Lin Zihan never thought that this seemingly ordinary dinner would force him to embark on a path that he didn't like very much.
In Nandu, the capital of the southern region of the Hoshino Empire, as the sun sets, the lights of Nandu gradually light up. Looking from a distance, Nandu is still shining with neon lights of various colors in the large area of light. The beautiful night of Nandu has begun. .
A black car stopped in front of the hotel. Lin Zihan straightened his clothes and stepped out of the car. The black windbreaker made Lin Zihan's face less dark.
With Lin Zihan's personality, he would not easily come to a hotel of this style to eat. After all, Lin Zihan, who is used to a plain life, prefers to eat barbecue in noisy places like roadside shops, which the rich despise. Category.
This time I came to a place like this to eat because the host was a person who had been helpful to me. I couldn't find an excuse to shirk it, so I just came to keep the appointment.
Entering the hotel lobby, the decoration is relatively luxurious and can be regarded as a high-end hotel. At least in Lin Zihan's eyes, this kind of hotel is a symbol of high consumption. Walking to the service desk, a dedicated waiter came to guide Lin Zihan to the private room upstairs.
When they came upstairs, most of them were private rooms, which were relatively quiet. The waiter led Lin Zihan to the door of a private room, knocked on the door, and then opened the door for Lin Zihan and made a gesture of invitation, "You The private room is right here. Someone has already arrived and is waiting inside. If you need anything, please feel free to call me."
"Uncle, hello auntie," Lin Zihan cordially greeted a couple sitting at the table. Yes, these two are the Xu couple who have helped me. They came to Nandu this time to have some other activities. They happened to take advantage of their free time and invited Lin Zihan to have dinner with them.
In fact, Lin Zihan didn't have much interaction with the Xu family, nor was their friendship particularly deep. He couldn't imagine why the Xu family would invite him to have dinner together.
Now that he has received the invitation, Lin Zihan's character will not easily reject others, whether it is a request or an invitation, let alone someone who has helped him. The Xu couple invited me to simply meet and have dinner, so there was no need to refuse.
"Come on, come in and sit down. Qiao Yi will be here soon." Uncle Xu asked Lin Zihan to sit down very politely. Xu Qiaoyi is Uncle Xu's daughter, and she and Lin Zihan are both in Nandu now. It is precisely because Xu Qiaoyi and Lin Zihan are from Longcheng that they met.
If Lin Zihan hadn't gone so far in the first place, the two of them might have become good friends. Now that Lin Zihan thought about it, maybe it was because of his personality that he was destined to have few friends, but fortunately he was used to it. After all, he still had a few good friends to chat with, which was enough for Lin Zihan.
In Lin Zihan's opinion, he seemed to be used to this kind of lonely life, and his personality seemed not suitable for interacting with others. While chatting with Uncle Xu, the door of the private room was opened, "Dad, Mom, I'm here." It was Xu Qiaoyi who pushed the door open. A familiar voice rang in his ears, and a trace of bitterness appeared at the corner of Lin Zihan's mouth. smile.
When Xu Qiaoyi opened the door and saw her mother, she hugged her and smiled with satisfaction like a child, acting coquettishly in front of her mother. "Qiaoyi, pay attention, there is someone else here!" Uncle Xu scolded Xu Qiaoyi in a low voice.
"She's like this. She's such an adult, but she's still like a child in front of her mother." Uncle Xu said to Lin Zihan with a smile. "No one is still a child in front of their parents." Lin Zihan said with a smile. Although his face was sunny and optimistic, his heart was indeed infinitely sad. After all, he was not.
"Lin Zihan, why are you here?" Xu Qiaoyi said more straightforwardly.
"Harmful, it's not someone else." Xu Qiaoyi's mother looked at her daughter with a doting look on her face.
"You are really getting more and more naughty. Lin Zihan was invited by me to have dinner with you. You should treat your guests with more respect." Uncle Xu looked at Xu Qiaoyi with doting and reproachful eyes. Looking at this family, Lin Zihan couldn't help but feel that he was a little redundant, and felt a little uncomfortable in his heart.
"Hurry up and sit down!" Xu's mother pulled Xu Qiaoyi to sit on the other side of the table. Lin Zihan sat next to Uncle Xu. The two of them were chatting about some topics in the wine shop. Xu's mother pulled Xu Qiaoyi to sit on the other side of the table. While talking about some topics about warmth and cold, and how life is going.
"I feel relieved that you and Qiao Yi are taking care of each other at school. A girl has to go to Nandu so far away from home. Her mother and I really didn't like her being so far away from home at the time." Uncle Xu and Lin Zihan When talking about her experiences abroad, she couldn't help but think of the situation when Xu Qiaoyi came to Nandu and her mother came to see Xu Qiaoyi off, and she couldn't help but feel a little bitter.
Speaking of this, Lin Zihan thought about how he had cried when he saw Uncle Xu and Aunt Xu sending Xu Qiaoyi off that day. He was still by the car at the time and did not go back.
As a boy who has prided himself on being extraordinary since childhood, Lin Zihan came to the southern capital because of his own obsession, and he did not want to stay in the north. "Isn't it good to be like this now? You see, Qiao Yi didn't make you worry. She also took good care of herself. I didn't help much." Lin Zihan said this partly to comfort Xu. Uncle, at the same time, he really didn't do anything.
Although he didn't take much care of Xu Qiaoyi, Lin Zihan still put some thought into some things. But to Lin Zihan, these things were just out of the concern of a good friend. Lin Zihan was very happy to help take care of Xu Qiaoyi. Joey, but that's about it.
It may be ridiculous to say that even though Lin Zihan and Xu Qiaoyi live not far apart, they rarely meet and have very little contact with each other. Lin Zihan's character naturally would not always choose to cater to others, so since Xu Qiaoyi did not take the initiative to contact her, he might as well not ask for trouble. Maybe there is nothing wrong with staying far away.
In fact, the relationship between Lin Zihan and Xu Qiaoyi should have reached a freezing point long ago. To be precise, Xu Qiaoyi may be a little disgusted with Lin Zihan. The two of them may not even bother to say hello when they meet. It's just that Xu Qiaoyi's parents are there, just for show.
"By the way, parents, let me introduce you to someone." Xu Qiaoyi opened the door of the box and introduced a young man from the outside. "This is my boyfriend, Wang Qin."
The young man walked in from the door, wearing a white formal suit. His handsome face was filled with a kind of business sophistication. The simple clothes better set off his figure, and he was properly dressed for business.
It is in sharp contrast to Lin Zihan's attire. Lin Zihan's attire has a colder atmosphere, giving people a feeling of being away from strangers. In contrast, Wang Qin's clothes appear more decent and give people a Better intimacy with people.
Lin Zihan knew Wang Qin. Perhaps it was impossible to remember Lin Zihan in Wang Qin's world, but Lin Zihan remembered this man deeply.
Perhaps, there are not many people who know Wang Qin in colleges in Nandu, but everyone knows about the Dihao Technology Laboratory. This is a laboratory that many universities in Nandu want to cooperate with. Most of the people who can enter this laboratory are from various universities. The best among academic institutes.
It is extremely difficult for graduate students to enter this institution, let alone undergraduate students, and Wang Qin is one of the few undergraduate students in this laboratory.
Of course, Wang Qin has always kept a low profile when it comes to how he behaves, and he has no publicity in school. However, there are only six institutions of higher learning in Nandu, and Nandu University of Science and Technology is the institution that cooperates with the Dihao Technology Laboratory the most. Even so, only three undergraduates have entered the Dihao Technology Laboratory.
Two of them have already become influential figures in the school, and their influence is even higher than that of the president of the student union. However, few people know about the third and youngest undergraduate student, and the school has not made too much publicity. So this second-year undergraduate student was shrouded in a veil of mystery.
Lin Zihan originally planned to come to see Xu Qiaoyi. After all, the two of them had not seen each other for more than a year. This meeting was intended to ease the relationship between the two of them. However, since she brought her boyfriend to the family dinner, he did not stay any longer. It was necessary to be here, so I simply said goodbye to Uncle Xu and left the hotel.
After leaving the hotel, Lin Zihan walked aimlessly on the sidewalk, and his thoughts began to return to the past.
