Chapter 7

The people in Class 15 could clearly tell that Su Li's relationship with the boy was unusual.

Hu Xiao didn't know how to explain it, so he hurriedly took a photo and sent it to Su Cheng.

"Su Cheng, do you know this person next to Su Li?"

In Class 8, Su Cheng was still slowly packing her schoolbag, while Hu Xiao and Yu Yangfei were waiting for her at the entrance of the teaching building; everyone in the class knew those two were there to send her home on behalf of Jiang Xiangnan.

Xu Lian had finished packing long ago and was waiting on the side for Su Cheng; being sent home by Hu Xiao and Yu Yangfei was a very prestigious thing.

"Chengcheng, look at this photo, the way this guy is leaning against the bulletin board is kind of handsome!" Xu Lian was playing with her phone and saw the photo.

Su Cheng packed her schoolbag, took a glance, and was slightly stunned; he did indeed look quite handsome, mainly because of his aura, which looked clean and neat.

"Just this side profile with his head down is on par with Jiang Xiangnan; if he were from our school, he'd probably be at the level of a school heartthrob," Xu Lian said.

Su Cheng was unimpressed: "He's not wearing a school uniform at this hour and isn't in class at school; I don't know where he came from."

How could he compare to Jiang Xiangnan?

Su Cheng smiled faintly; not everyone who looks handsome can be a school heartthrob.

Xu Lian smiled and said: "Some people already have Jiang Xiangnan, so of course they wouldn't look at anyone else."

That was true; Jiang Xiangnan could almost be called the ceiling.

Su Cheng gave her a helpless glare, then shouldered her bag and was about to leave; she was just thinking of telling Hu Xiao and the others that she was almost ready and coming out, when she saw the photo Hu Xiao had sent.

She was slightly stunned; in the photo, the sunset glow was falling, the boy was walking in front, and the girl was following behind.

It was precisely the boy from the bulletin board that Xu Lian had just shown her, along with Su Li.

Su Cheng replied to the message: "Hm?"

Seeing that she had replied, Hu Xiao hurriedly continued to send: "Su Li seems to be very close with this guy!"

Su Cheng looked at the photo again; the two figures in the photo inexplicably exuded a sense of harmony, as if their relationship was very unusual, but if one were to say they were a couple, this positioning seemed a bit strange, and besides, when Su Li used to chase after Jiang Xiangnan, she wouldn't follow behind him, but would try every possible way to stand by his side.

Su Cheng replied: "Since I started coming home, I haven't seen this guy."

Although this photo made her feel uncomfortable, after careful analysis, she felt it was unlikely.

She had been back for over a year; if they were very close and had a good relationship, he definitely would have appeared long ago.

Did Hu Xiao just snap a photo?

Did Su Li just happen to walk there?

Hu Xiao also felt it was unlikely, after all, Su Li liked Jiang Xiangnan so much, but…

Hu Xiao recalled the appearance of the two just now; he was a bit confused, and he suddenly felt that Su Li really didn't seem to like Brother Jiang anymore.

Su Cheng: "I'm coming out."

She shouldered her schoolbag and left the classroom with Xu Lian.

Outside, Zhao Jiu and Su Li were walking along the road one after the other; several day students from the snack street across the way took two looks at Zhao Jiu and were just getting excited when they saw Zhao Jiu suddenly turn his head to look at Su Li behind him.

The boy was tall and bent his head slightly to look at the girl behind him.

The few of them: "……"

Sure enough, handsome guys all have girlfriends.

Su Li looked up at Zhao Jiu, who had suddenly stopped: "Boss?"

Zhao Jiu's gaze looked at her back: "Where is your schoolbag?"

Su Li: "I just switched to being a boarding student today, and I'm going home now to get my luggage."

Zhao Jiu was slightly stunned, then remembered her being a loner for the past ten years, and said: "Why live…"

Zhao Jiu glanced at her school uniform and swallowed the words about living with him back down.

"Forget it, let's go." Zhao Jiu turned and continued walking, and Su Li followed; the driver behind saw that the two of them had no intention of getting in the car and drove the car, preparing to follow, but it was the time when people were getting off work and also the time for picking up children, so it was jammed again, and this speed was about the same as them walking.

The two walked forward, and the nearby students became fewer and fewer; only then did Su Li say: "I remember I fell asleep in the lounge yesterday, and then when I opened my eyes, I was in the classroom."

Zhao Jiu: "I closed my eyes to rest for a bit shortly after you fell asleep."

They had just gotten off the plane and were both tired yesterday, so they fell asleep one after another.

"Xiao Wu, did you call and ask?"

There should have been an assistant when they were in the lounge.

Zhao Jiu: "Didn't transmigrate over."

Su Li: "Then how about we find a time to go to that lounge and take a nap."

After all, it seemed like only the two of them fell asleep; Xiao Wu should have been guarding them.

Zhao Jiu stopped, turned slightly, and asked: "What excuse should we use to get in?"

It's not like he could go directly to the principal and say, open the door to the lounge downstairs, let me go in and rest for a bit, right?

Su Li looked up at him; Zhao Jiu met her eyes, turned around, and walked away: "Don't even think about it!"

Su Li followed behind and said: "If you say you want to go to that lounge to rest, the school leaders will definitely agree."

Zhao Jiu snorted coldly and strode forward; Su Li trotted to catch up and grabbed the hem of his clothes with one hand: "Lose face once, and we might be able to go back."

Zhao Jiu: "Dream on!"

The young master had a very heavy burden of pride; he would never do something that made him look like he had a hole in his brain, even if it killed him!

Su Li tugged at his clothes: "This is the simplest way."

Zhao Jiu stopped, one hand in his pocket, and looked back slightly at the claw behind him.

"Su Li, you have to be worthy of the high salary I give you."

Su Li: "……"

Gouzi won.

One minute later, Zhao Jiu handed his phone to Su Li; Su Li took a photo of a student passing by on the road opposite, posted the photo to Weibo, and then counted to 5 seconds in her heart before deleting it.

Su Li handed the phone back; it could have been solved simply, but Gouzi insisted on being so roundabout; she didn't know which sucker had come back this time.

Zhao Jiu put away his phone; his face was saved. As for who came, it didn't matter; as long as it could be used, that was enough.

The two continued walking slowly. They only stopped when they reached a place with fewer cars. Just as the driver was about to get out to open the door, Su Li opened the car door first.

The driver: "..."

This young lady had snatched his job twice now.

Zhao Jiu got into the car, Su Li got in as well, and she closed the car door while she was at it.

The driver went back to drive: "Young Master, shall I take Student Su home?"

Zhao Jiu leaned against the car seat: "Find a phone shop first."

Su Li turned her head to look at him. Zhao Jiu said: "Not being able to contact you is a nuisance."

Su Li sat up straight: "Is it reimbursable?"

Zhao Jiu glanced at her indifferently. When had he ever not reimbursed her?

Su Li understood; the boss is mighty.

Zhao Jiu: "..."

She only ever praised him at times like this.

The car drove toward a phone shop. Zhao Jiu was just planning to pick out the latest model, only to see Su Li pointing at a model that was probably from a few years ago.

Zhao Jiu looked at her and forgot; she was very poor right now, and if she used too nice a phone, she would be suspected by others.

Zhao Jiu swiped his card. Su Li held the fresh, warm phone. Although the boss was a bit of a dog and a bit vain, he was generous.

Su Li chose a new number, entered Zhao Jiu's phone number back in, and then made a call to Zhao Jiu.

Zhao Jiu saved the new number; the unsettled feeling from last night finally vanished.

"Let's go, I'll take you home first."

The driver took the two of them back to Su Li's home again. Zhao Jiu watched Su Li holding the phone, lightly biting her lip, seemingly thinking about something.

"What's wrong?"

"I forgot my original Q. Q number."

Zhao Jiu was just about to make a call to help her look it up, but Su Li said: "Forget it, that number isn't very important anyway."

After she was set up by Su Cheng and Jiang Xiangnan, the people who used to be close to her gradually distanced themselves. She couldn't even remember those people clearly now, so if the number was gone, it was gone.

"I'll just register a new one." Su Li lowered her head to fiddle with it. Zhao Jiu's hand gripping the phone tightened slightly, and he turned his head to look outside.

The driver drove for a while, and the car stopped near the residential complex, since she had to move her luggage after all.

Su Li stuffed the phone into Zhao Jiu's hand: "I'm going up to get my luggage, I'll be down immediately."

Su Li opened the car door and walked into the complex. At this moment, a text message arrived on Zhao Jiu's phone. He tapped it open to see that his entrance exam results were out. Aside from a high score in English, his Chinese and Math scores barely scraped a passing grade, and his Physics, Chemistry, and Biology scores were too horrific to look at, but his total score had barely met their requirements.

Zhao Jiu: "..."

So he also had a day where he scraped by?

The school called. Zhao Jiu answered. The other side was talking about entrance precautions. Zhao Jiu looked at the complex gate and asked: "By the way, I can live on campus, right?"

The other side said: "No. 1 High School encourages students to live on campus, but currently, the boys' dormitory doesn't have single rooms..."

"A regular one is fine," Zhao Jiu said. The driver was stunned for a moment; he wanted to live in a dormitory? And a four-person room at that?

Upstairs, Su Cheng had already returned, and even Su Lin had arrived. Su Cheng looked at Fang Lan, slightly surprised; her dad was already back, so why wasn't dinner served yet?

Fang Lan looked at the time: "Should we return the phone to Xiao Li? She hasn't come back yet."

Su Lin: "We said we'd look at the Midterm Exam results. Don't always spoil her; she was spoiled rotten by us since she was little."

Fang Lan inexplicably remembered the way Su Li looked when she left the house with her schoolbag in the morning. She just felt a bit uneasy.

But she and Su Lin had made up their minds not to spoil Xiao Li anymore. If she wanted to make a scene, let her make a scene. Once she was tired of making scenes, she would naturally become sensible.

"Don't wait anymore, let's eat. Chengcheng can't go hungry." Fang Lan had originally wanted to wait for Su Li, but thought better of it. They could wait, but Chengcheng couldn't. She used to go hungry often, and her stomach had been ruined by it.

Su Cheng suddenly raised her head, panicked for a moment. Was she waiting for Su Li just now? Didn't they stop waiting for her before?

At this moment, Su Li opened the door to the house and was slightly stunned to see that the three of them hadn't eaten yet.

"Why haven't you eaten yet? Did Dad get off work late tonight?"

She remembered that for her three years of High School, everything was prioritized for Su Cheng's meals. If Su Cheng was hungry and she didn't get home in time, when she returned to open the door, she would see the family of three eating happily together.

Su Lin: "We were waiting for you to eat. Why are you so late?"

Su Li remembered Gouzi waiting downstairs and said: "I walked back. I didn't expect you all to wait for me."

Su Li looked at Fang Lan and Su Lin in confusion. What was going on today?

Su Lin was just about to say when had they ever not waited for her to eat, when he suddenly remembered that ever since Chengcheng came home, they apparently hadn't been waiting for her to eat.

"Hurry up and eat," Su Lin said.

Su Li: "I won't eat. Night Self-Study is about to start. I came back to get my luggage; I'm living in the dormitory starting tonight."

Su Li walked quickly back to her room, pulled out her suitcase, and then took the quilt and mattress pad out of the closet, placed them on the suitcase, and dragged them away together.

Su Lin was just about to get up, preparing to take her to school. Su Cheng saw her dad's movement and spoke up: "Xiao Li, let Dad take you?"

Su Lin, who was about to get up, sat back down and waited for Su Li to speak.

Su Cheng lowered her eyes. Not only would Su Li not ask, but she also had a stubborn temper. Since she said that, even if Su Lin offered to take her, she would only refuse.

Su Li thought of Gouzi waiting downstairs and walked to the door: "No need, I can move these few things by myself."

Su Lin frowned upon hearing this and picked up his chopsticks to eat. Since she could do it, let her!

"There's so much, you alone..." Fang Lan was just about to speak, but Su Li had already walked out. Fang Lan looked at the closed door and suddenly felt that she might never come back again.

But if she didn't come back, where else could she go?

Su Lin said: "Eat. If she wants to act tough, let her go. She'll know she was wrong once she hits a wall."

Su Li went downstairs and took her things out to the residential complex gate. The driver hurriedly got out of the car, went over to help her move them, and stuffed them into the trunk.

Su Li got into the car and rubbed her hands. The mattress pad plus the quilt were not light at all.

Zhao Jiu held his phone, looked at the map, and asked, "Where can we eat around here?"

Su Li sat up straight and replied sincerely, "There are many places near the middle school ahead."

It had been ten years; she hadn't eaten those snacks for ten years.

Zhao Jiu put away the phone: "Alright, let's just grab a bite."