Chapter 447 I Still Love You (Please Subscribe to Monthly Tickets)
Ji Ling is a girl who loves to sleep in.

According to her, the world is too crowded. One more person would be too many, but one less person would definitely not be too few.

Why do you have to get up so early?
It is not her turn to save the earth and maintain world peace. What she has to do is to live the way she wants. Sleeping in is a good way to live, which does not cause trouble to others or herself.

She got up very early today, at eight o'clock.

Her parents are both very busy people, and it is common for them to be away from home in the morning and evening. However, it is quite rare for them to be gone at 8 o'clock in the morning like today.

Today is the day Ji Ling reports to school.

Originally, Ji Zhong said he would accompany Ji Ling to report to school, but Ji Ling didn't want to go and wanted to go by herself. However, because there was a more important thing to do today, Ji Zhong had to pick her up at noon.

Cuicui, the nanny at home, was watering the flowers. She didn't expect Ji Ling to get up so early, so she quickly put down the watering can to make breakfast for Ji Ling. Ji Ling rinsed her mouth and said, "Don't be busy, Sister Cuicui. I'll just have bread and milk."

"Ding-ling-ling..." At this time, the cell phone rang. Ji Ling took a look and saw that it was Zhang Yunqi.

Ji Ling answered the phone.

Zhang Yunqi said on the phone: "Is it not disturbing your sleep?"

Ji Ling's voice was unclear: "I'm awake and gargling."

Zhang Yunqi smiled and said, "Yes, you will report to school today. Will your parents go with you?"

"They all have something going on."

"Then I'll pick you up?"

"No need, you have to report too, I'll go by myself."

"Are you sure? You have so much luggage."

"I'll report in today. I have something else to do in the afternoon. I'll stay at my own home tonight. You can come and help me move my luggage tomorrow."

"Okay, I'll go to school then." Zhang Yunqi paused, then said, "You should go out early. I checked the weather forecast and it's going to be hot today. It's going to be sunny outside. Remember to call me if you have anything to do at school."

"When did Xiao Zhang become so long-winded?"

"I rarely show concern for you, but you still despise me."

“It shows that the way of caring needs to be improved.”

"I'll try my best later."

"Good luck. Bye." Ji Ling hung up the phone, put down her cell phone, rinsed her mouth, washed her face, and then changed her clothes. She didn't know how to put on makeup yet, but she wore earrings for the first time today.

Ji Ling has always wanted to wear earrings.

On her 16th birthday, her cousin Ji Rong gave her a sterling silver clover pendant as a birthday present. It was very beautiful, but her mother Zhang Jing said she could not wear it until she went to college.

It was a rare occasion that Ji Ling listened to her mother.

I got my ears pierced in Jiangchuan earlier this month.

After Ji Ling washed up and changed her clothes, the nanny Cuicui had already placed breakfast on the dining table. She took a bottle of milk, took a bite of toast, put the baseball cap upside down on her head, picked up the drawing board and went out.

It was still 8:53 in the morning. Ji Ling was walking on the tree-lined path of Baizhupo with a drawing board on her back. The warm sunlight of early autumn shone through the leaves of the ancient cypress and fell on the girl's delicate face. Her facial features were clear and her eyes were distinct black and white.

She was wearing black denim shorts with a white cotton vest and a pair of black and white NB flat shoes. The wind blew, and the sterling silver clover pendant on her earlobe swayed, and the diamonds inlaid on it reflected dazzling light.

Compared to her high school days, this lively girl seemed to have suddenly become sharper.

(Note: New Balance entered China in the early 90s, using the translated name "New Balance". At that time, the exclusive agent was Yangjiang Youlian. Later, due to some changes, it withdrew and returned to China in 2003.)
Ji Ling stopped a taxi on the roadside and went straight to school.

She studied fine arts at the Art Department of Xiangnan Normal University, majoring in oil painting.

This is already the best art school in the entire Shonan Province.

Her mother Zhang Jing still doesn't think much of her and has been nagging about her all day long recently. In fact, the biggest reason is that the daughter of her mother's mahjong friend and next-door neighbor Aunt Wang "accidentally performed poorly in the college entrance examination" and was admitted to Zhejiang University.

During the past month, every time they played mahjong, Aunt Wang would tell her daughter's story in front of her mother Zhang Jing, either openly or covertly. Things like "She didn't perform well in the college entrance examination. I wanted her to repeat the year and try to get into Peking University, but girls' age is more important and we can't waste time on it." Every time her mother smiled and said it was a pity, but in fact, there was an atomic bomb exploding in her heart.

This made Ji Ling look forward to college boarding life even more.

Arrived at school.

The person who received Ji Ling at the reporting office was a sophomore student.

The senior is called Lu Liang, also from the Art Department. He is tall, with fair skin and an oval face. He is quite handsome. He wears a white shirt with black pants, and his hair is neat and tidy. He is the type of guy that makes all the girls drool on the campus basketball court.

Ji Ling had no luggage, but even so, when she registered, senior Lu Liang automatically ignored other freshmen who wanted to register, and was very enthusiastic and busy in front of Ji Ling, and finally insisted on leading her to the girls' dormitory.

Ji Ling waved his hand and said no.

But the senior still insisted.

Then Ji Ling laughed.

Is this going to be liked by others?

Do you like it?
Do you like it?
Ji Ling put his hands behind his back and asked, "Senior, do you want to pick me up?"

Senior Lu Liang was stunned.

Are all the freshmen this year so direct?

Then, he scratched his hair, his fair face looked a little shy, and seeing that there were not many people around, he said, "Ah, well, we just want to get to know each other and become friends."

Ji Ling said "oh" and took out his cell phone.

She dialed Zhang Yunqi's number and pressed the speakerphone button, saying, "Student Zhang, on the first day of school, a handsome senior wants to be my friend. Do you think I should agree or not?" The air froze.

The autumn wind blows up the fallen leaves, chilling people's hearts.

Before Zhang Yunqi on the other end of the phone could react, senior Lu Liang had already retreated with a blushing face.

Ji Ling hung up the phone and left.

She didn't take this matter to heart for a second. She followed the signs and quickly found her dormitory.

This is the first time she lives in the dormitory after so many years of schooling.

In fact, she was already full of anticipation before she even moved in. It felt fresh and new, and she also felt free. Of course, if she got tired of living there, she could just pack up and go home at any time.

The dormitory is for four people.

There are three roommates, all of whom are freshmen majoring in fine arts.

When Ji Ling arrived, they were already there.

The three roommates were named Zhang Jiaqi, Qian Qian and Sun Jingyu. It was their first meeting and they were all quite reserved. They greeted each other politely and then talked about their hometowns.

Ji Ling is casual and has never known what being reserved means. Although her temperament is not like that of an ordinary girl, her three roommates have the impression that she is easy to get along with. However, if they had witnessed what happened with senior Lu Liang just now, they might not think so.

The four roommates were chatting and were about to go to the cafeteria to eat together when Ji Ling's cell phone rang.

All three roommates looked at her.

She smiled, didn't care, and answered the phone.

Her father Ji Zhong's voice rang through the phone: "I'm outside Liren Building."

Ji Ling agreed.

She waved to her three roommates and said, "I have something else to do. Let's have dinner together tomorrow. I won't be staying here tonight. Bye."

After leaving the dormitory and buying a glass of juice outside the school, Ji Ling went to the roadside of Liren Building at No. 36 Lushan Road. Seeing a black Audi, she walked straight over, opened the door, and sat in the passenger seat.

"Today is your mother's birthday, what would you like to eat tonight?"

"Comrade Lao Ji, you never seem to ask me what I want to eat on my birthday."

"Is that true? You are jealous of your mother." Ji Zhong smiled and said, "By the way, why did Zhang Yunqi leave when I was still not home last night?"

Ji Ling said, "He has moved into a big villa."

Ji Zhong asked, "Where should we buy the villa?"

Ji Ling said, "It's at the foot of Yuelu Mountain, near the east gate of Xiangnan University." After a pause, he continued, "It's a nice house with a big swimming pool and a big viewing platform."

Ji nodded: "Not bad."

At this point, he noticed that Ji Ling was wearing earrings. The sterling silver clover earrings on her ears were dangling, and the broken diamonds on them were sparkling under the sunlight.

I don’t know why, although it was just a small change, Ji Zhong suddenly felt that his daughter was a little different from before, as if she didn’t want to be a little girl anymore.

As a father, he had an indescribable feeling in his heart: "When did you start wearing earrings?"

Ji Ling tilted his head and asked, "Does it look good?"

Ji Zhong said, "I, an old man, can't appreciate it. You should ask your classmate Xiao Zhang to give you some comments."

Ji Ling curled her lips and said, "You don't understand girls at all. How did you win my mother over back then?"

Ji Zhong smiled bitterly: "Times have changed."

After a pause, he said nonchalantly: "Of course, maybe you just think that only Zhang Yunqi understands you now, but don't be absolute in everything."

Ji Ling uttered an "oh" and continued drinking the juice.

When the car was not far from Baizhupo, Ji Zhong deliberately took a detour before stopping.

Ji Ling pushed the door and got out of the car.

Every year, her father Ji Zhong would ask her to buy a bouquet of roses and give it to her mother Zhang Jing as a birthday present.

Because the owner of the flower shop was an old acquaintance, her father was a little embarrassed to save face for his big boss, so he always parked the car far away from the flower shop and waited for her to buy it.

Ji Ling bought 43 roses.

There is a small card on the bouquet for writing a message.

After Ji Ling bought the flowers and returned to the car, he took out a pen from his schoolbag and asked, "What do you want to write?"

Ji Zhong didn't respond and drove in silence.

After driving for most of the way, Ji Zhong suddenly stopped the car and said calmly, "Just write it. I've bought her the bag she said she liked last time."

After a pause, he said nonchalantly, a little stiffly, "Oh, by the way, I'll add that I really like her."

Ji Ling bit the straw and took a sip of juice, then wrote neatly on the card: "Happy 43rd birthday. I bought you that bag last time. By the way, baby, we have been married for 18 years, and I still love you."

"Have you finished writing?"

Ji Zhong couldn't help but look at the card.

Then, a violent coughing sound was heard in the Audi.

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(End of this chapter)