Chapter 172 Your biceps are really beautiful
Tang Susu was speechless.
She suddenly remembered the only person in this circle who would occasionally talk to her, a classmate named Yue Xiaoyue.
Tang Susu once complained to Yue Xiaoyue that Song Heng was always coming to see her, and she found it really annoying.
At that time, Yue Xiaoyue replied, "What if he comes looking for you, and you don't say a word to him?"
Tang Susu: "Then he'll definitely try to find a way to force me to talk to him!"
Yue Xiaoyue: "If such a thing really happens, perhaps you can ask your grandfather for help."
Tang Susu hesitated, "Grandpa's relationship with my uncle has already soured because of me, and I don't want to trouble him anymore."
Yue Xiaoyue: "Ah, this..."
Later, Yue Xiaoyue didn't give Tang Susu any advice on this topic, and it seems that from that time on, Yue Xiaoyue reduced the frequency of her initiative to talk to Tang Susu.
After graduating from high school, they spoke even less.
Tang Susu had just thought that as people grow up and have their own paths, some relationships would naturally fade. But today, with Song Zhu's appearance, Tang Susu suddenly felt a subtle and indescribable feeling.
It was unclear when, but Xia Zhen and Lu Jin had already returned to the banquet hall. The girl was too bright and beautiful, and the boy was too cold and aloof. Their first impression was that they were not a good match. However, for some reason, when the boy spoke to the girl, the tenderness in his eyes when he lowered his head made people feel that they were destined to be a couple.
Song Zhu said to Tang Susu one last time, "Remember what I said today."
After speaking, Song Zhu walked to Xia Zhen's side, her chuunibyou (middle school syndrome) suppressed in front of so many elders.
Song Zhu said politely, "Xia Zhen, happy birthday, and I also wish you and Lu Jin a happy engagement in advance."
Xia Yu frowned. "What engagement?"
Grandpa Xia didn't say anything.
Lu Qi laughed and said, "Xiao Yu, have you forgotten about what you said about Zhenzhen and Lu Jin getting engaged? I don't know how this news got out."
Lu Jin was frank, since he wasn't the one who leaked the information.
Xia Yu glared coldly at Lu Qi and roared, "Lu Qi, you!"
"Alright." Old Master Xia looked at Xia Yu and spoke calmly, "Since you said you had already discussed the engagement of the two children with Brother Lu, it was only a matter of time anyway."
Xia Yu felt like a fishbone stuck in his throat.
Song Zhu slowly realized something was wrong. She moved closer to Xia Zhen and asked cautiously, "Did I say something wrong?"
Xia Zhen smiled and patted Song Zhu's head. "No, what Xiao Zhu said is really nice."
In other words, after Song Zhu became the first person to congratulate Xia Zhen and Lu Jin on their engagement, others, having heard what Old Master Xia had said, rushed to offer their congratulations.
Xia Yu's face remained tense throughout, looking quite unpleasant.
Lu Qi smiled gently and thanked each of those who offered their congratulations.
Even if someone is unfamiliar with the people in this circle, they can guess which father has a daughter and which father has a son just by looking at the expressions of these two fathers.
The scene became even more lively.
Tang Susu, sitting in the corner, felt extremely wronged. It was clearly Song Heng who was always bothering her, so why did everyone think it was her fault?
Unable to bear the lively atmosphere, she walked out of the banquet hall alone, only thinking of going to a less crowded place. Before she knew it, she had walked to the back door of the mansion.
Outside the iron gate, there was a boy.
The figure looked very familiar, and Tang Susu called out uncertainly, "Song Heng?"
Moonlight spilled down, casting dappled shadows on the trees.
The boy leaned against a tree. When he heard someone call his name, he realized that he had been staring blankly at the unknown yellow wildflowers by the roadside, and the cigarette between his fingers was already half burned.
He looked up, his dark eyes dull and lifeless. After a long while, he seemed to recognize the girl standing inside the iron gate. He chuckled lazily and said, "Long time no see. How is it? Is it lively inside?"
Tang Susu couldn't quite explain what this feeling was like.
Perhaps it was the perfect combination of moonlight, tree shadows, and a solitary atmosphere that made her feel a strange sensation when she saw the boy standing in the dappled shadows. If you disregard the fact that Song Heng was annoying because he kept pestering her, he was actually quite easy to fall for.
Ruan Mianmian, hiding in the distance, saw Song Heng and Tang Susu meet. She was both angry and anxious. "System, why did Song Heng come to the Xia family today!"
The system, which usually responds instantly, is now silent, as if it has lost contact.
Ruan Mianmian: "System?"
After a short while, the system voice came through: [Today is Xia Zhen's birthday. In the unchanged timeline, Song Heng and Xia Zhen's engagement ceremony was also held today.]
Ruan Mianmian was shocked. "Song Heng still has feelings for Xia Zhen? How is that possible! Didn't he already know she betrayed him?!"
She deliberately left a note for Song Heng, letting him witness Xia Zhen and Mu Zhijing together, thus revealing Xia Zhen's vicious true nature. Song Heng should hate Xia Zhen now, so how could he still have feelings for her?
The system did not respond.
Ruan Mianmian: "System!"
After a long pause, the system replied: 【In.】
Ruan Mianmian: "Where have you been? Why are you always a step behind?"
System: [Scan for viruses.]
On the other side.
While looking at his phone on the floor, Lü Wang did push-ups and even had time to talk to the class representative for Chinese. "I think I got a junk card. The conversations are always the same few sentences. It's either asking me what I like or what I don't like, and it often says it's not an auspicious day and I shouldn't go out."
"Huh? Are there characters like that in games?"
"And I suspect that this piece of junk card is what's holding back my luck. I've already done a hundred pulls and I still haven't gotten a second character! All I've gotten are scene cards, and the scenes all look like something out of a computer lab!"
The class representative for Chinese said curiously, "You haven't encountered some kind of bug, have you? Why don't you try melting this card?"
What does "melted" mean?
"It means destroying it to get fragments. Once you have enough fragments, you can invite other characters."
Lu Wang suddenly realized, "So that's how you play it!"
A boy's voice suddenly came through the phone, "Look at me, is the game more fun than me? Isn't it more interesting for you to play me?"
The class representative for Chinese shrieked, "Get away from me! Are you a dog?! Don't rub against me!"
Lu Wang stopped doing push-ups, sat on the ground, and hung up the phone expressionlessly. She opened her WeChat Moments and saw that Xia Zhen had just posted a photo of a girl's hand and a boy's hand holding each other in front of a birthday cake.
Scrolling back further, there was a photo Gao Ling had posted not long ago, showing a huge plush bear that took up her entire bed.
Lu Wang was puzzled. When did Gao Ling start liking things that young girls like?
This world is becoming more and more magical.
Lu Wang opened her browser, Zero Degrees, searched for instructions on how to fuse game cards, logged into the game, and muttered, "If you could say something nice, I wouldn't bother deleting you. You can't even say a word to praise me, what use are you to me?"
She flipped to the card that only showed silhouettes; the 3D models of the characters were all black, and it was impossible to tell whether they were male or female.
[Is the player sure they want to fuse cards?]
As Lü Wang extended his finger to confirm the key point, a emotionless voice came from the phone.
"Your Highness."
Lu Wang's hand froze in mid-air as she stared in surprise at the dark figure on her phone screen.
Then another voice rang out, "Your biceps are really beautiful."
Lü Wang: "..."
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