Chapter 187: Chapter 187 Revisiting the Old Place to Talk About the Past (3rd update)
Translator: 549690339
“Daddy, this thing looks like chocolate!” Xue Nian said, holding Xue An’s Vermilion Bird medallion and examining it for a long time before speaking.
Xue An laughed heartily, “Really? Then why don’t you eat it?”
Xue Xiang, who was engrossed in watching TV, turned her head and said, “Daddy, who says she didn’t eat it? She already took several bites just now, if I hadn’t stopped her, she probably would have bitten a piece off!”
An Yan looked at the far from normal trio of father and daughters with a mixture of laughter and tears.
“Such an important object, how could you let Nian Nian hold it? What if it got damaged?” An Yan said with concern, taking the saliva-covered medallion from Xue Nian’s hands, sounding a bit reproachful.
Xue An chuckled, “Nian Nian likes it, so I let her play with it, it’s not like it’s anything that impressive!”
An Yan carefully wiped the Vermilion Bird medallion clean, “Of course it’s impressive, this is my husband’s medal! I don’t know how many people outside would beg for it but can’t get it, yet you take it so lightly!”
As she spoke, An Yan proudly placed the medallion on Xue An’s chest and gestured with it.
“So handsome, my husband will be a general, and I’ll be a general’s wife!” An Yan said with a silly smile.
Xue An laughed, then bent down and whispered in her ear, “Does that mean from now on you’ll have to call me ‘General’, my dear?”
An Yan’s face turned red, and she spoke somewhat coyly.
“Xiang Xiang and Nian Nian are both watching!”
Xue An waved his hand and then laughed, “Now they can’t see us!”
Under Xue An’s gaze, An Yan’s face gradually reddened to the tips of her ears.
“Alright, alright, I won’t tease you anymore!” Xue An let go and then said earnestly, “Let’s take Xiang Xiang and Nian Nian out for fun tomorrow, the whole family!”
“Mhmm!” An Yan nodded seriously.
The next day.
Xue An declined the Chen Family’s offer to send a car, leading An Yan and the two little girls to start exploring the sights of Zhongdu.
This family with exceptionally good looks would draw many curious stares wherever they went.
Especially the destructive power of the two little girls was astounding.
Since leaving the house, there had been no less than ten groups of people who had come over wanting to take photos with Xiang Xiang and Nian Nian.
Especially at the G palace, many foreign tourists stared at Xue Xiang and Xue Nian with faces full of amazement, murmuring, “Oh my God!”
While continuously snapping photos!
Also, while visiting other places, Xue Xiang and Xue Nian always received various kinds of preferential treatment, like the doting looks from the gatekeeping aunties.
All of these made their trip much more relaxed and enjoyable.
That day, Xue An took the three of them to quickly visit numerous famous historical sites.
By the afternoon, the two little girls were tired, so Xue An simply picked one up in each hand and brought them to the entrance of a university.
Yanjing University.
Xue An and An Yan’s alma mater, and the place where they had met and fallen in love.
“What are you doing here?” An Yan asked, puzzled.
Xue An smiled slightly, “To reminisce about our youthful memories! Isn’t that meaningful?”
The family entered the university.
To An Yan, who had been away from here for merely five or six years, there wasn’t much sentiment.
But for Xue An, it was a return to this place after more than three thousand years.
Looking at those familiar buildings, Xue An felt somewhat nostalgic.
“Do you remember this sports field?” Xue An stood by the roadside, looking at the field enclosed by wire fences, and said with a light laugh.
“Of course I remember! This is where we first met!” An Yan said softly.
That year.
An Yan had become the school beauty as soon as she enrolled.
Many boys hung around her like flies every day, which really annoyed her.
Therefore, she often came to this secluded sports field to relax.
Then she noticed Xue An, who also frequented the sports field to read.
Unlike other boys who deliberately approached her.
Xue An was always sitting there quietly reading, never giving her an extra glance.
After a while, An Yan couldn’t contain her curiosity anymore and spoke to him for the first time.
And this… marked the beginning of their first encounter.
Thinking back, An Yan suddenly gave Xue An’s waist a playful twist with a mock angry pout.
“You big bad guy, at first I thought you were just a good kid who loved to study, but it turns out you were actually reading… reading ‘Jin PingMei’?”
Xue An chuckled, “Not just ‘Jin PingMei’, I had read all the messy books from ancient times by then, including stuff like ‘Strange Tales’ and ‘Mist of Capital’! And also…”
Xue An leaned down mysteriously and whispered in An Yan’s ear, “Actually, I had noticed you a long time ago, just too shy to approach you, and I read in the books that beautiful girls like you always have a lot of admirers, hence the annoyance.”
“As long as I kept my cool demeanor, you would become curious and eventually take the initiative to talk to me!”
An Yan, finding it both funny and annoying, gritted her teeth and said, “You bad guy! Big bad guy! You’ve deceived me for so long!”
Fortunately, Xue Xiang and Nian Nian had already fallen asleep on Xue An’s shoulder, otherwise, they would have to witness this overdose of sweetness.
Just as the two were flirting and teasing each other, a voice full of surprise came along.
“Are you… Xue An?”
Xue An looked up and saw a man wearing glasses with a scholarly look who was staring at him in amazement.
“Are you… Qiao Le?” Xue An hesitated for a moment but finally recognized the visitor.
Qiao Le rushed over and laughed loudly, “From your silhouette, you looked like you, but I wasn’t sure until I saw your wife, then I knew it was definitely you, you rascal!”
Then Qiao Le gave An Yan a smiling nod, “Nice to see you, sister-in-law!”
At that moment, Xue An felt a warm current in his heart.
This man was his former roommate, Qiao Le!
He was also one of his best buddies during university.
Who would have thought that after so many years, they’d run into each other at school.
“What are you doing here?” Xue An asked.
“I’ve come back to school as a guidance counselor! Look at you, already with kids!” Qiao Le said happily, then took out his phone.
“You’ve been out of touch for four years, the boss and number four have been so worried about you. Now that you’re back, we brothers must get together!”
As he spoke, Qiao Le started making a phone call.
“Old Zhao and the kid are in Zhongdu too?” Xue An was startled for a moment, then asked.
“Yeah, they just arrived a few days ago!” Qiao Le said.
Xue An nodded, feeling a bit happy himself.
There were four people in their dormitory, and they were the best of friends.
The boss was Zhao Xuehui, number two was Xue An, number three was Qiao Le, and number four was Yang Binyi.
They were once known as the ‘Four Scoundrels of Yanjing University’!
As soon as the other two found out that Xue An was back, they began howling on the phone.
“Let that lad wait, tonight we must properly grill him to find out where he’s been roaming these last four years!”