Chapter 93

  An Miao Miao ran over with a delighted face, her eyes filled with puzzlement as she looked at Ai Zi Qing and the others. She walked to Zhao Zi Jun's side and said: "After I finished reporting for duty, I saw you were still playing basketball, so I went out to eat with Ying Xin and the others."

  "Do you know Li Yingxin?" Zhao Zijun raised an eyebrow.

  "Hmm, I knew her since junior high school. When I reported to the student council president, I found out that Ying Xin was also at the mixer." An Miao Miao told a small lie, actually she had known for a long time that Li Ying Xin was in this school, but she saw that Zhao Zi Jun might not be too fond of Li Ying Xin, so she explained in a low voice.

  Zhao Zijun nodded: "Oh..."

  Ai Zi Qing found it somewhat amusing, never expecting that An Miao Miao was Zhao Zi Jun's cousin.

  But seeing An Miao acting cute and innocent in front of Zhao Zijun also made Ai Ziqing click her tongue in surprise.

  Feng Rouqiao also walked over after a moment of contemplation.

  "Alright, Brother Zijun, since we've met, why don't you come and eat with us?" An Miao Miao said with a charming smile as she linked her arm through Zhao Zijun's, but he subtly pulled it back.

  "Come on, Brother Zijun. Anyway, there's no seat left at the stall, let's come over together." Feng Rouqiao stood behind An Miao and smiled gently, her eyes gazing steadily at Zhao Zijun.

  Zhao Zijun smiled when he saw Feng Rouqiao, but shook his head: "I'm good with my friends here, there's no room at this table, you go eat over there first, and remember to get back to the dorm early tonight."

  "Zi Jun's older brother!" An Miao Miao was somewhat displeased, seeing Ai Zi Qing smiling and staring at her side, suddenly sneering: "What are you looking at? Have you looked enough?"

  "Fantastic!" Zhao Zijun was taken aback by her haughty and disdainful tone, which was thick with contempt, and then furrowed his brow and shouted loudly.

  "Brother-in-law......" An Miao Miao was clearly startled by Zhao Zi Jun's sudden shout, and didn't expect her usually good-tempered brother-in-law to scold an outsider on her behalf. She suddenly felt a bit wronged, and tears began to well up in her eyes.

  Zhao Zijun also realized that his tone was a bit heavy, but Ai Ziqing was someone he respected from the bottom of his heart. He was indeed moved by her experiences and was grateful for her guidance, which had transformed him from a novice to his current state. As Ai Ziqing was also his nominal master, Zhao Zijun felt close to, trusted, and respected her, often forgetting that she was younger than him. Especially with Ai Ziqing's calm demeanor and composed attitude, he had developed a sense of dependence on her, like an older sister next door...

  Feng Rouqiao was also startled by Zhao Zijun's sudden change, and she looked at Ai Ziqing with a complex expression. She slightly furrowed her brow before calmly pulling An Miaomiao along, saying in a warm voice: "Miaomiao, since Brother Zijun has something to attend to, let's go sit over there instead. After all, we've already returned to school, and everyone is familiar with each other; meeting up again won't make a difference of half a beat."

  She cleverly emphasized the word "own people", as if hinting at something, and An Miao nodded slightly, without saying anything else, revealing a charming smile, and turned to leave.

  Looking at Feng Rouqiao's back, Ai Ziqing stared for a full three seconds, just like Zhao Zijun.

  Ai Zi Qing felt that this girl had a deep mind and was extraordinary in a subtle way. Zhao Zi Jun, on the other hand, thought she had a gentle temperament that seemed to be similar to Ai Zi Qing's, making it easy for others to have a good impression of her, including himself. However, he always felt that there was something different about her, because the natural and effortless elegance that Ai Zi Qing exuded was difficult for others to imitate.

  Zhao Zijun furrowed his brow and shook his head, wondering what he was thinking, why he always unconsciously compared himself to her.

  Li Hui turned to greet the three people who came with her and asked them to sit down. She then asked the boss to roast some more food and brought over a few sets of bowls and chopsticks. The three big boys who came with Zhao Zijun were now feeling a bit awkward, occasionally stealing glances at Ai Ziying because they still remembered her stunning performance at the art festival. Many people's cameras still had the last scene of her performance saved, and thinking about Ai Ziying's passionate dance on stage, many young men in their youth were secretly worshipping her as a goddess-like figure.

  Moreover, they were also very curious about the man who appeared later at the art festival, and even Principal Li seemed to be controlled by him, which was an unbelievable thing in their hearts. What was that man's origin? And what was Ai Zi Qing's relationship with him?

  Actually, these issues have become a mystery in the hearts of many people. The power of gossip is forever immortal, let alone the commotion caused by the art festival.

  However, under Li Hui's casual and lively lead, the atmosphere was soon lifted, and the few people were no longer constrained. They even often found topics to chat with Ai Zi Qing, intentionally or unintentionally showing off their knowledge. Unexpectedly, the latter's brief words made her appear even more knowledgeable and extraordinary in everyone's eyes, and she was also easy-going, neither showy nor casual, which greatly increased everyone's favor towards her.

  Zhao Zijun watched with a smile, when An Miaomiao suddenly walked over with a charming posture, under Zhao Zijun's puzzled gaze, she smiled coyly and said softly: "Brother, don't forget to attend my birthday party next week."

  Zhao Zijun slapped his forehead and smiled, saying: "You didn't mention it, I really forgot, but at that time, Aunt and Uncle will not forget either." After finishing speaking, he turned to Ai Ziqing and asked: "My cousin's birthday party, would you like to come and attend?"

  This sentence made An Miao Miao stunned for a moment, and then she slightly raised her eyebrows, hurriedly let go, and hung a elegant light smile on the corner of her mouth.

  Ai Zi Qing did not expect Zhao Zi Jun to come and invite her, seeing Zhao Zi Jun's expectant gaze, Ai Zi Qing looked at Li Hui and the others, seeing their interested expressions.

  Zhao Zijun hastily said: "Let's get together, just think of it as a gathering outside, you've come to Hong Kong and haven't gone out for a walk except at school."

  Ai Zi Qing saw Li Hui and others nodding with a smile, so she agreed. She just felt no need to make excuses to get out of it, she wasn't that sentimental a person, although this birthday party didn't interest her much.

  Seeing Ai Zi Qing nodding, An Miao Miao bit her teeth and scolded herself for mentioning the dinner party.

  Unexpectedly, An Miao Miao actually asked the boss's wife to move a stool over and squeezed in at this table, pulling Zhao Zi Jun to talk about family affairs, making everyone else squeeze to one side. The originally small space seemed even more crowded and unbearable.

  After dinner, Ai Zi Qing bid farewell to Zhao Zi Jun and the others in her dormitory. She noticed that Rou Qiao frequently glanced at her, but every time she looked back, Rou Qiao would lower her eyelids with a calm expression, which Ai Zi Qing found amusing.

  Back in the dormitory, someone from the student union came over with a message, saying that Principal Ai had personally appointed Ziqing to represent the senior students and give a speech at the opening ceremony to encourage the freshmen?

  This news quickly spread throughout the dormitory building, and many girls who were familiar with 401 came to visit, taking the opportunity to tease Ai Ziqing about the man who had come that time, seemingly someone even the principal was wary of. However, Ai Ziqing just smiled and didn't say a word, thinking back to the phone call she had just received from Han Mu, who said he would be free soon and would come to Hong Kong to accompany her...

  School opening ceremony, school auditorium.

  It was still the school's art festival, Zheng Shao Long was performing in this grand auditorium, but the atmosphere was different from last time. Because it was the opening ceremony, the atmosphere was solemn and dull, not showing any joy or excitement, making people feel drowsy and bored. The only thing that surprised Ai Zi Qing, who was dozing off, was that the new student representative giving a speech was actually Feng Rou Qiao, who was with An Miao Miao, of course, Ai Zi Qing didn't know her name at this time.

  A gentle, elegant and refined girl stepped onto the stage, holding a speech manuscript with a smile, talking fluently, instantly capturing the hearts of many boys in school. Such a pure and sweet beauty with excellent academic performance, how could she not make these hungry wolves' eyes gleam with envy?

  After the gentle and elegant bow, the auditorium erupted in warm applause. Then Ai Zi walked onto the stage with a carefree air, her casual demeanor causing Principal Li Zhi Ming to furrow his brow slightly, before he could only helplessly sigh, it seemed that she didn't take his "kindness" seriously at all.

  He had no idea that this kind of speech was like a piece of cake for Ai Zi Qing, who didn't even need to look at her notes when giving speeches to employees. What's more, it was just a small talk at school, and if he knew how many people wanted to invite Ai Zi Qing to say a few words but couldn't even get an appointment, Li Zhi Ming should be content with what he had.

  After Ai Zi Qing took the stage, she picked up the microphone to test the sound and then seemed to casually repeat the opening remarks of previous sessions, such as "Good teacher, good classmates, on this golden autumn day..."

  Then she picked up some learning methods and key points, as well as encouraging words for new students. She didn't read from the script at all, and it can be said that she didn't even do her homework, but what she said was very practical and useful. Finally, Ai Zi Qing nodded to everyone and walked down from the stage, amidst the disdainful glances of An Miao Miao and Feng Rou Qiao, the auditorium suddenly erupted in warm applause, causing the two to stand up straight, their eyes wide with surprise, and they were slightly dazed.

  Ai Zi Qing's mouth corners twitched slightly, apparently her 'momentum' from making a big splash at the art festival hadn't passed yet...

  "How can she not even type, yet there are people applauding for her?" An Miao Miao looked around in disbelief, then suddenly smiled knowingly: "I heard that at the art festival, she sang a duet with Zheng Shao Long that was flawless, even better than the stars, no wonder everyone is chasing after her."

  "Yes, indeed, Zi Qing looks quite good, no wonder even Zi Jun likes her so much." Fang Rouqiao said softly with a calm face, her eyes slightly lowered, making it hard to discern her expression.

  "What a joke, how could Zi Jun's brother possibly like her? I asked Ying Xin about it, and she said that Ai Zi Qing is the master of both him and Wen Yao Hui. You know Wen Yao Hui, right? The one Ying Xin likes. Apparently, Ai Zi Qing had a run-in with Wen Yao Hui at the beginning of school, and supposedly won or something, anyway in the end Wen Yao Hui and Zi Jun's brother acknowledged her as their master. So I say, no way could Zi Jun's brother like her."

  "Hmm... But I think Zi Jun is quite protective of her, hopefully they won't develop any other entanglements because of their teacher-student relationship." She raised her eyes and looked at An Miao Miao's expression, and Feng Rou smiled softly and said in a gentle voice.

  Her words successfully made An Miao's face change color, remembering Zhao Zi Jun's attitude towards Ai Zi Qing, and actually bullied her for Ai Zi Qing...

  Thinking of Zhao Zijun's stern shout last night, An Miao suddenly felt a little oppressed and suffocated...

  "Never mind! Brother Zi Jun is impossible to take a liking to her, Ruo Qiao." An Miao Miao's face turned stern as she spoke in a low tone before standing up and walking out, while Feng Ruo Qiao pursed her lips and had no choice but to follow behind.

  ……

  On the first day of school, Ai Zi Qing went to Deng Wei Guang's house to visit her godparents and adorable Deng Xiao Bao. She brought local specialties from Yang City, which delighted the couple, who praised their goddaughter for being thoughtful. Afterwards, Ai Zi Qing also checked on Deng Xiao Bao's recent homework and saw that he hadn't fallen behind in his studies. After dinner, she left.

  A few days before the start of school, Ai Zi Qing would visit Bei Bei at David's house every evening after school. This little girl had just arrived in Hong Kong and was having trouble adjusting to the local environment, vomiting everything she ate, which made Ai Zi Qing worry a lot. However, over the past two days, she has improved significantly, her small face becoming rosier, unlike the pale yellow it was before. Every time she saw Ai Zi Qing, she would rush up and call out "Mommy" in a soft voice that tugged at Ai Zi Qing's heartstrings.

  Ai Zi Qing bought a lightweight mobile phone for Ai Xiao Bei, so that they could communicate in time if something happened. When buying the phone, the salesperson said that Ai Zi Qing was spoiling her little sister, and Ai Xiao Bei's small mouth couldn't close because of happiness. Finally, she sweetly said: "Thank you, Auntie, but I'm not her little sister, she's my mommy!"

  Looking at the back of Ai Zi Qing and Ai Xiao Bei, the salesperson was shocked for half a day without closing his mouth, blinked his eyes, thinking it was just a child's prank, so he didn't take it seriously.

  By the way, Ai Xiaobei is a nickname given by Ai Ziqing to Beibei, and whether it will be changed to Han Xiaobei in the future is something worth looking forward to...

  After that, Ai Zi Qing took Beibei to see the new house, which was located in the newly built garden district opposite the main gate of Lianyue High School. The garden district was completed at the beginning of this year and had excellent landscaping and greening. Each high-rise apartment building was equipped with elevators. Because it was located in the central area of the deep water zone, the garden district was indeed a very high-end residential area. Moreover, the developer intentionally raised the price, so the high price made it possible for Ai Zi Qing to still have vacant new houses available until September.

  Ai Zi Qing's new home is a remaining set of commodity housing, which has been finely decorated, so it can be moved in directly. This two-story small building is decorated with great luxury, with three rooms on each floor. The first floor has one guest room, the second floor has a master bedroom, a secondary bedroom and an additional study.

  The master bedroom has an en-suite bathroom, and the first floor also has a separate bathroom, kitchen, living room, and dining room. Everything is complete and in place, even the furniture is high-end and fully equipped. This saves Ai Zi Qing a lot of trouble, all she needs to do is find time to bring Bei Bei to buy some small items and daily necessities for the house, and they can move in directly.