Chapter 163

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Protagonist:

Lin Xiyu

"Haven't you asked her?"

Lin Xiyu's eyes showed conflict: "Her matter, it's still better if she tells you herself."

"How could we not have asked......."

Li's mother rubbed her brow with a headache: "If only she'd tell the truth, this child is so stubborn, she's worried us to death since childhood."

"Li Qing, she, got a boyfriend......"

Lin Xiyu couldn't bear to see Li's mother worry, hesitated for a long time, but still told the truth.

"I guessed it was like this......"

Li's mother's gaze darkened, anger rising: "This child, went to university but doesn't study properly, puts all her thoughts into this......"

Lin Xiyu feared Li's mother would pursue the matter to the root, silently retreated two steps, looking for a chance to slip away.

"What kind of boyfriend did she get?"

Li's mother didn't notice her small movement, just wanted to continue pressing.

"Auntie, my classmate's here, I need to go pick her up, let's chat next time......"

Lin Xiyu's sharp eyes spotted Wu Meng getting off the bus, secretly delighted, dropped those words, and ran off like the wind.

"Xiyu, I'm here, so happy to see you, I missed you so much......"

Wu Meng didn't know the inside story, got off the bus, saw Lin Xiyu running over, mistakenly thought it was because she missed her too much, happily opened her arms, and gave her a warm embrace.

"Mengmeng, it's so good you're here."

Lin Xiyu spoke with double meaning, deliberately saying it for Wu's mother to hear: "I've been waiting at the school gate for ages, finally waited for you to arrive."

Wu's mother saw there were others present, couldn't press further, could only awkwardly give up.

Lin Xiyu's peripheral vision saw the ink-black Crown sedan drive away from the school gate, secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

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"Xiyu, how many more days are you staying in Shanghai?"

Wu Meng was playful, didn't notice her oddness: "Last time I came was too rushed, couldn't stay more days, this time I want to play my fill, visit all of Shanghai's bustling districts."

"Don't know."

Lin Xiyu was swept up by her mood, temporarily threw her worries to the back of her mind: "Wang Fan's new branch just started renovation, at least ten days to half a month, right?"

"Ah? That long?"

Wu Meng stopped smiling: "Then isn't it almost New Year? Dragging it this long, will your family agree? Doesn't your grandma miss you? She raised you from childhood, leaving this long, she definitely can't bear it......"

"I want to go back early too."

Lin Xiyu thought of her relatives, smiled a bit apologetically: "Just that Guben can't get away, and he doesn't feel at ease letting me go back alone."

"Didn't I come?"

Wu Meng hehe'd happily, intimately linked her arm: "Us two go back together, with me accompanying you, what's he got to not feel at ease about?"

"Let's talk in a couple days."

Lin Xiyu had her own plan: "Just right, Cousin also told me to stock more goods, wait till her matter's handled, then discuss with Guben."

"You really started a business?"

Wu Meng's eyes showed surprise: "I thought you were just kidding."

"Dongmen Small Commodity Market opened."

Lin Xiyu said smiling: "Cousin said, lots of people go there to buy stuff, non-stop flow from morning to night, especially weekends, shoulder to shoulder, packed like a temple fair."

"Wow, that many people."

Wu Meng listened excitedly: "My mom would definitely love it, she loves buying cheap goods most."

"If your mom heard this, she'd hammer you again."

"Hehe, she can't hear anyway."

"Mengmeng, I'm really so happy you came."

Lin Xiyu genuinely sighed: "Talking to you is relaxing, say whatever I want, none of those concerns, haven't laughed this comfortably in so long."

"That's......"

Wu Meng proudly raised her brow: "Otherwise why would we be best friends, natural match, no one compares."

"How's it at Suzhou University?"

Lin Xiyu smiled comfortably: "Made any close friends?"

"Two or three, I guess."

"Male classmates?"

"Definitely not......"

Wu Meng denied without thinking: "My Liangzi is so tall and handsome, how could other guys enter my eyes."

"I'll note that down, tell Li Liang later, he'll definitely be very happy hearing it."

"No way, not allowed to tell him."

"Why?"

"You tell him, his tail will stick up to the sky."

"Aren't you talking about yourself?"

Lin Xiyu almost sprayed with laughter.

"Anyway, just don't tell him."

Wu Meng was a little tsundere: "I need to maintain a sense of mystery in his heart, make him unable to figure out my heart, so that he'll keep thinking of me, have the motivation to pursue me."

"Oh my, when did you become a love guru too?"

Lin Xiyu teased her with a smile: "You two are already engaged, what mystery is there to maintain?"

"It's true we're engaged......."

Wu Meng had her own reasons: "But you also know, at that time under those circumstances, he was forced into it, if I hadn't kissed him, he wouldn't have agreed so readily, so you see, we got engaged first then fell in love, we must walk through the process of falling in love all over again, only then can we understand each other better, leave no regrets."

"Mengmeng, the current you, really makes me look at you with new eyes......"

Lin Xiyu gave a thumbs up expressing admiration: "As expected, a life without having fallen in love is incomplete, only a woman who has been tempered by love is a truly real woman."

"Your words seem a bit off."

Wu Meng very seriously refuted her: "What I heard others say is, a life without having given birth is incomplete, only a woman who has given birth is a truly real woman."

"One step at a time......."

Lin Xiyu looked at her dumb cute appearance, black-bellied factor acting up, wanted to tease her again: "Could it be you can't wait already, want to have a child right now?"

"No......"

Wu Meng was embarrassed, letting her make a big red face: "I didn't think that......"

"Your face is red."

Lin Xiyu black-bellied continued: "I see you're thinking exactly that, no wonder you spend all day thinking about making Li Liang chase you, turns out you yourself can't wait."

"Fine, you're laughing at me....."

Wu Meng however dull, this time also reacted, waving powder fists wanting to hit her.

Lin Xiyu how would wait to be beaten, laughing dodged.

Wu Meng unwilling to let it rest, two people chasing laughing running into campus.

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Huashi University female dormitory has written regulation, not allowing outsiders to stay overnight.

Lin Xiyu and Dormitory Auntie mixed familiar, also is holiday, already have classmates left school early, dormitory has empty bed.

Dormitory Auntie also just opened one eye closed one eye, tacitly permitted Wu Meng's existence.

Li Qing already left, Lin Xiyu let Wu Meng sleep her own upper bunk, she sleep lower bunk, two best friends separated months once again gather, naturally have endless words to say.

Two people chatted excitedly, midnight 1 o'clock still not sleep, provoked same dormitory female students' protest.

Wu Meng towards Lin Xiyu made a ghost face, obediently climbed up bed go sleep.

Lin Xiyu embarrassedly smiled apologized, also closed eyes, entered dreamland.

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All grades on holiday, classmates one after another left campus.

Formerly noisy dormitory quieted down, except staying on campus students, next day basically all left, one building floor only left them two people.

Lin Xiyu accompanied Wu Meng at Yuyuan and The Bund played one day, evening returned, still live in dormitory.

"Xiyu, I want to sleep next to you."

Daytime two people at Nanjing Road strolled, watched a movie, is a horror film.

Wu Meng scared can't sleep, from upper bunk climbed down, burrowed into Lin Xiyu's quilt.

"Told you not to watch horror film, you insisted on watching."

Lin Xiyu cried laughing not knowing what to do: "Silence of the Lambs, last year I heard people say, quite scary, never dared watch, didn't expect came to Shanghai, got dragged into water by you."

"I thought Oscar winning film, should be pretty good looking......"

Wu Meng bitter haha laughed: "Didn't expect that spine-chilling, that old man too perverted, future never dare watch foreign films again, I all have psychological shadow."

"Think something good, not that spine-chilling, pleasing to eye and heart......"

Lin Xiyu smiling comforted her: "For example your most liked Little Tigers, or The Legend of the Condor Heroes, also Dream of the Red Chamber, Journey to the West......."

"Journey to the West's monsters I feel all cuter than that old man."

Wu Meng wrapped tight quilt, disgruntled complained.

"Hahaha."

Lin Xiyu heard amused, laughing teased her: "You now say this, forgot childhood scared by White Bone Demon night had nightmares thing?"

"Ai ai."

Wu Meng awkwardly laughed: "White Bone Demon also truly terrifying, I most hate skull heads."

"Let's not talk Journey to the West anymore."

Lin Xiyu helplessly smiled: "Chat chat Dream of the Red Chamber, Twelve Beauties of Swimming Prohibition inside, you most like which one?"

"Of course Lin Daiyu."

Wu Meng is a Red Chamber fan, once chat Dream of the Red Chamber indeed came energy.

"I childhood also liked Lin Daiyu."

Lin Xiyu has different view: "But grew up, understood worldly wisdom more, instead not too like her anymore."

"Ah?"

Wu Meng puzzled: "Why?"

"I feel she too delicate weak."

Lin Xiyu gave own reason: "Like a flower that can't withstand wind frost, one gust wind fall rain just snaps, this kind of person, also only can live in picture books, in real life, is no way survive."

"Novel after all is fictional......"

Wu Meng attracted by her unique view, completely put horror film forgot in brain back: "Besides, Dream of the Red Chamber opening just made clear, Lin Daiyu not mortal, is Grand Void Illusory Realm inside a celestial pearl, grateful Jia Baoyu watering grace, specially descended to mortal world, use lifetime tears repay his kindness."

"Is there such a passage?"

Lin Xiyu looked slightly surprised.

"There is."

Wu Meng spoke with certainty: "The TV drama didn't depict it in such detail, but the book has it — the romance of wood and stone refers to Lin Daiyu and Jia Baoyu; I remember it very clearly."

"You truly live up to being a Dream of the Red Chamber fan."

Lin Xiyu praised without stinginess: "That original copy of yours must be nearly worn out from you flipping through it, right? Have you already memorized it backwards and forwards?"

"That's not the case......"

Wu Meng feigned a resentful sigh: "Who told me I don't have Huang Rong's mother's ability — reading ten lines at a glance, never forgetting what she's seen."

"You're dragging The Legend of the Condor Heroes into this again......"

Lin Xiyu yawned drowsily: "Stop sighing, go to sleep; tomorrow we still have to stock up on goods, otherwise Older Female Cousin will urge me again."

"Didn't you say last time you stocked 400 sweaters for her?"

Wu Meng looked slightly surprised: "Sold out this fast? 400 pieces a month, how much money did you make?"

"Not sold out."

Lin Xiyu told the truth: "The first 100 pieces we stocked were helped along by relatives and friends; just Aunt Da's Supply and Marketing Cooperative alone bought dozens of pieces in the name of distributing New Year benefits."

"Also my mom's school teachers, thinking they were cheap, helped promote them; that's why they sold a bit faster."

"This time is different; Older Female Cousin says it's to boost performance, but actually she can't give away many; she can sign maybe 100 orders a month at most, so gift-giving can only unload 100 pieces."

"Stocking up now is because the Small Commodities Market is opening; there are many people buying New Year goods before the festival, and many people buying new clothes for the New Year; we can ride a wave of sales."

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"You're selling at the Small Commodities Market?"

Wu Meng listened with heart stirring: "Not going to the Night Market anymore?"

"Not going anymore."

Lin Xiyu did not hide it, explaining the whole story: "The old customers who bought clothes at the Night Market before, Older Female Cousin kept all their contact info; when there's new stock, she calls them, and they come to the shop themselves to pick out clothes."

"Your Older Female Cousin really knows how to do business."

Wu Meng clicked her tongue in quite some admiration.

"I think so too......"

Lin Xiyu deeply agreed: "She's just the material for doing business; as soon as making money is involved, her mind is unbelievably clever; no one can compare to her."

"Do you need manpower selling clothes at Lao Dongmen?"

"We do; Older Female Cousin has to go to work, I'm alone watching the shop, definitely can't handle it."

"Think I'd work?"

Wu Meng's eyes lit up, recommending herself.

"Absolutely would."

Lin Xiyu agreed without a second thought: "With you helping me, I can also catch a breath; otherwise when there are many people, I can't even keep an eye on the goods, afraid someone might have ill intentions and swipe something."

"Calling it swiping sounds nice; it's actually stealing."

Seeing Lin Xiyu agree, Wu Meng was beyond excited: "Rest assured, with me here, I'll definitely watch the goods well for you; no one dares to steal."

"Mm-hmm."

Lin Xiyu played along enthusiastically: "I believe you."

"Go to sleep."

Wu Meng was full of motivation: "Tomorrow get up early, I'll accompany you to stock up; buy more, wholesale a thousand or eight hundred pieces back."

"Can't buy that many."

Lin Xiyu smiled helplessly: "Last time we stocked up, mine and Older Female Cousin's money was almost all sunk in; that batch of goods still hasn't sold out, tying up quite a lot of funds; this time my mom took out her 5000 yuan stashed away at the bottom of the chest to support us; 5000 can't buy much either; we'll buy entirely in the 10%-off section, only two or three hundred pieces; before the New Year prices might still rise; if each piece rises a dozen yuan, costs will be much higher."

"Sigh."

Wu Meng's brows and eyes dimmed, sighing with some vexation: "Too bad my mom gives me too little living expenses; it's not even enough for myself to spend; can't help you."

"Doesn't matter; stock more sell more, stock less sell less."

Lin Xiyu didn't mind: "It's just a matter of earning more or earning less; I study in Shanghai, staying for four years straight; there will be plenty of opportunities later; not like I'm missing your one or two pieces......"

"Maybe not four years."

Wu Meng's eyes showed hope: "If I could get into graduate school that would be great; graduate, find a job in Shanghai, get a Shanghai hukou, settle in Shanghai, then I'd be a true Shanghainese."

"Alright, hurry up and sleep."

Lin Xiyu teased with a smile: "Middle of the night spouting a rhyme; you've almost made me dizzy with this string of Shanghais."

"Hehe."

Wu Meng herself also found it amusing, hehe-ing happily, laughing very cheerfully.