"Brother Xiaoyu, let's go out for dinner tonight!"
Long Haochen, who was engrossed in playing a game in an apartment building near Jincheng University, suddenly caught a slight noise coming from the doorway.
Without hesitation, he put down the game controller he was holding and shouted loudly towards the door.
At this moment, Shi Hengyu, who was bending down to change his slippers at the door, stopped what he was doing upon hearing the sound.
He straightened up and gently placed the plastic bag full of various fresh vegetables aside. "What are you eating? I've already bought the groceries."
While responding to Long Haochen inside the room, Shi Hengyu bent down and began to untie his shoelaces.
Long Haochen quickly and neatly placed the controller back next to the TV, and then promptly turned off the TV, which was still playing the game.
Then, he strode to the door, a bright smile on his face, and said to Shi Hengyu, "Put the vegetables in the fridge first, my buddy's treating you to a big meal today!"
However, despite Long Haochen's enthusiastic and generous invitation, Shi Hengyu did not immediately show any signs of being overjoyed.
Instead, he frowned slightly, staring at Long Haochen with suspicion, and muttered, "There's no such thing as a free lunch. Just confess honestly, are you hiding something from me?"
Hearing this, Long Haochen couldn't help but roll his eyes and retorted irritably, "Look at the way you're talking, as if I've never been nice to you. Haven't I been attentive enough?"
Shi Hengyu shook his head. Although Long Haochen was usually very generous, he did seem a bit strange today.
"Even though you usually treat me well, this sudden invitation to dinner without any warning is like a maiden getting married for the first time! So, what's so special about today?"
Seeing Shi Hengyu's persistent questioning, Long Haochen first smiled mysteriously, then lowered his voice and said in a deliberately enigmatic tone, "Hehehe, let me tell you, today is a very, very special day..."
Long Haochen revealed a sly smile, trying his best to appear innocent and cute. However, in Shi Hengyu's eyes, this expression looked extremely lewd.
Shi Hengyu's face was full of disdain: "Nonsense."
Then, he stopped untying his shoelaces and said, "Alright, what should we eat today? Should we go for barbecue or stir-fry?"
Hearing this, Long Haochen knew that Shi Hengyu had agreed.
So he quickly put on his coat, casually stuffed the plastic bag full of vegetables into the refrigerator, and then casually put his arm around Shi Hengyu's broad shoulders, and they strode towards the door together.
"Haha, what are those things? They're the stuff the part-time poets eat. We two brothers are going to have a big meal today!"
Shi Hengyu rolled his eyes and retorted irritably, "Tch, you make it sound so easy. It's not like you were the one who was enjoying a barbecue feast the other day."
And so, the two bantered and joked back and forth, and before they knew it, more than ten minutes had passed, and they arrived at their destination, Qianxiao Square.
Shi Hengyu stopped and looked around curiously.
He was surprised to find that Qianxiao Square had changed a lot compared to the past.
Since the Liu family disappeared from Jincheng, this place has become the exclusive domain of the Shen family.
Looking around now, the square seems much quieter than before, and the once bustling crowds have become much smaller.
Upon seeing this scene, Shi Hengyu was suddenly struck by a realization: he hadn't set foot here for quite some time.
When exactly did I stop coming here?
Upon closer reflection, it seems that it all started after Mu Liuyun left the city.
For the past two months, Shi Hengyu seemed to have completely erased Mu Liuyun from his memory, never thinking of her for even a second.
Even the slight guilt I once felt for letting the other person down gradually dissipated like smoke.
After Mu Liuyun left, Shi Hengyu's daily life remained unchanged, proceeding as usual.
At this moment, he finally realized that he was even more despicable than he had imagined.
Thinking of this, Shi Hengyu couldn't help but laugh at himself, feeling that Mu Liuyun was incredibly unlucky to have met and become acquainted with him.
Just then, Long Haochen, who had been striding forward, saw Shi Hengyu suddenly stop without warning, standing frozen in place as if under a spell. He quickly turned around and shouted at Shi Hengyu, "Hey! What are you standing there for? Hurry up! We need to get to the top floor quickly, or if we dawdle any longer, my reserved seat might be taken by someone else!"
Hearing his friend's anxious urging, Shi Hengyu shook his head as if waking from a dream, and then quickly followed Long Haochen's steps.
Before long, the two of them arrived at the top floor of the Qianxiao Commercial Center. Then, they walked side by side into the upscale restaurant called Black Swan.
After the two were seated, Shi Hengyu stared at Long Haochen across from him with a puzzled look and asked, "Hey bro, what's going on? Why did you suddenly bring me to such a fancy place to eat today? Usually, aren't these the kinds of places you go when you're trying to woo a girl? Why did you bring me here today?"
After saying this, Shi Hengyu thought about how Long Haochen had been quiet and hadn't caused any trouble like before, and Shi Hengyu's heart skipped a beat.
"Hey, Long Haochen, you don't actually have a crush on me, do you? That's really disgusting!"
As Shi Hengyu spoke, he showed a look of disgust, as if Long Haochen in front of him was some kind of monster.
Upon hearing this, Long Haochen almost choked on his saliva. He stared wide-eyed at Shi Hengyu.
"What nonsense are you spouting! We have important guests coming today!"
As soon as he finished speaking, he grabbed the menu on the table and began to study it carefully.
"A guest? Could it be a guest of your Long family? If so, why did you bring me here to join in the fun?"
Shi Hengyu frowned and complained.
Since that incident, Long Haochen's status in the eyes of his father and grandfather has risen sharply, and many family affairs have gradually been handed over to him to manage.
For this reason, in recent months, Long Haochen has often needed to go out to entertain various clients.
However, the fact that he brought this unrelated person along this time really puzzled Shi Hengyu.
"Hey, I told you it's not work! You just need to sit here and wait a bit."
Long Haochen seemed a little impatient and casually waved his hand to signal Shi Hengyu to stop talking.
Just as he was about to continue explaining, his gaze suddenly fixed on the restaurant entrance.
Immediately afterward, he quickly put down the menu, a bright smile spreading across his face, and stood up, waving vigorously in that direction and shouting, "Sister Jiang Lu! Over here, over here!"
"Sister Jiang Lu!?"
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