Tan Yinghao also realized that his gaze was too rude, and he laughed twice, then waved enthusiastically at Zhou Yunwan: "Hello, I'm Tan Yinghao, his childhood friend."
"Hello, I'm Zhou Yunwan." Zhou Yunwan greeted him with a smile, as if she didn't mind.
"You wait here for a moment. I'll go back to the house and call Suying out. Then we'll go there together. Lao Xing and the others must have arrived." As he said that, Tan Yinghao helped move the bicycles into the yard, then turned around and went back to the house in a hurry.
Not long after, he returned with a woman about his age.
The woman was very tall, probably about 1.7 meters, with fashionable curly hair and light makeup on her face, which enhanced her plain features.
He was wearing a slim-fitting apricot-colored suit with a gray lapel coat on the outside, making him look particularly energetic and elegant.
Standing together with Tan Yinghao, who was wearing a Zhongshan suit, they were simply the two representatives of the new and old eras.
Zhou Yunwan couldn't help but take a few more glances.
Feng Suying took the initiative to greet Shen Yanli: “Professor Shen, long time no see.”
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Shen Yanli said: “Long time no see.”
After the few people met, they walked towards Shichahai while chatting.
From the conversation between the three, Zhou Yunwan learned that Feng Suying and Tan Yinghao were arranged as child marriages by their family elders, but the two grew up together and gradually developed feelings for each other, so they were considered to be in love with each other.
Feng Suying was sent to France as a French trainee. After studying there for several years, she finally returned to China this year. Her superiors immediately arranged for her to work in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
She has been busy with work handover recently, so she hasn't had the chance to meet up with her old friends. Now that she has some free time these two days, the first thing she does is to ask Tan Yinghao to organize a meal for everyone.
As soon as they arrived at Shichahai, a little girl ran straight towards Feng Suying, threw herself into her arms, and shouted excitedly: "Sister Suying, I miss you so much!"
Feng Suying was wearing leather shoes with heels and stumbled a few steps. Fortunately, Tan Yinghao was quick to help her up and she didn't fall. After she stood firm, she smiled and said, "Lingling, you scared me. I haven't seen you for a few years. You have grown so tall?"
Xing Zhaoling chuckled, let go of her neck, hugged her arm and said, "That's right, my mother said that in two years I will be a big girl who can get married."
Feng Suying smiled when she heard this. She raised her hand and touched her nose, then said with a helpless smile, "Why are you still as out of tune as before?"
While the two were talking and joking, Xing Maohui came over from a distance, accompanied by two men Zhou Yunwan had never seen before. They were both handsome men with outstanding looks and well-dressed. They seemed to be children of high-ranking officials from well-off families.
Just as Zhou Yunwan was looking at them curiously, Chen Yanli bent down and softly introduced the identities of the two people in her ear. The man with glasses was named Peng Yanhui, a pianist, and the other was named Fan Lihua, a writer.
They were good friends who had known each other since childhood, but after growing up, they each had to work hard to make a living and have a family, and the number of times they met decreased year by year. It was rare for them to have time to get together like today.
However, because they are very familiar with each other, there is no feeling of strangeness even if they meet again after a long time, and they don’t feel awkward when making jokes. Instead, it can liven up the atmosphere as quickly as possible.
Except for Xing Maohui, this was the first time Zhou Yunwan met these people, so most of the time she just listened quietly to them talking and reminiscing about the past, and only responded with a few words when they mentioned her.
Compared with their maturity, Zhou Yunwan and Xing Zhaoling, who is of the same age, seem like two children who have strayed into a group of adults and naturally walked together.
Xing Zhaoling is lively and knows how to find topics to talk about. She started with Zhou Yunwan's performance at the New Year's Eve party and quickly brought them closer.
"Just call me Lingling, and I'll be polite and call you Wanwan too." After Xing Zhaoling said this, she put her arm around Zhou Yunwan affectionately when she saw her nod in agreement.
Xing Zhaoling likes to make friends with beautiful women the most, especially a beauty like Zhou Yunwan who looks sweet and soft. Moreover, she is Aunt Guo’s goddaughter, which makes her like her even more.
However, there was one thing that she was very worried about, and that was that when the words "transfer student" and "beauty" were applied to Zhou Yunwan, the group of bad boys in the school might go crazy after school started.
A beauty cannot be defiled by those toads, she must be a good flower protector.
Thinking of this, she patted her chest and said confidently: "My mother told me that we will be classmates after school starts. Don't worry, I will protect you in school in the future."
Hearing this, before Zhou Yunwan could say anything, Tan Yinghao, who was distributing ice skates, joked, "With your thin arms and legs, who can you protect?"
Xing Zhaoling's cheeks puffed up with anger, but she couldn't argue with Tan Yinghao, who had been a rough boy since childhood. The lessons she learned from many times made her smart and rational to find someone to complain to: "Sister Suying, Brother Yinghao..."
As soon as he started, Tan Yinghao quickly made a shushing gesture: "Hey, hey, hey, little ancestor, don't..."
Feng Suying, who had just changed into her skates not far away, gave him a puzzled look: "What's wrong?"
"It's nothing, nothing." Tan Yinghao said with a smile, and then gave Xing Zhaoling a pleading expression.
Xing Zhaoling raised her chin proudly and said, "I just want to skate a few laps with you later."
Feng Suying was keenly aware that something was wrong, but she didn't say anything and smiled back, "Okay, then change your shoes first."
After talking to Feng Suying, Xing Zhaoling suddenly thought of something and turned to ask Zhou Yunwan who was changing shoes: "Wanwan, can you skate?"
Zhou Yunwan subconsciously wanted to answer yes, but when the words came to her lips, she remembered that the original owner didn't know how to do it. In this era, ice skating is an entertainment activity only popular in the north. Most of the lakes in the south will not freeze, let alone ice skating.
Zhou Yunwan shook her head: "I can't."
Upon hearing this, Shen Yanli, who had not been able to talk to Zhou Yunwan because of Xing Zhaoling's participation, interrupted at the right time: "I will teach you."
Zhou Yunwan looked up following the low voice, and happened to meet Shen Yanli's deep black eyes, which were flickering with tiny glimmers of light, gentle and affectionate.
Xing Zhaoling didn't see the undercurrent between the two of them, and refused: "I won't bother you, Brother Shen, I'll teach Wanwan, we are both girls, it's more convenient."
"Aren't you going to go skating with your sister Suying? Let me do it."
"It's still early anyway, so it won't be too late to go to church later in the evening."
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Shen Yanli pursed his thin lips and glanced meaningfully at Xing Zhaoling who had repeatedly tried to stop him.
The latter was careless and didn't notice that he was hesitant to speak. She blamed him for being tactless and trying to get involved between them girls, and kept urging him to go play with her brothers.
Zhou Yunwan was amused by this scene, and quietly signaled Shen Yanli with her eyes: “Yes, Lingling will teach me.”
Hearing that Zhou Yunwan was also chasing him away, Shen Yanli's calm and composed expression cracked for a moment.
Who is this person who has no tact?
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