I Am Born With A Silver Spoon novel Chapter 291

“Li Xiaoling?” Chen Hao couldn’t help but smile when he saw the girl.

Li Xiaoling grew up with Chen Hao, Li Xiao, and the rest of them. Come to think about it, she was probably from the same Li clan as Li Xiao, so she was practically his sister. However, Li Xiaoling came from a family that was reasonably well off; her family owned shops in the town, selling cakes and pastry, which was why she often stayed in town and rarely went back home.

On top of that, at that time, Chen Hao and Li Xiao were both poor, so they didn’t dress well. Therefore, Li Xiao rarely hung out with Chen Hao and Li Xiao. Although they were classmates in elementary school, they rarely talked with each other. As a result, she was not that close with the both of them, unlike Wu Qian.

It was during their junior high school years when they got close with each other. Coincidentally, Li Xiaoling ended up in the same class as Li Xiao and Chen Hao.

During the first and second year of junior high school, she didn’t talk much to Chen Hao and Li Xiao, but in their third year, something happened.

Li Xiaoling quarelled with another girl, and the quarrel was very heated. Then, that girl asked a few hooligans from their year to cause Li Xiaoling trouble; after school, they blocked Li Xiaoling on her way back home and wanted to teach her a lesson.

When Li Xiao and Chen Hao saw this, they pulled Li Xiaoling away. Chen Hao wasn’t really well-known at that time, but Li Xiao was known for fighting in school, which was why that group of people didn’t dare to do anything to Li Xiaoling. So, that was how they rescued Li Xiaoling.

Since then, Li Xiaoling treated Chen Hao and Li Xiao very well and they became friends; she even secretly bought Li Xiao cigarettes and brought steamed sponge cakes for Chen Hao to eat.

For her high school years, she entered No. 3 High School, which was the school that was ranked the lowest in the entire county. Besides, during their high school days, they didn’t own cell phones. As a result, they couldn’t contact each other very often; all they could do was to gather during Chinese New Year for chit-chats.

“When did you get back? And why didn’t you send me a QQ message?” Li Xiaoling said grudgingly.

“I’ve been back for a few days, but I’ve been wandering around in town. I was about to ask Li Xiao for your phone number,” Chen Hao replied with a smile. This was the truth; these were the people who were going to spend his birthday with him.

“Hmph, at least you didn’t forget me. Oh right, haven’t you been reading the group chat messages for our junior high school gang? Uh, I forgot, you aren’t in the group, are you? Today is our classmate Chen Chao’s birthday. He realized that our class had not gathered in a long time. Therefore, he wants to use his birthday as an opportunity for everyone to gather. Also, our junior high school class teacher and the English teacher will be there. Will you accompany me?” asked Li Xiaoling.

“Mr. Wang will be there too? I thought he retired this year?” Li Xiaoling mentioned Chen Chao, but Chen Hao had nearly forgotten that name. On the other hand, Chen Hao still had fresh memories of the class teacher, Mr. Wang Changgui; he was an especially kind teacher that taught Mandarin.

At that time, Chen Hao’s family was poor and he couldn’t afford to pay for the textbooks. Twice, Mr. Wang forked out his own money to pay for Chen Hao. There was another time when it was raining heavily and Chen Hao didn’t have an umbrella, so Mr. Wang sent him home in his car. These scenes were still fresh in his memory.

During his first two years in university, every time his parents sent him money, Chen Hao would save some money so that he could buy something, no matter if it was expensive or not, as gifts for Mr. Wang when he went back home for Chinese New Year. However, during the next two years of university, he had problems even with paying his school fees. He was financially difficult during that time, which was why he could no longer afford to do so.

“I heard that Mr. Wang got seriously ill last year. Is he alright?” Chen Hao asked.

“He recovered a long time ago. Otherwise, how would he attend Chen Chao’s birthday feast?” Li Xiaoling continued, “Don’t ask anymore. When you show up you will find out. Mr. Wang spoke greatly of you and Li Xiao, so if you go, he will definitely be very happy. Speaking of which, we must meet at eight o’clock. Mr. Wang will definitely go there early because he wants to spend more time chatting with us.”

“Oh that’s good then. However, I have no time to attend this gathering,” Chen Hao said sadly.

“Huh? You’re busy? Tsk, don’t worry. This time, Chen Chao will be paying for the feast. Even if we were to pay separately, you can still rely on me.” It was as if Li Xiaoling could see through Chen Hao’s thoughts.

But of course, this wasn’t about money; it was because Chen Hao wanted to celebrate his own birthday. Li Xiaoling probably would not have minded if he rejected her invitation, but the problem was that since she had already informed him about the party, he would feel bad not attending the party knowing that Mr. Wang would be there also.

“Yes, I really don’t have time today. I originally wanted to invite you to celebrate my birthday with me,” Chen Hao said. “What about this? What if I go and show my face, say a few words to Mr. Wang, then come back?”