The song and dance hall was lively. The stage was covered with flowers, and the graceful and charming singers sang with melodious voices, adding to the prosperity.
Yun Qiao and Xi Lanting were tired from dancing and went back to their seats to rest.
The waiter brought the drinks.
Yun Qiao took a sip and found it tasted ordinary, so she put it down.
Xi Lanting tilted his head: "Doesn't it taste good?"
"It's just so-so, not that good." Yun Qiao said, "The wine last time was very good, but it's a pity that I can't find the same one."
Xi Lanting: "It's no shame, just go to that store and buy it."
Yun Qiao: "..."
She's not an alcoholic. Who would buy alcohol all day long? It's just an encounter.
She can't go out to eat or dance and bring her own bottle of wine?
"Let's talk." Yun Qiao said perfunctorily.
The two played for a long time, and it wasn't until eleven o'clock in the evening that Xi Lanting said she was sleepy and wanted to go back to sleep.
On the way back, Xi Lanting put his head on his hands and closed his eyes to take a nap. He seemed very tired indeed.
Yun Qiao also closed her eyes and planned to take a nap.
Unexpectedly, Xi Lanting said: "I planned to take you to meet the principal of Huilan Middle School today."
Yun Qiao was about to fall asleep when she suddenly heard these words. She doubted her ears and subconsciously asked: "What?"
"Principal." Xi Lanting simply repeated.
A ray of light from the street lamp came in and fell on Yun Qiao's face. Her ruby earrings were like a drop of blood, slowly swimming through her fat skin, adding a dazzling beauty to her.
Those eyes, slanting and charming, clear and dark, looked at Xi Lanting in confusion and confusion, and were reflected by the warm orange light of the street lamp, making tiny ripples, giving them the look of a brocade.
She always looks so good!
But she didn't know it, and she was obsessed with other people's faces.
Xi Lanting's heart seemed to be blocked by something, and he was almost suffocated. Fortunately, as the car moved forward, the tall and dense sycamore trees blocked the street lights, and the car was briefly dark.
He pulled the thin car curtain with force, making the already dim light even darker.
His voice was faint and without warmth in the darkness: "I hope you can get a diploma from Huilan Middle School."
"Why?"
Xi Lanting leaned on the back seat. At this moment, he felt that he was old. The years of the past thousand years suddenly fell on his shoulders, and he grew old.
His voice was unconsciously a bit old: "It's hard to live in this world. In the past, Granny Xiao loved you, so you could ignore the worldly things.
But now that Granny Xiao is gone, the road ahead is your own.
I like it very much when others call you Miss. Miss, you should act like a Miss. Don’t hit others and use your name as Granny Xiao or yourself.”
There was another sentence that he didn't say.
He doesn't have much time left.
He knew very well why Xi Lanting could live to this day. He also knew what it would be like at the end of his life.
Maybe in three or two years, maybe tomorrow, he will be as dead as the trees in the courtyard.
In fact, he is passionate and always thinks about Yun Qiao's future.
Yun Qiao is obviously a young girl with good ideas. She is very clear about what she wants, and she doesn't need Xi Lanting to worry about her.
But he always wanted Yun Qiao to live the kind of life he expected: a well-known Shuyuan, well-educated and sensible.
She has a good diploma, a good family background, enough wealth, and one or two people who can support her.
"I will consider it," Yun Qiao said, "We will wait until after the New Year. In fact, I will be nineteen years old in a few days. Middle school is not suitable for me, but university is fine."
A university diploma is not a golden coat.
Although Yancheng is civilized, it is conservative at heart. In the eyes of the prominent families in Yancheng, it is suitable for girls to study and is the most elegant; once it is excessive, it is of little significance.
It is best to stop in middle school.
Therefore, the diploma from Huilan Middle School is more important than any diploma. It is one of the must-haves for ladies.
Without this diploma, how dare you say you are noble?