sat sideways in the back seat, wrapping his arms around his waist, the sound of the wind whistling by his ears, his broad back blocked the wind that tried to attack her.

Those students who were left far behind by them cast envious eyes with difficulty.

Since the students who spread rumors were punished last time, no one dared to say a word about Liang Chan.According to the squad leader who passed by the counselor's office that day, Ding Muyu cried in the dark, and had to do self-criticism while crying, which was very miserable.

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The bicycle was only responsible for taking them to the school gate. Liang Chan jumped off the back seat and landed on both feet. She couldn't help asking Jiang Qishu: "Where are we going..."

She was ashamed to say the word dating.

Jiang Qishu found a place to lock his bicycle, and beckoned to stop a passing taxi: "You will know when you get there." He touched her head and joked, "Trust me, I won't sell you .”

After getting in the car, Jiang Qishu gave the driver an address, and the driver froze for a moment: "Are you sure? Then we have to drive to the suburbs."

"It's a suburb." Jiang Qishu said, "I'll give you double the money."

"Come on! After sitting down, let's go." The driver took a photo of the empty license plate in front and started the car.

Liang Chan heard that the place was in the suburbs, so she thought wildly, maybe it was really sold.

In the second half of the car, the road condition was not good enough and it bumped slightly. In addition, the driving time was too long. Liang Chan felt a little drowsy in the warm air-conditioning wind, and fell asleep leaning on Jiang Qishu's shoulder.

"arrive!"

The uncle driver's angry voice woke Liang Chan up.

She opened her eyes and looked around with a dazed expression. There were no towering buildings or brilliant neon lights. Surrounded by dense trees, a white detached villa came into view.

"Liang Chan, it's time for us to get out of the car." Jiang Qishu scanned the QR code to pay, and he paid twice as much as he said when he got on the car. He turned his head and patted Liang Chan's shoulder, "Zip it up, don't catch a cold gone."

Liang Chan slowly opened the car door and went down, secretly glanced at the phone, secretly surprised that after sitting in the car for more than an hour, and then looking at the villa in front of her, can she go back before the school gate tonight?

Jiang Qishu raised his hand and shook it in front of her eyes, and said with a smile, "Are you sleepy?"

The black carved fence gate was open, and he led her through the long front yard. The main road was lined with lawns that were still green in winter, and there was a fountain pool in front of it. The white swan statue looked a little holy under the light .

Pushing open the door of the main hall, the fragrant wind blows in gusts.

The ghostly roars of a dozen people in the room pierced the eardrums.

Jiang Qishu's face was full of black lines, he shouldn't have asked them to come here earlier.

Seeing that there were other people, Liang Chan's nervousness eased a little. However, before she could see the layout of the house clearly, Li Aoran and the others brought a fountain tube from somewhere, and they gathered around and sprayed ribbon fireworks on the two of them: "I wish our brother Shu a long life and a precious son!"

Jiang Qishu was expressionless, even a little disgusted.

Across the sky filled with colored ribbons, Liang Chan saw silver balloons with the word "happy birthday" stuck to the snow-white wall not far away, and the ground was also piled up with all kinds of balloons and flowers.

She was stunned for five seconds before she realized, and turned her gaze to the person beside her: "Today is your birthday?"

Before Jiang Qishu could speak, Li Aoran bluffed and said first: "No, Brother Shu, you didn't tell Liang Chan?"

Jiang Qishu ignored him, only seeing Liang Chan in his eyes, and smiled a little shyly: "It's not particularly important. I used to celebrate my birthdays casually. Today is for everyone to have a meal together."

Liang Chan was a little annoyed. If she had known that today was his birthday, she would not have come empty-handed. She seemed very disregarded and rude to him.

Seeing that Liang Chan was a little sad, Jiang Qi stood up and gave Li Aoran a wink.

Li Aoran, who has been his brother for many years, understood what he meant in seconds, stood up and laughed and said, "What Brother Shu said is true, I can testify that he used to spend his birthdays in the past, so he didn't take it seriously. We also Just come to eat and drink, the most important thing is to have fun together!"

The air conditioner was turned on in the house, and the temperature was a few degrees higher than usual. Some boys wore short T-shirts and were busy grilling meat and washing fruits in the open kitchen.

Liang Chan was barely comforted, relaxed, took off her down jacket and prepared to help in the kitchen.

"You don't need to do it, the dishes are already ready. When someone brings them over later, they just saw that there is a barbecue grill at home, and they just wanted to get some barbecue." Jiang Qishu pulled her to the sofa and sat down, "Leave them alone, accompany them I chat."

Speaking of chatting, Liang Chan began to settle accounts with him: "Why didn't you tell me in advance?"

Jiang Qishu pretended not to understand: "I told you during the winter vacation, set aside time for the night of March 3?"

"But you didn't say it was your birthday."

"Liang Chan, if you knew in advance." Jiang Qishu looked at her deeply, "What would you do?"

"..."

Liang Chan was speechless and fell into his trap again.How should she answer this question, whether she will prepare him a birthday present, or whether she will help him celebrate.

The sudden ringing of the doorbell rescued her.

Lin Hao jumped up from the other end of the sofa and ran to open the door: "Has the order arrived?"

He opened the door with a smile fixed on his face. Outside the door was not a delivery man in uniform, but a young girl.She was as delicate as the doll in the window, wearing a small off-white fragrant dress, with a mini bag studded with diamonds on her arm.The hair is curled into fluffy big curls, long eyelashes and round eyes, Qiong nose sandalwood mouth, when the wind blows, it brings a faint rose fragrance.

Lin Hao didn't know this person, so he stepped back tactically: "Who are you looking for?"

"What do you think?" Liu Zhen held her head up, passed him and walked around to the sofa area of ​​the living room, questioning in her usual delicate voice, "Ah Shu, you don't call me on your birthday, do you still consider me a friend! "

Lin Hao touched his nose and closed the door, feeling that this girl is not easy to mess with.

(End of this chapter)