18 Friend or Boyfriend
After the two of them sat down again, Song Miao felt that the atmosphere in the private room had become subtle and strange. She pushed the menu in front of them again. "I just ordered three pots of sake, grilled ginkgo nuts, Wagyu sukiyaki, and fried shrimp tempura. What else can you guys think of?" Liu Yuwei heard the dishes Song Miao listed, lowered her head to look at the menu, and subconsciously said, "He doesn't eat shrimp." Three seconds later, her rationality returned, and she immediately explained, "I heard from my colleague." Liu Yuwei adjusted her expression and looked at Jin Lang, her lips curled up, her eyes curved. "My colleague is your die-hard fan and knows your lifestyle like the back of her hand." "I didn't know you were coming today, otherwise she should have brought a notebook for you to sign." Song Miao looked at Jin Lang's expressionless face, neither smiling nor angry, and said softly, "Then don't order shrimp. Jin Lang, take a look and try something else." Jin Lang tilted his head and stared at Liu Yuwei, as if he wanted to use his eyes to peel back her mask and see what kind of heart was hidden underneath. Then, thinking back to the intimate conversation she had had with Ren Yiming, she irritably closed the menu. "It's okay, people's tastes change. Tempura is good." Liu Yuwei snorted inwardly. What does allergies have to do with taste? Could it be that with the rapid advancements in medicine, there are already cutting-edge therapies that can correct immune system flaws? Dishes arrived one after another. The shrimp on the white porcelain plate were covered in a crispy crust, the translucent crunch blending seamlessly with the translucent white flesh. Liu Yuwei picked up her serving chopsticks, gently picked up a shrimp with the tip of her chopsticks, and placed it on Jin Lang's plate, raising an eyebrow and saying softly, "Try it. I just saw on the menu that this fried shrimp tempura is a must-order." The batter was crispy on the outside, and the shrimp inside was chewy and tender. It was indeed delicious. Jin Lang devoured the shrimp on the plate in two or three bites. Seeing him not hesitate at all, Liu Yuwei could only jokingly say to herself, "Let's have a drink together to celebrate our old classmates reuniting." Song Miao raised his glass in a gesture, and the ceramic cups clinked together with a crisp sound. "Yuwei, are you still in touch with your high school classmates?" Liu Yuwei put down her sake cup. "We don't keep in touch often, but our class has a WeChat group. I'll add you later." "That's great!" Song Miao's voice was cheerful and light. "By the way, I happened to run into Xu Ning, the senior from the year above us, while visiting a client a while ago." "Yuwei, do you remember him?" Liu Yuwei searched her mind for a moment, finding the blurry face that matched the name. "Well, speaking of which, Senior Xu Ning and I were college classmates." Song Miao's almond-shaped eyes seemed to reveal a hint of...
When the two of them sat down again, Song Miao felt that the atmosphere in the box became subtle and strange.
She pushed the menu in front of them again. "I just ordered three pots of sake, grilled ginkgo nuts, wagyu sukiyaki, and shrimp tempura. What else would you like to order?"
When Liu Yuwei heard the dishes Song Miao listed, he lowered his head to look at the menu and subconsciously said, "He doesn't eat shrimp."
Three seconds later, his rationality returned, and he immediately followed up with an explanation, "I heard it from my colleague."
Liu Yuwei adjusted her expression and looked at Jin Lang, her lips curled up and her eyes curved. "My colleague is your die-hard fan and knows your living habits very well."
"I didn't know you were coming today, otherwise I should have brought a book for you to sign for her."
Song Miao looked at Jin Lang's expressionless face, neither smiling nor angry, and said softly, "Then don't order shrimp. Jin Lang, try to find something else."
Jin Lang tilted his head and stared at Liu Yuwei, as if he wanted to use his eyes to peel off her mask and see what kind of heart was hidden underneath.
Then she thought of the intimacy between her and Ren Yiming on the phone and closed the menu irritably.
"It's okay. People's tastes change. Tempura is good."
Liu Yuwei snorted in his heart, what does allergy have to do with taste? Could it be that medicine is developing so fast that there are already some cutting-edge therapies that can correct the bugs in the immune system?
The dishes were served one after another. The shrimps on the white porcelain plate were covered with a layer of crispy shell, and the translucent crispy shell blended with the white shrimp meat.
Liu Yuwei picked up the serving chopsticks, lightly picked up a shrimp with the tip of the chopsticks and placed it on Jin Lang's plate, raising her eyebrows and speaking softly.
"Try it. I just saw the menu and this fried shrimp tempura is a must-order."
The batter was crispy on the outside, and the shrimp inside was chewy and delicious. Jin Lang devoured the shrimp on the plate in two or three bites. Liu Yuwei saw that he didn't hesitate at all, and could only laugh at herself and tell herself not to meddle in other people's business.
"Come on, let's have a drink together to celebrate the reunion of our old classmates."
Song Miao took the initiative to raise his glass to signal, and the ceramic cups clinked together, making a crisp sound.
"Yu Wei, are you still in touch with your high school classmates?"
Liu Yuwei put down the sake cup and said, "We don't contact each other often on weekdays, but our class has a WeChat group. I'll add you to the group later."
"That's great!" Song Miao's voice was cheerful and cheerful. "By the way, I happened to run into Xu Ning when I went to a client's place a while ago. He's the senior student who's a year ahead of us."
"Yu Wei, do you still remember him?"
Liu Yuwei searched in his mind for a moment and found the blurry face corresponding to this name.
"Well, come to think of it, Senior Xu Ning and I are college alumni."
Song Miao's almond-shaped eyes seemed to reveal a hint of surprise, and then she teased, "I remember back in high school, when I asked you what kind of boy you liked, you told me someone like Xu Ning was good."
A joke was like a piece of red-hot charcoal, rolling unexpectedly into the frozen heart lake of the two people opposite. In an instant, white mist rose up, covering the cracks that had not yet been hidden.
Liu Yuwei recalled the time she was dragged to look at the final exam honor roll. After Song Miao finished expressing her admiration for Jin Lang's photo, she noticed that her friend seemed lost in thought and asked her if she had fallen in love with a certain boy.
Liu Yuwei glanced at the name above Jin Lang, and then borrowed it casually like Edogawa Conan.
Song Miao finished speaking and silently observed the expressions of the two people. Jin Lang paused with his chopsticks when he heard this, then picked up a piece of Arctic scallop and put it into his mouth without dipping it in any sauce. Liu Yuwei's eyes were blank, as if he was reminiscing about the past.
"Since you are alumni, didn't you have some connections back in college? Why not develop some relationships?"
Song Miao approached as if nothing had happened, with a hint of excitement and curiosity in his tone.
"Or have you fallen in love with someone else?"
At that time, Liu Yuwei's heart was naturally already filled with someone. Although the two of them were far apart, she could not see anyone else. If her roommate had not told her that the boy in the next class was pursuing her, she would not have realized that the male classmate she often met in public classes had such thoughts.
Liu Yuwei was a little annoyed. He didn't know why he became the target of gossip, even though they were the two protagonists of the dinner.
She smiled, a hint of regret in her expression, "What a pity, our school has two campuses, so we missed the good opportunity to be so close to the water tower."
"Schools in China are all so generous, unlike a tiny place like Singapore." Song Miao sighed, "Jin Lang, I remember your school also has three campuses in Shanghai?"
"Including the medical department, there should be four." He raised his eyes and responded.
"Is that so?" Song Miao asked naturally and familiarly, "By the way, is that Korean wonton shop at the school gate on Siping Road still open? Their wonton Shin Ramyun is really amazing."
"I don't know. I haven't been back for a long time."
Jin Lang answered absentmindedly, with no emotion in his voice.
Liu Yuwei had been to the wonton shop near Jin Lang University once before. She had no recollection of the food's flavor, but she remembered that she had kindly shared her shrimp wontons with Jin Lang, only to discover that soon after he finished eating, red urticaria appeared on his body.
If someone can easily name the snack shops around someone else's school, what other reason could there be other than that they frequent them frequently?
Liu Yuwei suddenly lost her appetite, her mouth curled up, and her eyes grew cold. So, when she had been guarding the photos, trying to prove the traces of love, others had already started new lives, and she was the only one foolishly indulging in memories.
Time goes by, back in high school, she had to hide her emotions and cheer for their first love as a bystander. But now, she still doesn't have the courage to jump out and say that your love at that time was just my charity.
I had to find another way to vent the frustration in my heart.
Liu Yuwei used the serving chopsticks to pick up the tempura again and placed it on the celadon plate of the man next to her. "I saw that you seemed to like it just now. Have another one!"
"Song Miao, take one too. It's just right for us to share it." Liu Yuwei passed the plate to the other side.
Jin Lang ate the completely cold fried shrimp again as if nothing had happened. Liu Yuwei suddenly felt like he had punched cotton and felt a little deflated.
After dinner, the three of them walked out. Song Miao took out his cell phone to hail a taxi and casually asked Liu Yuwei if he wanted to go together.
"I'll ask the driver to take you. It's hard to get a taxi here."
Jin Lang turned around and spoke to Song Miao in a caring manner.
Hearing this, she turned off the phone, took Liu Yuwei's arm, and thanked the "fully armed" man opposite.
"That's great! Thank you, big star, for sending us home."
"She's not going our way." Jin Lang answered immediately.
Liu Yuwei didn't want to pay attention to him either. He pulled his hand away and patted Song Miao's shoulder. "You guys go first. My friend will come to pick me up later."
When Song Miao heard this, a curious look appeared on his face, "Friend or boyfriend? Won't you introduce him to us?"
After saying that, he turned to look at Jin Lang and said, "Don't be in a hurry, it's late at night. Let's wait with Yu Wei for a while."
Liu Yuwei saw Jin Lang standing there with no intention of leaving, and didn't understand what these two people were trying to do.
She called Ren Yiming, who replied that he'd be there soon. A moment later, a red Cayenne pulled up on the street. A tall man got out and walked quickly toward them. He was wearing a navy blue down jacket with a fur collar, unzipped, revealing a light-colored turtleneck sweater underneath.
When Ren Yiming parked the car, he saw three people standing next to the Japanese wooden door. Although the man in the shadow was wearing a hat and a mask, his figure and posture were too outstanding to be ignored.
Liu Yuwei was wearing a white short down jacket and carrying a black envelope bag on her shoulder. A beautiful woman was standing next to her.
Facing the gazes of the three people, he strode to Liu Yuwei, hooked his fingers around the metal chain very naturally, circled it twice in his palm, and picked up her bag in his hand.
Liu Yuwei looked at him strangely, only to see Ren Yiming's peach blossom eyes filled with a gentle smile, his eyebrows slightly raised, as if he was on his home turf, and asked, "Who are these two?"
"My high school classmate."
Liu Yuwei slightly turned sideways to make way for Song Miao who was blocking her way behind him. "This is Song Miao, my deskmate in high school."
After hesitating for a moment, he extended his hand to another person, "This is Jin Lang. You should have seen him on TV."
Following her words, Ren Yiming nodded politely to the two of them and then introduced himself.
"Hello, I'm Ren Yiming, Xiaowei's graduate school classmate."
Although what he said was true, Liu Yuwei felt so uncomfortable. Perhaps it was because she had never heard him call her "Xiao Wei" before.
Song Miao understood what Ren Yiming meant by these words and actions. So he took the initiative to shake his hand and said politely, "Hello, Mr. Ren, let's have dinner together next time we have the chance."
After saying that, he winked at Liu Yuwei and gave her a look that said "I understand".
She turned to look at Jin Lang, who was standing beside her with his hands in his pockets, with no intention of greeting her, as if the previous greeting had nothing to do with him.
Ren Yiming raised his eyebrows, and a flash of pride and mockery passed through his eyes, but Jin Lang took it all in. The jealousy in his heart was like boiling water pumped out, and then flowed through the blood vessels to the whole body, burning people.
Jin Lang saw him raise his wrist to check his watch, tilted his head and smiled, and asked Liu Yuwei's opinion in an intimate tone, "Are you cold? Do you want to go home?"
Liu Yuwei also wanted to quickly end this somewhat awkward situation, so he nodded.
"It's getting late, Xiao Wei and I will leave first. See you again when we have the chance." A polite farewell.
"Then let's make an appointment again when we have time. Bye." Liu Yuwei said hello to Song Miao, took Ren Yiming's sleeve and turned to walk towards the car.
Before he took two steps, Ren Yiming moved the bag to his left hand and gently put his right hand around Liu Yuwei's shoulders.
There was a blockage under his feet, but he pushed him forward. Liu Yuwei raised his side face and asked, "What's wrong with you today? Did you take the wrong medicine?"
Ren Yiming leaned down and whispered in her ear, "I'm just trying to support you. I have to tell your high school classmates that our Lawyer Liu is extremely charming and has many suitors now!"
Liu Yuwei was at a loss whether to laugh or cry. She knew that the high school classmates that Ren Yiming was referring to were specifically for her.
"The acting is good, but don't call me Xiaowei next time. I get goosebumps all over the floor."
"I've already sacrificed myself, and you're still finding fault with me. How dare you."
"Okay, okay, thank you for thinking so carefully for me! My fellow graduate student!"
To perform the whole act, Ren Yiming slowly slid his hand from his shoulder to Liu Yuwei's waist, hugged her to the car door, escorted her into the car, and then walked back to the driver's side.
The intimate actions of the two were seen by everyone.
Song Miao exclaimed cheerfully, "Graduate students? I think they'll be able to become full-time employees soon! They're quite a good match, don't you think?"
When I turned around, I found that Jin Lang was still staring at the direction the car left.
After a few seconds of silence, Song Miao heard his cold reply, "Let's go, I'll take you home first."
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