Gold Medal Sweetheart

Chapter 403 Return to Alma Mater

Tang Xin looked up in surprise, thinking she was just a backdrop to their conversation. She had no intention of intruding into this hypocritical social interaction, but she didn't expect that a nobody like her would be CUEd.

The man smiled at her, then realized that he had failed to control his expression. Tang Xin quickly put on an official smile and shook the man's hand back, "Me too."

Cheng Ran, who was standing aside, saw the two people holding hands, and then looked at Mr. Cao with a complicated look.

After politely greeting her, Tang Xin calmly withdrew her hand. The man looked at the white jade fingers that slipped away from her fingertips and curled his lips slightly.

"I have something else to do, so I'll take my leave now." said Mr. Cao.

Cheng Ran walked ahead and said, "I'll press the elevator for you."

Cao Jian glanced meaningfully at the people inside, then turned around and said, "Okay."

While waiting for the elevator, Cheng Ran wanted to leave a good impression on Mr. Cao, so he said with a smile, "I was not thoughtful enough to invite Mr. Cao to my little temple this time. In the end, I caught up with a farce and wasted your precious time."

"What are you talking about?" Cao Jian patted Cheng Ran's shoulder. "Maybe we will have a chance to cooperate in the future. Besides—"

The man looked back at the gaming company he had just visited. His gaze lingered for a moment, and then he said absentmindedly, "Besides, my trip wasn't in vain. At least I got something unexpected."

Cheng Ran followed Cao Jian's gaze, and when his eyes unexpectedly fell on the girl inside, he came to his senses in surprise and looked at the man beside him.

After seeing off Mr. Cao, Lin Lin had not yet come out of the negotiation room. Thinking that Lin Lin would probably talk for a long time, Tang Xin simply didn't want to disturb her work, so she went directly to Cheng Ran's office.

Cheng Ran turned off the computer and picked up the car keys. "Okay, we can go now."

Tang Xin followed him and asked, "Where are we going?"

"You'll know when you get there." Cheng Ran said, keeping the other person in suspense.

The car was driving smoothly on the highway, and the interior was a little too quiet, so Tang Xin took the initiative to bring up what had just happened, "Thank you for coming forward to help my friend."

Cheng Ran smiled and said, "You and I will never have to say thank you. For you, I am willing to do so."

Tang Xin was momentarily unsure how to respond to these words filled with ambiguous feelings. She could only stiffly say, "Thank you after all."

The girl's stubborn persistence easily drew a clear line in the relationship he wanted to build. The man gave a forced smile and stopped talking.

The receding scenery outside the window came with a sense of familiarity. Tang Xin looked at the streets and buildings from many years ago, which reappeared before her eyes one by one as if she had pressed the rewind button. She subconsciously said, "Are we going to..."

Cheng Ran turned the steering wheel and the car stopped beside a small road. Cheng Ran looked at the girl who was shocked by the scene and said softly, "Yes, let's go back to our alma mater together today."

"Alma mater..." Tang Xin's thoughts were firmly grasped by these two words, and she was dazed for a moment. Yes, she had never been back here since graduation.

From the outside, the school doesn't seem to have changed much, except that the teaching building has been repainted and there are new parking spaces planned on this small road.

When Tang Xin and Cheng Ran were in high school, there were not many private cars, so there were no parking spaces around the school. Now that cars are extremely common as a means of transportation, parking spaces are naturally indispensable.

People came out of the school one after another, and this originally quiet tree-lined path now had many pedestrians coming and going.

Tang Xin got out of the car and asked curiously, "What day is it today? There are so many people here. Can we enter and leave the school freely?"

Cheng Ran waved the red invitation in his hand and said, "Today is the anniversary of our alma mater."

"Did you receive the invitation?" Tang Xin blushed.