Tong Qiu’s second meeting with Huo Zhixing happened on a rainy day, and it was an accident.
After the first meeting, when Tong Qiu arrived home his mother asked how the date went, the words “begging for gossip” written clearly on her face.
Tong Qiu deliberately said nothing, continued to play it mysterious, and hid inside his bedroom to play games.
That night, Huo Zhixing sent him a message. The both of them made plans to go to the cinema next Friday night. Tong Qiu was quite looking forward to it.
But unexpectedly, they met before Friday.
On Wednesday afternoon, Tong Qiu was sent to the Bureau of Education for a meeting. When he arrived, the skies were still clear, but when he left, a sudden rainstorm happened.
Tong Qiu didn’t bring an umbrella and couldn’t get a taxi, so he stood at doorways of the Bureau to take shelter from the rain.
He had no classes in the afternoon so he was in no hurry to return.
He stood there playing mobile games when he heard someone call him.
Tong Qiu looked up and saw a man wearing a raincoat standing inside the building in a daze. He didn’t recognize who it was until the man approached him and took off the hood.
It was Huo Zhixing.
“What a coincidence!” Tong Qiu quickly put away his phone, for fear that the other man would see that he was playing Lian Lian Kan.
Huo Zhixing was also quite surprised, and asked him with a smile: “Why are you here?”
“For a meeting.” Tong Qiu replied, “When I came out it was already raining and I didn’t bring an umbrella.”
Huo Zhixing nodded, waved his hand and said, “Wait for me.”
He turned around and Tong Qiu watched him walk towards a police car parked in front of the building.
When Huo Zhixing returned, he handed Tong Qiu a black folding umbrella.
“You can use mine first.”
Tong Qiu was a little embarrassed: “Then you…”
Huo Zhixing smiled, “I have a rain coat! That umbrella is just for emergencies. You can use it first.”
He already said so, and Tong Qiu didn’t want to refuse again.
“Thanks,” Tong Qiu smiled at him. “Fortunately I met you, or I wouldn’t know how to go back.”
“It’ll be hard get a taxi here.” Huo Zhixing said, “You’ll have to go to Sanhu street, there’ll be many taxis there.”
Tong Qiu rarely came here, so he didn’t know about this.
“It’s a one-way street, so there are only a few cars that pass by.” Huo Zhixing explained, “And it’s raining now, so it’ll be even harder to get a taxi.”
Someone called Huo Zhixing from the back, so he can’t stay for longer. He told Tong Qiu, “It’s raining and the road is slippery, please pay attention to your safety. I’ll go now.”
Tong Qiu nodded and thanked him again.
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But now, he was in such a good mood that he even wanted to whistle.
But unfortunately, he doesn’t know how.
When Tong Qiu arrived back at the school, the rain had stopped. He sent Huo Zhixing a WeChat message; thanking him again and informed he would return the umbrella the next time they met.
Huo Zhixing replied to him: We can meet next time, but you can keep the umbrella in case of any emergency.
Tong Qiu apologized again but when they met on Friday, he really forgot about it. The umbrella has been lying inside his office drawer since then.
Tong Qiu has high standards and demanded a lot.
His mother has always said, “Do you know why you still have no partner although you’re already so old? It’s because you’re so picky!”
But Tong Qiu thought that since he was already in his thirties, after years of being picky if he suddenly lowered his standards now then he would never be satisfied.
At first he thought that he could find one, but there were too few people who caught Tong-laoshi’s eye.
But after going out with Huo Zhixing twice, he increasingly found that he was looking forward to the next meeting.
Tong Qiu was not stupid. He knew what this meant.
On Friday morning, Tong Qiu changed into three sets of clothes and stood in front of the mirror for more than an hour.
His mother asked: “Are you going to walk on a red carpet today?”
Tong Qiu replied, “I have a date tonight.”
As soon as Mother Tong heard this, she immediately said: “You continue to take pictures. Make sure you look presentable enough to leave a good impression on others.”
“Madam, you changed your stance too quickly.”
Tong Qiu usually waited for the students to finish their evening study before leaving the school, but because he had a date and didn’t have any class in the evening, he left as soon as 5 o’clock passed by.
Tong Qiu expected Huo Zhixing to be half an hour late again, but unexpectedly the other arrived earlier than him this time.
They met at a shopping mall, and planned to head up for the cinemas after dinner.
The taxi ride from school to there happened to catch up with the evening rush hour so he arrived five minutes later than expected.
Before he got off the car, he planned on giving Huo Zhixing a call to ask where they would meet, but just as soon as he took out his phone from his pocket, he saw his date for the night, Officer Huo, standing by the roadside.
Tong Qiu looked at the time and found that he was late. He felt embarrassed, and as soon as the taxi stopped he immediately went out.
Huo Zhixing saw him and greeted him with a smile.
Tong Qiu walked towards the other. As a result, he was stopped by the taxi driver after just two steps: “Hey, sir, you haven’t paid yet!”
His voice was quite loud, and Huo Zhixing, who had just walked over, heard it clearly.
Tong Qiu slapped his forehead, “Oh, sorry, I forgot because I was in a hurry!”
He turned back and took out his wallet, but before he can take out anything, Huo Zhixing already paid for him first.
“Okay, let’s go.” Huo Zhixing always looked at him with a smile, which made Tong Qiu even more embarrassed.
Tong Qiu put away his wallet in embarrassment. He felt incredibly stupid and thought he disgraced all his fellow teachers.
When the two entered the mall, they both acted reserved. When asked where they wanted to eat, one answered “Whatever is good” and the other “Anything.”
Tong Qiu couldn’t stand this. He decided and randomly picked out a restaurant. When they went in and ordered, it turned out that the food tasted unpalatable.
The meal tasted horrible, but the company was great so Tong Qiu’s good mood remained.
The two finally managed to watch a movie, and Huo Zhixing was not called to report for duty halfway through.
The movie finished very late. Both of them were in a good mood, and none was in a hurry to return home so they decided to walk around the small park outside the mall. A moment later, Huo Zhixing said, “Tong-laoshi, I’m a pretty straightforward person so I’ll just say something frankly.”
Tong Qiu looked at him: “Well, feel free to say it, I like direct people.”
“Today is the second official meeting between us, because it didn’t count when we met at the Bureau of Education.” Huo Zhixing said. “We really don’t know each other yet, but I’m very fond of you.”
Anyone would be happy when they hear that, and Tong Qiu was no exception. In particular, he also thought Huo Zhixing was a good person.
“To know each other better, that was the purpose of this blind date, so how about we make things official?” Huo Zhixing felt a little embarrassed, “Am I being too hasty?”
Tong Qiu did not expect for Huo Zhixing to confirm their relationship so soon, but on second thought, they weren’t young anymore. Besides, blind dates usually happen under the premise of marriage. What would happen if they continued to delay things? If they think they are good for each other, why can’t they take the next step?
When Tong Qiu did not respond, Huo Zhixing’s embarrassment worsened.
“If you think it’s too sudden, we can take it slow. No need to feel pressured.” Huo Zhixing took back what he said, “I merely proposed that because I think we’ll be compatible, and if I don’t hurry up, you might be snatched by someone else.”
Tong Qiu smiled, “Are you praising me?”
“Of course I’m praising you!” Huo Zhixing smiled at him. “I’m seriously worried.”
Tong Qiu really is weak to boasts. Once he was praised, it felt like he could ascend to the heavens.
He smiled and said, “I think you’re fine, too.”
Huo Zhixing paused, “Tong-laoshi meant…”
Tong Qiu confirmed, “I think we can give it a try.”
After he said that, the two big men stood in the middle of the small park, smiling sweetly at each other.
A little girl selling flowers approached them and held up a bunch of roses, “Uncle! Buy a bunch of flowers for this brother!”
Huo Zhixing wanted to sigh with emotion. Children these days have really become quite clever. After noticing there was something between them, she approached as soon as they confirmed their relationship.
Not only that, why did she call him Uncle while Tong Qiu was Brother?
Huo Zhixing has never been a romantic person. For the past 30 years, he has never given anyone flowers, but now there was no reason not to.
Tong Qiu said, “No, you don’t have to do anything.”
The more he said this, the more Huo Zhixing felt that he needed to buy the flowers.
He took out his wallet and asked the little flower girl, “How much is that?”
“20 yuan a piece.” the little girl replied with a sweet smile.
Tong Qiu approached and pulled on Huo Zhixing’s sleeve, “Those cost only 2 yuan a piece in the morning market.”
Huo Zhixing smiled, “That’s different, today has a different meaning.”
He took out the money and handed it to the little girl: “Give this brother nine pieces.”
Tong Qiu corrected with a smile, “It’s uncle.”
Huo Zhixing looked at him: “You look young.”
“You don’t look old either.”
The little girl counted nine flowers and handed them to Tong Qiu. The little mouth said very sweetly, “I wish you two brothers stay together for a long time!”
Tong Qiu received roses for the first time in his life. Later that night, as soon as he entered the house his mother immediately saw him.
“Tsk tsk, Your mother will confiscate it.”
Tong Qiu was so proud that his eyebrows were about to fly off to the heavens, “Jealous? Do you want one? Go to Papa and let him buy one for you!”
Mother Tong curled her lips in disgust but continued to gossip, “How did it go? Since you were given flowers, then did something happen?”
Tong Qiu walked around the house but couldn’t find the vase, so he took a bottle of mineral water and filled it with water and inserted the flowers there.
“Sort of.” He smiled happily at the flowers.
Mother Tong didn’t understand, “What is it? Can you young people stop acting so mysterious?”
“We decided to temporarily try it.” Tong Qiu clarified, “If it won’t work out in the long run, then we’ll end it.”
Mother Tong slapped him on the back, “Be serious! You should talk about it properly, it’s not something that can be easily ended! Don’t be so casual about it!”
Nell’s Corner:
Tag yourself, I’m the flower girl.
i’m the flowers in teacher Tong’s hand ^0^
I’m one of the park trees, which witnessed the scene. 🌳 😍😳
Thank you for the chapter!!!
I’m the cloud ☁️ who witnessed all their lovey dovey time🤭🤭
I’m the taxi driver secretly stalking them…🚕🤫🤣
I want to be Tong laoshi!
I’m the umbrella! I was useful at the beginning, then they forgot about me…
I’m the food 🍔
I’m the missing vase 😂😅
I’m the water bottle 😂
I’m TQ’s mother 🤭🤭
Thanks for the chapter € ^ *^)/// ~~ ♡♡♡♡♡
I’m the money >:3
I’m the sweet smiles on their faces 🤣🤣🤣
Awww, they had such a sweet start. Now it breaks my heart that they got divorced. 😭
Thank You for the chapter (ฅ’ω’ฅ)♥