Rebirth: Splendid Marriage in the 80s

Chapter 1018: Chapter 1019: A Small Loss

By the time she got home, she was already half an hour later than usual.

Grandma had prepared all the dishes and was covering them, waiting for her return.

Meng Xinian looked at her and pinched her cheek, ”Grandpa said you usually return by this time.”

The girl, he had specifically reminded her to come home early after school at noon the night before, and what did she do? Not only did she not come home early, she was actually half an hour later than usual.

Was she doing it deliberately to annoy him?

Although he really hoped to spend as much time with her as possible during his rare vacation, he wouldn’t coax her to take a leave just to accompany him.

He had his missions, and she should have her study time, she couldn’t neglect her normal life just to keep him company.

”I wanted to come back early, but Teacher Liu wanted to discuss something with me, there was nothing I could do,” Chiang Xiao said with an innocent face.

”What could take half an hour to discuss?”

”It’s just...” Chiang Xiao eagerly looked at him, ”I have to go to Capital City the day after tomorrow.”

”To Capital City?”

Chiang Songhai and Ge Liutao also found it surprising. She was attending school just fine, and Chiang Xiao herself wasn’t one to ask for leave without a significant reason, so why did she suddenly need to go to Capital City?

Meng Xinian frowned, ”It would take three to four days just for the round trip.”

”No, I have to go for a month,” Chiang Xiao said, looking at him somewhat sheepishly.

Last night, she had been talking to him half-asleep before bedtime, and she heard him say that he might not have any missions outside the city for half a year and would mostly stay in City M, planning with her to visit the county every other weekend, and vice versa.

In this case, they could see each other every weekend.

Although adding travel time, the time they could spend together was only a day, but it was already great.

In her drowsiness last night, she had also agreed enthusiastically, but today she said she had to go to Capital City for a month, and Meng Xinian had no idea how disappointed he would be.

The grandparents were also quite astounded.

”What requires you to go for a month? How will you manage your studies?”

”I’m going to study for a month at a high school in Capital City. There are six of us going from our school, and we will have a teacher leading the group,” Chiang Xiao explained to them what Teacher Liu Guoying had told her, concluding with, ”I have to see the art exhibition, and I have to attend Xu Yiqiu’s lecture.”

After listening, Chiang Songhai and Ge Liutao were left speechless.

They would, of course, support her unconditionally in such matters. Although they would miss her for a month away, they were happy since Chiang Xiao was a very diligent and studious child.

Meng Xinian couldn’t help but support her either.

Still, there was a sense of loss and sourness in his heart.

Where others simply attended school, his girl was always busy with school, often with other matters to attend to and places to visit every now and then.

While the grandparents weren’t paying attention, he quickly leaned down and pecked her on the lips, saying, ”We won’t be able to see each other for a month.”

Chiang Xiao glared at him playfully, ”When I come back from Capital City, I’ll get off in the city first, stay with you for two days, and then go back.”

Meng Xinian sighed, ”That will still be a month later. Fortunately, you’re not leaving until the day after tomorrow, right,” he ruffled her hair, ”it just so happens that I have to go back to the city the day after tomorrow. I’ll drive you there, and then you can take the train to Capital City, okay?”

Chiang Xiao paused for a moment, ”Teacher will take us to board the train together from the county. If I leave the group on my own, I don’t know if he would agree.”

”Are there any male students going on this trip with you?” Meng Xinian suddenly asked.

”Of course, there are two from each grade. For the second year, it’s me and a boy named Ho Cong.”