Song Ning and Jiang Chengshi were both a little surprised inside the car.
Song Ning rolled down the window and looked at the anxious young man outside.
It took her a moment before she exclaimed in surprise, "Zhang Mingtao? It's you!"
He was Zhang Mingtao, the student she had studied with before the National College Entrance Examination back in Yanling.
She hadn't expected him to come to Capital City too.
"It's me! Song Ning! I've come looking for you several times, but I never managed to catch you! I finally found you today!"
"You came specifically to wait for me?" Song Ning asked.
"Yes!" Zhang Mingtao looked both excited and delighted.
Seeing this, Song Ning could only turn around and say a few words to Jiang Chengshi.
"Lao Jiang! Go on in first! I've run into someone I used to know. He probably needs something!"
With that, Song Ning got out of the car and told the driver to head inside. It wouldn't do to keep blocking the entrance.
Song Ning stepped to the side before asking, "Zhang Mingtao! Was there something you needed from me?"
Zhang Mingtao's face was full of excitement.
"Song Ning! I-I got into a school in Capital City too! But... I-I only got into a vocational secondary school! I'm studying at Third Normal School now."
"Oh! A vocational secondary school is good too! Teaching is a fine career!"
In those days, university students were scarce, and vocational secondary school students were highly valued too. They were all assigned jobs upon graduation.
Zhang Mingtao scratched the back of his head sheepishly.
"I heard you were the province's top scorer and got into Military Medical University. I came looking for you several times, but even when I asked the first-year students, none of them knew anything about