However, one day, Gong Fan's frosty edge seemed to have melted. When Youyou returned and went back to school, he no longer had a frosty personality.
Gradually, some of the children gathered their courage to speak to him, even though they were on tenterhooks when they did so, afraid that Youyou would reject them or treat them coldly, or pretend not to see or hear them. In the end, the gentle Youyou smiled back at each of them.
This encouraged the children in the class. They all went forward to talk to him, with the exception of Qing'er who didn't dare to do so. There was once in the past, she had mustered the courage to say something to Gong Fan, but Gong Fan didn't even look at her. She became rather disappointed, and thought that Gong Fan hated her.
This time round, she was encouraged when he replied to her note. When class ended, she sat in her seat, undecided.
