Chapter 1324

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Protagonist:

Li Xiulan

Wei Qian's words gave Wang Xiaohua a start.

To tell the truth, he had never thought in that direction.

Gu Wenqing had helped him, and he was very grateful.

But that gratitude contained no impure feelings whatsoever!

First, because this counselor Gu Wenqing, although not much older than him, was still his teacher after all; he had never once considered dating a teacher.

Second, because ever since Li Jianjia passed away, Wang Xiaohua had lost all inclination for romance; subconsciously he had already locked down his emotions, so naturally he would not perceive any subtle changes.

Third, his self-awareness was very clear: with his image, his looks, why would Gu Wenqing take a fancy to him? There was absolutely no reason!

If it were somewhere else, a girl admiring his talent and falling for him, he would believe it; but at Tsinghua, he wouldn't believe it even if beaten to death — after all, Tsinghua talents are as numerous as carp crossing the river, everywhere you look.

And he, Wang Xiaohua, was merely an inconspicuous, utterly insignificant small figure in this university.

"Wei Qian, your thinking is flawed. Gu Wenqing's kindness to me is nothing more than a teacher's care for a student; don't overthink it!"

Wang Xiaohua quickly regained his composure and said this to Wei Qian.

Wei Qian sighed:

"You kid, really. There are only two months until graduation. Don't blame me for not reminding you — miss it and it's a lifetime!"

Wang Xiaohua was speechless:

"Don't go randomly pairing people up. Since you broke up with Yun Shu, you've become more and more unreliable. I advise you to hurry up and take a graduation photo with Yun Shu; otherwise, missing it is also a lifetime!"

Wei Qian laughed bitterly:

"She has a boyfriend keeping her company; what would I be meddling for?"

Hearing this, Wang Xiaohua couldn't help but freeze, then sighed with regret:

"I really don't understand why you two broke up back then."

Just then, Wang Xiaohua's mobile phone rang.

He took it out to look — it was Niu Chunsheng calling.

"Hello, Uncle Chunsheng, where have you reached?"

"I just got out of the taxi. The driver said the main gate ahead is where they're taking graduation photos. Are you at the main gate?"

"Yes, yes, I'll go meet you!"

But Li Xiulan grabbed Wang Xiaohua:

"Xiaohua, don't go. Let your Second Brother go meet him."

"Mom, what's going on?"

Li Xiulan pulled Wang Xiaohua:

"Just now your classmate said that the young female teacher who took a photo with you a moment ago has feelings for you — is it true or false?"

Wang Xiaohua didn't know whether to cry or laugh:

"Mom, don't listen to my classmate's nonsense; he's just talking rubbish!"

Yet Li Xiulan said:

"If she does have feelings for you, be a bit braver. Jianjia is already gone; you have to look forward!"

"Mom, I know. You don't need to worry about me. When I meet the right person, I'll definitely get married."

Li Xiulan still worried:

"When will you meet the right person? Besides, how will you know if it's right without trying? Among you three brothers, the one I'm most uneasy about is you!"

Wang Xiaohua smiled wryly, helpless, and for a moment didn't know what to say.

At this moment Zhang Sheng walked over and helped defuse the situation:

"Older Sister, you don't need to worry about your son's marriage. Once he goes back to the county town and becomes an official, he'll instantly become a hot commodity — believe it or not! Plenty of pursuers will be lining up for him to choose from!"

Li Xiulan chuckled:

"True or false? My son isn't tall; girls nowadays are picky. Those who won't dislike his height are probably very few!"

Zhang Sheng said:

"That kind of shallow woman, good riddance! Your son would look for a partner whose soul matches his! If worst comes to worst, I'll introduce my daughter to him then!"

"Your daughter? How old is she?" Li Xiulan was a bit bewildered.

Zhang Sheng laughed and said:

"My daughter is the same age as your youngest son. She's also an overseas student, studying a Business Administration degree, and graduating this year too. Probably won't be long before she comes back to me!"

As they spoke, Zhang Sheng even opened his phone album and showed Li Xiulan a photo of his daughter:

"Look, this is my daughter. Pretty, right?"

Li Xiulan only glanced once and couldn't help but be surprised.

"Indeed very pretty! Looks like a big star! And an overseas student too — that's even more impressive than my Xiaohua! Would your daughter even look at my Xiaohua?"

In Li Xiulan's understanding, those who could go abroad to study were certainly far more impressive than those studying at domestic universities.

But she didn't know that the foreign university Zhang Sheng's daughter attended was an obscure diploma mill; as long as you paid the money, you could basically get a degree certificate.

Coupled with a major like Business Administration, it was water through and through — its actual value was even worse than a domestic second-tier university.

Still, those who went abroad in earlier years did eat quite a few dividends thanks to the information gap.

"My daughter listens to me very well. You can rest assured — as long as I say the word, she'll absolutely obey!"

Zhang Sheng said to Li Xiulan with a beaming smile.

Listening, Li Xiulan was so happy she couldn't close her mouth.

Wang Xiaohua, however, felt quite displeased inside; Zhang Sheng coming here to say these things to his mother — to tell the truth — was somewhat overstepping.

Wang Xiaohua wasn't that close with him!

Still, Wang Xiaohua maintained restraint, revealing nothing on his face, and only said to General Manager Zhang:

"General Manager Zhang, you're truly thoughtful; I'll thank you first, but for the moment, I won't consider matters of the heart!"

Li Xiulan, though, hurriedly said:

"You're already twenty-two or twenty-three, and still not considering it — do you intend to wait until you're thirty-three or forty-three to consider?"

Wang Xiaohua didn't know how to explain to Li Xiulan for a moment; his head ached terribly.

But he didn't blame Li Xiulan; Li Xiulan had been simple and honest all her life, and had suffered losses all her life.

Now she couldn't see through Zhang Sheng's true purpose — that was only perfectly normal.

What made Wang Xiaohua feel speechless was that at this moment Wang Dashan also stepped forward to say a couple of lines:

"Third Brother, General Manager Zhang is this sincere; if there's a chance later, why don't you try getting along with his daughter!"

Wang Xiaohua gave a dry laugh, not knowing what to say.

Fortunately at this time, Wang Erhai arrived with Niu Chunsheng!

To everyone's surprise, Niu Chunsheng actually didn't come alone!

He even brought his daughter Niu Lin Xin along!

"Xiaohua Ge! I'm here — surprised or not, unexpected or not!"

Niu Lin Xin wore a smile on her face.

Compared to last time seeing her, she had a few parts more cheerfulness and liveliness, and a few parts less rebelliousness and resentment.

"Indeed quite unexpected; don't you have school? If I remember right, you should be about to take the college entrance exam, right?"

Wang Xiaohua's face showed a trace of surprise.

Niu Chunsheng just said with a laugh:

"She couldn't get on at the County High School, so I sent her to a fully closed, military-style managed high school in the city, and also had her repeat a grade, so she has to wait until next year to take the college entrance exam!"

Niu Lin Xin then said:

"Xiaohua Ge, I specially requested leave today to come attend your graduation ceremony; later you have to take me out for a big meal!"

Wang Xiaohua smiled politely:

"Sure sure, after we finish taking photos later, everyone go eat a meal together!"

Niu Lin Xin hurriedly ran over, hugging Wang Xiaohua's hand:

"Xiaohua Ge, I want to take a solo photo with you!"

Wang Xiaohua nodded in agreement, squeezing out a reluctant smile.

Inside, however, he had already been sighing repeatedly.

To tell the truth, today's situation — he truly hadn't anticipated it.

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