Just when Xu Wen was feeling extremely disappointed, there was a knock on the door.
She was delighted, knowing that it must be Li Lin who came. She didn't even bother to put on her shoes and ran to the door barefoot.
The moment she opened the door, the smile on her face froze, and she saw the hotel waitress standing at the door with a smile on her face.
"Hello ma'am, do you need me to clean up for you?"
Xu Wen shook her head in disappointment, "No, thank you."
After closing the door, she sat back on the sofa with a lonely look on her face. She took out her cell phone and wanted to call Li Lin, but was afraid that he was busy. After hesitating for two seconds, she finally compromised, threw her cell phone on the sofa, curled up on the sofa with a pillow in her arms, and waited quietly.
"He's not going to come, is he?"
"Why do I miss him so much?"
"But he never said he liked me. Am I unrequited love?"
“So tangled, so torturous…”
She buried her head in the pillow, trying to clear her mind of all the random thoughts.
Suddenly, there was knock on the door again.
Xu Wen got up impatiently and walked to the door, twisting the doorknob while saying, "I told you not to clean..."
When she saw that the person standing at the door was not a waiter but Li Lin, she was surprised and delighted.
"What cleaning?" Li Lin asked with a smile.
Xu Wen was so excited that she gave Li Lin a big hug, put her head on his chest and whispered, "I miss you."
Li Lin felt the warmth and softness of the beauty in his arms, and was at a loss for a moment.
He was petrified on the spot, his body extremely stiff.
Xu Wen also realized her own recklessness. She looked up at the stunned Li Lin, and with a red face, she quickly struggled to break free from his arms.
She said shyly, "I'm a little scared to stay here alone. I just hugged you subconsciously. I didn't mean any other thing."
Li Lin smiled and said, "It's normal for friends to hug each other. There's nothing to be embarrassed about. Are you hungry? I'll take you to dinner."
A hug between friends? I've even accepted you as my dad's son-in-law! I've already said I miss you, why is this guy so slow? Can't you just follow the flow?
Xu Wen was a little unhappy and pouted, "I'm not hungry."
Not hungry? Li Lin was stunned. This was different from what he expected. How should he answer?
At this moment, Li Lin's stomach growled again. He rubbed his stomach awkwardly and smiled foolishly at Xu Wen.
Xu Wen couldn't bear to see Li Lin in such a state of embarrassment, so she said, "Okay, let's go. I'll go to dinner with you."
...
The night view of Pingyang is not decorated with as many bright lights as in big cities. There are just ordinary solar street lights.
The two walked side by side, and the long shadows behind them sometimes merged and sometimes separated.
Li Lin wanted to say something to break the silence.
Xu Wen also pursed her lips, wanting to say something to break the silence.
Suddenly, they both spoke almost at the same time.
"What would you like to eat?"
"What would you like to eat?"
The two looked at each other for a moment, and then let out a series of "chuckles".
This is a tacit understanding, a tacit understanding that is in tune with each other.
Xu Wen took Li Lin's arm openly, looked up at him, and asked with a smile, "How did you get a girlfriend before when you are so stupid?"
Li Lin didn't think about it and answered, "Oh, usually others take the initiative..."
Xu Wen rolled her eyes at him and said he was a hypocritical man with a big ego.
Li Lin smiled and didn't refute, but what he said was true.
Because of his humble background, he didn't dare to talk to the opposite sex at school, especially pretty girls.
They are often surrounded by many well-dressed second-generation officials and rich people. As a country kid, his monthly food money is not enough to treat them to two movies.
Therefore, he consciously kept a distance from those girls to avoid humiliating himself.
For a long time, he basically lost the ability to communicate with the opposite sex. It was not until the appearance of Chu Yao that he realized that not every woman was so materialistic and snobbish.
In other words, it was Chu Yao who gave him confidence and courage when he was at his lowest self-esteem. It was also she who kicked him from the top of the mountain into the abyss when he was happiest and most optimistic, making him realize the cruelty of reality.
...
In a small restaurant.
Xu Wen lowered her head to eat noodles, and occasionally reached out to pull her hair back.
You can see that she is really hungry.
Li Lin asked her seemingly nonchalantly, "Wenwen, why are you helping me?"
Xu Wen paused while sipping her noodles, pretended to look at Li Lin with a puzzled expression, and said, "What are you talking about? I'm just a university teaching assistant, earning a few thousand yuan a month. Apart from our principal, I don't know any other leaders. How can I help you?"
Li Lin smiled and thought, when faced with this kind of question, shouldn't a normal person first ask how the person has helped Li Lin?
She just started explaining nonstop, belittling herself and saying how worthless she was...isn't that just admitting her guilt?
Since she doesn't want to say it, there must be a reason why she can't say it.
Li Lin didn't dwell on this topic anymore. He lowered his head to eat noodles and said to her lightly, "Thank you."
Xu Wen was stunned, staring at Li Lin who was eating noodles with his head down, with tenderness in her eyes. She whispered, "It's inexplicable..."
She also lowered her head to eat the noodles. As soon as she put the noodles into her mouth, she couldn't help laughing.
I didn’t expect that Li Lin wasn’t really stupid, he just liked to act stupid. However, he was still quite cute.
She likes this kind of chance encounter and only looks at the person in front of her, regardless of their identity or background.
After all, in the past two years, because of her identity as the minister's daughter, she has been pursued by countless rich and powerful second-generations in Yanjing, which makes her feel annoyed when she sees those greasy, hypocritical young men.
She couldn't stay in Yanjing any longer, so she had no choice but to hide in Hanjiang University to be a teacher. She just wanted to be an ordinary teacher and have an ordinary, simple love.
She knew that Li Lin graduated from Hanjiang University. She had learned from the teachers at the school that Li Lin had no identity or background. He was just an ordinary country child.
Unfortunately, she didn't find out about Li Lin's love history in school from the teachers, which made her feel a little regretful.
She looked at Li Lin in front of her, so simple and real, wasn't this the other half he longed to meet?
Moreover, he was already a section-level cadre at a young age, which was enough to show how hard-working and outstanding he was.
She even thought that after they got married, she could openly use her father's connections to help Li Lin achieve a career advancement.
No matter where Li Lin works in the future, she will stay by his side, wash his clothes and cook for him, and give birth to a big fat boy. Thinking of this, Xu Wen couldn't help but smile sweetly and lowered her head shyly.
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