Chapter 53: Chapter 53: Another letter
So, when Mei Jianzhong and the others returned, they saw Feng Yiping standing in front of his second uncle's house with sleepy eyes.
It was only then that his uncle remembered, 'You've had too much to drink, you've been hiding here sleeping, haven't you?'
Well, his uncle was looking for trouble again. Sure enough, Mei Jianzhong immediately said to him, 'Yiping is still so young, and he can get drunk just following you around, how are you taking care of him?'
Feng Yiping rubbed his eyes and immediately explained that it was him who didn't know that rice wine had such a strong aftertaste, and that it was him who got drunk.
Mei Jianzhong didn't care about any of this. 'You didn't know, and neither did he?'
Well, never mind, it's no big deal for a father to scold his son.
When Mei Jianzhong and the others looked for Feng Yiping, they made a lot of noise, so Feng Yiping's blunder spread like wildfire that night.
The next day, everyone he met on the street made fun of Feng Yiping, 'Yiping, come to my house for a drink, I've made some new sweet rice wine.'
Feng Yiping was so embarrassed, he felt like he had really lost face, even at his grandmother's house.
As the saying goes, "drinking can lead to trouble." The homeroom teacher had asked him to write a summary speech, but he had never done it, so as soon as he finished lunch, he hurried Wang Changning to go back to school with him.
He thought he was the first to arrive, but he didn't expect someone else to be even earlier than him. It was a female classmate, Hu Junting. Feng Yiping usually didn't interact much with his classmates, and he had only spoken to this female classmate once or twice. Seeing her looking up at the sound of his voice, he smiled and greeted her.
He had just started writing and had written less than a hundred characters when there was a faint fragrance of orchids approaching. Looking up, he saw Hu Junting walking over with a pen and paper in her hand, seemingly to ask a question.
Sure enough, Hu Junting asked for help with a physics problem about calculating buoyancy. It wasn't difficult, and Feng Yiping explained it to her step by step. Hu Junting was very cooperative, and she kept saying, 'Oh, I see.' At the same time, her eyes were shining as she stared at Feng Yiping, full of admiration and... admiration?
Feng Yiping sat there while Hu Junting leaned forward, their heads close together. When they looked at each other, their eyes were also very close. When they spoke, Feng Yiping could smell the fresh, sweet breath from the girl's mouth without even trying.
Hu Junting seemed not to have noticed at all, or she didn't care. Feng Yiping, however, felt a little uncomfortable, so he sat in Feng Wen's seat and asked Hu Junting to sit on his stool. This was better, as they didn't have to face each other head-to-head.
Hu Junting sat down with ease, while Feng Yiping worked out the calculations on the scratch paper, step by step. He always felt that Hu Junting was staring at him from the side, and her body was leaning closer and closer. Although they weren't touching, the distance was almost negligible.
He sped up and wrote down the complete steps for answering the question, and indicated the formulas and parameters used next to each step. He was confident that if any student read these, they would no longer have any questions about the question.
Hu Junting took the draft paper, thanked Feng Yiping, and even praised him, 'Your handwriting is really nice.'
But soon after she left, she came back with a book under her arm and without looking Feng Yiping in the eye. She placed a hardcover copy of Pride and Prejudice on the table and said with her head down, 'I know you like literature. This is a book my cousin gave me. I hope you like it!'
When she reached the classroom door, she glanced back and smiled, her two pigtails jumping up and down playfully. She said to Feng Yiping, 'Be sure to read it!'
To be honest, Feng Yiping was not very interested in these foreign masterpieces, except for a few. He guessed that Hu Junting's meaning was not in the book either, so he didn't bother to open it and just lifted it up to shake it. Sure enough, a pink envelope fell out.
There was no writing on the envelope, and Feng Yiping didn't want to cause himself any more trouble, so he first slipped the envelope into his pocket. Seeing that no classmates were coming in, he opened his desk and kept lifting the desk lid, placing the letter open in the drawer and reading it quickly.
The content of the letter was similar to what Liu Fei had written, saying that she admired Feng Yiping's talent and also appreciated his hard work and simplicity. She felt that he was very mature, and summed it up by saying that she felt peaceful and happy when she saw him, but a little lost and empty when she didn't. At the same time, he also understands that it is now time to lay the foundation for the future, and knows that Feng Yiping does not want to be overly noticed, so he just wants Feng Yiping to know that there is someone who has always quietly cared about and paid attention to him, and also very much hopes that Feng Yiping can consider her a friend and silently accompany him in the next few years of junior high school.
Feng Yiping had just finished reading the letter in a hurry when Huang Jingping and Wang Jinju entered the classroom laughing. With a bang, he closed the drawer a little panicked, but it didn't make the two female classmates suspicious. Huang Jingping smiled at him and asked why he was here so early. Wang Jinju exaggeratedly covered her heart and said, 'Feng Yiping, you scared me!'
The best way to deal with Wang Jinju is to ignore her when she's picking on you, so Feng Yiping just smiled and didn't respond, once again burying his head in his speech.
However, his heart never stopped racing.
It turned out that in junior high school, Feng Yiping's grades were also good, always maintaining a place in the top five in his class, not as outstanding as he is now. His family situation was not even average, it was very difficult, and his clothes were also shabby. He was not inferior, but a bit introverted, and could be considered a little nerd, so he did not have the experience of being favoured by some girls like he does now.
So, when he received another letter from a female classmate, he felt a little flattered, in addition to thinking it was a bit of a nuisance.
Apart from Xiao Zhijie and Wang Changning, none of his junior high school classmates had been in contact since graduation. At the time of his rebirth, he had no recollection of the appearance or names of most of his junior high school classmates, so he had no idea what had happened to Liu Fei and Hu Junting.
As far as he could tell, both Liu Fei and Hu Junting were very good girls, both of them were quite good-looking, and they studied hard, at least harder than Lin Hui.
Hu Junting in particular, with those eyes, can really be called bright and kind, with fair skin, a square face, and features that give a three-dimensional impression. A complete beauty, of course, and already quite pretty and moving.
If everyone were an adult, Feng Yiping really might not be able to resist such temptation, but they are still wet behind the ears, they are still young!
Besides, in the neighbouring county, there is also Zhang Yan, who is in the sixth grade of primary school and is probably a bit chubby now. She is the one destined to be with him for the rest of his life.
In short, another incident like this is certainly a bit upsetting, but it also makes one feel a bit happy. Fortunately, neither of them has explicitly made any demands, so it's just like this, keeping a distance, no, just maintaining an appropriate distance. Not deliberately getting close, nor deliberately distancing themselves, they just act as if these things have never happened and continue to interact as before.
You can't accept it, providing soil and nutrients for the growth of their ambiguous feelings, which they may not even be aware of, nor can you coldly reject it, so as not to become an unforgettable negative image in their impressionable teenage hearts.
In short, as it turned out, after graduating from junior high school, the classmates in the class would each embark on different life trajectories, and from then on, there would be no chance of them meeting again.
Some things will naturally fade away over time and become a smile in the corner of your mouth and in your heart when you have some free time years later.