Chapter 288 — A Meeting of Minds
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At noon, Wei Zhao and Kang Xiaofeng came out of the classroom together. "Leader, Liu Xinlan and I have already arranged it—for a while now, every noon and after school, we're going to the hospital together to look after Xiaofen. You coming?"
"I'll pass," Wei Zhao said, thinking of his date with Tang Zhi. This little girl was inviting him out to eat for the first time! Of course, Tang's mother's earlier invitation didn't count.
"Oh... Huh? Leader, Tang Zhi's coming too?" Kang Xiaofeng arrived at the usual spot where he and Liu Xinlan agreed to meet each day, only to see Liu Xinlan and Tang Zhi standing together.
Wei Zhao was taken aback for a moment as well. He walked over and said, "Tang Zhi, weren't you looking for me? Why are you going to the hospital too?"
"I... I braised some chicken wings and brought them for you all to try... Let's eat them together at the hospital..." Tang Zhi blushed a little. In truth, she had made them especially for Wei Zhao, but thinking that Xiaofen was still in the hospital, she hadn't wanted to keep them all to herself, so she'd decided to bring them along and share with everyone.
"No way? What a coincidence! Leader brought shark meat too!" Kang Xiaofeng was startled and held up the lunchbox in his hand.
"Shark meat?" Liu Xinlan and Tang Zhi were both taken aback. "Where did shark meat come from?"
"Oh, I bought it yesterday and grilled some of it. There's shark fin too," Wei Zhao explained. "I'd originally split it into two boxes, one for Kang Xiaofeng to take to the hospital, and the other for Tang Zhi. But since we're all going to the hospital anyway, let's just eat it together."
"This one box is already plenty," Kang Xiaofeng said, shaking the box in his hand. "Chief, why don't you have your box taken home for Sister-in-law? The five of us can't possibly finish that much!"
"That works too. Tang Zhi, you take it home and let your aunt and uncle have a taste," Wei Zhao said, handing the lunchbox in his hand to Tang Zhi.
Tang Zhi felt a little embarrassed at being called "Sister-in-law" by Kang Xiaofeng. She took the lunchbox Wei Zhao handed her with a shy, fidgeting motion, secretly delighted. What a coincidence, she thought. She had made something delicious thinking of him, and he had been thinking of her too. Did that count as a meeting of minds?
A girl in love always clings to such lovely fantasies. What was a casual gesture on Wei Zhao's part made Tang Zhi exceedingly happy. Especially when she heard there was shark fin in it... That was something very expensive, wasn't it? Her father and mother had probably never tasted it. It would be just right to take it home and let them try some...
The four of them happened to flag down a taxi. Given Tang Zhi's and Liu Xinlan's natures, they were naturally reluctant to spend the money, but Wei Zhao insisted and explained things, so they stopped refusing.
Wei Zhao's explanation was simple. From the school to the hospital, the bus cost two yuan per person. A taxi, that is, the car fare, was only about ten yuan. It was just two yuan more, so why bother with the bus?
Tang Zhi and Liu Xinlan blushed at this. It seemed both of them were so used to being poor that they were a little petty, unable to work out even the simplest bit of arithmetic.