In my first year of school, I took my counselor home

"Go."

The expression on Zhao Wan'er's face froze instantly. She looked at the wallet that Pei Hongzhuang handed over, and the corners of her eyes twitched slightly.

It would be fine if he didn't let her eat, but he actually wanted her to run errands.

Xu Ping'an, who was standing by, couldn't help but want to laugh when watching this scene, and then he glanced at Pei Hongzhuang beside him.

This sister looks cold and aloof, but it seems... a little bit naughty.

Chapter 20 Sister Pei's Comments

"Come on, both of you! Go buy your ice cream!"

Zhao Wan'er pushed away the wallet that Pei Hongzhuang handed over and said angrily.

You are bullying Wan'er too much!

A minute later, Zhao Wan'er stood under the shade of a tree, looking at the two people walking together, gently stroking her chin with her fingers.

"A dark-hearted older sister and his sunny boy? Not bad, not bad, they are a good match."

"Ice cream! Delicious and cooling ice cream!"

"Ice cream! Ice cream to cool you down!"

Xu Ping'an and his companion came to a stall selling ice cream, and the sound of hawking was playing on a loop from the white speaker.

The young stall owner, who looked to be around 20 years old, was sitting next to a small cart, holding a thick book in his hand. He was reading it with great fascination, and his level of concentration was comparable to that of Xu Ping'an when he was preparing for the college entrance examination.

However, this book is not a learning material, it is just a simple novel. You can vaguely see a few words like "bad..." from the side.

I remember that when I was in junior high school, novels like this were very popular. You could often see vendors selling books on the street, and they had all kinds of books.

However, they are generally pirated books, costing fifteen yuan per copy. A thick book may have eight or nine hundred pages. They are economical and affordable, large in quantity and filling, and are deeply sought after by many students, and have received rave reviews.

At that time, the boys in the class read fantasy and gangster novels, while the girls read romance novels. This genre of novel was particularly popular.

In order to avoid being discovered and confiscated by the teacher, the students would tear the book into pages, divide it into chapters, and pass it to the next student after reading a chapter. The students were united and had a strong sense of purpose, and the class atmosphere was great.

The young and promising boy Xu Ping'an, in order to get along well with his classmates, also decisively joined the group.

As for what does building good relationships with classmates have to do with reading novels, if other classmates are all reading them and you don’t, then wouldn’t that mean you’re not fitting in? How can you build good relationships if you’re not fitting in?

So it is reasonable for Xu Ping'an to join in.

It was definitely not because the novel was so good that Xu Ping'an couldn't resist the temptation.

As for when I started to give up this good habit...

I still remember that it was a sunny day with clear weather. Zhou Qianyue came to their house with her small schoolbag to study together.

Then the upright little girl Zhou Qianyue ruthlessly reported the fact that Xu Ping'an was not doing his job and secretly reading novels to his mother Feng Jing.

Xu Ping'an also argued at the time, claiming that he had not delayed his studies, but on the contrary learned a lot of useful knowledge from the novel. Then Feng Jing asked him what knowledge he had learned.

Xu Pingan then listed one, two, three seriously...

When it came to the fourth item, Feng Jing took out another family heirloom.

Father's leather belt.

From then on, Xu Ping'an gave up this good habit of reading novels.

Although Mother Xu dotes on him, she is still very strict when it is necessary.

When it comes to educating children, Xu's mother's method may not be the best, but the result is undoubtedly good.

Xu Ping'an's little sapling did not grow crooked.

Closer to home.

"Boss, how much is this ice cream?" Xu Ping'an asked the young stall owner who was looking down and still studying a book seriously.

He once thought about spending his days with books, until...

My father’s leather belt is really strong.

"Ice..." The young stall owner put down the book in his hand, raised his head and looked at Xu Pingan and the others, and then the words that were about to come out of his mouth were stuck in the blink of an eye.

Reluctantly moving his eyes away from Pei Hongzhuang's face, the stall owner threw the book in his hand aside and stood up.

"Um...what did you ask just now?" The young stall owner looked at Xu Ping'an, with undisguised envy in his eyes.

"How much is the ice cream, boss?" Xu Ping'an looked at the boss and asked again.

Is it necessary to have such a big reaction? It’s just that he saw a beautiful sister who was so beautiful that she could captivate all the people in the world.

"Ice cream is seven yuan a box, and you can mix and match different flavors." The young boss said as he took out the price list from the back of the cart, which he had forgotten to take out because he was engrossed in the novel. In the process, he couldn't help but glance at Pei Hongzhuang secretly.

He has been selling ice cream for several years, but this is the first time he has met such a good-looking customer.

One more thing to mention is that the ice cream here is not the kind with packaging bags sold in convenience stores. Instead, it is packed in iron buckets. Each bucket contains one flavor of ice cream. Generally, it is sold by kilogram, but some people sell it by box like the vendors do.

"How many boxes do you want?" asked the young stall owner.

"Two boxes." Xu Ping'an replied.

"What flavors do you want? There are cantaloupe, chocolate, and taro."

"I want chocolate." Xu Pingan turned his head and looked at Pei Hongzhuang beside him, "Sister Pei Pei, what about you?"

"Chocolate." Pei Hongzhuang replied.

What a coincidence, Sister Pei Pei likes the same taste as him.

"I want both boxes of chocolates, thank you." Xu Ping'an turned and said to the young stall owner.

"You're welcome." said the young stall owner, looking at Xu Ping'an with a friendlier look than before.

It turns out they are not a couple.

People are like this. When they see something good, even though they know they can't get it, they still don't want others to get it.

"This is for you, handsome guy." The young stall owner handed a box of ice cream to Xu Ping'an, "The spoon is in the bag over there, just take it yourself."

"Okay, thank you." Xu Ping'an said, took the ice cream, and then took two small spoons from the paper bag next to him.

"This is for you, beautiful lady." The young stall owner handed another box of ice cream to Pei Hongzhuang.

"Thank you." Pei Hongzhuang took the ice cream and said.

"You're welcome. Come back if it's delicious." The boss looked at Pei Hongzhuang with a bright smile on his face.

"Here, Sister Pei Pei."

On the way back, Xu Ping'an handed a spoon to Pei Hongzhuang, and then couldn't wait to open the simple lunch box containing ice cream in his hand and began to enjoy it.

Pei Hongzhuang took the spoon, glanced at Xu Ping'an who was eating the ice cream happily, then opened her own box of ice cream, scooped up a small spoonful and put it into her mouth.

The cool taste of chocolate spread in her mouth, and Pei Hongzhuang narrowed her beautiful eyes in satisfaction.

Not bad.

"Eh? Sister Pei Pei, why do you have so much more ice cream than me?" Xu Ping'an looked at Pei Hongzhuang's box full of ice cream, which was at least one-third more than his own, and said in surprise.

"Maybe the boss thinks I'm good-looking?"

Pei Hongzhuang scooped up another spoonful of ice cream and put it into her mouth. She glanced at Xu Ping'an beside her and said lightly.

Xu Pingan: "..."

Okay, I admit that you have some truth in what you say.

"But I'm also pretty good-looking." Xu Ping'an thought about it and said with some unwillingness to admit defeat.

We are both customers, so why should she get more ice cream than me? Even though my ice cream is not shorter in weight and is still the normal portion.

But it just doesn’t work!

After hearing Xu Ping'an's words, Pei Hongzhuang turned her head again, and then looked at Xu Ping'an seriously for the first time and gave her evaluation.

"Okay."

Xu Pingan: "..."

This is okay...is that a compliment?

Chapter 21 She is laughing

Under the shade of the tree, Zhao Wan'er squatted on the ground like a lonely left-behind child, holding a small branch she got from somewhere in her hand, writing and drawing something on the ground.

"Hey, you two are willing to come back?"

Seeing Xu Ping'an and the other person coming, Zhao Wan'er quickly stood up from the ground, and then quietly rubbed off the pig pattern with the words "Pei Hongzhuang" written on the ground with her foot.

"Sister Wan'er." Xu Ping'an swallowed the ice cream in his mouth and greeted Zhao Wan'er.

In fact, Sister Wan'er's lively and cheerful personality is very good. Although we have only known each other for a short time, we get along like friends who have known each other for a long time, which easily increases the intimacy between people.

Although Sister Wan'er likes to joke, she is always very sensible and never makes people feel annoyed.

"Is the ice cream delicious?" Zhao Wan'er turned her head and looked at Pei Hongzhuang beside her. She stared at the ice cream in Pei Hongzhuang's hand with a dim gaze and asked a soul-searching question.

"It's okay. It should taste better than you think." Pei Hongzhuang scooped a spoonful of ice cream and slowly put it into her mouth, replying.

Zhao Waner: "..."

"He..."

Looking at the lively expression on Zhao Wan'er's face, Xu Ping'an beside her couldn't help but laugh out loud.

Then, the next second, he met Zhao Wan'er's sharp gaze, so he quickly put away the smile on his face and changed the subject: "Well... let's go hiking, Sister Wan'er."

"A bird of a feather!"

Zhao Wan'er looked at Xu Ping'an, then at Pei Hongzhuang who was happily enjoying ice cream beside her. She complained angrily with a look of anger on her face, then walked towards the mountain gate in the distance.

Xu Ping'an looked at himself, then at Pei Hongzhuang beside him. How could they be birds of a feather?

Noticing Xu Ping'an's gaze, Pei Hongzhuang raised her head and looked at Xu Ping'an, and the two of them stared at each other...

"Let's go, Sister Pei Pei." Xu Ping'an avoided the gaze that made his heart beat slightly faster and said.

"Yeah." Pei Hongzhuang responded softly, then walked towards the mountain gate slowly with her long legs, eating ice cream.