It was almost 1:30 when I finished shopping.
She hurriedly hailed a taxi and rushed to the barbecue restaurant.
When the car was far away, Zhen Tian saw that Shao Junli had arrived. He was waiting there with his backpack on. In a daze, Zhen Tian felt that they were going to school in the next moment.
After the car stopped, I paid the fare and got out. Ye Qingyan had arrived.
Zhen Tian looked at the three brand-name bags she was carrying, then at the bags in her own hands. She couldn't help but laugh.
"Sorry, sorry, I'm late." Yang Feiguang ran up to everyone carrying his things, leaning on his knees and panting.
Once he caught his breath, he stood up and said, "It's all that clerk's fault. She insisted on getting the item even though it was out of stock. I told her I would go buy it myself, and it took her an hour to get it."
He looked at everyone and said, "Hey...you all bought things."
“Yeah. I didn’t expect us to be so in sync.” Ye Qingyan punched Yang Feiguang on the shoulder. “Let’s go in first.”
After ordering their food, the four of them sat facing each other.
"It seems our three years of friendship really paid off." Ye Qingyan took the initiative to lead the discussion: "Now let's exchange gifts."
"I'll go first," Yang Feiguang said, raising his hand first. "I went and bought a sports backpack. Let me tell you, this brand is so hard to buy. I reserved it two months in advance..."
He rattled off a long explanation, then handed a bag to Shao Junli: "Old Shao, you should cherish this sports backpack that I queued up to snag."
Shao Junli thanked him, opened the gift and looked at it: "I like it very much."
"I knew you'd like it. I even bought one for myself. Hahahaha..."
Yang Feiguang then handed the bag to the two girls.
"I don't know what you guys like, so I asked my sister, and she said this is pretty good, so she gave it to me. I don't know what it is either, so take a look."
Zhen Tian and Ye Qingyan exchanged a glance and opened the package; inside were two sets of skincare products.
"Thanks."
Next, Shao Junli opened the gifts. He took out three small boxes from his backpack. The box for Yang Feiguang was a baseball cap from a trendy brand collaboration. The boxes for Zhen Tian and Ye Qingyan were necklaces from the Shi family.
"So beautiful."
Zhen Tian and Ye Qingyan put the necklaces on each other, then touched them and looked at each other with silly smiles.
Next was Ye Qingyan, who bought Yang Feiguang a Switch game console.
"Wow, sister, you really have my eye on this! I've wanted to buy it for so long, but I can't bear to spend several thousand yuan." Yang Feiguang said, her eyes brimming with tears.
"It's okay to be touched, but you should play less. Otherwise, I'm afraid Old Yang will come after me if it interferes with my studies." Ye Qingyan waved her hand dismissively.
"Mmm-hmm-hmm."
"Junli, this is for you." She saw Shao Junli unpacking the package: "Didn't you say you wanted to study law? Here's a lawyer I know, his WeChat and phone number. You can contact him if you have any questions. I've already made arrangements."
When Shao Junli saw the name left on the document—a senior partner at one of the most prestigious law firms in China—he was so surprised he couldn't close his mouth.
"You don't like it?"
"No, no, I love it so much." Shao Junli's hands trembled slightly as he held the paper. "Thank you, Qingyan."
"If you like it, that's fine. I was thinking of buying you a game console, but I figured you wouldn't like it." Ye Qingyan didn't think it was a big deal. "Next up are my sister's gifts."
"Wait, you give them their gifts first, then we'll open each other's gifts together." Ye Qingyan began to pursue a sense of ritual.
Zhen Tian readily distributed the gifts to everyone: "My brother really likes this brand of watches. When I saw them today, the salesperson introduced them as new products, and I thought they looked nice, so I bought them for you."
"Is this a SUUNTO sports watch?" Shao Junli came from a well-off family and knew more about these brands than Yang Feiguang.
"What brand is it? Is it famous? But it looks really good, the red color suits me perfectly." Yang Feiguang put it on happily.
"It's very famous. This watch costs around 4600 yuan."
"Wow, that's so expensive." Yang Feiguang suddenly felt a heavy weight on his wrist. "What's going on with you guys? I'm panicking because you're spending so much."
"I'm glad you like it." Zhen Tian took a sip of the juice that was served first.
"I love it! I've decided to keep this watch on my wrist for the rest of my four years of university. I won't even take it off in the shower. By the way, is it waterproof?"
"Waterproof."
"That's fine then." Yang Feiguang stroked the object up and down with obvious affection.
Shao Junli also put on a watch.
The rest were the gifts that Zhen Tian and Ye Qingyan gave to each other.
"I'll count to three, then we'll open it together!" Ye Qingyan rubbed her hands together excitedly. "One, two, three!"
The two opened the package together and were stunned when they saw each other's gifts.
"My goodness, sisters, what kind of unspoken understanding do we have?" Ye Qingyan grinned as she held her bag.
Zhen Tian covered her mouth in surprise and touched the backpack in the bag: "We bought the same series."
Both of them were carrying GUCCI and Disney co-branded backpacks, but Ye Qingyan gave Zhen Tian a small round bag, while Zhen Tian gave Ye Qingyan a classic messenger bag.
"Ahhh, you really are my best friend, we're so in sync."
Ye Qingyan held Zhen Tian and shook her desperately.
"The food's here, you two stop fooling around," Shao Junli said, quickly gesturing to the two of them as the dishes were served.
“I also bought you a lipstick to put in your pocket, take a look.” Zhen Tian pointed to the inside of her backpack.
Ye Qingyan exclaimed again, "I also bought you a lipstick to put in your pocket. Oh my god."
The two of them got excited again.
Once all the dishes were served, the two calmed down. The four of them looked at each other, the table littered with torn wrapping paper. Each person was carrying a gift from the other.
The four of them couldn't help but burst out laughing.
Ye Qingyan raised her glass: "To our past high school days."
The three raised their glasses and shouted together, "To our upcoming university life!"
"cheers!"
The meal dragged on until almost five o'clock. Ye Qingyan's wish to go shopping and swipe her card didn't come true because relatives had gathered at everyone's house.
The matter of swiping the card was postponed.
Zhen Tian got home at 5:30.
My older brothers and uncles were either off work or out of school.
The Zhen family resumed their noisy and chaotic life.
This year, college application deadlines are set for ten days after the results are released.
Ji Yuzhi went out to attend a meeting alone within ten days. Then he returned without stopping.
After discussing it with Lao Yang, Zhen Tian decided to apply to the Capital University of the Arts, which is located opposite the Capital International Studies University.
On the day I submitted my college application, the rain that had lasted for several days in H City suddenly stopped. The roads were still covered with small puddles after the rain, and half of the water evaporated by the morning when I looked at them.
"I didn't expect filling out a college application would be so simple." Ye Qingyan held a piece of paper that looked a bit like a card.
Old Yang was very responsible. After repeatedly emphasizing that students should not fill in the wrong information, he checked each student's information one by one.
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