Chapter 313: Losing all decorum with the Literary world!
Afternoon.
On the way home.
There was a major intersection up ahead, and there, the traffic light lasted very long. As he waited, he hesitated while holding his cellphone before sending Zhang Yuanqi a short message.
Zhang Ye: Sister Zhang, I’m back in Beijing.
Slightly more than ten seconds later, a response came back: You just arrived?
Zhang Ye smiled and typed: I got back a while ago. You must not have been following the news.
Zhang Yuanqi: I’m out of the country.
Zhang Ye: Out of the country? Alright, when you return, we can have a meal together. We haven’t seen each other in such a long time. I expect myself to be in Beijing until the Lunar New Year.
Zhang Yuanqi: We’ll see.
Zhang Ye: Alright. Go busy yourself.
Zhang Yuanqi: OK.
With the traffic light turning green, Zhang Ye stepped on the accelerator.
However, he did not put down his cellphone. He gave Rao Aimin a call. After leaving Beijing for a month, he missed Rao Aimin somewhat.
Du, du, du, the call connected.
Zhang Ye said with a chuckle, “Hello, Landlady auntie. It’s me.”
Rao Aimin’s familiar voice sounded, “Oh it’s you. I’m carrying groceries on the way up. My hands aren’t free, so quickly speak like you are letting out a fart.” The sound of plastic bags rubbing against each other could be heard.
“You bought groceries?” Zhang Ye said, “Perfect. I’ll be there in a while. Set aside some food for me. I haven’t tasted your cooking in a while. I miss your food so much when I’m in Shanghai. Then, let me look at the time. Eh, 4 PM. I’ll be there at 4PM punctually. Alright?”
Rao Aimin curled her lips. “Other than scrounging for food, what else can you do?”
Zhang Ye flattered her, “It’s because your food is too delicious.”
“Alright, alright. Come on over. I won’t be going out then. Help me pick Chenchen up while you’re at it. She will be ending school in a while.” Rao Aimin told him.
Zhang Ye exclaimed, “I just finished classes, and had a tiring day.”
Rao Aimin gave a light laugh. “You want to eat without doing any work? Dream on. Do as I say and stop spouting nonsense with me.”
Zhang Ye began to negotiate. “Alright then. I’ll just pick her up, but I want Red Braised Pork tonight. I’m not doing anything if there’s no Red Braised Pork!”
“Take it or leave it. Hurry!” She hung up.
Just thinking of the food made Zhang Ye salivate. After sending Mom a short message informing her that he was not returning home, he drove over to Beijing No.2 Experimental Primary School.
When his car arrived, school was not over yet. With nothing to do, Zhang Ye smoked in his car while waiting. After a while, there were more and more cars. The parents had arrived. Following that, the school gates opened, and the children began coming out. Zhang Ye threw the cigarette butt and alighted from the car, waiting by the entrance.
“Eh, Teacher Zhang!”
“Isn’t this Teacher Zhang?”
“You came to fetch the child?”
“Teacher Zhang, I heard you’ve become a Peking University lecturer?”
Although Zhang Ye wore sunglasses, he had previously brought Chenchen to a Parent-Teacher Meeting. A few parents of Chenchen’s classmates recognized him. They greeted him. As they were all considered parents or guardians, they did not treat Zhang Ye as a celebrity, and began chatting with him casually.
Zhang Ye also smiled and began to casually chat with them. “Hai, I was just fooling around. With my standards, Peking University will probably fire me before next semester. Hur Hur.”
A pretty figure suddenly appeared.
Zhang Ye had sharp eyes and immediately waved his hand. “Chenchen, over here!”
Chenchen turned her head to look in the direction of the voice. “Zhang Ye?”
“Your aunt is at home cooking. She asked me to come pick you up.” Zhang Ye stretched out his hand.
Chenchen acknowledged before bidding farewell to two of her classmates. She then walked slowly over to Zhang Ye. Seeing his stretched out hand, she curled her mouth and very reluctantly put her little hand into Zhang Ye’s. “Zhang Ye, can you not keep holding my hand? I really lose face from this.”
Zhang Ye smiled while rubbing her head, “Little thing. How old are you to know what face is?”
Chenchen rolled her eyes and smirked. “…Hur Hur.”
“What kind of expression is that? Smile nicely.” Zhang Ye brought her into the car before entering from the other side. Then, he buckled up Chenchen’s seatbelt before driving off.
“Chenchen.”
“What?
“Don’t you miss Uncle?”
“Hur Hur..”
“You miss me? Nice, I didn’t pamper you for nothing.”
“…”
In the district.
The duo held hands before riding an elevator upstairs.
“Hold on.” When he came by his rented apartment, Zhang Ye stopped and looked for his keys before opening the door. “It’s been awhile since I’ve stayed in here. I should open the door to air the room.” However, when he opened the door, the moist air he expected