At the end of June 1997, the day of Hong Kong's return to China was approaching amid much anticipation. Across the country, various cities spontaneously organized various celebration activities, and there was a festive atmosphere everywhere.
After school that day, Zhou Jing and Yao Bin had just walked out of the school gate when they saw a group of students waving small national flags on the side street outside, walking forward chatting and laughing under the leadership of several teachers.
Yao Bin had sharp eyes, pointed with his hand, and said softly: "Look, the little beauty is also inside."
Zhou Jing followed his gaze and saw that slender figure. He smiled and said, "She is naturally indispensable for this kind of activity."
Yao Bin nodded, winked and said, "Yes, wherever she goes, those boys will follow her. Zhou Jing, you have to watch her closely!"
Zhou Jing glared at him and said angrily: "Don't talk nonsense, our relationship is not what you think at all!"
"You still don't admit it?" Yao Bin touched his chin and said sourly: "Recently, many girls have been spreading rumors that Qi Qingning likes you."
Zhou Jing smiled, shook his head and said, "Don't believe it."
As they were talking, Qi Qingning also saw the two of them. She stood on tiptoes, waved to this side, left the team, ran over like a cheerful deer, handed over two small flags, and said with a smile: "Since we bumped into each other,
Yes, let’s go together, it’s quite fun!”
"Okay, okay, class representative, let's go together." Yao Bin nodded repeatedly, gave Zhou Jing an ambiguous look, and ran away knowingly.
Zhou Jing smiled slightly and said softly: "This kid can run very fast."
Qi Qingning blushed a little, fiddled with her ponytail, and said vaguely: "Maybe he misunderstood?"
"Misunderstanding?" Zhou Jing was stunned for a moment and said in confusion: "What's the misunderstanding?"
Qi Qingning was a little disappointed, pouted her little mouth, and said angrily: "It's nothing, let's leave quickly, don't be left too far behind."
"That's fine." Zhou Dingding nodded, holding a small national flag in his hand, and followed her leisurely.
Qi Qingning put her little hand behind her back, a sly smile flashed across her innocent and lovely face, and whispered: "Zhou Jing, do you know, in fact, Yao Bin is very smart."
Zhou Jing smiled, shook his head and said, "I really didn't realize it. After memorizing a text for three days, I still stumbled."
Qi Qingning tilted her head, blinked her eyes, and said with a smile: "That's not what I'm talking about."
Zhou Jing was slightly startled and said in surprise: "Where is that?"
Qi Qingning stretched out her greasy index finger, tapped her lips, and said playfully: "It has nothing to do with studying anyway."
Zhou Jing smiled and said softly: "I thought you were only interested in studying!"
Qi Qingning raised her two delicate little eyebrows and murmured in a low voice: "That's because you don't understand me. Maybe you are not interested in understanding me at all."
Zhou Jing was a little surprised, stopped and asked in confusion: "Why do you say that?"
Qi Qingning bit her lip and said gloomily: "Otherwise, why didn't you want to go to the park together last weekend, which made me laugh at them? It's really embarrassing."
Zhou Jing was stunned for a moment, then he woke up, feeling sweet in his heart, and asked tentatively: "How was your day?"
Qi Qingning shook her head slightly and said distressedly: "I didn't go. I stayed at home with grandma. It's so boring."
Zhou Jing smiled, touched his nose and said, "Actually, I don't really like to go out on weekends. I just like to sleep in at home."
Qi Qingning stuck out her tongue and said timidly: "We are both the same. Every weekend, grandma has to wake me up several times before I can get up. In her eyes, I am just a lazy cat who loves the bed.
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Zhou Jing smiled slightly, touched his nose and said, "You and grandma have a deep relationship."
"Hey, how do you know?" Qi Qingning turned around, looked at Zhou Jing curiously, and walked backwards.
Zhou Jing smiled and said softly: "Of course, we didn't even talk a few words, and you mentioned her twice."
Qi Qingning nodded and said with a smile: "In this world, apart from my mother and sister, my grandma is the person who loves me the most."
Zhou Jing saw that there was no manhole cover in the sewer not far behind her. He hurried forward, took her arm, and chuckled: "Be careful, watch the road."
Qi Qingning looked back, her cheeks were a little hot, and she said with a blush, "It's okay."
Zhou Jing took back his hand and said with a smile: "It's not easy to be a flower protector. If you really fall in, a group of boys might rush over and fight me."
Qi Qingning smiled, turned sideways, and said coyly: "Well, Yang Wenhao didn't come to trouble you again, right?"
Zhou Jing shook his head gently and said with a smile: "No, I have been very quiet in the past few days."
Qi Qingning breathed a sigh of relief and said with relief: "I have been worried these days, afraid that you two will start fighting again."
"How could it be?" Zhou Jing laughed at himself and said softly: "I don't like the feeling of jealousy."
Qi Qingning blushed, shook her ponytail, and muttered in a low voice: "Who cares?"
Zhou Jing laughed dumbly and said softly: "It can be seen that he likes you very much, otherwise, he would not act like that!"
Qi Qingning snorted, frowned, shook her head and said, "But I don't like him, I don't feel anything at all."
Zhou Jing smiled and asked curiously: "What does it feel like?"
Qi Qingning pursed her lips and smiled, but said nothing. After a while, she raised her head and said shyly: "Zhou Jing, if you are free another day, teach me some self-defense techniques, okay?"
Zhou Jing smiled slightly, nodded and said: "Okay, but you are weak, so even if you learn it, it may not be effective!"
Qi Qingning stuck out her tongue and chuckled: "It doesn't matter, as long as you are willing to teach me."
"How is the tuition calculated?" Zhou Jing turned his head and deliberately teased her.
Qi Qingning blinked and said with a half-smile, "How about I treat you to a cold drink?"
Zhou Dingding nodded, smiled and said, "Okay."
Qi Qingning pursed her lips and smiled, showing her beautiful white teeth, and said softly: "But we have to wait until the task is completed."
Zhou Jing was stunned for a moment and asked curiously: "What mission?"
Qi Qingning put her hands behind her back and said playfully: "I organized this event. It will not end until everyone has passed through several major street intersections and arrived at the square and the TV station has recorded it."
Zhou Jing smiled slightly and joked softly: "You are about to graduate, haven't you been a cadre enough yet?"
Qi Qingning nodded with a smile and said leisurely: "Yes, I especially like organizing such activities."
Zhou Jing smiled and said softly: "So, you have some talent for politics."
"Going into politics? I haven't thought about that." Qi Qingning stopped, turned to look at Zhou Jing, and said seriously: "Zhou Jing, which university are you going to apply for?"
Zhou Jing looked into the distance and said softly: "Jianghai University, what about you?"
Qi Qingning touched her ponytail and said with some distress: "I haven't thought about it yet, but I still need to listen to my mother's advice."
Zhou Jing frowned and suddenly said: "Your mother works in the southeastern province, right?"
Qi Qingning was stunned and said in surprise: "How did you know?"
Zhou Jing smiled slightly and hurriedly covered it up: "I'm just guessing, I heard you speak with an accent from there."
Qi Qingning pouted her little mouth and said angrily: "Well, my Mandarin must be hard to hear."
Zhou Jing waved his hand and said with a smile: "No, I quite like listening to your speech. It sounds very nice, just like the call of a lark."
Qi Qingning opened her eyes wide and said in surprise: "Really?"
Zhou Jing nodded with a smile and said softly: "Of course."
Qi Qingning chuckled, stuck out her tongue, and said with a smile: "I won't tell you anymore. I'll go to the front to discuss things with the teacher. When it's over, remember to wait for me."
After saying that, she gave Zhou Jing a meaningful look, then trotted to the front of the team and started talking to the teacher leading the team.
"She's quite cute when she's shy." Zhou Jing smiled, and his mood became extremely happy.
"Hey, Zhou Jing, what are you laughing at?" Yao Bin came over and said mysteriously: "We had a great chat just now?"
Zhou Jing looked away and said softly: "It's okay, what, are you jealous?"
"A bit." Yao Bin pursed his lips and said with envy on his face: "Although I have noticed it a long time ago, I didn't expect that your progress would be so fast!"
Zhou Jing smiled, shook his head and said, "Fat Yao, don't talk nonsense."
Yao Bin chuckled and said with an ambiguous expression: "It's useless not to admit it, even a blind man can see it."
Zhou Jing frowned and said softly: "What do you mean?"
Yao Bin snorted and said angrily: "Isn't it obvious that she likes you? Otherwise, she would not take the initiative to strike up a conversation again and again. This is a show of love, do you understand?"
Zhou Jing smiled, shook his head and said, "Don't say it, I really don't understand."
Yao Bin rolled his eyes and said in an exaggerated tone: "Let's make a bet. Within five minutes, the little beauty will definitely look back at you."
"Okay, I don't believe in this evil!" Zhou Dingding nodded, took out ten dollars from his pocket, shook it, and said with a smile: "If you can win, you can take it."
Yao Bin grabbed the banknote, kissed it, put it in his pocket, and said proudly: "Thank you, my brother will definitely win this time!"
"Fat Yao, don't be too happy too early..." Before he finished speaking, Zhou Jing suddenly noticed that Qi Qingning turned her head and looked over here with a sweet smile on her face, and he was speechless.
"How's it going?" Yao Bin caught the evidence and said with a smile: "It's common to be successful in love and frustrated in the casino!"
Zhou Jing smiled slightly and said softly: "Take care of your big mouth and don't show it everywhere."
"Don't worry, these ten dollars are just for hush money!" Yao Bin nodded, smiled mysteriously, and ran away happily.
"This kid is really smart. He guessed it right!" Zhou Jing smiled and shook his head. He also waved a small national flag and followed the team across the road to the square to join the teams from other schools.
After being lively in the square for a while and filming the TV show, the students dispersed. Qi Qingning and Zhou Jing went to the cold drink shop on the west side of the square, sat near the window and ordered two ice creams and some desserts.
Qi Qingning's eating movements are very delicate and a little shy. When her mouth is open, her teeth are almost invisible.
Zhou Jing's eyes fell on her slender, white fingers, and he was immediately attracted. He only felt that the pointed fingers, as fresh as green onions, and the nails like cardamom were even more attractive.
Qi Qingning blushed a little, turned her head, looked out the window, and whispered: "Zhou Jing, have you been to the southeastern provinces before?"
Zhou Jing shook his head gently and said with a smile, "No."
Qi Qingning frowned and said in confusion: "Then how could you guess that my accent is from that place?"
Zhou Jing smiled slightly, took a bite of ice cream, and said casually: "I watched a TV show and thought the accent there was more interesting, so I paid more attention."
Qi Qingning said 'hmm' and said nothing, sipping the ice cream with an absent-minded look.
Zhou Jing looked at her quietly, smiled and said, "Why, are you worried?"
Qi Qingning smiled, then tightened her face, and said worriedly: "No, I was just thinking that after the college entrance examination, I will go to my mother's place. I wonder if we can still meet her at that time."
Zhou Jing's heart trembled slightly and he blurted out: "Of course I will. If I have a chance, I will go over and see you."
Qi Qingning was overjoyed, her face turned even redder, and she said coyly: "Okay, it's a deal, remember to call when the time comes and I'll pick you up at the station."
"It's a deal." Zhou Jing nodded with a smile, his eyes falling on her rosy cheeks, and he felt sweet in his heart.
Qi Qingning felt a little embarrassed, turned her head, pouted her little mouth, and said angrily: "What are you looking at?"
Zhou Jing was so happy that he deliberately teased her and said, "Of course it's for the little beauty!"
Qi Qingning smiled, stretched out her slender little finger, picked out some ice cream, wiped it on the bridge of Zhou Jing's nose, and said with a chuckle: "It looks good this way!"
"Okay, let's try it then?" Zhou Jing picked up the ice cream, stood up, and prepared to do the same.
"No, it's so annoying!" Qi Qingning exclaimed and ran away with a smile.
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