Chapter 12: Cao'er Accompanies Bailin on a Familial Visit
Cao'er and Hei Tantou chatted a few more times, Hei Tantou's simplicity and enthusiasm comforted Cao'er, she sincerely thanked the internet for building a platform for them to exchange words and communicate with each other.
It's clear that Hei Tanghai is genuinely delighted about meeting, getting to know and becoming friends with Cao Er. In their conversations, he often types out the phrase "Nice to meet you!" He always addresses Cao Er as "you", which makes Cao Er feel a bit unnatural, considering she's several years younger than him.
Hei Tiantou sincerely asked Caoer to help him modify a post about his life in the military reclamation area. Caoer had no experience of living in the reclamation area, so she naturally didn't have this kind of feeling of facing the yellow earth and backing the sky. However, she has a kind heart, and from the words and sentences, she caught the hardships of the farmers' harvest, their longing for a good harvest, and the passionate hearts of the farmers.
Caocao gave HeiTunTou some suggestions on the layout and wording of the post, and HeiTunTou carefully revised it...
The news from the river came: He said he had been with his daughter for several days and was very happy. He also said that he missed Cao Er a lot and asked her to wait for him. Cao Er imagined the scene of the river and his daughter together, which must be a heartwarming picture of family love. She was genuinely happy for the river's happiness; she also sincerely hoped that the river could appear on QQ as soon as possible.
It was almost time to get off work, and Bai Ling snuck into Cao Er's small office, pulling her out. With a mysterious face, she said: "Cao Er jie, accompany me to meet someone tonight, okay?" "Who is it? A boyfriend? I'm not going to be a third wheel!" "A net friend, we've been chatting online for a while, and he asked to meet me, wanting me to be his girlfriend." "What's he like?" "Feels pretty good, let's see after meeting in person." "Are you sure you want to meet him?" "I've thought it through, might as well meet, maybe we'll have a connection. It's just...just that I'm asking Cao Er jie to come along, wanting to boost my courage, and with Cao Er jie there, it will be more natural for both of us." "Alright, let's go! But if he turns out to be a bad guy, don't say I didn't warn you!"
Cao'er called Hei Ma Wangzi and told him about Bai Ling, Hei Ma Wangzi was very supportive and repeatedly reminded Cao'er to take good care of Bai Ling. After school, the children from each class were picked up by their parents one after another, Cao'er and Bai Ling walked out of the kindergarten gate.
At the entrance of "Warm Time" barbecue city, a tall and slender boy held a bunch of fresh red roses back and forth, with a pair of glasses on his pale face, showing a few points of elegance.
"Grass sister, it's him, we've seen the video." "En, looks good." The two young people stood facing each other, asking how they were doing, from online to reality, amidst the excitement, there was a hint of shyness. White Ling, who was usually mischievous, also became shy and held Grass's hand tightly, not letting go. "I'm Grass, White Ling's colleague and good friend." Grass introduced herself, adjusting the atmosphere. "Oh, look at me, I forgot to introduce Grass sister, our garden's flower." White Ling followed Grass's introduction. "What kind of flower? At most it's a dogtail grass." "Hahaha..." The three people laughed, and the atmosphere suddenly became relaxed. "I'm Jiang Tao, White Ling's good friend." The young man introduced himself in a pleasant voice. "Oh, right, this is for you!" The young man said, handing over the bouquet of bright red roses to White Ling, who blushed as she accepted it.
Three people walked into the grand entrance of the BBQ city while chatting. After sitting down, Jiang Tao poured tea for Cao Er and Bai Ling, and then called the waiter to order food. The dishes came quickly, "Hehe! I knew you loved barbecue when we chatted online, so I brought you here. I don't know if the barbecue here suits your taste." Jiang Tao seemed to be saying to both sisters, but was actually speaking to Bai Ling. "Hehe! What a thoughtful boy!" Cao Er thought to herself. Bai Ling smiled at Jiang Tao with a hint of intoxication, her mouth corners rising into dimples. They chatted and ate together, the atmosphere warm and harmonious. Jiang Tao kept serving food to Bai Ling and Cao Er, constantly asking if they wanted more dishes.
In the chat, Cao Er learned that Jiang Tao was a son of an official family, a scholarly family. His father was the director of education in their city, his mother was the principal of a technical school, and he was a teaching researcher at the municipal teaching research office, responsible for mathematics teaching research work in various junior high schools.
Jiang Tao and Bai Ling have known each other online for more than three months, and they've always hit it off. Bai Ling's vivacity and enthusiasm made Jiang Tao feel like a refreshing spring breeze or a nourishing rain shower; while Jiang Tao's simplicity and gentleness were like a soothing melody that permeated Bai Ling's life.
Now, they have walked from the internet into reality. "A good beginning is half of success." Hopefully their journey in reality will get better and better, Cao Er sincerely wishes for that. Suddenly, Cao Er thought about himself and He again - didn't they also meet through an online romance? This fate brought the two closer and closer, but who knows how long it can last? This fate makes Cao Er happy, but also worried. Let's go! Walk with heart! It will be a long way...
The night was dark and mysterious, the street lamps casting a warm glow on the pedestrians. "Jiang Tao, I'm leaving White Spirit with you, why don't you two take a walk together? I won't join you." Cao Er wanted to give the young couple some time alone, so she bid them farewell. "Cao Er sister, goodbye!" "Oh, have fun and take care, goodbye!" Cao Er turned around and walked into the gentle moonlight...
"Welcome back..." The black horse prince greeted the grass, and his daughter also flew out of the study like a swallow, hugging the grass: "Mom, you're finally back! I've been waiting for you to teach me how to write a speech. Tomorrow's language class is my turn to give a three-minute speech." "Hehe! Let Mom put down her bag and change first." The daughter only let go of her hand after that, taking the grass's schoolbag from her hand and hanging it on the door frame. The grass sat on the sofa, and the daughter snuggled up beside her in her arms, discussing the speech with enthusiasm. After a while, the daughter gave an "OK" gesture and returned to writing her speech at her desk.
The Black Prince's gaze returned from the TV and suddenly said, "How was that young man who met with White Spirit?" Grass didn't think the Black Prince would care about this matter, a bit unexpected. "Looks like a knowledgeable and reasonable young man, White Spirit is quite satisfied." "Hehe! How are you doing as an advisor?" "Hehe! I'm just a guest outside, plus one eating guest, the key is to see their fate..." "Hahaha...". The Black Prince was amused by Grass's words. "Do you think this online fate can be relied on?" The Black Prince seemed quite interested. "The internet is just a medium, as long as two people have fate, treat each other sincerely, they should be able to get together!" Grass's words were like saying White Spirit, but also warning himself. Grass and the Black Prince chatted for a while longer, it was getting late, still had to go to work the next day, so washed up and went to sleep.
In the darkness, the black prince gathered the grass into his arms, and the delicate body of the grass merged into his embrace. The warm skin touched together, and the grass became as soft as boneless...
That night, Cao'er had a dream: on the vast and endless grassland, Bai Ling wore a thin gauze skirt like mist, she lifted her hem and ran forward happily, Jiang Tao chased after her, running... Suddenly everything became quiet, Bai Ling turned around to look: Jiang Tao behind her had disappeared without a trace...
