Both of them maintained proper etiquette, neither spoke a word as they ate. So they ate the dinner in a strange and quiet atmosphere. In the early evening, they were already heading back to Xia Liang's apartment.
The dusky street light sprinkled warm halos. There was busy traffic on the road. People were either in a rush or leisurely strolling by, in pairs or individually. Xia Liang and Song Qiyan walked shoulder to shoulder. Song Qiyan was still carrying the bags. Xia Liang was empty handed. Because she had eaten heartily a while ago, Xia Liang was obviously stuffed.
"Here we are." They stood at the stairs to the apartment. Xia Liang stopped and pointed at the stairs.
Song Qiyan looked at the door, nodded,and passed Xia Liang's bag to her. Xia Liang took the bag. She shifted her eyes about, then finally gathered enough courage to look up at the man who was about a head taller than her. "Shixiong, about what we discussed just now, huh..."
Song Qiyan didn't show much expression on his face, but his right hand curled up. He tried his best to not clench his fist. He didn't want to scare this young girl.
"Uhm..." Xia Liang's face became flushed from her ears to her cheeks. Her eyes were still sparkling, looking at the man that stood in front of her. "Thank you, shixiong, for being willing to teach me things about voice acting."
Song Qiyan frowned slightly. He did not like how polite she was acting.
Did she want him to be her master from what she said? He pulled his hat a bit. Though he liked the latter position more, he would not act with undue haste.
"About master or CP, uhm...shixiong, I would greatly appreciate it if you could teach me whenever you have time. Anyway, the original intention for looking for a master or CP is to improve my voice acting technique. So we don't have to worry about which position, shixiong, don't you agree?"
Song Qiyan looked in the girl's shiny eyes, he couldn't help but laugh. What a mischievous and clever girl.
He nodded. "Mhm, you should go up now."
Xia Liang winked her eyes. So did he mean that he agreed or disagreed?
"Then...shixiong, bye." She thought a bit then added, "This time it was shixiong's treat again. It will be my treat next time. Ok?"
Song Qiyan thought, of course, as long as there's a next time.
But still let the man pay the bills.
Of course he would not tell her that. He simply nodded in earnest. And finally he lifted his hand and patted Xia Liang's head lightly. "Go upstairs now. Send me a text after you get in your room."
Song Qiyan watched Xia Liang walk up the stairs step by step, then disappear at the turn of the stairs. He then slowly turned around. He raised his right hand up to his eyes and looked at it, then he dropped it down.
He did not notice that Xia Liang hid next to the window at the turn of the second floor. She peeped at the man's back walking away step by step. Then she told herself, Xia Liang, you are doomed.
Xia Liang went to wash her face after she got home before she remembering that somebody had asked her to send him a message. She took out her cell to report that she had safely returned home. Then she realized what she was doing after she had sent out the message. She stood in front of the sink and looked at the bright red face reflected in the mirror.
She was just walking up stairs. Why was he even worried that she would get lost going up a few flights of stairs. She puffed up her cheeks and tried to calm herself down. Then she stood there looking into the mirror and giggled.
At that moment, Lin Qian walked out of her room. She saw her roommate, standing in front of the sink, giggling amorously. Her first reaction was to step back and slam the door shut. She felt that she must have opened the door the wrong way and stepped into an alternate dimension...
When Lin Qian opened the door the second time and made sure that the giggling girl was truly her roommate and good friend. She silently twitched her mouth. On her way to the kitchen for some water, she walked behind Xia Liang and could not help picking on her, "Summer, is your spring coming?"
Xia Liang was startled. She turned around quickly and played dumb. "Ah?..."
Lin Qian rolled her eyes quietly and went into kitchen for some hot water. She sat down on the sofa after she came out of kitchen and set down the steaming hot cup on the coffee table. She spoke as if she was beginning an interrogation, "Come, sit down."
Xia Liang walked over obediently.
Lin Qian crossed her arms across her chest. "Tell me. You said you were going to stay in the library till 9 or 10 PM. Why'd you come home so early?" Then she raised her chin and pointed at the clock on the wall. The clock displayed 7:45PM.
Xia Liang obediently told Lin Qian about how she met Song Qiyan at the library and that he took her out for dinner.
"Then?" Lin Qian asked her.
"Then...?" Xia Liang was confused.
Lin Qian could not help rolling her eyes again. "How can you be so naive?"
Xia Liang felt frustrated and innocent. "What did I do..."
Lin Qian's slender finger poked Xia Liang's head, "Idiot...I will guarantee you that Song shixiong absolutely likes you!"
"Ah?" Xia Liang stupefyingly looked at Lin Qian.
Ai...Wasn't she the one who liked him first? She was not aware of it until today! She had fell for not only his unique voice, but also the person who had the same stubborn obsession for delicious food like her.
Lin Qian felt it impossible to communicate with Xia Liang at all. She annoyingly took her cup and went back to her room. It was too difficult to talk to a person with such low EQ. Song shixiong, Lin Qian thought, I can only help you up to this point. The rest is up to that little white bunny of yours to figure it out herself.