Reborn: I'll Never Fail My Childhood Sweetheart Again-Chapter 358 - 144: The Runaway Junior Schoolgirl_6
Huang Panpan showed no intention of leaving.
Tonight, she didn’t want to go home, nor did she wish to see those two faces.
They were really too hateful, treating the senior like that, making me too ashamed to face him.
Thinking of her parents calling Su Zelin out and criticizing him as if he were a scammer, Huang Panpan felt both angry and aggrieved.
Her wallet was empty; she didn’t bring much money. She had thrown that bank card back to her parents and hadn’t taken her ID, so she couldn’t even rent a hotel room for the night. Besides, her dad knew many hotel managers.
There weren’t many people around, occasionally a little hooligan who whistled would pass by in the distance.
But the junior girl was very stubborn.
I’m not going back tonight no matter what!
Huang Panpan composed herself, looking at a photo on her lap.
This was a photo taken by Su Zelin at the artificial lake in the finance college, sent via an attached letter, and has since been kept in her wallet as a talisman.
No worries, the senior is with me.
If any bad person dares to come over and bother me, I’ll show them the photo and tell them that I’m the senior’s girlfriend!
Besides, the city police station is right across the street, so I’ll be very safe!
Just as Huang Panpan was thinking this to herself, a voice suddenly came from above her.
"What, are you planning to sit here all night?"
Huang Panpan was startled, then looked up, surprised and pleased.
Sure enough, she saw Su Zelin squatting at the edge of the stage with a lazy smile on his lips.
"Senior!"
Su Zelin, like an agile big cat, jumped down from the more than two-meter-high stage, landing lightly in front of her.
Binjiang People’s Square was where he met Huang Panpan before she went far from home to start university; Huang Hongbo and Li Juan indeed found it hard to imagine their daughter wouldn’t hide anywhere but in the most crowded square, this unnoticed little corner with the city police station across the street.
It’s both safe and unexpected.
Plus, in TV dramas, the female lead likes to run to places where significant plot events occur with the male lead.
So, Su Zelin planned to come and try his luck, and indeed, he found her.
Seeing the photo on Huang Panpan’s lap, Su Zelin laughed in irritation.
People passing by who were unaware might think she was some infatuated young girl mourning her boyfriend’s untimely passing at night.
"Senior, I’m sorry!"
The junior girl’s tears suddenly welled up.
"My parents treated you that way; you must think my future in-laws are detestable, right?"
Ugh, how am I supposed to answer such a difficult question?
"Because of them, I can’t face the senior; it’s really embarrassing, wah wah wah..."
The junior girl felt a grievance in her heart and started crying again.
Su Zelin sat beside her: "Panpan, maybe you think your parents are over the top, but it’s actually not that bad. I can understand if I stand in their shoes!"
"You understand? You don’t hate them?"
Huang Panpan wiped her tears and looked up to ask.
Su Zelin nodded: "If I had a daughter..."
"With me?"
Huang Panpan interrupted.
"I’m just making a hypothesis!"
Su Zelin found it funny and frustrating.
"Can the hypothesis be that it’s with me?"
The junior girl said earnestly.
"Alright, alright, let’s say we have a daughter together!"
Su Zelin said helplessly: "We only have this one daughter and we pamper her. However, while she’s still in school, we find out she has a crush on a boy whose grades are terrible, who smokes and fights, appearing to be a rotten person, yet our daughter still likes him. As a mother, would you be worried?"
Huang Panpan thought about it and nodded.
"Exactly, and one day, our daughter even transferred a sum of money to this seemingly terrible boy. The amount wasn’t two hundred or two thousand, but twenty thousand! As a mother, unaware of other details, would you think this boy is deceiving your daughter’s feelings and also trying to scam her money? As parents, wouldn’t you urgently want to learn the truth of this matter?"
Huang Panpan fell silent, understanding that Su Zelin was talking about her situation.
Su Zelin continued: "It’s the same with your parents. Panpan, you might think I’m a good person, but in many people’s eyes, even in my own eyes, I don’t think of myself as a good person. So, your parents worrying about you and not wanting you to be deceived is quite understandable."
"They did find me, but your parents are reasonable people; they didn’t scold me or hit me. They just arranged a meeting, and we sat down calmly to discuss things. After clearing up the misunderstanding, they let me go. Oh, and they even treated me to a nice cup of coffee. I must say, even my own parents haven’t done that!"
Su Zelin made a joke here.
"Pfft!"
The junior girl was amused.
Though she was in a bad mood, this humorous senior always had the knack for making people smile.
Back when Su Zelin scared off a group of little hooligans at the internet cafe, while the two had just met, he often displayed this kind of humor. Unfortunately, it didn’t last; when she fell for him and started pursuing him, Su Zelin wasn’t as humorous anymore, often maintaining a stern distance.
The junior girl always missed that warm smile and playful senior.
Now, she finally saw that face of Su Zelin again.
"Panpan, sometimes we need to understand by putting ourselves in others’ shoes. If I were the father and the same thing happened to my daughter..."
"Our daughter!"
"Fine, happened to our daughter, I might not be able to stay calm and reason with the detestable kid. I’d likely drag him out and give him a good beating first, so I think your parents dealt with this issue quite well. Plus, they just care about you, so why would I hate them?"
Huang Panpan said nothing more.
She was just angry, and her stubborn nature led her to feel that her parents were being unreasonable.
But she could listen to what Su Zelin said.
"Alright, Panpan, go home early!"
Having said enough, Su Zelin started persuading her.
"I’m not going back!"
Huang Panpan pouted. 𝐟𝐫𝕖𝗲𝘄𝚎𝗯𝕟𝐨𝕧𝐞𝚕.𝕔𝕠𝐦
"Do you really plan to spend the night in the square? Don’t even mention encountering bad people, this place has a lot of mosquitoes. Oh, and there’s a cockroach over there."
Su Zelin pointed behind her.
The junior girl instantly jumped up like a rabbit, turning back to look, but there was nothing there.
"Senior, you lied to me!"
Huang Panpan said angrily.
"In any case, you definitely won’t sleep well here. Plus, you have to fill out the volunteer form tomorrow. Don’t be groggy from lack of sleep and mark the wrong boxes, or you’ll really have to redo the year!"
Su Zelin laughed.
"Alright then!"
In the end, the junior girl was convinced.
"But I still don’t want to go back now because I’m hungry, and seeing them, I have no appetite!"
"Okay, I’ll treat you to something to eat!"
"I want mung bean ice, and fried noodles!"
"Okay, anything you want!"
"..."
An hour later, Su Zelin, on his bicycle, brought a well-fed Huang Panpan to Lijing District.
Huang Hongbo and Li Juan were waiting at the gate.
Earlier, Su Zelin had texted them, saying he found their daughter but needed to take her to get something to eat first.
The two elders of the Huang family were both happy and came out early to wait.
Seeing Huang Panpan, they both breathed a sigh of relief and smiled as they approached, "Panpan..."
Originally smiling, Huang Panpan immediately put on a stern face when she saw them and turned her head away.
"Senior, I’m going back now."
"Okay, sleep early!"
After bidding farewell to Su Zelin, Huang Panpan ignored her parents, as if she didn’t see them, and walked straight toward the gate.
After this episode, it seemed the relationship between Huang Panpan and her parents would remain strained for some time.
However, the hooligan could do nothing to help.
After all, he’s just an outsider; they had to mend this broken relationship themselves.
Despite the awkwardness, having their daughter willing to come home was ultimately good news, putting their minds at ease.
"Su Zelin, thank you,"
Huang Hongbo said gratefully.
"I’m sorry."
Li Juan, the wealthy woman, also lowered her proud head, something very rare for her.
If Su Zelin hadn’t found their daughter, she and her husband might have gone crazy tonight.
Su Zelin nodded slightly at them and rode away on his bicycle.
Watching his slowly disappearing figure, Li Juan thought to herself that her daughter’s senior didn’t seem so bad after all; his character was alright. It seemed their initial judgment was indeed a misunderstanding.
If Panpan really set her heart on this kind of guy, it wouldn’t be an unacceptable choice.
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