Ning An was unaware of the concerns her Young Uncle had, and if she had known, she probably would have thought he was overthinking.
How could she possibly fall for an old man eight years her senior?
There was just no way the two of them could be a thing.
As for the old man Xu Weiran, if he knew that at 23, he was already considered too old, he would probably be annoyed to death.
After the monthly tests were over, Shen Zhaozhao wasn’t constantly watching over the girl’s grades any longer, and Ning An enjoyed a period of carefree freedom.
"I’m going out for a walk."
After dinner, Ning An put down her chopsticks, went to her room to change into looser clothes, and prepared to go out.
"Be careful," Sheng Chuyi reminded her.
The daughter was growing up and becoming more beautiful by the day, which naturally made the old father worry about her encountering bad people when she went out at night.
"Got it!" Ning An responded, then immediately pushed open the door and left.
Who knew who would be the unlucky one if she indeed encountered a bad person.
There were quite a few people out for a nighttime run.
The evenings without extra classes felt extraordinarily refreshing.
She sent a message to her desk mate, telling her that she was already out.
Lately, for some unknown reason, her desk mate was fussing about losing weight, following the trend of running at night. She was worried about the safety of running alone as a girl, so she had asked Ning An to accompany her.
The two lived close by, just separated by one residential area, a few minutes’ walk away.
Not long after Ning An sent her message, she received a reply from her desk mate, telling her that she would be out soon and asking her to wait for her at the park.
Near the residential area where Ning An lived, there was a park with a lake that everyone liked to go to for exercise.
Ning An arrived a bit early and decided to go to the convenience store near the park to buy some drinks.
Unexpectedly, as she was coming out of the convenience store, she encountered a group of teenagers.
They looked like they had just finished playing basketball and had planned to go to the convenience store as well, but they all stopped in their tracks when they saw a beautiful girl coming out.
Suddenly one of the boys, with one hand in his pocket and the other holding a basketball, approached Ning An and called out, "Junior Sheng!"
"Are you talking to me?" Ning An looked over and found that she didn’t recognize anyone in the group, not even the boy who had called out to her and greeted her.
"Hello, I’m Chen Zhe from Class 1, Year 3 at Jiu Middle School. I’ve seen you at school before," the boy said with a slight smile. He probably thought he was quite handsome and intentionally ran his fingers through his sweaty hair.
Ning An, however, felt it was greasy.
"Hello!" Ning An greeted back flatly and then stopped talking. She took out her phone to check how far her desk mate had gotten.
After sending the message and looking up, she realized the group of boys hadn’t left yet.
Especially the one who had just approached her was still standing in front of her.
Ning An furrowed her brows in confusion and asked, "Is there something else?"
The boy’s expression stiffened for a moment, showing displeasure at being snubbed, but he quickly put on a smile and said, "Junior Sheng, would it be okay to add you on WeChat and be friends?"
Ning An, who was all too familiar with such pick-up tricks, spoke indifferently, "Sorry, it’s not convenient." Just then, a message from her desk mate came through, telling her she was already at the park entrance.
Ning An looked up and saw her friend, so she put away her phone and was about to head over.
The boy across failed to anticipate Ning An brushing him off so bluntly, especially in front of all his friends, and felt somewhat embarrassed.
He couldn’t help but reach out to grab Ning An, who deftly dodged him.
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