72. Gratitude

Lan Xie had not told Amy all the details but she had mentioned how RuQian had nightmares when her grandmother was mentioned, so Amy kept that detail stored in her brain so as to never hurt her friend by bringing up that topic.

Amy never had any serious friends who actually cared for her. She had found those friends in RuQian and Lan Xie. Even when she was not from their circle they treated her equally and never looked down on her. They became an inseparable part of her small world. She wanted to treasure her friends. This was the reason she started low key panicking that her friends were going to leave her. What if her friends left and forgot about her? She did not want to lose her friends.

"Even if you are here you won't have a lot of time anyways, so cheer up." Amy was drawn back from her thoughts by RuQian's voice.

"Huh? What do you mean Qian Qian? Why won't Amy have a lot of time? Did she get a boyfriend? Amy did you find a boyfriend? Why didn't you tell me? I'm sooo jealous~~" Lan Xie wiggled her eyebrows at Amy.

RuQian smacked her on the back of her head. "Why is it always boyfriends with you? Are you that horny?" Both Amy and the driver blushed when they heard RuQian's unrestrained words.

"Horny?!" Lan Xie shouted. "Qian Qian, how can you use such crude words to describe a sweet and romantic relationship?" Lan Xie puffed up her cheeks in exasperation.

"Hah! Crude? It's the fact of your so called 'sweet and romantic relationship'." RuQian side glanced at her friend.

"No! That's not true. Love is sweet." Lan Xie harrumphed.

"Oh please. Every sweet relationship needs sex. It's a very common thing. Why are you acting like it's a bad thing?"

"You know, you could call it making love. Why are you being so crude Qian Qian?"

"You should be happy I didn't simply say fucking..." "Okay, stop. Both of you, stop!" Amy interrupted.

RuQian smirked seeing all their red faces. She shook her head mentally, these kids. She wouldn't have used those words, but it wasn't like Lan Xie or Amy were kids who knew nothing. There was nothing wrong about being vocal about these things. It was simply something the whole world did. That was how all of them were born so it was not that big of a deal. RuQian sighed, these kids were behaving so innocent right now but frankly Lan Xie was a horn dog after she grew up. She shook her head slightly trying to remove the image of her naked friend engaged in sex, it was the result of not knocking and entering.

"Anyways, the reason that I was saying Amy, you wouldn't have a lot of time is because I enrolled you with me and Lan Xie at Laureate's college for distance learning. I had to pull a few strings but I was able to do it. So you will be receiving both your high school and university education at the same time. It will be difficult for you but I want you to do it. That way all three of us will have a two year head start from others our age." RuQian got back to the topic.

Amy's eyebrows furrowed, "Huh? Qian Qian but I haven't graduated from high school. How did you do it?"

"As I said, it was a little difficult but not impossible. You have had a pretty good track record with your grades so far and even our teachers here have given a positive feedback about you. As long as you can keep up with both the exams and score above average, it will work out."

Even though RuQian said above average, Amy wanted to score higher marks. Her eyes teared up. "Qian Qian..." She did not know what to say.

"Wow so even if Amy is here, she'll be our classmate?" Lan Xie was even happier.

"Well, we'll all take up different courses but yes we'll be classmates."

"I am so happy!" Lan Xie shouted.

"But.." Amy suddenly turned sullen. "My parents.."

"I already spoke to your parents. They accepted for you to attend the college but they want you to do a good job with your studies. I will also check your progress from time to time. If you have any trouble understanding any of your course materials, you can ask me. I can always help you out. I will send you a link later on. Tell me which all courses you want to take, I will sign you up. I already signed your main course up as photography. You can choose different courses that will help with your main course like video or photo editing, or even fashion designing which is Lan Xie's main course."

Amy herself knew how vast RuQian's knowledge was. When they were shooting RuQian's portfolio she had given Amy many pointers and had also showed her which angles suited which background better. RuQian had learned these in her previous life because she wanted to pursue acting.

"All these courses can help aid your photography skills. Once you know which outfit would look good in what type of lighting, or how the editing would make a picture look better, you can use that knowledge to your advantage. Of course you can take up any courses you want to try. So think carefully and then tell me which ones you want to choose. Learning is unlimited, your brain also has unlimited space. If you want you can join any number of courses at once. That is why there is always a minimum limit to take up courses but never a maximum. You would just have to make time to learn more." RuQian told her seriously.

Both Lan Xie and Amy's eyes were glistening. Lan Xie was impressed with RuQian's knowledge, while Amy was both impressed and emotional that RuQian thought for her well being. Even the driver was impressed by his young miss.

RuQian was not obligated to help Amy out in any manner but she was still doing it. Amy did not know how she could ever repay her friend.

Amy jumped into RuQian's arms to hug her. "Thank you for thinking so much for me Qian Qian."

"C...can't...breathe." Lan Xie who was being sandwiched below Amy spoke.

"Oh sorry." Amy moved back. Her cheeks red. "But how did you convince my parents Qian Qian?"

"Oh it was nothing." RuQian closed her eyes and leaned back feeling a little tired.

Even though RuQian did not say anything, Amy knew her parents wouldn't have agreed so easily. She didn't know how to thank RuQian but she would never forget this debt of gratitude.