Boss Lu: A reborn life is destined to be without regrets!
Chapter 43 - 39. The Weight of Good Night

Chapter 43: 39. The Weight of Good Night

"Whoosh!"

The basket of Game Coins became one hundred, two hundred, more.

Mr. Lu just quietly accompanied Zhou Sinin, watching her sit in front of the Fishing Machine, holding down the launch key, and using up five hundred coins.

"Don’t want to play anymore?"

"Yep."

Zhou Sinin stood up, the dimness that had been in her eyes just now vanished.

"I’ve had enough fun, I want to go downstairs and browse~"

She rubbed her cheeks and turned to face Lu Jincheng, revealing a smiling face once more.

The two descended the stairs to the first-floor makeup counters. Zhou Sinin tugged at Lu Jincheng’s sleeve, slowing her pace.

"Do you have number 302?"

Approaching the YSL counter, Zhou Sinin raised her hand to the saleswoman beside her and asked.

"I’m sorry, miss, it’s not in stock yet."

The saleswoman shook her head, showing a regretful expression.

She had noticed the young couple early on, the man tall and handsome, the girl with extraordinary presence; a pair of good-looking and seemingly well-off people like them usually meant serious spending when they entered the store.

But not when there’s a shortage.

"Alright."

Zhou Sinin didn’t persist and led Lu Jincheng straight out the door.

Among girls, she was the type who shopped very precisely and practically, never the type to plan on buying a lipstick but then spend half an hour looking in a skirt shop.

"The reddish bean paste color you layered today, that’s the color you just tried to buy, right?"

They walked out of the store, and Lu Jincheng asked.

The little black YSL302, it was a reddish bean paste color with more red tones than usual, gentle and upscale and it brightened the complexion, perfectly suitable for Zhou Sinin.

"Eh? No, you could tell?"

Zhou Sinin widened her eyes, her lashes fluttering.

How come he even understands this?

"I’m just guessing."

Mr. Lu shrugged, signaling that it shouldn’t be a big surprise, "But the color really is pretty, it suits your cool pale skin tone."

The self-cultivation of a top player means attending to every detail with perfection.

It’s not hard to notice the changes in a girl’s makeup and outfit, but what’s difficult is to analyze and deduce the emotions and psychology behind those changes.

"Jerk."

Zhou Sinin felt a mix of happiness and annoyance, her emotions complex, and couldn’t help but spit vehemently.

The happiness came from Lu Jincheng’s attention to detail; to think he had noticed her carefully layered little secret. The annoyance came from Lu Jincheng, the damn guy who even knew about lipstick shades!

Why are you so familiar with all this!

She thought again of her best friend’s incisive critique of Lu Jincheng and began to agree with perceptions that were initially dismissed.

Guan Guan had a knack for seeing people for who they are!

All night long, her mood was like a roller coaster, constantly being pulled up and down by Lu Jincheng.

"So knowing a lot makes me a jerk?"

"Unbelievable," laughed Lu Jincheng.

"Which normal guy would know about these things!"

So annoying!

Zhou Sinin’s chest rose and fell, she turned her head away, ignoring him.

"Would you tell a normal guy the truth?"

Lu Jincheng was quick to respond.

"..."

This time Zhou Sinin pursed her lips, saying nothing.

"Lu Jincheng..."

After a long while, the young girl spoke again, her big peach blossom eyes foggy, shining brightly under the moonlit sky.

"Yeah?"

"Actually, you’re quite patient."

Side by side they walked, accompanied by the moon, heading forward along National Avenue, the night sidewalk imbued with a poetic and romantic atmosphere.

"I kept not saying I wanted to leave, and you never rushed me, just kept playing with me, buying me coins."

"It must be boring to sit back and watch, right?"

"Not at all."

Lu Jincheng shook his head: "When it’s the right person, it’s never boring."

It sounded like a statement, or was it... something flirtatious?

The aftereffects of the clear liquor were significant; Zhou Sinin was feeling a bit hazy.

Her body felt like it had been injected with hot water because of that phrase, and her heart was wrapped up, floating up and down in the hot water.

When they walked side by side toward the bus stop, she wondered if it was because they were so close that Lu Jincheng’s large hand kept swinging by her arm, occasionally brushing against her.

Just as she was considering whether or not he was doing it on purpose, a taxi suddenly appeared from the side.

The sign on the sunroof clearly indicated it was vacant.

"Let’s go! Chase after it! No need to squeeze onto the bus!"

He grabbed her hand and, from a distance, they sprinted towards the vacant car.

The summer air was still scorching, and sweat beads quickly emerged on her forehead; running in such temperatures couldn’t possibly be a pleasant thing.

But she followed him, her skirt billowing and her smile blooming like flowers.

As if she was willing to follow him, to run to the ends of the earth, to run until the end of time.

...

...

On the banks of Nanhu, at Chashan Liu Station.

The two got out of the taxi and walked along the main road toward Finance University.

It wasn’t yet curfew for the dormitories, so there were many students on the road.

As soon as they stepped into the campus gates, a girl enthusiastically waved at Zhou Sinin to greet her.

"Sinin~!"

"Song Wan! Are you going to buy some fruit?"

"Yeah, I also brought you guys strawberries and watermelon."

The person carrying two boxes of fruit was her roommate, Song Wan.

Song Wan looked over Lu Jincheng, her gossip-filled smile barely concealable.

"Who’s this?"

"Hello, Lu Jincheng from the neighboring Nanhu University," he replied.

Zhou Sinin quickly wrapped her arm around Song Wan’s, afraid she might say something strange like ’meal mate’, and looked at Lu Jincheng.

"This is my roommate. Shall we go back together then?"

"Sure, then I won’t see you off. Remember to let me know when you get to the dorm."

"Okay~ Bye~"

Zhou Sinin waved at him with a smile and vanished with Song Wan down the pebbly campus roads.

All the way, Song Wan’s mouth went off like a machine gun, never stopping with the gossip.

"So, this is the ’meal mate’ you mentioned?"

"Tall and handsome, a real feast for the eyes, definitely not wrong!"

"You two went to Light Valley for dinner and it brought you to this hour?"

"What did you do? Spill it!"

Zhou Sinin pursed her lips silently: "Just had dinner, went shopping, played some video games, that’s all."

"Just that, just that, just that?"

"I thought maybe you two went to a late-night movie and couldn’t make it back in time."

"Big sis, wake up."

Zhou Sinin gently pinched her roommate with a roll of her eyes.

She and him are not at all what you’re imagining!

Back in the dorm, Zhou Sinin first unlocked her phone to tell Lu Jincheng she’d arrived, then removed her makeup, showered, applied a face mask—a whole standard ISO routine.

After finishing her skincare, she picked up her phone and tapped out a message to Lu Jincheng.

"What time is our grand opening tomorrow?"

She referred to the coffee shop, which had at some point become ’ours’ in her speech.

"Whenever, I have a morning class, nine o’clock?" Lu Jincheng replied.

"Then Tian Yi and I will go to the shop first and wait for you~"

Zhou Sinin lay on her bed, her nightgown seemingly rolled up a bit more, and the hem under her knees fluttered, blindingly white.

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"Um... never mind, next time if there’s something you want to play, I can join you?"

"If I think of something, I’ll call you."

"Great! Then I’m off to sleep, good night~"

"Good night."

She looked at the last message, the corners of her mouth lifted, and she closed her eyes, peacefully drifting to sleep.