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21.81% Tea Of Summer / Chapter 12: Chapter 12 - Autumn Tale 2.3

Chapter 12: Chapter 12 - Autumn Tale 2.3

The melodious tune of 'Zhen Ming Ge'[1] started to play,  Xia Liang's consciousness woke from its sleep. She stretched one hand out of the blanket, moved around and turned off the alarm clock without looking.  Then she retracted back into blanket to continue sleeping.

Ten minutes later, the melody of 'Zhen Ming Ge' started again.

Xia Liang climbed out of bed and turned off the alarm clock.  With bleary eyes, she scratched her messy hair.

"Do you want to do a commercial voice over in the future?"

"En...of course I do…..."

"Then give me your phone number."

"...Oh."

Xia Liang recollected her conversation with Song Qiyan last night.  She buried her head into the pillow again..….

Oh my gosh, she had given Bei Yan Da Da her real world contact information!

They were in the same school and it was very normal to have each other's contact information.  But it happened too abruptly and she was not ready for it psychologically.

For the whole morning, Xia Liang sat semi-consciously through her Applied Calculus class.  Her brain felt as if it had been glued in place. Before the class was over, the professor left some time for students to self-study.  She looked at the questions in the exercise, the parameter of Y was, the parameter…...Y…...She suddenly remembered one thing.

Currently, Bei Yan Da Da had her cell phone number.  But he had not called her back...So she did not have his cell number...

Xia Liang scratched her hair.  So only Bei Yan Da Da could initiate contact with her?  But it was impossible that he would call her no matter what.

Probably heaven had heard Xia Liang's request.  Or maybe her mind could perform telepathy. Xia Liang's cell vibrated in her pocket the next second.  She looked around the classroom and noticed that everybody was already relaxed and waiting for the class to be dismissed.  She shamelessly pulled out her cell from pocket.

[Do you have class in the afternoon?I will take you to a place.  Let's eat lunch together.——206-xxx-xxxx]

Xia Liang blinked her eyes.  She hadn't responded yet to this strange number and was just about to write it off as someone texting the wrong number.  By then the next text message had already arrived.

[I am Song Qiyan.——206-xxx-xxxx]

She didn't know how to respond.

While Xia Liang followed the flow of students and walked out of the large classroom, she was still staring at the two newly received messages and was lost in her own thoughts.  She opened the Contact list on her cell and solemnly added his name to her contacts. She typed the name 'Song Qiyan.'

She hesitated for some time and before she knew how to reply, her finger accidentally touched the Call icon.

Xia Liang watched the screen display "Calling" helplessly.  She only moved the cell to her ear after she heard the sound faintly coming from the other end.

"How are you, I, I am Xia Liang."

The other end paused shortly.  The magnetic voice was laced with a light smile. "I know."

Xia Liang felt quite awkward for a while, then she remembered the messages.  "Uhm...That, Song shixiong, I just saw your messages…..." Then, then what to say next?  Xia Liang bit her lower lip. What would be a proper way to ask?

"Where do you want to take me to?"  Wouldn't it be too straightforward?

Or "Are you sure that you did not send it to wrong person?"  Wouldn't it be too cold?

Some hissing sound from the other end, the man's voice was a bit vague.  It seemed that he was eating something. "Just a minute…..." Then he hung up the phone.

Xia Liang was puzzled, but felt a great sense of relief.

In the next second, she saw somebody in the crowd before her was waving at her.

Though he was among the large crowd of Americans, he was still very eye-catching.

He wore a simple black T shirt with blue jeans, plus one black hunting cap.  He looked like a sophomore or a junior student. He looked very young among the westerners, who had more mature appearances.

He waved to her; and his quiet eyes under the cap watched her come closer and closer.

He grinned as she walked closer.  "No class in the afternoon?"

Xia Liang shook her head.

"Then let's go."  Song Qiyan turned around and tilted his head to look at her.  "I am taking you to eat good food."

Ha?


Chapter 13: Chapter 13 - Autumn Tale 3.1

"Shixiong, where are we going?"  Xia Liang, who had been in a daze so far, and finally spoke after she had already gotten into his car.  She turned her head to look at Song Qiyan. Then she found that his face from the side was…...flawless.

"I won't kidnap you." He said, "You will know when we get there."

Other people would have said those words jokingly.  But he was exceptionally serious when he spoke. Even his eyes were inexplicably calm as he looked forward, as if he had just stated a fact.

Xia Liang suppressed her curiosity and said "Oh".

What to do.  She truly felt that Bei Yan Da Da…...Song Shixiong, huh, was too adorkable.

Xia Liang looked around  after they had parked car.  There were many restaurants there and since it was around noon, there was a large volume of people.  She followed Song Qiyan as he turned into a small restaurant at the corner. She surprisingly found that the sign was in Chinese? Oh, maybe it was Japanese?

Because the sign had only one character------"Noodles".

Xia Liang blinked.  It was very simple and straightforward.

Xia Liang walked into the restaurant behind Song Qiyan.  The restaurant was not as busy compared with the restaurants along the roadside.  But there were still some customers sitting inside. Song Qiyan looked back to make sure that Xia Liang was still following him closely.  He slowed down a bit and waited for her to catch up before they walked to a quiet table in the corner.

After they sat down, Song Qiyan took off his cap and placed it on the table.  He softly introduced the restaurant to Xia Liang, "This was a noodle house owned by a couple from Lanzhou.  The taste is very authentic." He took out a menu from the shelf on the side and passed it to her. "See what you want to eat."

In the end they each ordered a bowl of beef noodle soup, with a small bowl of wonton, plate of jelly fish, and another plate of chicken feet as side orders.

Xia Liang's eyes sparkled when the piping hot bowls of noodle soup were brought to the table.  She glanced over at Song Qiyan who was slowly breaking apart a pair of chopsticks. So she decisively picked up her chopsticks and started eating.  It's so delicious...

Xia Liang felt bliss after the first bite.  The chewy noodles, the melting beef, and the medium spicy rich soup...to be able to have such a bowl of authentic noodle soup simply made her whole body warm up.

"Delicious?"  Song Qiyan looked at her through the rising vapor mist.

Xia Liang nodded vigorously.

Song Qiyan seemed to breath a sigh of relief.  He put down his chopsticks, used the spoon from the wonton bowl to scoop up two wontons, and dropped them into Xia Liang's bowl. "The filling is celery and pork.  They taste really good, too."

Xia Liang cheerfully ate them.

Song Qiyan had already finished as Xia Liang chowed down her whole bowl of noodle.  He looked up at her. "Want more?" He felt a warmth in his chest when he saw Xia Liang's red face after eating.  He pushed the bowl of wontons towards her "There are still two more wontons."

Xia Liang straightened her back.  She felt that she was almost full so she hesitated and rubbed her tummy.

Song Qiyan gave a short chuckle after seeing her reaction, "That's alright.  Just leave it there if you cannot finish. Let me go pay the bill."


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