" Here it is," Xua Ying Yue pointed to the small and clean building which was in front of them. " This is where they are submitting the admission form, at counter number four."
The man beside her nodded as he read the large whiteboard that had ' Administration,' written on it and then turned to look at Xua Ying Yue with a smile that had a hint of gratitude, " Thank you for bringing me here, or else I would have been embarrassed enough to never raise my head in front of my mother." After he was finished thanking Xua Ying Yue, he stretched out his hand for Xua Ying Yue to shake with a sweet smile on his face. " I never got to tell you my name right? I am Zou Zeming. It's nice to meet you, miss…..?"
He dragged the last syllable hoping that the girl in front of him would give her name to him but the girl stayed silent and neither did she shake his hand causing Zou Zeming to be slightly embarrassed as he cleared his throat and then dropped his hand before saying, " Anyway, I am going to study in the law department of this college, if there is anything that I can help you with, you can come and find me."
" No need," Xua Ying Yue shook her head as she stared at the man who was trying to get close to her, she did not know why and what motive this man had but she did not have time to entertain him which was why she calmly said to him, " I can take care of myself."
Her words caused Zou Zeming to be stunned but then his smile widened and he nodded and remarked, "I see, looks like you are not as weak as you look, so can I have your name then?"
" For what?" Xua Ying Yue asked with a frown this was her first time meeting a man who was showing this much genuine interest in her and that made her only more awkward since she couldn't say anything rude to him.
" Since you are so strong and confident in yourself, I think I should rely on you from now on," Zou Zeming told her and Xua Ying Yue had to stop herself from rolling her eyes.
" If you are done, then I think I should be leaving now," Xua Ying Yue did not waste her breath on this man whom she could not understand and turned around to leave while Zou Zeming stared at her back with a smile on his face. He looked at his hand that was rejected and then shook his head, " For such a delicate face, that girl sure is a sharp tongue."
He took one last glance at the girl who seemed to have walked even further away and then entered the administration building and found the counter where the admission forms were getting submitted. He glanced at the bespectacled woman who was sitting behind the glass window and then smiled at her charmingly before greeting her politely, " Good day, Mam. I hope you are doing great today?"
The receptionist who sat behind the glass counter smiled at the young who greeted her just now as she nodded and replied, " I am doing great, young man. Are you here to submit your form for admission?"
" Thats right," Zou Zeming handed the lady his form and as the woman in charge of collecting the forms started to look through his admission form, Zou Zeming let his eyes wander around and then his gaze fell on the stack of papers that were sitting at the corner of the table and a familiar face caught his attention.
With his eyesight which had always been perfect, he looked at the information written on the form.
'Xua Ying Yue,' he rolled his tongue in his mount while reading the name of the girl whom he met just now. As he silently finished reading Xua Ying Yue's name, his eyes lit up with amusement.
" No wonder she was that cold, her persona matches her name," he muttered to himself just as the lady in charge looked up and then said to him, " Everything is in order. You can start your classes from the fifth."
"Thank you for your hard work," Zou Zeming bowed as he accepted his receipt and then walked out of the administration building. His gaze was instinctively drawn to the path from where Xua Ying Yue left and his lips which were already smiling turned another notch up as he blinked his eyes and said, " Ying Yue from the business department huh."
…..
Xua Yin Yue had no idea that Zou Zeming already found out her name as well as her department, and even if she did find out, she would not have cared since Zou Zeming was just a stranger to her. She returned to the restaurant where her sister was working and pushed the door of the small restaurant open as she said, " I am back."
" Oh, Yue'er you are back?" Xua Yenay raised her head and smiled at her sister who came back home just in time. She turned her head and looked at the clock that was showing the time which was twelve and a half hours in the afternoon, before turning to look at her sister again and said with a smile, " You are just in time, we are going to start with our lunch break soon."
" I see——"
" What do you mean that you are quitting huh, Shuyan?" They heard the voice of an enraged Madam Tian as she held a long phone in her hand while a cigar burning in the right. Xua Ying Yue flinched at the sight of the cigar but she covered her panic.
'It's all right, Madam Tian will not hurt me,' she told herself but she still hid behind her sister such that she will not have to look at the burning cigar.
"Huh? Your college form was accepted? So what! You should have told me that you were moving to cities! Do you even know how irresponsible this is? I have given you decent pay and bonuses and this is how you repay me?" Madam Tian took a drag of her cigar and then glared at her phone as if wishing to slap the woman on the other side. " I have no other waitress at the moment in the restaurant, how do you think I will get by the busy hours?"