Chapter 95, Gossip

As noon approached, the barbecue restaurant became increasingly crowded. Ji Yuxuan and her friends were seated several tables away from Zhang Youyou and his group, and with the arrival of new customers, their view of each other was completely cut off.

Zhang Youyou was alright; she had Ji Yuxuan's WeChat and could contact her anytime. Li Dongshuo, on the other hand, was very dissatisfied with those who were blocking his view, but there was nothing he could do about it.

Zhang Youyou's small plates were piled up like a mountain. Li Donghao reminded her to eat first, but Zhang Youyou just gave him a look, indicating that he should switch seats with Li Dongshuo. Li Donghao was unhappy, so Zhang Youyou kicked him, got up and went to sit next to Li Dongshuo. Li Donghao was helpless.

"Hey, tell me, are you falling for him?" Zhang Youyou didn't care whether Li Donghao was on the other side or not; she was only curious about Li Dongshuo's feelings.

"What nonsense are you talking about?"

"Am I talking nonsense or is someone's heart fluttering?" Zhang Youyou leaned closer to him and pointed to Ji Yuxuan's position across the crowd, muttering, "Look, even from this distance, even just from her back, you can tell she's a beauty. Aren't you tempted?"

Seeing that he didn't answer for a long time, Zhang Youyou added, "If you don't like her, then I'll recommend her to Brother Donghao. They're a perfect match, both talented and beautiful!"

Lee Dong-ho, who was grilling shrimp for her, felt a jolt of electricity run through his body when he heard "Dong-ho hyung." However, the "perpetrator" was completely unaware of this and continued to whisper to Lee Dong-seok.

"Zhang Youyou, are you studying finance or matchmaking? Why are you so nosy?"

Zhang Youyou finally moved away from him, gesturing for Li Donghao to hand her plate of barbecue, and said insincerely, "I just think handsome men and beautiful women are a perfect match! Don't you think so, Assistant Li?"

Before the electric current had completely dissipated, she said something else, and Li Donghao had no choice but to play along.

"She's a nice person."

Lee Dong-seok's pupils dilated in shock.

What's wrong with his brother? Didn't he like Zhang Youyou? Why is he suddenly interested in another woman? Has he fallen for someone else? No way!

"Brother, you..."

"I know a little about Ji Yuxuan. She's a good student, has been getting scholarships since entering university, is multi-talented, and a good person. She's a good choice." Li Donghao was just saying nice things to go along with it; whether it was true or not didn't matter to him.

Li Dongshuo was speechless. Seeing Zhang Youyou happily eating barbecue, he took the plate away and said sternly, "Give me her WeChat!"

Zhang Youyou said nonchalantly, "If you want it, just go ask her. She's not here!"

"Zhang Youyou!"

Zhang Youyou, with an air of utter indifference, pointed to the vegetables beside him and said, "I want to eat vegetable-wrapped meat!"

Just as Lee Dong-seok was about to glare, Lee Dong-ho handed him some vegetables and pointed to the grilled meat slices. Helpless, Lee Dong-seok had no choice but to patiently help her wrap the meat.

A few seats away from them, Ji Yuxuan was grilling meat and chatting. Unfortunately, Ji Yuxuan had her back to them and was unaware of their little antics. However, the two people opposite her were reporting their itinerary.

"Zhang Youyou sat down with him!"

"They're standing so close together!"

"What's their relationship? Why are they so close?"

"Assistant Coach Li is so handsome!"

...

Listening to their exclamations, Ji Yuxuan felt her ears were getting tired.

"Xuanxuan, are you really not interested in that handsome guy?" The girl sitting next to her nudged her curiously.

Ji Yuxuan was utterly speechless. "I've only met him twice, what interest could I possibly have? Besides, he's so close to Zhang Youyou, like you guys said, they might be a couple. What would I do there? Steal someone else's boyfriend? Don't be ridiculous!"

"What if it isn't?" asked my roommate sitting across from me.

Ji Yuxuan hadn't thought about this, but since they were curious, she would give them an answer.

"Whether it's right or wrong is not what I should be thinking about right now. What I need to do right now is eat the grilled meat!"