Chapter 16. What did that woman like about him? ...
After all that commotion, Shen Mengqing lost her appetite.
What's even more annoying is that, provoked by her old classmate, her emotions also affected Yu Xin. She kept recalling the scene of him mocking her taste, and she didn't even say a few words to him on the way back to Beicheng. Yu Xin was not talkative to begin with, and although the two sat together, they looked like strangers.
On the plane, when Shen Mengqing handed food to Yu Xin, she only held the edge of the tray, afraid of having any physical contact with him.
After the holiday, when work resumed, Liang Jun brought a new recruit to Shen Mengqing's office. This recruit was the one he had mentioned to her before.
The newcomer's name is Qi Shuying. She has a high ponytail, light makeup, and a youthful appearance full of collagen. She still has a student-like innocence and is very well-behaved.
Shen Mengqing prepared a seat for her next to his own workstation and had her study with him for the past month or two.
She had just taught the new employee some commonly used functions of the software when her phone rang. It was Li Qinghe calling.
After the call connected, Li Qinghe spoke first: "Are you at work?"
Shen Mengqing said in a very official tone, "Yes, is there anything I can help you with, Mr. Li?"
"Why are you calling me 'General Manager Li' again?" Li Qinghe said helplessly. "Do you have time tonight? You still owe me a meal."
"I'll treat you to dinner tonight."
Shen Mengqing disliked owing favors, so he readily agreed.
"Okay, see you tonight."
After hanging up the phone, Li Qinghe sent her a link to a restaurant on Dianping (a Chinese review platform). Shen Mengqing clicked on it and found it was a buffet restaurant with an average price of 900 yuan per person.
He really did find someone within the budget, Shen Mengqing chuckled.
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Meanwhile, Yu Xin was on his way to the racetrack.
He was sitting in Zhu Shaoming's car, the heavy metal rock music almost shattering the windows. Yu Xin reached his limit and turned down the volume. Just then, Zhu Shaoming came to a red light and suddenly slammed on the brakes, nearly hitting him.
Yu Xin said speechlessly, "If you can't drive, I'll drive."
"Is the person in this photo you?" Zhu Shaoming handed his phone to Yu Xin and said.
The screen displayed a promotional photo released today by the bar in which Zhu Shaoming has invested. The photo showed a man and a woman sitting in a booth. Their faces were not very clear, but their outlines alone showed that they were good-looking and eye-catching.
The photo was taken at the exact moment he was looking at Shen Mengqing; under the enchanting lights, the atmosphere was extremely ambiguous.
Yu Xin casually returned the phone, and Zhu Shaoming immediately understood what was going on when he saw his reaction.
Well, it really is him.
Zhu Shaoming asked gossipily, "Who is this woman? Did you meet her that night?"
"No," Yu Xin said, resting his arm on the car door and propping his head up.
Zhu Shaoming: "When did you two meet? How come I didn't know you... Oh! No wonder you kept asking me about relationship problems at Yunqi Manor last time, saying you were asking on behalf of a friend. Turns out you were the one who got dragged down to earth."
He said with a wicked grin, "So, how far have things progressed?"
"We've only known each other for a short time," Yu Xin said.
All told, they had only known each other for a month.
Zhu Shaoming kept babbling on and on, even noisier than heavy metal rock. Yu Xin reached out and turned up the volume to drown out Zhu Shaoming's voice, then nestled in the passenger seat and closed her eyes for a nap.
The mountain bike racing track was a joint venture between several of them. They didn't make much money in a year; it was just a nice place for them to relax in their spare time.
These rich kids, besides inheriting their family businesses, all liked to get together and invest small sums of money in various places. Some started entertainment companies, some opened bars, but Yu Xin didn't want to get involved with them or take over his father's business.
It was this mountain bike racing track that Zhu Shaoming spent a long time persuading him to join.
Li Qinghe arrived early, had already changed into his racing suit, and was sitting in the rest area drinking a bottle of beer.
Upon seeing the two people walking towards him, he raised his wine bottle, put down his phone, and said, "Oh, they're here."
Once everyone was seated, Li Qinghe finally found an opportunity to bring up old grievances with Yu Xin: "I promised you last time that I would fire Guo Bin and sign a contract with him, and you haven't repaid me for that favor yet. Guo Bin has been with the company for quite a few years, and my dad has been asking me about him a lot lately. It's not easy to appease him. Don't you owe me a big debt?"
Yu Xin dusted off the dust on his pants and said, "I'll ask you to run ten more laps later."
"I've already missed ten laps with you." Li Qinghe rolled his eyes at him. "I can't get over it if you don't treat me to a meal."
Yu Xin: "Okay, you can choose the restaurant tonight."
Li Qinghe said, "That won't work, I have plans for tonight."
The three chatted idly for a while when a few more people suddenly walked into the shop.
"elder brother!"
A well-dressed woman shouted in their direction, then happily ran over to Zhu Shaoming and sat down next to him.
This person was Zhu Lili, the cousin of Zhu Shaoming, whom Yu Xin had been tricked into going on a blind date with by his father.
Zhu Lili's gaze fell directly on Yu Xin, and without any attempt to hide it, she said with a shy expression, "Brother Shaoming, you came here with your friends, why didn't you invite me along?"
When Zhu Shaoming saw Yu Xin's face turn extremely dark, his heart skipped a beat. Could it be that Yu Xin thought he had exposed his itinerary? He was innocent!
He chuckled dryly a few times: "Hehe, Lili, I'm talking to my friends here. You go and have some fun with them, be a good girl."
“Let’s play together, it’s more fun with more people, and there’s even a timed race over there.” Zhu Lili pinched Zhu Shaoming hard and gave him several winks. “There are two positions for the race car, you know that, bro. I’m too scared to drive, so find someone to go with me.”
Zhu Shaoming looked into the distance and saw two more people who had changed into racing suits and were walking over. He quickly said, "Don't you have friends? Why don't you ask them to come along? I really don't have time."
The visitors were a man and a woman. They recognized the woman; she was Wan Zhen, the eldest daughter of Hongtu Capital.
I don't recognize this man.
Wanzhen appeared to be dressed haphazardly. The man walked behind her, tightened the zipper around her neck, and then the two exchanged a smile.
It's obvious to anyone with eyes that these two have a very close relationship.
Yu Xin looked up and paused in his movements.
The man wearing glasses is the same man in the photo on Shen Mengqing's bedside table, her ex-boyfriend Lin Xiangyang, who came to ask her for the USB drive that day.
"Miss Wan is here to race cars too?"
Zhu Shaoming is always the most active person at gatherings. He can chat with anyone for a while, and the atmosphere is never quiet when he's around.
Wan Zhen nodded, her every move exuding arrogance. She glanced at the people sitting on the sofa, all of whom came from wealthy and powerful families, and her expression softened slightly.
She rarely comes to places like this; her driver usually takes her to private clubs or five-star hotels for afternoon tea, and she occasionally goes shopping in high-end malls. She never expected to run into these people here.
Forget about Zhu Shaoming; Yu Xin and Li Qinghe rarely see each other.
She smiled and said, "Today is quite unusual, it's so lively."
"Of course, it's Yu Xin's gathering." Zhu Shaoming looked at the unfamiliar man next to Wan Zhen and raised his hand in a friendly gesture as a greeting, "Wan Zhen, aren't you going to introduce him?"
As soon as the topic was brought up, Wan Zhen's demeanor changed in the blink of an eye. Her cheeks flushed, and she said sweetly, "This is my boyfriend, Lin Xiangyang."
"He's rather introverted, so please don't make fun of him," she said hastily.
Zhu Shaoming chimed in, "Oh my, so you're defending your boyfriend now."
Yu Xin leaned back, his gaze lightly landing on Lin Xiangyang.
Although he was sitting while Lin Xiangyang was standing, looking up at him, his gaze was entirely like that of a superior looking down and judging.
His appearance was unremarkable.
His personality is not satisfactory.
In short, it's very average.
What did that woman like about him?
Lin Xiangyang naturally sensed the gaze and looked towards the sofa.
A man wearing a matte black leather jacket sat casually in a corner of the sofa. The YSL logo was printed under the collar of the jacket. He had pale skin, a high nose bridge, and a few strands of hair that covered his eyes, but they could not hide the sharpness in his eyes. He looked unfriendly.
Judging from his appearance, this man was only around twenty-five years old, very young, but his temperament was more mature and refined than many others.
It's obvious without even thinking that this man comes from an extraordinary family.
Indeed, everyone present except him was from a wealthy family.
Lin Xiangyang felt uncomfortable, but he smiled gently at Wan Zhen without showing it and said, "Zhenzhen, let's go go racing. I'll drive."
Wanzhen linked arms with his and replied, "Okay."
Seeing the two walk away, Yu Xin stood up as well, put his hands in his pockets, and walked towards the door.
Seeing this, Zhu Shaoming said, "Yu Xin, why don't you leave? We've only been sitting here a short while. It's not easy for the three of us to meet up. You don't even want to stay a little longer..."
He suddenly hesitated, and then saw Yu Xin turn a corner just before reaching the door and enter the changing room.
Zhu Shaoming was dumbfounded, uttering each word one by one:
"Li Qinghe, am I seeing things? Yu Xin wants to get into racing?!"
A note from the author:
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Xinzi is about to start her competition, a cool opening sequence, but unfortunately Aqing didn't see it, oh my god!
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