Although Qin Xiangnuan was somewhat uneasy in her heart, Jian Zhiqing eventually invited his female classmate over.
At first glance, she appeared educated and personable, and she was not bad-looking either. Of course, her eyes kept glancing towards Jian Zhiqing, coated with a thick layer of affection. Even as an outsider, Qin Xiangnuan could see it; she didn’t believe that Jian Zhiqing was unaware.
Suddenly, she felt like she didn’t want to study English anymore. But the person had already arrived, and it seemed she couldn’t embarrass Jian Zhiqing or this female teacher.
She pretended as if she knew nothing and studied English with the female teacher.
Oh right, I forgot to say, Jian Zhiqing’s female classmate’s surname is Su and her name is Su Baijin. Her name sounds very nice. As for her family background, Qin Xiangnuan felt it was better than her own, being someone with no parents. She relied on her brother and grandmother, but Su Baijin, although born into a new working-class family, had never suffered from childhood, had a healthy family, a good job, and most importantly, she was a capable person.
In their village, she would be considered a golden phoenix that flew out of the mountains.
"Xiang Nuan, what is your relationship with Zhiqing?" Su Baijin suddenly asked Qin Tongnuan such a question, and Qin Xiangnuan was not surprised. She could feel that Su Baijin had been pondering this question for a long time.
"Brother Jian and I..." Qin Jinuan slightly narrowed her eyes, hiding the gleam within, "I’ve known Brother Jian since I was a child. Since this place is closer to the school, Brother Jian brought his younger brother to live here, and we pay rent every month." Qin Xiangnuan gave an ambiguous answer, only stating that their relationship was simply that of landlord and tenant, without much else, to avoid Su Baijin thinking too much.
She wasn’t afraid of Su Baijin, but she didn’t want to make things difficult for Jian Zhiqing, after all, he meant well, and if she really had a falling out with Su Baijin, in the end, it would be Jian Zhiqing who was caught in the middle.
Su Baijin did not inquire further, perhaps she truly didn’t think too much about it.
But her sense of crisis was still present.
The young lady before her seemed plain and frail without any curves, likely due to her young age, not yet an adult. However, there was an indescribable aura about her, as if she had grown up immersed in a scholarly environment, her actions not bearing the petty bourgeois pettiness, and certainly not the rustic air of the countryside; instead, there was just an effortless and natural demeanor. If she were to grow up and bloom, it would be unimaginable what she would bee. Moreover, one thing she may have misunderstood was Qin Xiangnuan’s ment about paying rent - she may not have realized that the Siheyuan was actually bought by Qin Xiangnuan herself. After all, buying such a large Siheyuan would not be possible without some amount of money, and from what she knew, Qin Xiangnuan sold scallion pancakes in the park, suggesting her family’s financial situation wasn’t very good, so she was indeed renting this place without owning her own house.
With this thought, she felt quite relieved.
"Xiang Nuan, do you know about Zhiqing’s family situation?" Su Baijin thought since Qin Xiangnuan also lived under the same roof as Jian Zhiqing, she might know something,
"Not too much,"
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