Give the rest of your life

It rained a lot today.

Raindrops the size of soybeans poured down from the sky, densely covering the entire line of sight.

He Siyu stood on the steps of the first floor of the teaching building, looking at the puddles formed by the rainwater, and the stagnant water of unknown depth, not knowing what to do.

The other teachers left earlier, and He Siyu wanted to finish writing the lesson plans before leaving. Before leaving, Teacher Wang Jing asked her if she would go with her. He Siyu thought about the fact that there was still a folding umbrella in her bag, and she refused. Unexpectedly, she reached the door Only then did I realize that the umbrella had been placed at home by myself at some point.

The sky was very gloomy, the gray sky and the thick clouds piled up towards the tall buildings in the distance, He Siyu looked up at the dark clouds in the distance and sighed.

What can I do, with such a heavy rain, I am afraid that I will be drenched at the bus stop.

Do you want to call mom?

No matter how old I am, I still trouble my mother because of this little thing, and I will inevitably have to suffer from her nagging again.

Forget it, let's run to the station, at worst, go home and take a hot bath, I hope I don't catch a cold.

He Siyu held up the cheap commuter bag she bought online, and was about to rush into the pouring rain when someone called her name.

"Teacher Ho!"

He Siyu turned around, "It's you?"

"Didn't the teacher bring an umbrella?"

Only then did He Siyu realize that the black leather bag was still held above his head, and immediately lowered his arm.

"Ah."

"Then let me give the teacher a ride, where is the teacher going?" The girl took out a black folding umbrella from her backpack, stood beside He Siyu and opened it.

"Thank you then." He Siyu smiled shyly.

When the two left the school, the girl asked her, "Mr. He, why did you become a teacher in the first place?"

"Being a teacher? I mean at home, I don't think I hate this profession," He Siyu said, looking sideways at the girl's face, wondering why this girl looked familiar, as if she had known her from before, "By the way, what I didn't ask your name."

The girl laughed: "Teacher is really good. He taught me the paper twice and even doesn't know my name."

"I don't have a good memory, I was negligent before, I'm sorry."

"Mr. He is so polite. My name is Song Pei."

"Song Pei...it's a nice name, it reminds me of a friend of mine."

When He Siyu said the word "friend", his heart skipped a beat. Can we be considered friends? Do I still have the position to say these two words.

"What? Are our names similar?" Song Pei asked.

"Well, she is also a single name, Yao, just like you, it means beautiful jade."

"What a coincidence."

Not long after arriving at the station, He Siyu said, "Thank you so much."

"It's okay, we're going along the way anyway." Song Pei smiled again, two dimples appeared on her cheeks.

"Mr. Li?" He Siyu was taken aback when she received the call. Obviously, she did not expect Mr. Li to call.

"Are you free tonight? I'll pick you up at school and have dinner together. There's a blockbuster movie coming out recently. Let's go see it together?" Mr. Li asked her.

He Siyu looked at Song Pei who was standing beside her, and hesitated: "This... I have a student waiting at the station together, it may be troublesome."

"It's okay, we can send your student home first."

"OK then."

About ten minutes later, Mr. Li arrived by car.

"What are you going to eat today?" He Siyu sat in the car very bored, it was obviously pouring rain outside, why was he still so hot and dry.

"Hot pot? Or Western food? You decide."

"Send Song Pei home first, or find a restaurant near her house, and the road conditions are bad when it's raining heavily."

Mr. Li nodded, "Alright."

Song Pei said when she was almost home: "Mr. He, is this your boyfriend?"

As soon as Song Pei's question was raised, both He Siyu and Mr. Li became nervous.

How would He Siyu answer?

Strictly speaking, Mr. Li is his blind date, and the two of them haven't talked about the future, so they can't be regarded as boyfriends.

But the two of them often go on dates to give gifts. Isn't this something only couples do?

Suitor, not counting, Mr. Li didn't even say a word of liking you to He Siyu, not only that, he didn't even mention half a word of praise.

"Children gossip like this, don't always think about falling in love." He Siyu said with a flushed face.

"Tch, I'm just asking casually. Goodbye, teacher. Thank you for sending me back."

Song Pei walked into the community and Mr. Li restarted the car.

They all had a tacit understanding of the answer just now and did not continue, but He Siyu still heard a heavy breathing when the car started.

Sounds like you're celebrating something.

What are you lucky about, glad you didn't admit that Mr. Li is my boyfriend?

He Siyu laughed at himself, am I really so unbearable and ordinary?

"Mr. Li, just go to this hot pot restaurant next door." He Siyu looked out the window at a chain hot pot restaurant.

"it is good."

After ordering the pot bottoms and dishes, He Siyu played with his mobile phone.

This is the first time she has played with her mobile phone on a date.

Usually, she thought it was impolite to the other party, but today, because of Mr. Li's sigh, she seemed to have gotten some signal.

What is the signal, the signal that he was not selected.

It even occurred to me that fortunately the other party didn't take a fancy to me.

What the hell.

"This set of skin care products is for you." Mr. Li took out a box of skin care products from the chair beside him like magic and handed it to He Siyu.

"Ah, thank you, I let you spend the money." He Siyu took it with both hands, looking at the English on the box, "This is? I don't quite understand it."

"Oh, I don't understand very well. The salesperson promoted it, saying it was skin rejuvenation and whitening. I thought you women are very proficient in these." Mr. Li kept crossing his hands, perhaps to relieve his tension, but also to understand the beauty of the skin. , Skin care products are an area that men are not good at.

"Skin rejuvenation and whitening?" He Siyu said to himself.

"What?" Mr. Li didn't hear clearly and asked her.

"No, nothing."

I'm only 27 and I already need to be reminded of my skin rejuvenation.

Yes, that's right, women should pay attention to skin care when they are 20 years old, but I am not in the situation of using skin care products only for women in their 30s.

He Siyu knew that Mr. Li was also a layman, but she was still very uncomfortable.

Age is something that women fear all their lives.

At the age of 30, all women are reminded by everyone——

You've dropped the price.

It's ridiculous, am I a cabbage sold in the vegetable market?Or turnip?Potato?

Why should we be labeled like this or that.

When we were 20 years old, we were still placed in high-end supermarkets. When we were 25 years old, we were sent to chain supermarkets. In a few years, we may be in vegetable markets.

After the age of 35, he will even be reduced to a white man.

When unmarried, this society judges a woman by whether she is married or not.

After marriage, this society uses whether a woman is well-married as the criterion for judging a woman.

"Miss He, have you contacted Lin Yao?" Mr. Li's words interrupted her thoughts.

"Contacted." As soon as He Siyu heard the word Lin Yao, He Siyu wanted to escape.

The reason is nothing more than that He Siyu ran into a wall with Lin Yao.

"Then you can have fun."

He Siyu smiled faintly, "It's been so many years, and I'm a lot stranger."

"so……"

This is the end of Mr. Li's words, and He Siyu felt that he still wanted to say something.

"What is this?" she asked.

"A person has many friends in a lifetime, and after this period of time, we will find new friends."

Mr. Li babbled a lot later on, nothing more than big propositions such as friends and life, He Siyu couldn't listen to it, and thought of Lin Yao again.

Maybe I should apologize to Lin Yao, I should tell Lin Yao the truth about that incident.

I don't want her to misunderstand me for the rest of my life.

Just as He Siyu was in a daze, a text message came in on his phone.

——Teacher He, how is the date?

It's an unfamiliar number, could it be Song Pei?

——Song Pei?is it you?

——It’s me, are you home yet?

——I didn’t go home, I was still eating.

——Then go home early, and remember to bring an umbrella tomorrow.

--OK.

"Miss He, Miss He?"

"Huh? What's wrong?"

"Are you listening to me?"

"Oh, I'm listening."

Mr. Li opened his mouth and wanted to talk at length again, but He Siyu suddenly remembered something: "Mr. Li, is Lin Yao your cousin?"

Mr. Li didn't expect He Siyu to ask her this question, "It's a distant cousin, four or five generations ago."

"Still in touch after such a long distance?"

Mr. Li nodded, "Speaking of it, I also find it very strange. I have never had much contact with this cousin. Ten years ago, her family immigrated to the United States and never came back. I have never heard that she has plans to return to China. She came back by herself inexplicably."

"Is she coming back to work? Or is there another plan?" As soon as Lin Yao was mentioned, He Siyu became interested.

Mr. Li smiled, "I'm not too clear about this question, but this should be asked to you, why don't you ask me the other way around?"

He Siyu nodded, Mr. Li is right, he is Lin Yao's... friend.

Mr. Li's cell phone rang, and the ringtone should be a text message.

Mr. Li picked up the phone and unlocked it, staring at the phone screen for a long time.

"I'm sorry, I have to go first, I have something to do at home." Mr. Li got up and put on his suit, and said apologetically.

"It's okay, you go first if you have something to do."

It seems that I really can't be Mr. Li's girlfriend, otherwise how could I be thrown to the dating scene for the second time, He Siyu smiled self-deprecatingly.