Once I hit the ten o'clock gate, I ate my meal very quickly.
After walking out of the hotel, Jiang Minghao took out his mobile phone and prepared to take a taxi.
Lu Zhinian came out after paying the money, stood next to Jiang Suichu, and said to Jiang Minghao, "I'll see her off, she just happened to be on my way."
A tone that doesn't allow for rejection.
Pei Shuo, who came out later, also said, "Your school seems to be nearby. Don't go back and forth. An Nian and I happened to be on the way, and we will send Suisui back to school."
Jiang Minghao didn't answer with a cigarette in his mouth. Instead, he looked at Jiang Suichu to see what she thought.
Jiang Minghao's school is right here. It would be past ten o'clock if he sends her back.
Lu Zhinian's home is in Jiangbei, which is indeed in the same direction as No. 1 Middle School.
Jiang Suchu thought for a while and said, "Let me go with them, otherwise you won't be able to go back to school in time."
Jiang Minghao didn't care whether he could go back to school or not. The vocational school's management was not strict. Besides, if you can't get in, you'll have to spend the night in an Internet cafe.
But Jiang Suchu said this, but he didn't insist on it.
Tang Zi was still queuing up to go to the toilet in the store. Tang Mi held Jiang Suichu's arm and waited for driver Lu Zhinian to drive over.
Jiang Suchu: "Mitang, how are you going back?"
Tang Mi lives in Jiangnan and is not on the same road as them.
She hadn't had much rest throughout the day, and now Tang Mi was already feeling a little sleepy.
She half-closed her eyes and leaned on Jiang Suichu's shoulder: "Let's take a taxi. Wait until Tang Zi comes out."
With Tang Zi here, she never had to worry about this.
Jiang Suichu nodded, and then called out to Jiang Minghao, who was smoking downwind.
"Hey, Jiang Minghao, you should go back to school first."
She was afraid of delaying his access control time.
Jiang Minghao took out the cigarette, flicked it with his index finger, and flicked off a piece of ash.
"I'll leave as soon as you get in the car."
"Oh~" Jiang Suichu pursed his lips, letting him do as he pleased.
Tang Mi leaned on Jiang Suichu's shoulder, peeking at the man smoking in the night with half-closed eyes through sleepiness.
Soon, Lu Zhinian's driver arrived.
"Sui Sui, let's go." Pei Shuo called Jiang Suichu and got into the car first.
Lu Zhinian held the car door with his hand, tilted his head towards her, and asked her to get in first: "Get in the car."
Jiang Suchu waved to the two of them, "I'm leaving first, bye."
Jiang Minghao held a cigarette in his mouth and raised his chin at her.
Tang Mi let go of her and stood up straight, "Bye, bye, let's go."
It's already half past nine, and I won't be able to get into school if I don't leave.
The business car quickly disappeared into the busy traffic, and Tang Mi looked back at Jiang Minghao beside her.
The cigarette in his hand was burned to the end.
Feeling her gaze, Jiang Minghao turned his head and looked at her.
"Is something wrong?"
Tang Mi wrinkled her nose and shook her head: "...No."
She was just curious whether he was addicted to smoking. At the end of the day, I saw him smoking several cigarettes.
After finishing a cigarette, Jiang Minghao stubbed out the cigarette butt and walked towards the trash can at the entrance of the store.
When she saw him walking away, she thought he was leaving. She was so sleepy that she ignored her and stood on the side of the road with her head hanging down and taking a nap.
Throwing away the cigarette butt, Jiang Minghao glanced behind him into the store. Tang Zi was still queuing up at the toilet door, with two people in front of him.
He withdrew his gaze and turned to look at the people on the roadside. Tang Mi drooped her head, her eyes so sleepy that she could hardly open them.
He tapped the phone in his hand and looked at her for a while.
I have to say, this girl is really brave, she can sleep on the road like this.
This point is when the city's nightlife begins, and there are many pedestrians on the road. This street is located in a busy city, with a mixture of good and bad.
A group of people who had come down from an unknown place were walking from the opposite side of the road, shuffling and jostling.
Jiang Minghao strode over, took Tang Mi's wrist and took her aside.
Avoid that group of people.
"Eh~" Tang Mi was very sleepy and glanced at the big hand with distinct joints on her wrist with hazy eyes.
He didn't leave.
Seeing that he didn't leave, Tang Mi raised her head and looked at him: "Aren't you leaving?"
He quickly let go of her hand, took out another cigarette from the cigarette case, and held it in his mouth.
Just as he was getting ready, he noticed her frown and paused for a moment before finally putting away the lighter.
"In a while." As he spoke, the cigarette in the corner of his mouth rose and fell.
Tang Mi's eyes followed the cigarette up and down. She felt that she should say something so that the two of them finally had a chance to be alone.
"you……"
"please help me……"
They both spoke at the same time.
Jiang Minghao took off the cigarette and kissed her: "You say it first."
say what? She didn't know what to say, she just wanted to find a topic.
She shook her head and said, "What do you want me to help you with?"
Jiang Minghao didn't force it, and continued what he had left unfinished.
"You help me take care of Jiang Suichu at school, don't let anyone..." He paused at this, "...bullied me."
"Huh?" Tang Mi was a little confused. Would someone bully Suisui in school?
"Is someone bullying her at school?" she asked him, her tone a little angry.
Jiang Minghao: "I don't know. It's just that she is introverted and talks little, and she is not very proactive. It is inevitable that she will be seen as aloof and aloof."
In short, it is easy to be regarded as unsociable.
Because of her personality, she was bullied a lot in junior high school. With Jiang Mingzhu and Jiang Mingjie taking the lead, almost everyone in the school could bully her.
He is two years older than Jiang Suchu and is one grade higher than her in junior high school. In junior high school, he personally protected her for two years. In the year after he graduated, he also helped her establish a good relationship at school to ensure that she would not be bullied.
He could guarantee the others, but there was nothing he could do about Jiang Mingjie and his two brothers. Even if she wasn't in school, they would always bully her at home.
He didn't know if anyone was bullying her in No. 1 Middle School now, and even if there was, she wouldn't take the initiative to speak out. Therefore, I had to ask Tang Mi to take care of her at school.
Tang Mi thought for a while and probably understood.
"You... really care about her." Tang Mi looked at him, pretending to be joking, "Don't you like Suisui?"
After saying this, she didn't expect her heart to beat so fast.
She was even mentally prepared that if he liked Sui Sui and Sui Sui also liked him, then she would strangle the little bud in her heart.
She looked at him intently, not wanting to miss any expression on his face.
Jiang Minghao was playing with the unlit cigarette in his hand. He paused when he heard this, then raised his eyes and glanced at her lightly.
He didn't speak for a while.
Tang Mi was stunned by his look and felt a little at a loss: "I'm joking... I just think you are very good to Suisui..."
Her voice slowly became lower.
Jiang Minghao twitched the corner of his mouth and pinned the cigarette to his right ear.
He said: "It doesn't mean that being nice to someone means liking them."
If that's all, then this kind of love is too superficial.
It's not like, what is that.
Tang Mi looked up at him. The red light at the intersection was counting down, and flashes of red light hit his face.
After all, she didn't ask further.
She nodded in agreement and asked tentatively: "Did anyone bully her in school before?"
Jiang Minghao saw Tang Zi coming out and said nothing more. Tang Zi just said a soft 'hmm' and then rushed over and made a gesture.
"I'm leaving."
Tang Zi: "Okay, let's make an appointment again sometime."
The red light just ended at this moment. Jiang Minghao glanced at Tang Mi, nodded slightly, turned around and walked away, crossing the road and pouring into the sea of people.
Tang Zi had already taken a taxi while waiting in line, and he would arrive in one minute.
He was about to ask Tang Mi to take a few steps forward, but when he turned around, he saw her looking across the road in a daze.
He pinched her cheek, and the slight pain brought Tang Mi back from her thoughts.
She slapped Tang Zi's hand away, covered her face and stared at him, "What are you doing?"
Tang Zi: "Have you lost your soul? You've gone home."
Tang Mi: "Oh..."
