Reborn: I'll Never Fail My Childhood Sweetheart Again-Chapter 275 - 119: Date with the Junior, On the Importance of a Wingman (Part 4)

But she didn’t say much, just reminded, "Panpan, come back early, there are lots of people and it’s chaotic outside during the New Year!"

"Alright, I’ll try my best!"

Huang Panpan was noncommittal.

Although she was much better to the two elders, she hadn’t reached the point of doing everything they said.

If she was just meeting Wei Xian, it would be no problem to come home early, but tonight’s date was with a senior, so it was uncertain.

As soon as Huang Panpan went out, Li Juan couldn’t hold back anymore.

"Hongbo, didn’t you notice that our daughter seems to have dressed up on purpose tonight?"

"I noticed."

Even though Huang Hongbo was a big guy, he wasn’t stupid.

The change in his daughter was so obvious that anyone could see it.

"It seems she might not be meeting Wei Xian, but more likely Su Zelin!"

Li Juan concluded.

As the saying goes, girls doll themselves up for those they like.

Only that boy could make their daughter go out with such care!

"Probably."

Huang Hongbo nodded.

"What do you mean probably? Can’t you have some reaction?"

Li Juan got angry seeing her husband with such a calm and indifferent expression.

"Panpan is our daughter, she’s going on a date with a boy tonight, and that boy is a troublemaker, can’t you be a little worried?"

"Li Juan, let me tell you, I care for our daughter no less than you do!"

Huang Hongbo snorted, "But why am I reassured about our daughter? Because even though Su Zelin is a troublemaker, he is not a bad person. Our daughter has liked him not just for a day or two, it’s been since the first year of high school. Do you know why?"

Li Juan shook her head.

"They met in an internet cafe, where Panpan was harassed by some little hoodlums. Su Zelin happened to be sitting next to her. There was a group of people on the other side, while he was alone. But Su Zelin stood up for Panpan and drove those hoodlums away!"

"In that situation, how many students do you think would dare to do that? Anyone else would be too scared to even hide!"

"This shows that Su Zelin isn’t bad. He just doesn’t like studying. Our daughter didn’t like studying before either; does that mean she’s a bad student?"

Huang Hongbo’s words left Li Juan speechless, but she was still unconvinced and said, "Maybe he just saw that Panpan is pretty, that’s why he played the hero saving the damsel in distress."

"Come on, if he really wanted to be a hero, didn’t your daughter later chase after him, even tried to give him love letters and confessed to him face to face? But he refused time and time again, what do you say to that?"

Unlike Li Juan, Huang Hongbo didn’t have a negative impression of Su Zelin just because he was known as a troublemaker.

He knew how to distinguish right from wrong and had conducted a detailed investigation on Su Zelin.

With the financial resources and connections of a wealthy man, it was easy to investigate someone in a small place like Jianglan. Though he couldn’t say he knew everything, Huang Hongbo had a certain understanding of Su Zelin.

"Including the time when Su Zelin got into a fight in first grade of high school, it was actually some athletes who started it first. Su Zelin was just defending himself, I verified this with the director of the school where it happened and the security guard involved since then he’s been well-behaved and hasn’t fought again."

After a pause, Huang Hongbo continued, "And most importantly, there’s a girl named Qin Shiqing, who lives next to Su Zelin, also from the same school. She’s no less pretty than Panpan and excels academically. Last year, she scored 700 in the college entrance exam, the highest in the city, and was admitted to Zhejiang University!"

"Su Zelin and this girl have been neighbors since childhood, like childhood sweethearts, and they have a good relationship. I think this is why Su Zelin keeps rejecting Panpan. With her around, your daughter would find it hard to make Su Zelin her boyfriend, so stop worrying unnecessarily!"

Li Juan was taken aback. 𝑓𝘳𝑒𝑒𝓌𝘦𝘣𝘯ℴ𝑣𝘦𝑙.𝘤𝑜𝑚

This was the first time she heard about Su Zelin having an academically brilliant childhood friend.

"You’re going overboard, I don’t object to you saying that girl has good grades, but what girl in the school could be prettier than our Panpan?"

Li Juan was blindly confident.

The main thing her daughter inherited was her looks. Back in the day, she was quite the beauty, and with her husband’s good genes as well, she always felt Huang Panpan was the best and prettiest.

Even if Su Zelin and that childhood friend had a nice relationship, just because she’s a top student at Zhejiang University doesn’t mean she’ll have any romantic interest in him. Maybe they’re just neighbors and friends.

If Su Zelin really confessed to her, he’d likely be rejected.

In that case, after he feels dejected about his childhood sweetheart, his attention would naturally turn to Panpan.

Hongbo, with his big-heartedness, hasn’t considered many things, but I absolutely cannot let my guard down!

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