Oh, dear! Fish me again

After seeing Gu Chiqi off and going through all this trouble, I had already missed lunch time.

Tang Shu is a tree. She is not picky about human food. She has been eating according to her original taste these days.

The original body grew up in a small county town and was not picky about food. There were many children in the family, and her parents had never paid as much attention to her as to her sister. She was more sensible and obedient than her peers since she was a child, and it was even less likely that she would be picky about food.

On the way home, Tang Shu bought a pancake from a roadside cart for lunch.

City A is in the north. I don’t know if it’s because northerners have bigger appetites or are generally more enthusiastic and generous, but even the simplest pancake in my hand seems exceptionally large.

Tang Shu asked the boss to cut it into two halves and put them separately in transparent plastic bags.

She held one half in both hands and ate it in small bites, while the other half hung on her little finger, swaying under her face as she walked.

As soon as I reached the gate of the community, I met Zhang Li who was going out.

*

He had changed the white T-shirt that had been torn just now into another white T-shirt, washed his face and hair, put a Band-Aid on the corners of his eyes and chin, and was carrying a black backpack.

Seeing Tang Shu eating a pancake with bulging cheeks, Zhang Li glanced at her mouth for a second longer, but did not say hello and just walked past her.

"elder brother!"

Tang Shu swallowed what was in her mouth, took the initiative to speak and called him.

Zhang Li turned around and asked expressionlessly, "What's wrong?"

Tang Shu smiled and asked him, "Where are you going again?"

"Tutor." Zhang Li answered in a low voice.

"Oh..."

Tang Shu seemed to not understand the alienation on the boy's face. She took a step closer and asked as if she was greeting a friend.

"I want to buy a mattress, a quilt, a pillow and something. Brother, do you know where to buy them?"

The world at this time is set about a dozen years ago in Tang Shu's original world. Smartphones have not yet been fully launched on the market, and daily purchases are made with cash.

As a foreigner, it was normal for her to have trouble finding her way around a complex city like City A.

Zhang Li glanced at her and asked, "Do you want to buy a big brand or a regular one?"

"It's normal. I don't have much money."

Zhang Li nodded and thought about it.

"There is a daily necessities store on the street north of the community."

"North...I see...Thank you brother."

Tang Shu thanked him obediently. A little pancake sauce got on the corner of her mouth and she licked it with the tip of her tongue.

"Ah."

Zhang Li withdrew his gaze and tore off the mask of his usual gentleness and kindness, and the whole person looked a little cold.

Neither of them mentioned the fight that had just occurred, nor did they mention the farce in the neighborhood yesterday evening.

The two smart people tacitly concealed the truth, but this tacit understanding made them inexplicably closer.

You know my true self behind the mask, and I also know that you are not that simple.

This kind of understanding makes it more natural for them to get along with each other.

*

"north...."

Tang Shu blinked on the spot, a hint of clear stupidity flashing across her eyes.

I grew up in the south. People in the south don't know the difference between east, west, south and north. They only say left and right when determining directions.

The only basis for plants to distinguish direction is the sun. Tang Shu looked up and turned around in a circle, trying to find the direction of "north" based on the direction of the sun. But it was just past noon and the sun was directly overhead, so it was really hard to tell.

Zhang Li turned his head slightly, glanced at the girl who was spinning in place, sighed, and turned back.

He lowered his head and looked at Tang Shu with a frown.

The girl in front of him was extremely beautiful, with clear and bright eyes, but she gave him a feeling of being unpredictable.

Sometimes I feel she is very sweet and pure, sometimes I feel she knows everything, and sometimes she is very purposeful...

But at this moment, she was really a bit stupid.

"Are you in a hurry?" Zhang Li asked her.

Tang Shu held the pancake in her hand and shook her head reflexively.

"Then wait for me for two hours, and I'll take you there after I finish tutoring."

"Okay~"

The girl smiled instantly and followed the boy.

She handed the half pancake in her hand to Zhang Li with a sincere look on her face.

"Brother, you haven't eaten lunch either, have you? I haven't touched this."

Zhang Li glanced at the pancake in front of him, then turned to look at her.

Finally, he said nothing and took it.

I lowered my head and took a bite. It seemed to taste better than usual.

*

Zhang Li’s tutoring location is in the small square of the Citizen Park, and his students are two girls in the third grade of junior high school.

Why do we have classes in a place like a park? In fact, you can guess it if you think about it.

Zhang Li is the top student in No. 1 Middle School. He is more than qualified to tutor these two third-year girls in mathematics. His tuition fee is also very high, and the family that can afford him must be well-off.

But he is really handsome. His parents are worried that their child will fall in love too early, so they request that his class be held in a busy park. They are still worried and stay by his side.

Tang Shu tactfully went to the other end of the park, sat on a bench next to the fountain, and watched a group of young people practicing skateboarding out of boredom.

She had lived for hundreds of years and had seen a lot of love stories. When she first entered the book, she simply reviewed the plot and then made her own strategy plan.

Zhang Li and Gu Chiqi are two completely opposite people in terms of personality, living environment and circumstances.

To make them fall in love with her, a different approach was needed.

Break each one.

For example, Zhang Li, a young man with a dark heart and a broken soul, is very sensitive to other people's intentions and has a very strong defense against the outside world.

You can't get too close to him, nor can you touch him rashly.

Instead, it is very close to him, like a bright moon, shining its charm and light, illuminating his dark world, and he can't help but want to get closer.

Let’s talk about Gu Chiqi, a boy who grew up in a greenhouse and drank sugar water. He is sunny, cheerful and unrestrained.

He has seen so many bright and carefree rich girls around him that he would take a second look at the poor, simple yet stubborn little white flower.

Pure and well-behaved, the unintentional physical touch is always enough to make the big boy who is still innocent at heart fall for her.

...

*

Next to the fountain, a medium-sized stage is being built.

The staff carefully carried a wooden piano up. Tang Shu took a look and smiled gently.

'Pure and beautiful face', 'kind and gentle heart' and 'refreshing talents' are the three elements to become a boy's white moonlight.

The original body had no special skills, and her adoptive mother and her family suppressed her nature intentionally or unintentionally, training her to be someone who was willing to devote herself to the family. As a result, the original body was well-behaved and sensible since childhood, spending all her time and energy on studying, and only knew how to read.

The original body can’t do it, but Tang Shu can.

She is a tree demon. In a sense, she can have synaesthesia for all wooden things in the world.

For example, the wooden piano not far away.

She glanced in the direction of Zhang Li, who was holding a test paper with his back to her.

Tang Shu ran briskly toward the stage and smiled at the young man wearing his work badge.

"Hello, can I play this piano?"

The young man was stunned for a moment, then he blushed and nodded repeatedly.

"Of course you can, pretty girl, play whatever you want~"