Chapter 32

Jiang Bai looked at her in confusion, "What?"

Lan Shu thought for a moment and said, "It's about what you'll be like in the future. For example, when you're thirty or forty, is there anything you want to accomplish... or something like that..."

Is a nineteen-year-old girl already thinking so far ahead?

Jiang Bai smiled inwardly. She put her hands in her pockets, still wearing her light-colored windbreaker, and looked far away. "I've thought about it, but there's nothing particular I want to do."

"Why?" Lan Shuqing was puzzled. "Haven't you figured it out?"

Jiang Bai shook her head. She had thought about her future, but she didn't think it would be like that. "I care more about the present. If I do well in the things at hand, the future will be good too."

Hearing this, Lan Shu chuckled, "Jiang Bai, you are quite optimistic."

Jiang Bai smiled and said, not really, because the present moment is the easiest to grasp and the easiest to slip away.

Lan Shuqing continued, "I think what you said makes a lot of sense. The future also depends on the present."

Jiang Bai glanced at Lan Shuqing again and asked, "You've been staying with me for a whole day. Didn't you look for him at home?"

Lan Shuqing replied, "I reported this to my parents before I came here yesterday. It's okay."

Jiang Bai nodded.

Walking down the riverbank, the colorful lights along the shore lit up, very beautiful. More and more people were walking on the street. This was a common feature of City A. After dinner, people were strolling in succession. Occasionally, you could see small stalls selling milk tea or something.

Jiang Bai remembered that there was a night market street further down this road, but he didn't know if it was open. If it was, he could take Lan Shu for a stroll.

Forget it, you’ll know when you get there.

Jiang Bai tilted her head to glance at Lan Shuqing. Because Lan Shuqing was half a head taller than her, she had to raise her head to see Lan Shuqing's complete profile.

Woof woof!

A white Bichon Frise came trotting towards them. Jiang Bai quickly pulled Lan Shuqing to the other side of the road. She looked up and saw a boy chasing the Bichon Frise with a leash.

Jiang Bai walked in front of Lan Shuqing, blocking her completely. Fortunately, the white Bichon Frise's target was not them, but the lawn beside them. Only after they walked a distance away did Jiang Bai breathe a sigh of relief.

Lan Shuqing looked at Jiang Bai holding her hand, her heart slightly soothed. She suddenly called out, "Jiang Bai."

Jiang Bai turned around and looked at her, "Hmm?"

Lan Shuqing asked again: "Are you so nice to everyone?"

Jiang Bai then realized that she had been holding Lan Shuqing's hand. She let go and put her hands in her pockets. "You are a child and need to be taken care of."

Lan Shu snorted lightly, a woman who avoided the important issues.

When the two came back from their walk, it was already past eight o'clock.

Jiang Bai took out her phone and checked the time, then discovered that there were dozens of messages on WeChat. She clicked on them and saw that it was Sister Zhu talking about a dinner party in their group.

The project summary report is completed, which means that the entire department's project this year has come to an end. The general manager wants to organize a dinner before the New Year for those involved in the project, because the year-end is coming soon, and after the New Year, they have to prepare the year-end performance report for the entire department, and there will be no time by then.

Jiang Bai sat on the sofa. After climbing the stairs, he found that everyone had already decided on the time and place. Sister Zhu finally asked everyone if they were OK. Jiang Bai replied OK, and that was it.

She replied to the group message, and Bai Shanshan sent her a private message: Jiang Bai, dinner parties are so annoying, I don’t even want to go.

Lan Shuqing looked at Jiang Bai and stared at his phone when he came back, and couldn't help asking, "What's the matter?"

Jiang Bai looked up at Lan Shuqing and replied, "The boss has arranged a dinner party next week. I'm replying to the message."

Lan Shuqing sat down next to her and asked, "What day is next week?"

Jiang Bai replied, "Thursday." She then typed a message to Bai Shanshan: We have to go, and Mr. Ding should be there too.

Bai Shanshan is the team leader of Group B. Maybe because they are both girls, they have a better relationship. Bai Shanshan is one year older than her and joined the company a year earlier. Mr. Ding’s general manager, Ding Yijing, is an okay person, but she is a bit strict.

Bai Shanshan: Ah, I don’t want to see President Ding. I didn’t go to report, so I think I don’t have to go.

Jiang Bai: You're overthinking it. All the team leaders should go. It should be a New Year's dinner.

Bai Shanshan: (T_T)

Bai Shanshan: Then we will be together.

Jiang Bai: Okay.

After replying, Jiang Bai locked her phone. Turning around, she found Lan Shuqing staring at her. Jiang Bai scratched her hair and asked, "Why are you looking at me?"

When replying to the message, Jiang Bai had a smile on his face. Lan Shu snorted softly, "It seems that you have a good relationship with your colleagues."

Jiang Bai was stunned for a moment. Usually, Bai Shanshan would send her some messages and they would gossip with each other. Their relationship was okay, but Lan Shuqing was like this... Jiang Bai poked Lan Shuqing's shoulder, "What's wrong with you?"

Lan Shuqing reached out and pinched Jiang Bai's face, pulling it up on both sides. A grimace appeared on his face. Jiang Bai hurriedly grabbed Lan Shuqing's hand and asked, "What are you doing?"

Lan Shuqing looked around and said, "I just realized that Jiang Bai, you rarely smile."

Jiang Bai replied incoherently: "Why are you so serious?"

Lan Shuqing put down his hand. Jiang Bai rubbed his face. Lan Shuqing moved closer to Jiang Bai and said, "Give me a smile."

Jiang Bai pulled the corners of his mouth stiffly, "Lan Shuqing, stop making trouble."

Lan Shu poked Jiang Bai's face lightly, which was quite elastic. "What are you guys going to eat?"

"Barbecue."

Lan Shuqing poked Jiang Bai's waist again, "Eating barbecue at night will make you fat."

Jiang Bai helplessly grabbed Lan Shuqing's hand and said with a smile, "Whatever you eat at night will make you gain weight."

Lan Shu curled his fingertips lightly, "Then I want to eat barbecue too."

Jiang Bai's eyes widened. "Huh?"

Lan Shu approached Jiang Bai and said in a domineering tone, "After the dinner, treat me to a meal!"

"Huh?" Jiang Bai blinked. "Didn't they say I'd gain weight?"

Lan Shu squinted his eyes and smiled, "It's okay to grow fat together."

Jiang Bai glanced at Lan Shuqing suspiciously. What was wrong with this guy? He was acting so strangely... She asked tentatively, "Do you really want to eat?"

Lan Shu nodded slightly, "Yeah!"

Jiang Baicai sent Lan Shuqing back the next afternoon. Zhou Tian, ​​a senior student, had to attend evening self-study classes and could not stay any longer.

In the following period, as Jiang Bai said, the most important thing is the annual settlement. The business volume at the end of the year suddenly increases, and all business must be completed in December. This means that Jiang Bai and his team have a lot of things to do.

He gets off work after 6:30 every day, and sometimes as late as 7 or 8 o'clock. When he gets home, he doesn't want to do anything else. Jiang Bai's daily life has become a straight line between the company, home, and chatting with Lan Shu.

Jiang Bai and his friends' dinner was really just a dinner. They ate, chatted, went home, and that was it. As soon as Jiang Bai got home that day, he said good night to Lan Shuqing and went to bed. He was very tired.

In the second half of the month, Jiang Bai sometimes fell asleep while chatting with Lan Shuqing. Lan Shuqing felt a little distressed and did not ask Jiang Bai to treat him to barbecue. He just asked Jiang Bai to go to sleep.

Lan Shuqing still has to take the monthly exam in December. This is the last monthly exam before the winter vacation. It is said that the questions are very difficult. They are jointly set with the Beijing City. The exam has not yet begun, but most of the senior high school students have started to complain and say that it is too hard. Xie Rong and the others are also the same. Together with the other two sisters, they pop up in the group from time to time and ask Lan Shuqing if he can give them extra lessons.

So the following weekend, Lan Shuqing, Xie Rong, Huang Yue, Huang Xue, the two sisters from before, plus Chen Zhaolin and Yang Bin, went to the library study room to make up for the lessons. Their main task was to do the papers, and Lan Shuqing or Chen Zhaolin would explain to them if they didn't understand.

Time quickly came to the last week of December. On Christmas Day, the 25th, many people in Lan Shuqing's class bought apples, some for themselves and some for others. When Xie Rong was shopping, he also bought one for Lan Shuqing.

Some people were eager to buy things for Lan Shuqing, but Lan Shuqing didn't like these things. Some people had given them to her for Christmas before, but she rejected them every time. Later, no one bought anything for her except Xie Rong.

However, after evening self-study, Lan Shuqing received messages on his mobile phone wishing him a happy Christmas and safe travels from several people.

Merry Christmas from Ye Wu and Ye Ze.

Peace and safety come from Jiang Bai.

Q version of the little man: Are you off work?

Pure white avatar: Yeah.

Q version man: sent a photo.

Jiang Bai clicked it and saw an apple.

Q version of the little man: Have you eaten the apple?

Pure white avatar: Yeah.

Q version of the little man: Did you buy it yourself?

Pure white avatar: No, it was given by the property management downstairs.

Q version villain: hahaha.jpg

Pure White Avatar: What's so funny about this?

Q version of the little man: it's just very funny.

Pure white avatar: hum.jpg

Q version of the little man: Is there a lot of work today?

Pure white avatar: Not bad, how’s your exam review going?

Q version of the little man: Of course there is no problem. Xie Rong and the others were very anxious and were doing test papers when they got home at night.

Pure White Avatar: Then why don’t you do it?

Q version villain: Do a little~ hehe

Jiang Bai smiled: Come on.jpg

Pure white avatar: I won’t say anymore, I’m going to take a shower and go to bed.

Q version villain: good night.jpg

Pure white avatar: Good night.

Xie Rong lay on Lan Shuqing's desk, scowling. "Shuqing, I feel like I'm dying. Why do we have monthly exams? Why do we have to take the college entrance exam?!"

Huang Yue and Huang Xue are twins. They walked to Xie Rong's side, one on each side, and patted her on the shoulder. The elder sister Huang Xue said, "Just accept your fate. If you don't have the college entrance examination, there are other exams. Otherwise, you can choose not to go to school."

Xie Rong didn't even raise his head and said depressedly: "Old Xie will beat me to death if I don't go to school."

Lan Shu chuckled, "Don't worry, you didn't do all those exams in vain. Rongrong, the more anxious you are, the more likely you are to do poorly on the test."

"Yeah, exams are just a few extra papers to do, what's there to be afraid of?" said Huang Yue, her younger sister. She was an optimist, "If I don't do well on the test, then no one else will either!"

Xie Rong looked up at Huang Yue and said, "I hope so." Then she grabbed Lan Shuqing's arm and said, "Shuqing, I want milk tea, a large one!"

Lan Shu patted her hand lightly and said cheerfully, "Okay, I'll treat you!"

Xie Rong softened all of a sudden, leaning against Lan Shuqing, sobbing, "Shuqing, you're so kind."

The other two sisters smiled at each other. Lan Shuqing was the most stable among them, and could be called the mainstay. She had already marked some key points for them during the last tutoring session, and had also asked them to do a lot of extra papers. Just as Huang Yue said, if they still didn't do well in the exam, it would be a shame for their efforts during this period.