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Several months have passed in the blink of an eye, and the end of the semester is just around the corner.

Wang Ying and her colleagues were studying hard for their exams, so they didn't have much time to help out at the milk tea shop.

Of course, the milk tea shop already has enough employees, so she was just there to kill time and chat with Zhao Shucheng.

Although Wang Ying and Zhao Shucheng are not yet together after spending this time together, their relationship has made great progress.

So, upon hearing that Xie Qiao and Yang Cheng were going to the library to study today, Wang Ying called Zhao Shucheng and asked him to accompany her to the library.

Zhao Shucheng said somewhat awkwardly, "Wang Ying, aren't you making things difficult for me, Fatty Tiger? You know I don't like going to school, which is why I dropped out to start a business. Now you want me to go to the library to read books? That's not appropriate, is it?"

“I don’t think there’s anything wrong with it. Don’t think I don’t know that you’re always reading when you’re not busy, although most of them are books whose titles I can’t understand.”

Zhao Shucheng said, "Okay, even if that's not a problem, your school library isn't open to just anyone. I remember only on-campus staff can enter, and off-campus readers need a temporary library card, right? But you want me to go now? There might not be enough time to get one right now, would there?"

"How could it be too late? Don't worry, I prepared the materials beforehand. You just need to come and go through the motions."

Seeing Wang Ying's resolute attitude, Zhao Shucheng also wanted to know what she was up to, so he arranged some work and went into the campus himself.

Upon arriving at the library, as expected, Wang Ying had already made preparations. Zhao Shucheng simply signed his name and received a temporary library card.

"Alright, now that the library card is issued, can you tell me what it's all about?"

Wang Ying said, "What could be wrong? Everyone else has their own study channels, and I don't have many friends here, so I had to ask you to come and keep me company."

As she spoke, Wang Ying led Zhao Shucheng directly into a reading room in the library and then found a place to sit down.

Zhao Shucheng initially thought that Wang Ying had just randomly chosen a reading room, but he soon saw Xie Qiao and Yang Cheng not far ahead, and then he realized why Wang Ying had insisted on bringing him here.

"So, this is the main reason you invited me here?"

"Of course not. I was just worried you'd be concerned, so I asked you to keep an eye on them. I want to read, so don't bother me."

Zhao Shucheng shook his head helplessly, then picked up a book and started reading.

Not far away, Xie Qiao and Yang Cheng, although they had come to the library, had different feelings about each other.

Xie Qiao was used to coming to the library to read, so she was well prepared, with a water bottle and study materials.

But this was Yang Cheng's first time at the library. He hadn't prepared anything and didn't even dare to speak loudly, which made him feel extremely awkward.

So Yang Cheng couldn't stand it for long, and Xie Qiao, since she was now dating Yang Cheng, could only accompany him out for some fresh air.

After they left, Zhao Shucheng said to Wang Ying, who was still reading, "Alright, they're gone. Do you plan to stay and read, or do you want to continue reading?"

"I'm here to read books, not to stalk people."

Zhao Shucheng looked at the stubborn Wang Ying, smiled, and said, "Alright, I'll watch with you for a while, and then I'll treat you to dinner."

"Okay, but I don't want to eat in the cafeteria anymore. I'm tired of it every day."

"Then what do you want to eat?"

"Anything will do."

Zhao Shucheng said, "Then this is the biggest problem for you. 'Whatever' means to let me decide, but in reality, it depends on your wishes. It's difficult. How about this, let's go eat hot pot, cook for ourselves, and eat whatever we want."

"That's okay!"

Xie Qiao finished her meal with Yang Cheng and prepared to return to the library to continue studying. However, she noticed that Yang Cheng was not comfortable in the library, so she told him not to accompany her.

Yang Cheng was more than happy to see this happen, so he made an excuse that he had something to do and drove away from the school.

Just as Xie Qiao was about to enter the library, she saw Zhao Shucheng and Wang Ying walking out together, chatting and laughing, seemingly discussing what to eat later.

Xie Qiao did not appear directly in front of them, but instead hid to the side and watched them leave, her heart filled with unease.

Soon, Wang Ying and her classmates faced a series of exams for their elective and required courses.

The exams are over, which means they're going on winter break and can go home.

Xie Qiao and Zhao Shucheng, having grown up in Beijing's local hutongs, naturally went home. However, Zhao Shucheng's milk tea shop was still open for a while, so he only went home to visit his family before returning to work every day.

After packing his luggage, Xu Lin was worried that he would miss his train, but he was reluctant to take a taxi.

Upon seeing this, Wang Ying took the initiative to have her family driver take Xu Lin to the train station.

Xu Lin was naturally delighted with this and was extremely grateful to Wang Ying.

"Young Miss, in my next life I will repay your great kindness by turning into a grass-covered street ring!"

However, seeing that Wang Ying hadn't packed her things to get on the bus, he couldn't help but ask curiously, "Hey, Wang Ying, aren't you getting on the bus?"

"I have something to do, just come back to pick me up later."

"Okay then, we'll keep in touch by phone during the holiday."

Wang Ying saw that Xiao Qianxi had also gone to see Xu Lin off, and Xie Qiao had already gone home, so she breathed a sigh of relief and went straight to Zhao Shucheng's milk tea shop at the school gate, where she saw that it was still open.

"Qin Chuan!"

Zhao Shucheng looked at Wang Ying and asked curiously, "Wang Ying, aren't you on holiday? Didn't you go home?"

"Not yet. I'll have the driver take Xu Lin to the station first, and he'll come back to pick me up later. By the way, we're all on holiday now, are you still open?"

"Of course, this is my company's first store, so it has special significance. That's why we plan to keep it open until New Year's Eve. But the employees are all locals from Beijing, so there's no problem with them not being able to go home. Besides, the main customers of this store are college students, and now that the students are on holiday, one person can handle it. I can help out occasionally."

"That's great. But we're all on holiday now, what are your plans for the Spring Festival?" "What else can I do? It'll be pretty much the same as usual, just staying home to welcome the New Year, visiting relatives, and so on. Why are you suddenly asking about this? Do you have any plans for the Spring Festival?"

Wang Ying nodded and said, "Yes, my parents want to take me on a vacation abroad during the holidays. I was thinking that if you're free, you could come along."

“I think I’d better not. It’s not appropriate for me to go with you all alone. My family hasn’t been together for a long time, and they don’t like going out during the New Year. So, I’d better stay in the capital.”

"That's okay!"

Zhao Shucheng suddenly asked, "By the way, are you going alone with your family?"

"No, Yang Cheng and his family will also be there, but we won't be going together."

Zhao Shucheng said with a smile, "Even if you're not together, you still went abroad together, and both sets of parents were there. If we didn't know Yang Cheng didn't like you, we might have thought you were on your honeymoon."

"You stinking Qin Chuan, what nonsense are you spouting?"

"I'm not making this up. You know how small the chances are that each family is going on vacation and choosing the same place. So this is definitely not a coincidence. Maybe it was planned by both sides. And maybe your parents and Yang Cheng's parents are trying to match you up, which is why they chose a foreign country, and an island at that, so that you can't go anywhere else and can only find people you know to avoid getting bored."

Wang Ying hadn't initially considered this possibility, but after Zhao Shucheng mentioned it, she realized it seemed to be true. Her parents were subtly trying to match her with Yang Cheng, but Yang Cheng didn't like her and had other girls outside the relationship. Perhaps this was why her parents didn't say it outright; they seemed to want them to figure it out themselves.

"I'm not talking to you anymore. By the way, your business is growing bigger and bigger. You must have more than a dozen branches now. Will you still come here often next year?"

Zhao Shucheng smiled and said, "I don't know either, we'll see how things go."

"Oh, okay!"

Wang Ying couldn't explain why she suddenly felt a little lost when she heard that Zhao Shucheng might not be able to come to the campus often in the future.

However, nothing is certain yet, so she could only assume that Zhao Shucheng would come often in the future. After helping Zhao Shucheng sell a few more cups of milk tea, the driver called, and she had no choice but to say goodbye to Zhao Shucheng. She went back to her dormitory to pack up and then took a car home.

When Qin Qian called, Zhao Shucheng knew she had already boarded a plane to Beijing. He told the shop assistant, packed his things, and prepared to meet Qin Qian and go home together.

Although both of them have chosen to return to China, Zhao Shucheng is openly returning to Beijing, while Qin Qian is doing so secretly.

So, in order to keep her parents from finding out, Qin Qian asked Zhao Shucheng to help her conceal her return to China and even her marriage to Tan Hui.

After Zhao Shucheng met up with Qin Qian at the airport, he had just stepped out when he saw his grandmother searching for them.

"grandmother!"

When Grandma Qin saw Zhao Shucheng and Qin Qian, she couldn't stop smiling and asked, "Xiao Chuan, you're finally back! By the way, shouldn't you have come out from here? How did you come out from there?"

"Hey, I didn't get lost, that's why I came back. By the way, Grandma, I missed you all so much."

"How long have I been waiting?"

"Yes, I didn't expect that either."

Qin's father glanced at Zhao Shucheng, then at Qin Qian, and couldn't help but sigh inwardly.

He was worried that his mother wouldn't be able to handle the shock, so he hadn't told her that Zhao Shucheng had already returned to Beijing. He had previously considered grabbing Zhao Shucheng and sending him abroad again, but by the time he learned the details of Zhao Shucheng's situation, Zhao Shucheng had already secured funding and opened a branch of his milk tea shop. Not wanting his son to give up halfway, he could only choose to avoid seeing him and worrying about it.

Grandma Qin originally thought that her grandchildren would come back and stay home with her, but neither of them came home and they were always running around outside.

Zhao Shucheng was busy monitoring the situation because most of the milk tea shops were still operating normally. Qin Qian, on the other hand, was busy researching the beauty salon market in Beijing because Tan Hui and Cao Xiang had gone to Singapore to discuss a collaboration and planned to open a branch in Beijing next year.

Xiao Qianxi was on holiday, but she didn't choose to go home, so He Xiaozhou spent the Spring Festival with her.

When Xie Qiao or He Xiaozhou came to pay their New Year's respects, they found out that Xiao Qianxi had stayed in the dormitory alone, and they couldn't help but complain that they hadn't told them.

Xie Qiao and He Xiaozhou both came to Zhao Shucheng's house to wish him a Happy New Year. Although they no longer live in the alley, the habit of so many years has made the people in the alley feel like family. They are all too familiar and close to each other.

After Grandma finished handing out red envelopes, she took Zhao Shucheng to Xie Qiao's house to offer New Year's greetings.

After seeing Zhao Shucheng, Xie's mother, knowing that Zhao Shucheng was going abroad to study, kept asking him to translate the Spring Festival Gala skit that was being rebroadcast on TV into English.

Zhao Shucheng was visibly taken aback when he heard his request before he began translating sentence by sentence.

Xie Qiao's mother, Qiao Li, initially thought Zhao Shucheng was just translating haphazardly, but after listening for a while, she couldn't help but sit up straight and say, "Xiao Chuan, you're amazing! I didn't expect your spoken English to have improved so much after being abroad for a while."

"Not bad, not bad!"

Xie Qiao was completely confused just now. Although she seemed to recognize every word Zhao Shucheng said, she couldn't understand it at all after he said it.

So to avoid continuing to suffer like this, she directly pulled Zhao Shucheng out, using the excuse of going shopping.

Grandma Qin watched Zhao Shucheng and Xie Qiao's retreating figures and said with a smile, "Look how good their relationship is."

"Yes, it's only because free love is popular now that people are already dating, otherwise we would have already arranged marriages for our children."

"Mom, please don't make things worse. These children all have their own ideas."

Qiao Li knew perfectly well that her daughter was already in a relationship, but it seemed that the person wasn't He Xiaozhou or Qin Chuan. Therefore, she couldn't let her mother-in-law continue talking about it. If she really arranged a marriage between Zhao Shucheng and Xie Qiao, and then found out that Xie Qiao was already in a relationship, it would make it impossible for them, the old neighbors, to continue their interactions.

After Xie Qiao pulled Zhao Shucheng out, she said, "Qin Chuan, you're a boss now, why are you still so afraid of my mom?"

Zhao Shucheng said, "You don't understand, this is called respect."

Seeing Xie Qiao's teasing expression, Zhao Shucheng said helplessly, "Okay, I admit it, I am indeed a little afraid to see Aunt Qiao. After all, seeing her reminds me of my childhood, and I always feel like I have done something wrong."

Of course, what Zhao Shucheng didn't tell Xie Qiao was that the reason he felt awkward wasn't just because of Qin Chuan's childhood memories, but also because he had just discovered that Xie Qiao's mother, Qiao Li, actually looked exactly like Bai Manjun, the character he played in "Where the Wind Blows".

Therefore, Zhao Shucheng now finds it difficult to look at Qiao Li with the same fear he used to have, and he can't help but wonder what kind of delicate body lies beneath those clothes. (End of Chapter)