“I noticed that Aunt Wu wasn’t familiar with the tools on the ship, so I helped her grind them. When I finished, I looked at my watch and realized I’d forgotten the time,” Xiao Nan said, pouring herself another glass of water and sitting down.
"Oh, is that so? I thought something had happened to you. I was just about to go out and look for you when you came here." Xu Zhaoyue fanned herself with her fan, relieved that nothing else had happened.
"Alright, let's begin our afternoon study session!" Xu Zhaoyue closed her fan and headed to find her books. "Huh? Ah!" Xiao Nan was a little flustered. How did the conversation suddenly turn to studying again?
"Um, Miss, let me get ready first. I'll take the food box down and come right back with some snacks." Xiao Nan saw the food box on the table, grabbed it, and ran off.
"Hey, take the one that's not sweet." Before Xu Zhaoyue could stop her, her mouth blurted out faster than her brain.
Finally, Xiao Nan returned, bringing hawthorn cake with her. The ten-plus days of the trip passed quickly. Xu Zhaoyue taught Xiao Nan some foreign languages every day. Although Xiao Nan would resist from time to time, her learning ability was still very strong, and she basically mastered them all.
The day to disembark finally arrived.
"Miss, the luggage has been loaded onto the truck, but we don't know where they'll meet us." Xiao Nan held an umbrella for the young lady; they were on the deck.
Xu Zhaoyue looked at the people on the shore. "Don't worry, they should be easy to recognize. Look, most of them are foreigners down there. Chinese people are still quite noticeable. I remember contacting two sponsored students, right?"
"Yes, one is named Wang Tianding, and the other is named Wan Jiahui."
"Buzz..." With the roar of the ship's horn, the ship finally reached the shore. "Let's go, look at that sign they're holding up." Xu Zhaoyue immediately spotted the most eye-catching sign in the crowd, which read "Miss Xu".
Xiao Nan saw it too. "It's really obvious, Miss. Slow down, don't get bumped." Xiao Nan diligently protected her young lady from behind, afraid that she might bump into something.
When they disembarked and arrived at the sign for the pick-up, sure enough, Wang Tianding and Wan Jiahui were waiting for them.
"You must be Miss Xu. I'm Wan Jiahui. You can call me Jack. Her name is Wang Tianding. Just call her Eileen." The people who came to meet them were a man and a woman. When they saw Xu Zhaoyue leading Xiao Nan toward them, Wan Jiahui immediately stepped forward to introduce himself.
"Miss Xu, hello, my name is Wang Tianding." Wang Tianding also came over and extended his hand to shake hands with Xu Zhaoyue.
Xu Zhaoyue shook hands with them and said, "Hello, thank you for picking me up here."
"No trouble at all, Miss Xu has arrived, let's go to the school." Wan Jiahui waved his hand, looking indifferent.
"There's a tram up ahead. Would Miss Xu like to take the tram or the car? Where is your luggage?" Wang Tianding was a little puzzled when he saw that Miss Xu and her maid hadn't brought any luggage.
Seeing that they kept calling her Miss Xu, Xu Zhaoyue introduced herself, "My name is Xu Zhaoyue, you can just call me Zhaoyue. From now on, we'll be classmates, and you'll be my seniors. This is Xu Xiaonan, who's here to take care of me."
"How do we get around here? We might not be able to carry all our luggage on the tram." Just as Xu Zhaoyue finished asking, Aunt Wu and Uncle Sun came over pushing a luggage cart.
"Young Miss, we are late." As soon as Wu Ma saw the young lady, she ran over and apologized, her attitude very humble.
Xu Zhaoyue shook her head. "It's alright. It's normal for you to be a little slower pushing the luggage. Thank you for your hard work, Uncle Sun."
As they were talking, Wan Jiahui frowned. Wang Tianding glanced at him and immediately knew what he was thinking. She then nudged him with her elbow to tell him not to be too obvious.
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