Xiao Qin developed a conditioned reflex from my "girly" plan. She would rush to do something good once she sees an opportunity. I'm actually quite happy to see it.
Thinking about it, although I agreed to meet professor Bai after school at a multimedia conference room rented by the Church of Scientific Happiness, we didn't agree on a specific time. Even if I accompanied Gong CaiCai to buy a Teacher's Day gift, then I would still be able to meet professor Bai.
Not to mention, Gong CaiCai was also a believer of the Church of Scientific Happiness. When she tried to preach to me a few days ago, she mentioned that she attended many of professor Bai's classes for free and she planned on giving him a gift this Teacher's Day. Gong CaiCai might go find professor Bai today or tomorrow. If she went today, she would be going the same way as me and Xiao Qin.
So I cleared my throat, followed up Xiao Qin's recommendation, and said to the class leader who was standing on the podium:
"I can go with them. Xiao Qin and Gong CaiCai will be responsible for buying the gifts and I'll be responsible for bringing them back."
"I'll go too!" Xiong YaoYue raised her hand impatiently and shouted, "I'm good at carrying things! And it's cheap! You just have to buy me an ice cream on the way there with your class allowance! "
The class leader put on a straight face, "I can't buy you ice cream with class money. Also, you're so clumsy. Last time you went grocery shopping with me, didn't you break a bag of eggs? How could a person like you be responsible for hand cream that's easy to break? "
"Class leader is so stingy." Xiong YaoYue shrugged her shoulders and looked at the sky, "Does it take no effort to carry things? You even have to feed horses and donkeys! Also, you scolded me for a long time when I broke eggs, as if you were the one who laid those eggs … "
After rejecting Xiong YaoYue, the class leader looked past the students in the front row and looked at me who was sitting at the back.
"Ye Lin, do you think your waist will be fine carrying those things?"
She had a worried tone.
At the class committee meeting before school officially started, the class leader suspended my PE committee position and allowed me to use the excuse of not participating in PE class. It was that I injured my lumbar spine in a fight over the summer and needed to rest. Everyone, including Xiao Qin, thought so.
But now, the class leader is using this as an excuse to ask if my heart will be affected by carrying heavy objects.
It wasn't that exaggerated! Even if I bought ten bottles of hand cream, ten pens, and ten hardcover diaries, it wouldn't give me a heart attack.
I gave the class leader a 'don't worry' look and said, "Xiao Qin and I will go with Gong CaiCai, you don't have to go, aren't you in a hurry to go home to cook for your brother? After I'm done shopping, I'll bring the things back to my house and hand them over to Gong CaiCai tomorrow morning. "
"If that's the case … I'll leave it to you and Xiao Qin." The class leader decided after some consideration.
In class 3-3, other than Eunuch Cao, my house is the closest to the school. If I deliver the Teachers' Day gifts to the school, it would naturally be the fastest and safest.
As for Xiao Qin, although she used to play pranks on Gong CaiCai, she has recently restrained herself. Also, with me supervising, there shouldn't be any big problems.
Speaking of which, although the class leader didn't tell her mother about my dad and Auntie Ren's miscarriage, Lin Yumeng keenly sensed that Xiao Qin and my parents were having an affair on the day of the parent-teacher conference. She even went home and told her daughter.
"The two of them left together after the parent-teacher conference. It seems like they were going to drink together. The child is already in the third year of middle school, yet he's still so unscrupulous … "
After listening to my mother's description, the class leader's preconceived idea that Xiao Qin and I'll get married and Xiao Qin will become my stepsister. Xiao Qin and I often move together, so the class leader treats it as normal behavior between siblings.
Since the class leader made the decision, Gong CaiCai naturally didn't have any objections. Also, I would also go with Xiao Qin, which gave her some peace of mind.
On the night when the Red Scarf God of Lol broke the streetlight, I followed Gong CaiCai's request and wrote her a 'I'll never hit Gong CaiCai' pledge. I let her keep it as a protective talisman. I was confident that with this pledge, I would still treat her gently and wouldn't let Xiao Qin bully her.
After school ended at 5: 30, Gong CaiCai, Xiao Qin, and I finished preparing. We each informed our parents that we would be home late, then we all set off on a journey to buy Teachers' Day gifts.
Needless to say, the most convenient choice was Henderson Mall. I've bought Xiao Qin a bra there before, and I've played video games with Ai Mi and Xiong YaoYue a few times.
Buying gifts went smoothly. We even met Captain Guo SongTao, who had already entered high school and was also at Henderson Mall to buy Teachers' Day gifts.
After buying hand lotion, a pen, and a diary, Gong CaiCai weakly asked us to wait for her. Then I saw her buy a small globe from the stationery counter. Of course, she paid out of her own pocket and didn't use any class fees.
"What did you buy the globe for?" I asked, but I guessed it in my mind.
"Yes … It's to thank Professor Bai from the Scientific Happiness Seminar," Gong CaiCai replied honestly, "Because I saw that the globe on Professor Bai's desk was broken, so I thought I should buy him a new one on Teachers' Day. Thanks to Professor Bai, I feel a bit braver than before … "
Really? I couldn't tell, but Gong CaiCai's next schedule should be to go to the office room rented by the Scientific Happiness Conference to deliver the globe to Professor Bai. That's the same way as us.
I held the bag of hand cream in my left hand and the other gifts in my right hand. After thinking for a while, I gave Xiao Qin some change and asked her to buy three ice creams. Xiao Qin nodded and left to carry out the order.
I didn't have to send Xiao Qin away for our next conversation, but I felt that Gong CaiCai would be too nervous when Xiao Qin was around, so buying ice creams would help ease her nerves. (Xiong YaoYue, I'm sorry, I didn't get you a share of the ice cream) "Actually, I'm going to see Professor Bai today."
I told Gong CaiCai directly.
"Huh? Why is Ye Lin classmate also … "Gong CaiCai widened her eyes in shock," Didn't Ye Lin classmate not understand the Scientific Happiness Conference and said they're a cult that doesn't allow me to participate? Why are you … "
As if she suddenly thought of a reason, Gong CaiCai grabbed onto my sleeve in a panic and pleaded with me with a face full of sadness:
"Ye Lin classmate, are you going to beat up Professor Bai? Please don't be so good. Violence is wrong … and Professor Bai is already 62 years old. No matter how much you hate him, doing this on the day before Teacher's Day is … "
At this time, Xiao Qin had already returned with the three ice creams. Gong CaiCai was worried that Xiao Qin would misunderstand, so she quickly let go of my sleeve.
"Don't be afraid, I'm not going to beat him up."
Gong CaiCai's pitiful appearance made me want to rub her head to comfort her if I wasn't holding something in my hands. Her soft curly hair also made me want to stroke it.
"Not only am I not going to beat up Professor Bai, I'll even wish him a happy Teacher's Day in advance. After I was almost killed in Cuisong Mountain, I was enlightened and threw away my prejudices. I carefully studied the Scientific Happiness Conference's exquisite theory and it made a lot of sense. It's not just me, even Xiao Qin decided to join the conference with me and become a loyal member. "
I read the script that I had already prepared on the way to Gong CaiCai.
"R-really?" Gong CaiCai was overjoyed and her eyes were about to bloom. Since she didn't know the inside story, she might have thought that it was because of her efforts to preach to me that science was able to teach us more "believers".
Once Gong CaiCai was included in the category of "church member," she felt closer to us, and she started to talk more.
"How is it? How is it? The law of attraction is really useful, right? " Gong CaiCai's eyes lit up as she conversed with us, "Ye Lin classmate can use the law of attraction to treat back injuries, Xiao Qin classmate can use the law of attraction to treat menstrual cramps. The Scientific Happiness Conference explained the truth of the universe to everyone, they are so selfless and great. "
What's so great about it? Isn't the so-called law of attraction that can make people's dreams come true a modified version of Buddhism's theory of 'things move according to the heart, the environment is created according to the heart'? The Scientific Happiness Conference even used a special class to explain the Buddhist concept of 'Non-Phase Reincarnation'. Gong CaiCai couldn't even tell it had such a close relationship with Buddhism.
(Here, I would like to thank my dad for educating me about religion at the dining table, as well as my language teacher, Old Man Zhang. After correcting the mistranslation of "Aurora's Forgiveness" in "Saint Seiya" as "Aurora Execution", he also told me that the ultimate meaning of "Hokuto Godly Fist" was actually a Japanese misuse of Chinese characters. It should have been "Non-Phase Reincarnation" in Buddhism. It refers to a person who has experienced pain and sorrow but has not been defeated. They can engrave the figure of the deceased in their own hearts, thus achieving a state of selflessness and forming a powerful spiritual power.) Gong CaiCai, who didn't have any religious foundation, was easily tricked by a cult. But then again, the Scientific Happiness Conference wasn't a normal cult, it was a super cult that understood the seventh sense and sorrow.
"Hey, you're going to waste the ice cream if you don't eat it."
Seeing that Gong CaiCai was about to go crazy when she talked about science and happiness, Xiao Qin reminded her from the side.
"Thank, thank you." Only then did Gong CaiCai come to her senses. She held the ice cream cone in her hands in embarrassment and tried her best not to expose her teeth as she licked the ice cream cone with her little tongue, upon which a blissful expression appeared on her face.
I feel that all women in the world, regardless of race, age, skin color, or chest size, are natural members of the 'Sweet Food Sect'. I have never seen a woman who doesn't like sweets.
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