Chapter 268: Chapter 268: Spring Heart Chapter 268: Chapter 268: Spring Heart Xi Wanlin asked him again, “You seem to be doing quite well now. What do you do?”
Lu Lei replied nonchalantly, “After college, I started an aluminum materials company with a friend. The business is quite good now. Although it’s not like a public company, at least I have no worries about food or clothing.”
“Aluminum materials company?”
Lu Lei then handed Xi Wanlin a business card.
Xi Wanlin took it and glanced at it. The card listed him as the general manager, and though the company wasn’t a large corporation, it was decently sized.
Xi Wanlin seed satisfied and said, “You’ve done quite well for yourself.”
“And you? What have you been up to lately?” Lu Lei asked.
“? I started a company too, just keeping busy.”
“Why don’t we add each other on WeChat?”
“Sure.” Xi Wanlin took out her phone.
Just as they finished connecting on WeChat, soone called Lu Lei. He quickly said to Xi Wanlin, “Sorry, I need to take this call.”
Picking up, it seed to be a subordinate. Xi Wanlin heard Lu Lei discussing eting a client, arranging talks, all in a leader’s tone.
No sooner had he hung up than another call ca through, and Lu Lei had to answer it.
This one seed to be a client. Lu Lei switched to a respectful tone, chatted rrily and humorously, and it seed like they struck a deal and arranged a eting place.
Finally, Lu Lei ended the call and apologetically said to Xi Wanlin, “I’m really sorry. Making a living isn’t easy; sotis you have to grovel.”
Xi Wanlin laughed, “I understand. It’s clear you’re very capable.”
“It’s all been a hustle.” Lu Lei laughed again and then asked, “By the way, are you married?”
Xi Wanlin flashed her ring, “Just last month.”
Lu Lei couldn’t help but say, “That’s a pity. It would have been great if I’d bumped into your car earlier. Who did you marry?”
“You wouldn’t know him,” Xi Wanlin replied then asked, “What about you? Are you married?”
Lu Lei looked into Xi Wanlin’s eyes as if drawing silk, “I’m still in love with the girl I used to chase back then. Haven’t found anyone better.”
Xi Wanlin asked directly, “Are you talking about ?”
Across the table, Lu Lei leaned toward her, closing the distance to just 20 centiters. Then, he slowly said, “What do you think?”
Xi Wanlin’s heart skipped a beat.
She grabbed her bag and told Lu Lei, “I have things to handle at my company. I’m going to work now. Please feel free to stay.”
…
Throughout the day, Xi Wanlin was sowhat distracted.
At noon, she was browsing through Lu Lei’s Monts. Lu Lei hadn’t set restrictions; his entire history of posts was visible.
Almost every other day he posted sothing, sotis sharing a new business his company had secured, sotis his travel experiences, and other tis about working out or walking his dog, or going hiking with a group of enthusiasts.
The more Xi Wanlin saw, the more moved she beca. For the first ti in her life, she felt what it was like to fall for a man.
Since she found out she wasn’t a mber of the Xi family, she had always been scheming, trying her best to hide this truth, and ticulously planning to marry into the Li Family.
That accidental eting with Li Hengze was also orchestrated by her.
Now that she had achieved this, she always felt sothing was lacking in her passion with Li Hengze.
Strange, isn’t this how all arranged marriages are? Why does she feel her days are as flat as water?
She had seen so from large families fixed in marriage since childhood, and these people usually traveled abroad after high school. During this ti abroad, they would enjoy themselves thoroughly before returning to get married.
Could it be because she hadn’t had fun before her marriage that she found it so lackluster?
As she was looking at Lu Lei’s Monts, a ssage from him ca through.
“Linlin, this weekend our mountaineering enthusiast group is planning a hike. Would you be interested in joining? It’s great for physical fitness, and it might help improve your complexion too. You’ve looked rather worn-out lately. How about you join us for a rejuvenation?”
Looking at Lu Lei’s profile picture – a selfie with him in a suit, arms crossed, typical of a salesperson – Xi Wanlin once scoffed at such photos, but now she found Lu Lei quite charming in a cute way.
And his physique wasn’t bad either, thanks to regular workouts, he had an appealing inverted triangle body shape.
She ssaged back, “Is it okay for ? I don’t exercise much. Will I slow you down?”
“What’s the inconvenience? If you can’t make it, I can carry you up.”
“Don’t make promises too soon. If I really can’t make it, you might find a burden.”
“Don’t worry. Since I invited you, I won’t mind whatever happens. If you really can’t make it, and if I can’t carry you, then I won’t climb either. I’ll accompany you mid-mountain and enjoy the scenery. After all, mountaineering isn’t just about reaching the summit. The journey itself is also beautiful.”
Hearing this, Xi Wanlin got excited again. This Lu Lei was much more eloquent than Li Hengze.
She agreed, “Okay, I’ll co with you. What should I prepare?”
“You don’t need to prepare anything. Just co, and I’ll take care of the rest.”
Thus, the hiking was arranged.
…
Hospital.
After her shift, Xi Wanfen changed back into her coat and walked out of the inpatient departnt.
Her station was in Building No. 2. After exiting, she habitually glanced at the outpatient building.
The hospital had a system that showed all the doctors’ schedules, and she often checked Liang Zhanbai’s schedule, knowing he was seeing patients in the outpatient clinic during this period.
She thought to herself: Will I run into him?
It is said that if you miss soone, you can silently chant their na twenty tis in your heart: “see him, see him, see him…”
Then when you open your eyes, you will see that person.
Thus, Xi Wanfen stood under the outpatient building and closed her eyes, muttering twenty tis: “I want to see Liang Zhanbai.”
She had only reached nineteen when she heard a horn sound, causing her to involuntarily open her eyes, only to see a white sedan passing by.
She wondered for a mont: I wasn’t blocking the way; why did he use the horn to rush ?
The window of the white car rolled down, and a smiling face appeared.
With bright eyes and white teeth, and a clean deanor, if it wasn’t Liang Zhanbai, then who could it be?
The chanting technique she learned from ani actually worked?
Liang Zhanbai asked, “Xi Wanfen, what are you praying for? What’s the occasion today?”
“…” Xi Wanfen blushed, “I… I was praying for the prosperity and peace of the nation.”
Liang Zhanbai laughed, and the other two male doctors in the car laughed along. Those two were the doctors who got along well with Liang Zhanbai, one a specialist in internal dicine—Zhou Zhen, and the other a pediatrician—Wei Wu.
Zhou Zhen and Wei Wu cheered him on, “Zhan Bai, aren’t you getting out of the car?”
“I don’t need to. Didn’t we agree to go work out?”
“But we think you should get out.”
Zhou Zhen and Wei Wu then got out of the car, pulled Liang Zhanbai out by force, and pushed him toward Xi Wanfen.
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