Xia Jinshu was unaware that her younger sister, Xia Yunuo, suspected her, and that her younger sister Xia Kening, had caught them in the act of "cheating."
Sitting on the back of Song Yunshen's seat, she leaned to the side and held onto the boy's waist to prevent herself from swaying.
The wind blowing in her face made her long hair flutter and blurred her vision.
Only when Song Yunshen stopped to wait for the traffic light did she have time to raise her hand and smooth her hair from her forehead.
The unique scent of Song Yunshen lingered in my nostrils—a faint, fresh scent like green grass.
Xia Jinshu was already very familiar with this smell. After sitting on the back of Song Yunshen a week, she felt that she could recognize it immediately even with her eyes closed.
A few minutes later, Song Yunshen drove his electric car to the side of the road at Wanda Plaza.
The two got out of the car and walked side by side into Wanda's main gate.
Once inside, Xia Jinshu saw crowds of people coming and going, including many couples like them, clearly there on dates.
Thinking of this, Xia Jinshu turned to look at Song Yunshen beside her, pursed her lips, and a strange thought began to arise in her heart.
Is this... considered a date?
It seems there's not much difference, right? But I only accompanied Song Yunshen to the glasses shop; the meal was just something I did on the side.
There's a big difference between what looks like it and what actually is!
Xia Jinshu convinced herself of this and followed in Song Yunshen's footsteps.
Wanda Plaza was packed with people on Saturday, especially during mealtimes, when the escalators were incredibly crowded.
Song Yunshen didn't take Xia Jinshu to ride the elevator; instead, they took the escalator up floor by floor, which was actually faster than waiting for a regular elevator.
But because there were so many people and Xia Jinshu's mind was racing, she wasn't paying attention while walking and accidentally missed a step on the escalator.
"Ah!"
Xia Jinshu gasped in surprise, feeling half of her body lose its balance and almost fall onto the girl behind her.
But at the same moment, a pair of large hands firmly grasped her.
With one hand he tightly grabbed half of her arm, and with the other hand he instantly wrapped his arms around her slender waist, pulling her back onto the escalator steps and regaining his balance.
" Teacher Xia, watch your step when you go up the escalator, don't get distracted." After confirming that she was steady, Song Yunshen immediately withdrew his hand, though he was still slightly savoring the moment.
Luckily, he had been secretly watching Xia Jinshu the whole time, otherwise he wouldn't have been able to catch her so quickly. "Th-thank you... I'm so sorry." Xia Jinshu's heart was pounding; she was genuinely frightened. She thanked Song Yunshen.
When the escalator reached the second floor and Xia Jinshu finally stepped onto the ground, she recovered her senses. She glanced at the escalator with lingering fear, and thinking of what had just happened, she blushed slightly as she looked at Song Yunshen's profile.
For some reason, I suddenly felt quite safe being by Song Yunshen's side.
I'm the one who should be called "Mom."
"I was thinking about something else, I'm sorry," Xia Jinshu apologized again. "Luckily you caught me, otherwise I don't even want to think about it..."
"Oh, it's nothing." Song Yunshen didn't expect her to still be dwelling on this, so he simply joked, "You're not thinking about my handsome face, are you? I'm so sorry to have captivated Teacher Xia."
Xia Jinshu: "..."
If Xia Kening were in his shoes at this moment, she would probably call him shameless.
Xia Yunuo blushed and lowered her head, muttering a rebuttal that she hadn't.
Xia Jinshu just squinted at him, looking speechless, silently thinking to herself, "How can there be such a narcissistic person in the world?"
Even if you are really handsome, you shouldn't say that to my face.
This instantly transformed her from a reassuring figure to someone who seemed like a silly, clueless son. Seeing her reaction, Song Yunshen felt embarrassed to continue, so he coughed and told them to continue taking the escalator upstairs.
Seeing his embarrassment, Xia Jinshu silently reflected on herself, wondering if she was being too unfunny.
Song Yunshen definitely didn't really mean it just now; he was probably just joking and glossing over the accident.
So should she respond by saying, "I was indeed thinking about your face just now"?
That doesn't make sense either.
So what kind of reaction is considered appropriate?
Xia Jinshu became a little troubled, feeling that she might be spoiling the fun.
After all, they treated me to dinner, and if I don't contribute anything, I should at least offer some emotional value, right?
"Um..." After thinking it over, Xia Jinshu followed him to the third-floor platform and finally hesitated before speaking.
"Hmm? What's wrong?"
"I wasn't thinking about your face just now," Xia Jinshu said seriously, "But you are indeed very handsome, I'm sure of that."
Song Yunshen: "...?" Upon hearing this, Song Yunshen was immediately filled with question marks, looking completely bewildered. He Mama Xia, "Why did you leave our conversation on the second floor until the third floor to reply?"
Is there network latency?
Perhaps they owe internet fees!
Song Yunshen was somewhat amused and exasperated, so he could only laugh and reply, "It's alright. I'm quite certain that Teacher Xia is very beautiful. Let's not flatter each other."
Xia Jinshu felt a little awkward at his response.
She knew she was pretty, but the compliments she received to her face were usually from elders; it was rare for her peers to compliment her like that to her face.
"Does Teacher Xia usually chat with people very little?" Song Yunshen couldn't help but ask.
He thought Xia Yunuo, this friendless idiot, was already outrageous enough, but now it seems that Xia Jinshu is the one with even more problems.
Xia Jinshu, as the eldest sister, seems to be more sensible and knowledgeable, but she has absolutely no experience in interacting with the opposite sex.
However, unlike Xia Yunuo, who blushed and panicked at the slightest teasing, Xia Jinshu's reaction was a bit stranger.
I always felt like she was having all sorts of random thoughts running through her head.
If only I could hear her thoughts too. Please bookmark the only official website for Qixiaoshuo: www. deqixs. org. This is the only website; other websites may stop updating at any time.
With that thought in mind, Song Yunshen finally led her to the fourth floor of Wanda Plaza and found the barbecue restaurant.
Unfortunately, this all-you-can-eat barbecue restaurant is extremely popular. Today, being a weekend evening, there were no seats available, and we had to wait in line.
So Song Yunshen got a queue number from the front desk and then said to Xia Jinshu, "The people at the front desk said it will take about half an hour to get a seat, let's just wander around for a bit first."
"Ah? Oh..." Xia Jinshu didn't refuse, but asked softly, "Should we go to the glasses shop first?"
"The glasses shop is on the basement level, which is too far from here," Song Yunshen said. "We'd better just wander around the upper and lower floors to avoid missing our number."
"That's true." Xia Jinshu thought he made sense, so she nodded in agreement. "Then where shall we go shopping?"
"Just taking a stroll." Song Yunshen waved to her, " Teacher Xia, haven't you been here much?"
"I came here once during the Chinese New Year," Xia Jinshu said, "But I only took a quick look around, so I'm not very familiar with the area."
"I don't actually come here very often." Song Yunshen led her towards the third floor. "But the fourth and fifth floors are mostly restaurants. Let's go check out the third floor. I remember there's an arcade and a cat cafe there."
"Okay, okay, I'll listen to you then." Xia Jinshu followed closely beside Song Yunshen, and when they walked onto the escalator, she subconsciously moved closer to him.
Upon reaching the third floor, the two first admired the cats inside the cat café through the glass wall before heading to the arcade entrance. "Does this cost money?" Xia Jinshu asked softly. "Should we just take a look?"
"We're having a buffet barbecue, the price is fixed, and my aunt gave me a little over forty yuan left," Song Yunshen said with a smile. "She said I can't go home until I use it all, so Teacher Xia, are you really going to let me be homeless tonight?"
Xia Jinshu was getting a little used to Song Yunshen's joking manner, and smiled helplessly, "Then don't buy too much, just buy ten yuan's worth first, in case the barbecue restaurant calls out numbers early?"
"Okay, then I'll listen to Teacher Xia." Song Yunshen had no objection and went to the front desk with a smile to exchange his game tokens for ten yuan.
After returning to Xia Jinshu's side, he led her towards the claw machine.
They had only gone halfway when Xia Jinshu, who was beside her, saw a familiar figure in front of the claw machine. Her expression changed instantly, and she quickly grabbed Song Yunshen's arm and turned to hide to the side.
"Huh?!" Song Yunshen was startled by her sudden action, but she still pulled him to a corner, asking with a bewildered look, "W-what's wrong?"
"I'm so sorry..." Xia Jinshu was a little out of breath, gently patted her chest, glanced towards the claw machine again, and then breathed a sigh of relief, "I ran into someone I know, I almost bumped into them."
"So what if we bumped into each other?" Song Yunshen was puzzled by this, then chuckled. "We don't have any shady relationship, so it's not like we ran into someone Teacher Xia likes, is it?"
"I don't have anyone I like," Xia Jinshu immediately denied, then quickly explained, "It's my deskmate, a girl!"
"Then everything should be alright, right?"
"No," Xia Jinshu shook her head. "It's too much trouble to explain to her. I haven't even told her I'm a tutor." "Oh, is that so?" Song Yunshen smiled. "So you were afraid your classmate would misunderstand."
"I don't have any problem with you..." Xia Jinshu quickly explained, afraid that Song Yunshen misunderstand.
Song Yunshen shook his head, then smiled and pointed to his left wrist with his right hand, "I don't mind, but if Teacher Xia doesn't want to be misunderstood, why don't you let go of my hand first?"
Reminded by Song Yunshen, Xia Jinshu realized that she had been tightly gripping Song Yunshen's wrist the whole time.
As if burned, Xia Jinshu released her grip, her cheeks flushed slightly with embarrassment. "I'm sorry, I was in too much of a hurry just now."
" Xia Jinshu," Song Yunshen said.
Xia Jinshu was taken aback when Song Yunshen suddenly called her by her real name.
The main reason is that Song Yunshen has been calling her Teacher Xia recently, and she's gotten used to it.
When Song Yunshen uttered his real name at this moment, she felt a strange sense of unease.
"What's wrong?" Xia Jinshu asked softly.
"I don't like it when you always say sorry to me," Song Yunshen leaned a little closer and said softly. "You can be more shameless; I won't mind."
Xia Jinshu stared at him blankly, then lowered her head as if electrocuted. After a long while, she softly replied, "It's just basic politeness." Saying sorry to someone for causing them trouble is exactly what you should do...
Xia Jinshu was in a state of utter confusion.