The Reborn Sidekick Rejected The Male Lead
Chapter 216 - 209: The New Semester

Chapter 216: Chapter 209: The New Semester

On the day of the Lantern Festival, Lu Jingqiu had taken all her clothes and books to school in the afternoon.

He Yu and Chen Qingru were lying in the dormitory, bored.

Seeing that the two had nowhere to go, Lu Jingqiu invited them with a smile, "Why don’t you come to my place? In the evening, I’ll make tangyuan and ci ba for you, how about that?"

He Yu said, "Forget it, the Lantern Festival is a time for family reunions. If the two of us go over, it’ll disturb your family. It’s not good. We’ll visit some other time."

Chen Qingru nodded, "Right, right."

"Don’t worry, all those concerns you have, my family doesn’t have them. My dad isn’t home; he didn’t come back for the New Year. It’s just me at home now. If you come over, you can keep me company for the Lantern Festival. After we eat the tangyuan, we can go to People’s Park together. It’ll be perfect."

He Yu asked, "Your place is really empty?"

"Empty, do you want to go or not?"

After exchanging glances, He Yu and Chen Qingru eagerly smiled and said, "Yes, we do."

"Then let’s hurry on, I made a lot of ci ba yesterday, intending to bring some for you. It’ll be great to eat them tonight, so I don’t have to take them back."

The two followed Lu Jingqiu to the complex and saw that Lu Jingqiu’s house was a two-story building; they were incredibly envious.

Chen Qingru’s home was in a tube-shaped building, and He Yu lived in a kind of apartment block. Though many people were eager to live in apartment buildings these days,

He Yu felt that a small courtyard house was more comfortable, mainly because it was spacious.

"Jingqiu, your cat is so friendly, it lets me pet it."

Chen Qingru said, holding Hua Guoguo.

Lu Jingqiu looked at Hua Guoguo, now more than four months old, and laughed, "Yeah, as long as I’m home, she never strays from my sight. When I cook, she lies at the kitchen door; when I paint, she’s on the desk in the study; when I sleep, she lies beside my bed and seldom climbs onto it. She’s even clingier than her mother."

Chen Qinghe said, "That’s so nice, I also want to raise one."

Lu Jingqiu shrugged, "Hua Hua has been neutered; she can’t give birth. Of this litter, I only kept Hua Guoguo."

"Then let Hua Guoguo have kittens."

Lu Jingqiu shook her head firmly, "I don’t want them to breed. There are few people who like cats nowadays; people can’t even feed themselves properly, let alone raise cats. I’m afraid if they have a litter and I can’t find good homes for them, I would feel uncomfortable. In another two months, I’m going to get her neutered."

"Ah, what a pity—I really like them."

As He Yu ate the apple Lu Jingqiu had washed, sitting on the sofa, she smiled, "If you really like it, why don’t you just bring Hua Guoguo to the dorm? Jingqiu can take her when she goes to school, and on Sundays, bring her back. It’s not impossible."

Chen Qingru thought this idea wasn’t bad and looked at Lu Jingqiu expectantly, who shook her head, "No, no, Hua Hua and Hua Guoguo are long-haired cats; they shed a lot. When it comes time to sleep, there’ll be cat hair all over the dorm. It will affect our sleep."

In the summer, Lu Jingqiu would use a comb to brush Hua Hua’s fur and could comb out several clumps at a time. During that period, her home was full of fur.

Fortunately, Hua Hua stayed outside most of the time and only molted every two months.

Chen Qingru was incredibly disappointed that the cat-petting plan couldn’t be realized, so she took the chance to play with the cat as much as she could.

After finishing her apple, He Yu went to the kitchen to help Lu Jingqiu.

In fact, she couldn’t really help; she just fried some ci ba and drizzled it with molten brown sugar syrup.

Lu Jingqiu still had two dishes to prepare.

After dining, they also visited Lu Jingqiu’s bedroom.

The second floor was all Lu Jingqiu’s, a large room, and a study.

Chen Qingru couldn’t contain her envy: "Our house is a tube-shaped building. Right when you walk in, there is a bed with curtains drawn, which is my brother’s. Past that is my parents’ bed, and then there’s a separate room for me. Our family is okay since it’s just me and my brother. Next door, seven people live together: the old couple, their eldest son and daughter-in-law, the grandchildren, and a younger son. Their place has four bunk beds.

Right by the entrance is the grandson and younger son’s bed, and the elder couple and the granddaughter’s bed are in the big room. Another room is for the eldest son and his wife. Now, the younger son is getting married. They don’t even know how to arrange the living space."

Whether in her previous life or this life, Lu Jingqiu had never experienced such housing issues. Hearing Chen Qingru talk about it and imagining the scene, she felt it must be incredibly cramped.

He Yu also nodded, "Where we live, housing is even tighter. In a Western-style building next to our place, dozens of families live; one family per room. But the atmosphere there is also quite nice, and everyone seems to enjoy it."