Li Ze was somewhat puzzled at her words.
His wife had said last night that she didn’t want to resign, that the supervisor’s salary was high, so he couldn’t help asking, “Have you found another job yet?”
“No.”
“Then why are you quitting your job now?”
“If I’d been a supervisor I’d feel sorry for my self.”
“It’s up to you, I respect your choice.”
“Will you keep me if I agree to be a full-time wife?”
“Of course,”
“Thank you, hubby, I’m really moved by your words,” Ding Jie said, “but I really can’t be a full-time housewife. After all, we still have to pay the mortgage. If I were a full-time housewife, you wouldn’t be able to earn a living with your salary. Many feelings are defeated by reality, and I don’t want our relationship to be the same. Well, I would consider it again.”
The muscles on Li Ze’s face twitched when he heard his wife’s words.
It was as if he had been fooled by her.
There was obviously no intention of her leaving, judging by her tone.
“Alright, then,” said Li Ze who didn’t want to continue chatting.” “I am preparing the teaching plan.”
“Alright, work hard.”
Li Ze didn’t respond but chose to hang up the phone.
As soon as he hung up the phone, the bell rang.
When he got the teaching aids from his office, he walked to the classroom.
He actually wanted to leave the school directly after teaching, but in the end, he chose to wait for Liu Yuou on the first floor. When he saw her downstairs, he walked toward the back mountain. He didn’t want to walk beside her, because doing that would cause more scandals. But because Liu Yuou was a school belle, there might be more misunderstanding if there is a distance of about ten meters between them.
Not to mention the fact that they were heading towards the back mountain.
After walking for about ten minutes, Liu Yuou turned a corner and approached Li Ze.
Looking at his expressionless face, Liu Yuou asked, “Teacher, don’t you like being with me?”
“Not at school, at least.”
“Why do you care about what others see?” Liu Yuou said with her bag behind her back,” It seems to me that if you love someone, there’s no need to care about other people’s opinion. I can also understand your difficulty. After all, I’m your student. It’s obviously a moral indictment if we were seen to be familiar by others. It’s now about one month before the college entrance exam. I won’t be your student anymore when the exam is over, so we can get together.”
“You’ve got to go to college,”
“Can I get into Xiamen University?” Liu Yuou asked, “Then I can get together with you every day.”
“It’s not up to the standard of both Tsinghua University and Peking University.”
“Teacher, will you go with me to Beijing?”
“Of course I can’t.”
“Then I won’t seek admission into Tsinghua and Peking University.”
Li Ze didn’t know what to say towards Liu Yuou’s innocence. He knew that she liked him, but because of her lack of a father figure, and because he wanted a mature woman, he really didn’t think about marrying the thirteen-year-old Liu Yuou.
“Teacher, look there.”
Li Ze saw that the peach by the roadside was already full of flowers while following her.
Due to the petals on the ground, some were even floating along with the wind. The scene in front of them made Li Ze’s mood slightly better. Many petals drifted towards them under a gust of wind. Li Ze reached out a hand to pick up the petals, while Liu Yuou stretched out two hands.
The petals were a little naughty and were blown away by the wind before landing in his hand.
Meanwhile, there were two petals that landed in Liu Yuou’s hand.
Seeing a petal falling on her head, Li Ze picked it.
Looking at the petals that still had some dew, Li Ze said, “It’s quite good that it’s cloudy today. At least we are lucky to see the dew.”
Liu Yuou remained silent, only extending her tongue to lick the petals.
Smacking her lips, Liu Yuou said, “No taste.”
“Don’t lick it,”
“I can only lick my petals since I am forbidden to lick on you.”
Li Ze’s throat became a bit dry at her words.
He didn’t want to answer, so he quickened his steps.
When they walked into the peach forest, Liu Yuou occasionally took deep breaths in particular happiness.
In front of a short peach tree, Liu Yuou stood with her hands behind her back and said, “Teacher, I want the hairpin.”
Li Ze then raised his head at the peach tree.
After a little hesitation, he said, “We should have lunch.”
“I want it.”
“You’re really childish,”
“Of course I am a child before I become an adult.” Liu Yuou continued after purposely straightening her chest, “Of course, I’m obviously no longer a child in your eyes.”
Li Ze lightly jumped at her words.
As he grabbed the branch, he landed on the ground.
Li Ze walked over to Liu Yuou after folding down a branch with three peaches, smelling them.
Liu Yuou lowered her head and closed her eyes as he came over.
Li Ze didn’t even know how to fix this flower on her hair. It’s much easier if she was wearing a hairpin or a strap.
After thinking for a while, he finally got the peach strapped to her ear.
“All right,” Li Ze said, “Let’s have lunch.”
“No,”
“What do you want?” he asked, “Are you going to stay here admiring the flowers?”
“We could have lunch right here.”
“We could call for a takeaway here.”
“We don’t need delivery. I have already done it.”
After taking down the bag, Liu Yuou took out the picnic blanket.
After handing it to Li Ze, she took out two boxes wrapped in plastic bags from her bag.
Seeing that Li Ze looked stunned, Liu Yuou hurriedly urged, “Hurry up!”
“You’ve even prepared lunch.”
“This is an essential skill for good wives.”
Li Ze didn’t say anything and only spread the picnic cloth on the ground full of petals.
Kneeling down, Liu Yuou placed the two lunchboxes in the middle and then brought out coconut juice, oranges, melon seeds and pastries from the bag.
Looking at these things, Li Ze asked, “Is your schoolbag just for these?”
“Yes,” Liu Yuou said, “Teachers even asked me why I didn’t bring my books.”
“Haven’t you told them that it’s because of me?”
“No, I mean I slept too much today,” Liu Yuou tore off the plastic bag and handed one to Li Ze. “Try it.”
Li Ze was startled when opening the box, so he couldn’t help but ask, “Can’t you make some insipidity food?”