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In the city center, there are only a few people sitting in the high-end restaurant on the 34th floor. The restaurant is arc-shaped and the building is built in the center of the city's central axis. The huge floor-to-ceiling windows overlook the entire city. The blue sky is clear and bright, and the windows are specially designed so that it is not dazzling.
As soon as the elevator opened, a waiter came to greet them and led them to their reserved seats.
Huo Lang and Su Bai sat by the window and chatted: "This place has only been open for a short time, and it's always packed at mealtime. I made a reservation three days in advance, so I'm going to try it today."
Su Bai held the menu. He had no appetite, and the dishes on it were bland. Huo Lang's expression made him wonder if he had sent the message by mistake, but it showed as read, and there was no way to undo it.
He ordered a dish at random, took a sip of red wine and looked out the window.
"You're not such a shy person. You always refused directly before. What's the situation now?" Huo Lang saw that he looked worried. "If you have any ideas, just agree to her. Don't look so gloomy, like Lin Daiyu."
Lin Daiyu was a bit out of scope for Su Bai, a foreigner. He knew she was famous and had a general understanding of her. But for Su Bai, if he hadn't read the book, he wouldn't have understood her, so he accepted the comments and didn't refute them.
"I was just thinking about work."
Holland had a "you better" expression on his face.
Su Bai changed the subject, "I heard you're working on a medical collaboration recently, how's it going?"
Huo Lang twirled his wine glass; he'd indeed been busy with this project these days. "A foreign laboratory has developed a new robot for cardiac surgery. It's very promising. The technology has been tested well and there are successful clinical cases. I plan to introduce it once it's more mature."
"How about it? Are you interested?" Holland asked, "Want to invest?"
The Huo family was involved in the medical field, but Su Bai wasn't involved. If the two families were in a competitive relationship, he and Huo Lang wouldn't necessarily become close friends. Furthermore, S Group was developing in-depth vertically, so they couldn't focus on just one area rather than many. They could leave the development of new sectors for later.
"I don't have such plans. I haven't even made a profit yet," Su Bai said. Investing is easy, but throwing money at it is also difficult, especially in unfamiliar fields. He doesn't like taking risks; he prefers to be sure.
Only controllable things can bring objective benefits. Subjective impulses are useless and may even lead to huge failures.
"You are now taking ten steps and looking fifty steps ahead. You are becoming more and more old-fashioned as you grow older." Thinking back to when Su Bai was in college, he would have an idea at night and start making a plan the next day, and implement it immediately without caring whether it was stable or not.
Huo Lang took a sip of wine and asked, "Are you used to staying in Ningcheng?"
"not bad."
"Ningcheng is much more developed now than it was twenty years ago. The places where we played as children have changed a lot. You can have fun there when you have time. You've been back a few times since you left Ningcheng. If no one cleans my grandmother's old house, the grass will grow taller than you."
Su Bai suddenly remembered that Shen Yanshu had also said something like "Ningcheng is nice, you can have fun there", and recalled that they were chatting in the car about the attractions in Ningcheng, and the places they liked and disliked.
Thinking of Shen Yanshu's smile, Su Bai couldn't help but raise the corners of his mouth.
"Yes."
"If you don't know where to go, just send me a message."
"Are you free?"
"I'm sure there will be some to entertain you."
"good."
The dishes were already served, and the two of them ate while saying, "But, you didn't even add Shen Yanshu on WeChat?"
Su Bai paused while eating and said, "I didn't have time."
Huo Lang raised his head to look at him, his eyes passed over Su Bai's shoulder, noticed the figure in the distance, and followed the waiter as he approached.
Shen Yanshu!
No way, what a coincidence. Huo Lang coughed and raised his head to signal Su Bai to look back.
Before Su Bai could react, Huo Lang called out, "Shen Yanshu."
After Shen Yanshu figured out the direction of the voice, he saw Huo Lang waving at him.
"Are you familiar with her?" Su Bai asked coldly.
"Ningcheng is so small, and there are only a few good high schools. It's not surprising that we go to the same high school."
Huo Lang and Shen Yanshu were high school alumni. Shen Yanshu was pursued by many people in high school. He witnessed three of them with his own eyes. However, they were not in the same class and did not communicate much. The only communication was the meetings between the class leaders and Shen Yanshu's speech under the national flag. They had no contact after he went to college.
He added, "But we are not in the same class. I have never had any feelings for her. Don't think too much about it."
"You've never told me this before."
"You didn't know her before," Huo Lang said. "I really don't have any interest in her, don't worry."
Su Bai didn't say anything else. Not to mention that Huo Lang had no interest in it, even if Shen Yanshu did, he wouldn't like Huo Lang. There was no need for him to think too much about it.
"Huo Lang, what a coincidence." Shen Yanshu and Wen Xianyue walked over and introduced themselves to each other. Huo Lang and Wen Xianyue didn't know each other, it was their first meeting.
A flamboy like Huo Lang is as passionate as a furnace. His sexy outfit today is simply a naked display of his personality. Wen Xianyue leaned slightly behind Shen Yanshu.
"I didn't expect you to return to China. The last time I met Uncle Shen, he said you were studying." Huo Lang said.
"You just graduated. I heard you've been very busy." Shen Yanshu said politely.
"I'm not that busy." Huo Lang smiled and took out his phone, suggesting, "How about we add each other on WeChat so we can hang out together when we're free?"
"Of course." Shen Yanshu took out his cell phone.
"Su Bai, hurry up." Huo Lang urged.
Seeing Su Bai add Shen Yanshu on WeChat, Huo Lang winked at him, but Su Bai completely ignored him.
"Would you like to share the table with us?" Huo Lang suggested.
"No need, I've reserved a table with my friend." Shen Yanshu and Wen Xianyue had finally managed to get together. Wen Xianyue had some social anxiety around people she didn't know, so there was no need for her to join in the fun.
"Okay, let's get together again when we have time."
Sitting down at his desk, Shen Yanshu opened Su Bai's WeChat account. His profile picture was simple, but the background of his Moments was rather cute—a white Maltese in a miniskirt. His Moments were as aloof as Su Bai's, the only personal update being a picture of him playing tennis.
"So you and Su Bai haven't added each other on WeChat yet?" Wen Xianyue was surprised. She thought that by the time they reached the stage of sending flowers, they would have to have WeChat, but it turned out that the two of them were chatting using the most primitive text messages.
"I didn't have time." Shen Yanshu was in a good mood. "Tell me, how should I chat with him?"
"I have no experience in this area, otherwise I'd better start by saying hello."
If we compare, the Wen family and the Shen family are two extremes. Wen Xianyue's parents have been raising her according to the standards of a traditional lady since she was a child. They have requirements for her music, chess, calligraphy, painting, speech and clothing. They are also very strict about her relationship status and seem to be arranging a marriage for her.
Wen Xianyue was usually quiet and gentle, except for when she was with Shen Yanshu, when she was more lively. In junior high school, she would blush whenever she spoke to a boy. The only male of her age that Wen Xianyue didn't resist was her brother.
"Let's talk about it later, let's eat first." Nothing is more important than eating, and it's boring to keep talking about her little things.
"By the way, Xiaoshu. There's something I don't know if I should tell you."
"you say."
Wen Xianyue hesitated for a moment before she said, "Which one, your ex-boyfriend..."
Then he quickly said, "I invite you to his birthday party." He closed his eyes and opened them one by one after a while.
Shen Yanshu looked at Wen Xianyue and said indifferently, "He wants you to say it."
"Well, he keeps annoying me, and I can't help it." Wen Xianyue put three fingers together and said, "I swear, I really didn't mean it."
"It's been three years, and I think he still misses you."
It's also quite affectionate.
Shen Yanshu sighed. In order to give both of them some leeway, he simply told others that they had broken up peacefully. He didn't even tell Wen Xianyue the truth, and then went abroad to continue his studies.
At least in the eyes of others, they are not to the point of "never seeing each other again until death".
"Do you really have to go?"
Wen Xianyue nodded. Shen Yanshu felt something was fishy. "Are you really okay?"
Wen Xianyue's eyes widened, and she shook her head with a cryptic look on her face: "No."
It looked like something was really going on, but Wen Xianyue didn't say anything, and Shen Yanshu didn't ask any further questions. Shen Yanshu never asked why others didn't want to talk about things; if they wanted to, they would. Wen Xianyue wouldn't harm her, and as for him... whatever. Besides, going to a birthday party wasn't going to hurt him, so he just went.
It's just that Chen Xing arranged a job for her in the company and threw her into the secretarial department, under the pretext of learning from him. By then, she had already been living a 996 life, and occasionally had to work overtime, so it was not certain whether she would be free.
She opened the calendar on her phone and checked the time.
…No, it just happened to be the weekend. Okay, okay, no more excuses.
After experiencing Shen Yanshu's colorful expression changes, Wen Xianyue thought she was going to fail. Shen Yanshu slowly opened his mouth and said very reluctantly: "Okay, but I can only stay for two minutes at most."
"Okay, as long as you go." Wen Xianyue was very touched and felt relieved. "I'll go to your house and go with you then."
"good."
"Let's choose a gift later?" Wen Xianyue suggested.
Shen Yanshu felt that a qualified ex-boyfriend, especially one with whom she did not break up peacefully, should be like a dead person and never be seen again. It was already very good that she went to the party and even had to choose a gift for him.
Years of cultivation prompted Shen Yanshu to nod: "Okay."
While shopping, she just picked out a pair of cufflinks at random and called it a day. While sitting on the sofa waiting for Wen Xianyue, she browsed the food delivery app and picked out something for Su Bai.
On WeChat, she greeted Su Bai and nothing else happened. How cold and indifferent! But chasing someone you like is always fun.
She is full of fighting spirit now. Anyway, Su Bai didn't say that he didn't like it, which means it's okay. There is no reason not to continue.
She was carefully selecting flowers when a message popped up on WeChat, which was a picture sent by Huo Lang.
The photo focused on a vase filled with red roses. The background was blurred and only a vague figure could be seen. She knew it was Su Bai at a glance. He was on the phone.
The red roses were the ones she gave today. Shen Yanshu immediately saved the photo and enlarged it in the album to admire Su Bai's slender figure with broad shoulders and narrow waist. It must be said that this figure is amazing.
Shen Yanshu: Thank you.
Huo Lang sent a message quickly: He is an ice cube, but I think he treats you differently.
Shen Yanshu: How is it different?
Huo Lang: I’ve never seen him keep the flowers from that suitor before.
Shen Yanshu felt like she was about to float up, like a pink hydrogen balloon, floating in the sky. She tried her best to restrain her excitement: Really?
Holland: Really.
Before Shen Yanshu could reply, she saw that the photo had been withdrawn and only a voice message from Huo Lang was sent.
"He forced me to delete it." Hearing the wailing, Shen Yanshu's first reaction was that it was fortunate that the volume was not loud.
Shen Yanshu: You won’t get beaten, will you?
Instead, I received a voice message, a low voice that was a bit distorted through the receiver:
"You can ask me directly later."
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