The next day, Sheng Ning’an finished school and left the building, pulling her deskmate along to buy some cake.
Her mom loved the cakes from the shop near the school, so she often picked up a piece for her after school.
As they were walking down the street, Sheng Ning’an’s sleeve was suddenly tugged by her deskmate.
"What’s wrong?" Sheng Ning’an looked towards her deskmate.
The latter was looking in a particular direction and said, "I just saw that lady over there staring at you. Do you know her?"
Following her deskmate’s gaze, Sheng Ning’an saw, indeed, a lady sitting inside the milk tea shop opposite the school. She was wearing sunglasses even though it was broad daylight, which looked quite odd.
"You can tell she’s watching me just because she’s wearing sunglasses? Could it be you’re overthinking it?"
Her deskmate shook her head. "It’s impossible. I noticed several times just now that person was always looking in our direction." Her sixth sense told her the lady was watching An’an.
"Why don’t we go and ask her?"
Sheng Ning’an, "That wouldn’t be good, right? What if you’re mistaken?" Running over rashly, wouldn’t it be extremely embarrassing if it turned out to be a mistake?
While they were hesitating, the lady had already gotten up and left.
"See, I told you you were thinking too much."
"Could it be that she walked away because we caught her peeking?" Her deskmate felt she hadn’t been wrong, the lady had been fixated on An’an’s direction, and it seemed she had taken a glance at her phone, as if confirming something.
"That’s unlikely. Why would some unknown lady peek at me." Sheng Ning’an wasn’t vain enough to assume a random lady on the street was looking at her.
And even if she was looking, Sheng Ning’an thought it wasn’t a big deal.
"You should still be careful these next few days." Her deskmate still looked worried, staring at her face, "Maybe you shouldn’t come out for a run with me in the evenings?"
Sheng Ning’an directly addressed her deskmate’s ulterior motives, "I think it’s you who doesn’t want to run, right?"
Her deskmate felt a bit sheepish, "Hehe, I just think it’s a pity to lose the bit of fat I’ve finally gained, staying this way is actually quite nice."
After running for several days, waking up each morning with sore legs, it was really exhausting and tough!
Compared to the hardship of running, she suddenly felt the fat on her body wasn’t intolerable.
Meanwhile, Mother Xu left the milk tea shop and got into a car parked nearby.
She couldn’t help but look at her phone again.
On it was a photo of the admission ID from Jiu Middle School. The girl in the photo had delicate features and exquisite eyebrows and eyes, which Song Xiaoyan had sent to her on purpose.
But looking at a photo was never as good as seeing the real person. That’s why she had inquired about Sheng Ning’an’s school schedule and sat at the milk tea shop opposite the school to wait.
She hadn’t expected her wait would actually pay off.
The main reason was that the girl was too noticeable.
In person, she was even prettier than in her photo, catching the eye immediately in a crowd.
She finally understood why her son had not been taken by any girls over the years.
It turned out his standards were too high.
The girl was indeed beautiful, just a bit young.
Otherwise, if the two kids were actually together, imagine how beautiful their children would be?
Mother Xu just thinking about it felt intensely wistful, and she couldn’t help regretting having her son a bit too early. If he had been born a few years later, a match between the two kids wouldn’t be impossible.