Chapter 98: Chapter 98
"A clingy fool with too much money."
Rong Zhi looked at the message on her phone asking where she was, tapped open the address, and sent it over.
Bai Su: [Eating without me.jpg]
Bai Su: [Pitiful.jpg]
Bai Su: [Foodies are the crown of all people.jpg]
Bai Su: [Bro, wait for me, on my way.]
Rong Zhi: [...?]
Rong Zhi: [Oh.]
Clinging confirmed.
The waiter brought the menu, and Rong Zhi casually picked one up, ordering while talking to Ying Yunlin, "I have a friend coming over."
"Friend?" Ying Yunlin ordered a long list of meats and a two-flavor hot pot, looking up at the mention, "Has Little Ying God stepped out finally? Willing to make friends now?"
Rong Zhi ordered a few of Bai Su’s favorite dishes for the waiter, raising an eyebrow with a calm voice, "I can’t be alone forever, right?"
Ying Yunlin chuckled, "You’re right."
Before the hot pot soup base boiled, Bai Su arrived at the restaurant, with Jiang Gujun following him, both without any disguise, attracting countless enthusiastic glances along the way.
Even some girls approached them asking for contact information, all politely rejected by Jiang Gujun.
Bai Su held his phone, asking Rong Zhi where they were.
Rong Zhi: [Table 86.]
"Waiter, where’s table 86?" Bai Su asked.
The waiter, suppressing the excitement in her heart, maintained a professional smile, "Table 86, right? Please follow me, both of you."
The two followed the waiter towards table 86.
Rong Zhi likely picked the spot specifically; the atmosphere became quieter the further in they went, with thick walls between each table, well preserving customer privacy and providing a quiet ambiance.
As they got closer to table 86, two faint voices emerged.
"This beef tripe is delicious, I remembered it since my last visit to Hua Country. Stop serving others and eat some yourself."
"If it’s good, ask the waiter for another serving, you eat first, I’m not hungry."
"Tsk, I’m genuinely curious what kind of friend could earn the favor of the unattainable Little Ying God, and even have you serve hi...mm."
"Eat your food."
The rest of the words were blocked by a piece of beef.
The waiter’s sweet voice sounded beside table 86, "Two customers, here is table 86."
The two eating hot pot immediately looked up.
Rong Zhi blinked, "Here you are."
Bai Su responded, sitting next to Rong Zhi, looking at the bowl full of food in front of him, he smiled lightly, "I’m not late, right?"
"No, we’ve just started."
Jiang Gujun sat opposite, joining Ying Yunlin.
Rong Zhi, while pouring a plate of beef into the chicken broth, introduced, "This is Bai Su, and that is his friend Jiang Gujun."
She then introduced Ying Yunlin to Bai Su, "This is my..."
"Her brother," Ying Yunlin intercepted in front of Rong Zhi, "I’m Rong Zhi’s brother, Ying Yunlin."
Jiang Gujun called the waiter to clip dishes, frowning slightly with some confusion, "Different last names, real brother?"
Ying Yunlin: "No, she’s my father’s goddaughter."
Jiang Gujun: "??? Goddaughter?!"
Isn’t this a table full of guys???
He looked at Rong Zhi, who was eating quietly, brain stuck and blurting out, "Isn’t Mr. Rong a man?!"
?
Ying Yunlin frowned, asking Rong Zhi, "Did you tell him you were a man? I thought you only hid your identity abroad."
"No," Rong Zhi replied calmly, "He just didn’t realize it."
Jiang Gujun was full of questions, "I... hmm hmm hmm."
The latter words were swallowed back forcibly.
Bai Su picked up a piece of meat and stuffed it into Jiang Gujun’s mouth.
"Don’t blame others for your stupidity in not noticing."
He finished speaking and called the waiter to change chopsticks.
Jiang Gujun, insulted for being foolish and disliked, bitterly chewed the meat in his mouth, his mind racing trying to figure out where it went wrong, how could Rong Zhi, a perfectly good man, suddenly become a woman?
However, as he pondered, he suddenly remembered something, swallowed the meat, and raised his voice, "Mr. Su, so you knew all along!"
Bai Su: "Hmm."
"And you didn’t tell me, making me think Mr. Rong was a man, I... hmm hmm hmm!!"
Bai Su, calm and composed, changed chopsticks, "Even meat can’t stop your babbling mouth."
The next moment he looked at Rong Zhi with a warm spring-like gaze, eyes gentle and affectionate, "Bro, what do you want to eat? I’ll boil it for you."
Rong Zhi glanced at Jiang Gujun, pursed her lips, "Anything is fine."
Bai Su hummed, taking the seafood on the table and tossing it into the pot.
Across the table, being treated differently, Jiang Gujun: "..."
Double standards!!
...
After the meal, they headed their separate ways home.
Rong Zhi drove Ying Yunlin back to the hotel. As he got out of the car, he paused, turned his head to stare seriously into Rong Zhi’s eyes, "I heard there’s an F3 Formula race here tomorrow, want to go watch?"
"Tomorrow?"
It seemed Ying Hengyu also invited her to watch the race tomorrow; quite the coincidence.
"Sure," she nodded, "I’ll pick you up again tomorrow night."
Ying Yunlin smiled, "See you tomorrow night."
"Yeah."
After seeing Ying Yunlin off, Rong Zhi drove back to Huqing District; Rong Fengmian’s monthly exam results were out, and they were quite satisfactory, but He Songzhi mentioned that his recent state wasn’t quite right, so Rong Zhi decided to return to Huqing first to ask.
"Feng Mian," she crossed her legs, supporting her chin with one hand, lazily yawning, "Did something happen at school recently? Did those guys bully you again?"
Rong Fengmian, sipping water, waved his hand and shook his head repeatedly upon hearing this, "No, they returned my books on Monday, no bullying."
Rong Zhi was puzzled, "Then what is it?"
Rong Fengmian smiled, revealing two cute little canine teeth. A bit embarrassed, he twisted his fingers, "I met a very kind senior sister who’s been helping me with tutoring. Did mom or sis say something? I’m fine, brother, I’ve been studying hard and keeping up with my work!"
As he spoke, his eyes sparkled, internally expressing meanings not far from being spoken aloud.
Completely different from his usually reserved and shy demeanor.
Rong Zhi’s eyes paused briefly, sighing almost imperceptibly, "I won’t interfere with you, as long as you know what you want, that’s enough. Feng Mian, I can’t always be behind you."
"Ah?" Rong Fengmian’s joyful mood was interrupted, eyes wide and cautious, "...Sis, you’re not going to leave Mom and me, are you?"
"You can’t, sis, without you, I can’t do anything."
Rong Zhi: "Feng Mian, you have to learn to grow up."
Rong Fengmian lowered his head, lips pressed, eyes full of melancholy and grievance.
Rong Zhi quietly watched the boy.
She could help for a while, but not a whole lifetime. Feng Mian would eventually have to start a family and establish a career. She couldn’t be there forever, that would be laughed at by the woman’s side.
He’d be sixteen after the New Year, it’s time to grow up; the Rong family would need him to hold on. She’s just an outsider and can’t meddle.
But Rong Zhi didn’t expect Rong Fengmian to really give her the cold shoulder.
From last night to today, whenever Rong Fengmian saw her, he turned and left.
She could clearly feel Feng Mian’s alienation and deliberate avoidance, and Rong Zhi rubbed her temples, mindful that he was currently in his rebellious period, so she said nothing and left him to figure it out.
Six thirty in the evening.
Rong Zhi drove out to pick up Ying Yunlin.
The F3 Formula race’s main venue was in the suburbs, one of the dedicated training tracks for the Hua Country Racing Association.
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