Quick Wear: Reversing Life

Chapter 259: Escape from the Mountains (40)

Xiaocao shrugged: "I have nothing to do."

"Professor Fang said you have good abilities. If you want to pursue graduate studies in the future, you can contact him."

Professor Fang is the apprentice of Professor Yang, the neighbor of the Li family. He is also a famous professor in the Computer Science Department. He has very high requirements for accepting graduate students, and sometimes he may not accept even one in a whole class.

Professor Fang admires Xiaocao very much, and letting Wu Mengchuan guide her is actually a way to allocate more resources.

Xiao Cao shook her head and said, "Thank you for your kindness, Professor, but I don't plan to pursue graduate studies."

Wu Mengchuan smiled and said, "Not going to graduate school? What a pity! I thought you would become my future junior sister."

"You will definitely have future junior sisters in the future." Xiaocao said lightly, "and future junior brothers."

"Are you really Chen Xianhua's granddaughter?" Wu Mengchuan asked, "Why do I remember his daughter disappeared before?"

Xiao Cao said, "You believe this kind of news?"

"How can you not believe it when it's on the national news channel?"

"But seeing you sitting here peacefully, you must have found it, right?" Wu Mengchuan said, "I was wondering why I hadn't seen you before."

"I didn't see you when I was in the first grade of junior high school." Xiaocao raised an eyebrow and said, "Are you so curious about me?"

Wu Mengchuan paused and met her pale eyes.

Outside the door, Chen Jiahui suddenly poked her head in and broke the moment by saying, "Brother Mengchuan, you're here."

She saw the computer on Xiaocao's desk was on and asked, "Are you discussing homework? It's time for dinner, let's go downstairs and eat together."

Xiaocao closed the book and stood up, then went to Xiaohua's room and called her.

The housekeeper downstairs had already prepared the meal. Xiaocao went downstairs and pushed Chen Xianhua to the dining table.

"Xiao Hui's parents are busy at noon, let's eat."

At the dinner table, Chen Xianhua asked Chen Jiahui when school would start.

"I'll be back to England at the end of the month," Chen Jiahui said. "Our school started before the New Year."

Chen Xianhua nodded: "Then stay at home and spend some time with your grandfather and the others."

He looked at Wu Mengchuan again: "How old is Xiao Wu this year?"

"I'm 25, in my third year of graduate school, and will graduate next year," said Wu Mengchuan.

Chen Jiahui thought, he is five years older than her.

"Have you thought about what kind of job you want to do after graduation?"

Chen Jiahui interrupted and asked, "Are you going to be a programmer?"

Wu Mengchuan chuckled and said, "I'm planning to open my own studio and focus on software engineering."

Chen Xianhua nodded: "Yeah, very good."

"Software engineering? I don't understand it, but it sounds very impressive." Chen Jiahui seemed very interested, and Chen Xianhua seemed to see that Chen Jiahui was interested in Wu Mengchuan.

After lunch, Wu Mengchuan was ready to leave. When Chen Jiahui heard that he was also going home, the two of them left the yard together.

"Huh? Li Yanshu?"

Outside the door, Chen Jiahui's surprised voice sounded.

Li Yanshu looked at Chen Jiahui and Wu Mengchuan at the entrance of Luyuan Garden, glanced between them, and then asked, "Is Xiaocao home?"

Chen Jiahui nodded: "Yes, are you here to deliver something?"

"Well, my mom asked me to bring some fruit. My grandparents brought it from the countryside yesterday."

Chen Jiahui pointed behind her and said, "Then go ahead."

Li Yanshu nodded and passed by the two of them.

Wu Mengchuan glanced back at Li Yanshu's back, then asked, "Are your two families familiar with each other?"

I met a few of them together at Professor Yang's house last time.

Chen Jiahui said, "Yes, we grew up together. My great-grandfather and his grandfather were close friends, and my aunt almost married his father."

"Your aunt...is Xiaocao's mother?"

"Yes," Chen Jiahui said, "My aunt was abducted to the mountains more than 20 years ago, and the marriage was called off."

Wu Mengchuan's eyes, which had been slightly narrowed, widened. "Turn to the mountains?"

"Yes."

"That little grass..."

"Well, she was born in the mountains, and so was her sister, but her sister has the same last name as ours, Li."

When Wu Mengchuan heard this information for the first time, he was stunned for a moment.

Chen Jiahui didn't realize anything was wrong. She was just looking for a topic to chat about, and when she saw Wu Mengchuan was interested, she started talking non-stop: "I really admire her. She escaped from the mountains with her mother and sister at the age of 14. And I also heard that she killed the human traffickers who kidnapped my aunt."

When Wu Mengchuan heard this, his mind went blank.

"I don't know if you still remember that news from a few years ago about a human trafficking ring of several hundred people being apprehended."

"My dad said it might be related to Xiaocao because the evidence was looted from the home of the deceased human trafficker."

"Anyway, I think Xiaocao is pretty powerful. He's a ruthless person."

She smiled and joked to Wu Mengchuan, "Don't mess with her, or she might stab you."

Wu Mengchuan had completely ignored what Chen Jiahui said. He didn't know whether Wu Menghe knew about these things.

No wonder Li Youcao always has a cold and mysterious aura about him. It turns out he has been a tough guy since he was a child.

...

After Li Yanshu entered Lu Garden, Xiaocao initially thought that it was Wu Mengchuan or Chen Jiahui who dropped something, but when she turned her head, she found that it was Li Yanshu.

"How did you come?"

Li Yanshu handed the thing in his hand to the housekeeper beside him.

"My grandparents brought it from the countryside. The locals grew it themselves, without using any pesticides."

After delivering the items, Li Yanshu prepared to go home. Xiaocao asked, "Did you take a taxi?"

Li Yanshu nodded: "Well, I'll be leaving first."

Xiao Cao walked to the yard to see him out: "Do you want me to ask the driver to take you home?"

Li Yanshu turned his body to look at her: "No need."

"Xiaocao, did Wu Mengchuan come here just now?"

"Well, he came to deliver some information to the project team, so we just happened to invite him to have lunch."

Li Yanshu lowered his eyelids and asked, "Do you meet often?"

"Yes, we are from the same project team."

Li Yanshu is now a senior in college. He has been busy writing the proposal report for his graduation thesis and has not seen Xiaocao for more than half a month.

When he saw Xiaocao, Li Yanshu recalled the verbal engagement they had discussed at the last gathering between the two families.

During this period of time, he thought about a lot of things, and he just liked the grass.

As long as she was there, his eyes would always follow her and he would always be curious about her.

It is obvious that they have not had much interaction in the past few years. She was in junior high school and he was in high school, she was in high school and he was in college, and their timelines were always out of sync.

She was obviously the most silent and calm one in the crowd, but she always seemed to be glowing, allowing him to see her at a glance.

"Xiaocao, I..." Li Yanshu didn't know how to start.

Now doesn't seem to be a suitable time to confess.

Behind him, Xiaohua called out to Xiaocao.

"elder sister--"

Xiaocao tilted her head and said to Li Yanshu, "I haven't congratulated you on your successful admission to graduate school yet. If nothing else, I'll go in first. Be careful on your way home."

Li Yanshu opened his mouth slightly, watched her turn around, and then quietly closed it again.

Forget it, everyone is busy with their studies and this is not the time to express friendship.