Chapter 287 Not Early Romance

Chen Fanglan listened at first, but when she heard her repeatedly telling her to take good care of Shen Xuewei, she rolled her eyes and became a little impatient.

"Okay, okay, I know, I'll take good care of her. Never mind, let's not talk about this anymore."

"Weiwei's classmate is having a reunion later, and we're going out to eat, so we won't cook at home. Let's go out to eat together. I happened to go to that restaurant with my friends last time, and it was pretty good. Let's go together."

Chen Fangli shook her head, bent down and slung her cloth bag over her shoulder.

"I'm not going. I've been out for three days already. I need to go back quickly, otherwise there will be no one to farm the land, and I don't know how Kang Kang is doing. Your brother-in-law is unreliable and spoils the little one..."

It's quite remarkable that her large family could spare the time to spend a few days in the county.

Although he came to the county, he kept thinking about home.

At that moment, I had no appetite; all I wanted was to get home as soon as possible.

Chen Fanglan noticed the urgency in her eyes and did not try to stop her.

"Okay, I'll take you to the station. Call me when you get there."

Hearing that Chen Fangli was leaving so soon, Shen Xuewei quickly gave her the two toys she had bought earlier to take with her.

"Second Aunt, these are for De'an and Kang Kang. They were bought by... by my younger aunt. Please take them back to them."

Chen Fanglan glanced at Shen Xuewei, who was using her as an excuse, but did not expose her. Instead, she took two bags of clothes from the closet in the room and gave them to Chen Fangli.

"Second sister, these are clothes I bought before. Some are for you, and some are for the two children."

"I'll hold it for you; we can take it back with us later."

Chen Fangli, who only brought a cloth bag, was now having to take back so many things, which made her both amused and exasperated.

"Why spend this money? Keep it for yourself. You don't earn money easily..."

"Oh, stop talking about that. We've already bought it, so just take it with you. Come on, I'll take you to the station..."

Chen Fanglan, impatient with her rambling, urged her to leave, and the two went to the station together.

Shen Xuewei played on the computer at home for a while, then, estimating that it was about time, got up and began to prepare.

She picked out a light blue knee-length dress from the closet, changed into a pair of strappy sandals, tidied her hair, took a handbag given to her by Chen Fanglan, and headed towards the Haozailai Restaurant.

The class monitor used the remaining class funds, and everyone chipped in a little money, to get the classmates together at the restaurant.

Not only that, but they also invited several of the teachers who taught the course to come along.

Fortunately, the restaurant was not far from her accommodation, so Shen Xuewei did not call a car but walked there slowly.

When I arrived at the restaurant entrance, it was a few minutes before 7:30.

Guided by the proprietress, Shen Xuewei went up to the second floor of Haozailai Restaurant.

The second floor of the restaurant wasn't large, and it was booked out by the students from No. 1 High School who had just finished their college entrance exams, both arts and science students.

By this time, most of the students from both classes had arrived. A few students from the humanities class saw Shen Xuewei and quickly beckoned her over.

"Weiwei, over here!"

Shen Xuewei saw that the table was full of familiar faces, smiled at them, and quickly walked a few steps to sit next to Ren Qinan.

"You came so quickly."

Du Qiuxia rolled her eyes at her, "It's not that we arrived quickly, it's that you arrived slowly. Luckily we got seats, otherwise you would have been annoyed to death by the boys when you sat at their table."

A dozen or so girls sat at a table, laughing and joking.

The table where the teacher sits is where students from both the arts and sciences classes pooled their money to arrange it.

The remaining eight tables will be divided into two groups of four.

There are more girls than boys in the humanities class and more boys than girls in the science class. Each class has one table where boys and girls sit together.

Everyone was present, and the food was ready. They ate and talked, and the class monitor took the lead in toasting the teacher.

Shen Xuewei, holding a drink, went over to offer a toast, just to show her respect.

A group of girls were chatting animatedly when a boy jumped out and confessed his love to them in front of everyone.

"Qiu Yating, I like you, I've liked you for a long time. Would you like to be with me?"

Shen Xuewei stopped using her chopsticks to pick up food and looked at the boy whose face was flushed.

She nudged Ren Qinan, "Who's this?"

Ren Qinan sized up the boy. "I don't recognize him. He seems to be from the science class next door. When did Yating get to know him?"

They lived in the same dormitory as Qiu Yating, and she never mentioned this boy before.

Qiu Yating blushed and, amidst the cheers of her classmates urging her to "say yes! say yes!", she vaguely agreed.

Teacher Miao objected sternly, "What are you doing? What are you doing? Your task now is to study hard, and you are not allowed to have early romantic relationships."

Qiu Yating said weakly, "But, teacher, we've already finished the college entrance exam, so it doesn't count as puppy love."

The boy craned his neck and said, "Yes, teacher, this doesn't count as puppy love. We've already agreed that we'll apply to the same university after our grades come out."

Other teachers nearby tried to smooth things over.

"Oh, Teacher Miao, the children know what they're doing and have already discussed it, so you don't need to worry about it."

"Anyway, they're going to the same university, so they'll have each other's company. They're from the same hometown, so I think they're a good match."

"It's so good to be young, so good to be young. If I had had the courage to confess back then, I might have gotten married right after graduating from college, instead of being in my thirties now with my child only in kindergarten..."

Several people worked together to persuade them, and they successfully smoothed things over.

Teacher Miao sighed as she looked at Qiu Yating, who had a nervous expression.

"This is your business. Since you've already thought it through, I naturally can't interfere anymore. Just keep it to yourself."

It was obvious that both parties were interested, and now that the college entrance exam was over, it was no longer her concern.

Teacher Miao ignored the two of them and silently sat down to eat.

Shen Xuewei glanced at the two of them curiously.

After the boy successfully confessed his feelings, he switched seats with another boy and moved to the liberal arts class side, sitting next to Qiu Yating.

Shen Xuewei was about to look away when she noticed another person at the table.

Wu Shiguo looked dejected. He hadn't touched the rice in his bowl, and his chopsticks had been sitting on the table, seemingly without picking up any food. This contrasted sharply with the excited classmates beside him.

Du Qiuxia invited Shen Xuewei to eat, and followed her gaze.

"Why are you looking over there? I'm afraid you'll catch Wu Shiguo's bad luck. Eat your vegetables, don't worry about them, eat quickly!"

Shen Xuewei smiled and continued eating.

The group ate until almost 10 p.m. before breaking up.

When Chen Fanglan noticed that Shen Xuewei hadn't returned so late, she asked them when they had finished their performance and then came to pick her up.

Shen Xuewei said goodbye to her classmates and left the Haozailai Restaurant with her aunt.

She had only taken a few steps when someone called out to her from behind.

"Shen Xuewei!"

Shen Xuewei turned around. "Sister Ren, what's wrong?"

Ren Qinan stood at the store entrance and shouted loudly:

"Come visit me in the capital sometime when you have time!"

Shen Xuewei smiled and said, "Okay!"