She Could Fool Others, All Right

Li Ye brought Sang Xiaomin home, and his younger sister Li Juan asked in surprise, "Huh? Sang Xiaomin, why are you here?"

Sang Xiaomin said awkwardly, "I-I came to find Li Ying. Your brother brought me in."

Li Ye smiled and asked Li Juan, "What, you two know each other?"

Li Juan nodded. "She's Ying's classmate. Ying used to ask her to help sell clothes for her all the time. I even criticized Ying for it, saying she couldn't delay someone else's studies."

Sang Xiaomin hurriedly said, "No, no. I'm stupid, and my grades were always bad. There was no point in staying in school anyway. Li Ying helped me."

Well, well! From the way the two girls talked, Li Ye realized that Sang Xiaomin, this employee, had apparently been cultivated by his sister Li Ying long ago.

"Juan, help entertain her. I'm going to call Hong Kong Island. No idea whether the lines are busy today."

Li Ye had Li Juan entertain Sang Xiaomin while he went to make the call.

Cross-border calls in 1987 were still hard to get through, especially from the mainland outward. It was perfectly normal not to get through after half an hour, and not surprising even after an hour.

Meanwhile, Sang Xiaomin, seated on the sofa, felt like she was sitting on pins and needles.

Although Grandma Wu Juying kindly urged her to have some fruit and drinks, she merely swallowed quietly and did not touch any of the snacks before her.

However, Li Ye noticed that Sang Xiaomin kept secretly looking at Jiang Xiaoyan, Hu Man, and the others. Clearly, this "poor student" who claimed to be stupid was still full of envy toward these university graduates.

After quite a while, the call to Hong Kong Island finally connected, and Li Ying's