bestfiction Chapter 277 Do you like Xiaoting?
Chapter 277 Do you like Xiaoting?
Fudan University's holiday schedule should be around the same time as theirs. Zhang Wanshu was worried about Shanshan, a young girl, traveling alone by train, especially since Shanshan was so beautiful.
“The exam times for Tu Nan and Fudan University should be around the same time as ours. Should we call and ask Shan Shan if she wants to come back to Suzhou with us?”
Tu Nan smiled and nodded. "Wan Shu, you're so kind. How did I find such a kind-hearted girlfriend? I'll call Shan Shan and ask her later."
After saying that, he reached out to take Wanshu's hand, but she immediately dodged it.
Zhang Wanshu frowned, looking disgusted. "Tu Nan, your palms are too hot, they're all sweaty. Stay away from me, you feel like a furnace."
Tu Nan withdrew his hand, kept some distance from Wan Shu, and continued walking forward.
With your fiery temper, let's see if you'll still be so dismissive when winter comes. You'll definitely take the initiative to hold his hand then.
After dropping Wan Shu off at her dormitory, Zhuang Tunan happened to be calling Shan Shan in the lobby on the first floor.
The call was answered quickly; it was the dormitory supervisor.
Tu Nan introduced himself and his school, saying he was looking for Wu Shanshan from dormitory 206 of the Chinese Department, Class of '85. The dormitory supervisor went to help him call her. Tu Nan stood there, quietly waiting for Shanshan to call him.
A short while later, the phone rang.
"Hey! Brother Tu Nan, what's up?" Wu Shanshan's voice came from the other end of the phone as I answered the call.
"Shanshan, have your school finished the exams?"
"finish exam."
"Do you want to go home together? Your sister Zhang is worried that you, a young girl, won't have anyone to take care of you on the train."
Wu Shanshan held the phone, remained silent for a moment, and felt a warm current welling up in her heart. It was both gratitude for Zhang Wanshu's concern and touching for Tu Nan's thoughtfulness.
But soon, she firmly said, "No, please thank Sister Zhang for me, Brother Tu Nan. My senior helped me find two tutors. I'll stay in Shanghai during the holidays to earn some money, so I won't go back."
After hearing Tu Nan respond on the phone, the two said a brief goodbye, and Shan Shan hung up.
She took out her somewhat worn purse from her pocket, carefully counted out three cents, and handed it over to pay the phone bill.
After entering university, it was as if Shanshan had opened a completely new door, and she was shocked to realize how narrow-minded she had been before.
She was like a parched sponge, thirstily absorbing nutrients from the ocean of knowledge, trying to fill her parched soul. She still remembered the first time she met Zhang Wanshu; the difference was immediately apparent, an innate difference in temperament. She clearly realized that family environment can truly shape drastically different people.
The inferiority complex ingrained in one's bones is like a scar that is difficult to heal; it may take a lifetime to cure.
Now, all she can do is study hard and try to change her life through her own efforts.
From the moment she was admitted to university, she knew that her life trajectory had quietly changed.
A few days ago, she received a reply from Xiaojun. In the letter, he said that his father hoped he would take the entrance exam for a vocational school, and Xiaojun himself also thought that a vocational school was a good option.
When Shanshan saw this, she was furious. She was very angry about Xiaojun's lack of ambition.
So she quickly sat down and wrote a reply, and even put a month's living allowance in the envelope, thinking of giving it to Xiaojun as pocket money, hoping that the words she wrote in the letter would have some effect on Xiaojun.
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In early July, the school was closed for the holidays.
After the two got off the train, Tu Nan, carrying the luggage, first took Zhang Wanshu home.
After safely delivering Zhang Wanshu home, Tu Nan took the bus home.
Huang Ling received a call from Tu Nan a couple of days ago. She had been eagerly anticipating Tu Nan's return, and she was always as happy as if it were a holiday whenever Tu Nan came home.
As soon as they heard that Tu Nan was coming back, they went to the market early to pick out fresh ingredients, just to improve Tu Nan's meals.
Every day, she prepares a large table of delicious food in different ways, and every dish is one that Tu Nan loves to eat.
Xiaoting and Pengfei also got to eat a lot of delicious food thanks to his brother.
That night, the three young men lay in Dong Zhe's room.
Pengfei set up a bamboo plank bed next to the main bed.
Pengfei rested his hands under his head, staring at the ceiling, then turned to look at Tu Nan beside him. "Brother, what have you thought about what I told you?"
When Tu Nan heard Peng Fei ask him that question, he smiled helplessly.
This kid has been talking about his plans to me ever since the New Year. I didn't agree to it last time, but I didn't expect him to be so persistent and still remember it now.
After a moment's thought, Tu Nan said, "If we don't find anything within a week, then so be it."
Upon hearing this, Pengfei sat up abruptly. "Brother, I've been waiting for you to say that."
Dongcheol was still awake. Hearing their conversation, he turned his head and lay on his side. "Do you need my help?"
Pengfei thought for a moment, weighing the pros and cons, and finally shook his head. "Not for now."
Just as he finished speaking, Pengfei seemed to suddenly remember something, and then he remembered Dongzhe and Xiaoting. "Dongzhe, there's something else I want to ask you."
Dongzhe sat up, got up and walked to the table, and turned the fan, which had been set to stop automatically, back on.
He was wearing a tank top and breathing heavily into the fan. The heat made him a little irritable, so he switched the fan to oscillation mode, which finally brought some air circulation to the room.
"Go ahead and ask. We're together every day. Why do you have to wait until Brother Tu Nan comes back to ask me? What don't you know about me?"
Pengfei stared intently at Dongzhe, determined to get to the bottom of things today.
If Dongzhe really likes Xiaoting, then they have to wait until after the college entrance examination to talk about it.
Besides, Brother Tu Nan is here now. If this kid doesn't behave, he and Brother Tu Nan will definitely teach him a lesson.
"Do you like Xiaoting?"
Upon hearing this, Dongzhe's eyes widened instantly, his face filled with panic. He hurriedly denied it: "No, Xiaoting and I grew up together. I treat her like a buddy. I like her? Impossible. How could I like Xiaoting? I like Xiaoting?"
His voice grew softer and softer as he spoke, until he almost lost his confidence. His eyes kept glancing at Pengfei and Tunan. He himself was puzzled as to why he was becoming less and less confident as he spoke.
Tu Nan was lying there bored, thinking that Peng Fei would ask Dong Zhe about the strange stories in cheap novels or the plots in midnight videos. He never expected that the topic would turn to his sister.
He couldn't stay lying down any longer and sat up abruptly. "Pengfei, you said Dongzhe likes Xiaoting?"
Pengfei nodded. "Brother, I go to and from school with them every day, we eat and live together, who knows them better than me?"
At this moment, Dongzhe froze, his mind blank.
Pengfei's words were like a lightning bolt streaking across the dark night sky, instantly opening the door to a new world for him.
So that's what it was! All those special feelings I had for Xiaoting were actually love!
Looking back on his previous actions and those incomprehensible and inexplicable thoughts, he finally realized the truth.