Chapter 67, 9:00 AM, Artificial Intelligence...
At 9:00 AM, the Artificial Intelligence Competition officially kicked off.
The first product to be presented was the one that Huang Shiyu and her team saw at the booth today: a humanoid automatic cooking machine.
There are many such products on the market now, but their functions have always been rather limited. There is no functional product that can integrate washing, chopping, and preparing vegetables. The clever point of this product is that its function is to imitate human cooking, combining a humanoid robot with a cooking machine. Users can wash, chop, and prepare vegetables without having to do the previous steps.
As the speech was about to end, Lu Xiao stared straight at him and said, "Turn your face over here."
Huang Shiyu turned his head, looking quite puzzled.
“I looked around the conference hall and there are strong overhead lights. If I stand on the stage, my whole face will look like it’s been run over by a bicycle.” As she spoke, she began rummaging through her expensive bag. “Hmm, it’s uneven and makes my bone structure too prominent. It also makes me look like I don’t look well.”
"..." Huang Shiyu looked at Lu Xiao, who was engrossed in her work and didn't seem to be looking up at all. She was taken aback. "Huh? Is she alright?"
While saying this, Huang Shiyu herself began to reflect on her actions. Besides attributing it to Lu Xiao's words, another reason was Li Xingzhou's words that morning. Although he didn't mean she was unkempt, no girl is indifferent to others' opinions of her appearance, especially from someone she likes.
But she really found makeup troublesome. It wasn't that she hadn't tried it herself before; she had even tried it in college. After all, seeing other female classmates applying makeup was quite novel, and she really wanted to experience what it felt like.
But after she tried it, she found that besides wasting money, she also couldn't stand the feeling of her face being suffocated. That feeling of being closed off made her very uncomfortable. On the contrary, she felt like she came back to life the moment she removed her makeup.
She was wondering whether to tell Lu Xiao that she didn't want to wear makeup, since everyone wasn't very close to the stage and probably couldn't see her face very clearly.
But seeing Lu Xiao fiddling with things, she swallowed the words that were on the tip of her tongue.
“Although your bone structure and skin are impeccable, this intense lighting is truly deadly. It puts your skin and bone structure to the test.” As she spoke, Lu Xiao pulled out a box of cushion foundation without saying a word. “First of all, we’re not like those big stars who can easily withstand it. If these photos and videos get out, the impact will be too great.”
Hearing Lu Xiao say this, Huang Shiyu hesitated for a moment and seriously thought about what Li Xingzhou looked like standing on the stage just now.
He then frowned slightly.
There's really nothing to think about. For people with astigmatism, everyone appears to be surrounded by a layer of yellow and white light and shadow, like a misty beauty filter, soft and dreamy.
For her, it was an uncertain world.
Just as she was thinking, Lu Xiao's fingers were already on her face. She lifted her chin with one hand, examined her from both sides, and then took a powder puff with the other hand and gently patted her face with great care, as if she were treating some very rare treasure.
Huang Shiyu stared at the powder puff covered in cushion powder, her eyes following Lu Xiao's hand as she darted around.
"Should I hold the cushion for you? It'll make it easier for you to handle."
"No need." Lu Xiao pinched the powder puff. "It's not a big project. I'll do a little bit for you. I know you don't like makeup. Trust my skills. A little bit will make your complexion look much better."
Looking at this face that was clean without needing any rubbing, she was momentarily at a loss as to where to put the powder puff. Then, the stage lights became much brighter than before, and she immediately noticed the dark circles under Huang Shiyu's eyes, which clearly showed the word "exhaustion".
Yes, Huang Shiyu has been working herself to the bone lately, and the amount of time she gets to sleep is barely a handful. Lu Xiao thought to herself, "She looks so haggard. Such a beautiful woman has been ruined by work."
That would be too cruel to destroy a flower.
Huang Shiyu tried to explain and protest to Lu Xiao, but Lu Xiao didn't give her a chance at all and continued to patiently explain, "After all, you represent the company's image, and you've always said that first impressions are the most important."
Huang Shiyu moved his lips, wanting to refute.
Lu Xiao held the powder puff, carefully tending to every nook and cranny, "You don't want to have any embarrassing history, do you?"
These words immediately made Huang Shiyu, who had originally intended to argue, give up.
She remembered her first time giving a pitch at a startup conference. Back then, Speed Technology had just been established and needed to find angel investors. In short, she hadn't slept for over seventy hours that day, so she was listless, her skin was dull and yellow, and she had dark circles under her eyes. After the pitch, the video circulated online, and she was heavily criticized online.
That was the first time Huang Shiyu experienced cyberbullying in a concrete way, because it happened to her, an ordinary person. It was this experience that made her deeply aware of the power of public opinion.
Some people said she might be on marijuana, while others said she looked like she was having a wild night out, with an unusually active nightlife...
Anyway, there were all sorts of comments. She was someone who didn't really like going online, but she read through them one by one. It would be a lie to say she wasn't angry.
She remembers looking at her phone screen with a particularly disdainful smile, and making a sarcastic remark in response to the barrage of comments.
"Even if I make you work through the night for more than 70 hours straight, you might not look as good as me. You might even die of exhaustion first."
Did she want to go on a roadshow with dark circles under her eyes, a sallow complexion, and a listless appearance? Well, she had no choice. In the early stages of starting a business, every second counts, and it was the beginning of a life-or-death situation.
In short, who doesn't want to be a perfect person? Who doesn't want to leave behind only their most beautiful side in this world?
Ultimately, nothing in this world is perfect, otherwise people wouldn't keep emphasizing the importance of playing to one's strengths and avoiding one's weaknesses.
After that, she let Lu Xiao pat and apply makeup to her face until Lu Xiao held up a bright red lipstick to apply lipstick to her lips. Without hesitation, she reached out and grabbed Lu Xiao's wrist, righteously refusing, "It's too red. I'm not suited to wearing such a red color." She felt like she had aged several years instantly.
Lu Xiao chuckled softly: "Chinese red really suits your skin tone. I'll just use a little bit, it won't be too red."
It was obvious that Huang Shiyu didn't want to wear such a bright red lipstick at all, nor did she want it to match her skin tone. Not to mention this color of lipstick, she hadn't worn other colors of lipstick many times. She always felt that her lips were covered with a thin layer of something, which made her feel strange and uncomfortable.
She opened her mouth, about to say something, when she suddenly felt an undeniable gaze fixed on her from behind.
It has a very strong presence.
Huang Shiyu felt a sense of familiarity with the gaze behind her, as if she had been stared at in the same way a long time ago.
But she clearly couldn't remember. After thinking for a moment, she tilted her head slightly, reaching over her shoulder to look for that gaze, only to unexpectedly bump into a pair of beautiful peach blossom eyes.
Huang Shiyu's eyes trembled slightly.
Li Xingzhou's features were bathed in the thick white light, and his body was also shrouded in a hazy glow. He gazed at her quietly, then suddenly smiled at her gently.
Huang Shiyu's breathing became slightly labored.
My mind was racing.
When did Li Xingzhou start staring at her?
Was it early in the morning? Or when Lu Xiao was doing her makeup? Or both?
Huang Shiyu stiffly straightened her back. In that moment of distraction, Lu Xiao took advantage of her dazed state and dabbed her lips a few times with the lipstick, enjoying the silky smooth speed. By the time Huang Shiyu realized what was happening, her original lip color had already been covered up.
Although it was a matte lipstick, she felt a sticky feeling on her lips. To be honest, she really wanted to wipe it off, but seeing Lu Xiao's satisfied expression, she immediately stopped herself from doing so. In this situation, she didn't want to be the one to spoil the fun. So what if she felt uncomfortable? She could just bear it for a few hours.
But this makes her the one who suffers.
Huang Shiyu turned her head back. "Okay, okay." She raised her hand to block Lu Xiao's outstretched hand. Thinking of Li Xingzhou's gaze, she suddenly felt uneasy. "That's it, that's enough." She couldn't help but glance at him again and found that Li Xingzhou had already turned his head away and was listening quite attentively.
She couldn't help but wonder if she was overthinking things.
Lu Xiao clearly didn't notice Huang Shiyu's unusual expression. She stared at Huang Shiyu's face for a moment and said, "You look much more energetic now." Then, she closed her lipstick and tossed it into her bag. She took out a mirror and looked at Huang Shiyu. "Look at you now. You're like a glass marble. You can't be tested from any angle."
Looking at herself in the mirror, with her black hair and red lips, even the strong overhead lights in the competition hall illuminated her skin without a single flaw. Her clear black and white eyes were even covered with a layer of fine light, just like when she was at the peak of her career and love.
Huang Shiyu fell silent. A word that seemed completely out of place had just flashed through her mind.
He was riding high on the spring breeze.
It felt both unfamiliar and long-lost.
Under Lu Xiao's loving and expectant gaze, Huang Shiyu hesitated for a long time before nodding slightly. Just as she was about to say something, she saw Lu Xiao suppress all her emotions and say to her very seriously, "Shiyu, I've divorced Shen Nanfeng."
"When did this happen?" Her gaze was undoubtedly filled with shock. Weren't the two of them fine before? How could it be so sudden? What happened? How come Lu Xiao hadn't mentioned it to her?
Even someone as clever as Huang Shiyu couldn't figure it out.
Just then, the contestant on stage finished speaking, and the competition hall erupted in enthusiastic applause. Huang Shiyu glanced at the stage, and the judges sitting below began to ask questions in an orderly manner, their voices ringing out steadily through the microphone.
"Just recently." Lu Xiao didn't want to talk about her own affairs in front of so many people, so she could only briefly explain to Huang Shiyu why she and Shen Nanfeng eventually divorced. After speaking, she was afraid that Huang Shiyu would misunderstand that she hadn't told her about this beforehand, that she had deliberately kept it from her, and that she didn't consider her a friend.
She knew that Huang Shiyu didn't like being deceived because deception meant insincerity, but she genuinely considered Huang Shiyu a friend, and the two of them had quite a few similarities.
They are equally stubborn, equally inflexible, equally career-oriented, and equally lack close friends.
She firmly believes that people can become friends simply because of family background, magnetic field, or similar underlying qualities. As the saying goes, birds of a feather flock together.
Sometimes old sayings are not without reason.
Huang Shiyu stared at her intently, and could naturally see her conflicted expression and her worried face.
Just when she thought there were other reasons for the divorce that Lu Xiao found difficult to talk about, Lu Xiao twisted her hand and explained, "I didn't mean to not tell you. Sometimes I wanted to tell you, but I always felt that I couldn't find a particularly good time, so I just kept putting it off and I didn't know what to say anymore."
Is it really worth having such a long face over something like this? Anyone who didn't know better would think she'd bullied her.
As Huang Shiyu listened, he noticed that Lu Xiao's voice was getting softer and softer. He wondered if it was because the judges were quite interested in the project, which made their questions more enthusiastic and thus louder.
"I'll listen if you want to talk, and I won't ask if you don't. Don't put pressure on yourself. Even if we're good friends, don't force yourself." She reached out and patted Lu Xiao's hand, then asked before Lu Xiao could speak, "But have you told your parents about something this big?"
Lu Xiao's gaze lingered for a moment, then she gripped her hand tightly: "I acted first and informed them later, so don't tell anyone yet."
Huang Shiyu understood Lu Xiao's meaning and knew why she had kept this decision a secret from her parents. Not all parents could understand or support their children's decisions, especially since she knew Lu Xiao's parents' nature; they cared more about their own reputation and what others thought than their daughter's happiness. As Lu Xiao's best friend, she naturally wouldn't disagree with her.
Huang Shiyu also held Lu Xiao's equally cold hand. The hall was not air-conditioned and was a bit stuffy, but the warmth of her hand gave them a strange feeling, like a touch of coolness in the scorching mountains.
Lu Xiao looked down at Huang Shiyu's hand, seemingly lost in thought. "Hey, actually, this is just my personality. I tend to keep things bottled up. My family has said a lot that I'm too good at hiding things, never saying a word or making people guess." As she spoke, she laughed. "I know this personality isn't good, but Shiyu, this is how I was born. I can't change it."
For a moment, she didn't know how to respond, or rather, how to offer comfort, for fear of saying the wrong thing.
But she knew that Lu Xiao wasn't born this way; she was forced into it.
She recalled when she first met Lu Xiao. Every time she met her, no matter the situation, she always had a bright and cheerful smile on her face. It was as if you could feel the sunshine in the air just by passing by her.
At the time, Lu Xiao's first impression of Huang Shiyu was that of a typical child who had been surrounded by love since childhood and had grown up in love. Just like the poem says, "Riding a horse in the spring breeze," she gave people the feeling of being sunny and bright. Moreover, she was an only child and had no siblings. In Huang Shiyu's eyes, she was very happy and could receive unconditional love from her parents.
But before she could even begin to feel envious, the shattering of that side happened too suddenly and unexpectedly, and it was Lu Xiao herself who broke it.
She remembered it clearly; it was a calm summer afternoon. As usual, she finished her part-time job and returned to her dormitory when she saw Lu Xiao arguing with her parents on the phone about marriage. Graduation was approaching, and Lu Xiao and Shen Nanfeng planned to get married as soon as they graduated.
Speaking of marriage, Lu Xiao and Shen Nanfeng had already met each other's parents when they were juniors in college, and the two families had been discussing their marriage for a long time. However, for some reason, the two families could not reach an agreement on the marriage, and it dragged on until their senior year, almost graduation, and there was still no progress.
She wondered why, even though their educational backgrounds were equal, their upbringing and family circumstances met the criteria for a good match, and they were both only children, with both families willing to work together to support the next generation, they couldn't settle down and their repeated attempts to discuss marriage ended in failure.
She was unaware of other objective factors involved, assuming it was simply a disagreement over the bride price or a problem concerning the distribution of marital property.
Later, Lu Xiao told her the reason why the two sides had not been able to reach an agreement. Ultimately, the biggest point of contention was Lu Xiao's parents.
“My parents have always been very concerned about their image, and this time it's even more so. They directly boasted to our relatives that the wedding house prepared by Shen Nanfeng's family was a small villa in the city center, clearly putting Shen Nanfeng's family in a difficult position. Although it's true that their family can afford it, I don't want people to think that I'm trying to take advantage of them. We chose to get married because we truly love each other.”
Huang Shiyu didn't know what opinions or viewpoints to offer. She had never experienced anything like this before and could never come across it, so she couldn't give Lu Xiao a reasonable solution. She could only listen to Lu Xiao continue speaking.
"All I ever wanted was for them to buy a house outright, and for my family to give them a car of similar value. But my parents have started to act out of line again. They've always been like this since I was little. They especially like to use me to impress others and brag. Every time I see them exaggerating, I get really annoyed and want to expose them, but I think I can't embarrass them in front of others. After all, good news doesn't travel far, but bad news travels fast."
Lu Xiao pursed her lips, hesitated for a moment, and then a faint smile appeared on her lips. "But don't tell anyone that I'm telling you this because I consider you a good friend."
She could tell that Lu Xiao had hesitated for a long time before deciding to tell her, and she understood. After all, there is no such thing as true empathy in this world, because you don't know if the scar you reveal will become the fatal key for someone to stab you in the back in the future.
Later, everything fell into place. Lu Xiao's parents finally bought the small villa in the city center that they had always hoped for, and Lu Xiao's desired marriage also went smoothly.
She knew nothing about the specific process of why Shen Nanfeng's parents eventually compromised. Lu Xiao didn't tell her, and she wouldn't make a fool of herself by asking. Everyone has secrets and privacy.
All she knew was that she was quite fortunate at the time, because countless couples who were deeply in love ended up breaking up during the process of discussing the bride price, but at least Lu Xiao and Shen Nanfeng did not.
“You don’t need to change, nor do you need to change for anyone. You’re fine as you are. Do whatever makes you comfortable.” Huang Shiyu’s eyes showed little emotion, but his tone was gentle. “Just like how there are millions of people in this world with millions of different personalities, even the moon at night and the sun during the day appear very different to the naked eye. So don’t feel out of place just because the sun and moon appear different to others, and then try to change yourself. Existence is its own justification.”
Lu Xiao, who had been feeling rather down, smiled again upon hearing this: "You're quite good at comforting people. Your words have completely revived my spirits, which had plummeted to rock bottom." But thinking about it, it made sense. As long as it didn't violate laws, morals, or ethics, what she did or said seemed to be none of anyone else's business. She looked at Huang Shiyu, "Is there anything you want to eat after the competition? I'll cook for you. It's been a long time since I've shown off my cooking skills in front of you."
Huang Shiyu thought for a moment and said, "Then let's have seafood vermicelli soup. It will make up for the regret of last time."
Lu Xiao knew what she meant by regret, and casually asked, "Why are you so fond of this seafood noodle soup? You're not from Quanzhou, are there some stories I don't know about?"
She really knows how to ask questions, getting straight to the core issue. However, Huang Shiyu didn't intend to lie to her or hide the specific reasons.
She always felt that there shouldn't be secrets between good friends, unless the other person doesn't want to tell. After all, there are so many people in this world, how many coincidences and chances do we have to go through to become each other's best friends?
This is a very rare and precious thing!
Lu Xiao stared at her intently, her eyes practically brimming with interest. Huang Shiyu smiled involuntarily at her childlike curiosity, pointed to Li Xingzhou sitting in the front row, and recounted how, when she was in high school, she had to save money and secretly feed a stray cat that Li Xingzhou kept in the piano room, only to be caught by Li Xingzhou in the end.
"It was raining that day, not heavily, just lightly, but I've never really liked rainy days because bad things always seem to happen on them."
The day Ms. Tong passed away happened to be during the plum rain season, with torrential rain pouring down. When her grandparents passed away, it was also raining heavily for several days before a landslide occurred. In short, it seems that nothing good ever happened when it rained, as if her whole life was a continuous plum rain season.
"But coincidentally, on that very day, he caught me red-handed, but he didn't intend to make a scene and tacitly agreed that I could keep the cat in the piano room. He just said that every time I brought food to feed the cat, I should also bring him some as a bribe. But the food I brought to feed the cat was always leftovers, so how could I give it to him?" Huang Shiyu smiled silently. "So later, I would use some of the money I earned from my part-time job to cook for him separately. But since I was a student, I didn't have much time to cook. I happened to remember that there was a noodle soup shop across from the school, so I would buy some seafood and have the shop cook it for me. That's how he didn't realize that the seafood noodle soup wasn't made by me until I graduated from high school."
Lu Xiao listened quietly without saying a word, trying her best to be a good listener. Huang Shiyu's words reminded her of a photo that went viral online a few years ago. Although the two things were unrelated, the image suddenly flashed through her mind.
Although Huang Shiyu was wearing a mask in the photo, she recognized him at a glance because they were so familiar with each other. After all, they had not only been roommates for four years, but also business partners for several years. Even though Huang Shiyu was completely covered up in front of her now, she could still recognize him accurately at a glance.
After all, when playing Werewolf, every time Huang Shiyu drew the werewolf, even though she disguised herself very well and everyone present believed her, she could always find a flaw in her disguise.
The other person was easier to identify. He wasn't wearing a mask, and his appearance hadn't changed over time. She vaguely remembered that in the photo, Huang Shiyu was clinging to someone's neck, while Li Xingzhou just stood there like a wooden statue, or rather, like a mature adult, showing helplessness and indulgence towards a child.
She could tell that Li Xingzhou had always liked Huang Shiyu. In an ordinary person's life, being willing to spend so much time liking someone was something that was both rare and difficult for her.
After all, hopeless love and waiting are very taxing on the mind, but love itself seems to be something that deviates from the established order, and cannot be viewed with common sense or restrained.
Actually, she also wanted to ask Huang Shiyu: in all those years, was Li Xingzhou the only one who had ever been moved by you?
After all, body language doesn't lie; it's just as effective as language.
"Later, I don't know if he had a change of heart, but he would always leave half for me to eat. I told him many times that I had eaten, but he still insisted on leaving it for me. I could only tell him that I would eat it as a late-night snack when I got home from evening self-study." Huang Shiyu chuckled softly as she said this.
She never expected that after so many years, she would still remember these details so clearly, as if these past events had always been lurking in her body, but she had simply ignored them without making a sound. When the memories resurfaced, they would overwhelm her again.
Lu Xiao looked at her, and seeing her remain silent for a long time, she couldn't help but ask, "And then?"
"Then he found out I hadn't eaten, so I told him I was allergic to seafood. But I was afraid he would tell the teacher that I was keeping the cat in the piano room, since his family bought it for him to use alone. I only thought of keeping the cat there because I saw that he rarely went to the piano room. Who would have thought it would backfire and I would get myself into trouble."
Lu Xiao looked at her in surprise: "Why didn't you tell me you were allergic to seafood?"
“I lied to him about being allergic to seafood.” She turned her face slightly to the left, her gaze unfocused, and said slowly, “Actually, he had no idea that I wasn’t allergic to seafood. I gave all the seafood he gave me to my grandparents to eat.”
Although Huang Shiyu didn't tell her much about everything before coming to Shanghai, you could tell from her wrinkled fingers and the fact that she worked hard at part-time jobs during college that her family wasn't well-off.
She also knew why Li Xingzhou did this—to avoid embarrassing Huang Shiyu. Although self-esteem isn't much for adults, teenagers are always more sensitive and value their pride.
In her view, although Li Xingzhou's way of expressing his love was slightly childish, that was not the most important thing. What was important was that it contained the love of a young man, a sincere and genuine affection.
Looking at Huang Shiyu, she felt that she had really missed out on someone who was very, very good to her. She felt sorry for her, but there was nothing she could do.
Lu Xiao followed her gaze and looked ahead. The dim lighting obscured most of her vision, and she could only see many shadowy figures. She moved her body slightly closer to Huang Shiyu, then whispered in her ear in a voice only the two of them could hear, "By the way, have you two gotten carried away living under the same roof?"
Huang Shiyu was slightly stunned. She didn't know if it was because Lu Xiao was speaking too close, but she felt a current of energy surging in her body, crawling in all directions, slowly licking her limbs, making her feel numb and soft as if she had no bones.
“We’re not even living under the same roof,” Huang Shiyu took a deep breath. “We’re still separated by several acres of reinforced concrete.”
"I don't know whether to say you're detached from worldly desires or not," Lu Xiao said, half-suggestingly and half-teasingly, "or to praise your strong will and ability to endure."
What nonsense about being detached from worldly desires and having a strong will? It's all bullshit. If it weren't for the fact that she and Li Xingzhou were too busy with work and had a lot of things piled up, and were in a state of being forced to do things without being able to delay for even a minute, they would just be ordinary men and women in the mortal world. As for human desires, they cannot be restrained or abstained from them.
On stage, the atmosphere remained lively. Lu Xiao turned to her and asked, "There's something I need to tell you. I'm thinking of investing in this company. I'm very interested in their smart education program. What do you think?"
Huang Shiyu glanced quickly at the stage; while the two were talking, the contestants on stage had changed again. It was the same project they had just looked at—a smart education platform.
“I don’t know the prospects of this project yet, but I think that with your current position, you are indeed very suitable for this type of project, and it may be able to develop in the near future.”
Huang Shiyu thought the same as her, and Lu Xiao nodded: "I've been through the process of starting a business with you, and I never thought I would run a fund. At most, I would dabble in stocks. Actually, I'm quite unsure of myself, but I really want to give it a try. I want to create a business of my own."
Unlucky in love, lucky in career—Huang Shiyu understands this.
"However, everything has two sides. It's either failure or success. To be honest, I'm really not confident, Shigure."
“You haven’t even done it yet. Whatever you do, just do it first. Just like a man, you can’t say you can’t do it. Even if you really can’t in the end, that’s the last thing to do.”
Lu Xiao remained silent.
She was always impressed by Huang Shiyu's confidence.
But Huang Shiyu might not feel that way. Looking at the scores given by the judges on the big screen, which were all pretty much the same, with the lowest score never falling below 80, she suddenly felt some pressure. But this wasn't the only thing that made her feel pressured; there was also the upcoming Shenzhen-Hong Kong medical equipment auction.
A few days ago, the auction house held a preview, and she went to see the equipment. Naturally, she also met many people, including Song Chaoye.
They've all appeared at the preview, so it goes without saying that anyone with eyes can tell that Song Chaoye also wants to bid on this batch of equipment.
The thought of this bidding process, and of Song Chaoye, made Huang Shiyu's heart tighten with tension.
She instinctively frowned. In order to perform at her best in the upcoming competition, she decided to numb herself with work and quickly put all those random thoughts behind her. After all, sometimes thinking too much is not a good thing.
The WeChat account has accumulated a lot of information, mostly trivial matters that she needs to review daily.
After a while, Huang Shiyu finished dealing with most of the issues and found Wang Ping's chat box to send him a message. She was still thinking about the chip, but she wasn't looking for 3nm chips anymore—that was too far-fetched. Most of the major companies on the market were still outsourcing manufacturing, so she was only concerned with ensuring the chip ran fast enough and had ample storage. The release of Xinyu Xinsheng wouldn't be too far off.
Developing chips will have to wait until we acquire that batch of equipment.
After sending the message, she exited the chat with Wang Ping, clearly knowing that the booth was busy and Wang Ping wouldn't have time to check his phone.
When she switched from Enterprise WeChat to WeChat, she subconsciously clicked into her chat with Li Xingzhou, where the message was still "Good night and sweet dreams".
She realized that after several months, their chat window was completely empty.
It was as if the bond that connected the two of them had vanished.
She knew that both of them had been too busy lately, so busy that they couldn't even do something as simple as exchanging pleasantries. Besides, she wasn't someone who really enjoyed chatting on her phone.
However, looking at the deserted interface, she completely forgot about "not liking to chat on her phone" and started making conversation, typing a few words to ask him how long he had been looking.
Li Xingzhou didn't reply to her immediately; the message popped up in the chat box after a while.
"?"
Next, the second point: I will answer all questions.
"It's been a while."
Huang Shiyu smiled without saying a word: "Do you think I look good with makeup on now, that's why you keep staring at me?"
"Yeah."
"You replied quite quickly," Huang Shiyu said with a slight smile, taking the joke at face value. She continued, "You men are all the same, visual creatures!!! Superficial!!!"
"Appreciating beauty is an innate ability of every normal person, regardless of whether they are men or women. It depends entirely on personal preferences and aesthetics. Your statement is biased."
"So, according to you, you think I'm ugly without makeup?"
She knew that Li Xingzhou didn't mean it that way, but she just couldn't help wanting to send him that message. She couldn't explain it to herself.
"It's not ugly, it's good-looking too."
"You actually think I look good without makeup? What's so good about me?"
After she sent the message, the other end kept showing "typing," indicating that she had presented Li Xingzhou with a difficult problem. However, she was also curious to see how the other party would solve this problem and what kind of answer he would give her.
Just then, Li Xingzhou returned.
"There are all kinds of people in this world. Some people think single eyelids are beautiful, while others think double eyelids are beautiful. Everyone has their own opinion. They say one thing and another says another. It's impossible to please everyone. Besides, beauty is something that the eyes only see on the surface. Aesthetic appreciation is subjective."
The sentence that follows.
"But I have eyes that can see beauty, eyes that can pierce your bones, flesh, and even the depths of your soul. I am the only one who has seen your beauty."
For some reason, when she saw those words, her heart skipped a beat, as if Li Xingzhou had whispered every single one of them in her ear.
Just thinking about Li Xingzhou's distinctive, hooked tone made her heart pound, as if it were about to burst out of the ground: "You're really good with words, it's obvious you've practiced a lot. I bet you've said that to a lot of people."
After sending the message, she paused with a smile, then looked up and her gaze fell on Li Xingzhou.
As if sensing something, Li Xingzhou also turned his head and looked over. Their eyes met, and for a moment, Huang Shiyu was stunned. The two stared at each other, their eyes sparkling with tiny glints. After a long while, they tacitly looked away and turned to the stage.
Another message from Li Xingzhou has come in.
Huang Shiyu lowered his head, a glint of light flashing in his eyes.
"I only told you that I haven't dated anyone during the years I've been abroad."
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Author's Note: That's right, Li Xingzhou's style is pure romance~
I don't know if you guys would like it, but I personally really like this kind of character. I find it cute and adorable!
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