Chapter 2
The next day, Lan Shuqing's mother Li Liyue drove her to school. She sat in the passenger seat, looking out from time to time. Finally, at a corner in front of the school, she saw Jiang Bai's obvious helmet. The light yellow helmet had a sticker on it, which looked a little childish.
I didn't expect this woman to be so punctual.
Lan Shuqing and the others wanted to turn left, while Jiang Bai was going straight. At this time, the traffic light for Jiang Bai was red, while the traffic light for Lan Shuqing to turn left was green. When turning, Lan Shuqing raised his mobile phone, magnified the angle, and secretly took a picture.
Jiang Bai watched the SUV go away. After a while, the light turned green. She started her electric scooter and continued driving towards the company.
Li Liyue noticed her daughter's actions and asked, "Shuqing, what are you taking pictures of?"
It's all cars and tarmac.
Lan Shu chuckled, "I saw something interesting, don't worry about it, Mom," he said as he fiddled with his phone, checking to see what kind of animation the sticker was, it looked like an animation.
The browser's image recognition quickly produced a result. Lan Shuqing looked at the words Tom and Jerry and fell into deep thought. Has she seen this cartoon?
Li Liyue raised her eyebrows and said, "Okay." Her daughter is more independent-minded than anyone else.
"Want to have dinner together tonight?"
Lan Shu quickly searched to see which platform had Tom and Jerry available, and replied as he looked, "Okay."
"With your Uncle Ye and the others?"
Lan Shuqing said without even looking up, "Okay."
Li Liyue glanced at her in surprise. Why is this girl so easy to talk to today?
Today is Happy Friday. After today it will be the weekend and she can have two days of rest. Jiang Bai also plans to go hiking this week. She hasn't gone out for exercise for a long time.
As soon as she arrived at the company, the leader of another team came over. He was a man who had joined the company a year after her and was about the same age as her. His name was Zhou Yue. Their office had grid workstations, and Zhou Yue was leaning on the frame of Jiang Bai's workstation. "Jiang Bai, I sent you a list. Please take a look at this reimbursement from Beijing. There's a problem with the invoice. The person from the Beijing platform contacted me and asked if there could be some leniency?"
Jiang Bai looked at him and asked, "What orders did our team receive?"
The other party nodded, "Yeah."
"Okay, let me take a look." Jiang Bai turned on the computer and said to him.
Zhou Yue glanced at her, nodded, and turned away.
Their company is quite large, and all business reimbursements are processed online. Jiang Bai is now the team leader of the reimbursement group, which consists of three groups, A, B, and C. Zhou Yue is the team leader of Group A, and Jiang Bai is the team leader of Group C, responsible for the online process review in different regions respectively. Jiang Bai logged into the system to look at the list, and then asked a team member to come over and ask about the situation.
After listening for a while, Jiang Bai understood that the other party wanted to report the entertainment and dinner at the hotel, but did not keep a list, only issued an invoice. In this case, a list must be made. The company has meal items that are not allowed to be reimbursed. Jiang Bai explained to the team members how to make up the list, then let the other party go back, and then replied to Zhou Yue.
Zhou Yue looked at the text in the chat box and said, "Okay, it's still the same."
In the financial system, there are such chores every day. In addition, Jiang Bai has some extra projects on hand, and she has to report the progress to the leader every week. She takes stock of the progress and then starts to rush. The projects have a specified time and cannot exceed the specified time.
Jiang Bai hardly left his seat all day and was always working. At noon, he went to the cafeteria to have lunch with his friends, came back to take a half-hour lunch break and then continued working. Finally, he managed to advance some project progress before leaving get off work and filled out the weekly report.
Then it was the happy time to get off work. Jiang Bai was still riding her electric scooter on her way home. When she passed the middle school, she was waiting for the traffic light. She stopped the electric scooter and looked at the middle school with the lights on. There was a lot of noise outside the middle school, and it should be Friday when the school was closed.
Jiang Bai noticed some students were still dragging suitcases. She had always lived on campus and had no idea what commuting was like. She was just curious: did commuters need suitcases? For books?
Jiang Bai didn't think about it any further when she couldn't figure it out, but she also remembered that her grades were above average in high school, and she went to college in City A, where her grades were average. She majored in accounting and went into finance after graduation.
In September, a little after six o'clock, it was still light outside. Jiang Bai looked at the people coming and going in the school, and the cars parked at the school gate. He took a deep breath. The light at the intersection turned green immediately. Jiang Bai was about to step on the accelerator and drive away, but at this moment he was caught off guard and was patted on the shoulder.
Jiang Bai shuddered, her heart beating faster as she looked to her right. A beautiful face that looked familiar yet unfamiliar came into her sight. She was stunned for a moment and didn't react for a moment.
Lan Shuqing looked at her frightened expression and wanted to laugh, but she suppressed the corners of her mouth and said in surprise: "Miss, you look so familiar!"
The voice was clear and pleasant. Jiang Bai didn't quite react. She let out a slow "ah," not knowing whether to tell the truth or a lie. At this moment, the girl continued, "Are you the young lady from yesterday? My mom almost hit you with her car. I'm so sorry."
Lan Shuqing apologized while watching Jiang Bai's reaction. The other party finally reacted and smiled embarrassedly, "It seems so."
Lan Shuqing took out her phone and said, "Miss, can you add me on WeChat? I was really embarrassed about what happened yesterday."
Jiang Bai could hear her heart beating faster. She lifted the lens on the front of her helmet, waved her hand and said, "It's okay, just add WeChat..."
Lan Shu chuckled and insisted, "It's okay, you can give me your phone number."
Jiang Bai was stunned for a moment. She looked at Lan Shuqing, hesitated, took out her mobile phone from the bag hanging in front of her, and opened WeChat. Lan Shuqing skillfully scanned the code, added the contact, and then stared at Jiang Bai. Jiang Bai held the phone and clicked "pass" under Lan Shuqing's gaze.
Lan Shuqing locked the screen contentedly and patted Jiang Bai's shoulder. "That's it for now. I have something else to do, so I'll be leaving first."
After saying that, he turned around and left. Jiang Bai saw the car from yesterday parked on the right side of the road. The girl got in the car, and the car started and drove away. Jiang Bai looked at the "I am Lan Shuqing" on his phone, and then changed the nickname of his new friend: Lan Shuqing.
The name is pretty nice, and the WeChat avatar is Cheese Jerry who swallowed cheese. Jiang Bai was stunned for a moment. Would a high school student use such an avatar?
In the car, Lan Shuqing looked at the blank chat box and smiled softly.
Li Liyue witnessed the whole process. She watched Lan Shuqing walk out of the school gate and wanted to wave to him, but he smiled as if he had seen something important. He walked towards the traffic light and started chatting with a girl. The electric scooter looked familiar.
Then I was a little shocked. Isn’t this the electric scooter that I almost hit yesterday?
Li Liyue saw the two of them talking, but couldn't tell what they were talking about. Then, after getting in the car, Lan Shuqing kept laughing. Li Liyue was a little puzzled, "Shuqing, what are you looking for that girl for?"
Lan Shu uttered a soft "Ah," leaned his elbow on the car door, and looked out of the car. "Then you should apologize to her. You almost bumped into her yesterday."
As expected, Li Liyue blushed a little, "Then tell them nicely that mom didn't mean it."
"I know," Lan Shuqing looked at the path Li Liyue was taking. It wasn't the way home. "Mom, where are we going?"
"Didn't I tell you this morning that we were going to have dinner with Uncle Ye and the others? Your father has already gone there and is waiting for us." Li Liyue replied while looking at the road.
Lan Shuqing thought about it and it seemed to be true. Well, she was in a good mood anyway, so she might as well eat. It didn't matter who she ate with.
In the private room, when Li Liyue and Lan Shuqing entered, the only two seats next to the main table were empty. Lan Shuqing greeted the person at the main table, "Dad," and then looked to the side, "Hello, Uncle Ye."
She and Li Liyue sat down, and a boy who was older than Lan Shuqing said, "Shuqing, how are you doing lately?"
Ye Wu laughed, "Brother, you are so old-fashioned. Doesn't Sister Shuqing look like she is having a hard time?"
Ye Ze glanced at Lan Shuqing, then glared at his sister, smiled, and said nothing.
Lan Shuqing looked at Ye Ze, straightened the tablecloth, and said to him, "I'm doing okay lately."
Ye Wu looked at her brother and smiled. Sister Shu Qing was really willing to respond to her brother's words.
The Ye family and the Lan family are in a cooperative relationship. The Ye family is the upstream supplier of the Lan family, but the Lan family is very big, so if they want to cooperate, they will not only have the Ye family as a partner. Lan Zhaoting and Ye Yu are somewhat related, and they were also classmates, so they often interact with each other.
Ye Yu has a son and a daughter. Ye Ze is now a freshman in college, but he is not in City A. It is rare for him to come back, so Ye Yu invites the Lan family to have dinner together. After all, his son likes Lan Shuqing. Ye Ze majored in management. If he can make a name for himself, it will not be a problem for him to be with Lan Shuqing.
As a merchant family, they still pay attention to matching each other. As for the outcome, the Lan family said it depends on the wishes of Lan Shuqing and Ye Ze.
Ye Wu is also in her third year of high school, but she is one year younger than Lan Shuqing. They are not in the same school, but Ye Wu likes Lan Shuqing very much.
Lan Shuqing is beautiful, has good grades, and is very likely to become her sister-in-law. Ye Wu is still very confident in Ye Ze. After all, the Ye family is not bad.
Lan Zhaoting and Ye Yu looked at each other and said, "Let's eat."
During the meal, the two families chatted about many topics. Ye Ze was already a sophomore at the start of the school year and had joined the student union. He was currently a department head, but Lan Shuqing couldn't remember. Ye Wu noticed that Lan Shuqing had changed her profile picture and asked, "Sister Shuqing, what profile picture did you change to? Why haven't I seen it before?"
Lan Shu chuckled. "I watched an animated film recently. It was quite interesting."
Ye Wu was a little surprised, "But Sister Shuqing, when did you become interested in cartoons?" In her eyes, Lan Shuqing was a study maniac who was very serious about everything he did and never read these things.
Lan Shuqing laughed again, "Just watching for fun."
The meal took about two hours. At around nine o'clock, the two families finally finished the dinner. After the Ye family left, Li Liyue drove the car, Lan Shuqing and Lan Zhaoting sat in the back, and Lan Zhaoting's car was driven back by the driver.
In the car, Lan Zhaoting asked Lan Shuqing about his recent situation. Lan Shuqing thought for a moment and said, "Not bad, same as usual."
Lan Shuqing never let them worry about anything, so Lan Zhaoting was relieved. "If you're short of money, tell Dad. If you have any questions about your homework, ask your teacher and your mom."
Li Liyue has a simple job, teaching online. She used to be a university professor, majoring in pharmacology, but most universities in City A are oriented towards science and engineering, so she found an online teaching job, which is easy and simple. Lan Shuqing learned a lot of pharmacology knowledge from her, which is not enough to become a doctor, but enough for living.
Lan Shuqing returned home and looked at her new avatar. She felt a little silly and a little hasty, and animation was not her forte. Lan Shu chuckled and suddenly felt a little stupid, then changed her avatar back to the previous one.
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