While I was lost in thought, we arrived at the Beijing Business School.
Gu Sinian's car was parked right downstairs in the dormitory building, so conspicuously with several kids helping him move his luggage.
They found Su Ying's dormitory and quickly cleaned it up.
With many hands making light work, Gu Sinian didn't even need to lift a finger. He guided the five children to do the work, and in less than half an hour, the mosquito net, quilt, and mat on Su Ying's bed were all neatly arranged and clean.
When the female classmate in the dormitory came in, she saw five children and one big man in the dormitory. Thinking that she had come to the wrong place, she ran to the door to take another look.
"It's room 203. How come there are so many children... and a handsome man too?"
Tan Lili stared at the five children with bright eyes, especially the three boys who looked exactly alike and were standing quietly together.
They are so cute! Tan Lili wanted to go up and pinch their cheeks.
But when she saw the man with murderous intent in his eyes looking at her, she paused in her steps.
Looking at the miniature version of the three identical boys and the man, Tan Lili guessed the relationship between the three boys and the man.
"I'm also in room 203, could you please move aside?"
When Su Ying heard that a new roommate had arrived, she immediately went up to Tan Lili and greeted her.
"Hello, my name is Su Ying, and I am a freshman in the business school."
Tan Lili said, "What a coincidence! You're also in the business school. Now I'll have someone to accompany me to school. That's great! We can go to school together and eat in the cafeteria together."
The two found new companions and completely forgot about the six people still standing in the room.
Su Ying finally realized what was happening and said to Gu Sinian, "You take the child back first, I'll take care of the rest myself."
Gu Sinian nodded and said to the five children, "Say goodbye to your mother."
The five children said goodbye to their mother in unison and then walked out of room 203, leaving Tan Lili staring at Su Ying in disbelief.
"Was that your husband just now? And were all five of those children yours?"
Su Ying nodded, "Yes."
Tan Lili swallowed hard, her face full of disbelief. "You look so young. I never imagined you were a mother of five. You're incredibly good at having children! My goodness!"
"Isn't that normal? Most of the college students in our year are already married with children and quite old. I didn't actually plan to go to college, after all, I have five children at home to take care of, but my husband supports me, which is really great."
“My husband is too. But you’re so fertile! You don’t look that old, how come you’re a mother of five?”
"Actually, to be precise, I only had two children, but these two children were a bit too many."
Tan Lili suddenly remembered something, "I understand now, no wonder those three children look exactly alike, they are triplets, and twins too! Your belly is really amazing!"
"I'll work on two in five years, and we're about the same age by now."
Su Ying didn't hide anything, "I'm twenty-nine years old this year, and I've been married for ten years."
Tan Lili covered her mouth, utterly astonished. The couple looked so loving, and it was truly rare to see them still so affectionate after ten years.
“After I was sent to the countryside, my family wouldn’t let me find someone. They waited for the right time and then transferred me back to the city. I’ve only been married for five years and have two children, one five years old and the other three years old.”
"Your husband looks very upright, like a soldier. Is he a soldier?"
Su Ying nodded. "Yes. He's in the military, but his rank and such are classified information, so I can't disclose it. Please understand."
Tan Lili nodded, "Please understand, I didn't mean to ask. We were just chatting and I was just curious."
"I see."
The two packed their luggage while waiting for their new roommates to arrive, but after waiting for a long time, they didn't see anyone.
The two were hungry. "Shall we go eat?"
Su Ying shook her head. "But I heard the cafeteria isn't open yet. Where are we going to find something to eat?"
In her memory, before the reform and opening up, there was not much food around.
If you want to eat, you can only go to state-run restaurants.
However, she heard that the state-run restaurant was a bit far from here.
She didn't want to go out; she just wanted to stay in her dorm room, since she had plenty of space to eat anyway.
Before he came to school, Gu Sinian prepared a lot of her favorite dishes and stored them away. When she was too full to eat in the cafeteria, she would use the food from her storage space to fill her stomach.
She took out the simplest steamed buns from her crossbody bag and gave two to Tan Lili.
Looking at the shiny white steamed buns, Tan Lili swallowed hard, quite pathetically.
"You brought this with you?"
“My husband made it at home. He knew that the school cafeteria wouldn’t have food until tomorrow, and the state-run restaurants were far away, so he made me a few steamed buns to tide me over.”
Tan Lili was already starving. She grabbed one and stuffed it into her mouth. One bite and her mouth was filled with juice. It was fragrant, soft and delicious.
"Your husband's steamed buns are so delicious!"
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