The class ended quickly, but Qiao Xiaoni felt a little unsatisfied. The Chinese teacher's surname was Gong, and her given name was Gong Yao, which was a very nice name.
The school bell rang, and everyone started packing up to go to the cafeteria for lunch and then back to their dormitories.
Zhou Meiling walked over carrying books: "Let's go to the cafeteria for lunch! I'll treat you to something delicious today, as a way of celebrating."
Qiao Xiaoni doesn't like the food in the cafeteria: "I cooked at home, thank you for your kindness."
"Oh, okay! Then let's find time later. Consider this meal something I owe you. You can ask me anytime you want to eat here," Zhou Meiling replied with a smile.
Qiao Xiaoni picked up her bag from the table: "Okay! From now on, if I want a free meal, I'll definitely ask you. You have to treat me to a big meal."
“No problem,” Zhou Meiling replied readily.
Sun Jie stood at the classroom door and called out, "Meiling, let's go eat!"
Zhou Meiling's smile faded as she turned her head: "You go first, I'll go to the cafeteria for lunch later. You don't need to get me any food, I'll decide what to eat myself."
"Oh! I'll go now." Sun Jie turned and left.
All the students in the classroom had left, leaving only the two of them.
Zhou Meiling couldn't help but complain: "He's too stingy. You should have noticed it on the train. He's too frugal."
He's incredibly frugal, always trying to stretch every penny, and never thinks about how to earn more money. He even thought of cutting corners on our food expenses; who could stand eating only steamed buns and pickled vegetables?
If I don't eat steamed buns and pickled vegetables, he'll stare at me, and I won't be able to eat anything, no matter how good the food is!
Qiao Xiaoni: "Didn't I tell you? Let him work in the cafeteria, that will lighten your workload."
"After a while, I'll find a tutoring job; that should be more than enough to support myself."
As Zhou Meiling walked, she poured out her grievances: "Don't even mention it. I had just started talking to him about this last time when he changed the subject."
He said he met a classmate in the cafeteria. His family has a vacant house, about a 20-minute walk from the school, and he said we could stay there. That's not the strangest thing; the strangest thing is that we can stay for free.
I asked him which classmate he was, but he wouldn't tell me, saying he was afraid that if I knew, he wouldn't know how to get along with people.
Qiao Xiaoni grabbed Zhou Meiling's hand: "Whether this is true or not, you can't go live outside with him. You're different from me. I'm already engaged to him, and we had our wedding banquet in the countryside."
Even so, we still adhere to etiquette and do not cross the line.
"If you go to live with him outside, some things between men and women are hard to explain."
Zhou Meiling was hesitant at first, but after some guidance, she suddenly understood.
“You’re right, I can’t live outside with him. Although we’ve met each other’s parents, nothing’s settled yet. University is four years long, who knows what will happen in the future?”
If I were to move out with him now, I'd definitely be the one who suffers.
"It's good that you can figure it out, after all, we're still young."
"Um!"
The two chatted and laughed until they reached a fork in the road before parting ways.
Qiao Xiaoni looked around at the people coming and going, and often saw couples, most of whom were dating.
Falling in love is easy, but staying together is difficult; after graduation and job assignments, most relationships end in separation. Zhou Meiling has a carefree personality and is very loyal.
Qiao Xiaoni hopes she finds happiness, not makes a blind choice.
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