Chapter 1238: 1237 Lan Ning’s Troubles
Li Li covered her ears, “Don’t say it, I didn’t hear anything.”
While laughing, Liang Lu patted Lan Ning’s arm, “Lan Ning, you agree, don’t you?”
Lan Ning was lost in thought. She hadn’t heard what Liang Lu said. It wasn’t until Liang Lu tapped her arm that she ca back to reality, “What did you just say?”
Liang Lu chuckled, “We were talking about Li Li choosing handso guys. Last ti you told that Li Li changed her crush three tis in one week, right?”
Lan Ning was zoning out again, “Ah, what handso guy?”
Tan Rou saw her expression and knew she wasn’t paying attention, “Ning Ning, what’s wrong? You seem distracted.”
Lan Ning furrowed her brows and shook her head, “It’s nothing, I’m just thinking about the task my advisor assigned.”
Liang Lu felt sothing was off, “Didn’t you finish your experint? Is there a new task now?”
Lan Ning was a studious and diligent student. If her experints were unfinished, she wouldn’t have co out to play.
“Oh, I got it wrong, it’s a paper assigned by my general course teacher,” Lan Ning corrected herself.
“Ning Ning, you’re not soone who lies,” Li Li quickly sensed sothing was amiss. Since the two of them were single, they spent more ti together, and she was very familiar with Lan Ning’s character.
Lan Ning looked down, gripping her phone tightly and replied, “Really, it’s nothing. I’m just a bit tired lately.”
Li Li wanted to ask Lan Ning more questions but was stopped by Tan Rou. Tan Rou shook her head at Li Li and Liang Lu, then said, “If you’re tired, you should rest properly. We are out to have fun today. Don’t let a bad mood spoil our enjoynt.”
Lan Ning lifted her head and revealed a smile, “Mhm.”
Li Li suggested, “Let’s go buy clothes. The weather is getting hotter, and I’m running out of things to wear. I know a street where clothes are cheap and pretty. Let’s go there.”
Tan Rou had no objection. She rarely bought clothes outside because her clothes were all custom-made and delivered directly to her ho, so she didn’t need to waste ti shopping. However, she still went shopping with friends. If she saw sothing she liked, she would buy it, without feeling that those things were too cheap for her.
Lan Ning had been worrying that they would go sowhere expensive, but she breathed a sigh of relief when Li Li ntioned a cheaper place for clothes.
Her family’s financial situation had improved slightly over the years, with her parents getting new jobs, and her sister in school, everything was moving in a positive direction. But her family’s finances were still not good enough, so unlike girls of her age, she couldn’t spend money as freely and had to juggle studies with part-ti work.
Among this group, everyone had better family conditions than she did. Even Li Li’s family was many tis better off than hers. Lan Ning worked very hard, believing she could change her future, so she focused all her energy on her studies, ignoring distractions.
But lately, she had been feeling depressed.
Li Li was very moody, one mont she was sulking over not having a boyfriend, and the next, she was bursting with vitality.
She dragged Liang Lu by the arm, pushing her into the store, “Big director, co help choose. What should I wear to look like a star?”
Liang Lu had no choice but to be dragged along.
Tan Rou and Lan Ning hung back. Lan Ning was naturally quiet. Whenever she was with Li Li, it was Li Li who did most of the talking while she responded. Tan Rou wasn’t one for starting conversations either, so the atmosphere between them was quite subdued.
“Do you have sothing you can’t talk to us about?” Tan Rou couldn’t help but ask, “Is it sothing to do with your family?” She felt that whatever was worrying Lan Ning must be related to her family, and couldn’t think of anything else that would trouble her.
“I…” Lan Ning hesitated before speaking, “Actually…”
“It’s okay, if it’s about your family, you can ask us for help, or let us give you advice,” Tan Rou said, “We’re good friends.”
Lan Ning sighed, “It’s precisely because we’re good friends that I can’t do that.”
Tan Rou felt that it probably wasn’t an issue with Lan Ning’s family that was causing her distress, “What’s troubling you?”
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