Several people sat around a round table.
The food was a feast for the eyes, nose, and palate, served in exquisite bone china tableware, each dish exuding luxury.
Shen Xiao no longer cared whether there were hallucinogenic drugs in the food and was eager to devour it.
Lin Yuqing laughed at him: "Aren't you afraid that shady shops will trick you into revealing your bank card PIN now?"
"Just use whatever you want!" Shen Xiao muttered. "I don't have much money in my bank account anyway, it's far less than the cost of this meal! I won't lose out!"
"Wow, Dr. Shen really knows how to do the math."
"You're not bad either!" Shen Xiao chuckled. "You eat more than me!"
Lin Yuqing almost hit him on the head with her chopsticks.
Jiang Can and Gu Mang watched the two bicker, exchanged a smile, their eyes full of sweetness.
"Everyone, the dishes are all ready." The manager led a group of people to serve each person a bowl of fish soup.
"This is a peach blossom mandarin fish. This kind of fish can only be found in the streams at the foot of Minghuang Mountain. Its flesh is delicious, fatty but not greasy, and it is perfect for making soup."
The group lifted the lids of their soup bowls.
Sure enough, a fresh aroma wafted over, and the mandarin fish was stewed to perfection. Garnished with peach petals, it added a touch of romance.
Jiang Can habitually handed the fish eye to Gu Mang.
When we were little, it was always like this. When Mom was lucid, she would cook fish for her and Yin Cheng. When a fish was served, Mom would give the two fish eyes to her and Yin Cheng.
My mother said that fish eyes can improve eyesight and are the most precious part of a fish.
The most precious things should naturally be given to the most beloved people.
Jiang Can smiled gently and looked at Gu Mang.
Lin Yuqing grinned mischievously, instantly turning into a sour grapes, "Sigh, a certain wife dotes on a certain husband like the apple of her eye, they're such a perfect couple, so deeply in love, I'm so envious!"
"Don't be so sour!" Shen Xiao teased her. "You have fish too! If you want to eat fish eyes, just gouge them out yourself!"
"Can what you give yourself be the same as what someone else gives you?"
Jiang Can blushed instantly and lowered her head slightly.
Gu Mang smiled, he had never been so proud in his life.
Before they started eating, Shen Xiao gave Lin Yuqing the fish eyes from his plate.
"you……"
"Alright," he said gently, looking at her. "Now you have one too, right?"
Lin Yuqing lowered her head and remained silent, but the smile on her lips rippled outwards in circles.
...
Jiang Can booked three rooms.
She had planned to go back to her room with Gu Mang to rest after dinner, but Lin Yuqing quietly pulled her back, looking a little embarrassed.
Jiang Can reconsidered. Lin Yuqing and Shen Xiao hadn't yet broken the ice, and being alone together might be awkward. Besides, even if they got along well, what if they impulsively ended up in the same room…
This pace is just too fast.
Jiang Can smiled slightly, told Gu Mang to go back first, and said she would chat with Lin Yuqing for a while longer.
So she accompanied Lin Yuqing into the room.
Lin Yuqing finally breathed a sigh of relief and revealed a relieved smile.
"Why are you so nervous!" Jiang Can joked. "Dr. Shen is a gentleman; he would never do anything indecent to you!"
"What are you talking about!" Lin Yuqing laughed. "I just didn't want to go back to my room alone, so I wanted you to keep me company. But to avoid Gu Mang holding a grudge against me, I'll let you go back as soon as possible!"
"I'm not going back tonight," Jiang Can said, quickly changing into her pajamas, throwing back the covers, and jumping in. "How about we do it like we did in college?"
"Mrs. Gu, this won't do! What am I supposed to do if your husband storms in demanding her back?"
Jiang Can laughed so hard she almost fell over.
Lin Yuqing said this, but her body betrayed her and she crawled into bed.
The two girls seemed to have returned to their carefree school days.
Back then, the two shared a dormitory room. Every day, they not only had endless classes but also endless things to talk about. They slept in bunk beds, and sometimes when they came back from evening self-study together, Jiang Can didn't want to climb the ladder, so she simply stayed on Lin Yuqing's bed.
When girls get together, besides talking about boys, they also compare their figures.
Just like now.
As Jiang Can turned around, Lin Yuqing "ambushed" her. Jiang Can screamed and quickly curled up, slapping away the groping hand in front of her chest.
Lin Yuqing burst into laughter.
"Brother-in-law is really amazing, he literally turned you from an A cup to a C cup!"
"Lin Yuqing!"
"And your butt? Does it feel more elastic after he moisturized it?"
The two argued fiercely, but in the end, Lin Yuqing was ruthlessly suppressed by Jiang Can and begged for mercy repeatedly.
Jiang Can let her go, put her arm behind her head and looked at the ceiling with a clear and bright smile.
"Sister Yuqing," she chuckled softly, "are you really not going to accept Shen Xiao?"
Lin Yuqing's smile froze on her face instantly.
Despite her bold words, she's more timid than anyone when it comes to matters of the heart.
Even though the lights were off in the room, Jiang Can could sense the change in her emotions.
"I think Shen Xiao is really great, and I can tell he likes you a lot."
After a long pause, Lin Yuqing's slightly pale voice came from the darkness, "Can Can, please stop talking about him, okay?"
"I don't understand why." Jiang Can rolled over, propping herself up to look at her. "In every way, you two are a perfect match! Shen Xiao genuinely wants to pursue you, so why don't you give him a chance?"
"I...I don't think we're a good match."
"You have to try it to know if it's suitable or not, right?"
"No need to try, it definitely won't work!"
Lin Yuqing's tone was anxious, as if she had something difficult to say.
Jiang Can paused for a long time before asking softly, "Sister Yuqing, is there... something I don't know?"
A silence followed, then Jiang Can quickly smiled and lay back down. "It's okay, you don't have to say it if you don't want to! Heh, it's getting late, go and get some rest!"
“Can Can…”
"Um?"
Lin Yuqing bit her lip and managed to utter a sentence with difficulty, "I used to have someone I would never forget."
Jiang Can was stunned, as if something was stuck in her throat, and she wanted to say something but couldn't get the words out.
"That person was kind of my childhood sweetheart," Lin Yuqing recounted. "Heh, we grew up together, he lived next door to me. Like many boys, he always bullied me when we were little, and I hated him at first... but the more he bullied me, the closer we got. Until we were eighteen, we..."
"What's wrong?"
"We broke up and never saw each other again."
Jiang Can never expected it to end like this.
She really wanted to ask why.
Why did we separate? Why don't we see each other again?
But she heard Lin Yuqing's suppressed sobs faintly coming from the darkness.
The moonlight streamed in, and she saw Lin Yuqing's shoulders trembling. Jiang Can was somewhat shocked; she had never seen Lin Yuqing cry like this since the first day she met her.
Could the reason they separated be because they are separated by death?
"Sister Yuqing..." She put her hand on her shoulder, wanting to comfort her.
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