Boss Lu: A reborn life is destined to be without regrets!
Chapter 42 - 38. Date_2

Chapter 42: 38. Date_2

"Why is that?"

Zhou Sinin looked up, meeting his gaze with confusion in her eyes.

"These past few days I’ve been dizzy from staring at the computer, but seeing you is really refreshing."

Lu Jincheng’s tone was straightforward and casual, as if he were complimenting a cute kitten by the roadside.

Today, Zhou Sinin had indeed dressed up carefully, radiant and elegant like a royal princess, with dewy, peach blossom eyes like a clear spring. Not just Lu Jincheng, but even the couple seated at the next table couldn’t help but stare continuously.

Beauty is a universal attraction, loved by both men and women.

...

"How do you manage to say such flirtatious things so nonchalantly?"

Zhou Sinin pursed her lips, quickly grabbed the menu, and flipped through it before finally looking up at him with a soft voice.

"That’s fine, since we live so close."

"Hmm?"

Lu Jincheng pretended not to hear.

"It’s nothing! Do you want to eat this Wagyu beef?"

Zhou Sinin quickly changed the subject.

"You order what you want to eat first, I’ll add on later."

"Don’t order too much, I eat very little!"

"Stop pretending, it’s not the first time we’ve had a meal together."

Lu Jincheng smiled, taking the menu from her.

"This time is different."

Zhou Sinin did not make a sound, muttering to herself inwardly.

Before, when they had meals together, there were either girlfriends around or they were during a trading break, quickly grabbing a bite nearby.

It was actually the first time the two of them went out alone to eat casually like this.

The first time was very important for a girl, and from today’s makeup, Lu Jincheng could already sense the ceremony in Zhou Sinin’s preparation.

So he chose a barbecue restaurant of moderate standard, ensuring a quiet environment without making it look too extravagant.

After all, it was just a meal between friends, not like the past when you’d go to an extremely expensive place, which could pressure a girl.

"Is Guan Yongyi looking for a house?"

Lu Jincheng tilted his head, flipped the meat with tongs, sprinkled a bit of salt, and then placed the freshly grilled meat on Zhou Sinin’s plate.

As the Wagyu beef was served plate by plate, he took charge of the grilling. The fire was just right, handling it with an effortless flair.

"Yeah, it seems you persuaded her, she wants her peace."

Zhou Sinin hadn’t driven today and ordered a pot of sake.

She watched the man grilling the meat, noticing that today’s Lu Jincheng seemed a bit different too.

Lu Jincheng was completely unlike any other boys she knew. In their interactions, he never let her have the upper hand.

To learn about finance and techniques, she flirted, buttered him up, and asked for advice, but Mr. Lu was unmoved.

He was nothing like boys of his age, who would pamper, indulge, and accommodate her. He was a resolute man.

Oh no, if he’s handsome, should he be called a ’God’?

Whatever Lu Jincheng did not want to do, it seemed no one could persuade him.

But today... he was actually grilling meat for her!

The occasional glimpse of contrast from the ’God’ made Zhou Sinin’s heart sweet.

"Did your roommate help you choose this necklace?"

They clinked glasses, Lu Jincheng asked.

"Yeah, my roommate has a really good taste."

A bottle of sake quickly finished, Zhou Sinin’s cheeks gradually turned rosy.

"You and your best friend really are two extremes."

Lu Jincheng remarked.

Zhou Sinin, similar in background to a boyish girl, but her relationship with her roommates was like fire and ice.

"I can’t help it, she’s too proud; she refuses to talk differently according to the situation like I do."

Zhou Sinin stuck out her tongue playfully, her eyes and the corners of her mouth curling up.

She was highly emotionally intelligent and clever, adept at reading the room.

In front of her roommates, she strived to blend in, appearing like an ordinary, slightly more attractive female college student.

Eating in the cafeteria together, buying milk tea, gossiping, parking the car in the farthest parking spot, buying little gifts for her roommates now and then.

They only realized later that there was a wealthy girl in their dorm, and naturally, her roommates accepted Zhou Sinin’s differences.

"Hey, so what kind of talk do you bring when you see me?"

Lu Jincheng grew more interested.

"I like to speak the truth."

Zhou Sinin giggled, her laugh as clear and melodious as a silver bell.

They talked until they finished eating from two plates, the grilled meat still sizzling with oil in front, and Lu Jincheng was still diligently clamping and grilling, turning it over, carefully sprinkling salt.

He was more accustomed to cooking the food he was interested in himself.

"Okay, you keep fighting, I can’t eat anymore."

Zhou Sinin fanned the air in front of her, her cheeks feeling hot.

"Alright, let’s go."

Outside Light Valley Square, the setting sun clung to the last bit of the edge as it descended through the glass window.

The two of them walked intermittently, their palms swinging freely while their arms occasionally collided.

Through the skin, you could feel the person beside you was warm.

It grew dark, the crescent moon in the night sky shone clearly, its faint light enveloping the square above, neon lights, streetlights, and advertisement lights. The colors of light splashed beneath the feet of passersby like paint. If you quieted your heart, you could hear each other’s footsteps, and the next second a car horn blared as it passed by.

A moment where silence and noise coexisted.

"Where shall we go next?"

Zhou Sinin wore a smile on her face, her mood cheerful.

"Let’s take a walk."

Lu Jincheng had no particular destination in mind as the two of them set off from International Square, strolled to Spanish Style Street, then turned to Italian Style Street, walking aimlessly.

As they passed by Bright Steamed Shrimp, the entrance was packed with a queue of men and women. Zhou Sinin lifted her head, tidied her hair, and looked towards Lu Jincheng.

"Is this place so crowded because it’s delicious?"

"It’s alright, there’s a good atmosphere when lots of people eat shrimp."

Lu Jincheng nodded.

"I see... so when you came last time, was it with your roommates?"

Zhou Sinin ended her lead-up, pretending to ask casually.

Curiosity was brimming in her eyes.

"Yes."

Lu Jincheng smiled and teased, "Why, are you so interested that I should invite you to our dorm gathering next time?"

The little tricks of an eighteen-year-old girl couldn’t fool him.

He only needed to counter lightly to gain the upper hand.

"I was just asking."

The girl first took a deep breath, then felt as if a brush had lightly swept across her heart.

A dorm gathering, calling a girl alone implies... what?

She took a deep breath, trying hard to fade the flush on her face, her gaze shifting to the shops along the street.

Light Valley was at the heart of University City, always bustling whether on weekdays or weekends, and it was recognized as the prime dating spot in Nanhu District.

Game city, board game shops, DIY crafts, private cinema...

There was an array of entertainment options, sometimes even requiring waiting in queues.

"What are you daydreaming about, do you want to play arcade games?"

Not far off was an arcade, Lu Jincheng followed the girl’s fixed gaze and discovered her point of focus.

"Can we?"

Zhou Sinin blinked, her chin slightly raised, her eyes full of anticipation.

"Let’s go!"

Lu Jincheng draped an arm around her shoulders and joined the crowd, entering the City Star Game City on the 3rd floor of Sector C of the walking street.

"I want to play this!"

After buying a hundred game coins, Zhou Sinin hopped over to the fishing machine, her tone carrying a hint of excitement.

"Not grabbing dolls, not playing racing, King of Fighters or basketball machines, but you run to play fishing?"

Quite unique.

Lu Jincheng thought to himself.

"When I was very little, my dad brought me to the arcade. He would sit here fishing, playing all day long."

In front of the fishing machine, bullets flew wildly across the screen, and the golden dragon still moved slowly from head to tail, as if indestructible.

"Sometimes when he got tired, he’d drink water beside me, and I’d play for him."

Zhou Sinin held the rod in her left hand, her delicate little pinky firing the cannon, lost in her memories.

"But he never let me play by myself, saying it was an adult’s game, and children shouldn’t gamble."

The hundred coins were nearly spent without her catching many big fish.

"That’s true."

Mr. Lu joined the conversation.

His worldly experience made him aware that not only did the visible fishing machines in the hall consume money, but the scoring machines hidden in secret rooms were even more like bottomless pits.

Zhou Sinin sighed deeply. "Later, he got busier and busier with work, and after he divorced my mom, he never brought me here again."

Lu Jincheng fell silent.

"Actually, I don’t really love playing."

The basket of game coins emptied, the girl turned her head.

"I just wanted someone to keep me company."