The place where Lin Zhou met Su Ling was the most famous western restaurant in S City - FREE. Not only was the environment elegant and the facilities complete, but there were also many sports and entertainment venues nearby, such as tennis clubs, golf courses and horse riding tracks.
Su Ling parked his sports car in the parking space in front of FREE. The dedicated waiter came over to help open the door. He got out of the car naturally, locked the door with the remote key, and walked into the restaurant with brisk steps.
"Sir, do you have a reservation or membership card?" the waiter asked respectfully.
FREE is a high-end restaurant. Entry and consumption are only available with advance reservations or membership cards. Although Su Ling was wearing designer clothes, the waiter still asked politely and diligently.
"I have a reservation and a membership card." Su Ling told Lin Zhou the box number he had reserved for him, and the waiter immediately took him there.
When I arrived at the private room and opened the door, I saw Lin Zhou sitting at his seat and making a phone call.
When Lin Zhou saw Su Ling, he said goodbye to the person on the other end of the phone, hung up and put down his phone. He stood up and walked to Su Ling, looked him up and down for a while, and suddenly reached out and hugged him tightly.
"What are you doing? What are you doing?" Su Ling pushed him with a look of disgust.
"We haven't seen each other for so long, can't we hug each other?" Lin Zhou let him go and smiled.
"Didn't we just meet last month?" Su Ling straightened his wrinkled suit.
This suit was a new summer style that Lu Feng bought for him. He wore a light blue short-sleeved shirt with a wing collar, a gray half-sleeved suit, cropped trousers, and a pair of black and brown loafers. He looked both fresh and fashionable. He tied his shoulder-length curly hair into a ponytail, with his bangs pushed to the sides, revealing his full forehead. With his delicate facial features, he looked like a noble and elegant little prince.
Lin Zhou sighed and pulled out the chair for him. "You look so happy. Have you been having a good time recently?"
Seeing the two of them showing their love and affection in the live broadcast from time to time, Lin Zhou knew that they had put aside their past grudges and were back to being friends.
A short separation is better than a new marriage, a long separation is like a first love.
When a couple is together, you don't have to guess that they will be passionate and affectionate.
Su Ling sat down, turning a deaf ear to Lin Zhou's teasing, and urged: "Order quickly, I'm hungry."
From yesterday to this morning, he had eaten three bowls of porridge in a row. His stomach was in urgent need of various meats to soothe it.
Lin Zhou pressed the red button on the table and called the waiter.
"Something's not right. Didn't President Rui feed you enough?" he asked doubtfully.
"Don't mention it." Su Ling sighed, "I had a fever yesterday, so Lu Feng took me back to S City. I stayed in the hospital for a day and drank a few bowls of porridge. I almost felt sick."
Lin Zhou was surprised. "Fever?"
When they were chatting on WeChat last night, Su Ling only said that he had returned to S City, but he did not mention that he was taken back to S City by Lu Feng because of a fever.
Su Ling half covered his face and said, "It's too embarrassing. I won't ask for a resignation."
He couldn't tell Lin Zhou that Lu Feng had treated him so harshly that he had a fever and was admitted to the hospital?
Lin Zhou was a smart man. He glanced at the kiss marks left on his neck and guessed the reason. He winked and said, "I understand."
Su Ling put his hands on his neck and glared at him.
Don't tear down a person, brother!
The waiter came and Lin Zhou ordered a bunch of delicious food in one go. Su Ling asked for a large steak cooked to medium-rare.
When the beef was served, Su Ling picked up the knife and fork and cut into pieces with pleasure.
The meal was very enjoyable. The two chatted while eating. After finishing the last bit of red wine, Su Ling picked up the napkin, wiped the corners of his mouth gracefully, and sighed with satisfaction: "Finally I survived."
Lin Zhou asked worriedly, "Is the food too greasy?"
Su Ling raised his eyebrows. "We've already finished eating. Don't you think it's too late to ask me now?"
Lin Zhou said: "If you feel uncomfortable in your stomach, be sure to tell me and I will take you to the hospital."
Su Ling burped. "After a full meal, my stomach feels better now."
The fever came on quickly and went away quickly, and it didn't affect my appetite at all. I had a good sleep last night and I feel much more energetic today. I'm fully recovered.
Lin Zhou stroked his chin and said thoughtfully, "I remember you had a high fever when you were in college. It was quite scary."
Su Ling couldn't quite remember. "Which time?"
"Let me think..." Lin Zhou lowered his head and thought for a while. He snapped his fingers, "During the Mid-Autumn Festival holiday in the second semester of my freshman year, you came back from home with a very bad complexion. That night, you had a high fever. I was so scared that I called the dormitory manager and carried you to the school doctor in the middle of the night."
Su Ling's memory was called up by him. Some unpleasant things came to her mind. She pursed her lips and said, "Well, I had a fever for two days that time."
Mid-Autumn Festival is supposed to be a good day for family reunion, but he found that his home was not as good as it seemed.
Lin Zhou said: "You should take care of your health. Frequent fever is not good for your health."
"Okay, I got it." Su Ling looked down at the diamond watch on his left wrist and changed the subject, "Where are we going to play later?"
Seeing that he was unwilling to talk more, Lin Zhou did not ask any more questions and suggested, "Tennis, golf, horse riding, whatever you choose."
Su Ling said, "Let's play tennis first, then go horseback riding."
A round of golf takes three or four hours, which is too time-consuming and energy-consuming.
Lin Zhou had no objection.
The two chatted for a while in the restaurant and then went to the tennis club.
Su Ling brought sportswear and riding clothes, but left them in the car, so Lin Zhou went with him to get them.
"Where is your car? Where did you park it?" Su Ling asked after opening the trunk.
"There." Lin Zhou pointed at a flashy red sports car not far away.
Su Ling took out the rice and tea from the trunk and said, "These two are gifts for you."
Lin Zhou looked at the snakeskin bag in amazement. "Is this the rice you grow?"
Although I saw him harvesting rice and drying the grain in the live broadcast, I didn't expect that he actually made the grain into refined rice and brought it to the city.
"What are you looking at?" Su Ling looked at him unhappily.
Lin Zhou helped carry the boxes and walked with him to his car. "This is the most special gift I have ever received."
Su Ling stuffed the rice into his trunk and asked with a smile, "Are you touched?"
Lin Zhou nodded: "Of course!"
Think about it, Su Ling was originally such a coquettish person! Let alone farming, even planting flowers was a condescending act for him. After going to the countryside, he learned a lot of skills. Not only did he cook delicious dishes, he also did farm work in a professional manner. He was completely different from the past.
He was flattered to get a bag of rice grown by him.
After putting their things away, the two picked up the bags of clothes and walked towards the tennis club.
The tennis club's reception manager smiled brightly when he saw them.
"Mr. Lin, Mr. Su, I haven't seen you for a long time."
Lin Zhou said: "I went abroad for a while and just came back recently."
Su Ling smiled: "I just returned to S City yesterday as well. Manager Liu still looks as energetic as ever."
Manager Liu politely led them to the locker room and said humbly, "Thanks to you two, I was promoted last month."
Lin Zhou raised his eyebrows: "Congratulations, Manager Liu!"
Manager Liu: "Thank you, Mr. Lin."
Su Ling came to the cabinet he often used and was about to open it when he found that the door was locked.
"Huh? Has anyone used it?" he asked.
Although the lockers in the dressing room are shared, the locker selected for the first time is usually considered a private locker by default. This is an unwritten rule among the club's regulars. Only new guests who don't understand the situation will use an empty locker when they see one.
Manager Liu was stunned when he saw this: "I'm sorry, Mr. Su, I just changed shifts at noon, and I didn't know that this cabinet was used in advance."
Su Ling said nonchalantly, "It's okay. I haven't been here for almost half a year. I can't just sit there doing nothing."
He looked around and found an empty cabinet in the corner, so he put his bag in it and took out his sportswear.
Lin Zhou said, "Manager Liu, please go and do your work. You don't have to entertain us specially."
Manager Liu bowed slightly and left the locker room.
Su Ling took off his suit and hung it in the closet, then slowly unbuttoned his shirt. Halfway through, the door of the dressing room was roughly pushed open, and four or five young men walked in, laughing.
"Huh? Is there anyone here?" Li Ting shouted in confusion when he saw Su Ling and Lin Zhou with their backs to them.
Lin Zhou put on a short-sleeved sports T-shirt neatly and turned to glance at the newcomer. "The door is closed, of course someone is here, you just barged in without even knocking, don't you think it's rude?"
Li Ting recognized Lin Zhou. Seeing that he looked unhappy, he said with a smile, "Hey, is that Mr. Lin? Sorry!"
Lin Zhou walked past him and looked at Su Dan who was standing at the door. He snorted and secretly cursed with regret.
It's really a narrow road for enemies to meet. It's unfortunate that I ran into this guy in the same locker room.
Su Dan stared at Su Ling, who had his back to him, with a gloomy face. His cold and sharp eyes seemed to want to stare a hole in Su Ling's back.
Su Ling had already sensed that someone was staring at him so "passionately". When he heard Li Ting's voice, he knew that he had brought a group of bad friends with him. He buttoned up his half-undone shirt, turned around calmly, and met the other party's sinister gaze provocatively.
"Ah!" Li Ting looked at Su Ling in surprise, "I didn't notice it just now, it turns out that Third Master Su is here too?"
Su Ling responded coldly: "I can't be here?"
He is the third child among the younger generation in the Su family. There are two people with the surname Su in this family. In order to distinguish them, Li Ting specifically calls him Su Sanshao.
However, this title caused another young master of the Su family to sneer. "What is Third Young Master Su? How can a guy who has severed ties with the Su family be called Third Young Master Su?"
Li Ting laughed and touched his nose awkwardly.
Lin Zhou frowned and looked at Su Dan with an unfriendly look.
Su Ling was mocked, and said calmly: "A nouveau riche like the Su family can't even be ranked in the top ten among the wealthy families in S City. The title of Third Young Master Su is really not worthy of me."
"You——" Su Dan snorted coldly, "What kind of waste is this who relies on men to get to the top?"
Su Ling remained calm, raised her chin slightly, and narrowed her beautiful peach blossom eyes, looking particularly arrogant. "Are you jealous?"
"Huh?" Su Dan stared at him in disbelief. "I'm jealous of you? I'm so idle that I'd be jealous of a peasant who works in the countryside!"
Su Ling raised the corners of his mouth and smiled handsomely, "My husband loves me and gives me more than one million pocket money every month. I can't spend it all, so I have to give it out for charity. Unlike someone who racks his brains to ask the elders for money every month, and if the elders don't give much, he lies on the ground and cries and acts like a rogue."
"Shut up!" Su Dan's face turned ashen. That was a long time ago. When he was ten years old and still ignorant, he asked his parents for pocket money. His parents only gave him 10,000 yuan. He thought it was too little, so he sat on the ground and cried. As a result, Su Ling accidentally saw him and remembered it for so long, and he would bring it up to tease him from time to time.
Su Ling spread his hands with an innocent look on his face.
In the past, when they were in the Su family, Su Dan and Su Ling had always been at odds with each other, and the two often quarreled. After Su Ling and Lu Feng got married, whenever they met in other occasions, Su Dan would deliberately rush up and make sarcastic remarks, but Su Ling was not a pushover and would fight back mercilessly.
"Ahem - well - should we change clothes?" Yu Qiang, who was watching from the side, spoke up at the right time.
Qiao Zhengwen said: "Change, of course we have to change! Last week we still couldn't decide the winner, this time I will defeat you no matter what!"
Yu Qiang said: "Okay, who's afraid of who? By the way, where's Wen Xi? Do you want to compete too?"
He turned sideways, revealing the handsome young man standing on the outside.
Wen Xi was hiding behind them to watch the show. When he heard Yu Qiang's words, he responded obediently, "Brother Yu and Brother Qiao will compete first. I'll go after them."
Then, he looked at Su Ling warmly and said politely, "Hello, Mr. Su, we meet again."
Su Ling met Wen Xi's gaze indifferently, frowned slightly, and said in a neutral tone: "Hello."
Lin Zhou looked around and asked in surprise, "Do you know each other?"
Su Ling said, "Well, we met once. His grandfather and my second grandfather have some connection."
The author has something to say: Ugh, every time I trim it, it takes more than an hour, and I burst into tears. My hair is getting thinner and thinner.