Chapter 24 I can’t go to school with Zhou Yichen anymore

Xu Yucheng has been staying at home these few days since she came back, occasionally going out shopping with her parents. Tomorrow is New Year's Eve, and the family is preparing to go to her grandmother's house to celebrate the New Year.

She was sitting on the bed chatting with Zheng Yu, and many messages were sent continuously.

[Chengzi, my mom said she's going to cook for Chinese New Year tomorrow, and my dad was so scared that he quickly ordered New Year's Eve dinner.]

[How about you? Your parents should be back by now.]

Xu Yucheng looked at the message and curled her eyes, then replied: [I'm back. We're going to grandma's house tomorrow, so we won't be eating at home.]

The other side replied immediately: [That’s fine. I plan to stay at home for the New Year. It will be crowded outside these few days. I might not be able to get a taxi if I go out to play.]

She continued: [Then I’ll come play with you when I come back]

Zheng Yu: [Okay, okay! But shouldn't you look for your senior first when you get back? Apparently, I'm more important than your senior, Orange.]

Xu Yucheng stared at it for two seconds and typed: [He's been busy these days, and may not be free even after the Chinese New Year.]

Zhou Yichen is already learning how to manage the company. Xu Yucheng sometimes thinks that he is only one year older than her, and she is still taking math lessons every day, while he has already started to look at various company reports.

While I was daydreaming, another message came from the other side.

"Okay, then when will you start taking the initiative towards the senior? He's so outstanding, he might be kidnapped by someone else one day."

Xu Yucheng was stunned, his eyes still looking into the distance. He stared at the wardrobe and thought about it. It seemed to make sense.

The phone rang again.

Zheng Yu [Chengzi, I'm leaving now. My dad is calling me. Bye, bye]

After finishing chatting with her, Xu Yucheng lifted the quilt and stopped putting on his shoes. The thought in his mind was: He is so outstanding, maybe one day he will be kidnapped by someone else.

The key is that she still doesn't know Zhou Yichen's feelings. Will he just treat her as a younger sister?

I shook my head and thought, forget it, I won’t think about it anymore. I took out my phone and asked him.

He did what he said, but as soon as he opened the chat page, he became timid again.

Holding the phone in both hands, I opened the keyboard and slowly edited the message: [Do you like me?

Forget it, forget it. She deleted the words she had typed and didn’t have the courage to send it out. What if Zhou Yichen thought she was too proactive?

I typed again: [Do you have someone you like? ]

Looking at this message that has not been sent yet, Xu Yucheng began to worry again. What if he said there was someone he liked and it turned out not to be her?

Delete it again and type in the chat box: [What are you doing now? ]

Before I clicked send, the other party sent a message.

Zhou Yichen [Chengcheng, what's wrong? ]

The next second, she sent out the message she had just typed.

Zhou Yichen on the other side looked at the message sent, raised his eyebrows, and replied: [You've been typing for so long and you're asking me this? ]

Xu Yucheng's eyes widened. Had he been watching the chat conversation? [Yes]

The other party replied quickly: [Just finished work in the morning, ready to eat, and continue in the afternoon]

She quickly replied: [Then go eat quickly]

Just as she finished replying, there was a knock on the door, and Xu's mother's voice came from the door, "Chengcheng, it's time to eat. After eating, go buy some New Year's goods and bring them to grandma's house tomorrow."

"Here I come."

He quickly edited the conversation on his phone and sent it, then got out of bed and headed for the door.

Zhou Yichen, who had just been eating at his desk, smiled when he saw the last message.

At the dinner table, Xu Yucheng's bowl contained the meat that her parents had picked out for her, and she ate it with relish.

Halfway through the meal, Father Xu suddenly spoke.

"Orange."

Xu Yucheng paused while eating, raised her head and listened.

"I've discussed it with your mom, and after the New Year, I'll transfer all my jobs back. From now on, you can live at home all the time."

When Mr. Xu told his precious daughter the good news, he thought her daughter would be very happy, but her expression seemed different from what he had imagined.

Xu Yucheng was stunned after hearing this. In the past, what she hoped most was that her parents could spend more time with her. She was envious of others who were sent to school by their parents.

It’s of course good that her parents can now spend more time with her, but even so, she can’t go to and from school with Zhou Yichen anymore.

"Orange, Orange." Father Xu waved his hand in front of her.

"Ah, Dad, what did you just say?" Xu Yucheng reacted immediately.

"Dad said you might have been kidnapped by that kid Zhou Yichen." Father Xu held his daughter's hand all day long when he thought about how the kid knew nothing when he was little.

Xu's mother is quite open-minded. Besides, Xiaochen is an excellent child. She has watched him grow up since he was a child, so she is relieved.

Xu Yucheng choked on a mouthful of food and said, "Cough—cough."

"Okay, okay, let's eat."

Xu's mother said to the two of them with a smile.

The meal was spent under the resentful look of Xu's father, but the mother and daughter enjoyed the meal very much.

When Xu Yucheng was about to go upstairs, her mother called her.

"Chengcheng, go pack your things now. We'll go to the mall to buy New Year's goods and then we won't go home. We'll go straight to grandma's house."

"good."

"We're going to stay for a few days, so remember to bring enough clothes."

"I know!"

In the room, Xu Yucheng packed a few sets of thicker clothes and a woolen coat and put them in the suitcase.

I picked up some other things and sat on the bed thinking about what my father had just said. I can't go to school with Zhou Yichen anymore. Sigh.

Supporting my face with my hands, I glanced at my lit phone next to me. It’s not like I won’t see it anymore. We are in the same school anyway.

A smile appeared on his little face again as he replied to the message he had received not long ago. At least his parents were not leaving, and that was something to be happy about.

"Chengcheng, pack up your things and we're leaving."

“Here I come!”

The family of three got in the car and headed to the shopping mall in the center of Chaoyang City.

Xu Yucheng followed her parents all the way, buying New Year pictures and various foods. When they entered the clothing store, Xu's mother stopped and said to her daughter, "Go shopping by yourself. It's quite boring to follow them. Just buy whatever you like."

"Wait, I'll transfer some more money to you."

Xu Yucheng quickly stopped him, "No, I still have enough money."

"That's fine. Call mom after you buy it."

"Uh-huh."

Away from her parents' sight, Xu Yucheng walked around alone and went up to the fifth floor of the shopping mall.

This floor is a boutique. Usually there are most girls here, but maybe because tomorrow is New Year's Eve, there are so few people here today.

She walked into the store closest to her.

Xu Yucheng didn't know what to buy, so she wandered around. She didn't need anything, so she decided to buy some New Year gifts for her parents.

The store is quite large and the items are well categorized.

After walking around the store, I finally chose a scarf for my mom and grandma, a wallet for my dad, and a pillow for my grandpa.

In the end, there was still a gift for Zhou Yichen that I hadn’t chosen. I walked around the store again but still couldn’t find a suitable one.

At this time, the clerk came over.

In a friendly tone, he asked, "How can I help you?"

Xu Yucheng thought for a moment and said to the salesgirl, "I want to choose a gift for a boy."

The clerk assumed it was her boyfriend and said, "We can customize bracelets here. You can take a look."

Bracelet? That seems okay.

She followed the clerk to the side and saw several displays filled with all kinds of exquisite beads.

Xu Yucheng moved closer.

“You can get started.”

She took out a pink bead from the outermost grid. The whole bead was very transparent and shiny.

The clerk's voice sounded at the right moment, "This one is for girls. If you like it, you can order one for yourself."

Xu Yucheng put down the beads in her hand, and her eyes were attracted by a string of beads in the corner that looked not so transparent.