Chapter 550 - Chapter 550: Bustling Jiangjing, Three Visits to the Thatched Cottage Principal Shi (Two Chapters Combined)_3

Chapter 550: Bustling Jiangjing, Three Visits to the Thatched Cottage Principal Shi (Two Chapters Combined)_3

This is also a great opportunity for social interaction among new acquaintances.

“His grades seem pretty good,” Xiaojie mentioned just as he saw Ji Shaojun carrying a bunch of vegetables back, opening the trunk.

They soon arrived at Ji Shaojun’s residence.

Shen Qing, wearing an apron, opened the door, “Alian and the others will be here soon, take her stuff out.”

“I know,” Ji Shaojun put down the groceries and took off his coat, obviously in a good mood today, “Manager Xu, would you like to stay for dinner? My niece is coming.”

He got along very well with Manager Xu.

Manager Xu taught him a lot of things, and although their research interests and hobbies were different, they had similar personalities.

He was one of the few friends Ji Shaojun had made in Jiangjing.

“Let’s do it another time, I won’t disturb your family dinner,” Manager Xu said as he saw Ji Shaojun take out a box and averted his gaze.

He knew that Ji Shaojun’s family used to live in Xiangcheng, and while Ji Shaojun adjusted well, Shen Qing was clueless when she first came to Jiangjing.

Ji Shaojun tidied up the table and then asked Xiaojie, “What about you?”

Xiaojie had met Bai Lian before.

He shook his head, “I’ll drive Manager Xu back.”

So Ji Shaojun didn’t insist on them staying.

Xiaojie and Manager Xu left, and as their car exited the neighborhood and just passed a road, they saw a black car driving towards them.

Xiaojie looked at the car, “That’s…”

“Feels like it’s from one of those families?” Manager Xu, sitting in the passenger seat, rolled down the window and looked back, speechless with shock, for they had once been a part of Jiangjing’s elite and had a broader experience than others.

“Indeed,” Xiaojie frowned slightly, “that should only be in Chang’an District and Xingjiang District… Has something happened in Xingjiang District?”

Manager Xu nodded, he also had a feeling, “Don’t know, but…”

It felt like things were getting lively.

**

At Ji Shaojun’s residence, the one knocking was Jiang He.

He was short, and as soon as Shen Qing opened the door, she picked him up and pinched his face, “Hehe, did you not eat well? You haven’t gotten taller or put on weight.”

Jiang He pursed his lips and didn’t greet Shen Qing.

Shen Qing knew he had autism and thought he was too shy to speak after not seeing her for a long time, so she paid it no mind.

She laid out the fruit and a new jigsaw puzzle on the carpet for Jiang He to play with.

Jiang Fulai put down the paper bag he was carrying, which contained tea and cigarettes, and greeted Shen Qing and Ji Shaojun politely. He was dressed in loose casual wear today, his eyes and brows much softer than usual, although he still looked cool and distant.

Shen Qing’s hair had grown out, she wasn’t wearing a cap, and had a neat haircut.

Ji Shaojun was cooking in the kitchen, and Shen Qing brought the item from Jiangjing University to her, “It’s this box, but Alian, what is this?”

Bai Lian looked at the box with a chibi image of Liang Zewen on it, her fingertip lightly touching the box, “Souvenir.”

Jiang Fulai brewed a pot of hot tea, watching Bai Lian with her paper box, without saying a word.

There weren’t many at the table, with only Ji Shaojun drinking alcohol.

Chatting intermittently with Jiang Fulai.

“By the way, Alian,” Ji Shaojun began, suddenly remembering something, “isn’t your birthday coming up soon?”

At the dining table, the uncommunicative Jiang He, engrossed in his meal, looked up slightly.

Shen Qing hadn’t heard about Bai Lian’s birthday either, and upon hearing Ji Shaojun’s mention, she also remembered, “When is Alian’s birthday?”

“August 8th.” Ji Shaojun remembered Bai Lian’s birthday.

Bai Lian had never celebrated her birthday with the Bai Family before.

This would be their first time celebrating for Bai Lian, and neither Ji Shaojun nor Shen Qing wanted to take it lightly, guessing that Ji Heng would also come by that time, “Alian, how many classmates and friends do you have?”

Ji Shaojun knew that Bai Lian always had many classmates and friends.

People of all ages and walks of life.

“No rush,” Bai Lian slightly lowered her gaze, reached out for a vegetable, and her voice was quite casual, “It’s still early.”

Jiang Fulai looked up at her slightly, without further comment.

After the meal, Shen Qing asked Bai Lian to stay the night, and Bai Lian did not refuse.

Jiang Fulai left first.

**

The next day, Bai Lian got up very early.

Shen Qing was making breakfast in the kitchen while Bai Lian was working on problems in an app.

After the college entrance examination, her problem-solving speed had clearly improved.

There were many blank sheets of paper from Ji Shaojun, she sat beside the coffee table, her left hand pressing a white sheet, her right hand holding a black pen, and slowly wrote down complex formulas on the paper.

The doorbell rang, and after taking a photo and sending it, she went to open the door.

It was Xiaojie and the butler. Xiaojie had come to take Ji Shaojun to the company, and upon seeing Bai Lian, both of them were obviously startled.