My Taoist nun girlfriend is from the Republic of China era, 1942.

Chapter 159 Revealing the Rich
University life didn't last long before the National Day holiday arrived in October.

Chen Xiaomiao doesn't really understand the concept of holidays. In her view, it simply means not having to get up early to go to school and being able to spend more time at home with her son.

As soon as the bell rang after the last class of the afternoon and the teacher left, the classroom erupted in chaos.

"Seven days! Finally, I can catch my breath!"

"Are you all going home? I've been trying to get a ticket for two days and haven't succeeded. I'm just going to lie around in my dorm all day."

Tang Wen tidied up the books on the table and casually joined the discussion: "Why go home? It'll take two days to get there and back. You might as well find a part-time job during the holiday and earn some pocket money."

"Tang Wen, are you planning to work during the National Day holiday?" Zhang Yufei asked, her eyes wide.

"That's not."

Tang Wen stuffed the book into her canvas bag and counted on her fingers: "I found a shop that hires holiday workers. It's 150 yuan a day, and seven days will make more than 1,000 yuan, which is almost a month's living expenses."

Li Tong said with envy, "That's great. My mom insists I go back, saying she'll almost forget what I look like if I don't go back soon."

As he spoke, his face fell again.

"It's so annoying. The school is so far from the high-speed rail station. Every time I take a taxi there, it costs seventy or eighty yuan. It hurts so much."

Several girls were chattering and complaining, while Chen Xiaomiao listened quietly without interrupting, until she heard Li Tong complain about the high cost of taxis, at which point she almost instinctively spoke up.

"How about I drive you there?"

As soon as the words were spoken, the three people who had been having a heated discussion turned their heads in unison, all focusing their attention on Chen Xiaomiao.

Li Tong was the first to react, exclaiming in surprise, "Xiao Miao, you have a car?"

“Yes.” Chen Xiaomiao nodded, her expression frank: “I drive to school every day.”

Chen Xiaomiao's car is always parked properly in the underground parking garage of the shopping mall a few hundred meters away, and it never flaunts itself by the school gate.

Tang Wen spoke first: "That's great! I can hitch a ride with you and check out the place where I'm doing part-time work."

Chen Xiaomiao was happy to be able to help and readily agreed: "Okay! Then wait for me at the school gate for a while, I'll go get the car."

After she finished speaking, she picked up her books and walked out of the school.

Li Tong and Zhang Yufei were left looking at each other in bewilderment. After a long while, Zhang Yufei leaned close to Tang Wen and whispered, "Tang Wen, did you already know all along?"

Tang Wen raised an eyebrow, neither admitting nor denying, but just smiled mysteriously.

In just ten minutes, an M5 came to a smooth stop in front of the three of them.

The car window rolled down, revealing Chen Xiaomiao's fair and delicate face.

"Get in the car."

"Wow... Xiao Miao, you were a rich woman before?"

The blue and white logo is still quite recognizable. Li Tong sat in the spacious and soft back seat and couldn't help but marvel.

Zhang Yufei chimed in, "He's been hiding his true abilities! Looks like we'll be able to hook up with rich women in the future!"

"It's not as exaggerated as you guys say... it's just a means of transportation."

Chen Xiaomiao's cheeks flushed as they kept calling her "rich woman," and she felt a little uncomfortable gripping the steering wheel.

Tang Wen, sitting in the passenger seat, was the only one whose reaction was completely normal.

She touched and looked around, marveling at the exquisite interior of the car, but her eyes showed more curiosity than shock.

Tang Wen noticed Chen Xiaomiao from the very first day she came to the classroom.

That simple-looking horse-face skirt was made of the finest silk, and the orchids embroidered on the hem were finely stitched, clearly not a cheap machine-embroidered item.

And there was the warm, lustrous gold bracelet on her wrist, with an antique design but a considerable weight.

It now seems that Chen Xiaomiao may be richer than she thought.

Chen Xiaomiao turned on the car's music system, and a melodious tune flowed out.

After the initial shock, the atmosphere in the car was quickly replaced by the girls' chatter.

They hummed along to the music, chatted about the TV series they planned to watch during the holiday, and discussed what they would do when they got home.

The car arrived smoothly at the high-speed rail station. After seeing off the boisterous Li Tong and Zhang Yufei, only Chen Xiaomiao and Tang Wen remained in the car.

"Wenwen, where do you work part-time? I'll take you there."

Chen Xiaomiao reset the navigation.

Tang Wen gave an address; it was an office building not far from the school. In theory, it was just a short walk away, and there was no need to take a car.

Chen Xiaomiao didn't mind and followed the navigation to take Tang Wen to the office building.

"Okay, that's enough for now."

Tang Wen unbuckled her seatbelt, turned to look at Chen Xiaomiao, and said earnestly, "Xiaomiao, I don't have any relatives or friends in Jiangcheng. During my vacation these few days... if I have time, can I come visit you?"

"Yes!" Chen Xiaomiao nodded without thinking, smiling honestly, "It's possible anytime, I get really bored by myself."

Tang Wen's smile deepened. She pushed open the car door, waved to Chen Xiaomiao before getting out, and said, "Okay! It's a deal! I'll treat you to hot pot when I get paid!"

After watching Tang Wen walk into the office building, Chen Xiaomiao turned the car around and slowly drove home.

When I got home and opened the door, a familiar milky aroma wafted towards me.

Lu Yuan was going to the capital to handle some matters during the National Day holiday and left early this morning. Qi Lili came over with her daughter, Jasmine, to help.

On the living room carpet, one-year-old Zhao Moli can already walk unsteadily, wearing a pink dress, swaying like a roly-poly toy.

Upon seeing Chen Xiaomiao enter, she immediately grinned, revealing her few remaining teeth, and babbled over with her short legs.

"Godmother... Godmother..."

"Oh, my dear Jasmine!"

Chen Xiaomiao's heart melted. She quickly put down her bag, bent down, hugged the little girl, and kissed her soft cheek.

Qi Lili was sitting on the sofa feeding Lu Yang formula when she saw her like this and turned around to tease, "Oh, college students on vacation?"

Chen Xiaomiao carried Jasmine over, her cheeks slightly flushed, and smiled shyly.

She put Jasmine on the sofa, sat down next to Qi Lili, and her gaze immediately fell on her son, who was holding a milk bottle and eating heartily.

"Was Lu Yang good today? Did he cause his sister-in-law any trouble?"

"What trouble could there be?"

Qi Lili removed the empty baby bottle, skillfully picked up little Lu Yang upright, and gently patted his back: "A baby only a few months old, eats and sleeps, much less troublesome than our mischievous monkey."

As she spoke, she glanced at her daughter, who was trying to climb onto Chen Xiaomiao on the sofa, and feigned disgust.

"Sister-in-law, you've worked so hard."

"Why are you being so polite with me?"

Qi Lili put Lu Yang, who had just finished burping, back into the cradle and continued to tease him, asking, "So, how's university life? Have any boys taken a liking to you and secretly given you love letters?"

"Sister-in-law..." Chen Xiaomiao blushed at the words and waved her hands repeatedly, "Don't joke around, I'm already a mother."

As they chatted, Chen Xiaomiao casually mentioned what had happened that day, as well as the three girls she was close to at school.

Qi Lili was taken aback: "Xiao Miao, did you show off your wealth in front of them?"

"Showing off wealth?" Chen Xiaomiao scratched her head in confusion: "I just took them to the station, how is that showing off wealth?"

In her view, cars are no different from pots and pans at home; they are all everyday items.

Lu Yuan bought it for her so that it would be convenient for her to go out, and she naturally used it.

Looking at Chen Xiaomiao's honest and simple face, Qi Lili was at a loss for words.

Didn't she also have ulterior motives when she approached and got close to Lu Yuan's family...?

"Ugh."

Qi Lili sighed and swallowed back those complicated words.

It shouldn't be anything serious. They're college students, after all. How bad can their thoughts be...?

(End of this chapter)