Chapter 256: Little Pink Rabbit and Big Stupid Bear

She sat down on the edge of the bed, took a short rest, then picked up a chicken leg, opened the package and started eating it in small bites.

The food has been pretty good recently because of the New Year, but Bai Qingxia feels that the bagged chicken leg in her hand is more delicious than the meals she has had in the past few days. Perhaps the taste reminds her of many things that happened in the past.

While eating the chicken leg, the girl took out a piece of paper from her schoolbag. There were densely written words on the paper.

She read it through again from beginning to end before putting the paper back into her bag.

After finishing the chicken leg, Bai Qingxia picked up the remaining food and went outside, placing it all next to her father's pillow.

……

The next day, morning reading ended.

The first Chinese class.

Lu Yuanqiu turned his head and found that Bai Qingxia was staring at a piece of paper on the table, which was full of words.

Lu Yuanqiu was so absorbed in memorizing her lessons that she didn't pay much attention. She vaguely remembered that she seemed to have been looking at this piece of paper since morning reading.

“Is this your speech?”

Hearing the voice, Bai Qingxia turned to look at him and nodded slightly.

Lu Yuanqiu was a little curious: "What is it written?"

"Don't tell you."

The girl quickly raised her arms to block Lu Yuanqiu from peeking.

Lu Yuanqiu didn't care and said with a smile: "Anyway, we'll know later."

Hearing this, the girl's eyebrows drooped.

Seeing that the teacher had not arrived yet, Lu Yuanqiu asked again: "Are you nervous?"

Bai Qingxia no longer wanted to answer him. She folded her speech and stared at her hands quietly. Although the weather was cold, sweat still flowed out of her fingertips. She felt her heartbeat quickening and her face was flushed. It seemed as if only the "engine" in her chest was roaring, and her head was completely dizzy.

I can’t even give a speech like this in class, what should I do at the coming-of-age ceremony…

Bai Qingxia suddenly felt that she had agreed too readily in the office yesterday without careful consideration.

Lu Yuanqiu: "Do you want me to help you with your speech? Just read your manuscript directly. I think the teacher will agree. After all, she dotes on you so much."

Bai Qingxia shook her head and exhaled, as if she had made some kind of resolution: "No, I want to read it myself, read all the words myself... Just stare at the manuscript and read it, don't look up at anyone, you are all cabbages, you are all big radishes..."

She started mumbling the last few words, as if she was hypnotizing herself.

Lu Yuanqiu couldn't help laughing as he moved closer to her face, staring at her earlobe curiously and found that this crystal clear little ball of flesh was red. He flicked it with his fingers and the earlobe changed color again, becoming even redder.

Bai Qingxia did not react. She lay on the table like a wooden man with lifeless eyes. She suddenly felt that Lu Yuanqiu was very annoying, but she was too lazy to resist.

This gave Lu Yuanqiu the opportunity to go even further. He began to pinch her ear, and after pinching it for a while, he pointed at her earlobe and said, "Change, change, change!"

Looking at the earlobe that was pinched white and gradually became swollen with blood, Lu Yuanqiu chuckled.

But Bai Qingxia was still like a wooden man, indifferent. The boy looked at her, the smile on his face gradually faded, and he sighed softly.

What can I do if I am afraid? I have to face it. The continuous growth of body and mind is the formula that people should follow in their life.

The bell rang for class, and the head teacher walked up to the podium with a few papers to explain.

"Let's start the speech." She said on the stage, and then looked at Bai Qingxia with an inquiring look. The girl stood up, took a deep breath, and then walked towards the podium with her head down.

Lu Yuanqiu quickly said, "Come on."

As soon as he finished speaking, he was stunned and found that Bai Qingxia suddenly turned around and walked back with a red face.

"You regret it so quickly."

Bai Qingxia ignored him and reached out to pick up the speech from her desk awkwardly, then walked over again with her head down.

The two trips back and forth had exhausted her limited courage.

The girl came to the podium, swallowing her saliva, her throat dry. She lowered her head and unfolded the white paper. She felt her hands trembling a little, so she pressed the white paper on the podium.

Liu Wei said in a gentle voice: "Just start when you are ready. It's okay to speak slowly."

The students all looked up. Bai Qingxia was skipped in yesterday's speech and it was her turn today, so everyone was curious about the content of her speech.

But the most curious reason is not this, but that everyone wants to see what this girl, who has a very high-profile setting but is usually as silent as a mute, even low-key to the point of being somewhat transparent, will say.

That's right, in the past two years of being together, she has been "telling" everyone a lot with her appearance, grades, and even talents, but she has never told anyone anything with her own mouth.

After two years together, many people still don't even know what her voice sounds like.

On the podium, the girl spoke softly:
"What I want to tell you today is the story of a little rabbit."

Everyone fell silent tacitly, while Lu Yuanqiu sat in his seat with his chin supported by his hands, looking at the girl on the stage with a smile on his face.

No matter what Bai Qingxia talked about, he would have the urge to clap his hands until they hurt.

The girl continued:
"Once upon a time, there was a little rabbit with pink fur. Although she looked bright and beautiful, she didn't seem very happy because her father was different from everyone else's. Her father was not a rabbit, but a big stupid bear."

Liu Wei, who was standing against the wall, blinked with a surprised look on her face. Lu Yuanqiu also slowly raised his head, then crossed his fingers and put them together next to his mouth.

While the whole class was confused, only the two of them had different reactions.

Bai Qingxia swallowed again, and continued to read the manuscript despite the soreness in her eyes:

"Big Bear is very kind and doesn't eat meat, but because he looks so scary, everyone is afraid of him."

"The little animals all stayed away from Big Bear and Little Pink Rabbit. Because of this incident, Little Pink Rabbit gradually became unwilling to tell her friends that she had a Big Bear as her father."

"But Big Stupid Bear doesn't know... He is stupid and has always lived in his own world. All he does every day is run around, pick honey and pull bananas. He is happy and carefree."

"One day, the other small animals discovered that the big bear actually had no offensive power, so they became carnivores despite looking weak."

"They bullied Big Bear and threw stones at him. The little pink rabbit was very angry, but more sad. She couldn't prove to everyone how good Big Bear was. She could only desperately drive away group after group of people who bullied Big Bear... Sorry, it was animals." Bai Qingxia suddenly mispronounced and changed her words.

Liu Wei sighed and raised her hand to wipe the corners of her eyes. She turned her head to look at everyone else and found that everyone was listening very seriously. When everyone looked at the girl in the pink cotton coat on the podium, there were more complicated emotions in their eyes.

(End of this chapter)

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