Chapter 116: Learn to Drive

The most noticeable difference in moving out of school is that the two spend very much more time together than they did before.

But Tan Mo felt that there could have been a little more.

He has the means and the ability to cater for Qiao Lan's needs outside of the classroom, the library, the study room, the gym, all of which Tan Mo can prepare at home and accompany him on all activities.

Tan Mo made a very clear count of this, from yesterday morning when they separated for their respective classes at eight o'clock and returned home at seven o'clock in the evening, they spent sixteen of the twenty-four hours of the day together, excluding the lunchtime meal.

Exactly two thirds of the way through the day, Tan Mo is quite happy with this time frame.

Yesterday was satisfactory, but today is less so, as the preparatory phase of Qiao Lan's first club activity is finally over and the workshop phase is now underway.

At this stage, it's not possible to go your own way.

After the afternoon class, Qiao Lan went to the club. Tan Mo was sitting in the back seat of the car with no expression on his face.

However, Uncle Chan didn't think there was anything wrong with Qiao Lan's behaviour, as it was a school event after all, and thought about whether he should find something to distract Tan Mo.

"MoMo ah", Uncle Chan thought about it, "you are now an adult can take the driving test, why not learn to drive when you have time, when you buy a car you and LanLan can also go out more convenient."

"Hmm," Tan Mo responded with little interest, and after a few seconds suddenly came to life.

"Learn," Tan Mo said, "tomorrow."

Uncle Chan: "......???"

"Remember to let me know when you find someone."

Uncle Chan: ...... Why does he feel like he's helping?

The next day, Uncle Chan contacted Tan Mo's instructor, a private instructor who was considerably more expensive than the average driving school, who could fit in with Tan Mo's schedule and was not as bad-tempered as the average instructor.

The coach called Tan Mo and asked him for the exact time of day he could practice.

Tan Mo took his and Qiao Lan's schedules, compared them with each other and sent a schedule to the coach.

Qiao Lan had to go to the club every day recently, for 20 to 30 minutes if it was short, or an hour or two if it was long. There was a night market outside the school, and many students especially liked to go back to the dormitory from the night market outside the school after they had finished their work.

Qiao Lan shook his head, "No, I'm not going, I've got something to do."

Uncle Chan had just texted her asking when she could finish, and Qiao Lan gave her an approximate time, several minutes had passed since then, which meant that Uncle Chan had been waiting for a while.

Although Uncle Chan and Tan Mo usually come together to pick her up, Tan Mo always sends her a tweet.

Qiao Lan, somewhat puzzled, said goodbye to the group and went downstairs.

After asking Qiao Lan, she asked the others, excluding those who had the same date and those who were going to the library, the remaining seven or eight people went to the night market together.

Qiao Lan came down the stairs and out of the school, saw Uncle Chan's familiar black car and waited to climb in before realising Tan Mo was not there.

"Uncle Chan, where's MoMo?"

"Learning to drive," Uncle Chan said with a silent sigh as he remembered what Tan Mo had told him.

"Last time I wanted you both to learn, but it turned out he didn't have an adult home that didn't want it, and I saw that he had a lot of free time in the evenings recently, so I sent him off to learn how to drive, boys well, these are essential skills."

"Yes," Qiao Lan nodded, still feeling quite justified.

Although she already has a driving licence, Qiao Lan is really afraid to go on the road. It would be great if Tan Mo could learn how to do it, after all, we can't bother Uncle Chan so much, and the old man should rest more.

"Let's go back and eat first, your aunt has even left you a meal, I'll pick someone up from the driving school when it's about time."

"Good," Qiao Lan nodded, adding afterwards, "I'll go too."

Uncle Chan thinks about what Tan Mo had told him earlier, and then he looks at Qiao Lan now, and the wrinkles in the corners of his eyes become more and more pronounced as he smiles.

Tan Mo finished at 9:30, Qiao Lan and Uncle Chan went there a few minutes early to watch Tan Mo learn how to drive.

Tan Mo learnt quickly, but when it was over, Qiao Lan heard the instructor and Uncle Chan whispering, saying that this child was so bored and hadn't said a word other than "hmmm" for the whole two hours.

Uncle Chan cheerfully said that Tan Mo was just like that.

After saying goodbye to the coach and returning to Uncle Chan's car, Tan Mo, who had been expressionless and silent the whole time, wrapped her arms around Qiao Lan's waist, rubbed her chin on Qiao Lan's shoulder and started to pout, sounding as aggrieved as she could be.

Tan Mo rubbed against Qiao Lan, his voice small, probably because he was afraid Uncle Chan could hear him, "Practice is so boring, I don't even know what to say to the instructor."

Qiao Lan smiled and touched Tan Mo's ear as she remembered what the instructor had just said, "Why didn't you tell me you wanted to learn to drive."

"Uncle Chan suggested it out of the blue, he found someone he knows, and it's going to be a quick day, so I didn't have time to tell you", Tan Mo said, "It's really boring, LanLan.

Qiao Lan said, "I will accompany you even if you don't say so," Qiao Lan had just heard the instructor say that Tan Mo was too bored, so Qiao Lan wondered if she could just accompany Tan Mo to practice.

Tan Mo was satisfied with the answer and deliberately asked Qiao Lan, "What about your club activities?"

"It was the first event, so it was the simplest of social surveys, and recently everyone sat down to make a statement. The other two who had spoken in the same club hadn't been here for two days and Ji Su didn't seem to have said anything either.

So it's not a big problem. Besides, Tan Mo practices at around 7pm and classes usually end at 5:20pm, so you can make it in time.

Tan Mo was happy, but nodded with a straight face, "That's good."

Qiao Lan was amused by his appearance, pinching Tan Mo's face and laughing, "Laugh when you're happy, and I can't tell when you're acting like this?"

"Tan Mo gave Qiao Lan a kiss on the cheek, not bothering Uncle Chan who was sitting in front of him.

Uncle Chan shook his head helplessly, alas, children are getting older and can play with their hearts.

In the following days, if it was too late, Qiao Lan would not go, but if it was early, she would go to the club, and if there was nothing important to do, she would leave early. Qiao Lan smiled and said no, her boyfriend was waiting downstairs.

After Qiao Lan left, a girl couldn't help but say to the girl who had just called Qiao Lan, "She doesn't go every time, why do you keep shouting at her?"

"Just ask, we're all in the same community," Pei Beijia smiled as she glanced over at Ji Su, "What do you want to eat today?"

Luo Man was not in the best of moods and was wilting. She didn't know why, but she felt that her seniors, who had been so nice to her before, had become cold to her recently.

Although she hadn't been too enthusiastic before, she still greeted and smiled when she saw her, and she still answered questions patiently, but Luo Man always felt that something was wrong.

When I'd had enough of this, I perked up my ears and heard a girl next to me say Qiao Lan's name.

Having lived in the same dormitory for a long time, Luo Man subconsciously listened to what the two girls were saying, and then heard one of them say that Qiao Lan was too exclusive.

Qiao Lan is indeed ruthlessly unique, compared to everyone else.

But he was justified in not living at school and having a boyfriend, so it was normal for him not to go out with other people.

The next moment, another girl agreed and said that this was indeed the case, adding that although she knew Qiao Lan was in a relationship, no one had ever been in a relationship like this, and that only boyfriend-related matters were given priority, and almost all club activities were put off.

"So you're not the only one who feels that way," the girl said in surprise, "as if she was afraid someone was going to abduct her boyfriend."

The next person who heard this also laughed, "After all, he is a schoolboy, handsome, good family and strong, there are many people who covet him, so it is not understandable to keep an eye on him..."

Luo Man was already in a bad mood, but when he heard this, he was immediately angry.

Luo Man admits that he was a bit jealous of Qiao Lan, after all, she was so beautiful and so good, and at first he couldn't help but envy, not only that, but also the relationship between Qiao Lan and Tan Mo.

Luo Man loved to gossip about Qiao Lan and Tan Mo when Qiao Lan was still living at the school, and Liu Cancan often disliked her for this, but Luo Man just loved to ask because Qiao Lan and Tan Mo were a really sweet couple.

She couldn't tell what was different, but it just felt like there was no room for anyone else between the two, and Luo Man had never felt that a relationship could be as unapologetic as this before.

Before she met Qiao Lan, she had no specific plan for the kind of love she wanted to have, but only after seeing Qiao Lan Tan Mo did she realise that this was the kind of relationship she wanted most.

Perhaps not in defence of Qiao Lan, but because the girl's words had just destroyed something beautiful and desirable within Luo Man, and because Luo Man was already in a bad mood, he had an argument with both of them.

"If someone has a dinner with her boyfriend, she's too lonely and doesn't get along. What's wrong with Qiao Lan? What's wrong with you guys? What's wrong with chattering behind her back?

The two girls who had just spoken were in the same class as Qiao Lan and Luo Man, and they usually said hello to each other when they saw each other, so they really didn't expect Luo Man to suddenly fight with them over Qiao Lan.

Who doesn't have something to gossip about behind their backs? It's a normal thing, but when Luo Man said that, it sounded strange, especially when the seniors next to him looked over.

Ji Su turned her head at the word Qiao Lan, probably not expecting Luo Man to suddenly come out for Qiao Lan, and watched with interest as Luo Man argued with the other two girls.

The two girls couldn't face it, "I said Qiao Lan, what's it to you again? We didn't say anything, we just said Qiao Lan is too lonely and won't get along with others when she leaves school and works..."

"The person Qiao Lan look is beautiful, high school in love with high school exams seven hundred two, there is no where not match Tan Mo, what look tight not look tight, people have long met parents waiting for the legal age of marriage, do not need you to think about, people wear thousands of pieces of tens of thousands of dollars of clothes, brand-name cosmetics casually buy, want you to worry about the future work smooth or not, secretly want to You're not going to be able to get a job in the future.