Chapter 1940 — New Neighbors
The Blossom Guardian · Page 2 of 2
When she had bought the villa, the girl had only wanted one reasonably close by, never imagining that the two villas would turn out to be neighbors! Only today, when she moved in, had she discovered that they were living right next door. "What a coincidence—I never expected we'd be neighbors," she said to Wei Zhao and the others, quite at ease.
"Coincidence, is it..." Wei Zhao said flatly. "That day, weren't you two looking to rent? How is it you've bought a villa instead?"
"We did plan to rent at first, but when I saw that you'd bought a villa, I was a little tempted, so I bought one too," the girl said. "I just never thought we'd end up as neighbors."
Wei Zhao saw that the girl's earlier surprise had not seemed feigned at all, and he grew puzzled. Could it really be a coincidence?
The girl's surprise was genuine enough—what surprised her was that the two villas were neighbors.
"So that's how it is. Are you students at Donghai Engineering University too?" Wei Zhao asked.
"Yes, my brother and I both are. But right after we bought the villa, something came up at home and we didn't go to register, so we took leave and plan to register tomorrow," the girl said.
"Oh." Wei Zhao nodded and asked no more.
"Hello, my name is Gu Mengyao, and this is Shen Yushu—we're in the Economics Department at Donghai Engineering University," Gu Mengyao said. Hearing that the siblings were also students there, she warmed to them at once; they were all from the same school, so it would be easy to get along, and they could visit each other when they had time.
"Ah, you're in Economics? What a coincidence—my brother is too!" the girl said. "My name is Han Jingyi, and this is my brother, Han Xiaochao."
"I never expected we'd be in the same department. Han Jingyi, aren't you in Economics?" Gu Mengyao asked.
"No, I'm in the Biology Department," Han Jingyi said. "Though it's a small major—pharmaceuticals. I'm afraid you've never heard of it."
Wei Zhao's brows knitted slightly. Pharmaceuticals? That was a bit too much of a coincidence, wasn't it? But once he had confirmed that the two were not cultivators, he did not press any further. Some things were useless to suspect; all he could do was wait and see.
"Pharmaceuticals? Really?" Gu Mengyao found it odd that a girl would choose to study pharmaceuticals. "Wei Zhao is in pharmaceuticals too—now that really is a coincidence."
"Oh? You are too?" Han Jingyi looked at Wei Zhao in some surprise. "You like studying medicinal herbs as well?"
"Mm," Wei Zhao nodded.
"Wonderful! We must compare notes often from now on—I love studying medicinal herbs too!" Han Jingyi said cheerfully, as though she had found a kindred spirit.
But before Wei Zhao could say anything, a Bentley came driving toward them. It was Uncle Qing's car.
"My friend is here. Let's keep in touch from now on," Wei Zhao said with a nod to Han Jingyi. After hearing her name and her brother's, he was all the more certain he did not know these two—not even in his past missions had he ever heard those names.
"All right. We need to go tidy up the villa anyway," Han Jingyi said, and opened the trunk of the car, from which she took out quilts and other household goods—evidently they had been out shopping.