So she adopted her, bringing along this little one even when she couldn’t support herself.
In the blink of an eye, it’s been three years. The little girl grows by the day, becoming a delightful part of her life. Every day, after finishing her busy work and returning to the apartnt, seeing her round face and dark eyes, Su Anle feels imnsely satisfied with life.
She didn’t have a happy childhood, but she wants her to have one.
So every request that Su Weiyi makes, Su Anle will fulfill, pampering her, doting on her. And the little girl is very sensible; though she’s young, she never makes unreasonable demands.
Retrieving her thoughts from mories, Su Anle put away her phone. The divided pot was already boiling as Li Weiwei eagerly placed beef slices and bean curd sheets into it.
When two people eat hotpot, it might seem a bit quiet, but Li Weiwei is a chatterbox, rambling on endlessly. It was clearly a hotpot for two, but she made it feel like a full table.
Halfway through, Su Anle stood up to go to the bathroom. She found it sowhat spicy, perhaps having been overseas for so long, her tastes changed; even what she once loved was now numbing to her tongue.
She rinsed her mouth with water and turned to leave.
After finishing the hotpot and stepping outside, the sky was already dark. She hailed a cab to return to the hotel. Leaning back in the car seat, she watched the neon lights gradually glow outside the window. She’s returning to Paris tomorrow. It’s nice, coming quietly and leaving simply.
——
"Qi Cheng? What are you looking at?"
In front of the hotpot restaurant, just as Su Anle opened the car door and bent down to get in, a taxi stopped, and three slender girls, all dressed in the sa style of blazers, got out.
One of them stared at the departing car for a long ti, lost in thought, until her colleague’s voice brought her back.
"Nothing."
Though she said that, she couldn’t help but look once more in the direction where the car had disappeared.
"I say, Miss Qi, why are you so absent-minded when we ca to have hotpot? You’re the one who recomnded this place."
Qi Cheng smiled. Back then, when Tang Yanqi left without a word, the three of them in the dormitory were both angry and heartbroken. None of them wanted to stay working at Shengshi.
So even though they received permanent job offers at Shengshi Group after the internship, they all insisted on leaving that big corporation everyone dread of working for.
After graduating, Qi Cheng joined a small to mid-sized company in accounting. Bai Bing, who was always good at academics, passed the CPA exam and joined the biggest accounting firm in B City. The gentle Bai Xue chose a relatively stable career path and went to a bank.
None of them left B City, but making a living in this city is not easy. The trio, who originally t up every week, now gradually turned it into once a month. Now, they haven’t t for over three months.
After ordering, Qi Cheng stood up: "You guys start eating. I’m going to the bathroom."
She walked to a quieter corner, took out her phone, opened QQ, and checked their group chat. No one had spoken there for a long ti.
I Love Big Oranges: [I think I saw Tangtang.]
The phone was silent for two seconds, then the chat box instantly popped up.
Bingbing: [!!!]
Bingbing: [Really?]
Xue Hua Piao: [Where? Are you sure it’s Tangtang? Is Tangtang back? Did you talk?]
I Love Big Oranges: [No, not sure, but I think it was her!]
Bingbing: [Location coordinates]
I Love Big Oranges: [Sa place, the hotpot restaurant]
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