"Hey, Senior Su, we're over here!" Ai Le waved enthusiastically to Su Jiaxuan as he walked towards them from across the street.
Following her gaze, Gu Xiaoer indeed saw the refined and gentle man.
He was wearing a plaid shirt with a deep sea blue cardigan vest over it, along with casual trousers, making him look exceptionally clear and bright.
Feeling a bit conflicted internally, she gave him a somewhat unnatural smile.
"Senior Su."
She called out to him. It had been two months since their last club gathering and since she had rejected his confession, the last time they met and the last time they were in touch. Now, seeing him again, it seemed as if so much had changed.
She was no longer the Gu Xiaoer she used to be, nor was Su Jiaxuan the Su Jiaxuan of the past.
"Xiao Er, Lele!"
Su Jiaxuan, like a big boy, greeted the two girls warmly. Because of Gu Xiaoer, he was quite familiar with Ai Le and naturally took a seat at their table.
His behavior, so familiar and natural, was as if that incident had never happened.
"Senior Su, weren't you preparing to go abroad? How come you haven't left yet?" Ai Le kicked Gu Xiaoer under the table and gave her meaningful glances.
Gu Xiaoer forced a laugh, chiming in, "Yeah, Senior Su, how are your preparations going?"
"It's almost time," Su Jiaxuan hid the trace of melancholy in his eyes. When we meet again, I just want to pretend nothing ever happened and be good to you like before, Xiao Er. Is it so wrong to want to go back to the past? "I'm already handling the procedures."
He turned the conversation around, looking at Gu Xiaoer with concern, "Xiao Er, how have you been lately? I heard you've been accepted by Shenghan, congratulations!"
"Oh, it's nothing much, not even close to Senior's accomplishments."
"Xiao Er, if you have any problems, you can always come to me. Even after graduation, the bond between us as seniors and juniors still holds." His casual tone only highlighted his efforts to conceal his feelings.
On the side, Ai Le saw there was no room for her to chime in and, with a change of thought, clamored to go buy sunflower seeds.
Gu Xiaoer immediately got up to accompany her, but Ai Le pushed her back to her seat, whispering a threat, "You have such a good opportunity and you don't grasp it, instead going for a male publicist. Are you trying to kill me? "
"...I told you, he's not a male publicist..." She muttered under her breath, watching Ai Le's retreating figure with deep resentment.
Su Jiaxuan looked gratefully at Ai Le's back, then resumed his gentle smile, "Xiao Er, actually, you don't need to be on guard around me..."
"I'm not..." she stubbornly insisted. What she really thought was that since she was more or less a married woman now, she couldn't just casually be alone with another man, especially one who had previously pursued her.
On that point, Han Luoli had taught her very successfully. Because once she asked him, "What if I ran away with someone else?" Han Luoli, holding a finance magazine, didn't even look up, "You can try and see if he can still run..."
Su Jiaxuan continued to speak amiably, "Xiao Er, it's a fact that I like you. But I don't want to lose you, not even the chance to talk to you. I admit I was impulsive that day, so, I take back my confession and would like to be your senior again, is that okay?"
"But, I have a boyfriend." She answered obediently.
"I know that. So Xiao Er, right now I just want to go back to being your senior, and besides, I'll be leaving soon, so I really won't have the chance to look after you anymore," Su Jiaxuan said sincerely.