Chapter 098: The Frog at the Bottom of the Well (Part II)

Outside the cafeteria on the fourth floor, Xu Jingjia once again meets Fion, Zita, and Nina.

The standing Zita is about 1.55 meters tall, with bangs and straight black waist-length hair, which makes her look more immature and simple. Fion's height is about the same as Xu Jingjia's, and with a light dress, her figure shows a chic bony beauty.

From the standing posture and reaction of the three of them when they talked, it can be seen that Fion and Zita are very compatible. Nina stood next to Fion, smiling slightly, seemingly unable to blend into the conversation between the two.

Now that we've met, it's only natural to have lunch together.

Just after lunch, the four of them found two connected tables for four next to the floor-to-ceiling glass wall separating the cafeteria from the podium garden, and they chose the one against the glass wall to sit down. The sunlight refracted through the glass wall just neutralizes the slightly cold air conditioning of the canteen, and combined with the view of the outdoor terrace garden, just sitting is already comfortable.

"Let's go order food first! I'm here to look at the bags for you!" Zita smiled casually, her eyes like a crescent moon and her gentle and sweet voice made Xu Jingjia instantly have a good impression of her.

Xu Jingjia and they had only met on the first day, so she was a little embarrassed, so she sat down and said to Zita, "Why don't you let Fion and Nina order food first, and then I will go with you two later?"

Zita smiled and said to Xu Jingjia, "It doesn't matter, I'm going to lose weight, just go to the convenience store and buy something to eat in a while." There aren't many people at the convenience store, so you don't have to wait long, so you can go! If it drags on any longer, we'll be late for the bridge club."

Zita's tone was gentle, but Xu Jingjia felt that there was an irresistible meaning in it. Xu Jingjia didn't insist any longer, and went to the ordering place with Fion and Nina to order.

The school cafeteria is run by the fast-food chain Da Happy, and the décor and meals are similar to those of other branches, except that the prices are a little more affordable than those outside, and there are additional student meals available. After Xu Jingjia chose the food, she was embarrassed, so she turned around from time to time to look at where Zita was sitting during the queue.

"What's wrong? Can't you trust Zita?" Fion suddenly leaned in and quipped in Xu Jingjia's ear.

Xu Jingjia smiled stunned and responded, "How come?" After Fion said this, Xu Jingjia withdrew her gaze and started talking to Fion and Nina.

Xu Jingjia's meal arrived a little later than Nina and Fion.

As soon as Fion's meal arrived, he went back to take Zita's place. It didn't take long for Nina's meal to arrive, and she went back.

By the time Xu Jingjia returned to her seat with her lunch in hand, Zita and Nina were already eating their lunches. Fion's lunch on the table was untouched, but he didn't know where it was going.

Xu Jingjia couldn't help asking, "What about Fion?"

Nina replied, "As soon as I got back, Fion said I was going to the bathroom. She also said, "We'll see who comes back first, me and Zita." At the end of the day, some of them couldn't help but laugh.

Xu Jingjia didn't care, and was about to pray before the meal, but when she saw Zita and Nina looking at her, she became nervous for a while, so she didn't put her hands together, but hurriedly completed the silent prayer in her heart.

In Fion's absence, Zita's words were much less. While Xu Jingjia and Nina were talking happily, Zita only listened quietly to the two of them, occasionally interjecting a sentence or two, and the sweet smile on her lips that never diminished made people feel that she didn't feel out of place.

In and out of words, Nina gives people a sense of maturity that does not match her age. Nina doesn't talk much, but she always gets the word out of her mouth, and she's a good person to talk to.

As we talked, I heard Zita ask Nina, "Do you have foreign blood?" I see that your skin is whiter than ours."

Because of Zita's questioning, Xu Jingjia noticed that on closer inspection, Nina's facial features did have some exotic style. Nina's fair skin is crystal clear, with gold wire glasses and a ponytail neatly tied behind her head, combined with a plain dress, she has a beauty that others do not have.

After a while, Fion returned to his seat and joined the three of them in a pleasant conversation. However, perhaps because the time of acquaintance is still short, the conversation between the four of them only stays on the surface, such as hobbies and the like, and does not talk more than in-depth. After half an hour, the four of them didn't even know where the other party lived or where they were studying in high school, only that Fion and Zita's homes lived very close.

This time the conversation was so pleasant that the four of them almost forgot about the bridge club.

By the time the four of them reached the sixth floor, it seemed that the bridge club meeting had begun for a while. Xu Jingjia saw that there was already a table of people who had started the game, and Alex and Cliff were also among them, in groups of two and two, all of them were boys, and they were not paying attention to playing.

They stood for a long time before Alex noticed them, only to see him waving vigorously at them from afar, saying hello, "I thought you weren't coming!" Then Alex turned to the other skinny boy sitting behind them and said, "Ian, look, I got you the guy, I didn't lie to you."

Ian, with his dark-rimmed glasses, was working as a staff officer for the other before he turned to look at them. The moment Ian's eyes were fixed on Xu Jingjia, Xu Jingjia saw an unexplained hesitation in his eyes.

The hesitation in Ian's eyes was fleeting, and he stood up, took another box of Puke cards from the side, and led Xu Jingjia and the others to another table to sit down.

As soon as they sat down, Ian took out the Oak sign from the cardboard box and reminded them, "This is a public space, and everyone can come here except for the people we learned. At the last meeting, one of our members dropped a book and sold it like crazy, so be careful."

At this time, when smartphones are not widely available to everyone, you can imagine why the members have become the target of thieves.

Because of Ian's reminder, Xu Jingjia subconsciously pressed the bag on her thigh. Xu Jingjia thought to herself, fortunately, no matter where she went, she was always used to putting her bag on her thigh, and she didn't have to deliberately raise her vigilance.

Ian then went on to explain the rules of bridge, because of the lack of time, in order to make their party a smooth start, and officially start the experience, Ian taught them the less standardized informal bridge.

During the lecture, Ian kept his head down and shuffled the cards repeatedly, combined with Ian's earlier hesitation, Xu Jingjia thought that Ian probably didn't like Alex for introducing him to four girls.

Later, Xu Jingjia noticed that Fion and Nina's IQ had suddenly dropped a lot, and asked Ian some very simple questions from time to time. Xu Jingjia found through the roots of Ian's red ears that were about to drip blood, that Ian had been just shy all along.

Fion and Nina, on the other hand, discovered Ian's anomaly, and both of them couldn't help but tease Ian.

As Ian demonstrates, he is a little overwhelmed by Fion and Nina's mischievousness.

After a while, Vannessa and several other men and women who were in the same tutoring class as Xu Jingjia walked up to Xu Jingjia's table.

Zita and Fion greeted them warmly, and it seemed that they had already recognized each other. The two sides hurriedly introduced Nina and Xu Jingjia to each other, there were more people than in the morning, Xu Jingjia was a person who remembered the name and couldn't remember the appearance, just after the introduction, Xu Jingjia couldn't connect the person's appearance with the name.

Therefore, in Xu Jingjia's eyes, there is no difference between this introduction at all and no introduction. However, out of politeness, Xu Jingjia did not say this.

At the same time, Ian said to one of the girls, "Mia, you can take them for a game!" I'll teach you newcomers!" Ian left the words behind and fled.

The one who approached was a girl who had cut a neat mushroom head. The pear vortex on her lips made Mia's smile sweeter and sweeter, and she started the game with Xu Jingjia and others with humor.

Ian didn't dare to come back to the table until the meeting was over.

After the English class, Xu Jingjia did not spend time with Zita, Fion, Nina and others, but went to the large computer room on the 11th floor alone to make notes. Xu Jingjia knew very well that this was just an opportunity for her to find solitude for herself, and after relaxing the corners of her mouth that was smiling a little stiff, she felt that her whole body was relaxed.

Xu Jingjia walked alone along the underground platform of the upper floor, passed the cafeteria of the university dormitory and left the school, habitually reaching out to rummage through the hidden compartment in the side shoulder pocket for MP4 and mobile phone. Xu Jingjia used this bag for a while, so that Xu Jingjia could save her eyes when she was rummaging. However, the location of the bag was not very big, and Xu Jingjia couldn't find the phone and mp4.

Xu Jingjia thought to herself, she wouldn't be so unlucky, right?

Thinking like this, Xu Jingjia stopped, then opened the bag and took a closer look, and saw the mobile phone and mp4 lying silently outside the dark grid, in the largest space in the bag.

Xu Jingjia smiled, but she didn't remember when she was so casual, so she put her phone and mp4 in her bag. Xu Jingjia put on the headphones as usual, and pressed and held the play button to turn on the mp4, but she couldn't open it.

Xu Jingjia was a little impatient and thought in surprise, is this broken? This MP4 was just bought with the salary of a summer job.

When Xu Jingjia saw that the switch to cut off the power had passed, the smile on Xu Jingjia's lips gradually disappeared.

Habitually, Xu Jingjia likes to listen to songs along the songsheet. Only by pressing and holding the play button to turn on and off MP4 can the playback progress be recorded, so Xu Jingjia never uses a switch that directly cuts off the power.

So

Someone once touched Xu Jingjia's bag and looked at her mp4.