Although Meng Jing was bold, she still broke out in a sweat when asked these questions by her elders. At this moment, she quickly said to Gu Ping, "Auntie, I'll go deliver the keys now. Goodbye."
Then, facing the blooming flowers, she said, "See you tonight." Her face flushed red, she quickly walked towards Meng Ming's house.
After watching Meng Jing leave, Gu Ping, being gossipy, pulled Hua Kai aside and asked, "Hua Kai, does that girl have a boyfriend? If not, do you think she and Xiao Xue would be a good match?"
Hua Kai had already figured out Gu Ping's intentions. But come to think of it, the two were classmates, both good-looking, and had good personalities, so they were actually quite compatible.
She said, "Auntie, I don't know if Meng Jing has a boyfriend, but from the way I talk to her, I feel like she lives with her parents and isn't married yet."
Gu Xiaoxue blushed at their words: "Look at your thinking all day long? Aren't you ambitious? I just became the director of the Political Education Department, and Meng Jing is also eager to get promoted. We're all focused on our careers, how can we be thinking about dating?"
Gu Ping pouted and said, "That's right. Look at Qingyi, he can wait two years. You're already twenty-three. If you date this year and get engaged next year, you'll be twenty-five when you get married. That's not early. If Meng Jing is the same age as you, she'll have to have a baby by the time she gets married at twenty-five. That's considered late."
Gu Xiaoxue's face had turned red from her aunt's words. She said, "Auntie, I'm not in a hurry about this. Qingyi has his own goals, and he wants to continue his studies, so we're not in a rush." After saying that, she nudged Hua Qingyi, signaling him to hurry up and leave with her.
Hua Qingyi smiled and followed Gu Xiaoxue a few steps quickly. The two then whispered to each other. After getting drunk last time, the two had become quite close. Although they grew up in completely different environments, they had a lot in common. They didn't know what to say, but they always had plenty to talk about when they met.
Listening to Gu Ping's words, Hua Kai thought of Gu Xiaoxue's ex-girlfriend, Qiao Man. She also hoped that Gu Xiaoxue could really let go of that not-so-great woman and start a new relationship. Of course, this was based on his feelings for Meng Jing, and he also needed to find out if Meng Jing had a boyfriend.
She walked behind Gu Ping and whispered to her, "Auntie, we can't force matters of the heart. But I promise I'll take Director Gu's matter to heart. I'll find out if Meng Jing has a boyfriend first. If not, we can have meals together often. If they're interested, then things can develop."
Gu Ping linked arms with Hua Kai: "You're such a bright kid, you pick things up so quickly. And you, even after we're out of school, why do you still call Xiao Xue 'Director'?"
“Auntie, I have to call him Director Gu at school. If I call him by his name normally, what will people think of me once I get used to it at school? Right?”
"That's true, after all, you two are teacher and student."
"Yeah, it's just a title. Once I graduate, I can use whatever I want."
How are your studies going? What school are you planning to apply to?
“I’m doing okay in my studies, but I don’t plan to go too far away. I want to stay closer to home. My aunt also knows that Ye Yifan and I run a factory and want to open a decoration company next year. So I can’t go too far. I’ll just go to a university in the provincial capital and develop my studies and career at the same time.”
"You're really amazing, kid. It's such a surprise that you can think of so much at such a young age."
"My aunt praised me."
As they were talking, they arrived at the restaurant Gu Ping had mentioned. She stopped and called out to Gu Xiaoxue in front of her, "Xiaoxue, you're just jumping around like that. We're already here, where are you going? You're really not as good as Huakai at all."
Gu Xiaoxue turned around and sighed, "Why is it that Auntie only knows Huakai, but I'm being looked down upon?"
Hua joked, "Don't you understand? Parents always think of other people's children, okay? My mom often says, 'Look at so-and-so's child, how good they are.'"
Gu Ping laughed after hearing this: "It seems all parents are the same."
Chatting and laughing, the group entered the restaurant, ordered a private room and some of their signature dishes. Then Gu Ping started talking about some things that happened when Gu Xiaoxue was a child.
Gu Xiaoxue was born with poor health, and her family was worried that she wouldn't survive, so they gave her a girl's name. Before she was four years old, she wore girls' clothes and had her ears pierced. In their family's photos of Gu Xiaoxue when she was little, she looked like a girl. She only started wearing boys' clothes when she went to kindergarten.
Furthermore, when Gu Xiaoxue was a child, she recognized a big tree as her godmother and kowtowed and burned incense for the tree every year.
Although everyone knew it was a bit superstitious, Gu Xiaoxue was indeed very weak at the time, and her family wanted to give her some comfort.
After Gu Xiaoxue started school, her health gradually improved, but she was still weaker than most people. Elementary school was alright; she lived nearby and knew many of the students, so things were manageable. However, in middle school, she was constantly bullied. Fortunately, her middle school homeroom teacher was a friend of Gu Ping, so the bullying was somewhat contained, and things were still manageable.
But things were different in high school. Fortunately, she was in the same class as Ye Yifan. Ye Yifan always helped Gu Xiaoxue. He once fought with upperclassmen for Gu Xiaoxue, taking on three of them and becoming famous overnight. Of course, no one bullied Gu Xiaoxue after that.
Gu Ping has thoroughly exposed Gu Xiaoxue's privacy today. Hua Kai can't help but listen; Gu Ping can't control herself.
Finally, seeing that it was time for class, they said goodbye to Gu Ping and went back to school.
Upon arriving at the school gate, Hua Qingyi went back to his rented apartment, while Hua Kai and Gu Xiaoxue entered the school together.
Gu Xiaoxue looked at the blooming flowers and said, "I have no privacy left here with you from now on."
Hua Kai smiled and said, "Doesn't that prove our friendship is even stronger?"
Gu Xiaoxue laughed, "That's true. Besides Brother Fan and Qiao Man, you know the most about me..." Before she could finish, her smile vanished, "Why did I bring up that person?"
Seeing Gu Xiaoxue's expression, Hua Kai became even more determined to help Gu Xiaoxue find a girlfriend as soon as possible.
She said, "After all, they were once in your life, so it's impossible to completely pretend they didn't exist. But the past is the past, so just let it go. There will be better girls waiting for you in the future. A girl like Qiao Man is not good enough for you."
Gu Xiaoxue laughed when she heard Hua Kai's words: "Brother Fan also said that Qiao Man is not good enough for me. You two say the same thing to comfort people."
Hua Kai smiled as she thought of Ye Yifan: "That's because we're both clear-headed and have seen through things."
Upon arriving at the teaching building, the two didn't say much, and Hua Kai went upstairs to her classroom.
In the afternoon, Hua Kai also thought of Ye Yifan, wondering how things were going on his end, but she was also afraid that her visit might have some impact on him.
After school that evening, because she had made plans to have dinner with Meng Jing, Hua Kai passed a note to Zhang Miao before school ended, saying that she wouldn't be having dinner with her that night.
After school, Hua Kai came downstairs, and Gu Xiaoxue also came out. The two of them left the school gate together.
Meng Jing waited by the flower bed opposite the gate, afraid that the two men wouldn't see her.
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