Chapter 19
"Miss, you're back."
When Lan Shuqing entered the house, the first person to come over was the aunt of the family. Her surname was Yao, and she was a kind person in her fifties. She had been working for the Lan family since Lan Shuqing was in the fifth grade of elementary school. It had been eight years, and she was almost like a family member to her.
Aunt Yao took the suitcase from Lan Shuqing and asked kindly, "Did you have a good time out?"
Lan Shu nodded slightly and asked while changing his shoes, "Where are my dad and the others?"
Aunt Yao replied, "They are all at home."
Lan Shu chuckled, "Then Aunt Yao, please help me take the clothes in the suitcase to wash, and put the rest in my room. I can pack it myself."
Aunt Yao agreed and left with her suitcase.
Lan Shuqing walked into the living room. Li Liyue was sitting on the sofa, reading a book.
The Lan family villa has three floors. On the left side of the door are the dining room, kitchen and Aunt Yao's room, and on the right side is the living room. In front of the living room is the courtyard.
The second floor is a study, three bedrooms and a guest room. The third floor is an attic and two guest rooms. The decoration style is European.
"Mom," Lan Shuqing walked over to Li Liyue. Li Liyue looked up at her daughter whom she hadn't seen for several days and smiled. "Are you willing to come back?"
Lan Shuqing sat down beside her and said, "You make it sound like I'm not home all day long."
Li Liyue rolled her eyes at her, "Isn't it?"
Lan Shu gently hugged Li Liyue's arm and said with a smile: "Mom~"
Li Liyue patted her hands. "Come to think of it, when did you become so close to Jiang Bai? The first thing you did when you came back wasn't to go home, but to look for her instead?"
"What do you mean by that Jiang Bai?" Lan Shuqing curled his lips in dissatisfaction. "My name is Jiang Bai."
Oh, such protection. Li Liyue looked Lan Shuqing up and down, "Is it really that good?"
Lan Shu chuckled, "I just think I get along well with her."
Li Liyue nodded. "Okay, Mom doesn't have to control you. Just be careful and don't get cheated."
Lan Shuqing's eyes widened, "Mom!"
She dared to glare at her, Li Liyue glared back, "I didn't say anything wrong."
As the saying goes, one should not have the intention to harm others, but one must always be on guard against others. Especially since her daughter is so beautiful and has perfectly inherited her good genes, I wonder how many people are thinking about her.
Lan Shuqing didn't dare glare back, fearing Li Liyue would get angry and end up having to coax her, so he gave in first and said, "Okay, okay, I get it."
She said as she turned to look at the yard, "Where are Dad and Brother?"
Li Liyue pointed upstairs and said, "We're discussing something in the study."
"Then I'll go up and find them."
Outside the study, Lan Shu knocked lightly on the door. After a while, the door opened and Lan Shu smiled at the visitor, "Brother."
Lan Qi made way and said, "Come in."
Lan Shuqing walked in. Lan Qi rubbed her head. Lan Shuqing turned around and glared at him.
"Are you back?"
A tall figure in the study put down the documents in his hand, looked up and smiled gently.
Lan Shu nodded lightly, "Dad, are you talking to my brother about something?"
Lan Zhaoting nodded, "It's already been discussed."
Lan Qi walked over to Lan Shuqing. He was a head taller than Lan Shuqing, about 1.7 meters tall, with a slender figure and exceptional appearance. He had basically inherited Lan Zhaoting's handsomeness. And Lan Zhaoting, if put outside, would also be considered a handsome uncle.
So, the whole family looks good.
Lan Shu glanced at Lan Qi and said, "Brother, I have to go to class this afternoon. Can you take me there?"
Lan Qi nodded lovingly, "Okay."
Lan Zhaoting and Li Liyue did not control their two children too strictly and did not have many expectations for them. It was mainly up to the children to strive for success on their own. Lan Qi was six years older than Lan Shuqing. He graduated with a degree in management from Peking University and joined Lan's company right after graduation. In four years, he was promoted directly to the general manager of Lan's company.
Lan Shuqing has excellent grades and knows what his goals are. He is the type of person with a promising future.
Lan Zhaoting never restricted the development of his two children. They learned whatever they liked. The only thing was that they could not give up halfway. If they did not make up their minds at the beginning, they should not start.
The first thing Lan Qi and Lan Shuqing learned when they were young was to take life seriously.
But Jiang Bai is different.
Jiang Bai returned home and collapsed on the sofa like a salted fish. She stared at the ceiling for a long time, and finally turned over to the sofa, curled herself up into a ball, closed her eyes, and emptied her mind.
After that day, Jiang Bai never sent a message to Lan Shuqing again; Lan Shuqing seemed to have forgotten Jiang Bai and just cut off contact.
Jiang Bai guessed that it was probably because of his attitude that day that Lan Shu was hurt less.
After all, when he sent her back, he didn't say a word, as if he was eager to get rid of her. Jiang Bai had anticipated this outcome, but when she passed by the school or picked up her phone, she always hesitated.
It’s hard to imagine that it’s only been a month since I met Lan Shuqing.
It was half past twelve, and it was already lunchtime. The lights in the office had been turned off and everyone was ready to rest. Jiang Bai was flipping through the chat history between him and Lan Shuqing, his mind in a mess.
Jiang Bai usually sleeps on the table after taking a nap for half an hour. The first thing she does when she wakes up is to look for her phone. After unlocking the phone, it is still on the chat history with Lan Shuqing. She scrolls down habitually, but finds something extra.
Jiang Bai sat up abruptly, staring at the two latest messages in the chat box, and gripped his phone tightly.
The message was simple: a picture of test scores and an emoticon of a little girl with her arms crossed, looking angry.
There was no text. Jiang Bai clicked on the picture and Lan Shuqing's name was the first one. She looked at each subject one by one and saw the total score: 702. As everyone knows, the total score for senior high school students is 750, and Lan Shuqing scored 702.
It's really against the will of heaven.
Jiang Bai's high school grades never exceeded 600.
She did really well in the exam. This reminded her that Jiang Bai had promised Lan Shuqing that he would treat her to a meal if she did well in the exam. Jiang Bai's finger stayed on the input box and finally typed and sent.
[Pure white avatar]: What do you want to eat?
After a few minutes, there was no reply from the other party. Jiang Bai gritted his teeth and opened the chat box of his colleague on WeChat: Shanshan, from which store did you order the cake for Sister Zhu’s birthday last time?
"Team leader."
Before the other party could reply, a team member came to Jiang Bai to ask a question. Jiang Bai came to his senses, put down his phone, and got back to work. "What's the matter?"
On the other side, Lan Shuqing stared at the four words and a punctuation mark in the chat box, almost staring a hole in his eyes. Today is Sunday, after the National Day holiday, they have to have seven consecutive days of classes, and the September monthly exam results will be announced on the second day of class.
Because the school had just started, the teacher deliberately made the questions simpler. Lan Shuqing performed very well and scored directly over 700 points, ranking first in the grade, although she had always been first in the grade.
But Lan Shuqing's anger towards Jiang Bai, a woman, which had been accumulated for five days, seemed to have reached its peak at this moment. Just when she was angry, two messages immediately appeared in the chat box.
[Pure white avatar]: I didn’t expect your grades to be so good.
[Pure white avatar]: awesome.jpg
As if comforted, Lan Shu snorted softly. Not wanting to reply to Jiang Bai, she clicked on the location on WeChat, searched for a hot pot restaurant, and sent the location directly to Jiang Bai.
[Q version little man]: Come pick me up in the evening.
[Pure white avatar]: Stand at attention.jpg
It was almost time to get off work, but Jiang Bai didn't pack up yet. He planned to write a plan before leaving. Lan Shuqing had to attend evening self-study classes and would not be back until 9:30, so it was too early for him to go there now.
At about eight o'clock, Jiang Bai came out of the company, but did not go to school immediately. Instead, he turned to the cake shop to pick up a cake, and then rode his electric scooter to the gate of No. 3 Middle School to wait.
It was exactly half past nine when the school bell rang. Jiang Bai straightened up and looked at the people coming and going at the school gate, feeling a little nervous.
Lan Shuqing and Xie Rong walked out of the school gate side by side, with Chen Zhaolin and Yang Bin walking behind them.
Lan Shuqing spotted Jiang Bai's orange electric scooter among the many private cars. She stopped and let go of Xie Rong's hand, "Rongrong, I'm leaving."
Xie Rong followed Lan Shuqing's gaze and felt a sense of crisis. She hurriedly grabbed Lan Shuqing and said, "Wait, Shuqing, it's so late, what are you going to do?"
Lan Shu blinked lightly and said, "Let's eat hot pot."
Xie Rong's eyes widened, "You're eating hotpot without calling me?!"
And I also want to eat alone with that sister.
Damn it, Jiang Bai should wait somewhere else. Lan Shuqing looked away guiltily, "No...no..."
Xie Rong approached Lan Shuqing and accused him firmly, "You just don't want to call me!"
Lan Shuqing glanced in Jiang Bai's direction and then gritted his teeth, "Okay, okay, okay, let's go together."
Xie Rong nodded, "That's more like it. Please introduce your sister to us later." Xie Rong looked at Chen Zhaolin and the others, "You two should come together."
Chen Zhaolin and Yang Bin looked at each other and tacitly agreed to Xie Rong's proposal.
The four of them walked towards Jiang Bai together. Jiang Bai was a little confused and subconsciously looked at Lan Shuqing. Lan Shuqing was still holding her breath, but she felt a little embarrassed. Originally, only two people were going together, but now there were suddenly three more people. She was afraid that Jiang Bai would feel uncomfortable.
but……
Lan Shuqing thought again, who made Jiang Bai make him angry?!
Lan Shuqing deliberately put on a cold expression and said to Jiang Bai, "I'll take a taxi with them, you can go by yourself."
Although she didn't know why there were a few more people, since Lan Shuqing said so, Jiang Bai had no choice but to agree. "Okay," she said, looking at Lan Shuqing again, "Then I'll leave first?"
Lan Shu raised his chin slightly, "Yeah."
Xie Rong watched Jiang Bai leave on his electric scooter, then glanced at Lan Shuqing. She touched her chin, feeling something was wrong...
In her impression, Lan Shuqing rarely gets angry, and when he is angry, he is just angry, not like this... Xie Rong chose his words carefully, not like this arrogantly.
Yes, it’s tsundere.
Lan Shuqing hailed a taxi, which arrived quickly. The four of them got in and headed to the hot pot restaurant.
When they arrived, Jiang Bai also arrived.
Jiang Bai parked his electric scooter at the non-motor vehicle parking lot next to the hot pot restaurant, then carried the cake and walked towards the people who had just got off the car.
Lan Shuqing had chosen the hot pot restaurant and had reserved a table in the morning. It didn't matter whether she made a reservation at this time or not. The main reason was that she wanted to be alone with Jiang Bai, so she booked a private room.
Fortunately, Lan Shuqing booked a private room, otherwise three more people would have to find new seats.
A group of five people entered the private room. When Jiang Bai entered the room, she handed the cake to the waiter and asked them to put it in the refrigerator. It would probably take some time to eat hot pot, and her cake was an ice cream cake, so it would be better to put it in the refrigerator first.
Lan Shuqing sat in the middle, Jiang Bai sat on her right, Xie Rong sat on her left, then came Chen Zhaolin and Yang Bin, with one seat left vacant between Yang Bin and Jiang Bai.
This hotpot restaurant is open until three in the morning, just like Lao Hotpot. Ordering is done by scanning a QR code. Several people ordered some dishes, and the waiter poured tea and left.
Xie Rong glanced at the final menu and concluded, "Okay, let's order these first. We'll talk later if it's not enough."
No one else spoke. Xie Rong put down his phone, looked at Lan Shuqing, then glanced at Jiang Bai, "Shuqing, would you like to introduce us?"
Lan Shuqing wasn't ready to talk to Jiang Bai yet. She glanced at Jiang Bai, then at the others, and said, "This is Jiang Bai, and these are Xie Rong, Chen Zhaolin, and Yang Bin..."
Very official.
Xie Rong glared at Lan Shuqing, "That's it?"
Lan Shu nodded slightly, "No more?"
Xie Rong was speechless. He turned around and greeted Jiang Bai, introducing himself, "Hello, I'm Shu Qing's best friend. My name is Xie Rong."
Jiang Bai nodded and smiled, "Hello."
Xie Rong blinked and asked again, "Sister, how old are you?"
Jiang Bai smiled and said, "I'm 25 now. I've been out of college for three years."
Xie Rong was a little surprised. She really couldn't tell that Jiang Bai was wearing a short denim jacket with a white T-shirt underneath and black tight casual pants. She had no makeup on and had her hair tied in a ponytail. She looked like a student.
Lan Shu gently tugged at Xie Rong, "Why are you so talkative?"
She wasn't talking too much. Xie Rong rolled her eyes at her. "It's you who's being disrespectful," she said, looking at the two boys across from her. "Who introduces people by name?" She then introduced the next two boys to Jiang Bai. "This is Chen Zhaolin from our class, second in the grade and a top student. This is Yang Bin, like me, with average grades. Yang Bin and I have known each other since childhood and are good friends."
"The four of us are all friends, but I am Shuqing's only best friend."
Xie Rong smiled, patted himself, and emphasized it again.
Jiang Bai heard it, she smiled, and greeted the two boys opposite. Lan Shu glanced at Jiang Bai lightly, and found that the other party did not feel uncomfortable. She withdrew her gaze and leaned back in her chair.
Xie Rong turned back and looked at Lan Shuqing, "But, Shuqing, why did you think of eating hot pot today?"
Lan Shuqing crossed his arms over his chest and said, "Oh," "The monthly exam results are out, so I thought I'd have some hot pot to celebrate."
Xie Rong looked at her strangely, "You are always the first in the class, and I haven't seen you eat hot pot to celebrate at other times..." At this point, Xie Rong suddenly reacted and looked at Jiang Bai.
Jiang Bai met Xie Rong's inquiring gaze, and the other party looked at her, "Sister, do you want to celebrate for her?"
Jiang Bai nodded. Xie Rong touched Lan Shuqing's shoulder and leaned over to whisper, "Lan Shuqing, you're not very kind."
He actually tricked the young lady into treating himself to a meal.
Lan Shuqing glared at her unhappily. Since you've seen it, why don't you just not expose it?
From the moment Jiang Bai heard Xie Rong say that Lan Shuqing was always first in the grade, he understood that Lan Shuqing had always had good grades, but he just wanted her to treat him.
Jiang Bai took a sip of tea awkwardly.
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