The father and daughter chatted a while longer before heading out together.
Su Jingsong was waiting outside. Seeing them come out, he waved to Xinyan and said, "Good morning, Xinyan."
Xinyan walked up with a smile: "Good morning, Uncle Su. Why didnāt you come inside?"
Su Jingsong pointed at the car: "The car had some minor issues. I was busy fixing them, so I didnāt go in."
Xinyan quickly asked, "Did you have breakfast?"
Su Jingsong replied with a laugh, "Sister Chen prepared it for me, Iāve eaten."
Han Jingchen glanced at his watch, "Letās go, Iāll give you a ride to the school gate."
Xinyan waved her hand, "You guys go ahead, Iāll walk there."
What a joke, it was just a few steps away; she didnāt want people seeing her arrive by car.
Han Jingchen saw her face of refusal, "Alright then, weāll head off now. Iāll come pick you up after work on Saturday so we can go back together."
Xinyan did not object, "Got it, hurry up and leave."
Watching the car drive away, Xinyan recalled what Han Jingchen had said.
Itās actually not a bad idea for mom and dad to have another child, after all, dad is just over forty and mom is still so young. In the future, she would be considered a spinster.
Thinking back to what she had said to her aunt before, she hadnāt expected her words to come true. If there is another little one in the family, it would definitely be lively.
She walked briskly toward the school.
Unexpectedly, she saw Jiang Peiqin talking with her significant other at the dormitory building.
Originally intending to pass by, just pretending not to see them.
But Jiang Peiqin saw her, "Xinyan, where are you going?"
Xinyan had no choice but to walk over with a sheepish smile. After greeting Jiang Peiqinās partner, Ling Wenhao, she said to Jiang Peiqin, "I didnāt want to disturb you two."
Jiang Peiqin rolled her eyes at her, "Cut it out, heās about to leave anyway, Iāll go back to the dorm with you."
Saying this, she waved at Ling Wenhao, "Alright, go ahead, remember to come pick me up tomorrow."
Ling Wenhao agreed and greeted Xinyan before turning to leave.
Watching him go, the two of them turned to head upstairs, "Your partner just came back and immediately came to see you?"
Jiang Peiqin was not shy about it, "Heās been busy to the point of exhaustion lately, I havenāt seen him in a good while. He returned last night, and ran over first thing in the morning. At least heās thoughtful."
Xinyan nudged Jiang Peiqin with her elbow, "Showing off, are we?"
Jiang Peiqin didnāt hold back, laughing outright, "Ah, who knows when he can be transferred back, this relationship is almost turning into a myth."
Upon saying this, both laughed.
Grabbing their books, they left the dorm before the others had even finished fussing.
Jiang Peiqin looked around, leaning in to whisper to Xinyan, "Do you remember my partnerās cousin?"
Xinyan slightly frowned, "Ling Keke?"
Jiang Peiqin nodded, "Yes, thereās her. She prematurely gave birth to a daughter a while back."
Xinyan laughed, "I had forgotten about her entirely, tell me whatās happening with her now."
Jiang Peiqinās expression turned sour, "You have no idea how disgusting she is."
Xinyan was all gossip, "Come on, spill it."
Jiang Peiqin snapped, "Ling Wenhaoās second sister, Ling Wenlanās husband is a soldier. Because he was worried he couldnāt be there for her before childbirth, he sent her back to Beijing. Recently she had a son.
This crazy Ling Keke actually went to ask Ling Wenhaoās second sister to adopt her premature daughter, saying they could be raised as twins. She spoke so naturally about it."
Xinyan didnāt expect such juicy gossip, thinking to herself how sheād tell her sister this story, couldnāt wait to ask, "Then what happened?"
Jiang Peiqin scoffed, "No way Sister Wenlan agreed, not to mention they donāt even know who the childās real dad is."
Xinyan scoffed too, "With her type, anyone involved is unlucky."
Jiang Peiqin turned to Xinyan, "She was trying to use their common family heritage to emotionally blackmail Sister Wenlan, really can do anything without a shred of moral bottom line, treating others as fools."
Then she continued, "Before the childbirth, she went to find Meng Yifei, but the Meng Family kicked her out, they felt like theyād swallowed a fly."
Xinyan ridiculed, "They brought it upon themselves, serves them right, hope they find it disgusting."
Jiang Peiqin laughed at this, "Youāre right, they truly deserve it."
They chatted as they entered the teaching building.
*
At noon, Xinyan received a call from He Jinxuan.
Since calls are now transferred, some topics are inappropriate for direct discussion over the phone, so they arranged to meet at the house on the weekend for detailed conversation.