Hidden Love (novel translation)

Chapter 27

What does he mean?

She is in grade 8 now, but there are still four and a half years to go until grade 11. First she plans to visit him during the summer holidays, with the excuse of finding a friend to play with.

Doesn't that mean she'll have no reason to visit him now that he's back in Yi He?

Sang Zhi turns sullen "Are you scaring me?"

"Scaring you?" Duan Jia Xu says lazily "You could say it that way. Little kid, didn't you say that it's better to study well?"

———

This matter isn't done.

Although Sang Zhi takes the initiative to confess her "internet boyfriend" affair, she seriously asks her parents' opinion - whether she could go to that city during the winter holidays to find her "internet boyfriend".

She seems to respect them. However, her courage makes the Sang family even more furious. This thought is much worse for them than all their bad deeds of fighting with friends, not listening to lectures. It somehow gives them a great attack.

Although Sang Zhi promises that she will no longer communicate with her "internet boyfriend", Sang Rong asks Sang Yan to change her phone number. They also take Sang Zhi's phone.

They ask Sang Yan to keep an eye on her and not to let her out at random.

So before the New Year, Sang Zhi's days are like living in prison. Every day, apart from her family, she only sees Duan Jia Xu every other day, who acts as if he is visiting a prisoner.

Duan Jia Xu no longer mentions her "internet boyfriend". During the private lessons, he always teaches her seriously, he will not talk about anything else. But during the break, he sometimes teases him again.

She's afraid that she'll reveal her true nature so that Sang Zh doesn't act as she did. She notices that Duan Jia Xu isn't as busy as he used to be. Sometimes he just stays in Sang Yan's bedroom.

Except during the tutorial, Sang Zhi basically will not disturb them. sometimes Li Ping will let her go inside Sang Yan's bedroom to give them snacks or fruits. During those time, Sang Zhi could see Duan Jia Xu's various expressions and actions.

Sometimes he would smoke, but by the time he noticed her. He would put out his cigarette and smile at her. "Little Sang Zhi, cover your nose. Then go out quickly."

Sometimes he would be playing or sleeping. But he would hear a noise and lift his head. He would tease them. "Little kid, what is it?"

He would not forget to act like an evildoer. "You just blush the time you see Ge Ge."

He is a man of many changes. Most of the time he is frivolous, sometimes he acts as if he lacks proper behaviour. Yet he is always attentive and gentle. In everything he seems to be sensitive to someone's feelings, but he will still keep his distance.

At her young age, when she meets a man like him, she feels that she will still like him at any age.

At a young age, she meets a man she wishes no one would know is a hidden treasure.

———

The day before Lunar New Year, Sang Zhi finishes her last lesson with a private tutor. She thinks she will never see him again, but as she tidies up, she hears his words.

"Later on, you should listen to the lectures well, if you could not understand, you can ask the teacher or maybe your Ge, if not, you can ask me too". Duan Jia Xu thinks about it. "If there's a question you couldn't answer, you can take a picture of it and send it to me. Ge Ge will answer you after I see it."