Chapter 18 Are We a Little Away
She studied both undergraduate and graduate studies in the United States.
The United States adopts a credit system, and you can apply for early graduation if you complete the minimum credits required for graduation.
She had completed all the credits in four years and had originally planned to apply for graduation next March. However, thinking that the Lunar New Year was approaching and she hadn't been home for four years, she asked her advisor for a long leave of absence and applied to return next March.
"That's fine." Lin Yue calculated the days. "Chinese New Year is in February. Just after Chinese New Year, you can go back to California to apply for graduation. You can come back after the graduation ceremony in May."
Zhou Zhou nodded.
The water in the teapot boiled, and she took the teapot and poured the boiling hot water over the teacup. After wetting the teapot and warming the cup, she used a tea knife to pick up a small piece of tea and put it into the teapot.
"Have you thought about what you want to do when you come back?" Zhou Xianda asked about her future plans. "Do you want to come to work in the company?"
Zhou Zhou shook his head. "I don't want to waste what I learned in school, so I plan to open a studio. I'll take advantage of the next few months to look at sites and make the preliminary preparations. I'll open the studio after graduation."
She had thought of all this a long time ago.
The Zhou couple had no objection to this.
As long as the child has plans and ideas and does not intend to sit idle and live off the savings, they do not intend to interfere with her career direction.
The family chatted for a long time without realizing it.
Seeing that it was getting late, Lin Yue was worried that her daughter had not recovered from the jet lag and had not slept well in the suburban villa, so she urged her to go upstairs to take a hot bath and go to sleep.
Zhou Zhou was lying in the bathtub before he had time to take out his cell phone.
Yan Yiqi sent her a message in the evening, which was shared from the APP, containing his flight information.
Zhou Zhou clicked it to read.
She stared quietly at the three big words "Yan Yiqi" on the flight information, and it took her a while before she looked away.
His fingertips hesitated in the chat box, and he replied with a received message.
He didn't reply yet. He is on the plane at this time.
Just after she replied to the message, another message jumped to the top. It was the group that Chen Yiyang invited her to join.
There are more than 20 people in the group, and they are not as active every day as those second-generation rich guys who are busy picking up girls. If you don’t read the messages carefully, the number will increase to 999+.
Pei Shuchen tagged her in the group: [Little Ancestor, where are you?]
There was also a message from him tagging Cheng Yu: [Brother, you didn't abandon Sister Zhou Zhou to the suburbs, did you? Why didn't I see her talk to me all night?]
Zhou Zhou took a quick look and found that Pei Shuchen had tagged her several times in the group.
First, when I heard she was back, I enthusiastically asked her out the next day. Then, when I saw she hadn't replied, I would occasionally tag her and ask her why she hadn't replied.
Every time he tagged her, he also tagged Cheng Yu and asked him where he had hidden her.
Others teased him that he had lost his mind. Even Chen Yiyang, who was busy hanging out with the little star, took the time to reply to a few messages. Cheng Yu didn't say a word to the 999+ messages.
Like his style.
When they were at the villa, there were a lot of messages in the group chat. Chen Yiyang would occasionally talk about what was going on in the group, but Cheng Yu never jumped out to say anything.
The people inside spoke surprisingly little.
Zhou Zhou opened the input box and just typed a few words when a new message popped up under Pei Shuchen's avatar.
CY: [@Pei Shuchen, why don’t you post a missing person notice?]
Pei Shuchen replied quickly: [? ]
CY: [If someone is really missing, what's the point of you playing cop in the group chat? If you have this intention, I'll give you a call and reserve a position at the Beijing Public Security Bureau, so you can search for people every day.]
As soon as he finished speaking, the group became lively again, with emoticons flying everywhere.
Pei Shuchen sent several voice messages in a row, each one or two seconds long, full of swear words.
Whether Cheng Yu is speaking or typing, there is a kind of cunning temperament in his mouth that is so irritating that it can kill people.
Zhou Zhou had seen it in the car.
She waited until the group was quiet again before replying.
Zoe: [@Pei Shuchen was talking to his parents and just checked his phone. ]
Pei Shuchen seemed to be guarding the phone, replying to the message very quickly, and it was a voice message: "You haven't been home for so long, you should spend some time with our parents and talk."
Those second-generation rich kids were all about watching the fun and no one minding the trouble. Someone immediately started to make a fuss and directly filled the entire screen with the words "our parents".
Zhou Zhou laughed and didn't care.
After chatting with the people in the group for a while, Zhou Zhou turned off his phone and got up from the bathtub.
The room had been cleaned a few days before, and the bedding had been changed. The cloakroom had also been stocked with the latest fashions of the season. Everything was perfectly prepared.
I've been in the villa for the past few days and have almost adjusted to the time difference. I'm almost sleepy at this time.
When I woke up again, it was already noon.
Mrs. Wang prepared lunch for her. After eating, she started to pack up and arrived at the airport at 2:50 in the afternoon.
Yan Yiqi's plane landed at three o'clock in the afternoon.
When the electronic screen flashed the arrival of Yan Yiqi's flight, Zhou Zhou was still a little dazed, until she saw the tall and thin figure coming out, she felt inexplicably complicated.
Zhou Zhou looked at him, his feet seemed to be fixed, unable to move an step.
The figure approached her, and the face became clear in front of her eyes, but she was still in shock.
A pair of hands landed on her head, rubbing it gently. “Zoe, how long has it been since we last met? You’ve already forgotten me, your old friend?”
Zhou Zhou came back to his senses and met his gentle smile: "No, welcome back."
It’s not right to say it’s been too long, as it’s only been eight months since the last time they met.
During this period, the two contacted each other occasionally, but only exchanged a few words in text and never made a video call.
After not seeing each other for eight months, Yan Yiqi was as gentle as she remembered, and his deep eyes were filled with the atmosphere of a peaceful life.
Very familiar, yet a little strange.
The two walked side by side for a while and chatted about some trivial things in life.
It wasn't until they were in the car that Zhou Zhou asked him, "Didn't you go to Sydney? Why did you suddenly return home?"
"I went back to California a few days ago, originally to look for you. I heard you took a long vacation back to Beijing, so I came back too." Yan Yiqi explained with a smile, "I thought you would stay in California until next May, so I didn't tell you in advance, and ended up missing you."
Zhou Zhou didn't ask him why he wanted to see him, but just said, "I wanted to come back for the New Year."
Yan Yiqi glanced down slightly, fixed his gaze on her face for two seconds, and then said, "Zoe, are we a little estranged?"
His voice is always clear and gentle, not aggressive, but with a power that cannot be ignored.
He asked her, but in an affirmative tone.
Zhou Zhou paused slightly as he was about to step on the accelerator. He felt his right cheek was being stared at by his gaze, which was a bit hot.
She turned her face to the other side, leaned against the seat to look at the left rearview mirror, and could clearly see herself in the mirror with delicate makeup and slightly raised eyes that revealed her endless charm.
All the men who have played with Zhou Zhou know that she is free and easy.
You can afford to play and let go, and if it breaks off, it breaks off completely, with no turning back.
Only she herself knew it, except when facing Yan Yiqi, she didn't.
She had some inexplicable feelings towards Yan Yiqi.
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