Garden of Time and Space

Chapter 174 The Third Time and Space 20
Xie Jiao remembered that when she first came to this illusory world, she and Chen Shuo hadn't recognized each other at that time. Once when she was watching him at the back door of Chen Shuo's class, after the class bell rang, a girl came and closed the back door of the class. It blocked her view, but at that time, their class teacher didn't tell anyone to close the door, and the back door of his class was almost always open even in class, so that it was convenient for the class teacher or grade teacher to patrol the class.

At that time, she was still a little dazed when she first passed through. She was only thinking about the things in this world and her inexplicable identity, but she didn't notice these things. Looking back now, the girl who came to close the door seemed to have glared at her.In other words, he is also Chen Shuo's crush?

Tut tut...

Xie Jiao sighed in her heart, and then looked at Zeng Li's back. At this moment, she seemed to realize that Xie Jiao hadn't followed, Zeng Li stopped and looked back. "Why don't you leave? I'll be late later."

He didn't seem to see those girls looking at him, and his face didn't change at all, as if those fiery eyes were as transparent as air.

Xie Jiao was speechless, she quickly walked a few steps to follow, and stood beside Zeng Li, when the two walked towards the school gate together, Xie Jiao reminded him, "Didn't you see that the female students nearby are all looking at you?"

Zeng Li looked serious, "No."

Xie Jiao frowned, walked quickly to Zeng Li, looked into his eyes carefully, and asked him, "Chen Shuo is nearsighted?" Because Xie Jiao knew that Zeng Li was not nearsighted, only had slight astigmatism.

Zeng Li was inexplicable: "No? Chen Shuo has better eyesight than me."

Xie Jiao: "..." Forget it, she doesn't want to say anything.After entering the teaching building and separating from Zeng Li, Xie Jiao went back to class.

When eating at noon, Zeng Li came over with a plate and sat opposite Xie Jiao. Xie Jiao usually eats alone at noon, but today someone came over suddenly, she was startled at first, and then saw that it was Zeng Li, she Laughing, "Are you afraid that there are too few girls who are jealous of me?"

On the opposite side, Zeng Li also smiled, "Are you still afraid of this?"

Xie Jiao continued to eat, "That's right, a bunch of brats."

Zeng Li took the chicken legs from the dinner plate to Xie Jiao, "Zhang Xiao called me during class in the morning and asked me to go back to live with her tonight."

Xie Jiao took a bite of the chicken leg, "How did you come back?"

Zeng Li: "I agreed, didn't you say you want to go back and talk to her?"

Xie Jiao: "Well, then I will go back with you at night?" Xie Jiao hesitated, "This is not good, if it is a classmate, I will go to your house so late after school at night. If your mother suspects your puppy love, no How about letting me in?"

Zeng Li: "Say it straight, you are Xie Ting's daughter."

Xie Jiao: "Then she must dislike me even more?"

Zeng Li: "I thought about it again this morning. Since she already knows about Xie Ting's existence, she is not stupid. She must also know that Xie Ting has a daughter. Maybe she has seen the photos of your mother and daughter, so if If she really knows you, it's not good for you to lie to her. Moreover, according to my contact with her, although she hates Xie Ting and is very sensitive, she is not an unreasonable person. On the contrary, she is a She is very tolerant and sensible, so I think she will not implicate you in her hatred for Xie Ting. Xie Ting and Chen Ming are on a business trip and leave you alone. She will definitely take you in together. You pretend Be pitiful, maybe it's better to get closer to her."

Xie Jiao thought for a while and nodded.

After lunch, when the two left the cafeteria, they walked to the campus supermarket at the entrance of the cafeteria. Zeng Li asked her to wait at the gate, and then ran into the supermarket. When he came out again, he was holding a Xie Jiao supermarket. The ice cream he likes, under the sun, he walked up to her and handed her the ice cream.

Xie Jiao accepted the ice cream with a smile, the corners of her lips couldn't stop rising, she didn't know if it was an illusion, she suddenly felt that the sun can be so warm and so dazzling in the late autumn weather.

Afterwards, the two went to the teaching building together. On the way, Zeng Li told her that he had called the driver and that the driver would not come to pick them up at night, so he took Xie Jiao back by bus.

Xie Jiao asked him, "Do you know where Zhang Xiao's home is?"

Zeng Li nodded, "Well, when I called her in the morning, I made an excuse that I wanted to buy study materials online, and Chen Ming's home was not within the delivery range, so I wanted to post it to her, but I accidentally deleted the saved address, and asked her Send me the specific house number. Then she sent it."

Zeng Li turned on the phone, found the text message with the address sent by Zhang Xiao, and handed it to Xie Jiao.

Xie Jiao didn't answer the phone, she just leaned over to take a look. After reading it, Zeng Li put away the phone. When the two of them were about to walk to the door of the teaching building, Zeng Li told her to gather at the school gate after school.

After that, the two entered the teaching building, and then separated and went back to their classes.

The class time in the afternoon passed quickly. After studying in the evening, Xie Jiao unconsciously thought of the evening when she was doing her homework. This was the third time she felt uneasy about leaving school after she came to this world.

Fortunately, this time, she is no longer alone.This time with Zeng Li, so compared to the previous two times, it was already much better.

After school, Xie Jiao carried her schoolbag on her back and walked out of the class with the flow of people. It was school time, and the corridor was full of people. Xie Jiao walked downstairs among the crowd, and walked out of the teaching building through the lobby on the first floor. There were street lights on the playground. The light was dim, Xie Jiao looked left and right, there were all students wearing school uniforms around her, she couldn't tell which one was Zeng Li, she tried to find it twice but gave up, then quickly walked straight to the school gate .

While walking, she stared intently at the school gate, wondering if Zeng Li had arrived there now, Xie Jiao quickened her pace again, almost turning into a trot all the way, and when she reached the school gate, Zeng Li hadn't arrived yet.

Xie Jiao breathed a sigh of relief, for some reason, compared to Zeng Li waiting for her, she preferred to wait for him, watching the crowds pouring out of the school gate, she stood there watching one by one, looking for him, waiting for him, just It's like having a beautiful expectation in my heart, and then imagining that he came out of the school gate, she was the first to see him, and then waited for him to look at her, after that, he saw her, and then the two looked at each other and smiled, that kind of It feels, Xie Jiao feels that there is a kind of comic-like romance.

After waiting for less than 2 minutes, Zeng Li came out from the school gate. Xie Jiao saw him in the crowd.

But when he saw Xie Jiao, there was no scene of the two people looking at each other and smiling across the crowd that Xie Jiao expected.Instead, he frowned, walked towards her quickly, and walked up to her. He lowered his head and asked, "Waiting for a long time? Is it cold?"

Xie Jiao shook her head immediately, thinking about her fantasy just now, looking at Zeng Li who was worried about her, she couldn't help laughing, "It's not cold, let's go."

"Ah."

Afterwards, the two walked side by side to the station. There were many students going to the station. Xie Jiao and Zeng Li stood on the platform, looking at the direction of the incoming cars. Every time a car came, the station would lose a group of people in school uniforms.

After taking three or two buses, finally, the car they were waiting for came. Xie Jiao watched the No. 205 bus slowly pull into the platform, and her heart was a little more nervous than before. After a while, she got on the bus. They were one step closer to meeting Zhang Xiao.

Zeng Li invested money and asked Xie Jiao to find a seat first. As the last bus was approaching, there were only a few single-seaters sitting in the front row, and there were still many empty seats in the back row. Xie Jiao went all the way to the last row of double seats. He sat down, and then used his schoolbag to help Zeng Li stand up.

After Zeng Li put in the money, he also walked towards the back row. In the dimly lit carriage, seeing Zeng Li walking beside him, Xie Jiao picked up his schoolbag, and Zeng Li sat down.

Afterwards, the two of them silently watched the street lights shining in from the car window. No one spoke for a long time. At first, Zeng Li thought that she was a little tired after a day of class.

But gradually, Xie Jiao seemed to become more tense as the bus announced the stop every time. Zeng Li noticed that she was unconsciously picking her fingers. Zeng Li reached out and held her hand, "nervous?"

Xie Jiao came back to her senses, looked at Zeng Li, and nodded.

Zeng Li didn't say anything else, just held her hand tightly, and then said, "Don't be afraid, I'm here."

The sound "Don't be afraid, I'm here" seemed to have a kind of magical power, which immediately calmed down Xie Jiao's flustered heart.

She nodded and looked out of the window again. After that, she asked Zeng Li, "How many stops do we have?"

Zeng Li replied to her: "3 stops."

Xie Jiao said "hmm", there were few cars on the road at night, and it usually took three stops in 15 minutes, but now it arrived in six or seven minutes. The bus reported to the stop, Xie Jiao looked at Zeng Li, although she didn't want to get off the bus, but the goal The character Zhang Xiao, she must be seen.

After getting out of the car, there were no pedestrians on the road, and the platform was empty. They were accompanied by rows of pines and cypresses of different heights on both sides of the road. The street lights were very bright, and the pines and cypresses were very green. She held Zeng Li's hand, Step by step, he walked in the direction of Zhang Xiao's house.

Halfway through, Zeng Li's cell phone rang.

Zeng Li took out his mobile phone from his school uniform pocket, and the word "Mom" was displayed on the screen of the old-fashioned mobile phone.

It was Zhang Xiao calling.

Xie Jiao let go of Zeng Li's hand vigilantly, raised her head and looked at Zeng Li solemnly, but Zeng Li smiled at her calmly, then raised her hand to pat her head, and pressed the answer button.

On the opposite side, Zhang Xiao's voice quickly came over, "Son, where are you? Mom still has one more dish to cook."

Zeng Li: "We're almost at the gate of the community."

Zhang Xiao: "Okay, then mom..."

Before Zhang Xiao finished speaking, Zeng Li interrupted her, "Mom, didn't I come back alone today?"

On the opposite side, Zhang Xiao paused for a few seconds, and spoke again after a long time. Her tone became obviously stiff. Perhaps, she had already guessed who the person who came back together was, but she still asked, "Who is it?"

Zeng Li: "Xie Jiao, her mom and dad are both on business trips, I'm worried that it's not safe for her to live there alone."

(End of this chapter)