Chapter 25 Did you kiss in the hospital?
My phone rang. I clicked on the message and saw a new WeChat message: "It's snowing in Beijing."
After receiving this WeChat message, Sasa deliberately returned to the interface and reopened it. After repeating it three times, she was sure that the person who sent this WeChat message was Lin Bozhou.
Sasa politely replied, "Yes, Mr. Lin, but I'm in Shanghai."
The other party immediately popped up a voice message, saying that he was also in Shanghai and could have a cup of coffee together. Thinking about how Lin Bozhou helped her get the money last time, she didn't refuse.
The two of them met at the executive lounge of Lin Bozhou's hotel. Sasa looked through her work list and found that he and the actress she was going to interview were staying in the same hotel, so after interviewing the actress upstairs, she went downstairs to wait for him.
Sasa sent him a message: "I'm here, but you don't have to worry."
Sasa had never considered herself socially awkward, but after receiving the call, she felt a wave of anxiety, unable to articulate her feelings about the upcoming meeting. She suddenly realized that the ease with which she had previously interacted and flattered others was due to the fact that the people she met believed she was a senior journalist, living a bright and clear life without any dark stains.
Unfortunately, Lin Bozhou was the man who saw her clamoring for money.
After the interview, she left the room and ran to the lobby and asked for a pair of disposable slippers using the female star's room number.
Pretend to be decent in front of decent people, and be honest in front of people who have seen your darkness; life once again uses indecent experiences to teach her a new way of doing things.
The upscale hotel's bathroom stalls were large. Sasa sat on the closed toilet to remove her high heels. With the New Year approaching, this year felt particularly surreal to her, a feeling born of a miscalculation about what growing up would be like. In her mind, growing up meant wearing Jimmy Choo, carrying Hermès, enjoying exquisite French afternoon tea in upscale establishments, and when her phone rang, it was Prince Charming in his Ferrari saying, "Baby, I'm waiting downstairs."
Instead of hiding in the bathroom of a high-end hotel to take off a pair of three hundred yuan high heels, preparing to meet the Northeastern man who is helping her to pay the bill but is also a complete stranger to her, after all, the Prince Charming should at least be a handsome Cantonese-speaking guy in Guangzhou, right?
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Lin Bozhou found a seat by the window. Even on weekday evenings, the lounge was filled with the vibrant, urban scene. The best part about being in a big city is that if you sit outside alone, no one will look at you strangely. This kind of tolerance is only found in big cities.
Lin Baizhou watched as Sasa walked towards him with a pair of YSL high heels on her slender wrists, wearing a short skirt and bare legs. Lin Baizhou also smiled and stretched out his feet to her, indicating that he was also wearing disposable slippers.
"You came so fast that I didn't realize I forgot to change my slippers until I got to the elevator. I bumped into the same pair as you." Lin Baizhou said.
Sasa smiled and said, "I picked this pair up in the lobby."
"Do you live here too?" Lin Baizhou asked.
Sasa shook her head and said, "I just interviewed a female celebrity upstairs."
Then Sasa pressed the menu to her chest and whispered to Lin Baizhou: It's very expensive to stay here for one night.
"Ms. Chen is a cultured person and doesn't care where she lives. People of letters only care about the soul." Lin Baizhou smiled.
"I can't even be called a cultured person. I'm just begging for food." Sasa said.
In fact, Sasa usually doesn’t eat much for dinner, but today she ordered five dishes at once.
Lin Bozhou ordered a few more dishes and said to Sasa, "Although I haven't collected the bill for Shanghai yet, I'm treating you. Order a few more dishes. Don't worry about the money for me."
Sasa quickly said, "It's my treat. I'll eat a lot today!"
Lin Bozhou didn't argue about who would pay the bill anymore. Instead, he explained to Sasa, "Shouldn't I call myself brother? We are from the Northeast and we like to be friendly when we talk. Don't be offended. I'm 32, so you must be younger than me."
"You helped me to get money last time, and I haven't thanked you yet. What's wrong with calling you brother? I'll treat you to this meal." Sasa said generously and pushed the menu on the table towards him again.
Lin Bozhou handed the menu to the waiter and said, "We men don't let girls pay. Miss Chen, this sounds strange. Does anyone call you Xiao Chen?"
"Xiao Chen? It sounds like Xiao Chen the driver, Xiao Chen the housekeeper, or Xiao Chen the aunt." She held her chin with one hand and smiled.
It was a long and lingering story that brought out all the softness of a southern girl.
Lin Bozhou laughed heartily. "We Northeasterners try to get close to each other by adding "da", "xiao", or "lao" to the last name. I can't call you Lao Chen or Da Chen, can I?"
"Sasa, they all call me Sasa." Sasa said with a smile.
The waiter came to serve bread and separated the two of them. Sasa saw Lin Bozhou's ring on his ring finger through the gap between the waiter's plates.
In the past, she would have chatted first and then asked indirectly about the other party's marital status. But today, she asked directly, "What does your sister-in-law do?" Her eyes were fixed on his fingers. Lin Bozhou followed her gaze and glanced at his own finger. "This is my father's wedding ring. My father and mother are both gone, and the ring is with me."
"Your dad?" Sasa was obviously surprised by this title. She asked, "You always call dad 'Dad'?"
Lin Bozhou took it off and showed it to her. When Sasa received it in her hand, she realized that it was really old and the inside of the ring was covered with scratches.
"My grandfather had five sons, and my father was the second son. All five of us lived in the same courtyard. My uncles and uncles all called my grandfather "Dad," and we younger generations followed suit. Even when we grew up, we couldn't change... We still couldn't stop calling my father "Dad."
"When you were in school, weren't you also called Banzheng?"
Lin Bozhou laughed even louder and said, "Sister, where else can you call me daddy except at home?"
Sasa was stunned for a moment, then blushed with laughter when she realized what was happening.
Lin Bozhou waited gently for her to finish laughing and said, "Do you think it's unfashionable for me to call my dad like that?"
Sasa suddenly felt that there was someone very suitable for an interview sitting opposite her. Sasa smiled and said, "Dad is okay, at least more fashionable than Ama. Uncle should be very gentle, because you look like a very comfortable person."
Lin Bozhou quickly shook his head and said, "You're wrong. Everyone in my family was beaten with a rolling pin."
"A rolling pin?"
"My father used to run a noodle shop. He opened several chain noodle shops across the country. Later, when he made money, he started investing in other things and opened dozens of supermarkets."
Normally, people wouldn't ask too much, but Sasa, like an interviewer, had a professional ailment. She suddenly looked up and asked, "How many noodle shops are there?"
Lin Bozhou thought for a moment and said, "About two hundred."
Sasa was a little shocked, and suddenly leaned forward and asked, "Brother, can you also stretch ramen?"
Lin Bozhou was silent for three seconds, then said, "I really can..."
Lin Baizhou looked a little funny. It was obvious that Lin Baizhou didn't want others to know that he could stretch noodles. He was good-looking, tall, and rich, but he couldn't stretch noodles no matter how hard he tried.
"We started playing with dough when we were in kindergarten... We even went to the branch to have them stretch noodles during summer and winter vacations..."
Sasa wanted to laugh, but was too embarrassed to do so, so she could only say, "That's amazing, Mr. Lin, really amazing!"
Lin Bozhou said, "If you want to eat it, I'll bring you some dough noodles next time."
Sasa laughed and asked, "Is it really possible?"
Lin Baizhou said, there's nothing wrong with that.
Sasa suddenly felt relieved. It was the first time she had met someone like this, someone who looked very generous but was very down-to-earth in conversation. And as a reporter, she could only say to him, "You are amazing, Mr. Lin, really amazing."
She seemed to be experiencing a kind of Northeastern life that she had never experienced before.
Until the end, Lin Bozhou did not let Sasa pay for her, insisting that not letting women pay the bill was the dignity of Northeast Bank.
The two of them walked down from the hotel together, and Lin Bozhou suddenly said to Sasa, "Actually, I don't like eating these foreign foods."
Sasa asked, "What do you like to eat? Let's go eat again. I'll pay this time."
Lin Bozhou thought for a moment and said, "How about we go have some barbecue?"
Sasa was amused by the word "whole" and seemed to be laughing all night. Then she said, "Okay, go wherever you want to get it done."
The two of them sat opposite each other in the lobby. Lin Bozhou browsed Dianping.com, looking for Northeastern barbecue. Sasa watched him concentrate on browsing.
Lin Bozhou sighed after flipping through the food for a while: Shanghai food is too exquisite, and you can tell at a glance that it doesn’t taste good. Do you know our Shenyang chicken rack?
Sasa nodded: I’ve heard of it. Sometimes when I interview some Shenyang celebrities, they will talk to me about Shenyang cuisine.
Lin Baizhou nodded and said: People from Shenyang will miss home very much after they go out.
Since they couldn't have a small barbecue, the two said goodbye in the lobby. Lin Bozhou called a car for Sasa and sent her to the hotel gate, waiting for Sasa's car to arrive. When the car arrived, Sasa opened the door and said a polite word before getting in: Brother, I owe you this meal, I will make it up to you next time.
She was about to close the door, but Lin Bozhou suddenly held the car door, leaned over, and asked Sasa with a smile: Okay, when is the next time?
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Sasa was lying on the bed in the hotel, sending a voice message to the beast group, telling everyone a happy Northeastern barbecue story.
“Northeastern barbecue is really delicious.” Shen Qingqing replied immediately.
Sun Ziyi sent another voice message: "When I think about him coming to see you next time and taking out a ball of dough from his bag, I laugh so hard that I want to die."
Chen Qingqing asked again: So when will we meet next time?
Just as Sasa was about to go back, Lin Bozhou called.
He asked on the other end, does Hermès have a bag called a vegetable basket?
Sasa said, "Yes."
Lin Baizhou then asked if he could buy one for her sister.
Sasa said, "Maybe we need to match the goods, but I can ask for you. What color does your sister want?"
Lin Bozhou said, white.
Sasa asked: There are several kinds of white, but it is difficult to buy any white, so my sister chose the most difficult to find color.
Lin Bozhou laughed, "She got into the Beijing Film Academy this year and had originally picked out a bag worth over 100,000 yuan, but I disagreed because she said this one wasn't expensive."
This color needs to be matched, and the total cost will be tens of thousands. Sasa said.
Lin Baizhou asked, is there any way to do this?
Sasa said, how can I tell you, my sister is still young, no...
Sasa was just about to persuade the other party not to develop the habit of buying luxury goods for her sister, but a barrage of comments immediately flashed through her mind, saying "Don't meddle in other people's affairs."
"No what?" Lin Bozhou asked.
Not bad, you have good taste. Sasa smiled softly and said.
What are you doing? Lin Bozhou asked.
It was obvious that Lin Bozhou really wanted to call Sasa. Even if it wasn't for his sister, he would have found some other reason. Sasa also wanted to continue chatting with him. People from Northeast China have a certain ability to talk a lot without being annoying, and they can make the atmosphere very cheerful. But Li Yao called suddenly, and she had to say goodbye to Lin Bozhou first.
Lin Baizhou also said good night quickly.
While answering the phone, Sasa asked in the group, "Do you have the WeChat of the Hermès salesgirl? I have a younger sister who wants a milky white vegetable basket."
Sun Ziyi directly tagged Chen Qingqing.
Shen Qingqing replied a few minutes later, "Then I'll let my salesperson keep an eye on you."
On the other end of the phone, Li Yao asked, "Do you want to hear some gossip?"
"How can someone not want to listen to gossip?" Sasa put the phone on speakerphone and continued to dress up in front of the mirror.
Li Yao said, "I heard that Chen Ang got divorced."
Sasa said I knew it a long time ago.
Li Yao was extremely surprised and asked her, "You are not in your hometown, so how do you know that he is divorced?"
Sasa said that I went home a few months ago, saw him, and went to the hospital to find him.
Li Yao was stunned for a moment and said, "Did you kiss in the hospital?"
Sasa was stunned and asked, how did you know?
Li Yao said: .....The whole world knows it.
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