He had just wanted to treat Jiang Xinyi to hot pot, but hadn't she refused?
Furthermore, since Liu Jing had specifically called him, Zhou Yuwen felt he only needed to maintain contact with Liu Jing.
So he asked Lu Lin out for dinner that evening.
"Just eating?" Lu Lin replied to his ssage.
Zhou Yuwen: "Definitely not just eating."
Seeing Zhou Yuwen say this, Lu Lin let out a soft chuckle.
It was the middle of the afternoon, and Lu Lin was accompanying Zheng Yanyan in doing yoga. They had similar figures, but one wore gray yoga pants while the other wore pink yoga pants.
Seeing Lu Lin laugh, Zheng Yanyan asked her what was going on.
Lu Lin said it was nothing, then replied to Zhou Yuwen, saying that the house was occupied by Yanyan.
"Even if you want to do more than just eat, there's nowhere to go."
Zhou Yuwen replied that they should look for sothing new occasionally, like finding a the hotel or sothing similar.
Lu Lin replied: "You just have so many tricks."
And so it was settled. Lu Lin ant that she would only have ti after eating dinner with Yanyan, around seven o'clock.
Zhou Yuwen said that was no problem.
"I feel like you could be Yanyan's mother now," Zhou Yuwen teased.
Lu Lin pouted: "I don't have such a big daughter."
Zhou Yuwen: "Then I guess I've bagged both mother and daughter (grinning)."
Lu Lin: "(Pout)(Pout)"
The two chatted like this for a while. He had originally planned to pick up Lu Lin after getting off work.
Who could have thought that before he even stepped out of the company doors, he would be stopped by Jiang Xinyi.
Zhou Yuwen tried to refuse.
"They say what's done is done."
"You already said you didn't cherish it, so how could I possibly wait around eagerly for you,"
Zhou Yuwen said with a smile.
Jiang Xinyi suddenly grew anxious, directly grabbing Zhou Yuwen and refusing to let him leave!
"I'm already prepared to eat hot pot, and you're leaving just like that? Do you believe I won't give you a discount anymore?"
"If you don't give it, then don't. I'll just go find Aunt Jing to help ."
Zhou Yuwen had a pretty good relationship with Liu Jing. When they were on the phone just now, Liu Jing even asked if Zhou Yuwen really had a girlfriend.
Zhou Yuwen naturally offered a wry smile and said, "Aunt Jing, how could I lie to you about sothing like this?"
Liu Jing sighed and straightforwardly said that she and Zhou Yuwen were destined but not ant to be.
"When we got ho last night, our Xinyi kept praising you. I truly feel the two of you are suitable for each other."
Zhou Yuwen said, "Sister Xinyi and I are definitely not suitable."
"No matter what, she was the girlfriend of my counselor. Besides, Aunt Jing, Sister Xinyi doesn't like . I'm only eighteen, and the two of us get along like siblings, so please don't keep setting up unsuitable matches."
Liu Jing definitely felt a sense of regret in her heart, but no matter how great the regret, there was nothing she could do. Furthermore, what Zhou Yuwen said made sense, so siblings it was.
Liu Jing said she genuinely liked a child like Zhou Yuwen.
If it really wouldn't work out, she wanted to take Zhou Yuwen as her adopted son and asked what his opinion was on the matter.
Zhou Yuwen replied that he needed to discuss this kind of thing with his parents.
"I personally have no objections. Having such a beautiful godmother like Aunt Jing is sothing I could only wish for."
Liu Jing chuckled softly, remarking that Zhou Yuwen was good with words.
Amidst his banter with Jiang Xinyi.
Zhou Yuwen brought this matter up.
"I don't need you anymore now. Who knows, your mother might even be my godmother in the future," Zhou Yuwen teased Jiang Xinyi.
He originally thought Jiang Xinyi would get angry, but unexpectedly, she rely rolled her eyes and said, "She's finally found her biological son."
"Huh?" Zhou Yuwen didn't hear her clearly for a mont.
But Jiang Xinyi, without allowing any explanation, grabbed Zhou Yuwen's arm and said proudly, "Then as my adopted younger brother, shouldn't you be even more obliged to treat your sister to a al?"
"Are you really taking it that far? Exploiting a loophole just to pick on
alone?"
"Hmph, I'm happy to."
"I surrender!"
Zhou Yuwen checked the ti, thinking, 'Since Lu Lin is currently accompanying Zheng Yanyan anyway, I might as well keep this adopted sister company first.'
It was just eating hot pot, wasn't it?
When could they not eat?
"Yay! We're eating hot pot!"
Jiang Xinyi flashed two V-signs, jumping up and down happily like a young girl.
Afterward, the two went downstairs to get in the car together. Jiang Xinyi very naturally took the passenger seat.
Zhou Yuwen remarked, "How does a woman like you have absolutely no sense of boundaries?"
Jiang Xinyi replied righteously and confidently, "You're about to beco my adopted younger brother. What kind of boundaries are needed between a sister and brother? My good brother!"
Zhou Yuwen had originally wanted to use the fact that Liu Jing was taking him as an adopted younger brother to tease Jiang Xinyi. He didn't expect that not only would he fail to tease her, but it would also make Jiang Xinyi even more righteous and confident.
While taking Jiang Xinyi to the hot pot restaurant, the two chatted about this matter in the car.
Jiang Xinyi ntioned that she had actually always wanted a younger brother since childhood.
And Zhou Yuwen suited her appetite.
So by acknowledging Zhou Yuwen as a brother, wouldn't she not suffer losses?
"I haven't agreed yet," Zhou Yuwen stated.
"Then hurry up and agree!"
The hot pot restaurant Zhou Yuwen ntioned was located not far from the back gate of the school. It was also considered a hole-in-the-wall eatery, run by a couple of young people from Sichuan, and the taste was pretty good.
Driving there took about eight minutes to reach the storefront.
When Zhou Yuwen got out of the car, Jiang Xinyi grinningly urged Zhou Yuwen to agree to her mother's request.
Zhou Yuwen countered, "Agree? When other people acknowledge a sister, it's to find a sister to dote on them. But here I am, acknowledging a sister, and I still have to treat her to a al?"
Hearing this, Jiang Xinyi couldn't help but cover her mouth and laugh. "Fine, then I'll treat you to this al. Is that okay?"
"So generous?"
"Isn't it perfectly justified for an older sister to treat her younger brother to a al?"
Jiang Xinyi absolutely wasn't lacking this little bit of money; she was rely lacking soone to accompany her for a al. And Zhou Yuwen perfectly fit this role. Yesterday's al had been treated by Zhou Yuwen.
So today, Jiang Xinyi could definitely return the favor.
However, after interacting with Zhou Yuwen for a while, he always felt that this woman wasn't that simple. Showing undue courtesy for no reason bodes ill; Zhou Yuwen was almost afraid to walk through the door.
Yet Jiang Xinyi was already impatiently ready to eat hot pot.
Her style of dressing up had always been quite popularized.
She wore light blue wide-leg jeans, white shoes, a light down jacket on her upper body, and carried a small backpack on her back.
Stepping in her white shoes, she quickly ran to the front of the store and waved at Zhou Yuwen.
Telling Zhou Yuwen to hurry up.
Although this hot pot restaurant wasn't large, the decoration was quite refined, and it looked clean.
Zhou Yuwen and Jiang Xinyi found a window seat, and Jiang Xinyi began ordering.
Beef.
Lamb.
Shrimp paste.
Pig brain.
Duck intestines.
Yeah, they had to get a portion of everything, along with a vegetable platter.
Zhou Yuwen remarked, "It's just the two of us. If you order too much, we won't finish eating."
"I'm happy to do it~" Jiang Xinyi bead with pride, wanting to continue ordering.
Adding everything up, large and small, she ordered over a dozen shabu-shabu dishes. A rough estimate put the bill at over three hundred yuan.
After finishing the order, Jiang Xinyi asked the staff to serve the dishes as quickly as possible.
Then she happily sat there humming to herself.
Zhou Yuwen said, "You look like soone who hasn't gone out to eat hot pot much."
"If you're not good with words, you can shut up," Jiang Xinyi retorted.
Zhou Yuwen asked again, "Hasn't Teacher You taken you out to eat before?"
Jiang Xinyi stared at Zhou Yuwen and said in a muffled voice, "He and I didn't date into the winter."
"Oh right, I forgot," Zhou Yuwen laughed.
"Hmph!"
The two of them ate their hot pot al like this. As expected, they hadn't finished eating the hot pot. Here, one could see Jiang Xinyi's bad habit as a wealthy young lady; she would only take one bite of each dish, simply wanting to taste the flavor.
Zhou Yuwen called her wasteful.
And she retorted that he wasn't the one spending money anyway.
"This young lady is happy to do it."
"Then do whatever you want."
Starting from six o'clock, they ate for an hour and a half.
At seven o'clock, Zhou Yuwen sent a ssage to Lu Lin, saying that sothing had co up on his end. He asked Lu Lin to accompany Zheng Yanyan for a bit longer. There was no problem on Lu Lin's side.
She replied, "Then I'll head ho with Yanyan first. Co pick
up when you're done."
"Mhm, alright."
Whether it was Lu Lin or the other girls, Zhou Yuwen truly treated them as family now, so he could speak straightforwardly about certain things.
As for Jiang Xinyi.
Truthfully, at this mont, Zhou Yuwen's attitude toward interacting with Jiang Xinyi was purely about social pleasantries.
In the very beginning, because Jiang Xinyi was You Changjin's girlfriend, Zhou Yuwen saw it as a piece of cake to arrange for her to enter his company. Since Jiang Xinyi had a decent personality, the two got along well.
But ever since eting Liu Jing, Zhou Yuwen knew that this girl's family background was far from simple, and she was a genuinely good person.
Naturally, he wanted to maintain their relationship.
For Zhou Yuwen to provide emotional value to a naive wealthy young lady, it really couldn't be simpler.
Girls of this type were generally innocent and lively. While they had eaten plenty of delicacies, they rarely ate at hole-in-the-wall eateries. So, as long as Zhou Yuwen brought them to experience more new things, he could win their good impression.
Then, during their interactions, one shouldn't deliberately submit to their every whim.
One could let them achieve their goals, but shouldn't let them achieve those goals too easily.
Create a bit of difficulty, and occasionally engage in bickering with them.
Just like when eating hot pot, he would deliberately ridicule her with words, but still take care of her in certain details.
Just like when she bent her head to pick sothing up.
Zhou Yuwen steadied the table corner.
Then, while eating the hot pot, she was covered in sweat.
At this ti, her long hair would constantly stick to her forehead, making it very inconvenient to lower her head and eat.
Zhou Yuwen tily took out a black hair tie and handed it to her.
Jiang Xinyi was very surprised and asked Zhou Yuwen why he had this.
Zhou Yuwen explained that he used to often go out to eat with his girlfriend.
"And every ti she forgot to bring a hair tie, over ti, I ended up always keeping a hair tie prepared in my pocket."
A very casual remark.
Yet it couldn't help but touch Jiang Xinyi a little.
Jiang Xinyi felt that being in a relationship should be exactly like this.
Recalling the ti she had spent together with You Changjin.
She felt as if the two of them had always been dry and dull.
The love Jiang Xinyi expected should be like what was acted out in movies, full of small surprises and small romance in daily life.
But to be honest, ninety percent of n in real life couldn't satisfy this kind of love she envisioned.
Only a scummy man could satisfy her fantasies about love.
Just like the current Zhou Yuwen.
While tying her hair up with the hairband, Jiang Xinyi thought to herself, 'Actually, I don't want much. I just want a boyfriend like Zhou Yuwen, who keeps a hair tie ready in his pocket at all tis.'
"Your girlfriend is truly fortunate." Because of eating hot pot, Jiang Xinyi's lips were a bit red. For so unknown reason, she actually parted her lips and said such a sentence.
From deep within her heart, Jiang Xinyi actually felt a bit of envy toward Zheng Yanyan.
After finishing their al, it was already a little past eight.
The two walked out of the hot pot restaurant.
Zhou Yuwen said, "It's getting late. How about I take you ho?"
But at this mont, Jiang Xinyi didn't want to go ho. She wanted to stroll around with Zhou Yuwen a bit longer.
People were all selfish.
She knew that it was impossible between her and Zhou Yuwen.
But she thought, 'I should at least allow myself to experience the feeling of falling in love.'
Just like this, two people eating together, then having endless topics to chat about, and taking a stroll after the al. This was the love she had expected.
Jiang Xinyi always felt that she didn't ask for much.
The boyfriend she wanted was soone who shared a common language with her, soone she could casually converse with and easily keep the flow going, soone just like Zhou Yuwen.
It was just that Zhou Yuwen didn't have any extra ti to idly chat with her here.
After thinking for a mont, he offered, "Then how about I take you back to your campus first? We can stroll around your school for a bit?"
Jiang Xinyi pondered for a mont. "That works too."
And so, Zhou Yuwen parked the car at the school gate of Nanjing University, accompanying Jiang Xinyi as she entered the campus.
Approaching Christmas, the outside of Nanjing University, from the cafeteria to the auditorium, was decorated colorfully with all sorts of neon lights, looking quite beautiful.
There were always so people who held a misconception about university—that the better the prestigious school, the less adept they were in other areas.
This was actually far from the truth.
Many excellent students who looked wooden and dull during high school, appearing like bookworms who only knew how to study, would imdiately undergo a remarkable transformation upon entering university. At this ti, one would discover that they were actually no less skilled at having fun than the students with poor grades.
On the contrary, they might even surpass them.
Just by looking at the Christmas decorations of the two schools, one could see a very obvious difference.
When their school decorated, it was indeed much more organized than Zhou Yuwen's school, and there weren't all those ssy advertisents.
Another point to ntion.
At a prestigious school, certain unassuming girls, once they dressed up and put on makeup, really weren't inferior to those from non-first-tier schools.
Zhou Yuwen kept leading Jiang Xinyi like this, strolling through the campus decorated with lanterns and strears.
Earlier in the car, Jiang Xinyi hadn't felt the outside cold.
As a result, less than ten minutes after getting out of the car, Jiang Xinyi found herself shivering and couldn't help but remark, "This awful weather is so freezing."
Zhou Yuwen was speechless. "Sister, it's December, okay? How could it not be cold."
Jiang Xinyi replied, "I didn't think it would be this cold."
Helpless, Zhou Yuwen took off his suit jacket.
Jiang Xinyi had been walking half a step ahead of Zhou Yuwen, so she hadn't noticed his actions.
It wasn't until Zhou Yuwen's oversized suit jacket was directly draped over herself that Jiang Xinyi paused in surprise, asking him what he was doing.
Zhou Yuwen wrapped the suit securely around her and said, "Wear this properly and don't catch a cold. If you end up catching a cold, my company's finance system will face total paralysis!"
There was a very pleasant scent of male hormones on Zhou Yuwen's suit jacket.
This scent caused Jiang Xinyi to be slightly lost in thought.
However, Zhou Yuwen's words were indeed quite unpleasant.
Displeased, Jiang Xinyi couldn't help but say, "Couldn't you say sothing nice?"
"The nice things are reserved for my girlfriend to hear."
"Tch." Jiang Xinyi expressed disdain.
When they walked to the cafeteria entrance, they found that an event was being held in the small plaza in front of it. It looked like a few student clubs were setting up stalls to sell things.
Jiang Xinyi loved lively scenes, so she happily draped Zhou Yuwen's jacket over herself and walked over to take a look.
Zhou Yuwen followed closely behind.
The students tending the stalls were very enthusiastic, introducing the items at their stall to Jiang Xinyi.
Jiang Xinyi then squatted down there to examine these trinkets.
She even made Zhou Yuwen squat down to look together with her.
Zhou Yuwen rely stood half a step behind Jiang Xinyi, just slightly bending at the waist to look over.
"Zhou Yuwen?"
At this mont, a voice ca from behind.
Zhou Yuwen turned around, only to see a round-faced, short-haired girl.
Zhou Yuwen didn't recognize her.
However, she was overjoyed to see him: "Are you really Zhou Yuwen?"
"Oh my god, I actually get to see the real person! You're so handso!" the round-faced girl exclaid.
Seeing the girl so excited, Jiang Xinyi curiously stood up and moved to stand beside Zhou Yuwen.
Zhou Yuwen looked at the girl in confusion and asked, "May I ask who you are?"
"Oh, oh, my na is Zhao Yuan."
"No, wait, you don't know . I'm Shiqi's dormmate. We watched your exclusive interview together, and I even went to read your novel!"
"Shiqi!"
Zhao Yuan genuinely looked quite agitated, standing there dumbfounded for a long mont. She first introduced herself, then turned her head and shouted toward the direction of a small street stall.
By this ti, it was almost nine o'clock, and the sky was pitch black.
The small plaza at the entrance of the cafeteria had a few bright yellow light bulbs hanging overhead.
Quite a few students from various clubs were stationed at their respective stalls, peddling rchandise to the wandering students passing by.
Following Zhao Yuan's shout.
From the spot of a certain small stall, right where the lights were dim.
A slender girl.
Lifted her pretty face.
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