On the day after the college entrance examination, Xiao Yun called Su Rou. "Rourou, come out and have some fun!"
Su Rou was lying on the sofa, playing with a game console. Hearing this, she replied lazily, "Where shall we go?" She had just finished the college entrance examination and just wanted to stay at home. Besides, in two months, she would be going abroad, so the days she could stay at home were numbered.
"Come here first. I know you're going abroad soon. We should at least spend some time together to strengthen our bond, right?"
Xiao Yun had a point. She and her friends might not go abroad. "Okay. Where are you?"
"Downtown. See you at our usual place!" Xiao Yun let out a couple of chuckles and then hung up.
Su Rou changed her clothes, grabbed a small wallet and went out. "Miss, come back early."
"Okay."
She took a taxi and arrived at a milk tea shop downtown. Xiao Yun and Yu Fei were sitting inside, sipping milk tea. When they saw Su Rou come in, they waved at her. "Over here."
Yu Fei passed a cup of hot cocoa to her. "We're waiting for one more person, and then we can go."
"Who are we waiting for?" Su Rou asked curiously.
"Hehe... You'll know when he comes." Xiao Yun and Yu Fei exchanged a look and smiled enigmatically.
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At the Su family's home
Su Meimei had just washed her hair. Having just finished the college entrance examination, she felt much more relaxed. "Meimei, now that the exam is over, where do you want to go and have fun?" Liu Rulan put her arm around her daughter's shoulder and asked. "You have a three - month vacation. Where would you like to go?"
"Um, I haven't decided yet." Su Meimei thought for a while and nestled against Liu Rulan. "Mom, I want to... invite Jiang Ling to our home." Now that the college entrance examination was over, Jiang Ling should not be studying all the time. Also, she wanted to ask him where he had filled out his college application!
How could Liu Rulan not understand her daughter's thoughts? So she smiled. "Sure. Call and invite him. Anyway, we have no objections."
Su Meimei gave a coquettish laugh and then called Jiang Ling. "Hey, Jiang Ling, come to my home today."
"I'm busy today. I won't come."
Liu Rulan patted Su Meimei's shoulder and whispered, "Meimei, be polite when you talk." She had really spoiled Su Meimei. She always spoke so rudely. How could Jiang Ling want to come?
Su Meimei nodded. "Um, Jiang Ling, would you like to come to my home?"
Jiang Ling still refused. "I said I'm busy."
"Okay..." Su Meimei's face fell. "Then you want to..."
Beep beep beep -
Su Meimei looked at her phone in disbelief. Jiang Ling had just hung up on her! How dare he! Seeing her daughter's strange expression, Liu Rulan immediately asked, "Meimei, what's wrong?"
"He said he's busy and won't come." Su Meimei angrily threw her phone aside.
Liu Rulan comforted Su Meimei. "It's okay. Invite him next time. Why are you so angry!" Anyway, the boy from the Jiang family couldn't run away. The marriage between him and Meimei was expected by both families.
Su Meimei still felt very annoyed. No matter how busy he was, he shouldn't have hung up on her!
When Jiang Ling received Su Meimei's call, he hesitated for a moment before answering. If he answered, it would waste time because Su Meimei called either to ask him to go to her home or to go out and play. If he didn't answer, it would waste even more time because that petty - minded woman Su Meimei would surely complain to his family!
Finally, he answered. After quickly dismissing Su Meimei, Jiang Ling went out.
When he arrived at the milk tea shop downtown, a gentle smile appeared on Jiang Ling's lips. "Hi, Xiaorou." He walked over and stood beside Su Rou, and also nodded at Xiao Yun and Yu Fei. "Hello."
Su Rou looked up at Jiang Ling while sucking on her straw for a while, then pointed at him. "Is this the person you've been waiting for?"
"Yes."
Jiang Ling raised his eyebrows. "Why? Judging from your tone, it seems you're not very welcome to me."
"No. It's just that they didn't tell me." Su Rou gave Xiao Yun and Yu Fei a disgruntled look. The latter just pretended to be sipping the milk tea in front of them and didn't answer.
Jiang Ling paid the bill for them. "Let's go."
There were three girls and one boy... No, to be exact, it should be two girls and one boy. Xiao Yun and Yu Fei always walked far behind, leaving Su Rou and Jiang Ling to walk in front. They didn't want to be the third wheel!
"Xiaorou, shall we find a time to apply for the visa?" Jiang Ling asked.
"Oh, right. We need a visa to go abroad..." Su Rou nodded. "I got it. Call me when you go to apply. I'll go with you."
Jiang Ling couldn't have wished for more. "Sure."
There were a lot of things to do when going abroad, especially for international students. However, during the application process, it was better not to let Brother Ze know. After she had sorted everything out, she would tell him. In this way, even if Brother Ze got angry, there was nothing he could do about it!
"International students also need their parents' signatures. That is, they need to provide the family's financial situation. Have you talked to your family about this?" Jiang Ling had already taken care of these things. Afraid that Su Rou might be confused about these, he reminded her.
Su Rou indeed hadn't prepared for this yet, but she understood. Should she ask Brother Ze to sign? Of course not. Then who? Grandpa...
"Xiaorou?" Seeing her frowning in thought, Jiang Ling called her. "What's wrong? Haven't you prepared yet?"
Su Rou shook her head. "No. I'll figure it out."
"Figure it out? What kind of solution?" Didn't Su Rou's family have a good financial situation? Why did she need to... figure it out?
Su Rou waved her hand and didn't say more.
After the four of them had been playing on the street for a while, Su Rou proposed to go home. Jiang Ling obviously seemed reluctant to part. "Don't you want to play a little longer?"
"Next time."
"Then let me take you home!" It wasn't safe to let a girl go home alone.
Unexpectedly, Su Rou directly hailed a taxi, waved at them and left. She had to say hello to Grandpa!
Jiang Ling put his hand down dejectedly. "Does she always do this? Only go shopping for three hours?" Or was the curfew at her home too strict?
Yu Fei waved her index finger. "No. She usually only comes out for one to two hours. She even broke her record today!" Mainly because Rourou was too obedient to Boss Su. "It's okay. Just invite her out again. Come on!"
"Thanks."
When Su Rou got home, she happened to meet Su Yuze at the door. It seemed that he had just come back from work. "Brother Ze."
"Yeah. Did you go out to play?" Su Yuze stroked Su Rou's head and asked with a faint smile.
"Yeah."
"With Xiao Yun and Yu Fei?"
Su Rou kindly took Su Yuze's briefcase and said, "And Jiang Ling."