Chapter 267 It Turns Out to be an Old Friend
"Second cousin, this is Fan Xue, my friend, a dancer from the Imperial Capital Qianjin Art Troupe."
"Fan Xue, this is my second cousin Zhou Bingyan."
Fan Xue came back to her senses and took the initiative to reach out to Zhou Bingyan: "Hello."
Zhou Bingyan glanced at Fan Xue's hand, and to Han Siyang's surprise, he actually reached out and gently shook Fan Xue's hand: "Hello."
She couldn't contain her excitement.
Looks like there's hope!
Before, when her second cousin went on blind dates, he never shook hands with the girls. When asked about it, he said that their hands were not pretty and he would feel uncomfortable if he shook hands with them.
This answer almost pissed off his mother, her second aunt, to death.
When I told them this, they all laughed.
"Now that everyone is here, I'll ask the waiter to serve the food."
Han Siyang knew that Fan Xue was already hungry, so she waved to the waitress, indicating that they could serve the food.
Soon the dishes came up, and Han Siyang greeted a few people: "Don't be polite, come and try it."
Fan Xue was the first to pick up her chopsticks. She loved eating and liked everything as long as it was delicious.
"How is it?" Han Siyang asked Fan Xue.
Fan Xue's eyebrows curved: "Not bad, not bad."
With the delicious food, she no longer cared about Zhou Bingyan sitting opposite her and ate with such relish.
Han Siyang looked at Ye Zhiqiu helplessly, turned his head to look at Zhou Bingyan, and actually saw a smile in his eyes.
When Fan Xue had almost finished eating, Zhou Bingyan ordered a few desserts for her.
"How do you know what I like to eat?"
Fan Xue was very surprised to find that all the dishes Zhou Bingyan ordered were her favorites.
Zhou Bingyan asked Fan Xue directly: "Fan Xue, don't you remember me?"
Fan Xue was stunned: "We know each other?"
Han Siyang looked at Fan Xue, then at Zhou Bingyan: "Second cousin, what's going on?"
Zhou Bingyan took out a red hairband from his pocket and showed it to Fan Xue: "Do you still remember this?"
Fan Xue thought about it carefully, and suddenly her eyes lit up. She pointed at Zhou Bingyan and said, "It's you! Fatty Zhou!"
Zhou Bingyan pushed up his silver-rimmed glasses, smiled and nodded: "Yes, it's me."
He then explained to Han Siyang: "I used to be in the same compound with Fan Xue."
"ah?!"
Han Siyang didn't know about this, nor did he know that the reason Zhou Bingyan readily agreed to the blind date was because he heard that the other party was Fan Xue.
"They say girls change a lot when they grow up. I didn't expect you to change so much. I didn't recognize you."
Fan Xue looked at Zhou Bingyan carefully and found that he didn't look like the chubby boy at all. Instead, he was very tall and handsome.
Her heart skipped a beat when he came in.
Zhou Bingyan said with a bit of grievance: "It's not that you didn't recognize me, it's that you completely forgot about me."
Fan Xue did not feel the slightest bit guilty about this. She waved her hand and said, "You were four or five years old when you left the compound. I was only three years old at the time. How could I remember?"
"You're still blaming me, but I haven't said anything to you yet. If you want to leave, then go ahead. But you insisted on taking away the red hairband my mom bought for me!"
Even after nearly twenty years, Fan Xue still gets angry when talking about this incident.
Zhou Bingyan took out a red hairpin from his windbreaker pocket: "Can I use this to make amends?"
Fan Xue recognized this red hairpin. She saw it in the mall yesterday and wanted to buy it, but the price was too expensive, so she didn't buy it.
After all, a hairpin costs ten dollars, which is almost equivalent to her daily salary. It’s not worth it.
"Okay, since you apologized sincerely, I will forgive you." Fan Xue was not pretentious and took the hairpin from Zhou Bingyan.
"You two can chat here. Zhiqiu and I will go for a walk around the neighborhood." Han Siyang felt that the two of them had a chance, so he winked at Ye Zhiqiu.
After Ye Zhiqiu and Han Siyang left, Fan Xue felt a little embarrassed: "I didn't expect it was you."
Zhou Bingyan was very direct: "I came here because I knew it was you."
"Do you still remember me?"
Zhou Bingyan nodded: "I always remember it."
Fan Xue changed the subject uncomfortably: "How are uncle and aunt? Is your cooking skill better now? I often went to your house to eat."
"I think it's pretty much the same as before. When you're free, come over to my house. My mom will definitely be happy to see you."
"My dad is gone."
Fan Xue was stunned for a moment: "Uncle..."
"He had a heart attack and couldn't be saved. That's why I want to study medicine."
Fan Xue thought for a long time, and could only whisper to Zhou Bingyan: "My condolences."
Just then the waiter brought the dessert up, and Zhou Bingyan placed it in front of Fan Xue: "How are uncle and aunt?"
“Everything is fine.”
"And you?"
Zhou Bingyan's gaze made Fan Xue look away: "I'm fine too."
"That's good."
There was silence for a while, and Zhou Bingyan said: "Xue'er, I hope I can see you again in the future, okay?"
Fan Xue understood what Zhou Bingyan meant, and she was a little at a loss: "We haven't seen each other for a long time. Over the years, we must have both changed a lot, and one of us is in Guojing and the other is in Jiangning."
Seeing that the light in Zhou Bingyan's eyes had dimmed a lot, Fan Xue quickly explained: "It's not that I don't want to, but we do face these practical problems."
"If I were asked to come to Jiangning, I would not be willing to do so."
She grew up in Beijing. If she wanted to be with Zhou Bingyan, she would have to come to Jiangning. It was okay for her to come here occasionally for fun, but she was not prepared to live here for a long time.
Although Fan Xue seems careless, she is very careful and meticulous when considering issues.
"We are both adults now. I have said so much, so I will say more."
"I had a crush on someone before, and I came here for a blind date because he had a girlfriend."
"But I don't want to rush into a relationship, it makes me more serious about it."
"Our situations are not suitable, I..."
Zhou Bingyan raised his hand to interrupt Fan Xue: "Xue'er, what you said are indeed problems, but as long as we like each other, it won't be a problem."
"If you don't want to come to Jiangning, I can apply to be transferred to Guojing."
"As for the changes between us, if we don't get along, how can we know how much we have changed and whether we are suitable for each other? We are not the same as we were when we were little, but some things will not change."
It’s not that Zhou Bingyan didn’t try to get along with other girls, but no matter whether they were his classmates or colleagues, or those he met through blind dates, none of them made him feel special.
Just hearing Fan Xue's name that day made his heart surge with emotion.
"Before we met, I had thought about what you said, but after seeing you, I am sure that I like you, even more than when I was a child."
At that time, he loved to eat, but he was willing to save all the delicious food for Fan Xue.
Every day he would try his best to get Fan Xue to his house for dinner.
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