Chapter 35 Chapter 35 Don’t be discouraged, she won’t feel bad (……

There were many people attending Shen's mother's birthday party, and Xie Yanning found that he really didn't like this kind of occasion.

After saying hello to Shen's mother, Xie Yanning slipped away to a place with fewer people. Of course, he didn't forget to pick up some food for himself before leaving.

Xie Yanning sat at the table on the observation deck, enjoying the breeze and eating delicious food.

The temperature and weather are just right now.

"It turns out there are already people here. I thought I was the only one who knew there was a place to fish."

Xie Yanning turned around and saw Ji Xiao.

The other person was also holding a plate with a lot of food on it, and he also held a glass of wine: "Can I sit here?"

"Please sit down." Xie Yanning said.

Ji Xiao hung his suit jacket on the back of the chair and unbuttoned two buttons of his shirt, obviously uncomfortable with this outfit.

The two of them didn't say much and started eating.

"The food here is pretty good. The last time the Zhao family hosted a banquet at home, I don't know which chef they hired, but the food was just average." Ji Xiao took the initiative to start a conversation.

Xie Yanning recalled: "Oh, that place, the taste is indeed average. I heard that it was because the chef was in a bad mood that day."

"You know this kind of gossip?"

"I heard it while I was looking for a place to go fishing." Xie Yanning took a sip of wine, "someone happened to be chatting."

"It's a sin to mess with the ingredients when you're in a bad mood." Ji Xiao shook his head.

"The taste of this meat is average." Xie Yanning pointed at a piece of meat with chopsticks.

"I took it too...it's really average." Ji Xiao frowned, "This shrimp is delicious."

"Well, this little cake tastes good too."

"Really? But I don't really like sweets, so I didn't take any. Do you like sweets?"

"I like it." Xie Yanning nodded. "I like all delicious food."

"Are you and Shen Zhiye in a relationship?"

Xie Yanning paused for a second and looked up at Ji Xiao.

This topic changed too quickly.

"I'm sorry... because I'm very concerned about this matter."

Although Ji Xiao said so, Xie Yanning did not see any "apology" on his face.

"Are we talking about it or not? To be honest, I don't know." Xie Yanning spread out her hands. She recalled carefully that she was indeed engaged to Shen Zhiye, but it was also made clear at the time that if each of them found someone they liked more, they could terminate the engagement peacefully.

She leaned against the table and looked closely into Ji Xiao's eyes: "Why do you care so much about this? Do you like me?"

Ji Xiao wanted to answer this question, but Xie Yanning did not give him the chance.

"Well, probably not. I feel like you don't like me that much." Xie Yanning stepped back and smiled at Ji Xiao.

"Is this the reason why you didn't approve my friend request?" Ji Xiao asked curiously.

"No." Xie Yanning shook his head. "I simply don't want to. It's probably because I'm not that interested in you, and you're Shen Zhiye's roommate, so I always feel it would be troublesome."

Ji Xiao looked at Xie Yanning and thought for a few seconds: "So if I can make you more interested in me and make you feel that I am more important than Shen Zhiye, will you accept my friend request?"

"Maybe?" Xie Yanning nodded, "Come on."

She picked up the glass, took a sip of wine, wiped her lips, and picked up her plate: "I'll go first, you eat slowly."

Xie Yanning left here. Ji Xiao looked at Xie Yanning's back and put down his chopsticks.

…

"Where have you been? I've been looking for you for a long time." Shen Zhiye looked at Xie Yanning who put the plates away and breathed a sigh of relief.

He finally got rid of the group of people who were pestering him. When he didn't find Xie Yanning, he subconsciously went to look for Ji Xiao. But he found that both of them were not there. He felt inexplicably nervous.

"We found a place close to home to have dinner. You know I don't like this kind of occasion." Xie Yanning said.

Shen Zhiye stared at Xie Yanning for a while, then looked away: "Could you tell me next time? I've been looking for you for a long time, and you didn't reply to my message. It scared me."

"Ah, I was concentrating on eating and not looking at my phone." Xie Yanning took a glass of juice.

"Then I'll take you away first?"

“Forget it, it’s your mother’s birthday, you and I will leave first, it’s no big deal.” Xie Yanning glanced at Shen Zhiye.

Shen Zhiye said softly: “It’s okay actually.”

"I think something's wrong. Just stay here." Xie Yanning patted the back of Shen Zhiye's hand.

Shen Zhiye sighed: "I don't like occasions like this either."

"But there's nothing I can do." Xie Yanning drank some juice, "I'm going to look for my parents first."

After eating, it’s time to start socializing.

Shen Zhiye wanted to follow Xie Yanning, but was afraid of being annoyed. He saw Ji Xiao, who also came out from nowhere with a tray in his hand, and frowned slightly.

Ji Xiao also noticed Shen Zhiye and smiled at him.

Shen Zhiye narrowed his eyes, inexplicably feeling that the smile was somewhat meaningful and a bit ironic.

Although Ji Xiao didn't do anything, Shen Zhiye felt that he was getting more and more annoyed with Ji Xiao.

…

After the banquet, Xie Yanning felt that Shen Zhiye was a bit clingy and wanted to follow her all the time.

Although she rejected him, Shen Zhiye would not force himself to follow her and would leave honestly, but he would look at her with a guilty look and watch her leave, which reminded Xie Yanning of an emoticon pack, the wet puppy in the rain.

It was also after the banquet that the atmosphere between Shen Zhiye and Ji Xiao became strange. The other two roommates could feel the weird atmosphere, but they didn't dare to ask or say anything, and just pretended not to know.

Xie Yanning went to the store where Zhao Cunli worked again. After all, he was the male lead in the script, so it was more cost-effective to get some melodramatic value.

Moreover, the coffee shop where Zhao Cunli works is indeed very suitable for Xie Yanning to study. The environment is nice and relatively quiet. When he is hungry, he can just order a small cake and eat it directly without having to walk a long distance from the library to the cafeteria.

I have to say, it makes perfect sense that she frequents this shop, because the desserts here near the school are the best.

Zhao Cunli's reason for not resigning was also very reasonable. The hourly wage for part-time students here was the highest among the stores near the school, 24 yuan per hour. Excluding this store, the lowest wage in other stores was 14 and the highest was 18.

"Waiter! I don't want you to take the order, I want him, yes, him, come here!"

Xie Yanning turned his head and looked over.

This table was already noisy when they came in, and they're even noisier now.

There were four men who came, and judging by their behavior they looked like they were looking for trouble, but this was not in her script.

"Tsk, he's not that good looking, is he?"

Sure enough, he came here to cause trouble.

Xie Yanning felt a little emotional, as this was also the inevitable path for the protagonist Xiao Baihua.

"Who asked you to seduce my girlfriend?"

Xie Yanning:?

Xie Yanning discovered that Zhao Cunli did not subconsciously refute, but looked at him.

There are obviously two ways to interpret this glance: either Zhao Cunli is suspecting that he is in a relationship with this man, or Zhao Cunli cares about his own opinion.

[System: That's obviously the second one. How did you come up with the first conclusion?]

【Xie Yanning: Come again?】

[System: Yes, I helped a few other hosts deal with some emergencies, so I came to your place to rest for a while. However, your progress is also very slow.]

Xie Yanning: Don't worry, I have my own pace.

"What do you mean?" Zhao Cunli glanced at Xie Yanning, then quickly looked away.