"What's wrong?" Gu Xiaoer's heart tightened, and seeing that Han Luoli's expression was off, she asked instinctively. After asking, she realized she was being nosy. What status or right did she have to ask him?
Han Luoli glanced at her, his watery eyes pure and innocent, regaining a gentle hue, and simply said, "It's work-related."
Gu Xiaoer stared at Han Luoli for a few seconds but her mind raced at his mention of work. A long-term client? Or financial disputes? Could he be maintaining the same kind of relationship with someone else as he did with her?
At that thought, Gu Xiaoer quickly patted her little cheeks, firmly deciding: Girl, you've already slipped once, you cannot sink deeper!
Just a few steps later, an announcement boomed through the mall's loudspeakers.
"Customer with the shopping receipt number 7249, congratulations on winning a free shopping opportunity. Please present your receipt at the service desk to redeem the corresponding cash."
Gu Xiaoer, who was nursing the pain over the few hundred yuan she spent, heard the chance for free shopping and quickly took out the receipt from her shopping bag to check.
After looking it over, she couldn't help bursting into laughter. What luck that she was chosen for this free shopping opportunity! Who else but her could be number 7249?
Since her childhood, she had loved to work hard and help others, aiding elderly grandmothers across the street and helping kids find their mothers. It seemed God hadn't been too scant with her!
But she also regretted not buying more things at the time!
Han Luoli watched the little woman before him thrilled with joy; a trivial draw could make her so happy, and a single meal could brighten her day.
Such a simple and foolish girl, as if malls ever gave away anything so good. However, he didn't plan to tell Gu Xiaoer that he had Wei Feng arrange this free shopping opportunity.
Taking the little glutton to a high-end restaurant for dinner, they ate until they could roll home, and only then did he leave contentedly with her.
After dropping her at her doorstep, Han Luoli prepared to leave.
"Hey, weren't you supposed to stay here? Why are you leaving?" Gu Xiaoer asked, puzzled, not realizing that her tone was off.
Han Luoli ruffled Gu Xiaoer's soft hair, "Looking forward to it? I have things to do today, I'll satisfy you tomorrow!"
"Pfft—"
The next day, school.
Although it was already their senior year, which offered more freedom, who would dare to ignore the orders of Professor Liu with his prominent belly?
Gu Xiaoer had to return to her dorm to grab her textbooks and was stopped by Ai Le at the entrance early in the morning.
Leaning in close to Gu Xiaoer, her eyes twinkled with a gossipy sparkle, "Come on, tell me, what happened that day?"
Which day?
"The day you went to the banquet, the day before yesterday!" Ai Le slapped her forehead in exasperation.
Gu Xiaoer also touched her forehead, wondering how to explain. "The banquet went well, I enjoyed myself."
Ai Le frowned, "Is that all?"
She nodded lightly. Before, she might have chattered away to Ai Le from start to finish, but now it seemed there wasn't much to say about those two people; it was so mundane that Gu Xiaoer didn't want to waste time talking about it.
With no juicy gossip, Ai Le just shrugged her shoulders. After all, her concern was for Gu Xiaoer. Seeing her without any unusual emotions was a good thing, too.
They took their textbooks and cheerfully rolled off to class.
The reason they still had to come to class in their last semester of senior year was because Professor Liu was assigning their graduation projects, which was crucial for every student's final grade and naturally received much emphasis.
As a result, a great swarm of students endured the professor's final earnest teachings and obediently returned to school.