Chapter 962

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Protagonist:

Li Xiulan

Wang Xiaohua and Li Jianjia's proposal ceremony concluded perfectly.

The whole family stayed at Wang Dashan and Du Xiaojuan's villa for a few days, until October 3rd, when everyone dispersed.

This time, neither Wang Changgen nor Li Xiulan said anything to Du Xiaojuan.

Because Du Xiaojuan was pregnant, the two elders cherished her dearly.

They didn't let Du Xiaojuan do any work at all, serving her so she was completely comfortable.

After all, they had already lost an unborn grandson once, so this time, there could be no mishaps.

This day, Wang Xiaohua and Li Jianjia returned to the University Town together.

They planned to stay together at their rental house in the University Town for a few days, and after the National Day holiday ended, Wang Xiaohua would return to Beijing.

Just as they returned to the University Town, near the subway entrance, they unexpectedly ran into acquaintances.

It was none other than Li Jianjia's former roommates, Lan Xiaomeng and Liang Lina.

Ever since Li Jianjia moved out, she had very little contact with them.

Because university classes use a course-selection system, if they weren't in the same dormitory, even if they were classmates, they wouldn't have many opportunities to interact.

"Jianjia, what a coincidence!"

Li Jianjia originally planned to pretend she hadn't seen them, but Liang Lina took the initiative to wave at Li Jianjia.

"What a coincidence..."

Li Jianjia could only give a polite response.

She didn't want to have too much entanglement with her former roommates, because she knew that her three roommates, Lin Yuan, Lan Xiaomeng, and Liang Lina, were not a single one easy to deal with.

Lin Yuan's badness is bad on the surface.

But Lan Xiaomeng and Liang Lina's badness is bad to the bone. Especially Lan Xiaomeng.

Now Lin Yuan has already been driven by the two of them to take a leave of absence and go home.

Li Jianjia has also already moved out.

Only the two of them were left in the dormitory, and they lived quite freely and at ease.

"Jianjia, why didn't you go home for National Day?"

Liang Lina asked at this moment.

Before Li Jianjia could answer, Lan Xiaomeng rushed to speak:

"Jianjia has important business to attend to, why would she go home?"

"What important business?"

"Didn't you check the campus forum? On the evening of September 30th, over at the Outer Ring, above the Pearl River, five big characters 'I love you, Jianjia' shone in the sky. This has become hot news on the campus forum. People say it's a rich second-generation confessing!"

Lan Xiaomeng said this, deliberately glancing at Li Jianjia, then spoke with sarcasm:

"Jianjia, that rich second-generation, wouldn't happen to be confessing to you, right?"

Liang Lina hurriedly said:

"Definitely not our Jianjia. There are so many people in this University Town, girls named Jianjia probably aren't just our Jianjia alone. Our Jianjia has a boyfriend, how could she get involved with another man!"

Liang Lina smiled and looked at Wang Xiaohua:

"Handsome guy, you agree, right?"

Wang Xiaohua watched their clumsy performance, feeling somewhat at a loss whether to cry or laugh.

It was very obvious that these two women did not believe that the subtitles displayed by drones in the night sky that night were created by Wang Xiaohua proposing to Li Jianjia.

Because they both knew that although Wang Xiaohua was a top student at Tsinghua, he came from a rural area. Where would he get so much money to pull off such a luxurious and romantic ceremony?

They believed Li Jianjia was two-timing, that Li Jianjia was hiding it from Wang Xiaohua and seeing another man, which was why they deliberately said these things.

"Don't guess wildly."

Wang Xiaohua directly stated his position to them:

"That night's drone performance was hired by me. I proposed to Jianjia."

The moment these words came out, it immediately shut their mouths.

At the same time, it shocked them immensely:

"What?"

No matter what, they couldn't believe that Wang Xiaohua, a STEM guy, could actually pull off such a romantic ceremony.

"That's right. That night, Xiaohua proposed to me."

Li Jianjia's face blossomed with a sweet smile.

"We should be getting our marriage license soon. If we hold a banquet then, we'll send you invitations. Hope you'll grace us with your presence!"

Wang Xiaohua spoke like this.

"You haven't even graduated yet, and you're already getting married?"

Lan Xiaomeng's face was full of disbelief.

"Why? Is it not allowed?"

Wang Xiaohua maintained a polite smile.

"It's allowed, of course it's allowed. It's just that Jianjia's family seems to have had some upheaval. Do you know about this?"

Lan Xiaomeng also didn't know where she got the news, but she actually knew that Li Jianjia's family had undergone a change.

It was very likely that during the previous period, Li Jianjia had missed classes for a stretch of time because of a suicide attempt.

That matter caused quite a stir at school; the counselor even specially brought in a psychologist to persuade Li Jianjia.

"Of course I know. It is precisely because of this that I want to marry Jianjia — I want to give her a guarantee."

Xiao Hua answered like this.

Lan Xiaomeng and Liang Lina looked at each other, both unable to speak.

After a long while, Lan Xiaomeng finally blurted out a sentence:

"I finally understand why Jianjia fell for you. Congratulations to you both!"

This time, it was a blessing from the bottom of her heart.

She was won over by Xiao Hua and Li Jianjia's love.

"Thank you! I also wish you find true love soon."

Xiao Hua still replied politely and courteously.

"If there's nothing else, then Jianjia and I will leave first. Goodbye."

Xiao Hua took Li Jianjia and left.

They returned to the rental house and began their two-person world.

Happy times are always fleeting.

In the blink of an eye, the seven-day National Day holiday had already ended.

On the evening of the 7th, Xiao Hua took a plane back to Beijing.

Li Jianjia specially saw him off the whole way, taking the subway together with him, all the way to Airport North.

"Once you arrive in Beijing, remember to let me know."

Li Jianjia hugged Xiao Hua.

"Okay."

Xiao Hua kissed her, then said:

"Get the household register ready. I've already made an appointment; next Saturday we'll go get the marriage certificate."

"Okay."

Li Jianjia saw Xiao Hua onto the plane.

Just as she turned around and went downstairs, passed security check, and entered the subway station.

At this moment, her mobile phone rang.

She took it out to look — it was unexpectedly her mother Zhao Xintong calling.

Li Jianjia stared at the phone screen, spacing out for a good while.

Actually, during these few days of the National Day holiday, Zhao Xintong had called her many times.

But Li Jianjia didn't answer any of them.

Because before National Day, Zhao Xintong had sent her a text message:

"Daughter, I'm coming back for National Day to pick you up."

Li Jianjia didn't want to go; she didn't want to follow her mother to live in the United States.

That place is unfamiliar, and she doesn't have a single relative or friend there.

She didn't apply to universities abroad; if she went over, she probably wouldn't even have any books to study.

And the person she loves, and the person who loves her, are both in the country.

What meaning is there in going abroad to live?

But she knew that her mother's decision was very hard for her to change.

So she chose to hide from her.

However, this time, Li Jianjia decided to answer this call.

"Hello, Mom, what's up?"

Zhao Xintong's voice immediately came from the other end of the phone:

"You still have the nerve to ask me what's up? I called you so many times, why didn't you answer any of them?"

Li Jianjia didn't answer this question, but instead said:

"A few days ago I went to see my dad. My dad said he hopes you can hand over that money, so he can get a lighter sentence. He doesn't want to spend the rest of his life behind bars."

Once Li Jianjia said this, Zhao Xintong didn't know how to reply for a moment.

Actually, she knew in her heart that fleeing with the money was wrong to her husband.

But there was no choice — if she didn't flee with the money, all the money she'd earned over so many years would return to liberation overnight.

Compared to her husband, she was even more reluctant to part with that money.

"Where are you now? I'll come find you right away."

Zhao Xintong also didn't answer Li Jianjia's words, but asked this question instead.

Li Jianjia still didn't answer directly, but asked again:

"Is the household register with you, or is it still at home?"

Seeing her daughter always answering irrelevantly, Zhao Xintong got a bit frantic:

"Where exactly are you? I'm your birth mother. I came all the way back, and you're not even willing to see me once?!"

Li Jianjia still didn't answer directly, but said sadly:

"So, in your heart, my dad, and me, are both less important than money, right?"