Chapter 76 Come to My Place

The smell of lychees followed Frost Xu everywhere. She brushed her teeth carefully twice, but the sweet taste was still lingering.

So strange.

The next day, Shuang Xu went to work in a cheerful mood and treated all his colleagues to coffee.

Hearing that Shen Changyuan had escaped danger, Xiao Liao was even more excited than she was. She put her hands together and bowed in all directions: "Thank you to all the gods from ancient times to the present, both at home and abroad, Amitabha Hallelujah!"

Everyone was very happy for her: "God has mercy on us, and good people will be rewarded."

The good news made Feixue bathed in a joyful atmosphere the whole day. In the afternoon, Shuangxu received a call from Lu Manman.

"Xiaojiu, are you free tonight? I want to have dinner with you."

Her voice lacked its usual vitality and sounded dull.

During the days when Fu Yun was hospitalized, she went to the hospital every day. Shuang Xu remembered her sincerity and did not refuse: "I'm free. What do you want to eat?"

"Please treat me." Lu Manman asked solemnly but confidently, "I want to eat seafood."

"Okay." Shuang Xu made an appointment with her and hung up the phone.

In the evening, Shuang Xu arrived at the agreed location on time after get off work. After waiting for less than five minutes, a pink sports car drove through the crowded street and then returned with difficulty.

Lu Manman was still wearing sunglasses when she got off the car. She walked over carrying a Hermès bag, looking like a big star who had walked into the wrong set.

She raised her sunglasses to look at the door with several broken LED lights, and then looked at the outdoor tables and chairs that filled with a simple atmosphere.

He stared at Shuang Xu in shock: "You're inviting me to eat at a roadside stall? Do you have to be so picky?"

"You want seafood?" The proprietress just brought over a large pot of cooked lobsters. Shuang Xu raised his chin and said, "The lobsters here are delicious."

“Is crayfish considered seafood?”

Shuang Xu put on his gloves slowly and said, "Forget it."

Lu Manman sat down on the chair opposite, put some tissues on the table, and then put her bag on it.

She took off her sunglasses and Shuang Xu glanced at her red and swollen eyes.

Lu Manman leaned over to show her: "It's all because of your brother."

Shuang Xu: "I didn't ask."

Lu Manman snorted, put on gloves and started peeling lobsters.

The taste was very fragrant and spicy. After eating for a while, I started to sweat. Lu Manman kept making shasha noises without any image: "Why do you like to eat such strong flavors?"

"I don't eat it often." Shuang Xu peeled the shells skillfully, "You're in a bad mood, right? A little spicy food will help you feel better."

Not to mention, Lu Manman's depressed mood actually felt a little better.

"I've canceled my engagement with your brother." She blurted out without warning.

Shuang Xu paused, looked up at her and asked, "Why?"

"Your brother suggested it. When Uncle Shen got into trouble, he said he didn't want to drag me down, but I know that besides that, it was because he didn't like me." Lu Manman warned her, "But I told everyone that I was the one who dumped him, so don't ruin my reputation."

Shuang Xu was silent for a moment: "My father's problem has been resolved, your engagement party can be held as usual."

Lu Manman shook her head.

"I am actually very romantic. I long for a love like my parents. I want a man who loves me more than anything else. If the person was not your brother, I would not agree to an arranged marriage. I really like him, but I don't want a forced marriage. I used to be very confident that he would fall in love with me sooner or later because I am so good. Later I found that I was too confident."

"You are indeed very good." Shuang Xu said sincerely, "I have been jealous of you. You have a lot of love and believe that you deserve everyone's love. I will never be as sure as you."

People who have been abandoned will have a hole in their hearts, reminding them all the time: love will disappear, and the person who loves you the most will cruelly abandon you one day.

Lu Manman laughed: "I'm jealous of you too. Xiaojiu, you know, to your brother, except for you, all other women are the same. His gentleness is only for you."

These words did not make Shuang Xu feel the slightest bit happy.

She knew that Shen Yu was good to her, and it was this love that filled the hole in her heart, but they would only be brother and sister.

The world is so unpredictable that these two love rivals actually sat together to have a heart-to-heart talk.

Shuang Xu picked up the iced cola: "To you. And to myself."

Lu Manman also picked up the cup and announced in high spirits: "From today on, we are no longer rivals in love, but good friends!"

Shuang Xu's hand paused, and he didn't know whether he should drink the bottle of wine or not.

"You're really so familiar with me. I don't think we're even friends."

"Because of you, I broke off relations with that group of sisters. Now I have no friends. Shouldn't you be responsible for me?" Lu Manman said confidently.

Shuang Xu didn't want to take the blame: "You made bad friends yourself, the responsibility is not mine."

"I don't care. The law of conservation of matter. If I lose a fiancé, I will gain a good friend."

Lu Manman took the first sip herself and then lifted her cup to her mouth to feed her.

Shuang Xu forced himself to take a gulp of the drink and thought speechlessly that the word "domineering" must be engraved in the He family's genes.

After having dinner with Lu Manman, Shuang Xu returned to his home on Songming Road.

She checked her phone and found that He Tingzhou hadn't sent her a message. Did that mean she didn't need to fulfill her obligations today?

She certainly wouldn't be stupid enough to contact him on her own initiative. She took a shower, changed into pajamas, and went to bed early, intending to end the day early by going to bed early.

She took a boring literature book to hypnotize herself, but she had a hard time concentrating and kept looking at her quiet phone.

After watching for half an hour, I finally started to feel sleepy, but just as my sleepiness was brewing, it was shattered by the ringing of the phone.

When she saw the four words "Brother Tingzhou" on the incoming call, her eyes seemed to be burned. She quickly stuffed the phone into the quilt and covered it up, trying to bury it alive.

The muffled ringing of the bell came from under the quilt, as if urging her to die. He Tingzhou's three rules were like prophecy, eliminating all possibilities for her to evade her obligations.

Shuang Xu finally resigned himself to his fate, took out his cell phone and answered the call.

"Brother Tingzhou, do you have something to talk to me about?"

"What do you think?"

He Tingzhou's three slow words shattered the last bit of optimism in Shuang Xu into pieces.

Forget it, I have to fulfill it sooner or later.

She held the edge of the quilt: "Then...you come over, or should I go over?"

"Go to my place." said He Tingzhou.

The background noise on the other end of the phone was quite noisy, and Yue Zifeng's cheesy voice stood out particularly well, making it hard not to recognize him.

"Hey, what are you doing there?"

Shuang Xu suddenly became nervous: "Why did you call me in front of them?"

He Tingzhou: "Then should I let them carry me over?"

“…”What’s the difference?

"You are so timid, yet you are still having an affair." He Tingzhou said calmly, "I've been drinking, come and pick me up."

He didn't give Shuang Xu any chance to refuse, and hung up the phone in a domineering manner after giving the address.

Shuang Xu had no choice but to get up again, change his clothes and go out.