Chapter 854 Ranbao extra (27)
Zhong Lin quickly waved his hand: "I don't smoke, you know that, senior."
Wen Sichen paused for a moment, then smiled gently: "You've been like this for so long."
Zhong Lin chuckled and said, "I've always been this boring."
Wen Sichen sighed, "If you were really boring, Kong Ran wouldn't have fallen for you."
Zhong Lin was surprised by his bluntness and said somewhat shyly, "I don't know what my junior likes about me. I think I'm just lucky."
"You're really lucky."
It's just not because he could gain Kong Ran's favor.
Rather, from the moment he was born, he was destined to enjoy privileges that Wen Sichen could never have in his lifetime.
"What are you thinking now? Do you still hate her?" Wen Sichen asked.
Zhong Lin shook his head somewhat embarrassedly, then said, "I want to find a suitable time to confess my feelings to my junior."
Wen Sichen choked on a puff of smoke and immediately started coughing.
Zhong Lin hadn't expected his words to have such a big impact, and quickly asked apologetically, "Senior, are you alright?"
Wen Sichen waved his hand, and after a long while, he finally recovered and let out a long sigh: "Didn't you say a while ago that you had no feelings for her?"
Zhong Lin scratched his head: "This is mainly because I misunderstood my junior before. She's actually a very nice person, not pretentious or affected. She... is actually a very genuine and lovely girl..."
Seeing the admiration and affection in his eyes as he spoke, Wen Sichen fell silent.
That's true. Anyone who spends a lot of time with that girl would like her, right?
He then smiled and said, "Since you've made up your mind, cherish it. From now on..."
He lowered his head, stubbed out his cigarette, and said in a barely audible voice, "Treat her well."
Zhong Lin nodded earnestly: "Don't worry, I will!"
Wen Sichen hummed in agreement: "Actually, no one is perfect. You like her carefree attitude now, but you might have a headache about it later. She never puts things away properly and is always forgetful. Sometimes she's not that sensitive to her emotions. You have to tell her whether you're happy or not for her to realize it. She usually likes to eat cold food, but her stomach isn't actually that strong. You'll have to keep an eye on her in that regard and not let her have her way..."
Wen Sichen explained one sentence at a time, and Zhong Lin, who was standing next to him, only spoke up when Wen Sichen really couldn't think of anything else: "Senior, it seems that you and junior sister have a really good relationship."
Wen Sichen paused, then smiled after a while: "Yes, after all, I watched her grow up."
In one sentence, he completely concealed his secret thoughts over the years.
Zhong Lin looked at him earnestly and said, "Senior, don't worry, I will definitely treat my junior well, and I will also..."
He clenched his fist, a little embarrassed, but still said sincerely, "I cherish her very much too."
Looking into his clear eyes and listening to his earnest, almost resolute words, Wen Sichen felt a sudden sense of relief.
His smile this time was somewhat genuine, and he nodded, saying, "Okay, I believe you."
The two opened up to each other on the lawn and chatted for a long time before getting up to head back, realizing it was getting late.
On the way back, Wen Sichen thought of something and asked, "Have you seen the recent reports from the United States?"
Speaking of this, Zhong Lin's expression became somewhat solemn. He nodded and said, "I've seen it. The US has restricted the import of polymer raw materials into the country, which has had a significant impact on this field."
"Does your current project also require relevant materials?"
Zhong Lin nodded: "However, our current supply channels are all from R country, so they are relatively stable."
"That's good. If you need anything, just let me know."
Zhong Lin hummed in agreement: "Don't worry, senior."
After the two returned, Kong Ran ran straight to Zhong Lin and said, "Where did you go? We've been looking for you everywhere."
Zhong Lin smiled and said, "I sat down on the grassy slope over there with my senior."
Kong Ran looked at Wen Sichen suspiciously: "You didn't instill your capitalist ideas into Senior Zhong again, did you?"
Wen Sichen said speechlessly, "Can't you think of me in a better way?"
Kong Ran snorted: "Who told you to ask about the project and its progress every time you meet? Isn't that just subtly conveying the idea that capitalists exploit laborers?"
Zhong Lin smiled and said to her, "No, we just chatted about other things."
After he finished speaking, he asked somewhat nervously, "Junior, are you free this Saturday?"
Three days later, over the weekend, Kong Ran asked, puzzled, "You have time? What's wrong?"
Zhong Lin breathed a sigh of relief: "Alright, let's have dinner together on Saturday night."
"Hey, is that all? It's not hard to say, why make such a big deal out of it?" Kong Ran said with a grin.
Wen Sichen, who had been listening attentively, recalled Zhong Lin's earlier words and realized that he wanted to take the opportunity to confess his feelings. He tapped Kong Ran on the head and said, "Just go when I tell you to. Stop talking so much nonsense."
"Wen Sichen, you hit my head again! If you make me stupid, you'll be responsible!"
Wen Sichen did want to say that he would take responsibility, but his gaze fell on Zhong Lin's smiling eyes.
He suddenly changed his tone: "Anyway, your senior Zhong is in charge, it has nothing to do with me."
As he spoke, he ignored Kong Ran's howls of "Wen Sichen, you're not human!" and turned to go into the room by himself.
...
In the following days, Wen Sichen hardly went home and spent almost every night at the company.
On the one hand, his work had indeed become busier, and on the other hand, he intentionally wanted to avoid Saturday.
Unfortunately, he was incredibly efficient at work on Saturday, and by 9 p.m., he had everything sorted out.
He instinctively reached for his phone, pressed the button and turned it on and off repeatedly.
Finally, I gritted my teeth and opened my WeChat Moments.
Sure enough, he soon saw Kong Ran's latest post.
"What a surprise! Starting today, I'm saying goodbye to being a bachelor!"
There are three pictures in total. One is a computer screen with a line of code that shows a beating heart.
The other picture shows the airplane model that he and Kong Ran picked out together. Zhong Lin had somehow modified it so that it could fly and even accomplished its arduous mission—lowering a banner from the airplane model that read, "Ranran, will you be my girlfriend?"
The third photo is of them holding hands, and Kong Ran wrote a small line on it: "of course yes!"
Wen Sichen looked at the three photos and chuckled softly after a while.
Is this the romance of STEM guys?
It has to be said that although it's a bit old-fashioned, it's certainly sincere.
He suddenly understood what it was about Zhong Lin that attracted Kong Ran.
The clean and sincere quality that Zhong Lin possessed, the quality of being untainted by money despite being in the midst of life's ups and downs, was something he would never have in his entire life.
Before he turned seventeen, he lived a carefree life. After he turned seventeen, he left his hometown alone. After the initial confusion and helplessness faded, he set a goal: to gain a foothold in R country and make a name for himself.
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