Afternoon of the 29th.

Xu Lin left school right after class, and didn't meet up with Ning Yuhuan.

Ning Yuhuan said she was busy with the student council recruitment.

Xu Lin headed to a nearby shopping mall.

Although the Mid-Autumn Festival is on the 6th, the mall already has mooncakes for sale outside.

Plenty of mooncakes for Xu Lin to choose from.

After thinking about it, Xu Lin bought three boxes of mooncakes, each containing eight large ones.

One each for Ning Yuhuan, Chi Linyue, and Lei Haolong's family.

Initially, Xu Lin thought of bringing something to Lei Haolong's house, since the Mid-Autumn Festival was just a few days away.

Later he figured he might as well bring a box each for Ning Yuhuan and Chi Linyue too.

As for Yu Xinyan and Jianghua's family, they live in the same neighborhood, he would buy them some later.

In the evening, Xu Lin took the three boxes of mooncakes home.

He gave one box to Ning Yuhuan.

Ning Yuhuan has classes only in the morning tomorrow; she'll go home directly in the afternoon.

Her family lives in a county-level city in Eastern Guangdong; she needs to take a high-speed train to the prefecture city, then transfer to another high-speed train to the county.

The hometown is in a rural township of the county-level city.

"What's this for?"

Ning Yuhuan looked at the mooncakes, curious.

"For you to take home, what else? Getting ready for the Mid-Autumn Festival."

"Ah, but I didn't buy mooncakes for you."

"No need, I don't eat mooncakes, and my family doesn't eat them either."

Truth is, Xu Lin was too lazy to bring anything back.

But he genuinely doesn't eat mooncakes; they're way too sweet and greasy, like cakes, and Xu Lin can't handle such sweetness.

Ning Yuhuan pondered for a moment; she felt she should bring something for Xu Lin.

"Oh!"

"Honey, do you eat cured meats and dried fish?"

"What for?"

"My family has cured meats and dried fish; when I get home tomorrow, I'll mail some over the day after!"

"Then mail me some when you can!"

Xu Lin didn't pay much attention, but later Ning Yuhuan really sent him a lot of cured meats and dried fish, several pounds each, like she was worried he wouldn't have enough to eat.

The time quickly came to the 30th.

After the noon class, Ning Yuhuan and Xu Lin had ramen outside, then she set off for the high-speed train station with a backpack and a box of mooncakes.

"Going home for National Day?"

In the afternoon class, Rong Xiyi came over and asked Xu Lin.

Xu Lin glanced at her: "What would I do here if I didn't go home?"

"Oh."

Rong Xiyi said lightly: "I'll stay in Jiangdu, going home is boring!"

"Not going home for Mid-Autumn Festival?"

"Nope."

Xu Lin didn't ask further; Rong Xiyi's family situation seemed a bit complicated, her mom had passed away, and her dad? Unknown, but since Rong Xiyi didn't want to go home, it's probably due to some family conflict.

But that's her private matter, so Xu Lin didn't probe.

Although Xu Lin used to fool around a bit, Ms. Ren had taught him plenty about manners, like not meddling in others' personal matters and family affairs.

After the afternoon class, many students left the campus one by one, boarding high-speed trains or planes to go home. Those with less favorable family conditions might take a bus. There were also those with well-off families, traveling in their own private cars.

Or like Liu Longsheng, driving home himself, though that's less common.

Xu Lin sent a message to Chi Linyue: "Got time tonight?"

Chi Linyue replied in a minute: "Want to invite me to dinner?"

Xu Lin: "If you don't mind, I'll come over."

Chi Linyue: "I'll go pick you up, just got off work."

Half an hour later, Chi Linyue drove up to the entrance of Finance University.

After Xu Lin got in the car, he handed over a box of mooncakes.

"Mooncakes?"

Chi Linyue was surprised.

"Brought you a box of mooncakes, salted egg yolk, lotus seed paste? I forgot, but there are eight different kinds in total."

"It's not Mid-Autumn Festival yet!"

Chi Linyue grinned lightly while putting the mooncakes in the back seat.

"I'll be heading home tomorrow, brought them for you in advance."

"Should I buy some mooncakes for you?"

"No, just treat me to a meal, as a gesture!"

A meal costs more than mooncakes, but Chi Linyue didn't care about the expense for a meal.

Then he took Xu Lin to a restaurant.

The restaurant is quite big, three stories high.

The first floor is a spacious hall with more than thirty square tables.

The second floor has round tables, each seating eight people.

This restaurant is bustling; both the first and second floors have a lot of people.

The third floor is for private rooms.

Chi Linyue took Xu Lin up to the third floor.

This floor mainly hosts family feasts and other gatherings.

For example, the people taking the elevator with Xu Lin were a family of over ten people, several kids, quite lively, three generations all present, seeming quite affluent, and the elderly had a dignified air.

Xu Lin and Chi Linyue entered a small private room; the family of over ten people was in a large one.

The small room has a round table for six.

"Order anything you want!"

Chi Linyue sat next to Xu Lin and handed him the menu.

Seeing the menu, Xu Lin couldn't help but remark: "The internet is so developed now, yet this restaurant doesn't have QR code ordering."

The menu in front of Xu Lin is over thirty centimeters long, more than twenty centimeters wide, with a thickness of over two centimeters, quite heavy to lift.

Chi Linyue supported her cheek with her right hand, smiled at Xu Lin, and said, "I'm also curious about this; a simple QR code scan, how easy is that? But this menu here weighs two or three pounds per book."

"Forget it, let me see what's available."

Xu Lin opened the menu and found that the prices of the dishes were quite expensive, some in the hundreds, even thousands, like the famous Buddha Jumps Over the Wall, which costs several thousand per dish but takes a long time to prepare, so ordering it now is not feasible.

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