wind in the dark night

Chapter 243 Walking in the Snow
the next day.

One o'clock in the afternoon.

Bai Mansion.

Snow White was flipping through the newspaper out of boredom when an advertisement caught her attention.

——Binjiang No. 55 Primary School is hiring a Chinese teacher who must have a high school degree or above. The monthly salary is yuan, and the teaching hour allowance is additional. Those interested, please contact the school's Academic Affairs Office.

As soon as the door opened, Jingshu walked in. Seeing Bai Xue resting her chin on her hand in deep thought, she jokingly said, "Our Miss Bai, are you thinking about life or love?"

Bai Xue handed over the newspaper: "Jingshu, you came at the right time. Please help me to decide whether this job is suitable for me or not."

Jingshu took the newspaper: "What job?"

Bai Xue said, "The one from the first junior high school."

Jingshu glanced through it and looked at Baixue in surprise: "You want to be a teacher?"

"Do you think I can do it?"

"That's fine...Hasn't Uncle Bai arranged your work?"

"I'm not interested in the work he arranged."

"Government departments are so good, with high salaries and good benefits. Some time ago, Shufen went to work at the Department of Health. She told me that her job was just to read newspapers, drink coffee, and sort out documents. It was so easy."

"That's why I'm not interested. Every day is mediocre, repeating the same thing over and over again. What's the meaning of spending my best years reading newspapers and drinking coffee? "

“What’s the point of teaching?”

“Teaching and educating people, is there any more meaningful job in the world?”

Jingshu thought for a moment and said, "The question is... will your family agree?"

Bai Xue frowned slightly, thought for a long time, and suddenly her eyes lit up: "If they don't agree, I will kill them first and ask for their permission later!"

Jingshu asked: "Why do you kill first and ask for permission later?"

"I'll go to the school to register first. If I'm accepted, it won't matter if they object!"

Snow White paced back and forth excitedly.

Jing Shu sighed, "People are really different. In the past few years, Shufen's family used their connections to find a way to fill the vacancy. Shufen is just an ordinary clerk in the Department of Health. As for you, you can choose any government department in Binjiang, but you just want to be a teacher. Sigh, fate plays tricks on us."

Bai Xue's eyes were eager: "My choice is always to follow my heart!"

Jing Shu's eyes rolled: "You chose Yu Jincheng, are you also following your heart?"

Bai Xue said with a straight face: "You are talking nonsense again. It was just watching a movie with him. Under the circumstances at that time, you couldn't let him wait outside. Besides, you were there too."

Jing Shu said: "Xue'er, in my opinion, you and Yu Jincheng are a good match. You are the daughter of the director, and Yu Jincheng is of good status. Moreover, he is devoted to you, unlike that Qi guy, who is fickle and falls in love with every girl he meets!"

Bai Xue forced a smile: "Let's not talk about this, it's quite boring... Jingshu, I'm going to the library to read later, do you want to come?"

Jingshu asked: "Aren't you going to register for the First Primary School?"

"Silly, today is a public holiday and the school is closed."

Bai Xue opened the closet, picked for a while, took out a light yellow woolen coat, and looked left and right in front of the mirror: "Jingshu, is this color too bright for me?"

"I think it looks good."

"Don't lie to me."

"Why would I lie to you? It's really beautiful."

"By the way, are you going?"

"I don't want to go. Reading is so boring..."

Tuk Tuk!

There was a knock on the door outside the house.

Bai Xue opened the door, and outside was Yu Jincheng, who was dressed in a suit and looked energetic, holding a bouquet of roses in his hand. Jing Shu came over and sniffed: "What fragrant flowers, Director Yu, such a big bouquet of flowers, it will cost at least one dollar, right?"

Yu Jincheng said: "Three and a half dollars."

Jingshu was surprised: "It's so expensive?"

Yu Jincheng said: "Love is priceless. It is normal for gifts to be expensive. Besides, I don't think it is that expensive."

Bai Xue said calmly: "You are right, feelings are priceless, but they don't have to be measured by money. A bouquet of flowers costs three and a half dollars. I think it would be more meaningful if the money was donated to a charity organization."

The embarrassment on Yu Jincheng's face lasted only for a second, and he said sincerely: "I'm sorry, I didn't think it through, I will correct it next time."

Jingshu took the flowers for Baixue.

Yu Jincheng looked at Bai Xue who was wearing a coat and asked, "Are you guys going out?"

Jingshu rushed to say, "It's not us, it's Xue'er who wants to go out. Director Yu, if you are free, go with her. The weather is so cold, and it will be warmer if you take a car."

Yu Jincheng said, "I'm willing to serve."

Jingshu stuffed the bouquet of flowers into Baixue's hands and said with a smile, "Now that someone is willing to read with you is here, I don't have to be a third wheel, right?"

Bai Xue glared at her and walked out quickly.

……

ten minutes later.

In the snow.

Yu Jincheng drove the car and said to Bai Xue excitedly, "I've decided. From now on, we will donate ten yuan every month to a charity organization in Binjiang in our name. Although the money is not much, it represents our intention!"

Bai Xue was about to speak.

Yu Jincheng held her hand: "Xue'er, I said that for you, I can do anything. Really, I said what's in my heart... You have the right to refuse my feelings, and I also have the right to express them. I hope you can understand."

Bai Xue weighed the pros and cons again and again, and finally sighed softly: "I can understand."

Yu Jincheng's pursuit style is gentle and well-behaved, and he has never been offensive or rude. Faced with such a modest gentleman, even the most discerning eyes cannot find fault.

……

evening.

The snow is still falling.

The library of Binjiang College has just closed.

Bai Xue and Yu Jincheng were the last two readers. Yu Jincheng's car was parked on the east side of the school gate, and the west side was heading towards Qingnian Road.

"I like this kind of weather the most, especially when I am alone, walking on the thick snow, my heart is particularly peaceful, and the world seems to become clean and transparent, without any impurities."

Bai Xue said with emotion.

Yu Jincheng said: "Now that you said that, I seem to have become a superfluous person."

“It’s just a state of mind.”

Bai Xue explained.

Yu Jincheng thought for a moment and said, "How about this, I'll go drive the car, you go ahead, there's a hardware store on Qingnian Road, we'll meet there."

Bai Xue was puzzled: "Why?"

Yu Jincheng smiled and said, "This way, you can experience the feeling of walking alone on the snow."

Bai Xue smiled and said nothing more, then walked slowly along the street towards Qingnian Road.

Yu Jincheng got into the car, but didn't rush to start it. He lit a cigarette and took a deep puff. He calculated in his mind that it would take at least ten minutes to walk from Binjiang College to Qingnian Road. After finishing the cigarette, he would still have time to catch up.

(End of this chapter)