“Let’s explore the mall floor by floor. I want to buy something,” Lin Feiran said as he resourcefully pondered on how he could butter up Gu Kaifeng. He needed a way to make his request to stay over at his place for the weekend feel less abrupt.
The two people wandered around the mall, passing one display window after another. As Lin Feiran walked and walked, he tried to think of what small gift he could buy Gu Kaifeng that would open the door for his request. He needed a gift that would be too embarrassing for Gu Kaifeng to refuse. However, even after looking at this and that, he still didn’t know what to buy. The school was very strict and checked their clothes thoroughly, from the uniform jacket to the shirt beneath and the student’s trousers – all must belong to the school uniform. You could only pick out your own shoes, but Gu Kaifeng already had many. As for gifts like belts, lighters, cologne, or razors, these were not appropriate gifts for one student to give to another…
Deep in thought, Lin Feiran’s gaze was suddenly drawn to a small store with an exquisite facade. It looked like a high-end stationery shop. Judging from the interior decor you could tell that the things sold inside would not be cheap.
Giving stationery is definitely not inappropriate, just need to pick one with the right price. A lightbulb went on in Lin Feiran’s head and he pulled Gu Kaifeng into the store. They stopped before a row of dip pens imported from Japan. This kind of dip pen was made of glass and had a very slender body with a spiral for a nib. Each pen had different vibrant or elegant colors worked into the gorgeous glass. The pens shone brilliantly under the light above the display cabinet. The prices of the pens varied from hundreds to thousands of yuan. They wrote similarly to fountain pens but were much better looking, making them a good present to give someone.
“Does this one look good?” Lin Feiran picked up a dip pen that had a white feathery pattern twining all throughout its glass body.
“Pretty good,” Gu Kaifeng nodded. “Do you want to practice your handwriting?”
“No, no matter how much I practice my handwriting will always be bad.” Lin Feiran was a little embarrassed and he timidly averted his eyes. His voice got smaller and smaller as he continued, “I wanted to give this to you…”
Gu Kaifeng took the sample pen without batting an eyelid and said, “Then just get this one.”
Lin Feiran sighed softly in relief, thinking that it was good Gu Kaifeng didn’t bother to ask him why he suddenly wanted to give him a gift. With that, he quickly walked to the other side of the display cabinet and raised his hand to beckon Gu Kaifeng, “They also have colored ink over here, what color do you like?”
Gu Kaifeng took the sample dip pen with him as he followed Lin Feiran and countered, “Which one do you like?”
Lin Feiran’s pointed up with his finger to a colorful name tag and said without thinking, “A street full of blooming cherry blossoms…”
Right after she finished serving another customer, the salesperson quickly came over and handed them a notebook with which to try the pen. She unscrewed the sample bottle of colored ink that Lin Feiran had pointed to and enthusiastically said, “Do you like this color? You can try it out here.”
Gu Kaifeng put the notebook on the counter and dipped the pen in the pink ink. He raised his eyebrows as he said, “This color is very suitable for writing love letters.”
Then, Gu Kaifeng wrote seven big and beautiful words on the top-left corner of the page —— “To The Little Sticky Cake Lin Feiran”.
Lin Feiran’s ears burned and he hurriedly said, “What are you doing writing about me…”
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Don't You Like Me (Complete)
RomanceShort, rich, and handsome, Lin Feiran was always the center of attention. But after transferring schools in his second year of high school, he discovered that his limelight was snatched by his Adonis classmate, Gu Kaifeng.
