[Jie Mai] Is the sharp knife teacher cooing?

90.

In the morning, the dining room.

"Ding." The toaster made a crisp beep, and evenly toasted golden toast popped out.

Neb put the slice of bread on his own plate, hesitated between butter and jam, and finally took the canned tuna aside.He looked around habitually, but he didn't see Jack's tall figure, but turned around and met his intimate elder sister Marta.

Teacher Sanqiang held the pasta and smiled brightly.

"What's wrong?" Nabu had a bad feeling.

"I saw you yesterday." Marta leaned slightly, leaned closer to him, and lowered her voice, "I was writing a thesis for a war history class, and I saw you when I went to change books—" She stood up straight and paused After a while, speaking in a normal voice,

"Congratulations."

Neb's hands trembled, he subconsciously avoided Marta's sight, and happened to see Jack picking a platter in the fruit and vegetable section.

Mr. Sharp Knife looked into Marta's brown eyes again.

"Oh." He responded calmly, carrying the plate and walking towards the old seat in the corner of the restaurant.Marta followed him, sitting next to him.

"How does it feel?" The intimate elder sister asked gossipingly.

Neb opened the can with a snap.He thought carefully for a while, and under Marta's expectant gaze, he picked out a piece of firm tuna with a knife, spread it evenly on the toast carefully, and took a bite with satisfaction.

"...You haven't answered my question yet." Marta was very helpless.

"Aren't I just thinking?" Nebri retorted confidently.

The scene at that time seemed to reappear in front of my eyes: sunlight, bookshelves, and the warm breath of Jack being close at hand.

Teacher Jiandao put the toast back on the plate and said slowly, "It's a very gentle feeling. It's like seeing the rain for the first time when I was a child, or riding a merry-go-round for the first time..."

His eyes locked on Jack, who was smiling and walking towards them.

"...like the bland, fleeting sunshine of England."

91.

After 48 hours, when Mr. Jiandao was about to forget about Mrs. Rose's mention of the face-to-face meeting, he finally received a reply from the other party's private message.

"Rose": Can duck (′-ω-`) Tomorrow afternoon, or evening, are you free?

Sharp knife: Yes.

"Rose": Then...【Exploration.jpg】

Sharp knife: OK.

Dagger: Where is it?

"Rose": You decide?

Sharp knife: Under the globe in the square?

"Rose": [Consensus reached.jpg]

Sharp Knife: [High Five.jpg]

After chatting for a while, Mrs. Rose ended the conversation with "I have a lot of homework and see you tomorrow".Naib replied with "rest early", then closed the private message page and opened the document.

Just typing two sentences in the blank document, Naib suddenly realized a problem.I will meet Mrs. Rose tomorrow for the first time, and it will be New Year's Eve - it seems that I should prepare some gifts for her.

"Kreacher, what gift do you think should be given for New Year's Eve?"

"It depends on who you send." Kreacher turned over on the bed and sat up, "Jack?" His smile suddenly narrowed, "I guess a kiss is enough."

Teacher Jiandao frowned. "No, send it to a classmate." He paused for a while and added, "Girl."

"Girl classmate???" Kreacher made a frightened look, "Jack will be jealous if he finds out—"

Neb interrupted him by grabbing the pillow and throwing it out. "I'm serious—I'm meeting Mrs. Rose tomorrow."

"You're going to meet Rose! Can you get me an autograph?" Kreacher threw back his pillow and expressed great anticipation.

"It depends...wait, we digress—gifts! What should I get her?"

"Chocolate? Girls should like sweet things."

"I think it makes sense." Neb touched the planner from the bedside, turned to a new page, and wrote "12.31" and "buy chocolates for Mrs. Rose".

92.

Before going to bed, Mr. Jiandao went to the forum for a while.

As the end of the semester is approaching, the updates in the whole topic have decreased a lot. Only those who don't need to rush homework like the head of the study department, Mr. Sanqiang, are still insisting on updating.

Naib clicks into Marta's new article.Although the setting of Sanqiang teacher's new article is not in the library, nor in the campus paro, but——

"...Jack's kiss is gentle and fresh, like seeing rain for the first time, riding a merry-go-round for the first time...like the light sunshine in England that disappears in a swipe."

...If I remember correctly, I seem to be the one who said this sentence.Teacher Jiandao silently clicked "Exit", and then clicked into the homepage of "Rose".

The information on Mrs. Rose's homepage has not changed, it is still "Crazy Sucking Nai", with a ?? emoticon.Naibu swipe down little by little, looking at the familiar pictures one by one, he has a feeling of going back in time.

I don’t know when it started, but he has been used to the fact that he likes Jack as the fulcrum of the years, and he entered the JRNS topic and published the first article as a reference to the past, so he has never felt the passage of time——like Everything happened yesterday.

But today, in the dark, following Mrs. Rose's past updates to trace the traces of his own journey, Neb realized that it has been so long since the beginning of everything, since he met Jack.

Mr. Jiandao turned off his phone, turned over and faced the wall.

Their conversation in the library that afternoon came to mind again.

"She said that as long as I give her a red rose, she is willing to dance with me. Now, Nebu, I gave you the nightingale and the rose, will you accept my kiss?"

In the dark, Naibu recalled the time that slipped away little by little, and silently recited the answer he had given in his heart:

"I am willing."

—TBC—