Half-baked

15
Fifteen simple words, full of gunpowder.
Especially the three words "pursuer". Huai Nian could imagine that when Duan Huaian typed these three words, his fingers were so hard that he wanted to poke a hole in the phone screen.

I miss not replying his message.
She held the book in her arms and patted Jingyue's shoulder: "I'm leaving."
Jing Yue tried to persuade her: "Would you like to watch for a while longer? The school hunk and the department hunk standing together is such a pleasing sight."
Nostalgic’s reply was particularly noble and cold: “What’s so good about men?”

"..." Jing Yue rolled her eyes. "Based on your attitude towards men, you will be single even when you are eighty years old."

Huai Nian smiled and left the dormitory.

There is a wide road outside the dormitory.
Duan Huaian and Shang Jingze were standing across the street.

Shang Jingze is the campus hunk whom Huaian has been pursuing for more than two years.

There are many boys pursuing Huaiang, and Shang Jingze is the most famous and most persevering among them.
Only two years have passed, and Shang Jingze is not even her WeChat friend, let alone becoming her boyfriend.

He was chatting with Duan Huai'an when he caught sight of Huai Nian from the corner of his eye. He immediately smiled, waved, and said hello to Huai Nian: "Huai Nian——!"
"I saw my friend. Let's talk next time." Shang Jingze immediately left Duan Huai'an and ran to Huai Nian.

Nostalgia is somewhat unable to withstand his enthusiasm.
The one who was even more unable to withstand it was Duan Huaian, who was standing five or six meters behind Shang Jingze.
As usual, there was no expression on his face, his eyes were drooped, and his gaze was extremely cold and heavy.

"What a coincidence, meeting you here." Shang Jingze smiled brightly, as if he could not feel the low pressure around him, and spoke to Huai Nian in a very familiar manner, "Are you going to the cafeteria to eat? I happen to be going to the cafeteria too, shall we go together?"

"No, I'm going out." Huai Nian refused decisively, "I won't disturb you while you eat. Goodbye."

"Hey--"
Shang Jingze stuck to him like a dog-skin plaster.
"Are you going out to eat?"

"No, I'm out for something."
"what's up?"
"I have to go to tutoring classes." This excuse always works.

Shang Jingze knew that she was going to take tutoring classes. He nodded. Reminiscing about the time when he thought he had given up, Shang Jingze said, "You are taking classes at Yujing Garden, right? It just so happens that my second brother lives there. I have something to do with him, so I'll take you there by the way."
"..."

As if to prove that what he said was true, Shang Jingze suddenly raised his voice and shouted behind Huai Nian: "Duan Huai'an, I remember that your family also lives in Yujing Garden, and my second brother also lives there. Do you want to go home? Let's go together."
"Oh yes, I drive a car, you can go there in my car."

"..."
Is this person stupid?

He glanced at Duan Huai'an with nostalgia.
He walked towards them, letting the memories pass by like air.
He walked up to Shang Jingze, with a calm expression and a leisurely tone, and said, "Okay, then we'll take your car."

"Okay." Shang Jingze responded straightforwardly without any tact.

In this situation, Huai Nian could only pretend to be stupid and join them.

It's hard to describe how eye-catching it was to see three people walking side by side.
Let alone Duan Huai'an, the fact that Huai Nian and Shang Jingze appeared together was big news. After all, he was the schoolboy of the business school, and he had a good family background. Shang Jingze's parents were in politics, completely different from Duan Huai'an's business family.
Shang Jingze is considered a celebrity in the school. There is even a post on the school forum dedicated to discussing him, with a title full of gossip.

——Did Shang Jingze catch up with Hua Nian today?
I estimate that this post in the forum will have more than 99 discussions today.

When they arrived at the school gate, Shang Jingze took a few steps ahead, walked to the passenger seat, and opened the door for Huainian like a gentleman.
During the moment of hesitation, a person flashed by in my peripheral vision, walked straight to the passenger seat and sat in.

Duan Huai'an's voice was cold and unworldly, as if he treated Shang Jingze as his own driver, and ordered him, "Close the door, please."

I miss the time when my funny bone was tickled for no apparent reason, and I would smile silently with my head tilted.
She couldn't bear to look at Shang Jingze's expression, so she automatically opened the back door and sat in the back seat.

Silent.
After a while.
Shang Jingze got into the car slowly.

Shang Jingze turned the steering wheel and talked to Duan Huai'an leisurely: "I heard from my second brother that you are planning to start a company?"

Duan Huaian lowered his head and fiddled with the phone in his hand. Hearing this, a lazy "hmm" came out of his nose.

Missing the seat behind Duan Huaian, she did not participate in their conversation but looked down at her phone.

on the phone.
Duan Huaian was sending a message to Huainian.
I really admire him for being able to do two things at the same time.

Shang Jingze: "Are you opening your own business, or in partnership with others?"
Duan Huai'an: "Myself."

On the phone, Duan Huai'an sent a message to Huai Nian: [You haven't answered my question just now. ]
Duan Huai'an: [Who are you looking at? ]
Missing secretly sighed, and said in accordance with his wishes: [Look at you. ]

In the car, Shang Jingze said, "That's awesome, you're working on your own. Have you found employees yet? Are they just the people in the school laboratory?"
Duan Huaian nodded lightly.

Duan Huai'an: [Don't you think he talks a lot? ]
Miss: [Isn’t he your friend? ]

Across the chair, I could hear his faint sneer.
Duan Huai'an: [Not really.]

Shang Jingze: "Isn't the team a little too immature? After all, you are still students, and things in the business world are very complicated. I think your business department should recruit some experienced staff?"
Duan Huai'an's answer was obviously perfunctory: "Let's talk about it later."

Duan Huai'an: [Baby, you are not a good suitor. ]
I miss doubting my own eyes, [Huh?]
Duan Huai'an: [It sounds very preachy, you should reject him.]
Miss: [……]

Perhaps sensing Duan Huaian's indifference, Shang Jingze suddenly changed the topic and started chatting with Huai Nian.

Shang Jingze: "Huai Nian, how old is the child you tutor this year?"
Nostalgia: "Third grade."
Shang Jingze: "Next year is the high school entrance exam, what subjects are you teaching her?"
Miss: "I teach Chinese, math and English."

After he finished speaking, Huai Nian heard Duan Huaian laugh again. This laugh did not contain any sarcasm, but was more of a teasing one.

Miss: [Don’t laugh. ]
Duan Huai'an: [What did you teach me? ]
Duan Huai'an: [Miss the teacher.]

Huai Nian looked unnatural and her face turned red with embarrassment.

Fortunately, the community is very close to the school. In the blink of an eye, Shang Jingze's car drove into the community's underground garage.

Shang Jingze asked Huai Nian: "Which building are you going to?"
I miss my brain racing, thinking about how I was going to answer.
Duan Huai'an's voice rang in my ears: "I live in Building 7, I'll get off here."

Nostalgia was stunned.
His house is 8.

The entrances of Building 7 and Building 8 face each other. When Duan Huai'an got off the car, Huai Nian unbuckled her seat belt and said, "I'm going to Building 8, and I'm getting off here too." After a pause, she didn't forget to thank him, "Thank you for driving me here today."
"It's nothing." Shang Jingze took out his phone and looked at Huai Nian sincerely, "So, can't we add each other on WeChat?"

"..."

The words fell.
"Bang——" sound.
Duan Huaian closed the car door.

In the deserted underground parking lot, the sound of the car door being slammed shut was so loud that it echoed and reverberated.

Shang Jingze seemed to be accustomed to Duan Huaian's style of doing things and didn't care. He bent over from the driver's seat with great effort and raised the hand holding the mobile phone in front of Huai Nian.

She was still sitting in his car. Although he was giving her a ride "on the way", she would feel guilty if she refused.
The other person is out to help, and just wants to add a WeChat friend, which is not a difficult request to fulfill.

It’s nothing more than adding a WeChat friend, and even if you add a friend, you won’t chat.
Just let him stay in the friend list silently.
-
Because of adding friends, I missed you for a while.
After watching Shang Jingze's car leave the parking lot and drive to the parking lot of the building he was going to, Huai Nian turned around and left. When she turned around, she was startled.

Duan Huaian stood at the elevator entrance silently, with a gloomy look in his eyes.

Huai Nian spoke first: "If you hadn't agreed to take his car home, how could I have added him on WeChat?"

Duan Huai'an: "Oh, my bad."
Miss: "It is what it is."
Duan Huai'an twitched his lips slightly: "You can't refuse?"

Nostalgia: "He just sent me home, how could I refuse him? Haven't you heard the story of the farmer and the snake?"

The elevator door opened and the two walked in.
Go home again.
Unprecedented silence.

Duan Huaian didn't say a word, and Huai Nian didn't say anything either.
They each do their own thing as if the other does not exist.

After a while, the doorbell rang. It was a takeaway.

Duan Huaian picked up the takeaway and placed the portion of Nostalgia in front of her.
Missing him in silence, Duan Huai'an did not leave.
She raised her eyes, and Duan Huai'an had a stern face: "No 'thank you'?"
"..."
"Snake." Duan Huaian moved his lips and uttered this word expressionlessly.
"..."

I really didn't expect that Duan Huaian was so good at drawing inferences from one example and applying what he learned.
Huai Nian didn't have a bad temper, but after seeing Duan Huaian's actions, he couldn't help but laugh.

"What are you laughing at?" Duan Huai'an frowned, "Are you so happy just because you added your suitor on WeChat?"

Huai Nian stared at him for a while, then said lightly, "Yeah, I'm very happy."

Duan Huai'an paused while opening the takeaway box, then pushed it away. He stood up and walked to Huai Nian, reaching down to take out her cell phone from her pocket, "Give me the cell phone."

Huai Nian hid sideways, and Duan Huaian was annoyed by her moving around too much, so he simply picked her up from the chair.
"Duan Huaian, what are you doing?"
"Don't make noise, baby," Duan Huai'an sat on the sofa, holding Huai Nian on his knees. His eyelids drooped slightly, and a little bit of hostility flowed out of his eyes. "Let me check your phone."

Missing him can’t stop him, I can only remind him: “Don’t delete him.”

Duan Huai'an's voice was cold: "I know."

He was able to unlock his nostalgic phone with his face, and in a few seconds he found the WeChat icon and clicked on it.
Duan Huaian glanced at the top contact, it was still him.
Next up is Shang Jingze, who sent a new message.

Shang Jingze: [What time does your tutoring class end? ]
Shang Jingze: [I can take you back to school.]

Duan Huai'an: "How are you going to respond?"
Nostalgia said: "No."
Duan Huai'an: "Really not going back?"
Huai Nian: "I really won't reply. I'm annoyed with him." Hearing this, Duan Huai'an curled his lips and smiled, "This is the first time I heard you say that someone is annoying."

I miss looking at him silently, silence is better than words at this moment.
I'm just short of saying, "You're the person I hate the most."

silence.
Duan Huai'an picked up Huai Nian again and brought her back to the dining table: "Forget it, let's have lunch."
-
After lunch, Duan Huaian received a phone call and went out.
She missed staying at home alone, reading quietly, with her phone always on silent. She was very focused when reading, and before she knew it, it was dark outside after she finished reading the books for two professional courses.
She subconsciously called out "Duan Huaian".

"..."
No one responded.

Huai Nian took out her cell phone and saw that Duan Huaian had sent her a message ten minutes ago.
[I will be home very late tonight, you should go to bed early. ]

Huai Nian replied "Oh", stretched, turned around and went to the kitchen to cook herself a bowl of wontons.

The wontons were from the freezer and were made by her mother.
The reason for making wontons was simple. One night, she was hungry and wanted to eat wontons. While eating the wontons delivered by takeout, she casually said, "My mother's wontons are still the best."
The next day, Duan Huaian asked her mother to make wontons and send them over.

I miss eating wontons, and I have mixed feelings.

Her mother is also the nanny of Duan Huaian's family.
And she actually went in and out with Duan Huaian.

It was clearly not like this before.

She used to be very well-behaved and had a clear distinction between herself and Duan Huaian.

Even though they had a strange conversation in the classroom during the coming-of-age ceremony, Huai Nian had no extra thoughts, because all she could think about was his last sentence.
——"You're asking for a lot."
The tone of his voice was flat, and coupled with his cold face, it sounded sarcastic.

Anyway, I miss being ridiculed.

After that, Huai Nian didn't dare to look Duan Huai'an in the eye, for fear that she would accidentally look into his eyes and then see him mocking her madly with his eyes - "You have too many requirements for a boyfriend", "I'm not that good but I'm quite picky".

later.
When will we meet again?
Was it the first night at the teacher’s farewell party?

No.
That came later.

The farewell banquet for teachers was held before the night of the college entrance examination.
That night, Duan Huaian kissed her.

……

On the day the college entrance examination ended, I missed going back to the classroom to pack my things.
I heard Chi Jingting's voice from the back of the classroom: "Let's go to your house today? Brother, I'll call you dad, okay? I'm going to confess to her today. If we go somewhere else, she'll definitely find out. After thinking it over, your house is the best place to confess."

Huai Nian turned around subconsciously, and then saw Chi Jingting’s newly recognized father - Duan Huaian.
Duan Huaian seemed to have just entered the classroom when he was stopped by Chi Jingting.
His expression showed impatience: "Are you sick?"

"We are brothers, can't you be kind and help me with something good?" Chi Jingting described the confession scene, "I've already thought about it, roses, cakes, fireworks. When the confession is successful, fireworks will be set off outside the window, and we will kiss passionately under the fireworks."

Duan Huai'an replied perfunctorily: "Congratulations."

Chi Jingting: "Let's put it this way, let's go to your house."
Duan Huai'an: "Go back to your own home."
Chi Jingting: "My parents are at home. If I confess in front of them, my dad will beat me to death."
Duan Huai'an: "Your father wants to kill you too."

Seeing that he couldn't convince Duan Huai'an no matter what, Chi Jingting scratched his head. He looked outside and caught sight of Huai Nian. With an idea, he ran to Huai Nian and said, "Little nanny, do you have any activities tonight?"

The school divides classes every year in the second year of high school. At the beginning of the second year of high school, Huai Nian was unexpectedly assigned to the same class with Duan Huaian and Chi Jingting.
Therefore, Chi Jingting knew that Huainian was the nanny's daughter who lived with Duan Huaian.
When there were no strangers around, Chi Jingting would jokingly call her "little babysitter." Maybe it was because he was too handsome, and handsome guys were always right. Or maybe it was because he was so unruly and unremarkable that people could not detect any malice, so Huai Nian did not correct him for calling her that.

"No." Huai Nian shook his head honestly.

"Then help me set up the confession scene tonight."

"..."
If you didn't know, you would think he was proposing.

Chi Jingting: "My driver is here. Little nanny, have you packed your things? I'll take you home."

Huai Nian wanted to refuse: "No need..."

But Chi Jingting had already grabbed her schoolbag and stuffed everything on her desk into it. Then he took the schoolbag and left the classroom on his own initiative: "Can you two hurry up and keep up? Confessions don't wait."

"..."
"..."

I glanced at Duan Huaian with a nostalgic look.
Duan Huaian turned around and walked out with his eyelids drooping, without even looking at Huai Nian.
I followed reluctantly.

After arriving home, Chi Jingting kept mumbling about how to decorate the house, and asked Huai Nian to help. Huai Nian put down her schoolbag, and out of the corner of her eye she saw Duan Huai'an going upstairs.
Chi Jingting said, "Don't pay attention to him or talk to him. I'm afraid he'll kick me out if he gets unhappy."
I miss laughing.

Chi Jingting often invites people to gather at Duan Huaian's place.
He has many friends and many ways to play. For a party, there are always many things to prepare, and the preparations naturally fall into the hands of Huai Nian's mother. Huai Nian often comes to help.

In order to make his confession tonight, Chi Jingting specially asked the flower shop to send 999 roses.
Huai Nian didn't know who he was confessing to, after all, he seemed to have affairs with all the girls. Chi Jingting didn't elaborate, he asked Huai Nian in a leisurely and elegant manner: "Little nanny, do you like roses?"

"Girls should all like flowers," said Huai Nian.

"If someone holds flowers and confesses to you, will you agree?"

Huai Nian paused for a moment and couldn't help asking him, "Isn't it me you're confessing to?"

Chi Jingting was frightened: "Then I am really courting death."

Huai Nian didn't hear the hidden meaning in his words and just thought that he looked down on her.
After all, he is the young master of the Chi family, the center of attention. How could he possibly like the nanny's daughter?

It was already past four in the afternoon when they got home, and by the time they had finished arranging everything, it was already dark outside.

The door was opened and a crowd of people poured in.
Some of them Huai Nian had seen before, and some of them Huai Nian had not seen before. It was said that they were all childhood friends of Chi Jingting and Duan Huai'an. Chi Jingting also pointed to the person he was confessing to tonight and Huai Nian said, "How is she? Pretty, isn't she?"
Huai Nian didn’t actually see it clearly, but still nodded and said, “Beautiful.”

When everyone arrived, they shouted, "Where is Duan Huai'an?"
Chi Jingting: "He's sleeping upstairs."

"Why are you sleeping? Come downstairs and play with us!"

Chi Jingting couldn't leave, so the task of going upstairs to wake Duan Huaian up was handed over to Huainian.

Huai Nian had called Duan Huaian to get up before. Several times when she was late for class in the morning, Duan Huaian's door was closed, and Huai Nian was pushed upstairs by her mother to knock on Duan Huaian's door.

In the past, I only needed to knock a few times on the door to get a response from the owner. Today, as soon as my finger touched the door, the door slid open with a slight touch.

The door is unlocked.

Nostalgia was stunned.
The light in the room was dim, and her eyes wandered around, finally landing on the sofa closest to her. Duan Huai'an's upper body was sunken in the sofa, and the moonlight outside the window poured in, outlining the outline of his thin and tall body. He tilted his head slightly, as if he was still asleep.

After hesitating for a while, I heard a lively conversation downstairs behind me.
I vaguely heard someone looking for Duan Huai'an.

Huai Nian paused for a moment, then raised his leg and walked towards Duan Huai'an.
She moved very quietly. After walking to Duan Huai'an, she bent down, and started to say his name, but suddenly stopped.
The moonlight was faint, sliding across his tall nose. His eyes, which usually emitted a sharp and cold light, were now closed. The feeling of oppression faded away, and the unique sense of elegance that belonged to a young boy came over him.

There seemed to be a song playing downstairs, the song was tender and lingering.

I was in a trance for a moment, but soon I regained my senses.
She reached out and patted Duan Huaian's shoulder.
As soon as her hand touched Duan Huai'an's shoulder, her elbow suddenly hit her hard, and her eyelids trembled slightly. The next second, she met a dark gaze. At the same time, there was an extra hand on her waist, and with a slight force, Huai Nian was pulled forward.

In an instant, Huai Nian fell into Duan Huaian's arms.
The distance was so close, so close that the two people's breaths were mixed together, and it was impossible to tell whose was whose.

"You——" Nostalgia was at a loss as to what to say, "...I..."

Duan Huaian didn't say anything, his eyes still full of weariness after just waking up.
Speechless for a moment.
There was an eerie silence in the air.

And downstairs, a burst of teasing suddenly broke out in unison: "Give me a kiss! Give me a kiss! Give me a kiss——"

My breathing seemed to stop at this moment.

She looked down at him, even slowing down her blinking.
Duan Huai'an narrowed his eyes slightly, his dark pupils like a whirlpool, deeply absorbing the nostalgia. The nostalgia wanted to escape, but it was hard to stop it from sinking in. She subconsciously licked the corner of her mouth, her mouth dry.

"Have you ever been kissed?" Duan Huaian opened his mouth in a trance, and his voice was low and hoarse with fatigue, like heavy metal music, rubbing people's cochlea.

Nostalgia whispered: "...No."
"What a coincidence," he smiled, "This is our first kiss."
"Ah?" Huai Nian asked in confusion.

The next second, the tail end of her voice was swallowed up by her lips and teeth.
Duan Huai'an pressed the back of her neck, forcing her to lower her head, while he tilted his head back, their noses touching, their breaths entwined together. Intense kisses, warm lips, chaotic breathing, were the background of the night of confusion and passion.

And then there was a sudden "bang" sound outside the window.
Countless fireworks rose into the sky, creating brilliant colors in the night.

The lights and shadows flickered, the fireworks rushed towards the night sky, and Duan Huai'an's first kiss was a kiss to memories.

(End of this chapter)