Chapter 37 Their relationship is going to fall apart.
Xiao Ruoyi's heart skipped a beat.
Chi Tianlin had already guessed it, staring intently at Lin Xiyin: "You want to divorce Pei Muye?"
Lin Xiyin, expressionless, handed the chopsticks to Xiao Ruoyi: "No."
Xiao Ruoyi quickly interjected, "Of course it's not Ruan Ruan, I'm asking about another friend!"
Huo Xianyang frowned as well: "Tianlin, you can't just say things like that."
Chi Tianlin glanced at Lin Xiyin and smiled, "I know."
It was rare to see him so obedient, so Huo Xianyang couldn't help but glance at him again, his eyes filled with warning.
Chi Tianlin raised an eyebrow, a wicked smile playing on his lips.
Lin Xiyin was still somewhat reluctant to have dinner alone with Huo Xianyang.
After all, the two weren't familiar with each other.
Now that there are two more people, Xiao Ruoyi has always been an outgoing person. When she chats with Chi Tianlin, the two of them talk about everything under the sun.
There's no need to worry about the atmosphere at the dinner table.
After they had almost finished eating, Huo Xianyang stood up and said to Chi Tianlin, "Come with me for a smoke."
The two men left the private room.
Xiao Ruoyi immediately said, "I'm sorry, Ruanruan, I didn't know Chi Tianlin didn't know..."
"Are you reciting a tongue twister?" Lin Xiyin laughed. "So what? He'll find out sooner or later. Besides, what does it matter to me whether he knows it or not?"
“That’s true,” Xiao Ruoyi said. “I’d heard of him before, but it was all bad talk. After meeting him today, I think he’s actually not a bad person.”
Lin Xiyin said, "Is that okay? I don't think so."
"You don't like him?"
Lin Xiyin said, "I think he has no sense of propriety. I'm not familiar with him, but he still calls me by my nickname."
"It's just a name," Xiao Ruoyi said. "But he's quite outgoing. It's the first time I've met him, isn't it?"
Lin Xiyin suddenly asked her, "You don't...like him, do you?"
To be fair, she didn't want her best friend to like someone like that.
For some reason, she just didn't have a good impression of Chi Tianlin.
"What are you thinking?" Xiao Ruoyi laughed. "How could that be?"
Lin Xiyin immediately laughed: "That's good, I don't want him to be my brother-in-law."
"You want a brother-in-law?" Xiao Ruoyi pinched her cheek; "Not a long time, don't even think about it."
Outside the door, Chi Tianlin smoked half a cigarette and looked at Huo Xianyang: "If you have something to say, just say it. Are you even a man?"
Huo Xianyang glanced at him: "Would you listen to me? What are you doing here on an occasion like this?"
Chi Tianlin said, "It's just a meal for you guys, why can't I come?"
He finished speaking and smiled; "We grew up together, I know you too well."
He leaned closer and lowered his voice; "You've taken a liking to Xiao Ruoyi, haven't you?"
Huo Xianyang's expression remained unchanged; he simply reached out and pushed him away, saying, "Don't talk nonsense."
His reaction left Chi Tianlin unsure of what to do.
"You really didn't like him?" Chi Tianlin raised an eyebrow: "Then I'll go for him."
Huo Xianyang flicked the ash from his cigarette and glanced at him: "Go ahead and give it a try."
With just one look from him, Chi Tianlin understood what he meant.
Chi Tianlin changed the subject and asked, "Lin Xiyin wants to divorce Pei Muye?"
When it came to his clients' privacy, Huo Xianyang became serious: "Don't pry!"
Chi Tianlin said, "Pei Muye has his own legal team. If Lin Xiyin and he have a good relationship, why would he come to you? Even if it's not about the divorce, doesn't Lin Xiyin know that he and I are not on good terms? Why would she come to my cousin of all people? If Pei Muye finds out, I'm afraid he'll be very unhappy."
Huo Xianyang said calmly, "She doesn't know about our relationship."
"She didn't know before, but she does now, doesn't she?" Chi Tianlin said. "But she still doesn't want to distance herself from you. It's clear that their relationship is going to fall apart."
Huo Xianyang put out his cigarette: "What's it to you? Don't you dare try to take advantage of my clients!"
After saying that, Huo Xianyang went into the private room.
Chi Tianlin stroked his chin thoughtfully, and soon returned to the private room.
Nothing went wrong after that. Chi Tianlin behaved himself, finished his meal, said goodbye, and left.
As soon as he left, Lin Xiyin secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
She genuinely didn't want to have anything to do with Chi Tianlin.
Huo Xianyang pulled the two ladies back to the office, and Lin Xiyin was about to leave.
Huo Xianyang said, "Yiyi has never been here before. Why don't you come in and sit for a while?"
Lin Xiyin was rather oblivious to matters of the heart, but perhaps because an outsider's perspective is clearer, she always felt that there was something strange about the way Huo Xianyang looked at Xiao Ruoyi.
Moreover, if Huo Xianyang is Chi Tianlin's cousin, then his family background must be very impressive.
But Huo Xianyang has always been humble and polite to her, both at the beginning and now to Xiao Ruoyi.
And with a hint of caution.
Lin Xiyin smiled and looked at Xiao Ruoyi: "Go in and take a look, it's nice."
"Will you stay with me?"
Lin Xiyin said, "I need to go to the factory. I have to leave now."
"Then I'll go to the factory with you." After saying that, Xiao Ruoyi looked at Huo Xianyang and said, "Attorney Huo, we're leaving now, bye-bye!"
Huo Xianyang didn't say anything, just smiled and waved to them.
Once in the car, Xiao Ruoyi slumped in the passenger seat: "I'm exhausted, I'm going to take a nap."
"Go to sleep." Lin Xiyin turned the heater up a little.
As they approached the factory, she woke her up: "Yiyi, don't sleep, or you won't be able to sleep tonight."
Xiao Ruoyi checked her watch and realized she had slept for an hour.
She stretched and asked, "Is this the chemical plant you were talking about? Is it full of chemicals? Is there any radiation?"
Lin Xiyin said, "Yes, yes, it's okay, we've all taken precautions."
Xiao Ruoyi still felt unsafe: "Then let's not do this part-time job."
Lin Xiyin smiled and said, "This is my major. I'll be doing scientific research and projects in the future. Which one doesn't involve risks?"
Xiao Ruoyi was at her wit's end.
She then vented her anger on Pei Muye: "It's all that bastard's fault! If he treated you well, you wouldn't have needed a divorce, and you wouldn't be pursuing a PhD while also working part-time!"
“It has nothing to do with him,” Lin Xiyin said. “I’ve thought a lot about this lately. Yiyi, I want to be… a better version of myself.”
Xiao Ruoyi was stunned for a few seconds, then her eyes reddened: "You should have done this a long time ago! Even without that stinky man, you can still shine! Ruan Ruan, you've always been so outstanding!"
The day after Xiao Ruoyi returned, she came to sleep with her.
"Going home is good, but my parents are too nagging. I'm still so young, and they're always telling me to find a boyfriend. What's the rush?"
Lin Xiyin teased her, "Who told you to start dating back in school? Now that you're not, how can your aunt and uncle not be worried?"
"I was young and ignorant back then," Xiao Ruoyi said, glancing at her. "Aren't you jealous?"
Lin Xiyin is eating an apple.
She had just given one to Xiao Ruoyi, but Xiao Ruoyi took one bite and refused to eat it, saying it was too sour.
Lin Xiyin said, "It's not sour. Why don't you try mine?"
Lin Xiyin took a fruit knife and cut her a small piece.
Xiao Ruoyi spat it out as soon as she put it in her mouth: "It's so sour! What kind of apple did you buy? You unscrupulous merchant!"
I feel fine.
"You never used to eat sour foods, how come your appetite has changed now?"
"Maybe... I'm getting old."
The two of them burst into laughter and collapsed onto the sofa.
They chatted until after 11 p.m. before finally going to sleep.
Xiao Ruoyi was woken up by a phone call in the morning. After answering the call, she checked the time and went to the kitchen to make breakfast.
Lin Xiyin's refrigerator was very clean, so Xiao Ruoyi could only use flour and eggs to make a simple egg pancake.
Despite her carefree and cheerful personality and her well-off family background, she is actually quite a good cook.
When she finished her work, she found that Lin Xiyin was still asleep.
Xiao Ruoyi knew that she never had the habit of sleeping in late.
She called out twice, and Lin Xiyin whimpered and turned over to sleep again.
So sleepy?
Xiao Ruoyi had something to do today, so she left a message for her and left first.
When Lin Xiyin woke up, she was a little dazed. She sat up, stared blankly for a while, then picked up her phone and was shocked.
It's already past ten o'clock.
She slept for so long?
Then she saw the message Xiao Ruoyi sent her.
My stomach, in perfect timing, immediately started growling.
Lin Xiyin ignored the other messages for the time being, got up to wash up, and then went to have breakfast.
Xiao Ruoyi also used a high-speed blender to make soy milk.
Lin Xiyin's kitchen has everything, but she has never used it.
Xiao Ruoyi's cooking is really delicious; even when the egg pancakes are cold, they are still fragrant and soft.
Lin Xiyin ate two in one go and drank soy milk before she felt extremely comfortable.
She didn't go anywhere today; she stayed home working on documents for the chemical plant. When she got tired, she would get up and stretch.
She had a late breakfast and was thinking of skipping lunch and combining it with dinner.
She got hungry around 2 PM and scrolled through the food delivery options on her phone, but she didn't know what to eat.
There was actually a thought in my mind.
She wanted to eat the sweet and sour pork ribs that her teacher's wife made.
She hadn't visited her teacher in recent years, but she had actually eaten this dish at many restaurants.
But none of them tasted like the ones my teacher's wife made.
She thought it was the best dish in the world.
Now, all she can think about are the delicious pork ribs coated in a sweet and sour sauce, and how satisfying it is to eat them.
Some ribs even have small, crunchy bones at both ends; they're so delicious when you bite into them.
Lin Xiyin lay face down on the bed, burying her face in the pillow.
She felt like she had developed a craving for food; why did she crave it so much?
But no matter what, she was too ashamed to call her teacher's wife and ask her to make it for her right now.
She sat up abruptly and called Ji Mingtang: "Teacher, are you busy tonight?"
Ji Mingtang, who was on winter break, was strolling around campus: "You're on break, what could I possibly be doing? What, have you finished your homework?"
Lin Xiyin was in a real bind.
Ji Mingtang placed high hopes on her and assigned her homework that went beyond the scope of normal teaching.
Lin Xiyin had to put in a lot of effort and time to do it in order to satisfy him.
But these past few days, she's been busy with things at the chemical plant and the divorce papers, so she hasn't even finished half of her assignment.
Ji Mingtang snorted: "Why are you calling if you haven't finished writing!"
Lin Xiyin hurriedly said, "Teacher, I want to go see your wife."
The teacher's wife was right next to Ji Mingtang. She took the phone and said, "Ruanruan, come here. Your teacher's wife will cook you something delicious tonight."
Lin Xiyin's saliva immediately started flowing like crazy.
She brazenly said, "Teacher's wife, I want to eat sweet and sour pork ribs."
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