Chapter 11
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Chapter 11 Between two rose bushes Zhengqing quickly text back: No need to stop her.But Yin Ting did not reply, which made Zhengqing apprehensive. This girl would not do something to let him lose face, right?Huizhu finished sending her email at that moment, and turned back to Zhengqing to find him also looking at his phone, ‘I am sorry,’ she said, ‘Today is really chaotic.’‘It’s okay,’ Zhengqing replied while wondering whether Yin Ting did manage to send May Shen off.Zhengqing’s reply was a bit absent-minded, which made Huizhu think of her behaviour earlier, so she apologised, ‘Sorry about everything today, I am a bit annoyed and may have come off rude. I hope you and your acquaintance don’t mind.’Zhengqing smiled at her and said, ‘It really doesn’t matter. I understand very well. Everyone has high pressure times in their work. Yin Ting also thought you may be tired from work, but you still kept your appointment. She said you were very good. Don’t feel bad, anyone can understand.’Huizhu was surprised. Yin Ting said that? It made her feel guilty. She had lost her patience, especially with the shouting children. They had been innocent. She subconsciously looked out the window to see Yin Ting and the three children walking away while an attractive woman carrying high fashion branded carrier bags waving them off. The woman turned and seemed to seemed to notice Zhengqing, her expression turned bright and she headed into the restaurant. That woman’s expression made Huizhu on edge.At that time, Zhengqing received a text: Sorry, I could not head her off. She said she must eat there. I have tried but of course could not reveal the secret. So I’m taking the children first. (Zuben: I dunno how she thought she was going to do that, May was already someone Yin Ting could not win against)Zhengqing put down his phone and looked up to see Jiaqi walk up to their table, ‘Qiu zong, really skilful.’The Jiaqi turned to Huizhu. The two women regarded each other; Jiaqi was smiling while Huizhu looked at her silently. Zhengqing introduced them to each other. The two women smiled and shook hands.Zhengqing was dumbstruck; Shen Jiaqi said she must eat here? And Yin Ting had run off? But it seemed that he had been somewhat infected by Yin Ting’s ideas, and was feeling a small trepidation. But that was not right, he had done nothing wrong.Jiaqi began to talk very casually, ‘I was just shopping, and then I thought to have some lunch. I did not expect to meet someone I know. You don’t mind if I have lunch with you two, do you?’Zhengqing looked at Huizhu, but she was reluctant to refuse. This person may be one of Zhenqing’s business partners or friends, she did not want to offend them and make Zhengqing lose face. So she smiled and nodded, ‘It doesn’t matter, let’s eat together.’Jiaqi happily sat down and hung her bags on the hook provided at the end of the table. She had to packets of postcards, the same type that Zhengqing had bought earlier. Jiaqi saw her looking at the post cards, ‘Do you like the postcards? You can have a pack. My friend sells them; the print quality is very good. Everytime, I run into her, I buy many packs.’Huizhu was surprised (Zuben: for the ‘eleventh’ time in the last hour), her friend? Does she mean Yin Ting?As Zhengqing listened to their conversation, he wondered what Yin Ting told her.It seemed Jiaqi was a regular at the restaurant; the wait staff greeted her with deferential familiarity and she was able to order her food quickly without looking at the menu.There as a beep from his phone informing him of a received text message, it was Yin Ting: You’re now in a love triangle. I didn’t want the children to see bad things so I took them elsewhere.Zhengqing was mollified, what bad things? What love triangle, ah?! (Zuben: It’s more of a love quadrangle, but hey who’s counting) As he was trying to reply to Yin Ting, he heard Jiaqi ask Huizhu, ‘So how do you know Qiu zong?’ as she raised her glass of water to drink.Zhengqing looked at Huizhu and she returned his gaze, then replied, ‘We went to college together,’Their relationship status wasn’t final. Zhengqing was still thinking about it, and they were still unfamiliar Huizhu thought it was best to err on the side of caution.Jiaqi put her glass down and laughed, ‘That’s great. I asked because I am trying to woo Qiu zong, so I thought I should clarify the relationship. I didn’t want to get into an embarrassing situation.’Zhengqing and Huizhu were stupefied; they glanced at the each other. This was rather awkward. Things were really off kilter today. But Huizui did not falter, she said very politely, ‘Is that so? What a coincidence that I have the same idea too.’(Zuben: I raise a cup of tea/glass of juice/wine/fizzy water/not so fizzy water/minerals in toast to all you strong go getter women of the world. This person begs for your energy.)‘So, ah.’ Jiaqi’s looked and Zhengqing and then turned to Huizhu and laughed, ‘I can understand that.’Zhengqing watched both women’s fake smiles and felt very embarrassed. What was there to understand, this was simply stirring up trouble! Things were really out of kilter today, just because they had to squeeze in a date. In the face of this straight-forwardness, he didn’t know how to react. Unfortunately, he didn’t find these kind of high nosed misses like Qin Yufei attractive.In his thirty three years, there have been women who had considered him, but he had been engrossed in his work therefore did not have time to consider them. But now, due to Yin Ting red string of love, his peach blossoms have really blossomed, except they were blossoming into disaster! (Zuben: It’s only two women; don’t get your panties in a knot. It’s only a disaster if it was four ¬.¬)This situation was rather irritating, he could not enjoy it. Would returning that red string be too excessive?At this moment, the waiter delivered Zhengqing’s and Huizhu’s food.‘Thank you both for your affection. You’re giving me too much face, I am very flattered. You are so frank, making me very awkward. Pardon me, I will eat first.’Huizhu picked up her cutlery and said to Jiaqi, ‘I will eat first, pardon me.’‘Please do,’ Jiaqi said generously.As they began to eat, Jiaqi looked at their meals, ‘Your dishes are so simple, are you in a hurry?’‘I have to go back to work after this,’ Huizhu answered. She was suddenly glad she didn’t have time today, she really didn’t want to have to deal with this woman. She was too tired and in no mood.‘Oh,’ she said, and turned to Zhengqing, ‘Qiu zong?’‘I have an appointment after,’ he replied. Huizhu was satisfied, she maintained his face and he maintained hers. He was such a gentleman, she really liked him.‘Then eat and go, I will pay,’ Jiaqi said‘Miss Shen is too kind,’ Huizhu said, but she thought the young woman was just trying to show off, it annoyed her. She finished her dinner and looked to see Zhengqing had finished his. She asked him if he was ready with a look, he gave her a bare nod.Jiaqi’s side dishes arrived. Zhengqing bid her to take her time and they would leave first.‘Lovely, it was nice seeing you. I will be in touch,’ she said. She wasn’t long winded, so Zhengqing and Huizhu were able to leave together. Huizhu wanted to pay, but Zhengqing stopped,‘Don’t be spiteful,’ he said softly.Huizhu raised an eyebrow and said, ‘If feel like you invited her to dinner, I’m not happy about it.’Zhengqing mirrored her expression, ‘But then that’s makes things even, you haven’t suffered a loss.’Huizhu could not help but smile, truly, she hadn’t lost. They got to the parking lot, Huizhu waved goodbye and drove off.Zhengqing got into his car and breathed a sigh of relief. He didn’t like this situation; being pursued by two women. He had not factored it into his plan. If there were two women, he would have to waste more time and energy, which also meant he had to be determined about Huizhu; whether he wanted to date or not. But this matter was important, he did not want to sign on the dotted line carelessly.For now, he would go to the supermarket. At this point, he had nothing to react to; the enemy was not moving, so he could not move either (Zuben: What enemy?). Right, he also needed to correct Yin Ting’s erroneous idea, he took the matter of friendship between men and women seriously and earnestly; what love triangle? He was not a chaotic person. She could only think in chaos.As he drove, he saw Yin Ting on a street corner (Zuben: Selling her wares…)She still had the children with her. The four of them had lollipops in their mouths. The two girl each held a box of lollipops and the boy had the box of postcards. The four of them had happy expressions on their faces. Their bright smiles and cocky gait was as though they all had golden crowns on their heads, not just on the street eating lollipops. (Zuben: Magical…)Zhengqing could not help laughing. His time at the restaurant, it seemed, obviously could not compare to the day that these four jolly ones had.He drove past them and beeped his horn. Yin Ting turned at the sound, seeing him, her expression turned bright. Zhengqing discovered he was grinning too. Her expression was very funny,‘Qiu zong elder!’ Yin Ting rushed forward and the children trailed after her.Zhengqing opened his car door,‘You finished your lunch so quickly?’‘Yes. Did you sell out? Are you on your way back, would you like me to take you back to the orphanage?’‘Yes, that would be great,’ Yin Ting replied cheerfully, she was not being shy. She turned to the children and said, ‘Come in, Uncle Qiu is going to send us home. We must thank Uncle.’‘Thank you, Uncle!’ the children chorused. The youngest one after a moment said, ‘Thank you, car.’‘You’re welcome,’ Zhengqing answered, ‘The car is also blunt,’Yin Ting gave him a light punch in the arm, ‘You are so serious they well think the car has special powers,’What special powers? Zhengqing frowned,‘Like you can talk with the car, and you are interlinked and such like,’ (Zuben: Wait? He wasn’t trying to make them thing the car can talk?)‘Really?’ the little child called Xiao Shitou [Little Stone] asked,‘Of course not, Uncle was being kind with Xiao Shitou thanking the car, very polite’‘Oh’ the children chorused settling down, though they felt regretful.‘Fasten your seat belt,’ Zhengqing said, as he realised he could not talk to children as one would an adult. They were somewhat scattered, and their brain was everywhere thinking everything.When he heard the click of safety belts, Zhengqing put the car into gear and drove, ‘Tingting jie jie, can we give Uncle a lollipop to eat. He has helped us.’‘But Uncle is driving now, he cannot eat the lollipop. Uncle can’t eat and drive.’ Yin Ting said helping him decline, he shot her grateful look.‘Do you know why sugar is sweet, Uncle?’ Xiao Shitou asked,In Zhengqing’s mind, he recalled the chemical composition of sugar and the structure of the taste buds in the tongue, but the little one did not wait for him to answer, ‘Because, it wants you to be happy!’ (Zuben: I feel for you Zhengqing)The other girl also said, ‘So that when you eat it you will be happy!’Zhengqing glanced at Yin Ting, was she the one teaching them this silliness? (Zuben: Yes)Then little one asked, ‘Uncle, do you know why the sun is so far and bright?’Zhengqing did not want to sort out his knowledge of astronomy, (Zuben: it would be a silly ass reason anyway), he would really like to ask Xiao Shitou to plug her mouth with a lollipop. Of course, he was a gentlemanly uncle, so he could not ask her to do that.Of course, Xiao Shitou answered her own question, ‘The sun has to be, so we can have a goal.’An amiable and bright goal? Zhengqing gave Yin Ting a look. Yin Ting laughed behind her hand, Xiao Shitou had a really good memory, she remembered everything.‘I also have remembered one,’ the older girl said, not to be outdone, ‘Uncle, do you know why the moon has segments and is curved?’Zhengqing really wanted to say, “Uncle just wants to send you home. Uncle does not know.” (Zuben: Why are you torturing Uncle/me, writer?)But he now has experience, they don’t want him to answer they want to tell him the answer, Xiao Shitou butt in, ‘Because change will also be beautiful, so we should not be afraid of change.’ (Zuben: That one is actually good.)Zhengqing did not know how he should respond, but they children had tired of the “Ask Uncle” game and began playing amongst themselves.They were quite noisy. He glanced at the through the rear-view mirror, they were laughing very happily. The sound echoed in the car. He found Yin Ting staring at him, her eyes were bright, his heart could not help but jump,‘They are very lively,’ he said quickly to hide his discomfiture,‘Thanks,’ Yin Ting said, smiling sweetly, ‘If you get tired of the noise I can tell them to be quiet. They are very clever,’‘No need,’ he said, trying to be calm. He was suddenly nervous. Back at the restaurant, were those two ladies were doing their “tug-of-war” he hadn’t been nervous, just embarrassed. It was probably because the children were noisy and he wasn’t used to it.Yes, it was because the children made him nervous. (Zuben: Definitely the children)
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Chapter 11 Between two rose bushes Zhengqing quickly text back: No need to stop her.But Yin Ting did not reply, which made Zhengqing apprehensive. This girl would not do something to let him lose face, right?Huizhu finished sending her email at that moment, and turned back to Zhengqing to find him also looking at his phone, ‘I am sorry,’ she said, ‘Today is really chaotic.’‘It’s okay,’ Zhengqing replied while wondering whether Yin Ting did manage to send May Shen off.Zhengqing’s reply was a bit absent-minded, which made Huizhu think of her behaviour earlier, so she apologised, ‘Sorry about everything today, I am a bit annoyed and may have come off rude. I hope you and your acquaintance don’t mind.’Zhengqing smiled at her and said, ‘It really doesn’t matter. I understand very well. Everyone has high pressure times in their work. Yin Ting also thought you may be tired from work, but you still kept your appointment. She said you were very good. Don’t feel bad, anyone can understand.’Huizhu was surprised. Yin Ting said that? It made her feel guilty. She had lost her patience, especially with the shouting children. They had been innocent. She subconsciously looked out the window to see Yin Ting and the three children walking away while an attractive woman carrying high fashion branded carrier bags waving them off. The woman turned and seemed to seemed to notice Zhengqing, her expression turned bright and she headed into the restaurant. That woman’s expression made Huizhu on edge.At that time, Zhengqing received a text: Sorry, I could not head her off. She said she must eat there. I have tried but of course could not reveal the secret. So I’m taking the children first. (Zuben: I dunno how she thought she was going to do that, May was already someone Yin Ting could not win against)Zhengqing put down his phone and looked up to see Jiaqi walk up to their table, ‘Qiu zong, really skilful.’The Jiaqi turned to Huizhu. The two women regarded each other; Jiaqi was smiling while Huizhu looked at her silently. Zhengqing introduced them to each other. The two women smiled and shook hands.Zhengqing was dumbstruck; Shen Jiaqi said she must eat here? And Yin Ting had run off? But it seemed that he had been somewhat infected by Yin Ting’s ideas, and was feeling a small trepidation. But that was not right, he had done nothing wrong.Jiaqi began to talk very casually, ‘I was just shopping, and then I thought to have some lunch. I did not expect to meet someone I know. You don’t mind if I have lunch with you two, do you?’Zhengqing looked at Huizhu, but she was reluctant to refuse. This person may be one of Zhenqing’s business partners or friends, she did not want to offend them and make Zhengqing lose face. So she smiled and nodded, ‘It doesn’t matter, let’s eat together.’Jiaqi happily sat down and hung her bags on the hook provided at the end of the table. She had to packets of postcards, the same type that Zhengqing had bought earlier. Jiaqi saw her looking at the post cards, ‘Do you like the postcards? You can have a pack. My friend sells them; the print quality is very good. Everytime, I run into her, I buy many packs.’Huizhu was surprised (Zuben: for the ‘eleventh’ time in the last hour), her friend? Does she mean Yin Ting?As Zhengqing listened to their conversation, he wondered what Yin Ting told her.It seemed Jiaqi was a regular at the restaurant; the wait staff greeted her with deferential familiarity and she was able to order her food quickly without looking at the menu.There as a beep from his phone informing him of a received text message, it was Yin Ting: You’re now in a love triangle. I didn’t want the children to see bad things so I took them elsewhere.Zhengqing was mollified, what bad things? What love triangle, ah?! (Zuben: It’s more of a love quadrangle, but hey who’s counting) As he was trying to reply to Yin Ting, he heard Jiaqi ask Huizhu, ‘So how do you know Qiu zong?’ as she raised her glass of water to drink.Zhengqing looked at Huizhu and she returned his gaze, then replied, ‘We went to college together,’Their relationship status wasn’t final. Zhengqing was still thinking about it, and they were still unfamiliar Huizhu thought it was best to err on the side of caution.Jiaqi put her glass down and laughed, ‘That’s great. I asked because I am trying to woo Qiu zong, so I thought I should clarify the relationship. I didn’t want to get into an embarrassing situation.’Zhengqing and Huizhu were stupefied; they glanced at the each other. This was rather awkward. Things were really off kilter today. But Huizui did not falter, she said very politely, ‘Is that so? What a coincidence that I have the same idea too.’(Zuben: I raise a cup of tea/glass of juice/wine/fizzy water/not so fizzy water/minerals in toast to all you strong go getter women of the world. This person begs for your energy.)‘So, ah.’ Jiaqi’s looked and Zhengqing and then turned to Huizhu and laughed, ‘I can understand that.’Zhengqing watched both women’s fake smiles and felt very embarrassed. What was there to understand, this was simply stirring up trouble! Things were really out of kilter today, just because they had to squeeze in a date. In the face of this straight-forwardness, he didn’t know how to react. Unfortunately, he didn’t find these kind of high nosed misses like Qin Yufei attractive.In his thirty three years, there have been women who had considered him, but he had been engrossed in his work therefore did not have time to consider them. But now, due to Yin Ting red string of love, his peach blossoms have really blossomed, except they were blossoming into disaster! (Zuben: It’s only two women; don’t get your panties in a knot. It’s only a disaster if it was four ¬.¬)This situation was rather irritating, he could not enjoy it. Would returning that red string be too excessive?At this moment, the waiter delivered Zhengqing’s and Huizhu’s food.‘Thank you both for your affection. You’re giving me too much face, I am very flattered. You are so frank, making me very awkward. Pardon me, I will eat first.’Huizhu picked up her cutlery and said to Jiaqi, ‘I will eat first, pardon me.’‘Please do,’ Jiaqi said generously.As they began to eat, Jiaqi looked at their meals, ‘Your dishes are so simple, are you in a hurry?’‘I have to go back to work after this,’ Huizhu answered. She was suddenly glad she didn’t have time today, she really didn’t want to have to deal with this woman. She was too tired and in no mood.‘Oh,’ she said, and turned to Zhengqing, ‘Qiu zong?’‘I have an appointment after,’ he replied. Huizhu was satisfied, she maintained his face and he maintained hers. He was such a gentleman, she really liked him.‘Then eat and go, I will pay,’ Jiaqi said‘Miss Shen is too kind,’ Huizhu said, but she thought the young woman was just trying to show off, it annoyed her. She finished her dinner and looked to see Zhengqing had finished his. She asked him if he was ready with a look, he gave her a bare nod.Jiaqi’s side dishes arrived. Zhengqing bid her to take her time and they would leave first.‘Lovely, it was nice seeing you. I will be in touch,’ she said. She wasn’t long winded, so Zhengqing and Huizhu were able to leave together. Huizhu wanted to pay, but Zhengqing stopped,‘Don’t be spiteful,’ he said softly.Huizhu raised an eyebrow and said, ‘If feel like you invited her to dinner, I’m not happy about it.’Zhengqing mirrored her expression, ‘But then that’s makes things even, you haven’t suffered a loss.’Huizhu could not help but smile, truly, she hadn’t lost. They got to the parking lot, Huizhu waved goodbye and drove off.Zhengqing got into his car and breathed a sigh of relief. He didn’t like this situation; being pursued by two women. He had not factored it into his plan. If there were two women, he would have to waste more time and energy, which also meant he had to be determined about Huizhu; whether he wanted to date or not. But this matter was important, he did not want to sign on the dotted line carelessly.For now, he would go to the supermarket. At this point, he had nothing to react to; the enemy was not moving, so he could not move either (Zuben: What enemy?). Right, he also needed to correct Yin Ting’s erroneous idea, he took the matter of friendship between men and women seriously and earnestly; what love triangle? He was not a chaotic person. She could only think in chaos.As he drove, he saw Yin Ting on a street corner (Zuben: Selling her wares…)She still had the children with her. The four of them had lollipops in their mouths. The two girl each held a box of lollipops and the boy had the box of postcards. The four of them had happy expressions on their faces. Their bright smiles and cocky gait was as though they all had golden crowns on their heads, not just on the street eating lollipops. (Zuben: Magical…)Zhengqing could not help laughing. His time at the restaurant, it seemed, obviously could not compare to the day that these four jolly ones had.He drove past them and beeped his horn. Yin Ting turned at the sound, seeing him, her expression turned bright. Zhengqing discovered he was grinning too. Her expression was very funny,‘Qiu zong elder!’ Yin Ting rushed forward and the children trailed after her.Zhengqing opened his car door,‘You finished your lunch so quickly?’‘Yes. Did you sell out? Are you on your way back, would you like me to take you back to the orphanage?’‘Yes, that would be great,’ Yin Ting replied cheerfully, she was not being shy. She turned to the children and said, ‘Come in, Uncle Qiu is going to send us home. We must thank Uncle.’‘Thank you, Uncle!’ the children chorused. The youngest one after a moment said, ‘Thank you, car.’‘You’re welcome,’ Zhengqing answered, ‘The car is also blunt,’Yin Ting gave him a light punch in the arm, ‘You are so serious they well think the car has special powers,’What special powers? Zhengqing frowned,‘Like you can talk with the car, and you are interlinked and such like,’ (Zuben: Wait? He wasn’t trying to make them thing the car can talk?)‘Really?’ the little child called Xiao Shitou [Little Stone] asked,‘Of course not, Uncle was being kind with Xiao Shitou thanking the car, very polite’‘Oh’ the children chorused settling down, though they felt regretful.‘Fasten your seat belt,’ Zhengqing said, as he realised he could not talk to children as one would an adult. They were somewhat scattered, and their brain was everywhere thinking everything.When he heard the click of safety belts, Zhengqing put the car into gear and drove, ‘Tingting jie jie, can we give Uncle a lollipop to eat. He has helped us.’‘But Uncle is driving now, he cannot eat the lollipop. Uncle can’t eat and drive.’ Yin Ting said helping him decline, he shot her grateful look.‘Do you know why sugar is sweet, Uncle?’ Xiao Shitou asked,In Zhengqing’s mind, he recalled the chemical composition of sugar and the structure of the taste buds in the tongue, but the little one did not wait for him to answer, ‘Because, it wants you to be happy!’ (Zuben: I feel for you Zhengqing)The other girl also said, ‘So that when you eat it you will be happy!’Zhengqing glanced at Yin Ting, was she the one teaching them this silliness? (Zuben: Yes)Then little one asked, ‘Uncle, do you know why the sun is so far and bright?’Zhengqing did not want to sort out his knowledge of astronomy, (Zuben: it would be a silly ass reason anyway), he would really like to ask Xiao Shitou to plug her mouth with a lollipop. Of course, he was a gentlemanly uncle, so he could not ask her to do that.Of course, Xiao Shitou answered her own question, ‘The sun has to be, so we can have a goal.’An amiable and bright goal? Zhengqing gave Yin Ting a look. Yin Ting laughed behind her hand, Xiao Shitou had a really good memory, she remembered everything.‘I also have remembered one,’ the older girl said, not to be outdone, ‘Uncle, do you know why the moon has segments and is curved?’Zhengqing really wanted to say, “Uncle just wants to send you home. Uncle does not know.” (Zuben: Why are you torturing Uncle/me, writer?)But he now has experience, they don’t want him to answer they want to tell him the answer, Xiao Shitou butt in, ‘Because change will also be beautiful, so we should not be afraid of change.’ (Zuben: That one is actually good.)Zhengqing did not know how he should respond, but they children had tired of the “Ask Uncle” game and began playing amongst themselves.They were quite noisy. He glanced at the through the rear-view mirror, they were laughing very happily. The sound echoed in the car. He found Yin Ting staring at him, her eyes were bright, his heart could not help but jump,‘They are very lively,’ he said quickly to hide his discomfiture,‘Thanks,’ Yin Ting said, smiling sweetly, ‘If you get tired of the noise I can tell them to be quiet. They are very clever,’‘No need,’ he said, trying to be calm. He was suddenly nervous. Back at the restaurant, were those two ladies were doing their “tug-of-war” he hadn’t been nervous, just embarrassed. It was probably because the children were noisy and he wasn’t used to it.Yes, it was because the children made him nervous. (Zuben: Definitely the children)
Chapter 11 Between two rose bushesZhengqing quickly text back: No need to stop her.But Yin Ting did not reply, which made Zhengqing apprehensive. This girl would not do something to let him lose face, right?Huizhu finished sending her email at that moment, and turned back to Zhengqing to find him also looking at his phone, I am sorry,' she said, Today is really chaotic.'It's okay,' Zhengqing replied while wondering whether Yin Ting did manage to send May Shen off.Zhengqing's reply was a bit absent-minded, which made Huizhu think of her behaviour earlier, so she apologised, Sorry about everything today, I am a bit annoyed and may have come off rude. I hope you and your acquaintance don't mind.'Zhengqing smiled at her and said, It really doesn't matter. I understand very well. Everyone has high pressure times in their work. Yin Ting also thought you may be tired from work, but you still kept your appointment. She said you were very good. Don't feel bad, anyone can understand.'Huizhu was surprised. Yin Ting said that? It made her feel guilty. She had lost her patience, especially with the shouting children. They had been innocent. She subconsciously looked out the window to see Yin Ting and the three children walking away while an attractive woman carrying high fashion branded carrier bags waving them off. The woman turned and seemed to seemed to notice Zhengqing, her expression turned bright and she headed into the restaurant. That woman's expression made Huizhu on edge.At that time, Zhengqing received a text: Sorry, I could not head her off. She said she must eat there. I have tried but of course could not reveal the secret. So I'm taking the children first. Zuben: I dunno how she thought she was going to do that, May was already someone Yin Ting could not win againstZhengqing put down his phone and looked up to see Jiaqi walk up to their table, Qiu zong, really skilful.'The Jiaqi turned to Huizhu. The two women regarded each other; Jiaqi was smiling while Huizhu looked at her silently. Zhengqing introduced them to each other. The two women smiled and shook hands.Zhengqing was dumbstruck; Shen Jiaqi said she must eat here? And Yin Ting had run off? But it seemed that he had been somewhat infected by Yin Ting's ideas, and was feeling a small trepidation. But that was not right, he had done nothing wrong.Jiaqi began to talk very casually, I was just shopping, and then I thought to have some lunch. I did not expect to meet someone I know. You don't mind if I have lunch with you two, do you?'Zhengqing looked at Huizhu, but she was reluctant to refuse. This person may be one of Zhenqing's business partners or friends, she did not want to offend them and make Zhengqing lose face. So she smiled and nodded, It doesn't matter, let's eat together.'Jiaqi happily sat down and hung her bags on the hook provided at the end of the table. She had to packets of postcards, the same type that Zhengqing had bought earlier. Jiaqi saw her looking at the post cards, Do you like the postcards? You can have a pack. My friend sells them; the print quality is very good. Everytime, I run into her, I buy many packs.'Huizhu was surprised Zuben: for the eleventh' time in the last hour, her friend? Does she mean Yin Ting?As Zhengqing listened to their conversation, he wondered what Yin Ting told her.It seemed Jiaqi was a regular at the restaurant; the wait staff greeted her with deferential familiarity and she was able to order her food quickly without looking at the menu.There as a beep from his phone informing him of a received text message, it was Yin Ting: You're now in a love triangle. I didn't want the children to see bad things so I took them elsewhere.Zhengqing was mollified, what bad things? What love triangle, ah?! Zuben: It's more of a love quadrangle, but hey who's counting As he was trying to reply to Yin Ting, he heard Jiaqi ask Huizhu, So how do you know Qiu zong?' as she raised her glass of water to drink.Zhengqing looked at Huizhu and she returned his gaze, then replied, We went to college together,'Their relationship status wasn't final. Zhengqing was still thinking about it, and they were still unfamiliar Huizhu thought it was best to err on the side of caution.Jiaqi put her glass down and laughed, That's great. I asked because I am trying to woo Qiu zong, so I thought I should clarify the relationship. I didn't want to get into an embarrassing situation.'Zhengqing and Huizhu were stupefied; they glanced at the each other. This was rather awkward. Things were really off kilter today. But Huizui did not falter, she said very politely, Is that so? What a coincidence that I have the same idea too.'Zuben: I raise a cup of tea/glass of juice/wine/fizzy water/not so fizzy water/minerals in toast to all you strong go getter women of the world. This person begs for your energy.So, ah.' Jiaqi's looked and Zhengqing and then turned to Huizhu and laughed, I can understand that.'Zhengqing watched both women's fake smiles and felt very embarrassed. What was there to understand, this was simply stirring up trouble! Things were really out of kilter today, just because they had to squeeze in a date. In the face of this straight-forwardness, he didn't know how to react. Unfortunately, he didn't find these kind of high nosed misses like Qin Yufei attractive.In his thirty three years, there have been women who had considered him, but he had been engrossed in his work therefore did not have time to consider them. But now, due to Yin Ting red string of love, his peach blossoms have really blossomed, except they were blossoming into disaster! Zuben: It's only two women; don't get your panties in a knot. It's only a disaster if it was four .This situation was rather irritating, he could not enjoy it. Would returning that red string be too excessive?At this moment, the waiter delivered Zhengqing's and Huizhu's food.Thank you both for your affection. You're giving me too much face, I am very flattered. You are so frank, making me very awkward. Pardon me, I will eat first.'Huizhu picked up her cutlery and said to Jiaqi, I will eat first, pardon me.'Please do,' Jiaqi said generously.As they began to eat, Jiaqi looked at their meals, Your dishes are so simple, are you in a hurry?'I have to go back to work after this,' Huizhu answered. She was suddenly glad she didn't have time today, she really didn't want to have to deal with this woman. She was too tired and in no mood.Oh,' she said, and turned to Zhengqing, Qiu zong?'I have an appointment after,' he replied. Huizhu was satisfied, she maintained his face and he maintained hers. He was such a gentleman, she really liked him.Then eat and go, I will pay,' Jiaqi saidMiss Shen is too kind,' Huizhu said, but she thought the young woman was just trying to show off, it annoyed her. She finished her dinner and looked to see Zhengqing had finished his. She asked him if he was ready with a look, he gave her a bare nod.Jiaqi's side dishes arrived. Zhengqing bid her to take her time and they would leave first.Lovely, it was nice seeing you. I will be in touch,' she said. She wasn't long winded, so Zhengqing and Huizhu were able to leave together. Huizhu wanted to pay, but Zhengqing stopped,Don't be spiteful,' he said softly.Huizhu raised an eyebrow and said, If feel like you invited her to dinner, I'm not happy about it.'Zhengqing mirrored her expression, But then that's makes things even, you haven't suffered a loss.'Huizhu could not help but smile, truly, she hadn't lost. They got to the parking lot, Huizhu waved goodbye and drove off.Zhengqing got into his car and breathed a sigh of relief. He didn't like this situation; being pursued by two women. He had not factored it into his plan. If there were two women, he would have to waste more time and energy, which also meant he had to be determined about Huizhu; whether he wanted to date or not. But this matter was important, he did not want to sign on the dotted line carelessly.For now, he would go to the supermarket. At this point, he had nothing to react to; the enemy was not moving, so he could not move either Zuben: What enemy?. Right, he also needed to correct Yin Ting's erroneous idea, he took the matter of friendship between men and women seriously and earnestly; what love triangle? He was not a chaotic person. She could only think in chaos.As he drove, he saw Yin Ting on a street corner Zuben: Selling her waresShe still had the children with her. The four of them had lollipops in their mouths. The two girl each held a box of lollipops and the boy had the box of postcards. The four of them had happy expressions on their faces. Their bright smiles and cocky gait was as though they all had golden crowns on their heads, not just on the street eating lollipops. Zuben: MagicalZhengqing could not help laughing. His time at the restaurant, it seemed, obviously could not compare to the day that these four jolly ones had.He drove past them and beeped his horn. Yin Ting turned at the sound, seeing him, her expression turned bright. Zhengqing discovered he was grinning too. Her expression was very funny,Qiu zong elder!' Yin Ting rushed forward and the children trailed after her.Zhengqing opened his car door,You finished your lunch so quickly?'Yes. Did you sell out? Are you on your way back, would you like me to take you back to the orphanage?'Yes, that would be great,' Yin Ting replied cheerfully, she was not being shy. She turned to the children and said, Come in, Uncle Qiu is going to send us home. We must thank Uncle.'Thank you, Uncle!' the children chorused. The youngest one after a moment said, Thank you, car.'You're welcome,' Zhengqing answered, The car is also blunt,'Yin Ting gave him a light punch in the arm, You are so serious they well think the car has special powers,'What special powers? Zhengqing frowned,Like you can talk with the car, and you are interlinked and such like,' Zuben: Wait? He wasn't trying to make them thing the car can talk?Really?' the little child called Xiao Shitou Little Stone asked,Of course not, Uncle was being kind with Xiao Shitou thanking the car, very polite'Oh' the children chorused settling down, though they felt regretful.Fasten your seat belt,' Zhengqing said, as he realised he could not talk to children as one would an adult. They were somewhat scattered, and their brain was everywhere thinking everything.When he heard the click of safety belts, Zhengqing put the car into gear and drove, Tingting jie jie, can we give Uncle a lollipop to eat. He has helped us.'But Uncle is driving now, he cannot eat the lollipop. Uncle can't eat and drive.' Yin Ting said helping him decline, he shot her grateful look.Do you know why sugar is sweet, Uncle?' Xiao Shitou asked,In Zhengqing's mind, he recalled the chemical composition of sugar and the structure of the taste buds in the tongue, but the little one did not wait for him to answer, Because, it wants you to be happy!' Zuben: I feel for you ZhengqingThe other girl also said, So that when you eat it you will be happy!'Zhengqing glanced at Yin Ting, was she the one teaching them this silliness? Zuben: YesThen little one asked, Uncle, do you know why the sun is so far and bright?'Zhengqing did not want to sort out his knowledge of astronomy, Zuben: it would be a silly ass reason anyway, he would really like to ask Xiao Shitou to plug her mouth with a lollipop. Of course, he was a gentlemanly uncle, so he could not ask her to do that.Of course, Xiao Shitou answered her own question, The sun has to be, so we can have a goal.'An amiable and bright goal? Zhengqing gave Yin Ting a look. Yin Ting laughed behind her hand, Xiao Shitou had a really good memory, she remembered everything.I also have remembered one,' the older girl said, not to be outdone, Uncle, do you know why the moon has segments and is curved?'Zhengqing really wanted to say, Uncle just wants to send you home. Uncle does not know. Zuben: Why are you torturing Uncle/me, writer?But he now has experience, they don't want him to answer they want to tell him the answer, Xiao Shitou butt in, Because change will also be beautiful, so we should not be afraid of change.' Zuben: That one is actually good.Zhengqing did not know how he should respond, but they children had tired of the Ask Uncle game and began playing amongst themselves.They were quite noisy. He glanced at the through the rear-view mirror, they were laughing very happily. The sound echoed in the car. He found Yin Ting staring at him, her eyes were bright, his heart could not help but jump,They are very lively,' he said quickly to hide his discomfiture,Thanks,' Yin Ting said, smiling sweetly, If you get tired of the noise I can tell them to be quiet. They are very clever,'No need,' he said, trying to be calm. He was suddenly nervous. Back at the restaurant, were those two ladies were doing their tug-of-war he hadn't been nervous, just embarrassed. It was probably because the children were noisy and he wasn't used to it.Yes, it was because the children made him nervous. Zuben: Definitely the children
