Chapter 43

  In the midst of her bitter struggle, her new book was put on shelves, and with a substantial manuscript fee in hand, she prepared to treat herself to a good massage.

  He Qi heard this and sneered, "What's the point of inviting us to dinner? Let's just go have some fun in town instead."

  Yu Cai saw Qi Xie and seemed to have some feelings, so she nodded.

  On Sunday morning, Yu Zaiyu arrived at the school gate as agreed, but saw Chi Shu Fan's Buick parked at the entrance. He Qi was shining brightly and greeted her, saying that Chi Shu Fan had just returned last night and would take them there.

  Yucai climbed up to the front passenger seat and found an additional Xia Yunyun and Mo Fei.

  Qishu smiled and said, "Xiao Cai, congratulations."

  Yu Cai Hui gave him a big smile and said, "How about a hug to celebrate?"

  Qī shū fán shī xiào yáo tóu, "jīn tiān xiǎng wán shén me?"

  Translation:

  Qi Shu smiled and shook his head, "What do you want to play today?"

  "Ask them, I don't care."

  He Qi Jie Dao said, "Yu Cai, are you going ice-skating?"

  "Okay, does Xia Yunyun want to go?"

  Xia Yunyun was unwilling at first, but after being persuaded for half a day, she reluctantly agreed.

  "What about this afternoon?"

  "I heard that the latest American blockbuster 'Transformers' is showing, do you guys want to watch it?"

  Xia Yunyin immediately responded, Mo Fei and Qi Shi also nodded, and Yu Cai naturally followed the crowd to respond.

  It was just after 9 o'clock when they arrived at the ice rink, and the rink was very empty. Yu Cai asked Chi Shu Fan if he wanted to go on the ice and play while changing his shoes. Chi Shu Fan smiled and declined. Yu Cai helped him stand up by holding onto his shoulder, slowly getting used to the feeling.

  Xia Yunyun had already been able to slide slowly on her own after the last practice, Yu Cai saw that she had found her footing and slid over to her side, "Want me to take you?"

  Xia Yunyun was a bit nervous, "Then you go slower".

  "Don't worry, I'm not good at this, and even if we bring someone else, it won't be much faster anyway."

  Xia Yunyun's hands were white and delicate, with slender fingers. Yu Cai Da admired them, "Your hands are really beautiful, very suitable for playing the piano."

  "I am studying and plan to take the Band 8 exam during summer vacation."

  "Wow, amazing! I've never even heard of it."

  Xia Yunyun smiled, "There's nothing to be afraid of. If you started practicing like me when I was a kid, you should be taking the level 8 exam by now. Hmm, your fingers are quite long too, playing piano would suit you well. Come over to my place and I'll teach you sometime."

  "Really? That's great, but I'm really stupid, probably can't learn it."

  "It's nothing, as long as you have perseverance and practice, it will be fine."

  "Do you practice piano in your free time?"

  "Yes, except for Uncle Qi and Auntie He who sometimes pick me up to play, I usually don't go out."

  "Hehe, good girl!"

  Xia Yunyun fell silent for a moment before asking, "Do you often play with Qi Shi and the others?"

  "It's okay, sometimes, and I often have things I don't know how to do, so I need to trouble them to teach me."

  "It's really great for you," Xia Yunyun said with a tone of envy.

  "Uh, you can also go visit them often, you guys live close by anyway."

  Xia Yunyun shook her head, Yu Cai didn't know what she meant and stopped talking, taking Xia Yunyun on a leisurely stroll around the ice rink.

  Before long, He Qi walked over and said, "I'll take you two?"

  Yu Cai shook her head, "No need, we can just slide slowly".

  He didn't know which nerve was wrong, reached out and grabbed Yu Cai's wrist, and the two accelerated forward.

  Yu Cai was shocked, "He Qi, let me go quickly, Xia Yunyun is not very good at it, you're sliding too fast, she's going to fall!"

  "How is this possible, and it's still not fast."

  "Let go quickly—"

  Yu Cai's words had barely fallen when Xia Yunyun, already tense, stumbled and fell forward. Yu Cai was grabbed by her as a last resort, becoming an honored accompanying person. Since He Qizhong was holding onto Yu Cai's arm at the time, he reacted extremely quickly to let go of Yu Cai, avoiding becoming the third victim.

  There were few people on the scene, and this side fell down. The others saw it and rushed over.

  When the prayer was over, Yu Zai was rubbing her knees with one hand and pinching her waist with the other, glaring at He Qi with gritted teeth. Xia Yunyun, on the other hand, was massaging her knees with both hands, trying her best to hold back tears.

  Qishu Fan naturally also saw how things were and stared at He Qi with a serious expression, "Next time be more careful, they just learned it, you didn't pay attention either".

  He looked at him very innocently, "How was I supposed to know they were so stupid!"

  Yu Cai Jian was so angry that she almost vomited blood. She stretched out her hand to support her waist and said, "Qishu Fan, help me up and let's sit over there for a while."

  Qishu Fan helped her up, and Yu Cai leaned on him with half of her body weight. Just as He Qi was about to pass by, she suddenly crouched down and stretched out her right foot, kicking the wheel of his ice skate.

  Yu Cai's footwork was extremely vicious, and the wheel immediately slid backwards. He didn't have time to react and struggled to maintain his balance, but after sliding for a while, he fell flat on his back, letting out a miserable cry.

  Yu Cai felt relieved and didn't need to ask Fan Fu for help anymore. She clapped her hands and laughed, saying "You made me fall twice, but this time I finally got you back!"

  Xia Yunyun saw He Qizhen fall and burst out laughing, "Serves you right!"

  Qishou Fan and Mo Fei also couldn't help but laugh, He Qi's fall wasn't that severe, but his face was greatly humiliated. He immediately jumped up and rushed to Yu Cai's front.

  Yu Cai Zang held up his prayer beads and puffed out his chest, seeing him rush over and instead stood up straight, provokingly saying, "What, you want to hit me?"

  What a hateful toothache, and yet he couldn't really hit her. After a long time, he uttered a sentence "A good man doesn't fight with a woman" and turned around to slip away.

  Elated and satisfied, the pain in her knee was forgotten. "Xia Yunyun, you rest first, I'll play for a while longer," she said, walking away with a carefree stride.

  Qishu Fang looked at her back and went to help Xia Yuyun, but Xia Yuyun was heavier than Yu Zai, so she had no choice but to rest on one side.

  He Qi followed closely behind Yu Cai, with a strange and eerie tone, "If I were to bump into you right now, what would happen?"

  Yu Cai glared at him sternly, "Don't get any ideas!"

  "What if I just mess around?" He Qi said, his right hand reaching out towards Yu Cai.

  Yu Cai was greatly shocked, her body tilted backwards, and she suddenly lost her balance, falling down again with a thud.

  "How innocent-looking you are, staring at your own hands. 'Actually, I just wanted to scare you a bit, didn't really plan on pushing you. Does this count as being startled like a bird or having a guilty conscience?'"

  Yu Cai fell heavily on her buttocks, the pain was excruciating, and she couldn't even rub it. She rummaged through her pocket and threw something at He Qi, "Go to hell!"

  He exerted force under his feet and slid out over a foot away, avoiding Yu Cai's attack, then slid back to pick up the thing Yu Cai had thrown.

  At this time, Ji Shu Fan had already rushed to the scene, "Xiao Cai, is everything okay?"

  Yu Cai hated to shake her head, He Qi was about to pick up the chewing gum and threw it back at her, "Alright, now we're even".

  Yu Cai picked up the chewing gum again and threw it at him, "You're so petty, I've never seen a guy as small-minded as you. Don't go out and say you know me!"

  What a wonderful mood, and not calculating, continue picking up chewing gum, "Since you don't want it, I'll reluctantly accept it, bye——"

  Yu Cai's eyes were wide with anger as she watched him slip away, unable to do anything about it. Her heart seethed with hatred, and she was on the verge of bursting into a loud tirade.

  "Alright, Xiao Cai, let me help you sit down over there for a bit."

  Yu Chai thought for a whole morning and finally decided that the best way to deal with He Qi was to ignore him, the more you hit back and retaliate against him, the more energetic he becomes.

  At dinner time, He Qi received Yu Cai's cold face countless times. Of course, since He Qi won a small game in the morning, he was magnanimous and didn't argue with Yu Cai.

  After dinner, I just caught the 2 pm movie. Yu Cai was watching the screen with a burning passion, but she felt drowsy wave after wave. What's the point of this? It's not as good as going to see Alice or Smurfs...

  Gradually, Yucai's eyelids couldn't open anymore. There was no way, those two falls this morning really hurt her vitality, and now her butt still hurts.

  Ji Shu Fan acted as a dividing line between boys and girls, separating Yu Cai from Xia Yunyun. Seeing Yu Cai nodding her head left and right, he knew she was sleepy, so he swapped seats with Xia Yunyun and pushed Yu Cai gently, "Little Cai, lean on me."

  Yu Cai was relieved that they had come to a high-end cinema, with sofa-style seats and armrests that could be moved up and down. She raised her head to see Qi Shu Fan put down the armrest, murmured "Qi Shu Fan, thanks," and unceremoniously snuggled into his arms, drifting off to sleep in comfort.

  Yucai classmate slept soundly in Qishu Fan's arms, and when he looked at Qishu Fan again, he didn't seem so heartless after all. He had been with many women, but he only had one child, Qishi, who had never been close to him since childhood. Every time he saw other people's children playing around their parents, he felt a pang of jealousy. Now, Qishu Fan was smiling as he looked at Yucai classmate sleeping soundly in his arms, just like what Tianmu said, heaven had finally treated him kindly and sent him an intelligent and clever niece...

  Until the movie was over, Chi Shu Fan reluctantly woke up Yu Cai, but didn't expect that as soon as Yu Cai got up, she bumped into him and then someone took advantage of the situation to support her and slowly walk out.