34 Cheers!
Cheers to all the great women in the world!
Warmth is warmth itself, and so are our wishes.
She didn't have any stomach pain during her next period.
My period comes regularly and on time, and then it goes without any pain or itching.
This month has been all good news. Xin Xin Yan's brand has become famous and widely known. The number of consumers and fans has increased several times. She has won a great victory in this war without gunpowder.
Zhong Xuelu and Lin Xu's aunt, Grandma Zhong Qinyu, was also discharged from the hospital. When she went to visit Grandma Zhong, she hadn't yet explained her relationship with Lin Xu, but Grandma Zhong, with her sharp eyes, saw through it at a glance.
Grandma Zhong was sharp but not cunning. Just by looking at the way her nephew Lin Xu looked at his girlfriend, she knew that her nephew must have taken after his father and was also happily becoming a woman's toy.
Grandma Zhong thought to herself, "What's wrong with these two? One of them didn't work hard and ended up becoming a woman's toy, while the other worked hard and also ended up becoming a woman's toy. Oh dear, even though they don't have a permanent position, in a sense, they're still lucky."
Unaware of her elders' thoughts, Xu Huaihuai readily agreed to Zhong Xuelu and Wei Mingxue's hot pot invitation a few days after her period ended. The weather, below ten degrees Celsius, was perfect for hot pot.
As for the relationship between the two people who invited her to hot pot, she already knew.
Besides Zhong Xuelu and Wei Mingxue, Wei Mingxue's college roommates Xu Shasha, Zhao Xintong, and Song Xiaohua were also eating hot pot together.
Xu Huaihuai and Song Xiaohua sat on one side, Zhong Xuelu and Wei Mingxue sat opposite them, and Xu Shasha and Zhao Xintong sat next to them. The six of them sat around the hot pot, forming a "district".
Knowing that Xu Huaihuai was acquainted with Zhong Xuelu and Wei Mingxue, the other three girls were not reserved, and the group of six quickly got along very well.
The four-compartment hot pot emitted an enticing aroma, and the serving robots brought the dishes over one after another. The girls divided the tasks clearly without saying much: some took photos, some adjusted the fire, some added the food, some prepared the seasonings, some poured drinks, and some waited to eat.
Xu Shasha rubbed her hands together. "The soup's boiling! Time to show off!"
"How wonderful! After the last political science exam next week, we'll be on vacation! This is how you reward yourself!" Zhao Xintong chuckled.
Wei Mingxue moved the empty plate aside, and Zhong Xuelu pulled her to sit down. Xu Huaihuai just turned on the camera. "Come on! Let's take a picture!"
"Wait, wait!" Song Xiaohua adjusted the top of her head to make sure her gradient pink curly hair was fluffy enough. "Okay!"
Soon, Xu Huaihuai's photo album was filled with many group photos. Everyone created a group chat, and she posted the photos in the group. After everyone saved them, they started eating and chatting. The topic gradually turned to the charity event of the Xinxinyan beauty brand that happened last month and is still attracting attention.
"Hey, did you guys see Xin Xin Yan's response the other day? Oh my god, it was so satisfying! Her response was so assertive! No wonder she has an all-female leadership team." Xu Sha Sha, while sizzling hot beef, casually mentioned the trending topic from a while ago.
"I saw it too, and I think so too. She's too much of a woman! Oh my god, why is your dipping sauce all chili sauce? Don't you think it's spicy? It's a spicy hot pot to begin with." As her roommate and meal buddy, Zhao Xintong had watched Xu Shasha eat many times, but every time she saw her adding so much chili sauce without batting an eye, she felt her heart skip a beat.
Song Xiaohua put her bleached and dyed gradient pink hair up in a bun, with a big bow on it that looked adorable. She rested her chin on her hand, looking at the hot pot and swallowing hard. "And Sasha doesn't get pimples even when she eats spicy food, but if she's craving something spicy and eats a little too much, she's guaranteed to get pimples the next day. Poor me, I can only have clear broth, mushroom, or tomato hot pot."
"It's okay, the non-spicy ones are delicious too. I can't handle spicy food very well either; I easily choke when I eat spicy food." Xu Huaihuai scooped up the perfectly cooked shrimp paste and distributed it to everyone's bowls. All six people at the table were shrimp paste lovers.
“I feel like some people are afraid that eating spicy food will make their lips swell up, so they won’t be able to kiss their partner anymore…” Zhong Xuelu looked at Xu Huaihuai with a meaningful look in her eyes.
Xu Huaihuai had just taken a sip of plum juice when she almost choked on her words. "What are you saying? It's like you don't eat your partner's mouth."
Fortunately, the lighting in the hot pot restaurant created a good atmosphere, so even if Wei Mingxue's face suddenly turned as red as the tomato broth, it wasn't very noticeable.
"Exactly!" Xu Shasha nudged Wei Mingxue with her elbow. "Mingxue, don't you agree?"
Faced with her roommate's teasing, Wei Mingxue's response was quite clever. She picked up her chopsticks and started eating with great enthusiasm, but she could never finish all the food in her bowl because Zhong Xuelu kept piling more food onto her plate.
Zhao Xintong put a large slice of beef coated in chili peppers on Xu Shasha's plate, saying, "You always bully our Mingxue. Hurry up and eat yours."
"Delicious!" This was affirmed by Xu Shasha, a seasoned food connoisseur!
Song Xiaohua slurped up a big mouthful of tomato soup from her bowl. "Delicious! It would be even better if it didn't make single people feel like they were being fed dog food! Where were we again? Xin Xin Yan, right? I think I also came across some analysis posts saying that another beauty brand, Mu Xin, was jealous of Xin Xin Yan's sales, so they hired online trolls to smear them. And Mu Xin is run by the son of the CEO of Hengxin Group. Hengxin Group used to be a well-established and reputable company. The CEO was even praised by state media before. It's such a disgrace for his son to resort to such underhanded tactics."
“Exactly, some people really ruin what they do. I even bought Muxin before, but their later advertising slogans were absolutely disgusting. They want to make money off girls, but they don’t even know how to respect them.” Zhao Xintong shook her head as she spoke.
"Let's not talk about Mu Xin's mess anymore. Anyway, after Xin Xin Yan's positive and hard-hitting response, so many outstanding women have spoken out. There are so many great women in this world, it's so satisfying!" Song Xiao Hua raised her glass. "Come on, cheers! Cheers to all the great women in the world!"
"Cheers!" Wei Mingxue raised her glass.
"I want to become a strong woman in the future!" Xu Shasha declared.
They were unaware that Xu Huaihuai was the person in charge of Xinxinyan, and Zhong Xuelu didn't reveal it either. They all toasted together.
“Speaking of which, I feel that Sister Xuelu and Sister Xiaohuai are very mature women, exactly my ideal type,” Song Xiaohua quickly added, afraid of being misunderstood, “No, no, no, not the kind of ideal type I would choose as a partner.”
Everyone laughed and enjoyed the hot pot meal. Zhong Xuelu escorted them home, and the five of them left together. Xu Huaihuai was still craving the restaurant's signature desserts and decided to order two more to take home later.
She was sitting and waiting for her food when she heard an argument coming from across the aisle in a corner diagonally opposite.
"Hey guys, could you please stop smoking?" A girl with shoulder-length hair stood at the table diagonally opposite and said to the men at that table who were puffing away on cigarettes.
The girl's voice sounded familiar; it was as if I'd heard it somewhere before.
Xu Huaihuai's position was only visible to the oily faces of several men and her slender back, and for a moment she couldn't recall where the sense of familiarity came from.
"Little sister, these cigarettes were bought with our money. You think you can just tell me not to smoke them?"
"Yeah, do you know how expensive a single cigarette those guys smoke costs?"
"What do you know, little sister? Let's go."
The men at that table burst into laughter.
"This is a public place! Smoking is prohibited in public places. Don't you have any manners?! Besides, this is a place to eat. Who wants to smell your secondhand smoke?" The girl argued firmly and did not back down.
"Hey, Hai-ge, did you hear that right? This little girl is saying we're rude for smoking," a man with a pointed chin and monkey-like face said, crossing his legs.
"Little sister, you don't think just anyone can afford to smoke, do you? Our cigarettes aren't cheap. We didn't even charge you for just one sniff."
The waiter brought over Xu Huaihuai's two desserts. "Madam, is there anything else I can help you with?"
Xu Huaihuai pointed to the place where the argument was taking place, "Didn't you have a sign on your wall saying 'No Smoking, Civilized Dining'? They were doing that..."
The waiter was a little embarrassed: "We can't stop the customers from taking drugs, and they look so intimidating. I'm just an employee, please don't make things difficult for me."
"Okay." Xu Huaihuai didn't say anything more. The waiter still had work to do, so he quickly ran away.
The surrounding diners and waiters did not stop her, and the men became even more smug as they looked at the vulnerable girl.
"Oh, so you're eating hot pot alone, little sister? You're not just making excuses to chat with us, are you? Too bad, our table is full. Why don't you sit on my lap?" The tattooed man spread his legs and patted his thigh.
"Maybe this little girl is pregnant. Come on, little girl, just say you're carrying your man's child, and we'll put out our cigarettes." The man called Hai stood up and blew a puff of white smoke into the face of the girl who was trying to persuade them not to smoke.
The girl took a step back. "You've gone too far!"
She took out her phone and started recording. "I'm filming a few people smoking in public places, and their attempts to stop them have failed..."
The men at the table all changed their expressions. One of them, Hai Ge's men, grabbed her phone, yelling, "You bitch, what are you filming? If you film again, I'll put out my cigarette with your face!"
He grabbed the girl's hand, snatched the phone, and then forcefully pushed the frail girl backward.
Xu Huaihuai caught the girl who almost fell. When she saw her face, she was somewhat surprised and understood where the sense of familiarity came from. It was Song Shiying, whom she had met at the bar before. However, the last time she saw her, Song Shiying had long hair, but this time she had short hair. She didn't immediately recognize her when she first saw her from behind.
"Shi Ying, are you alright?"
"It's nothing." Song Shiying shook her head. She recognized Xu Huaihuai too, and fearing that Xu Huaihuai would be implicated, she quickly shielded him behind her and glared angrily at Hai Ge, the leader, "Give me back my phone!"
Hai Ge held Song Shiying's phone high, "You bitch, apologize to us and we'll give it back to you, otherwise we'll throw it into the soup pot."
His hideous threats made Song Shiying so angry that her hands trembled.
Xu Huaihuai took her hand and patted it reassuringly. She walked in front of Song Shiying and lowered her head so that the so-called Brother Hai could be at eye level with her.
"This phone is worth 12,000 yuan on the market. You can throw it away. Once you do, you'll meet the criteria for criminal prosecution. Intentionally damaging other people's property, if the amount exceeds 5,000 yuan, carries a sentence of up to three years in prison."
Wu Dahai's expression was priceless. The phone he had snatched by brute force was now burning hot. If he didn't lose it, he, as the eldest brother, would lose face; if he did lose it, he would have to go back in so soon after coming out.
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