Father and Mother Zhi hoped that Zhi Ying would communicate more with her classmates, so people didn't think it was troublesome to communicate with her. They were happy that Jiang Wei was able to interact with Zhi Ying.
"You can invite Xiao Wei to our house for dinner," Lin Xiuyu said softly as she patted her daughter's head.
"I know." Zhi Ying agreed in a low voice.
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"Delay?!" The male voice on the phone was full of disbelief, "This time we are so determined to discuss with the other party, how can..."
Jiang Wei cut off the words of the person opposite, "It's just a reservation before the date, it's not considered a delay. I have something to do here, you should stabilize the situation first, and I'll go back next week."
"...Okay." Although the person on the opposite side was helpless, he also knew that Jiang Wei was still a student, and he did not have a lot of free time.
"Young master, I'll take you to school in the afternoon." Uncle Li knocked on the door, "The weather forecast says it will rain."
Jiang Wei hung up the phone and frowned when he heard Uncle Li's voice outside the door. He turned on his phone and indeed saw that the forecast was saying that there would be rain in the afternoon.
Thinking about it, Jiang Wei decided to send Zhi Ying a message: [It's going to rain in the afternoon, Uncle Li can drive us to school, I'll wait for you downstairs.]
When Jiang Wei sent the text message, he didn't hold out hope that Zhi Ying would agree as she didn't like to trouble others... or so he believed.
But after a while, Jiang Wei not only received Zhi Ying's agreement, but also received a text message reminding him to put on more clothes so as to not catch a cold.
Jiang Wei ended up staring at the message for a long time before slowly putting away the phone.
Zhi Ying's behavior was too strange. Jiang Wei recalled that after she had been peeking at him for a few days, her attitude seemed to have changed completely.
He sat by the bed, touched the two ugly ceramic dolls on the bedside table, thinking that no matter what Zhi Ying wanted to do, he didn't care.
When Zhi Ying went out, she specially added an extra piece of clothing to her school uniform. Ever since she was a child, she didn't need her parents to remind her to wear more clothes. Before they could react, she would have already covered herself thickly with extra clothing and another sweater.
School uniforms were good. Zhi Ying liked school uniforms the most. They were wide and more clothes could be stuffed underneath!
Unlike the clothes that Zhi Ying's mother bought for Zhi Ying, they were pretty but couldn't fit several layers. Thus, Zhi Ying didn't like to wear them very much.
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It wasn't raining when Jiang Wei went out, but the chilly wind had already started to blow.
"Young master, it looks like it's going to get cold today." Uncle Li pressed the wiper button to sweep the dead leaves off the windshield.
Jiang Wei replied absently, and suddenly saw a round ball coming down from a distance, and immediately opened the car door to welcome it.
Zhi Ying was geared up in 'equipment', as if it were already winter. When she came downstairs, she was still shaken by the wind twice.
"Why are you wearing so little, isn't it cold?" Zhi Ying was afraid of the cold, and she also thought that everyone should be as afraid of the cold as she was.
Jiang Wei did not reply, but stretched out his bony fingers to pull up the zipper of Zhi Ying's school uniform. In his opinion, although Zhi Ying wore a lot of clothes, she didn't cover up the areas vulnerable to wind properly, like her neck.
Zhi Ying followed Jiang Wei, staring at his long silky hair with envious eyes.
Long hair was still good in winter, it could keep out the cold.
"If only I had hair as long as yours." Zhi Ying unconsciously murmured what was in her heart.
Jiang Wei turned around and asked, "Why don't you keep your hair long? As long as you don't cut it, it will grow long."
Zhi Yingyi looked a little aggrieved, and muttered, "If the hair is too long, I can't comb it."
Not only was it difficult to comb, but Zhi Ying was messy, and her skin was sensitive. She used too much force sometimes, and her scalp would hurt. In addition, she didn't want to waste time taking care of it, so she simply cut her hair really short when she went to high school.
However, now Zhi Ying's hair has grown back to her neck, and sometimes her neck would itch from the hair.
Jiang Wei stopped and reached out to stroke Zhi Ying's hair. Her hair was rough to the touch, but it wasn't stiff, it should simply have not been taken care of.
Zhi Ying looked up at Jiang Wei, not aware of the ambiguity of this action. She also reached out and touched Jiang Wei's hair, "Your hair is so soft, mine is not easy to touch at all."
Jiang Wei said "mhm", and didn't care about the 'molestation' in Zhi Ying's actions.
The two got into the car, and Zhi Ying tried to do her homework, but was stopped by Jiang Wei.
"Reading in the car is not good for your eyes." Jiang Wei covered the book Zhi Ying had just opened.
"I'll only read it for a while." Zhi Ying quietly took out the book, trying to explain.
"No." Jiang Wei frowned, and closed Zhi Ying's book. "Read it in the classroom. You don't need to be so rushed."
In the end Zhi Ying stuffed the book back into her school bag angrily, glared at Jiang Wei, closed her eyes and took a light nap.
'Jiang Wei must have hated to see me studying, for fear that I would surpass him!' Zhi Ying thought firmly.
But once they started to date, Jiang Wei's grades would plummet, and by then...
Thinking about it, the corners of Zhi Ying's lips began to rise.