Chapter 201: Farewell for Going Abroad

Fumanlou Restaurant.

Chen Feng sat with Sun Xiaorui on his left and Wu Mengting on his right. Qin Xiaorou sat diagonally opposite him.

For the past few days, Qin Xiaorou had been sending him WeChat messages every day, saying that she was going abroad in a couple of days. Yesterday, she had even sent him several video call invitations, which Chen Feng had to respond to.

Then, he arranged to treat her to a meal at Fumanlou, as a farewell for her going abroad.

But it was obvious that after seeing Chen Feng arrive with two women, Qin Xiaorou’s face was not very good. Her nose was not her nose, and her eyes were not her eyes.

“Xiaorou, let me introduce these two older sisters to you. This is Wu Mengting, my god-sister, and this is Sun Xiaorui, my friend.”

After the four of them sat down and ordered their food, Chen Feng formally introduced them to Qin Xiaorou.

Qin Xiaorou glanced at Wu Mengting and Sun Xiaorui, pursed her lips slightly, and asked, “Which one of them is your girlfriend? Or are they both?”

This child’s words were still so sharp.

Chen Feng was a little used to it, but Wu Mengting and Sun Xiaorui were obviously not. Although Chen Feng had given them a heads-up before they came, saying that Qin Xiaorou came from a divorced family and was a problem girl who spoke bluntly and was not very polite.

Now that they were here, they immediately experienced it.

“Little sister, it’s not good for you to talk like that,” Wu Mengting said to Qin Xiaorou with a smile. “You’re not that young anymore. When you talk to others, it’s better to be a little more elegant. After all, you’re a girl.”

Qin Xiaorou glanced at her sideways, the corners of her mouth slightly upturned, and said with a disdainful tone, “Who said girls have to speak elegantly? Besides, I wasn’t being inelegant just now. Do you think I was being inelegant when I said ‘mazi’? ‘Mazi’ is a slang term for girlfriend. You’re so old, you can’t possibly not know this slang term, right?”

Wu Mengting was suddenly speechless. She couldn’t very well say that ‘mazi’ actually means a chamber pot, and using it to refer to a woman is definitely inappropriate and very disrespectful to women.

Seeing Qin Xiaorou like this, Chen Feng also had a bit of a headache. But thinking that she was going abroad in a couple of days, and it was uncertain if they would ever see each other again, and they certainly wouldn’t see each other often, he changed the subject, “You said you’re going abroad in a couple of days. Which day exactly?”

As soon as Qin Xiaorou was asked this, her attention was indeed diverted. She said with some dejection, “The day after tomorrow. My mom has already bought the ticket for me.”

“Is your mom going with you?”

“No, I’m going by myself. My dad will pick me up at the airport.”

Chen Feng was surprised, “You’re so young, is your mom at ease with you going alone?”

“What’s there to be uneasy about? It’s not my first time going to America. For the past few years, I’ve gone there every summer vacation to escape the heat. The temperature there in the summer is not very high, so you don’t need to turn on the air conditioner. It’s very comfortable to live there.”

“Which city?”

“Los Angeles.”

“That’s not bad. Have you been to Hollywood?”

“I’ve been there. It’s just so-so. It’s boring. I feel like it’s not even as prosperous as our Xiuzhou. It’s like a bigger town here.”

The three of them all laughed.

“Are you going to settle there directly this time? Will you come back for the New Year?”

“I’m not sure. Anyway, I’ll be studying high school there, and it’s very likely I’ll go to university there. Of course, if I can’t get into a good university there, I might come back to study in China. To get into a famous university at home or abroad, I might have to become an American citizen. It’s definitely easier for a domestic student to get into a university in America than a foreign student. And as an international student coming back, it’s also very easy to get into a top domestic university.”

The three of them, Chen Feng, Wu Mengting, and Sun Xiaorui, were all stunned.

“There’s such a trick? Is that fake?” Chen Feng expressed some doubt.

“Why would I lie to you? Is there any need to lie to you?” Qin Xiaorou said with a look of contempt. “It can only be said that you are ignorant and don’t know about such things. Because you rarely even have the opportunity to go abroad, let alone immigrate and become a foreign citizen.”

Wu Mengting spoke up, “I’ve heard of it before, but I don’t know if it’s really true.”

“Of course it’s true.” Qin Xiaorou glanced at Wu Mengting with some dissatisfaction. “My cousin on my uncle’s side did it this way, and so did the son of a friend of my mom’s. You’ve heard of college entrance examination immigration, right? In the past, some parents moved their children to other provinces. Now, those with the means move them to foreign countries. It was very easy a few years ago. As long as you had a foreign nationality and your Mandarin was decent, you could get into a university without taking the exam. It’s become a little stricter in the past two years. Some famous domestic universities now require two years of residence abroad. I’ll definitely have to live there for two or three years when I go over now.”

Chen Feng had to admit defeat. He really didn’t know about such a trick before. It could only be said that his previous social class and circle were completely ignorant of this.

This was really an eye-opener.

However, Wu Mengting still spoke up, “That might be the case now, but who knows what the domestic policy will be in two or three years? I think you still have to study hard. As long as your grades are good, you can get into a good university at home or abroad.”

“Do you need to tell me that?” Qin Xiaorou retorted rudely, which made Wu Mengting feel uncomfortable and her face change.

What an uneducated wild girl!

While Chen Feng found it a little amusing, he couldn’t help but get a little angry. He glared at Qin Xiaorou and said, “Xiaorou, if you talk to people like this, you won’t have any friends.”

Qin Xiaorou glanced at the unhappy Wu Mengting, pursed her lips slightly, and finally said to Wu Mengting, “Beauty, I’m sorry. I just talk like this, straight to the point.”

Hearing this, Wu Mengting was speechless. On the surface, she could only force a smile and say, “It’s okay.”

The matter was considered over, and Wu Mengting didn’t dare to interject anymore. She learned from Sun Xiaorui to just watch and listen without speaking.

Chen Feng couldn’t dwell on it either and continued to ask, “Then do you personally hope to study at a university abroad or in China?”

“I don’t care. I’ll see when the time comes. I’d rather not study at all. It’s so free. But I also know it’s impossible. If I want to live a good and carefree life in the future, I still have to get a decent university degree.”

Hearing this, Chen Feng smiled and praised, “You have such an awareness at such a young age. That’s really good.”

“I’m not young!” Qin Xiaorou emphasized with a straight face. “I treat you as a friend. If you treat me as a child, then it’s no fun.”

Chen Feng was speechless. But she wasn’t wrong. The two of them could barely be considered friends.

For the sake of her impending departure, Chen Feng didn’t refute this point and changed the subject, “How’s your English? Do you have any problems communicating with those foreigners?”

“It’s okay. I have no problem with daily communication. After all, I’ve been learning since I was a child.”

“Uh, pretend I didn’t ask.”

She went to an international school with bilingual teaching, or even direct foreign language teaching, since she was a child. How could her foreign language be bad? It was probably even better than he said.

“You still haven’t answered my question from before. What’s your specific relationship with the two of them?”

Qin Xiaorou stubbornly asked the question again, her small face looking very serious.

Seeing this, Chen Feng had no choice but to say, “This one is my fellow villager, and she is indeed my god-sister. That’s it. This one can be considered my girlfriend. We’re living together now, understand?”

Only then did Qin Xiaorou take a deep look at Sun Xiaorui, who had been silent all this time, and nodded slightly, “I understand. So, you really don’t have a wife and children?”

“Of course. I already clarified that with you before.”

Qin Xiaorou shook her head, “Then you’re too much of a failure. You’re so old, and you’re not married and have no children.”

As soon as she said this, Wu Mengting and Sun Xiaorui, who were watching the show, couldn’t hold it in and burst out laughing.

Chen Feng just shook his head helplessly and said with a wry smile, “With that stinky mouth of yours, I’m really worried you’ll be beaten to death after you go abroad. Those foreigners are not as easy to talk to and as magnanimous as I am.”

Qin Xiaorou rolled her eyes at him and said, “When I’m abroad, I certainly won’t be so foolish as to say this to people I don’t know. As for people I know, if I say this, I think they’ll at most just get angry and can’t do anything to me. I’m not easy to bully.”

“You’re not easy to bully, so those foreigners are easy to bully? I think you really need to change your sharp-tongued habit after you go abroad. Otherwise, not to mention not fitting in, you might really get beaten up.”

“Alright. I know. I’m not stupid. I’ll be careful myself.”

Qin Xiaorou had reluctantly listened.

After all, Chen Feng was not her real father, so he just said what needed to be said and then asked some more questions about her going abroad and the situation of her father’s reorganized family.

It wasn’t until the dishes they ordered were served one after another that the two of them temporarily stopped talking and began to eat heartily.

Qin Xiaorou had no intention of being polite at all. Her chopsticks moved like lightning, and most of the dishes that suited her taste went into her stomach.

When she was almost full, she finally put down her chopsticks and sighed, “It’s a pity that after I go abroad, it will be hard to eat such delicious food again.”

“That’s true,” Chen Feng said with some schadenfreude. “The food there definitely won’t suit our Chinese tastes. Eating bread, hamburgers, and french fries every day, you’ll quickly become a little fatty.”

Hearing this, Qin Xiaorou imagined herself as a fatty, and couldn’t help but shiver. She glared at Chen Feng and said, “Nonsense! Who said there’s only bread, hamburgers, and french fries there? There are also many delicious things, you just don’t know. And if I want to eat rice and hometown dishes, it’s not difficult. I can just hire a nanny who can cook.”

“Alright. Who told you your family is rich? Pretend I didn’t say anything.”

Of course, Chen Feng wouldn’t stoop to the level of this little brat. Besides, this meal was considered a farewell for her, so it was better to leave a good impression on each other and not argue.

So, Chen Feng didn’t deliberately provoke her anymore and told her some things he had heard about America until they finished the dishes.

The dishes here were all very delicious. Not to mention Chen Feng, even Wu Mengting and Sun Xiaorui, who had to maintain their figures, ate a lot and finished everything.

Chen Feng looked at the time. It was one in the afternoon. He stood up and said, “Alright. Let’s consider this my farewell for you going abroad. I wish you a smooth journey in advance. I’ll take you home.”

Qin Xiaorou also stood up and stared at him, “You’ll accompany me to the arcade. I still have a lot of game coins you gave me last time that I haven’t used up. Let’s use them all up today.”

Chen Feng immediately shook his head, “I have something to do this afternoon, I don’t have time. If you want to play, you can call your classmates and friends. If you call a few more people, you should be able to use them up quickly.”

“You also know my personality. I don’t have any close classmates, and you’re my only friend. I finally convinced my mom to let me out today. I’m going abroad the day after tomorrow. You can’t just treat me to a meal and call it a farewell, can you?” Qin Xiaorou stared at him with wide eyes.

Chen Feng spread his hands and said, “I really have something to do this afternoon. How about we go play when you come back for the New Year at the end of the year?”

“I know you have nothing to do this afternoon.” Qin Xiaorou said with a look that saw through him. “If you really don’t want to go, then don’t go. Just pretend I never had you as a friend.”

After saying this, Qin Xiaorou’s face showed a look of loss and disappointment.

This was really… a whole set of tricks.

Sun Xiaorui, who was beside them, suddenly interjected, “Brother Feng, why don’t we just go and play for a while? If the four of us play together, we should be able to use up those stored game coins quickly.”

Chen Feng rolled his eyes at her and said, “You have no idea how many game coins she has stored there.”

Sun Xiaorui asked with confusion, “A lot?”

“There should be about two or three thousand worth, right? Xiaorou, isn’t that right?”

Qin Xiaorou replied, “There are still over two thousand two hundred. I’ve been there a few times and used some up.”

Sun Xiaorui was suddenly silent.

Wu Mengting asked, “Can’t you cash them out?”

“It’s not easy to cash them out. You can find someone to sell them privately, but there’s no need.”

“Alright, are you going or not?” Qin Xiaorou glared, asking again with some impatience.

Chen Feng really didn’t want to bother with this wild girl, but thinking that she was so young and would be studying abroad in a foreign country, he didn’t know how lonely and pitiful she would be.

In the end, he softened his heart.

“Alright. I owe you one. Let’s go!”

Chen Feng turned and left with a look of helplessness and disgust.

A smile appeared on Qin Xiaorou’s face. She quickly followed and said, “It’s not impossible for you to be my father, but it depends on your own means. You just have to win over my mom. She’s a rich woman with a net worth of over a hundred million. You can really consider it.”

Chen Feng, who had already reached the door, heard this and couldn’t help but turn around and glare at her fiercely. Her mother was much older than him.

Of course, age was not the point. The main thing was that it was impossible between the two of them.

Seeing Chen Feng glare at her, Qin Xiaorou giggled happily instead.

Behind them, Wu Mengting and Sun Xiaorui looked at each other, speechless. They had really never seen a girl like Qin Xiaorou before. They were truly impressed.

The four of them quickly arrived at the arcade by car, and then they had a blast playing. Even Wu Mengting and Sun Xiaorui were the same. They both looked very quiet, but when they played these arcade games, it really had nothing to do with their quiet temperament.

Chen Feng specially chose machines that were not gambling-related, and he also had a lot of fun.

After the four of them played until after six in the afternoon, they had only spent less than a thousand.

Therefore, Qin Xiaorou gave her membership card to Chen Feng to keep. Chen Feng did not refuse. If he had free time, it wasn’t impossible to come to the arcade to play, especially when bringing a woman along to play some machines. To be honest, it was quite exciting.

He drove Qin Xiaorou to the Zhuangyuan Academy area, the neighborhood where her home was located. Before she got out of the car, Chen Feng said “bon voyage” to her again and then drove away directly.

He had spent enough time with her today. Chen Feng had been quite decent, and it was not in vain that they had known each other.

Qin Xiaorou stood at the entrance of the neighborhood, watching Chen Feng’s car drive away, before turning and walking into the neighborhood with a somewhat lonely expression.

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