Chapter 31: Passing by in the rain

Meng Yunqiao kept looking around the crowd, searching for Meng Yunlan. When she heard her friend's question, she waved her hand and said:

"Your husband and father are here to pick you up. My brother must be here too. He will be here soon. You don't have to worry about me. Go back quickly."

Su Yuan nodded upon hearing this:

"Okay, let's go then."

Meng Yunqiao urged:

"Yeah, let's go."

Su Yuan turned around and left with her husband, and her father left.

On the way.

Su Yuan held the umbrella in one hand and put the other hand on Nan Chu's waist, holding him close to her to prevent him from getting wet in the rain.

She grasped the slender waist under her and asked with her head down:

"I haven't seen you for two days. You seem to have lost some weight."

Nan Chu was half-held in Su Yuan's arms. He felt his heartbeat suddenly speed up. With hot cheeks, he muttered:

"Wife, wife, we are outside, there are many people, and daddy is following behind."

Especially since Father Su was there too, he could imagine the teasing look in his father's eyes.

How sorry!

Su Yuan saw that he was so embarrassed that he couldn't even lift his head, which seriously affected his ability to see the road.

She pulled her arm out from Nan Chu's waist and said with a half-smile:

"Okay, I won't hug you anymore. Then move closer to me. Be careful not to get wet in the rain. Let's go back and hug again."

Nan Chu bit her lip and said angrily:

"The wife."

Su Yuan unconsciously raised the corners of his mouth and smiled faintly:

"Well, I won't say anymore."

The two of them were flirting sweetly, not knowing that an old friend had just passed by them in the rain.

The other side.

Meng Yunlan was holding an umbrella and going to pick up her sister. Just as she turned the corner, she suddenly heard a familiar laughter.

He paused slightly, and after he reacted, he turned around abruptly and looked around frantically. He only had time to see the person's back as she chatted and laughed with her husband.

Meng Yunlan pursed her lips and lowered her eyes dejectedly.

After a while, he seemed to react, raised his head and opened his eyes suddenly wide, with a look of disbelief.

He, why is he so concerned about his sister's best friend.

A thought emerged in Meng Yunlan's mind, making his face pale instantly and his hands tremble constantly, obviously he was extremely frightened.

Impossible, he is the most polite person.

He has a fiancée.

Wenqing saw that his son suddenly stopped, as if looking for something in the crowd. After a while, he lowered his head and remained silent.

He tried to remind her:

"Sir, um, are we still leaving? Aren't we going to give Miss an umbrella?"

When Meng Yunlan was called by the servant, she blinked her eyelashes and came back to her senses.

He clenched his hands under his sleeves, pinched his palms, and said in a calm voice:

"Well, let's go deliver the umbrella."

Wenqing and Wenxiu nodded: "Okay, sir."

The master and two servants left together to deliver an umbrella to the forgotten Meng Yunqiao.

The next day.

The weather is clear and cloudless.

The banks of Lingyan Lake are shaded by green willows. When the breeze blows, the willow branches sway gently, causing ripples on the water surface, reflecting the shadows of a row of buildings and pavilions on the shore, which also ripple along with the water.

Meng Yunqiao rented a pleasure boat and invited Su Yuan and her husband to go out for an outing.

Inside the houseboat, every table was filled with cakes, fruits and drinks.

Meng Yunqiao sat in the main seat, poured himself a glass of warm wine, raised it in front of him and said to Su Yuan:

"Su Yuan, let me toast you a glass of wine. You saved my brother last time, and you helped me a lot this time. I don't need to thank you for your kindness. It's all in this wine."

"If you need anything in the future, just come to me, your sister. I, Meng Yunqiao, will go through fire and water for you."

Before she could even say anything serious, she smiled playfully and patted her chest:

"As long as you don't think I'm useless, hehe!"

After that, she began to remind her brother again:

"Brother, why don't you toast me and my sister? This is a life-saving favor. Although I will help you, you must be sincere. Otherwise, I will be the first to disagree."

Meng Yunlan had already taken off her veil at this time, and he was stunned when he heard this.

After reacting, he looked up at Su Yuan. Seeing that she was also looking at him, Meng Yunlan quickly looked away and stared at the table.

He took a deep breath and calmed down, then picked up the wine glass with trembling hands and said:

"Thank you Miss Su for saving my life. Yun Lan will never forget it."

After saying that, she brought the wine glass to her lips, slightly raised her fair and slender neck, and drank the fruit wine.

Su Yuan nodded calmly, then drank the wine and said:

"It's just a small favor."

After the toast, Meng Yunqiao started talking again:

"Alas, I will be leaving Qinghe Town soon. I hope I can pass the examination and become a student. Then I can enter Tiande College openly and let those bastards look down on me. Hehe."

After saying that, she glanced at Su Yuan and said in a sly voice:

"We sisters will pass the exam together, and then go to Tiande Academy and dominate everyone. If anyone dares to bully you, I will beat him to a pulp. You should know that I, Meng Yunqiao, am the little bully of the city."

Su Yuan's eyes flickered when he heard this, and he asked:

"Then tell me about Tongcheng. How many colleges there are and what are their rules?"

Meng Yunqiao reacted and explained:

"Oh, I forgot, you don't know this. Tongcheng has four major academies. Tiande Academy and Shengshi Academy belong to the official schools of Tongcheng, mainly recruiting students from all previous years, while Jianyin and Huixiang are privately run and recruit everyone."

"If people like us pass the exam, we usually choose Tiande or Shengshi. Alas, I failed the exam before, but my mother paid to get me into Tiande, and I ended up being bullied to death."

Su Yuan nodded, indicating that he understood, and said with a twinkle in his eyes:

"Then I will go to Tiande Academy with you. By the way, do I need to stay in the academy to study?"

Meng Yunqiao nodded and said in surprise:

"How do you know that?"

Su Yuan raised his eyebrows slightly, picked up a melon seed at random, tossed it in his palm, and said slowly:

"I guess."

Actually, it wasn’t. She knew that from reading the original novel.

Thinking of the novel, she snorted and laughed.

I wonder if Gu Ranran can still jump around after being taught a lesson by her last time.

Oh, I forgot.

She must have gone to take the county exam yesterday, but I didn't notice it!

Meng Yunqiao believed it and exclaimed:

"Wow, your guess is so accurate, so impressive."

Su Yuan ignored her, picked up an orange from the fruit plate, peeled it, picked out the orange fibers, broke off a segment and handed it to Nan Chu, saying softly:

"Open your mouth and taste it."

Nan Chu blushed instantly, lowered his head and took the orange petals in his mouth, stammering:

"Wife, wife, I can do it myself."

The wife must have just sat there obediently, not eating anything, just because she saw him.

So he cared about him and fed him.

He was afraid that he might not do something well and embarrass himself in front of his wife's classmates.

There were so many servants standing around, and Master Meng opposite him was also behaving very dignifiedly. He knew nothing and could only sit there and do nothing.

This way you won't go wrong.

Su Yuan glanced at Nan Chu and said in a low voice:

"Don't be restrained, we are all family."

"If you're really embarrassed, you can ask me to get it for you. Your wife is thick-skinned and won't be shy."

Nan Chu nodded awkwardly, gently grabbed Su Yuan's sleeve with her small hand, and whispered:

"My dear wife, I am a little thirsty."

Su Yuan smiled and said with a slight curl of his lips:

"Okay, I'll order you some tea. Alcohol won't quench your thirst."

After saying this, she waved her hand to call the attendant and said calmly:

"Bring a pot of Biluochun."

The attendant nodded and said, "Yes."