Chapter 189: Jipin got off the plane and came out of the airport. Xu Heye...
After getting off the plane and exiting the airport, Xu Heye immediately spotted Lian Yushu outside the cordon. She raised her hand and waved, "Lian Yushu."
Lian Yushu glanced over at the sound, his brows raised and a smile spread across his face. The red mole on his forehead accentuated his picturesque features. He stepped forward, took the suitcase from Xu Heye, and then reached for her backpack.
Xu Heye handed him her backpack, then took the suitcase from Pang Qiao's hand.
Pang Qiao watched them perform a series of familiar movements, her eyes flickering as if she was thinking about something.
"Brother Yushu, thank you for coming to pick us up."
"You're welcome." Lian Yushu replied to Pang Qiao with a smile, then looked at Xu Heye, "It's almost noon, why don't we find a place to eat first, and then I'll take you to school?"
Xu Heye looked at her watch. It was half past ten, indeed almost noon, so she nodded and said, "Okay."
"So do you have any recommendations?"
Lian Yushu thought for a moment and asked, "Let's go to Quanjude to eat roast duck?"
Although he had been in Beijing for two years, he had been so busy with school and part-time work that he didn't really know much about food, drink, and entertainment. However, Beijing's Quanjude Roast Duck was so famous that it was a must-have specialty for tourists and business travelers from all over the country.
"That's fine." Xu Heye looked at Pang Qiao again. "Qiaoqiao, what about you?"
"I can do that, too." Pang Qiao knew Quanjude Roast Duck. She'd gone there specifically to try it during her summer vacation in Beijing, and it was truly delicious. She'd even packed up a few and brought them back to Hucheng, but it just wasn't the same the way it was the other time.
The three of them went to the restaurant to eat roast duck, and when they came out it was already past one in the afternoon.
There were many people coming to the restaurant to eat roast duck. Fortunately, they went there early and arrived during the lunch rush hour, otherwise they would have to queue outside the restaurant with number plates like everyone else and wait for a seat.
After eating roast duck, the three of them went to the Normal University where Pang Qiao was studying to accompany her to complete the admission procedures.
After registering, the three of them went to the post office to pick up their mailed luggage, and then went to the dormitory to put their things.
Pang Qiao was the first to arrive. There was no one else in the dormitory except the three of them.
The dormitory conditions weren't great, but they weren't terrible either, just about normal for that time of year. It was an eight-person room with bunk beds and a cabinet between them.
Probably to prevent students from fighting over beds, name tags were affixed to the beds and cabinet doors. Pang Qiao's bed was on the upper bunk by the window on the right side of the door.
The dormitory had been empty for the entire summer, and it was quite dusty. Lian Yushu went to the bathroom with a basin to fetch water. Pang Qiao approached Xu Heye, touched her arm, and lowered her voice to ask, "Cousin, what's going on between you and Lian Yushu?"
No matter how much fun you have, you shouldn't ask a grown boy to come to the dormitory to help you bring water and wash rags.
There was also the familiar movement when Lian Yushu took over Xu Heye's backpack at the airport.
The same thing happened when eating roast duck. Lian Yushu would place the roast duck he had wrapped on Xu Heye's plate. This was definitely not Lian Yushu showing his gentlemanly demeanor by serving a woman, because he had never wrapped it for her.
Therefore, all the details indicate that there is something fishy going on between these two people.
"What do you think?" Xu Heye asked her back.
Pang Qiao slowly widened her eyes: "Is it really what I think?"
"Yes." Xu Heye nodded, climbed onto the bed with a broom, and swept away all the dust and cobwebs on the walls, ceiling and bed.
Pang Qiao stepped on the lower bunk, pulled the railing of the upper bunk, and stuck her head out: "But when did you two talk?" How could she not know?
Xu Heye: "When the graduation banquet is held."
Pang Qiao: "Graduation banquet?" There were so many people to entertain at the banquet that she felt like she was almost exhausted. How could her cousin still find time to have a relationship?
Xu Heye nodded and said without hesitation: "We had a crush on each other when we were in school, but we were all busy with our studies at that time and didn't care about it. He came over that day and confessed his feelings to me. I thought it was okay, so I agreed."
Pang Qiao: “…”
"But your love affair is a bit dull."
If it were her, she would definitely want to be together forever after they confirmed their relationship. Unlike her cousin, her boyfriend ran back to Beijing to work right after they confirmed their relationship. And Xu Heye was still busy promoting the store!
Xu Heye felt that this kind of feeling was just right.
Relationships should make each other better, not become obstacles to each other's progress. Lian Yushu has his plans, and Xu Heye has her own plans. Encouraging each other and striving to shine in each other's fields is what she feels is the best companionship.
Upon hearing this, Pang Qiao gave Xu Heye a thumbs up and said, "Sister, you are awesome. I don't submit to anyone else but you now." She was too rational. She didn't look like someone in love at all.
Lian Yushu came in with some water and asked, "What are you talking about?"
Pang Qiao shook her head: "Nothing."
Then he added: "I asked my cousin if you two were in love, and she said yes."
Upon hearing this, the corners of Lian Yushu's mouth slowly curled up, and finally he grinned so widely that even his ears turned red.
He was happy about Xu Heye's honesty, but also a little shy about outsiders knowing about their relationship.
To ease the tension in his heart, Lian Yushu pretended to be calm and placed the basin in his hand on the wooden table in the middle of the bed. He took out the wet rag, wrung out the water, and handed it to Xu Heye: "Here you go."
Xu Heye took the wet rag, pulled it once but didn't take it, and pulled it again. Lian Yushu finally reacted and quickly let go.
Pang Qiao looked at Lian Yushu's performance and nodded secretly. This was just right. Shouldn't love be clingy and shy like this?
After wiping the bed and waiting for the moisture to dry, Xu Heye made it for Pang Qiao and put some things into the locker under Pang Qiao's name. The three of them left the dormitory to go shopping. Among other things, they had to buy toothpaste, toothbrushes, towels, soap, and a thermos.
The weather in the north is cold, especially after autumn, the temperature is getting lower day by day, and without a thermos you can't even drink a sip of hot water.
Maybe she had read too many campus novels. Before leaving, Xu Heye wondered if when they came back from shopping, they would find someone had occupied their clean beds and thrown Pang Qiao's bedding onto other dusty beds.
Well, what Xu Heye thought did not happen.
After the three of them came back from shopping, three more classmates came into the dormitory and were all quietly cleaning their beds.
Xu Heye laughed, thinking she'd read too many excellent novels. Admission wasn't based on recommendation these days, so how could a student who got into Beijing Normal University be such a fool? Even if someone's behavior was bizarre, they wouldn't offend their roommates on the first day of school.
But she didn't expect the slap in the face to come so quickly.
After Pang Qiao finished tidying up, the three of them went to Yenching University where Xu Heye was studying to help her with the admission procedures and sort out her housework.
Xu Heye's bed is located in the same position as Pang Qiao's, both are next to the window on the right side of the door. The difference is that Pang Qiao's is the upper bunk, while Xu Heye's is the lower bunk.
The person who was in charge of the upper bunk had not arrived yet. In order to prevent the person who was in charge of the upper bunk from coming to clean the bed and making the bedding just as she was about to clean it, which would cause dirty water and dust to fall onto her bedding, Xu Heye simply cleaned the upper bunk as well.
After she finished wiping the upper bunk, she came down and continued to wipe her own bed.
Not long after, other students came over one after another, including the student on the upper bunk.
Seeing Xu Heye scrubbing the bed, she prepared to scrub the bed as well, so she came over to borrow a rag from Xu Heye: "Xu Heye, I'm Zhang Qin, the one who sleeps on the upper bunk above you. Now that you've scrubbed the bed, can you lend me the rag?"
Xu Heye raised her head and met a pretty, youthful, round face. She smiled and said, "Classmate, I've already cleaned the upper bunk. You can spread out the bedding directly."
"You helped me clean it?" Zhang Qin was a little surprised. Xu Heye nodded, "Yes."
The girl took a look at the upper bunk and found it was indeed very clean. She reached out and touched it and found no dust at all. It was in stark contrast to the dusty bunk next to it.
Zhang Qin quickly thanked him: "Xu Heye, thank you so much."
Xu Heye shook her head: "You're welcome."
She explained, "I'm doing this for my own good. My bed is underneath yours, and I can't make my own bedding unless I clean the top bunk first."
Otherwise, when you clean, the dust and dirty water will fall and stain my bedding. I don’t want my bedding to get dirty, so I just clean it together.”
"My dear classmate, I still have to thank you." Zhang Qin's mother took over the conversation. "No matter why, you helped clean our Zhang Qin's bed. I still have to say thank you."
Xu Heye smiled and said, "Auntie, you are so polite."
Both sides are civilized people, so they are in harmony.
The other family that followed Zhang Qin's family into the dormitory was different. A middle-aged woman with curly hair, who looked to be in her forties, pointed to the other bed and said bluntly, "Little girl, my daughter's bed is this one. When you're done, wipe mine too."
Xu Heye: “…”
What the hell?
Xu Heye ignored her and continued to wipe her bed. She waited for the moisture on the wooden board to dry before she started to make the bed.
The curly-haired aunt thought Xu Heye didn't hear, so she said, "Little girl, clean my daughter's bed too."
Xu Heye then raised her head and glanced over there: "Auntie, do your own thing."
"If you don't want to wipe it, you can just put the blanket on and sleep."
The curly-haired lady said angrily, "How can I sleep if I don't wipe it clean when it's all dusty?"
Xu Heye: "Then just wipe it yourself."
The curly-haired lady pointed at Zhang Qin's bed and said, "You can clean hers, so why can't you clean us?"
Xu Heye spread out the quilt and stood up: "Why? Because I'm happy! Because I have no obligation to clean the bed for you."
She helped Zhang Qin clean the bed to keep her own bed clean, not to be taken advantage of. She was asked to do the work for just anyone. Was she here to study or to be a housekeeper?
The curly-haired auntie was being naughty: "I don't care, if you clean hers, you must clean mine." She tried to pull Xu Heye away. Seeing this, Lian Yushu quickly stood in front of Xu Heye and said in a low voice: "Auntie, what do you want to do?"
Twenty-year-old Lian Yushu has grown into a big man. In addition, he exercises interestingly, and his height and strong body make him very intimidating just standing there.
Feeling the pressure, the curly-haired woman dared not throw a tantrum anymore and could only retreat back mumbling. Xu Heye had originally thought that she would obediently clean the bed, but she hadn't expected her to set her sights on the family who lived in the bunk below her daughter.
"Hey, after you're done wiping the bed, wipe my daughter's bed too."
The family, of course, wasn't pushovers and directly retorted, "Why?" If they had asked nicely, they would have wiped it off if they could. With this kind of bossy attitude, who owed her anything?
"Why? Because my daughter's bed is on top of yours." The curly-haired aunt said smugly, "If you don't help me clean it, the dust from the upper bunk will fall and your daughter's bedding will get dirty too!"
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