Chapter 62

  Qibook's house in the provincial city was almost as good as those in the market town, but with an additional three-story structure, a suspended glass roof, walls with hollowed-out designs, supported by only a few pillars, and decorated with potted plants. From afar, it looked colorful and extremely luxurious, causing Yucai's eyes to wander again.

  Qishu Fan said helplessly, "Xiao Cai, last time I listened to you and bought this house when I had some spare money. It's near the suburbs and the price is similar to your house in Shanghai."

  Yu Cai's eyes immediately turned red, "Right, Shi Chengyu gave me that 200,000 yuan, hurry up and call my dad to buy a suite around here, such a good location will be planned soon."

  Qishu nodded and praised, "Good eyesight, I also think it will be planned soon."

  Yu Cai's heart was empty, okay, she had really seen the planned place here, so she dared to make such a judgment.

  When the door was opened, Ah-yi was called to move things together. Yu Cai's room is on the second floor, and its style is obviously different from that of other rooms. The soft pink color, combined with lace and round princess beds and mosquito nets everywhere, as well as various decorative accessories, stimulated Yu Cai to ask, "What was this room originally used for?"

  "Qishu Fanxiao's brilliance, 'I'm preparing it for you to live in during the summer vacation, do you like it?'"

  Yu Cai really couldn't bear to disappoint him and reluctantly nodded.

  Qishu Fan got it right, "This is a female colleague I specifically asked for advice, she said that girls of your age like this style the most".

  Alright, if it were her from before, she would have definitely loved a room like this. Now... well, let's just consider it as making up for the regrets of those years.

  A few people tidied up and went to visit the flower house on the third floor. The flowers and grasses on the floor were very messy, and the varieties were even more chaotic. It's estimated that they were bought casually and put there. Ji Shu Fan opened his mouth with a bit of a headache, "These flowers and grasses are really troublesome, I don't understand them, and I don't have time to deal with them. If I had time, it would be better to change it into a room."

  Yu Cai nodded in agreement, "Flowers and grass need someone who understands and appreciates them to be worthwhile. Just leaving them like this has no aesthetic value, it's dirty, and it attracts mosquitoes. It would be better to get rid of them and put a coffee table and a few sofas here instead. On sunny days, we can come up and have some tea, enjoy the sun, and take in the cool breeze, that wouldn't be bad."

  "I'll get someone to bring some tomorrow. Don't you like them? I'll put two pots in your room, don't all little girls like flowers and plants?"

  "Unfortunately, the girl standing in front of you is not an ordinary little girl, but a little girl who can even kill a cactus with her care."

  Qishu Fan burst out laughing, Yu Cai turned around and picked up two potted plants. "A Shi, put one in your room too, to increase some literary refinement."

  Ji Shi obviously didn't want to, but still accepted it. Yu Cai raised an eyebrow and said, "Don't worry, if you end up killing it, I, who can even kill a cactus, will definitely not mock you."

  Qí Shì's eyebrows jumped a little, making the wise decision not to waste words on someone. Qí Shū fān touched the potted plant in Yù Cǎi's hand and asked, "What kind of grass is this?"

  "Smell your own hand."

  The incense stick is lit and the fragrance wafts through the air.

  Yu Cai squinted her eyes and smiled, "This is called fragrance, it doesn't smell good normally, but once you touch it with your hand, the scent will last for a long time. From now on, I'll use it as perfume."

  Ji Shi heard the words and immediately stretched out his hand, afraid that he would accidentally touch it if he wasn't careful. At the same time, he secretly decided to put this annoying thing in a corner of the room. A man who is always so full of himself, okay, he had even chilled himself to the bone.

  Yu Cai laughed even harder because of Qi Xie's actions, "Right, Qi Shu Fan, do you want to join in for a round too?"

  Qishu Fan was also amused by his own son's actions, "You have a lot of tricks up your sleeve".

  "By the way, which school were you planning on sending us to?"

  "Studying with Shi Chengyu at the same school, is Sixth Middle School okay?"

  Yu Cai shook her head, "It's better not to be too good, just about the same level as our original school, otherwise the pressure is too great. You know, your dear niece's heart can't take it."

  Qishu thought for a moment, "That's right, there's No. 26 Middle School not far from here, it's not too good, but it's close to home, so you'll have an easy commute to and from school in the future."

  Yu Cai looked at Qi Shi and said, "A Shi, what do you think?"

  Kai Xie nodded, okay, actually the one who speaks best has always been Kai Xie's classmate.

  Ji Shu's movements were very fast, and on the third day, Yu Cai and Ji Shi entered their new school with high spirits. As for the so-called new environment, well, it had no impact on these two fierce individuals. Let alone Ji Shi, who considered everyone beneath him, Yu Cai had spent too much time on Ji Shi's body over the past two years, to the point where she couldn't even recognize her classmates. Changing to a class where nobody knew each other wasn't a big deal, of course, there were some regrets, such as several teachers who had gotten familiar with and liked Yu Cai...

  The life of a third-year high school student doesn't allow Yucai to have too much time to think about things, and with a classmate who needs attention, Yucai quickly becomes busy to the point of being dizzy, without any time to indulge in sorrow or melancholy.

  But that evening when Ji Shile handed his phone to Yu Cai, Yu Cai suddenly realized that her life was far more than just Ji Shile and Qi Shu Fan.

  Yu Cai is me.

  Uh, sorry, Young Mistress Yu didn't know who "I" was at all and responded vaguely.

  "Are you free tomorrow?"

  "Anything wrong?"

  "Your new book is on the shelves, I want to go and buy a copy, can you accompany me?"

  Yu Cai finally remembered who "I" was - that lovesick young man Shi Da Shao. "Alright, when?"

  "Tomorrow at 8 o'clock, I'll go to your home to pick you up."

  "Good."

  "See you tomorrow."

  "See you tomorrow," Yu Cai hung up the phone and handed it to Qi Shi Zhi, "It's Shi Chengyu, inviting me to sweep his teacher's grave tomorrow."

  Qizhi's eyebrows moved slightly, but he didn't speak. Yu Cai let out a soft sigh, "Winter is here again."

  The next morning at eight o'clock, Shi Chengyu arrived at the Qi's house on time and stood at the door to exchange a few polite words with Qi Shufan before borrowing Yu Cai.

  Shi Chengyu's complexion improved a lot, and his deep eyes had a few more youthful vigor and vitality. Yu Cai quietly watched him silently burning a new book and a pair of hairpins. Amidst the swirling smoke, the young man's pale hand was firm and powerful. Yu Cai knew that this young man had already begun to walk out of his past nightmares, those who had left were gone, and those who stayed would continue to move forward...

  "Let's go."

  Yu Cai bowed deeply in front of the tombstone and followed his footsteps.

  "Give".

  Yu Cai opened the box and found a pair of hair ties that were exactly the same as the one he had just burned. The corners of his eyes twitched, "What's this?"

  "That pair was the birthday gift I had prepared for her but didn't have a chance to give, this pair is one I ordered later, thank you..."

  Yu Cai stuffed the box into her bag, pretending to be casual, "Then I won't be polite with you".

  Shi Chengyu walked Yu Cai to the door and left, Yu Cai saw his car out of sight, rubbed her stiff face, then turned around and entered the house. In the living room, Qi Shu Fan was checking a stack of documents, heard the sound and raised his head, "Back?"

  "Hmm, how about A Xie?"

  Qishu Fan shook his head helplessly, "You're not here, how can he be willing to leave his room?"

  Yu Cai smiled and didn't answer.

  "Is everything settled?"

  "Hmm," Yu Cai sighed softly, "although it sounds like a cliché, but if there's someone who treats me like Shi Chengyu does, I'd be willing to die for him."

  "It's not worse than turning stones into jade."

  Alright, Yu Cai's slight sadness immediately vanished, "Comrade Qi Shu Fan, be mindful of your influence!"

  "I'm telling the truth," said Kai Shu Fan Wu Gu.

  Yu Cai couldn't be bothered to deal with him, and hastily ran upstairs. She carefully placed the box in her drawer, then carried her computer downstairs. Seeing Qi Shu Fan was about to tease her again, she spoke seriously, "Qi Shu Fan, I have important things to attend to, don't disturb me!"

  Alright, Comrade Qi Shu Fan immediately ceased all activities.

  Yu Zai finally put the last period, it was already twelve o'clock. Qi Shu Fan walked over to see what she had written and sighed in admiration, "Indeed, Yu is a great talent, sweeping a grave can sweep out an article".

  Yu Cai pretended not to hear and went upstairs to call Ji Shi down for dinner.

  "Wow, winter break is just around the corner."

  Yu Cai sighed, "Fortunately, the holiday is coming, these daily exams are driving me crazy".

  "Exams every day, still not used to it until now?"

  "The key is that the teachers nowadays are far from being as lovely as they used to be. In the past, whether I did well or poorly on exams, the teachers would just think I was being eccentric and wouldn't react much. Now, if I lose even one point, the teacher will call me out for a lecture."

  "You're just too lazy, be stricter with yourself."

  "Alas, alas, my poor heart can't take such great pressure!"

  "Let's stop studying for the rest of the afternoon and go to the balcony to have some tea and enjoy the sunshine."

  Yu Cai thought of the swing on the balcony where a crane stood among chickens, and felt cold again. "Dear uncle, I'd like to remind you that it's better to get rid of that swing as soon as possible. The elegant style of your balcony is completely ruined by that odd thing."

  "Don't you like it?"

  Yu Cai is so weak, okay, others are so gentle and considerate, she doesn't appreciate it, will she be condemned by heaven?

  Actually, the swing on Ke's balcony is a set with other things like coffee tables and sofas, so it shouldn't clash with the overall style. Unfortunately, Ke Shu Fan thought that a 16- or 17-year-old girl should use light, soft colors, so you can imagine what it would be like to put a frilly swing in the midst of elegant red and black decor. And how about when this swing is more like a giant cradle?

  After dinner, the three of them went to the balcony to bask in the sun. Yu Cai was holding a magazine and swinging back and forth on the swing, while Qi Shu Fan sat on the sofa at one end, occasionally pushing the swing frame with his right hand and holding another magazine in his left hand, looking at it absent-mindedly. Qi Shi's behavior had always been strange, and now he was still sitting upright, intently reading a political science review book. Okay, Qi Shu Fan was so moved that he almost cried.

  Yu Cai went out in the afternoon and got hurt again, soon she fell into a deep sleep. Qi Shu Fan gently picked up the blanket from the sofa and covered her with it. Out of the corner of his eye, he saw Qi Shi Zhe reading seriously, and felt that his heart was so soft that it could be squeezed out like water. He even began to thank the person who had revealed Yu Cai's identity. Such a day, he didn't dare to think about before...