London Stranded on a Budget (Part 1)

"Hey, Senior Fang Ran, are you also an exchange student in London?"

In Stratford, London, beside streets filled with British-style architecture, Fang Ran was so moved that the person he had happened to run into was actually a junior from Jing University that he nearly burst into tears.

Following behind Tang Bing as they weaved through the crowd, with passersby's entirely English conversations drifting into his ears from time to time, Fang Ran, who had finally been saved, heard her ask that question.

He was staring fixedly at Donald Duck on her red coat.

For a moment, it turned into Beijing Roast Duck; the next, Nanjing Salted Duck.

"An exchange student? How did you know?"

Hearing the term "exchange student" so suddenly, Fang Ran's nearly dead brain froze for a moment.

Then he saw Tang Bing beside him open her eyes wide in an adorably innocent way and spread her hands as if it were only natural.

"Your student records are still at Jing University, Senior. If you're not studying abroad, then aside from being a regular exchange student through an inter-school program, what else could you be?"

As she said that, she pursed her lips and rolled her eyes with an expression that said, What else is there to say?

"Besides, the National Day holiday back home has already ended. Don't tell me you skipped class and came here sightseeing, Senior?"

Fang Ran: (;￣д￣)

Uh... strictly speaking, I did skip class and sneak across the border for sightseeing.

"By the way, when everyone left this semester, how come I didn't see you, Senior? Did something come up, so you took a plane here by yourself later?"

Following this genuine Jing City University junior, unlike himself, a counterfeit and substandard Jing City University student, along the road toward the supermarket—