Chapter 747: Chapter 747: Kissed Stealthily Chapter 747: Chapter 747: Kissed Stealthily Luo Qiao nodded, glanced around to make sure no one was there, quickly leaned over and kissed Lu Yichen on the lips, then nimbly opened the car door, got out, waved goodbye to Lu Yichen, and ran off.
Lu Yichen’s face was filled with a smile as he watched the retreating figure of the young girl, feeling oh-so-sweet inside. He couldn’t help but reach up to touch the place where she had kissed him.
The car remained stationary, watching until she entered the school gate before driving away.
As Luo Qiao headed back to the dorm to pick up her textbooks, her keen hearing allowed her to overhear someone nearby saying, “Don’t worry, I’ll pay you back very soon.”
“Remember your words. Don’t back out on your promise to repay the debt. There’s no such thing as a free lunch. If it weren’t for your late grandfather’s sake, do you think you could study here peacefully?
I may not be a good person, but I have my limits. Pay back all the money you’ve spent on me, all the money you’ve spent from my family over the years, and we can go our separate ways, with no further connection.”
“Okay, tell me, how much do I owe you before you’ll let me go?”
“Over the years, you’ve taken a total of one hundred and sixty from my family; is that amount correct?”
“Yes.”
“You took one hundred and twenty from me directly, plus all those miscellaneous items I bought for you—it adds up to around one hundred and eighty, more or less. Let’s round it up to two hundred. Including my family’s share, that makes a total of three hundred and sixty. This amount is not one cent more or less.”
“I know you didn’t overcharge me. I will pay it back, but I can’t right now. Can you give me an extension?”
“How long of an extension? Even if I don’t get married, my brother will eventually need to marry, so you definitely can’t owe this money for too long.”
“How about this: I’ll pay you back twenty each month until it’s all paid off. Does that work for you?”
“Then you have to write me an IOU. I can’t trust someone like you. If you find it troublesome, write an IOU for every twenty you pay back. I’ll give one back each time you make a payment; it’ll save us both trouble.”
“Fine, I hope you keep your word.”
“Ha, I, Yoo Mingxuan, am not like you. I don’t engage in dishonorable deeds like making promises I don’t intend to keep. Oh, and return that piece of jade you took from my grandmother to me; don’t tell me you lost it or something because I won’t believe it.”
By now, Luo Qiao had recognized the girl’s voice and, as she passed by, got a clear look at the man’s face.
Luo Qiao quickly left and returned to her dorm where she overheard the girls from the next room saying, “Have you seen Tong Yao?”
“No, I saw her in the water room earlier.”
“It’s almost time, and her textbooks are still here.”
“Well, why don’t we bring them for her?”
Luo Qiao entered her own dorm. Her bookcase had been well organized for some time now, with the bottom part converted into a locked cabinet and the top part having four shelves. The bottom two shelves were Luo Qiao’s and the top two were Shen Juan’s.
When Shen Juan saw Luo Qiao come in, she said, “Qiaoqiao, come over here, look what I’ve brought for you.”
Luo Qiao walked over with a smile, tidying up her textbooks as she spoke, “What good thing did you bring?”
Shen Juan took out a brand-new lunch box, “This is my mom’s specialty, and she made it especially for you. You don’t know how thrilled she was when I told my family we were classmates and dorm mates. And this is the result of that excitement.”
Luo Qiao opened the lunch box to find it filled to the brim with sauce-cooked meat.
Luo Qiao said with a smile, “Auntie is really too kind.”
Shen Juan climbed down from the upper bunk, “You have no idea, if she had more time, my mom would probably have prepared even more for you.”
Luo Qiao smiled and said, “Then I won’t go back to eat lunch; let’s eat in the cafeteria together.”
Yan Ruyue leaned over, “Let me have a taste at noon, it looks so tempting.”
Luo Qiao looked at Yan Ruyue, “At noon, our dorm will move together, and you’ll get to taste Aunt Shen’s cooking.”
Wu Hongyan watched Luo Qiao lock the lunch box in the cabinet with curiosity; she really took the trouble to lock up the lunch box.
Everyone grabbed their textbooks and headed to the classroom together. The next class was Medical Psychology, which Luo Qiao quite liked, so she listened with great attention.
After class, Shen Juan asked, “Qiaoqiao, we’ve got an English class next. I’m really dreading it.”