"Xiaobai, we don't have class this afternoon. How about we go shopping for a while before going back?"
get out of class dismissed.
Ji Shushu took Bai Xiaoruo's hand and walked out of the classroom.
"But......"
Bai Xiaoruo felt uneasy, wondering whether she should go.
Bai Minglei has been very strict with Bai Xiaoruo over the years. She must go home on time every day after school and is not allowed to linger outside or make friends with random people. Bai Xiaoruo has always obeyed his orders.
Aside from Ji Shushu occasionally visiting the Bai family to invite her out, Bai Xiaoruo rarely gets to go out. Even when she does go out, she has to return home within a set time.
Bai Xiaoruo still doesn't understand why her father manages her so strictly. On the contrary, her older sister Bai Xiaofu, even if she doesn't come home at night, as long as she calls home, her stepmother and father never say a word.
"Oh dear, but what? Look, it's only midday, and there's still a long time before school lets out. It's not like your dad has someone watching you closely to see when you get home. Oh, my dear Xiaobai~ It's been so long since we went shopping together. Come with me, please~" Ji Shushu shook Bai Xiaoruo's arm and continued, "Besides, look how long it's been since you bought any new clothes. Wearing these old clothes all the time is so unfashionable. I'll pick out a couple of outfits for you later. Our Xiaobai is so pretty, she'll look good in anything."
Bai Xiaoruo couldn't resist Ji Shushu's insistence and began to waver; it had indeed been a long time since she had gone shopping.
Although he wore the school uniform most of the time at school, the casual clothes he brought from home were indeed from a year ago. He had spent all the pocket money his father gave him on tuition fees, so he was always short of money. He didn't want Ji Shushu to keep paying for him, as he felt he was troubling her too much.
Bai Xiaoruo raised her hand and pushed up her glasses. After thinking for a moment, she said, "Then, I'll go shopping with you. But I don't need to buy any clothes. I think my clothes are fine and not damaged, so I don't need to buy new ones."
Having been friends for so many years, Ji Shushu knows Bai Xiaoruo's personality very well. If she were to persuade Bai Xiaoruo to buy new clothes again, Bai Xiaoruo probably wouldn't dare to go shopping with her anymore.
"Alright then, I'll call Uncle Li and ask him to drive to the door and wait for us. I'll take you out for something delicious later."
"Um."
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As they approached the school gate, Ji Shushu seemed to suddenly see something, grabbed Bai Xiaoruo's hand, and quickly hid behind the wall of the teaching building.
Bai Xiaoruo looked bewildered. Who was Shushu trying to avoid?
"Shushu, what's wrong...?"
"Shh!" Ji Shushu made a "shh" gesture to Bai Xiaoruo, signaling her to speak more quietly.
Although they are currently hiding behind the wall of the teaching building, they are not too far from the school gate, and it would be bad if someone heard them.
That's someone neither Bai Xiaoruo nor Ji Shushu wants to face.
Bai Xiaoruo lowered her voice and couldn't help but ask again, "Shushu, what's wrong? Who are we trying to avoid?"
"Xiao Bai, look! Isn't that your sister Bai Xiaofu, standing at the gate holding a little parasol?" Ji Shushu pointed in the direction of the school gate.
Bai Xiaoruo looked in the direction Ji Shushu was pointing, and sure enough, it was her older sister, Bai Xiaofu.
As usual, she enjoys the privileges of the Bai family at school and never wears the school uniform properly. Although the weather is not too hot now, her low-cut and backless suspender dress still makes people feel that she is too cool. She wears high heels of up to eight centimeters, has big curly waves in her hair, and always has exquisite makeup on her face.
This doesn't look like the attire of a normal student at all. If it weren't for the fact that she was standing at the school gate, it would remind people of the term "streetwalker."
Bai Xiaofu seemed to be waiting for someone, pacing back and forth at the door with an anxious expression, holding a small parasol as if afraid of getting a tan from the faint sunlight overhead.
"Hey, Xiaobai, I'm not trying to be mean, but your sister is always getting into a flirtatious mood. I bet she's waiting for my brother again," Ji Shushu said reproachfully.
"Shushu, how did you know?" Bai Xiaoruo asked her in a low voice.
"Xiao Bai, you have no idea! Last week you were stuck at home and couldn't come out to play with me, right? In the afternoon, Bai Xiaofu came to my house with a whole bunch of snacks, saying that her piano lessons were too difficult and she couldn't play them, so she insisted that my brother teach her. But after less than half an hour, my brother thought she was too stupid and didn't want to teach her anymore. You have no idea, I was hiding on the second floor watching Bai Xiaofu's discomfiture and I almost died laughing." Thinking back to that scene, Ji Shushu found it extremely funny.
"But Brother Ziqian has always been very gentle. I'm also clumsy and can't play the piano, but Brother Ziqian has always been very patient in teaching me. How could he think that I'm clumsy?"
“My silly Bai Xiaofu, no matter how gentle my brother is, he still has to consider the type of woman he's with,” Ji Shushu continued with a sniff. “A woman like Bai Xiaofu dares to dream of being my sister-in-law? Pah! If my brother could even be interested in her, he'd be truly blind.”
Bai Xiaoruo just smiled and didn't say anything.
Shushu has a point. Ziqian is such a good and outstanding person, so any girl who is worthy of him must also be very outstanding.
Bai Xiaofu paced around the school gate for half a day, growing increasingly impatient. She took out her phone from her bag and dialed the same number she had dialed before.
The phone rang several times before it was answered.
Bai Xiaofu stomped her foot playfully, muttering, "Brother Ziqian~ why haven't you come out yet? I've been waiting for you for ages, and the restaurant I booked for lunch is almost open!"
Ji Ziqian on the other end of the phone sounded helpless: [Xiao Fu, didn't I already tell you? I have class this afternoon, so I can't go out with you. As for the restaurant you booked for lunch, you and your friends can have it there. I'm busy right now, I'll call you back later.]
"But... Hello? Brother Ziqian? Hello?" Before Bai Xiaofu could finish speaking, the other end of the phone had already hung up abruptly.
Bai Xiaofu stomped her feet a few more times in frustration.
It's infuriating! Why does Brother Ziqian always keep me at arm's length?
It seems I still need to work harder to win over Brother Ziqian.
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