Chapter 220 Being a Guest
It was two hours later when I returned to the dormitory.

"Hey, hey, third brother, you're finally back?"

Zhuge Yun winked and said, "Why don't you just have dinner and come back?"

"Yes, the girl came to the boys' dormitory to wait for you, and you didn't even treat her to a meal?"

Zhang Bo sighed and said, "I really wasted the girl's kindness."

"Third brother, what have you been talking about for so long?"

Zhao Luzheng had a gossipy look on his face.

"Yes, tell the truth."

Zhuge Yun responded positively.

"It's not a confession, is it?"

Zhang Bo was "shocked". Are they the only three single guys left for 417 in the future?
Zhuge Yun and Zhao Luzheng were both shocked and looked at Xiao Xiao at the same time.

"No."

Xiao Xiao rolled his eyes helplessly.

"Really? Don't lie to us?"

Zhang Bo and the other two looked suspicious.

"really not."

In order to stop Zhang Bo and the other two from asking further questions, Xiao Xiao immediately spoke up, "Chi Xiu Ke needs my help.

"Is something wrong?"

"Yeah, that's what the second brother said last time."

"I said? What?"

Zhao Luzheng was puzzled for a moment, then suddenly realized, "Is it about the seventh teaching building being haunted?"

"this matter?"

"Yes."

"Chi Xiu Ke also encountered a ghost in the seventh teaching building."

"real?!"

"Yes, so she asked me to accompany her to the Seventh Teaching Building. Otherwise, she would not dare to walk in the Seventh Teaching Building alone in the future."

“So, it took a little while.”

"What? So that's how it is."

Zhuge Yun curled his lips in boredom, then said something else unwillingly.

"But, girls come to you whenever they have something to do, which means they like you."

"She's a freshman, and the boys she's familiar with are probably her brother and me."

Seeing that Zhuge Yun opened his mouth to speak again, Xiao Xiao spoke without any pause.

"As for why you came to me instead of your brother..."

"I think she doesn't want her brother to worry?"

"You have met Chi Xiuchuan before. This guy is extremely nervous about his sister Chi Xiu Ke. He would sound the first-level alarm at the slightest sign of trouble."

Xiao Xiao thought of Chi Xiuchuan, who even secretly followed his sister to the bar for a class party. He was touched by his concern and love for his sister, but also felt helpless and amused.

After all, Chi Xiu Ke was already a prospective college student, and the whole class was going together.

So, knowing that her brother was nervous about her, Chi Xiu Ke did not tell Chi Xiu Chuan but came to find him instead.

Besides, in Chi Xiu Ke's eyes, he should be a professional in dealing with such situations, right?

……

"Too."

Although Zhang Bo and his friends had only met Chi Xiuchuan a few times, they could tell that what Xiao Xiao said was true.

"Okay, okay, you escaped."

Zhuge Yun waved his hand and let Xiao Xiao go.

Xiao Xiao has said everything he can, what else is there for them to dig up?

"You always have a lot of reasons."

Zhang Bo said somewhat depressed.

"That's right, too cunning, Third Brother."

As a result, every time they thought there was gossip, it turned out to be a false alarm. Zhao Lu was lying on the table weakly, with a depressed look on his face.

Xiao Xiao: ...

Blame him?
… “By the way, November is coming, what are your plans?”

Zhuge Yun wanted to ask this question originally, but was delayed by the boss's nagging, and then his mind was filled with the fact that Xiao Xiao was called away by Chi Xiu Ke.

He forgot the question he originally wanted to ask and kept discussing Xiao Xiao's gossip with Zhang Bo and Zhao Luzheng.

Now that gossip was out of the question, Zhuge Yun thought of his original problem.

……

The first semester of every school year is always the happiest. The two-month long summer vacation has just ended, and one month after school starts, it is the National Day holiday.

Since he had just returned from home to school at the end of summer vacation, he had no plans to go home on November 11.

……

"do not know."

"No."

Zhang Bo and Zhao Luzheng said in unison.

"I need to go back to the teahouse to help."

Xiao Xiao saw the looks from Zhang Bo and the others and spoke slowly.

Whether the summer vacation is over or not does not have much impact on the teahouse's business. After all, most of the people who come to Xiao's Teahouse to drink tea are elderly and middle-aged people, and there are very few young people.

Therefore, the period until the weather turns cooler is always the peak period for teahouse business.

Whenever he has holidays, Xiao Xiao will go back to help.

"Cut~"

Zhang Bo and his companions sneered in unison.

"Hey." Zhuge Yun's eyes suddenly lit up as if he suddenly remembered something. "Third brother, we haven't been to your teahouse for a year. How about we go to your teahouse during the National Day?"

"Yes, Third Brother, I have been curious about your teahouse for a long time."

"I've long wanted to find an opportunity to visit Third Brother's teahouse."

Zhang Bo and Zhao Luzheng spoke in unison again.

"What's the problem? Xiao's Teahouse welcomes you anytime."

Xiao Xiao smiled and bowed, his smooth and flowing movements bringing out a sense of elegance and freedom.

……

On the afternoon of the 30th, Zhang Bo and the other two packed some luggage and followed Xiao Xiao to his home.

The old alleys and the mottled bluestone roads give people a subtle feeling of ups and downs when they walk on them.

"Old Third, this alley is very ancient."

Zhang Bo looked at the white walls and black tiles on both sides of the alley, as well as the creepers that covered the walls. The long alley, the scattered sunlight, the half-light and half-shadow, gave him the illusion of time passing.

"It is indeed quaint, but the road is a bit difficult to walk on."

Before he could finish his words, Zhuge Yun almost sprained his ankle.

"Pfft~ Second brother, why are you cursing yourself?"

Zhao Lu couldn't help laughing. Isn't this too much of a coincidence?

"Haha, what a crow's mouth."

Zhang Bo was also gloating.

Xiao Xiao never felt that this road was difficult to walk on. Perhaps it was because he had walked this road too many times since he was a child, and he was already familiar with every ups and downs of this road.

In response to Zhuge Yun's complaints, Xiao Xiao curled his lips helplessly, "There's nothing I can do. I'm too old, so it's inevitable that there are some bumps and potholes."

"Just watch your step."

……

"Here we are, this is my home."

Xiao Xiao walked forward and pushed open the door that had just been repainted before the New Year. He stood at the threshold and greeted Zhang Bo and the others, "Come in."

Zhang Bo and others stepped over the threshold one after another and walked into Xiao Xiao's home.

This is a small courtyard, clean and quaint, which is in line with the temperament of the alley they have walked through.

The tall sycamore tree in the corner amazed them.

Zhang Bo and his companions could not help but gather around and look up. They saw pieces of gold jumping between the branches and leaves.

The canopy is like an umbrella, with lush branches and leaves.

“What a big sycamore tree.”

Zhang Bo, Zhuge Yun, and Zhao Luzheng said in unison, with expressions of amazement on their faces.

(End of this chapter)