Chapter 30

◎Then you add me back◎

At the beginning of the winter vacation, the trio was tempted by the driving school's "Three Free One" discount, and they got up early and went to bed late to grab cars and practice driving.

The manual transmission is 1500 yuan including the test fee, and the automatic transmission is 500 yuan more expensive. The trio heard that the automatic transmission is much simpler, and based on the starting point of not making things difficult for themselves, they planned to sign up for the automatic transmission. The average of 4,000 yuan per person is less than 1500 yuan, which is quite cost-effective.

Du Ningyang asked Du Minda for money, and he asked for 2500 yuan. Du Minda took a breath and lamented the rising prices.

"The automatic transmission is more expensive."

Du Ningyang remained calm and wanted to save the money for the next semester. The living expenses were always not enough, and they flowed away like water.

"Do I need to learn the automatic transmission?" Du Minda pointed out, "That's not difficult at all."

"Then I'll listen to you. I won't learn it. I'll go on the road directly. If I'm caught and go to jail, I won't have to go to school," Du Ningyang retorted lightly.

During the short break, they flashed back to the way they got along in high school. In the morning, they put on their coats in a messy way, rushed to the driving school in a sloppy manner, and the three of them occupied a car and the youngest and easiest coach to get along with. Then they secretly complained that the people who studied with them were stupid.

After practicing until after 1 pm, they went to eat. Sometimes each of them had a bowl of beef noodles, and sometimes they ordered a few side dishes in a fly restaurant. After eating, they either chose to lie down at the home of someone who was not at home, or went back to their own homes to lie down.

It was too cold that day. Even with woolen gloves, the drivers were frozen after practicing. They decided to go to a hanging pot to warm up.

Before they had even taken two bites of the meal, they had said bad things about hundreds of people.

Xu Zhaolin said that he hated his straight male roommates. They were so smelly, they didn't wash their feet in winter, and they saved up their socks for a week before washing them. Zhu Yao also didn't like her roommates. They went to bed too early and turned off the lights at 10 o'clock, so that she couldn't make any noise.

Du Ningyang said, "Why don't you live together and rent a two-bedroom apartment?"

Xu Zhaolin and Zhu Yao looked at each other with disdain, and both blurted out, "No!" "No!"

Zhu Yao asked again in a mean way, "When are you and Senior Jin moving out? I see many couples renting houses near the school."

Du Ningyang said indifferently, "I don't plan to do that."

Besides, the monthly living expenses are so little, how can you use it all to rent a house? Not letting her buy beautiful clothes is equivalent to asking for her life.

Xu Zhaolin asked, "Don't you really like him? Keeping him hanging."

Is that the reason?

It shouldn't be dislike, it's just that you don't like him that much.

There is nothing to hide from these two people. Du Ningyang said more confidently, "It's definitely not to say that I don't like him at all. If I don't like him, we won't be together... I don't like him that much."

"As for feelings, cultivate them slowly," Zhu Yao, who has zero experience in love, suggested, "How can you like someone very much from the beginning? In real life, that doesn't exist."

Is that so? Du Ningyang was not interested in this topic.

Jin Zhenqi became extremely busy after his internship. At that time, new media was just beginning to take shape, and print media was visibly heading for the end, but they were still struggling. It was just hard for the young interns, who were busy like headless flies every day.

They would video chat, but he couldn't say anything more except very dry "busy", "tired", "I miss you a lot".

They didn't have any common hobbies, or they had too few common memories and experiences.

Jin Zhenqi said, "I told my parents that I was in love and showed them your photo. They were very happy and praised you for being beautiful."

Du Ningyang was busy applying a facial mask on her face. It was cold in winter, so she put the mask on the electric heater to warm it up before applying it on her face. She said perfunctorily, "Really?"

"Of course," he said, a little self-deprecatingly. "Then have you told your parents about this?"

Du Ningyang said frankly, "Not yet."

Jin Zhenqi said "Oh" a little disappointedly. She felt that she had an obligation to explain to him, "...My mother is very prone to surprise. I want to wait until we are stable before telling her, maybe in half a year."

Jin Zhenqi said enthusiastically again, "Okay."

Du Ningyang shared these boring conversations with Zhu Yao and Xu Zhaolin. They could only say, "It's true that he is not very fun, but that doesn't stop him from being nice to you. He's a good person."

"Then he can be nice to others," Du Ningyang said without hesitation, "Being a good person is not a prerequisite for loving someone."

"A good person at least won't be fickle, won't cheat or have affairs," Xu Zhaolin thought of Wei Ye for a moment, he was also a good person, "A good person won't...give people unnecessary hope, will reject from the beginning."

Du Ningyang didn't hear Xu Zhaolin's hidden meaning, just put himself in the picture, "Got it, I'm not a good person, I gave him hope."

"Fuck, don't take it personally, I didn't mean that, oh my god--"

Xu Zhaolin was picking up a piece of super large soft and glutinous beef tendon from the pot, and when he heard her words, he was so scared that he didn't hold it firmly, and the beef tendon fell back into the boiling pot.

The splashed chili oil and spicy soup, as well as some residual spices, all fell on the most conspicuous part of Du Ningyang's light beige down jacket.

"Ah!!" Du Ningyang screamed-this was the new clothes she bought for the New Year, and she had just worn it twice, which was fatal to a 19-year-old girl who loved beauty.

Everything happened too suddenly. Zhu Yao was still calm. "Xu Zhaolin, turn off the fire. Go pay the bill and pack up. I'll take a taxi. There's an auntie downstairs who's good at dry cleaning. Let's take it to be cleaned right away."

The auntie reassured Du Ningyang, "No problem. I'll take care of it. Come and get it in three hours."

While waiting for the dry cleaning, the three of them continued to eat the warm beef offal stew on Zhu Yao's dining table. While the air conditioner in the living room was heated up, Zhu Yao found a dark coat for Du Ningyang and asked her to wear it for the transition.

The heartless Du Ningyang had thrown all the shock behind him. "It's still better to cook it fresh."

Xu Zhaolin didn't dare to speak anymore. He buried his head in his food, drinking the iced cola from Zhu Yao's refrigerator while eating.

Du Ningyang sat on a chair with his back against the kitchen, and he could see Zhu He's door within his sight. She is a person who easily forgets and turns the page. Zhu He is already a thing of the past for her. She casually asks, "Is Zhu He on vacation?"

Zhu Yao doesn't even raise his eyelids. "He went to Shenzhen for an internship last semester. It seems that he will be back in the next few days. I don't know the exact date." "

What internship?"

Du Ningyang suddenly imagined a smiling Zhu He, wearing a tie and a suit, walking through skyscrapers.

It feels magical.

"I don't know. I'm too lazy to ask."

Zhu Yao and Zhu He went to the same school. Their academic qualifications and studies were their common pain. Zhu Yuan was only related to glamor. Therefore, they would never bring up such topics unless necessary. This was the basis for them to maintain a friendly alliance in the family.

"Then he won't come back in the future?" Xu Zhaolin didn't know how to see it and continued to ask, "Do you plan to settle down in Shenzhen with Wu You?"

Zhu He had already brought Wu You to meet his parents. Zhu's parents thought she was a little too introverted and was from another place, so they were not very satisfied.

But Zhu He liked her, so he went to Shenzhen more often than he went home.

He seems to be a soft-hearted person, smiling casually all day long, as if everything can be discussed, but in fact, once he has made a decision, he is so stubborn that even ten cows can't pull him back.

"How can I settle down in Shenzhen? Houses there cost 20,000 to 30,000 yuan per square meter," Zhu Yao revealed the inside information, "My parents have discussed this matter. In front of me and my eldest brother, they said that at most they would buy Zhu He a house in Huaicheng for his marriage. If he insists on going to Shenzhen, he can rent a house with his salary."

At that time, the commercial housing community in the center of Huaicheng cost 5,000 yuan per square meter. Zhu's parents had already bought a house for Zhu Yuan and planned to buy one for Zhu He as well. They left all the shops to Zhu Yao, making sure they were fair.

"Shenzhen has high wages and opportunities everywhere, so renting a house is easy," Xu Zhaolin sighed, "Time flies so fast. Will he hold his wedding in Huaicheng? If he does, how much money will we have to pay?"

"Thank you, you can ask him yourself," Zhu Yao was speechless, "I've never seen such a gossipy and imaginative boy. He thinks so far ahead. What does it have to do with you?"

"Tsk - what's wrong with caring about a friend?"

"You don't even go to his birthday party, what kind of friend are you?"

They never went to Zhuhe's birthday party again, because they were too busy with high school students' counterattacks. He still held it every year, and heard that people came and went, and the grand occasion was still the same.

Ah, Zhuhe is now at the age of discussing marriage and buying a wedding house. Suddenly, I feel that I was so stupid for blindly liking him when I was a child.

Du Ningyang unnaturally picked up the rice and said, "I'm full."

Perhaps warm food makes people dull, Zhu Yao and Xu Zhaolin are very insensitive and did not understand Du Ningyang's sudden loss.

Zhu Yao said, "I'm full too, but after eating hot food, I want to eat cold food, and after eating salty food, I want to eat sweet food. Do you want ice cream?"

"Yes!" Xu Zhaolin agreed with both hands and feet, "Do you have strawberry flavor? Chocolate flavor is also OK!"

Zhu Yao had already gone into the kitchen and squatted on the ground to look through the freezer, "I remember there is, I'll look for it later."

Du Ningyang and Xu Zhaolin stood up, collected the takeaway boxes and chopsticks on the table, and swept the bones and leftovers into the trash can. The door lock suddenly turned, and a strange yet familiar voice came.

"I'm back--"

Du Ningyang's body with his back to the door was slightly stunned, and he became inexplicably nervous. Xu Zhaolin stood opposite her, leaned over to confirm who was back, and said awkwardly, "Brother Zhuhe, it's me."

"Alin, come over to play, it's been a long time since we last met."

Zhu He had a Japanese-style wool curl, wore black-framed glasses, and walked in with a Japanese anime otaku style. He changed into slippers and walked in. Seeing the familiar black cotton jacket, he walked forward and touched "Zhu Yao's" head.

"Why didn't you turn around and say hello to your brother when you saw him? You're so rebellious." He

just touched his head, but why did he feel that "Zhu Yao" was angry

? "Zhu He, you're the one who's rebellious. You can't even recognize me?" Zhu Yao was holding two large buckets of bulk ice cream and shouted at the kitchen door, "Look who that is?"

Du Ningyang took a deep breath, slowly turned around, mustered up the courage to look at Zhu He, and greeted him, "Zhu He, long time no see."

She couldn't deny that Zhu He's voice alone could stir up a storm in her heart. There must be an emotion called unwillingness in her eyes when she looked at him.

She must get what she wants, and if she can't get it, she will at least fight for it, but Zhu He didn't even give her this opportunity.

She was upset.

"Du Ningyang, you've grown prettier," he still spoke to her like a child, "By the way, did you delete me as a friend on QQ?"

Of course, Zhu Yao and Xu Zhaolin knew the reason, but they couldn't tell Zhu He a word. Du Ningyang lied, "My account was stolen, and when I retrieved it, all my friends were deleted."

"Really?" Zhuhe took out his phone and opened QQ, "Then add me back."