Grandma died, Fu Hengyi returned to the military, and school had already started. Although she was a senior and had already finished her professional courses, it would be all right if she did not go, Shen Qinglan still decided to go to school.
“Qinglan, you finally appeared. Where did you go some time ago, your phone was off all the time?” Just arrived at the dormitory, Yu Xiaoxuan asked, with a worried face.
Yu Xiaoxuan did not know that Shen Qinglan"s grandmother died. She did not even know that Shen Qinglan was the Second Miss of the Shen family. Shen Qinglan was low-key and did not appear in front of people. There weren"t many people in Beijing who knew her. Even though Yu Xiaoxuan made many friends, as long as Shen Qinglan doesn"t say it herself, it is normal for her not to know.
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“Something happened at home. Grandma died.” Shen Qinglan said lightly, people could not see the sadness of that day on her face.
Yu Xiaoxuan looked at Shen Qinglan and was even more worried. From the increasing cold emitted by Qinglan, she can see that Grandmother Shen must be someone very important to Qinglan.
“Qinglan, are you all right?”
Shen Qinglan shook her head slightly. “I"m fine.”
Shen Qinglan really felt that she was fine. Her grandmother"s death hit her hard, but she always remembered that her grandmother wanted her to live happily, and she didn"t want to disappoint the elder"s expectations.
This topic is too heavy, Yu Xiaoxuan could see Shen Qinglan seem to have eased up, she also didn"t want to mention Shen Qinglan"s sad things, she changed the subject.
“By the way, Qinglan, I found a new malatang restaurant outside the school today. Let"s go to eat malatang tonight.”
(麻辣燙/ málàtàng; literally: ‘spicy numbing hot soup", a common type of Chinese street food. Unlike hot pot, which is made to order and shared only by diners at a table, malatang originates from street food cooked in a communal pot. Diners can quickly choose what they wish to eat, and either eat on the spot or take away.)
“What"s hot and spicy?” Fang Tong"s voice came from the outside.
“We are talking about a malatang restaurant outside the campus. The business looks good. Going for dinner tonight, your not going, right?” Yu Xiaoxuan leered at Fang Tong, this girl never wanted them after she had a boyfriend.
“Going! who said I wouldn"t go?” Fang Tong said loudly. Reacting to her own overreaction, she smiled softly and brushed her bangs coquettishly. “Tonight, this madam decided to turn over your green card. Are the two concubines, ready??”
(turning over a green card = it"s how an Emperor chooses who to sleep with for a night. In the evening a servant will show him a row of bamboo cards/sings, the upper half is dyed green, with a name in the middle. Whichever name the Emperor turns over is the "lucky girl" for the night… She means, your lucky tonight I choose you.)
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Yu Xiaoxuan made a vomiting sound and Shen Qinglan did not open her eyes as if she had not seen it.
“Fang Tong, speak human language.”
Fang Tong snorted, “Ding Minghui found an interns.h.i.+p two days ago and has officially started work today, so no one will accompany me to dinner.”
Ding Minghui is Fang Tong"s boyfriend.
Yu Xiaoxuan rolled her eyes. “I knew it, you value lover over friends.”
“Humph! You are just envious and jealous. If you are capable, go find one.”
The two argued again, Shen Qinglan was already accustomed to it, her heart is calm. Familiar life, familiar people, perhaps this is the best.
“Well, what about Wu Qian? Isn"t she always the one to come back first?" Fang Tong suddenly said.
Yu Xiaoxuan then remembered that Wu Qian; the earliest person in the past years, had not yet arrived at school.
“Maybe the bus was late. It"s possible to get stuck in traffic jams in Beijing.” Yu Xiaoxuan doesn"t care.
Fang Tong frowned. “No, Wu Qian didn"t go back to her hometown at all this summer vacation. I met her during the summer vacation. She was working as a waitress in a KFC. Since she didn"t go back, she should have arrived early.”
“Maybe she just worked for a month, and then went back. Give her a call.”
Fang Tong"s thoughts were the same. She took out her mobile phone and called Wu Qian. The phone was quickly connected. Wu Qian said that she was downstairs in the dormitory building now.
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Soon, Wu Qian"s figure appeared in the room. She wore a pale yellow short sleeve s.h.i.+rt on her upper body, and whitewashed jeans on the bottom, and a pair of canvas shoes worth tens of dollars on her feet. There is no difference from the past.
“Wu Qian, we"re going to eat at the new malatang restaurant outside campus tonight. Are you coming?” Fang Tong asked, although she already knew the answer, not opening her mouth to ask felt somewhat bad.
“Okay. Wait for me, I"ll go with you after I put these things away. Just a moment. ”
The unexpected answer surprised both Fang Tong and Yu Xiaoxuan.
“Oh, okay, don"t worry, you take your time.” Fang Tong quickly responded.
Wu Qian, with her back to them, did not see them, but Shen Qinglan clearly saw Fang Tong and Yu Xiaoxuan signaling to each other.
“Why would she want to have dinner with us today??” This is Yu Xiaoxuan.
“How do I know? I was just being polite.” Fang Tong rolled her eyes.
“Now what? Would she be embarra.s.sed if she came? ”
(TLNote: Wu Qian is poor, they have money, but they don"t want to embarra.s.s her with their spending. Her uncomfortable-ness makes them way more uncomfortable. And she usually rejects. So, it"s not about them being mean, just awkward.)
“You ask me, who do I ask?”
“By the way, this is a specialty of my hometown. Please try it.” Wu Qian was holding three packs of snacks in her hand and put them on the table. She also scratched her head embarra.s.sedly. “I wanted to bring them to you before, but …”
"but" what, the other three understood. "But her economic condition didn"t allow it".
“Wu Qian, why are you being so polite? We didn"t even bring gifts for you.” Fang Tong said with a smile.
Wu Qian smiled and brightened the eyes of the three people. In fact, Wu Qian was good-looking. She was a beautiful girl, but in the past, probably because of her inferiority complex; She always liked to bow her head and talked to people with her eyes looking down. She dared not look at people. Even if her looks were good, it was pulled down a few points. Now she raised her head and held her chest out. Her smiling look was very beautiful.
“For the past three years, you have been accommodating me. Holding back. I know it in my heart. Thank you.”
Fang Tong and Yu Xiaoxuan looked at each other.
“Hey, we"re all cla.s.smates, and we"re all roommates. What do you mean accommodating and holding back?” Fang Tong went up and patted Wu Qian on the shoulder. “Since it"s your kind feelings, then we won"t be polite.”
Saying that, she went up and picked up a pack of snacks, opening it, “Wow, it"s duck tongue, Wu Qian, you"re so kind.” Fang Tong"s smile is full of politeness.
(duck tongue = it"s a snack. And yeah… it"s actually the tongue part of a duck, not just the name of a snack. I"m kind of guessing its savoury-sweet with a beef-jerky texture or chicken bile?? comment if you know..)
“Come here and try it all. It tastes good.” Fang Tong took some duck tongue and gave it to Shen Qinglan and Yu Xiaoxuan.
Wu Qian looked at the three-people eating cheerfully. She seemed relieved and her face was full of smiles.
Shen Qinglan looked at the duck tongue in her hand and glanced at Wu Qian from the corner of her eye thoughtfully. She had not seen her for just two months, suddenly her temperament changed. Isn"t that a strange thing?
But Wu Qian"s change is not a matter of concern to Shen Qinglan. To put it plainly, to her Wu Qian may just be a little bit better than a pa.s.ser-by on the road. After all, they still know each other.
Shen Qinglan did not care about Wu Qian"s change.
In the evening, the four people in the dormitory went out for dinner together for the first time. One more person was not as well-off as the previous three, so after dinner, Yu Xiaoxuan, who had also wanted to go shopping outside, gave up the idea and followed everyone back to the dormitory.
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