Ji Ying and Zhou He, who were chatting, looked at each other. Zhou He smiled and said, "It must be Nianhua calling back."
"Hello, Nianhua?" Ji Ying excitedly grabbed the phone and asked worriedly, "How are you all, have you arrived in Ningbei? Have you registered yet?"
"Mom, have you been waiting for the call?"
Xu Nianhua guessed that Ji Ying must have been waiting, but as soon as the phone rang, she picked it up; Xu Nianhua guessed she must have been sitting right by the phone.
"If you all didn’t call back, how could I be at ease?" Hearing her daughter’s voice, Ji Ying instantly felt much more relieved and asked, "You are in Ningbei now, right? At your university or your brother’s university? How is the school? Is the money you brought enough?"
Ji Ying bombarded Xu Nianhua with a series of questions.
"Mom, don’t worry, we are all fine." Xu Nianhua carefully described their journey; Pei Yicheng and Ling Dong had come to Ningbei with them, and both she and Xu Nian’an had finished registering. After the call, she was going to head back to school.
"Mom, don’t worry, we have enough money." Xu Nianhua chose to share some joyful news and also briefly mentioned Xu Nian’an’s roommates, who all seemed to be easy-going people.
Listening to her, Ji Ying’s anxious heart finally settled down.
Now on the phone was Xu Nian’an, Ji Ying’s worries all turned into words of caution, "Nian’an, when you’re out, you must take good care of your sister."
While talking to Xu Nianhua just now, everything was about caring for Xu Nianhua, but when it came to him, it turned into taking good care of his sister.
He had almost developed calluses from hearing these words, he couldn’t help but dig his ear and said, "Mom, don’t worry, I’m the brother, I will definitely take good care of my little sister, but you all at home, take care of your health."
"Got it, the two of you going so far away for the first time, if there’s anything, both of you discuss it, do you hear?" Ji Ying instructed, Xu Nian’an she could rely on, he had been sensible since he was young, but she was worried about her daughter Xu Nianhua, so grown up and still not knowing which worthless boy might benefit in the future.
"Sigh, I must not be your biological child, Mom only cares about you, not about me." Xu Nian’an pursed his lips, sighing and clearly making a joke.
"Cough, maybe I’m not the real one." Xu Nianhua cleared her throat, her words not just a joke but serious.
Xu Nian’an stared wide-eyed at her, saying, "In our parents’ eyes, my brother and I stand aside, only you are the most important. If you’re not the biological one, then my brother and I must have been picked up even more so?"
"Mom and Dad are indeed very good to me." Thinking of Xu Qinghe and Ji Ying, Xu Nianhua felt truly happy from the bottom of her heart.
"Little sister, if there’s anything, remember to find me, I’ll come to see you whenever I’m free, don’t wander around on your own, okay?"
Although Xu Nian’an had just said that Ji Ying doesn’t care about him, he knew that in their parents’ hearts, they cared equally about him; his sister was a girl, and as her brother, he of course had to look after her more.
"I turned twenty today." Xu Nianhua reminded him, she wasn’t a child anymore.
"Aren’t you still a young girl at twenty?" Xu Nianhua rolled her eyes at her, saying, "Don’t foolishly believe everything people say, be careful or you might be sold without even knowing it."