Chen Fan was a little surprised.

He didn't expect to meet Fang Ling in Los Angeles.

You know, it has been more than a year since the last time the two met.

And he remembered that Fang Ling was studying abroad.

How come you are here all of a sudden?

Now that he had seen it, he couldn't pretend he didn't see it, so Chen Fan smiled and waved to the other side.

Fang Ling crossed the road and walked towards this side.

The smile on Chen Fan's face suddenly froze.

Because he noticed that the other person had a black sleeve hanging on his arm.

"What a coincidence."

Fang Ling was the first to speak and greeted with a smile.

Chen Fan nodded: "Hello, why are you here?"

"My grandma passed away. I came to see her off for the last time."

Chen Fan thought to himself, as expected, a relative of the other party passed away.

He suddenly remembered that he first met Fang Ling in Los Angeles.

At that time, she came to Zhou Honghai Computer School to repair computers, and she gave herself a reward for this, which became the basic capital for her own business.

Now that I think about it, it turns out that Fang Ling's grandmother lives in Los Angeles.

Fang Ling looked at Chen Fan and asked, "Is it time? Let's find a place to sit together?"

Chen Fan smiled and nodded: "Okay, it just so happens that we haven't seen each other for a long time."

"Where are you going? You speak."

Fang Ling thought for a moment and shook her head. "I don't know much about Los Angeles. I only come here occasionally during festivals."

"It's up to you. Just find a place where we can chat."

Chen Fan pointed at the car parked nearby.

"Let's talk in the car."

"You bought a car?" Fang Ling was a little surprised. "You finally decided to buy a car?"

"I still remember that you refused to buy a car when we were in college. If I didn't know you well, I would have thought you were just pretending to be a pig and eating the tiger."

Chen Fan started the car and smiled bitterly, "No, I just didn't want to attract too much attention when I was in school."

"Now that I've graduated, I have to buy a car for convenience. I can't squeeze into the bus every day. I'm not stupid."

Driving onto the road, Chen Fan thought for a moment and asked, "Are you hungry? How about finding a place to eat?"

Fang Ling's mouth corners suddenly curled up.

"I remember asking you several times, but you always refused to treat me to a meal."

"Today the sun is setting in the west, and you actually took the initiative to treat me."

Chen Fan: "Why don't I remember this? Are you deliberately trying to discredit me?"

"Besides, since you've come to Los Angeles, as the host, it's only right for me to treat you to a meal."

"Look, look. You don't admit it now, do you?"

Fang Ling smiled and said, "I want to eat hot pot."

“Do you eat hot pot this season?”

Chen Fan thought for a moment and said, "Come on. I actually remember a hot pot restaurant."

I drove Fang Ling around several streets in the county town and finally found the hot pot restaurant that I remembered.

After parking the car, he led Fang Ling into the store and found a seat by the window.

It was just past eleven, not yet time for dinner, and there were only two tables of customers in the restaurant, so it was very quiet.

The waiter came over with the menu, and Chen Fan asked Fang Ling, "Can you eat spicy food?"

Fang Ling nodded: "I like spicy food."

Chen Fan smiled and said, "I don't dare to eat spicy food."

"I want a rooster pot."

He asked Fang Ling what she wanted to eat, and Fang Ling said bluntly that she only wanted to eat meat and drink alcohol.

Chen Fan shook his head and had to order the food himself.

"Please give us two more beers."

But Fang Ling said, "Just bring six bottles over for us. It will be cooler."

Chen Fan reminded: "I drove here, I can't drink..."

"I can't drink it by myself."

Chen Fan had no choice but to nod to the waiter: "Just do as she says."

After a while, the hot pot and ingredients were served. Fang Ling poured herself a cup and drank it all in one gulp.

"Wow! So cool!"

Seeing this scene, Chen Fan smiled.

"Tell me about it."

"What?" Fang Ling glared.

"Tell me what's on your mind."

"How do you know what's on my mind?"

"Come on, big sister, you're almost writing on your face that you're unhappy and irritated."

Fang Ling suddenly felt guilty.

“Is it so obvious?”

"Yeah. 놋."

Fang Ling poured another cup and stared at the boiling hot pot soup.

Chen Fan sighed, reached out for a bottle of beer, and poured himself a glass.

"I'll only drink one bottle with you today. We have to drive later."

Fang Ling looked up: "Thank you, you are so nice."

"Now you've said it."

"Is it because of grandma's incident?"

Fang Ling shook her head and didn't explain.

Chen Fan had no choice but to ask: "It seems that you have a very good relationship with your grandma."

This time Fang Ling did not shake her head, but lowered her head and spoke softly.

"When I was little, my family was busy with business and often sent me to my grandmother's house."

"So, I spent my childhood at my grandma's house."

"She is very kind to me and loves me very much. She often buys snacks for me..."

"I just didn't expect...I should spend more time with her. "

As Fang Ling spoke, her eyes turned red.

Raising her hand to secretly wipe away her tears, Fang Ling looked up at Chen Fan.

"You said... the price of growing up is that the relatives around us grow old or even leave us."

Chen Fan smiled bitterly: "Why are you still feeling sentimental?"

“Everyone gets old one day.”

Fang Ling said softly with some disappointment: "Yes... I'm not ready yet."

Chen Fan picked up the chopsticks and poked around in the hot pot, then picked up a piece of beef and put it on the other person's plate.

"Okay, stop sighing. Try it now."

"Thank you."

After they ate a few bites of meat, Chen Fan raised his glass and clinked it lightly with the other person's.

"How did your grandma die?"

"Died of illness. Cerebral hemorrhage. Gone suddenly." Fang Ling's eyes turned red again.

“I didn’t even have time to go to the hospital.”

"I didn't even see her for the last time."

Chen Fan comforted her: "It's actually not bad. I didn't suffer much."

"Many elderly people have been tortured by illness for several years and died. If I had to choose, I would rather die like this when I am old."

Fang Ling muttered, "You really know how to comfort people."

Chen Fan smiled and changed the subject unnoticeably.

"I remember you were studying abroad, right? How is it going? Are you doing well abroad?"

Fang Ling frowned and shook her head.

"Not very good. Foreign food is terrible. Can't you see how thin I am?"

Chen Fan laughed: "I thought you lost weight on purpose to get this size."

Fang Ling rolled her eyes: "Everyone's breasts get smaller when they lose weight."

“Ahem…”

Chen Fan choked so hard that he almost vomited the meat in his mouth.

Fang Ling's lips curled up slightly, revealing a smile that showed that she had succeeded in a joke.

Chen Fan asked awkwardly, "When are you going back? Oh, you're graduating soon, right?"

Fang Ling stared at Chen Fan: "So you care about me too?"

"I thought you were avoiding me."

Chen Fan complained: "What are you talking about? Can't I care about my friends?"

Fang Ling curled her lips and said, "If you really care about me, why haven't you called me in the past year or so? You haven't even sent me a text message?"

Chen Fan was immediately embarrassed and said jokingly, "I... I don't actually have your overseas phone number?"

"Children's songs!" Fang Ling stared at Chen Fan: "Aren't you very close to children's songs?"

Chen Fan waved his hands quickly: "Don't say such nonsense, when did Tong Yao and I become so close? We are just ordinary friends..."

"What about me? Are you and I just ordinary friends?"

"this……"

Just when Chen Fan was feeling embarrassed, Fang Ling suddenly said something that made Chen Fan freeze in his tracks.

"I'm getting married."