Some people may look ordinary, but in fact, she already owns a panda.
In this space and time, the panda is called Bai Pi, and it’s not the legendary “creature that sits through its cage”.
Xie Tao never imagined that one day, she could actually touch a panda!
When Wei Jing brought over the “whimpering creature” from Wei Shiyi’s arms, Xie Tao’s eyes lit up like stars, and she hurriedly ran over, “Let me hug it, quick, let me hug it!!”
“Madam, be careful, this Bai Pi, although a cub, its claws are still…”
Wei Jing hadn’t finished speaking when Xie Tao couldn’t help but reach out to touch the fluffy bundle in his arms.
Bai Pi continued to “whimper” in Wei Jing’s arms. Xie Tao touched its head and then its paw, almost melting from cuteness and unable to speak.
“Woow, this is too cute!!”
“……”
Ever since he received a lightsaber from the lady, Wei Jing has treasured it, refusing to lend it to Wei Shiyi no matter how many times he asked.
Wei Jing had always been thinking about what gift to give back to the lady, but since she hadn’t come over, this matter had been temporarily put on hold.
It wasn’t until this morning when he heard that the lady was coming over, that he began to ponder what gift would be appropriate… until he found this little Bai Pi on the mountain.
It seems girls really like these fluffy little animals?
Now, seeing Xie Tao’s reaction, Wei Jing felt that the gift he chose for the lady was indeed the right one.
The appearance of the little Bai Pi instantly took all of Xie Tao’s attention.
Wei Yun sat there, watching Xie Tao hug the little Bai Pi and carefully pet it, murmuring to herself, “If this were back in our place, how many years would I get for this?”
“……”
Wei Yun rubbed his temples, feeling somewhat helpless.
It wasn’t until Bai Pi was taken by Wei Shiyi to be fed milk that Xie Tao reluctantly sat back down, and then she even looked at her hand in disbelief for a while.
I… I really touched a panda?!
The door to the study closed, and just as Wei Jing was about to walk down the stairs, he saw Shao Liyin standing in the corridor, staring unblinkingly at the figure of Wei Shiyi carrying the little Bai Pi towards the moon-shaped gate, her eyes shining with a rare brightness.
Wei Jing felt that the light in her eyes was somewhat similar to the “little stars” that had sparkled in the lady’s eyes just now.
He touched his chin.
The next moment, he moved like a crab to her side, cleared his throat, and asked, “Ahem… so, you like Bai Pi too?”
Hearing this, Shao Liyin’s delicate brows and eyes instantly returned to their previous emotionless state, and she turned her head to look at Wei Jing with a somewhat cold gaze.
“……”
Wei Jing swallowed, but still stiffened his neck and bravely said, “Don’t look at me like that, I mean no harm. I just wanted to say, if you like it, I’ll get one for you tomorrow too!”
Shao Liyin seemed surprised by Wei Jing’s words.
She seemed to pause for a moment, and then her gaze softened somewhat.
After a long while, Wei Jing finally heard her say, “No need.”
As she was about to walk towards the back corridor, she paused for a moment but did not turn around, only saying, “Thanks.”
???
Wei Jing watched her slender back and couldn’t help but dig his fingers into his ears.
Was he hallucinating just now?
In the study, Xie Tao was writing an exam paper but couldn’t help but look up and stare at Wei Yun, not saying a word.
“What’s wrong?” Wei Yun noticed her gaze, thinking she was stuck on a problem again, so he put down his scroll intending to check her paper.
Unexpectedly, he heard her suddenly ask, “Can we really keep it?”
The “it” she referred to was the white bear.
“If you like it, of course, we can.”
Wei Yun could see her affection for the white bear. If she wanted to keep it, he would follow her wish.
“So, keeping a panda here really isn’t illegal, right?” Xie Tao looked at him.
“…Not illegal.” Wei Yun chuckled.
“Then, Wei Yun, what should we call it?” Xie Tao propped her chin with her hand, seeming a bit excited.
“Whatever you like.”
Wei Yun picked up the scroll again.
After thinking for a while with her head tilted, Xie Tao suggested, “How about Lou Xian?”
It indeed looked like a dumpling that had leaked its sesame filling.
Thus, from that day on, the little white bear had a name.
Although… the name was a bit odd.
Since getting the little white bear, Xie Tao would almost drag Wei Yun by the sleeve every holiday, wanting him to light the golden powder incense to take her to see Lou Xian.
Wei Yun became a bit displeased.
She used to look forward to coming over for him.
But now, it was clearly for that fluffy ball that leaked sesame filling.
So, when Xie Tao couldn’t wait to go out and see Lou Xian, Wei Yun pointed to the test paper on the table, insisting she must finish it first.
Xie Tao tugged at his sleeve, “I’ll do it later…”
“No.” Wei Yun’s expression seemed strict, not looking at her, his gaze always on the scroll in his hand.
Xie Tao pursed her lips, then suddenly plunged into his embrace, rubbing her cheek against his chest, “Please, Wei Yun, studying is too hard, I need to ‘inhale cat’ to feel better… Save Tao Tao!”
The last time she did this, she was begging him to help her finish those essays.
Pitiful, like a small animal.
Wei Yun kept a straight face, wanting to refuse, but ultimately couldn’t bring himself to do it.
His brow twitched.
Xie Tao boldly moved closer, kissing his chin, “Wei Yun, is that okay?”
Even though Wei Yun was no longer as shy as before, often unable to resist kissing her, he still couldn’t help but feel flustered when faced with her proactive kiss, his mind slightly stirred.
His earlobe felt a familiar warmth again.
In the end, Wei Yun sat in the pavilion by the pond in the courtyard, watching Xie Tao and Shao Liyin running around, teasing the little white bear that only knew how to “whimper” all day.
His complexion was a bit off, sitting there drinking tea sip by sip, and he almost scalded his mouth.
When Sheng Yueqi arrived, he couldn’t help but squat down and join Xie Tao and Shao Liyin in petting the little white bear.
Turning his head to see Wei Yun sitting there drinking sullen tea, he inexplicably smiled, stood up, walked into the pavilion, and sat down on the stone bench opposite Wei Yun.
“Great Zhou is quite nice, at least, you can touch a national treasure.” Sheng Yueqi took a clean brocade handkerchief, wiped the cup in front of him, and poured himself a cup of tea.
Wei Yun acted as if he hadn’t heard, completely ignoring him.
Sheng Yueqi smiled indifferently, took a sip of tea, and looked sideways at Xie Tao and Shao Liyin holding the little white bear, seemingly enjoying themselves as well.
Xie Tao almost wanted to stick with Lu Xian every day.
Apart from studying and Lu Xian, Xie Tao couldn’t care about anything else.
So Wei Yun became even more displeased.
But he had no way to stop Xie Tao from playing with the little white bear.
Every time she hugged his waist and acted coquettishly, he couldn’t resist.
Until Xie Tao even wanted to sleep hugging Lu Xian that night, Wei Yun handed the fluffy bear to Wei Jing, grabbed Xie Tao by the collar, and dragged her into the room.
“I’m about to leave, why won’t you let me…”
Xie Tao tried to struggle, but when she looked up and saw Wei Yun’s dark eyes, she instantly dared not speak.
“Xie Tao, you have the college entrance examination coming up.”
Wei Yun pinched her chin, suddenly reminding her.
“I know…” Xie Tao blinked, her speech a bit unclear because he was pinching her chin.
“This is called losing your ambition to frivolities.”
His eyebrows and eyes carried a bit of displeasure.
“I’m not, I study hard every day…”
Xie Tao pouted, retorting.
She even did a lot of test papers today.
“Talking back?”
Wei Yun looked at her, his voice a bit cold.
Xie Tao stopped talking, just looking at him, with a bit of grievance.
Seeing her like this, Wei Yun softened a bit.
He didn’t know what to say at the moment, the always calm and steady him, his mind was somewhat chaotic now.
“You’re not usually like this.”
It was either a moment of impulse or something else, but after a while, he managed to utter these words.
Xie Tao inexplicably heard a bit of grievance in his tone?
As if suddenly realizing something, Xie Tao abruptly looked up at him, her eyes full of joy and delight, “Wei Yun, are you jealous?”
His ears visibly reddened before her eyes at a speed visible to the naked eye.
It seemed like he didn’t need to answer; his ears had already given her a definite answer.
Wei Yun almost reflexively retorted, “What are you thinking?”
He even bent his knuckles and tapped her forehead.
“I just don’t want you to be too distracted, don’t overthink…”
Before he could finish saying “much,” he was already embraced around the waist by Xie Tao.
When Xie Tao looked at him, her eyes curved, and the uncontainable joy was like the light and shadow under fireworks, gathering in her eyes, a cluster of brightness, clear and moving, making it impossible to look away.
“Wei Yun, being exposed is just like a panda, you are so stingy…”
She said, and couldn’t help but laugh out loud.
She seemed somewhat proud.
Listening to her laughter, Wei Yun was initially at a loss, constantly thinking about retorting, but later he couldn’t say anything at all.
The redness on his ears, like the afterglow of the sunset, left behind a color.
He couldn’t refute her words.
In fact, even he himself wasn’t quite clear why he had to quibble over these with a white bear.
It made no sense.
But seeing her looking forward to coming here every time, rushing into the yard to find Wei Jing to bring over the exposed panda, then squatting in the yard with Shao Liyin to play with the white bear.
Only when she was doing her homework would she sit obediently beside him.
Because of this, Wei Jing even felt several times when meeting his parents’ gaze, as if his back was being pricked by something cold, eerily unsettling.
Such childish behavior, Wei Yun couldn’t believe he could actually do such a thing.
But this was the truth.
At this moment, the effect of the gold dust fragrance was about to wear off, and a faint golden light began to emanate from Xie Tao’s body. But as she looked at Wei Yun, her cheeks suddenly reddened, as if struggling for a while, she pursed her lips, her voice became very small, “I kind of want to kiss you…”
“Can I?” she even asked him.
But such words inexplicably added a faint blush to Wei Yun’s cold, white-jade-like face.
As if he had never changed.
Still, he was disconcerted by her suddenly immodest words.
Xie Tao didn’t wait for his answer; her figure had already turned into a patch of smoke, thick and thin, disappearing without a trace in Wei Yun’s arms.
Wei Yun stared blankly at his hand that had just been supporting her back, subconsciously closing his eyes, wanting to concentrate on another time and space.
But he suddenly opened his eyes again.
With eyebrows slightly furrowed, like the color of distant mountains shrouded in mist, as if somewhat conflicted.
Should he agree, or not?
Wei Yun had originally made his choice before going over, but after going over, he found that Xie Tao seemed to have forgotten about it, sitting on the sofa watching TV and laughing loudly.
He sat beside her, even though Xie Tao had actively changed the channel to his usual favorite “Animal World,” he was still absent-mindedly watching the screen, as if uninterested.
Until finally Xie Tao was about to go upstairs to wash up and sleep, he suddenly grabbed her hand.
“It seems you’ve forgotten something.”
Unable to bear it any longer, Wei Yun finally grabbed her hand, reminding her.
“What?”
Xie Tao was momentarily stunned and didn’t react.
Wei Yun looked at her bewildered expression and suddenly felt a bit angry.
With a bit of force in his wrist, he pulled her into his arms, then bit her lip, followed by a fervent kiss that lasted quite a while.
Finally, when he released her slightly swollen lips, his fingertips gently brushed the corner of her lips, adding a hint of enchanting red to the usually cold peach blossom eyes.
It was like breaking through a restrained exterior to reveal a captivating charm.
“You forgot to kiss me.”
His fingertips caressed her lips, adding word by word.
