Han Jingchen came out, tied the scarf his young lady knitted for him, and then walked out.
Han Chunxue noticed his scarf: "Second Brother, where did this scarf come from?"
Han Jingchen boasted: "My young lady knitted it for me, how does it look, doesn’t it suit me well?"
Han Chunxue gratefully glanced at her niece, ever since she came back, her Second Brother smiled more, and now he could even joke with himself, which was great.
She nodded in response: "Not only is it well-knit, but the color is also nice."
At this moment, Han Jingheng came out from the house saying: "Sigh, blame it on not having a little cotton-padded jacket, look how bare my neck is, with no one to feel sorry for me, it’s really cold today."
Everyone in the courtyard laughed at his words.
Xinyan saw her Uncle acting jealous: "Uncle, by the time the New Year comes, I’ll give each of you elders a scarf I knit myself."
Han Jingheng was satisfied with this: "It’s a deal then."
Han Jingchen sent Xinyan back to the courtyard, greeted Granny Zhang, and then left.
It was getting late, and he needed to return to the suburbs tonight, not wanting to disturb Granny Zhang and the others’ normal routine.
*
Time flies, and soon this semester will be over.
On this day, Xinyan received a call from He Jinxuan: "Yanyan, can you free up your weekend?"
Xinyan rubbed her itchy nose: "Do you have something planned?"
He Jinxuan chuckled lightly: "Haven’t you always wanted to learn to drive? I’ll come pick you up, take you somewhere to learn, and once you get the hang of it, when the holidays come, you can borrow Uncle Su’s car occasionally if you have places to go."
Upon hearing this, Xinyan thought: which means even if I don’t have time, I have to make time.
In her past life, she didn’t pass the driving test, but she did learn to drive a shuttle bus in her spare time with someone from the club.
She cheerfully agreed to go learn to drive over the weekend, and then they talked about some other things before hanging up.
Actually, He Jinxuan had more matters to discuss with her when he asked her out to learn to drive.
After the call, Xinyan headed back to the dormitory and bumped into Gu Yingying who had just returned from the hospital. Xinyan didn’t have much affection for this girl, she just felt she was too pretentious, acting as if her family background was extraordinary in public despite being a bit stingy in private.
But after all, they were classmates, so Xinyan nodded at her.
Gu Yingying smiled at Xinyan: "I heard it was you and Jiang Peiqin who took me to the school clinic that day, and then helped take me to the hospital, thank you very much."
While saying this, her eyes were sizing up Xinyan’s outfit, a newly released down jacket from the Friendship Store, which stirred up a bit of jealousy in her heart.
She hid it well, but Xinyan still noticed. Xinyan said softly: "We’re classmates, we should help each other, no need to be too polite, Gu."
Gu Yingying felt displeased hearing that, what does "no need to be too polite" mean, that she should at least be a bit polite?
Xinyan did not care what was on her mind, after speaking, she nodded at her and went inside the dorm.
Gu Yingying felt even more uncomfortable seeing that Xinyan didn’t try to ingratiate herself like other classmates.
Because of her hospitalization, her family spent quite a bit, her mother had told her that this year she could only get a new piece of clothing for the New Year, nothing else.
Seeing Xinyan in the latest down jacket, how could she feel good? Added to that, Xinyan’s attitude toward her triggered inexplicable animosity toward Xinyan.
If Xinyan found out, she would surely roll her eyes and add a "got some brain issues, need treatment."
Gu Yingying went downstairs with a cold face, she almost had a mental shadow from going downstairs now, so she was very careful with each step.
In room 306, Jiang Peiqin saw Xinyan come in and whispered: "The Gu Yingying next door must have some problems in her head."
Xinyan gave her a thumbs up: "Great minds think alike."
Then she whispered: "Tell me, how did she provoke you?"
Because Jiang Peiqin usually wouldn’t gossip about others’ affairs proactively.