Chapter 38
Li Liyue was the first to notice Lan Shuqing and waved towards her, "Shuqing, come here quickly."
Lan Shuqing walked to Jiang Bai's side. Jiang Bai looked up at her and said nothing.
"Come on, who's going to play now?"
Li Liyue looked at the cards in her hand. Lan Qi frowned slightly beside her, "It's my turn..."
Lan Shuqing put his left hand on Jiang Bai's chair and asked, "What are you playing?"
Li Liyue laughed, "Zha Jin Hua, Shu Qing, look how much I won..."
There were more or less some bags of small cookies in front of everyone. These were blueberry cookies that Li Liyue had asked someone to bring back from abroad. They tasted delicious.
But now they are using it as gambling money?
There were the most cookies in front of Li Liyue, forming a small hill. There were only a few in front of Lan Zhaoting, and Lan Qi had only one left. As for Jiang Bai, Lan Shu lightly counted Jiang Bai's cookies, and there were three.
The game ended quickly. Jiang Bai, Lan Zhaoting and Lan Qi all lost a piece to Li Liyue. The hill grew bigger and bigger, and Li Liyue smiled happily.
After the final settlement, Li Liyue was the biggest winner, having won three games. Lan Zhaoting was still in a loss because he had already lost all his cookies, and the ones he had left were still borrowed from Li Liyue.
Lan Shuqing was a little amused. She looked at Lan Zhaoting and said, "Dad, why did you think of playing cards? Hasn't it been a long time since you played?"
Lan Zhaoting was helpless, "Your mother is addicted to cards."
In the past, they only knew how to play Landlord. Li Liyue liked to play these, and there were some other small games at home that they would occasionally play, but Lan Zhaoting and the other three had no interest in these.
A more important reason is that Li Liyue has good luck. She is always the winner when playing cards or games.
When Lan Shuqing and Lan Qi were young, Li Liyue and Lan Zhaoting would deliberately instigate them to play games, and then watch them get humiliated, which was really fun.
Jiang Bai came to their house to play and finally found a new person. Li Liyue naturally would not let him go.
Li Liyue glared at Lan Zhaoting, then said with a smile: "It was just the last round, I won again, give me the money quickly!" She counted her cookies, and they were full.
Lan Shuqing lowered her head. Jiang Bai didn't tie her hair today, so it looked fluffy and a bit like she wanted to rub it. Jiang Bai was a little embarrassed because she didn't bring any cash. So Jiang Bai looked up at Lan Shuqing and said, "I'll transfer the money to you, and you transfer it to Auntie?"
Li Liyue heard this and said, "Why bother with so much trouble? We can just add each other as friends!" She picked up her phone and approached Jiang Bai, "Come on!"
Just like that, Jiang Bai added Li Liyue as a WeChat friend. His first words were, “I am Jiang Bai,” and then he sent a red envelope.
After playing cards, it was almost time, so Jiang Bai prepared to go home. Li Liyue and the others did not try to keep her and asked her to come and play next time. Lan Shuqing saw Jiang Bai out.
In the courtyard, Li Liyue watched Lan Shuqing and Jiang Bai leave. She touched her chin with a thoughtful expression, "Jiang Bai, this girl is not lively," she pointed at Lan Qi, "just like you."
Lan Qi was speechless. What happened to him that made him the target of criticism?
Lan Zhaoting smiled and said, "But the little girl is quite smart."
Several people had a good first impression of Jiang Bai. It was their first meeting, and he was not nervous at all. He was very confident and calm.
Lan Shuqing and Jiang Bai left the hospital. Jiang Bai originally wanted Lan Shuqing to go back first, but Lan Shuqing was unwilling.
It took about ten minutes to walk to the gate of the community. Lan Shu gently held Jiang Bai's hand and naggled, "I didn't expect my mom would ask you to play cards. With her luck, no one can beat her."
Jiang Bai smiled and said, "It's fine."
"Hmm?" Lan Shuqing looked at Jiang Bai in confusion. Jiang Bai also looked up at her. Lan Shuqing thought of something and her eyes moved. "Did you find out?"
Jiang Bai nodded. At the card table, Lan Zhaoting gave Li Liyue a hand without blinking an eye, which was very skillful.
Lan Shu held his forehead lightly, "Jiang Bai, how did you find out the first time? I was really tricked when I was a kid!"
Jiang Bai laughed, "What did I trick you into doing?"
Lan Shu counted on his fingers, "I said I could do less homework if I beat her once, but I ended up doing double the homework."
"And the snacks I brought from school. My mom wanted to eat some, so she said she was playing cards, and she ended up winning them all..."
"It was the same when we went out to play before. She didn't want to pack her things, so she tricked me into doing it for her..."
Each and every one of these were traps that Lan Shuqing fell into when he was young and lacked vigilance.
Jiang Bai laughed, "Then you must have had a lot of fun as a kid."
Lan Shuqing was helpless, "How can this be fun? It's clearly a history of suffering!"
Jiang Bai looked at her and smiled again, "Your parents have a really good relationship. Apart from you, your mother is probably the one who acts most like a child."
It can be seen that Lan Shuqing's family is a loving family. Lan Zhaoting and Li Liyue have a good relationship. It may not be obvious in front of outsiders or children, but Jiang Bai still found that Lan Zhaoting dotes on Li Liyue. Whether it is eye contact or other things, the parents have laid a good foundation for the family, so Lan Qi and Lan Shuqing are also raised well.
Lan Shuqing was a little surprised. She discovered that Jiang Bai was not only sensitive to interpersonal relationships, but also very observant. He was able to discover all this in just one afternoon. You know, when she was a child, it took her a long time to find out that her father had been giving her mother a break.
In the Lan family, the most favored one is Lan Shuqing, and the second is Li Liyue.
Lan Shu sighed softly, "Jiang Bai, you are so smart."
Jiang Bai smiled and said nothing.
They soon arrived at the gate of the community. Jiang Bai took a taxi, and Lan Shuqing waited for her to get in the car before slowly walking back, looking back every few steps. Somehow, she always felt that Jiang Bai's mood was a little low at the end.
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This year's winter break begins on the 26th, and the high school final exams are scheduled for the 24th and 25th, with results announced on the day of the break. After New Year's Day, there's less than a month left to prepare for the exams.
Even though time was tight, Lan Shuqing still went to Jiang Bai's place frequently in January. Li Liyue was quite resentful about this, as her daughter went to other people's homes two or three days a week and they rarely saw each other.
As for Li Liyue's childish temper, Lan Shuqing had no choice but to coax her, and occasionally brought her father along. Anyway, her father's coaxing effect was better than Lan Shuqing's coaxing herself.
As for Jiang Bai, he was busy with his year-end performance review in January, which was scheduled for Monday, the 29th. So when Lan Shuqing came to Jiang Bai's house, Jiang Bai had been watching TV for some time, or on weekends the two of them would stay in the living room, Lan Shuqing doing homework while Jiang Bai read, and then they would spend some time working on PPT.
There's no way. Jiang Bai has been busy for the whole month of December and needs to take a break before starting again.
January 23rd, the eve of the exam, ten o'clock.
In the living room, Jiang Bai looked at the time again. Lan Shuqing said she would come over today. It seemed like it was about time. School was over at 9:30, so it had already been half an hour.
Just as Jiang Bai was hesitating whether to send a message to ask, the door opened.
Jiang Bai tilted her head to look. Lan Shuqing appeared at the door, carrying a schoolbag. She wore a white down jacket over her school uniform. She stood up, walked over, and took the schoolbag from Lan Shuqing's hand. "It's a little late today~"
Lan Shu closed the door gently, hugged Jiang Bai tightly, and whimpered, "It's all because our class teacher kept us out of class, saying we'd have an exam tomorrow. He naggled on for ten minutes before letting us go..."
Jiang Bai smiled and patted Lan Shuqing on the back. "Okay, change your shoes first."
Lan Shu easily said goodbye to Jiang Bai, changed his shoes, and then took off his coat, including his school uniform coat, leaving only a sweater, and fell on the sofa motionless.
Seeing this, Jiang Bai handed her the down jacket again and said, "Put it on."
Lan Shuqing raised his head with difficulty and glanced at her, then collapsed on the sofa, "I don't want to move."
Jiang Bai walked over, pulled her up, put the down jacket on her, and then put on the sleeves.
The two people were very close to each other. Lan Shuqing moved her nose and smelled the scent of laundry detergent on Jiang Bai. She simply fell forward and leaned against Jiang Bai's lower abdomen, looking extremely tired.
Jiang Bai lowered his head to look at Lan Shuqing's whorl of hair, tidied her hair, and let Lan Shuqing lean against him like this.
Leaning on Jiang Bai, which was warm and soft, Lan Shuqing wrapped her arms around Jiang Bai's waist, then exerted force, causing Jiang Bai to lose his balance and sit directly astride Lan Shuqing. The sweet fragrance filled her nose, and Jiang Bai was completely stunned. She looked at Lan Shuqing's beautiful face so close to her and forgot to react.
The person in her arms was only wearing a sweater, with black hair scattered on her shoulders, and her pretty face was full of daze. Lan Shu gently put her arms around Jiang Bai's waist. She felt Jiang Bai's body getting slightly hot. She saw the infatuation and fascination in Jiang Bai's eyes, and couldn't help but curl the corners of her lips.
She knew that Jiang Bai had been fascinated by her, but he still looked very serious.
Lan Shuqing reached out and touched the corner of Jiang Bai's eyes. Her cold fingers brought Jiang Bai back to his senses instantly. She held Lan Shuqing's fingers, got up from Lan Shuqing, and said in a low voice, "Your hands are so cold, go take a shower first..."
She was about to let go of Lan Shuqing's hand, but Lan Shuqing wouldn't do as she wished. She held Jiang Bai tightly, looked up at her, and said coquettishly, "Then warm me up~"
The girl's eyebrows were picturesque, her eyes were clear, and her eyes were full of smiles. She looked like a fairy who could bewitch people. Yes, fairies can also bewitch people. She was so beautiful that Jiang Bai felt hot. She broke away from Lan Shuqing's hand and walked towards the bathroom, "Let's take a shower first..."
Lan Shuqing sat on the sofa, holding his face with his hands and smiling heartily.
Jiang Bai didn't sleep much that night.
In the darkness, Jiang Bai lay on her side on the bed. She looked at Lan Shu sleeping soundly and gently poked her shoulder. She knew that she would not react, but she did it anyway, as if she was punishing her.
For her, Lan Shuqing is an unpredictable future.
Jiang Bai knew that Lan Shuqing liked to tease her simply because he thought she was fun. It might be because Lan Shuqing had never met someone like her before, so he was interested in being with her.
But Jiang Bai, what kind of person are you?
She asked herself this.
Just a boring person.
Jiang Bai sometimes thought in self-deprecation that she was both restrained and unrestrained. She restrained her liking for Lan Shuqing, but allowed Lan Shuqing to be unrestrained towards her. Her liking for Lan Shuqing was initially just for her face, then she liked her smile, and now she likes Lan Shuqing as a person.
She always ranked first in the grade and occasionally gave extra lessons to Xie Rong and the others. Jiang Bai paid special attention to the school news and website. One time, she saw Lan Shuqing's award-winning photo and name on the homepage.
I have to admit that Lan Shuqing is better than her, even though she is only nineteen years old.
The most important point is that Lan Shuqing cares about her, misses her, and knows what she is thinking, which is something Jiang Bai has never had.
Jiang Bai sneaked up to Lan Shuqing, leaned on her shoulder, and gently closed his eyes.
Lan Shuqing is a good girl, but Jiang Bai feels that she may not be a good person.
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