Chapter 75 Study Abroad (3): Graduating Early, Senior Sister Hasn't Graduated Yet.
Arrived in London at 8 PM local time.
The outdoor temperature has dropped to 0℃.
To avoid the last time when he came to pick her up in sub-zero temperatures, Pei Yanli didn't inform him beforehand and instead took a taxi out of the airport by herself.
Fine snowflakes began to fall outside.
He picked up his phone, took a picture through the car window, and sent it to [Wife A]: It's snowing, how about over there?
Luo Yunqing was just coming out of the study room with several classmates. She glanced at the pinned message, looked up at the sky, and took a picture under a street lamp.
[Wife A]: It's snowing here too!
[Wife A]: (Image)
Hey, Luo.
The message had just been sent when a boy with a high nose and blue eyes strode over and asked in broken Chinese, "Are you going back now? We were discussing where to go for a drink."
"I'm not going." Luo Yunqing shook her head, pulling her scarf up to cover her chin. "My family is strict and won't let me drink."
"Home?" The man looked puzzled. "You're 22 already, why are your parents still concerned about this?"
"Not my parents, my parents died a long time ago."
"Oh!" The man frowned apologetically. "I'm sorry, I forgot, you told me that."
He then added, "Then I'll take you back."
Luo Yunqing didn't answer immediately, but stared at him for a while before shaking her head again: "No need."
"Hey! Luo, let Make give you a ride." Other classmates came over one after another. "He's going the same way as you."
Luo Yunqing shook her head again, then showed her left hand, "I'm married."
He didn't try to hide whether he was married or not, but probably because they thought he was still young, they all overlooked the conspicuous ring on his left ring finger.
So much so that when they heard it, they were all incredulous.
"You're not lying to us, are you?"
Do I look like a fraud?
The man named Make was somewhat frustrated, but unwilling to give up, and asked again, "Then how come I've never seen him before?"
Luo Yunqing: "..."
The wallpaper on his phone is a photo he took with Pei Yanli during their honeymoon under fireworks. Can't you see it?
“This is my partner.” He pointed to the person on the standby screen who wasn’t looking at the camera but at him. “My husband. We’ve been married for over three years, almost four.”
"OMG!"
The others crowded around, their faces full of disbelief. "Isn't this your brother? We thought it was your brother. You two look so alike!"
People who haven't seen them for a while, or those who have just met them, will give this evaluation.
"It's probably because we've been together for so long." Several people had previously commented on their resemblance, so Luo Yunqing specifically looked up relevant research: "Scientific research shows that after living together for more than three years, the similarity of skin flora can reach about 70%, and with similar lifestyles, endocrine systems will gradually synchronize..."
"Oh! Stop talking. I've already left the study room."
Regardless of the reason for their striking similarities, since Luo Yunqing herself admitted it, there's nothing for anyone to doubt.
Aside from Make, who has some feelings for him.
"I rarely see him." In her memory, it seemed like it was around the start of the school year when she saw Luo Yunqing with a man, but she hadn't seen him since. "Is he very busy?"
"Yeah," Luo Yunqing casually made up, "busy earning my tuition fees. Okay, that's enough, you guys go have a drink, bye~"
Hey, Luo!
Luo Yunqing walked faster and faster without turning her head, but she could clearly feel Make's gaze always on her.
Oh no, is he going to chase after us again?
Exhaling two puffs of white breath, Luo Yunqing quickened her pace to the parking spot, opened the car door and put her schoolbag inside, when suddenly she heard footsteps behind her.
He held his breath for a moment, then calmly unzipped the outside of his backpack and pulled out a voltage rod.
Press the switch...
"Wife."
Luo Yunqing turned around instantly.
Under the dim streetlights, a person carrying a bouquet of vibrant roses walked towards the falling snow.
The voltage rod snapped and fell onto the seat.
"husband?"
What is he doing here?
Just now...
While Luo Yunqing was looking down at his phone, Pei Yanli quickly walked up to him and hugged him.
"It really is you!" Real breath tickled her ear, and Luo Yunqing hugged her tightly. "Weren't you in Yanjing?"
There's one ticket available at six o'clock.
Why didn't you tell me beforehand so I could pick you up?
She knew he would come to pick her up.
Pei Yanli sighed softly: "Aren't you busy with group assignments and papers lately? I can just take a taxi here."
He quickly ended the conversation, handing him the roses. "Do you like them?"
"I love it!" Luo Yunqing hugged it, lowered her head to gently sniff it, and smiled. "I love anything you give me!"
"Was there a return gift?"
Luo Yunqing was suddenly stunned. "Return gift? I didn't know you were coming, I didn't prepare anything..."
He suddenly stopped talking and beckoned to him with a finger.
Pei Yanli bent down slightly.
He hooked it again.
Pei Yanli bends again.
Until a face loomed large before her, Luo Yunqing aimed at his lips, which were a little white from the cold, and kissed them.
How about this gift?
Pei Yanli shook her head, "It's not enough... it has to be like this."
He hooked his arms around the man's neck, slowly pried open his lips, and gave him a long and deep kiss.
…………
The snow fell heavier and heavier.
Luo Yunqing, holding the flowers, sat in the passenger seat, opened the window slightly, and told him what had just happened.
“I told them, but they didn’t believe me. No, tomorrow morning, you take me to school, and then we walk around the school together.”
“Okay.” Pei Yanli agreed, then asked, “The ‘make’ you’re talking about, is it the one wearing the brown leather jacket?”
"I think so." Luo Yunqing didn't pay much attention to other people's clothes. He paused, then turned his head. "How did you know?"
"They've been watching us for a long time."
“Look at us…” He instantly recalled the kiss under the streetlight, “You didn’t find him, did you do it on purpose?”
The person who was driving and checking the road conditions raised an eyebrow slightly and said, "I want to kiss you, what does that have to do with anyone else?"
Luo Yunqing: "Are you jealous?"
"Why would I be jealous?" Pei Yanli said calmly. "I'm licensed to work."
Luo Yunqing pursed her lips, saying nothing, only asking repeatedly, "Are you jealous?"
I asked my way home.
As soon as I opened the door, I was pressed down in front of the shoe cabinet.
A sea of dark heads buried in his shoulders, leaving marks everywhere. Pei Yanli had been holding back all the way, but she had to admit, "Yes, I'm jealous."
I came to the school intending to surprise him, and then I saw that guy named Make following me at a distance.
He grabbed the man's shoulder and warned, "Get away from my wife."
"Xiao Luo is very popular wherever she goes."
"Seriously? You're jealous already?" Luo Yunqing tapped his nose and raised her left hand: "Don't worry, I told them I'm married, and my husband is amazing! I have no intention of separating from him now or in the future... Ouch! You still bite!"
"Make a mark."
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It snowed all night long. The snow that fell on the roses melted completely into water when the heater was turned on, and dripped down the corner of the table.
The next day, Pei Yanli prepared breakfast, put warm cashmere socks on him, and carefully put on a scarf before he went out.
"That way, the marker won't be visible."
Luo Yunqing pulled it open a little, revealing a slight mark, but the next second she was pressed down tightly. "Stop fooling around, what if the cold wind gets into your neck when you go out later?"
"You don't want others to see? Then why were you so... forceful yesterday?"
Luo Yunqing enjoyed teasing him more and more. Although she couldn't see him blushing from her teasing, she could always make him speechless.
For example, right now.
Pei Yanli would only bite his lips hard, and she would also bring him red date, goji berry and ginger tea that she had prepared in advance and poured into a thermos.
After arriving at school.
Pei Yanli managed to attend classes with him as an auditor.
Throughout the class, group members frequently glanced at him, one after another asking on their phones if it was his husband.
They were stunned to receive an affirmative answer.
Make, the only one who didn't say a word after being warned yesterday, wanted to leave as soon as class was over, but Luo's boyfriend suggested to everyone that they have dinner together.
"Make, why aren't you going?"
"I think they might not welcome me."
"How could that be?" Pei Yanli maintained a faint smile. "I welcome anyone who is Xiao Luo's classmate."
Make shrugged and sighed, "Luo and I will always be classmates, so let's just be together."
Pei Yanli was only a few years older than them and had been deeply involved in the field of artificial intelligence for many years, so she could also say a few words about academics.
In just one afternoon, plus a Chinese meal, he won the approval of the other members of the group.
"I think the main reason was the food on the table."
Luo Yunqing whispered.
No sooner had he finished speaking than he stuffed a piece of duck meat wrapped in a pancake into his mouth.
Pei Yanli gently wiped the sauce from the corner of his mouth: "No matter the reason, as long as we can get along well, it will be of great help to you in the future."
…………
After that, Pei Yanli visited once a month.
During the few days I flew over, we had hot pot, barbecue, and stir-fries at home every day, with no two meals the same.
"Have you noticed Make's been coming more often?" Luo Yunqing muttered as she helped out, "Is he still not giving up...?"
As she spoke, she slowly turned her head and exclaimed softly, "He wouldn't have taken a liking to you, would he?!"
Pei Yanli frowned slightly, glanced at the people distributing chopsticks, bowls, and spoons to everyone, who kept peeking over in their direction, and decisively shook her head: "No."
"How could that be? I've noticed his eyes light up every time he sees you." Luo Yunqing covered her face and pulled down her cheeks. "I'm about to be raided!"
Pei Yanli, while removing the shrimp veins, was both amused and exasperated. "Don't worry, he's not after me, he's after the vegetables in my hand."
Luo Yunqing, who wanted to be a jealous husband: "..."
"Haven't you noticed? He's always the most enthusiastic eater."
"Does he no longer like people and has started to prefer Chinese food?"
"You could say that." Last time, Pei Yanli shared a recipe for stir-fried green peppers with pork, and then apologized to Luo Yunqing four or five times for liking him in the past.
"But Luo is really nice. She's beautiful, smart, and often feeds stray cats."
Pei Yanli immediately wanted to withdraw the recipe.
His wife is naturally perfect in every way.
Luo Yunqing: "What are you thinking about? The food is going to burn."
"It's nothing." Pei Yanli turned off the stove, plated the food, and then asked him, "Is your thesis almost finished?"
"Yeah, it feels like it's going by pretty fast. I'll be graduating soon." As she said this, Luo Yunqing couldn't help but chuckle to herself, "If Senior Xia Lin knew, she'd be furious."
He completed his two-year postgraduate program ahead of schedule.
The senior student hasn't graduated yet.
"Then don't tell her yet, so as not to damage her confidence." Pei Yanli picked up a piece of freshly stir-fried beef, blew on it twice, and put it to his mouth: "Let me know about the graduation ceremony."
Okay~
Luo Yunqing took a bite and exclaimed, "Mmm! The taste is just right!"
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End of the study abroad section~
Warning: The next side story, the past life arc, is going to be slashy!!!
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