Chapter 5 Overbearing President’s Runaway Wife (5)
A burst of shyness came from Pei Qingqing as if she wanted to say something else. Bai Xiyu didn't take the initiative to ask her, he merely stared at her with a smile from the start ‘til the end.
Not far away on a winding road, children carried old schoolbags on their backs as they hopped on the road on their way home. The stream glittered colorfully from the sun’s rays while a couple of birds frolicked and chirped without rhythm.
Pei Qingqing finally spoke. She said, "Teacher Bai, I want to stay here and teach these children with you, can I?"
"Of course." Bai Xiyu agreed straightforwardly, but then he asked again: "Does your family know about your decision?"
Pei Qingqing lowered her head, and it took a long time for Bai Xiyu to hear her whisper, "I’m an orphan, I have no family."
When she said that, Bai Xiyu also remembered that the world changed too much, the female lead's experience with her life was a bit confusing.
Bai Xiyu immediately remedied his expression and apologized.
Pei Qingqing shook her head and said, "It's fine."
"Teacher Bai, your leg?"
"Ah," Bai Xiyu blinked and replied with a smile, "A few years ago, I accidentally fell off a hill and broke it.”
"Is there no way for it to recover?" Pei Qingqing asked again.
Bai Xiyu placed his hands on the wheels on both sides of his wheelchair, pushed twice, and said, "This is good too, right?"
Pei Qingqing pursed her lips and didn't speak anymore.
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There are now two teachers in this backward small mountain village, a man and a woman, and were extremely happy with getting along with the children.
Two months passed in a blink of an eye. Bai Xiyu estimated. According to the pattern given by the headquarters, if the female lead was pregnant, it would take about three to five years for the male lead to find the female lead who had been promoted into a mother. Now that Pei Qingqing hadn’t done anything, Qin Zerong should have sent someone to find her here as well.
Sure enough, Bai Xiyu was teaching the children the linear equation’s solution in two unknowns when he suddenly heard someone knocking on the door from outside. Bai Xiyu turned his head and looked out, finding two young men in sportswear.
The student by the door stood up and asked Bai Xiyu, "Teacher, do you need me to open the door?"
Bai Xiyu nodded. The student ran to the door and gave entrance to the people outside.
The tall men walked in, bowed slightly, and then asked, "Excuse me, is Miss Pei Qingqing here?"
Bai Xiyu raised his head to look up at this person, a sigh in his heart. An overbearing president’s subordinate having an appearance of a high-quality younger bro was now rarely seen.
Bai Xiyu glanced down at the watch on his left wrist and found that the period was almost over, so he waved his hand to dismiss the class early and allow the children to go.
When the children left, Bai Xiyu asked, "You’re looking for her for something?"
"Yes, that’s the situation. Miss Pei previously had the kindness to save the life of our young master, that is why our young masted wished to properly thank Miss Pei but he never had the opportunity to do so.”
"So that's it." Bai Xiyu lowered his head in contemplation. Although he also hoped that the male and female lead would immediately have a happy ending so that he could leave this world, he unexpectedly broke his leg and sat in a wheelchair after all, but he still behaved with integrity and had a bottom line. Bai Xiyu lifted his head and said, “Wait for me, I will ask Teacher Pei’s opinion.”
As soon as Bai Xiyu's voice faded, Pei Qingqing's voice came from outside. She yelled, "Teacher Bai, there’s a question here I need to trouble you with!"
In conclusion, when Pei Qingqing came in, she saw the two men and was taken aback, followed by asking Bai Xiyu, "Teacher Bai, these two are?"
The two subordinates turned their heads toward Pei Qingqing and bowed, then said, "Greetings, Miss Pei. Young master Qin asked us to invite you back."
Pei Qingqing's expression immediately changed. With not a smile on her face, she coldly said, "Tell Qin Zerong that I’m not going back."
The two subordinates still maintained their smiles as they said, "Miss Pei, I hope you don't embarrass us."
Pei Qingqing pursed her lips, "I will never go back."
"Okay." The taller subordinate surprisingly withdrew. Rather, he directly took out a phone from his pocket and dialed a number.
"Young master Qin, we have found Miss Pei, but Miss Pei wasn’t willing to go back with us...Right now, Ms. Pei is staying at S Province in H Country. Yes, yes. Alright.” After hanging up the phone, the subordinate told Pei Qingqing, "Miss Pei, young master Qin will be here soon."
"I don't want to see him." Pei Qingqing replied.
"This...Miss Pei, please relay this to young master Qin yourself."
The two sides were locked in a stalemate. After a long time, Pei Qingqing asked, "Can you go out first? I would like to say something to Teacher Bai."
“It’s fine, Miss Pei." The two subordinates went out directly.
After these two men went out, Pei Qingqing stood in front of Bai Xiyu, a little lost and a bit angry as told him, "Teacher Bai, I think I might leave this place. Qin Zerong wouldn’t let me continue to stay here.”
Bai Xiyu merely gave a simple ‘oh’ and didn’t provide any comment.
Yet Pei Qingqing thought that this was Teacher Bai’s sorrow over her powerlessness. She felt that she should this kindhearted Teacher Bei some consolation, so she went on to say, "Teacher Bai, thank you for looking after me on this past two months. I felt the fondness that you gave me and you treated me very well, but I’m sorry. For the sake of the children, I must return to his side.”
But after hearing Pei Qingqing’s words, a black question mark on Bai Xiyu’s face. Pei Qingqing, what have you been imagining lately? Not only that...what about for the sake of the children? Has Qin Zerong, this scum, degenerated enough as to attack the children?
Tsk, I didn’t expect this, I didn’t expect this at all. Qin Zerong, with your thick eyebrows and big eyes, could do this kind of thing!
"Thank you, Teacher Bai. You are a good person." Pei Qingqing bent down and gently hugged the wheelchaired Bai Xiyu.
Bai Xiyu blinked, and finally said, "It's good if you are happy."
His attitude was sincere and full of affection.
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When Qin Zerong arrived, it was already evening, filling the sky with a rose-tinted color. He wore a casual white shirt as he got off a silver-gray sports car.
His movements were at ease, his expression was natural, there wasn’t any trace of eagerness, seemingly not appearing like someone who came to pick up a beloved girl that left home for several days.
He and Pei Qingqing stood opposite from each other on the empty playground outside the classroom, not a word exchanged.
Bai Xiyu sat in his own small office as he looked at Qin Zerong outside the window. At this moment, he suddenly remembered Byron's poem:
If I should meet thee
After long years,
How should I greet thee?—
With silence and tears.
In reality, Bai Xiyu wasn’t this hypocritical. Moreover, he also didn’t intend to meet Qin Zerong.
Bai Xiyu lowered his head and went on correcting the children's homework.
It's a pity that the affairs of life were unpredictable, otherwise, Murphy's Law, this sly thing, wouldn’t appear.
Not long after, a child burst into Bai Xiyu's office and shouted, "Teacher Bai, quickly go see Li Gang and Wang Dawei are fighting over there."
When Bai Xiyu heard this, he didn't have time to think as to why these children didn’t head home at this time and why they fought on the road. He pushed his wheelchair and went out.
The moment Qin Zerong saw the wheelchaired Bai Xiyu coming out of the office, he was stunned for a second. He tilted his head, and after a while, asked, "Who is that person?"
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