Chapter 38 (1/2)

Felt that Chapter 37 was a little short, so have another one.

Chapter 38

Winter Warmth 4.3

After her last final, Xia Liang stood at the door of the lecture hall and stretched.  Finally it was Christmas break.  When the cold and damp December breeze blew over, she tucked her neck in, pulled her coat tightly around herself, and was ready to go back into her apartment.

“Summer!” Somebody called her from behind.

Xia Liang stopped.  She turned back and saw a Chinese student walked towards her.

Xia Liang tilted her head and thought for a while. She believed that he was a Chinese student in the same grade as her.  It seemed that he was also from Shanghai.  She met him in a Shanghai student party.

The man walked to her and smiled at her. “It’s going to be second semester soon.  Have you decided your major yet?”

In America, the first two years of college are for general requirement courses.  Most students chose their majors in the second semester of soph.o.m.ore year.

Xia Liang earnestly answered. “Since I already have enough credits, I already decided on double majoring in Finance and International Trade in the second semester of freshman year.”

The man choked. “Second semester of freshman year?”  The man was disappointed silently……He was hoping to find out what her major was going to be, then he could choose the same courses as her, so they could be in same cla.s.ses……after all, he……

“Anything else?”  Xia Liang asked him.  She pulled her collar closer.  She felt cold since she wasn’t dressed warm enough, especially since she was standing right at a drafty place.

The man cleared his throat. “Uhm, well, do you have any plan for the break?”

Xia Liang shook her head. “Just staying at home.”  She had been thinking about going somewhere, but then she gave up on the idea when she thought about all the work which was stacking up in her mailbox. It included work for voice recording, planning, and script writing that she owed to various people because she had been busy studying for her finals for past few weeks.

She had better stay in her room to clear all her debts.  Otherwise they would chase after her to no end……

The man seemed relieved. “Then, then, on Christmas Eve, do you……”  While he was still trying to organize his words to ask Xia Liang out, someone had already interrupted him.