Bai Qingru was not worried about He Xianmo going to eat with him alone. Firstly, she felt that the purpose and utility of such a meeting were too obvious. Secondly...she was a little worried about He Xianmo's strength in this aspect. He said too few words. If there was no one, Staying by the side can easily make the other person feel cold and leave a bad first impression. Who would want to continue to get along with him?
Bai Qingru was worried about her son's life-long event.
Then, the topic that Bai Qingru and He Xianmo talked about centered around this friend's daughter. The type of girls that Bai Qingru admires have always been biased towards traditional oriental aesthetics. For example, they should be fair, comely, bookish, and gentle. Soft, without edge. Although she did not forcefully instill these requirements into He Xianmo, He Xianmo would subconsciously follow this template to find a girlfriend under the subtle influence of his family.
Shi Lan is relatively in line with this requirement. Although she came to the UK in high school, many of her ideas had already been formed before she came. At that time, it was rare for He Xianmo to find people with similar ideas and ideas to him in the study abroad circle, so after getting along with him, After that, I got together with Shi Lan. Both of them have mature and stable personalities. Except for the later stage of long-distance relationship, they usually don't have conflicts.
After talking to his parents on the phone, He Xianmo thought of Zhou Ruo again - she and he were not from the same world at all. Their views on relationships and values were different. Zhou Ruo's teasing with him was just a temporary novelty. She would not be with him. Get serious about love.
Thinking of Bai Qingru's worried words, He Xianmo felt even more that he should completely draw a clear line with Zhou Ruo - he had failed several times before, and he couldn't let himself go this time.
He Xianmo has always been a person with strong self-control. He has never been addicted to anything, and no matter what kind of stimulation he is, he will never become addicted to it. Only in the case of Zhou Ruo, he jumped repeatedly.
He knew clearly that addiction was not a good thing.
A truly strong person will not be ruled by desire.
He Xianmo kept thinking about this matter during lunch and was so absent-minded that he didn't even finish a salad.
Coincidentally, when He Xianmo returned to the office, he happened to bump into Zhou Ruo and Zeng Xu who were returning from lunch. He Xianmo quickly withdrew his eyes from Zhou Ruo, and Zhou Ruo did not look at him as before, talking to Zeng Xu. Xu waved his hand and returned to his office with the coffee.
He Xianmo and Zeng Xu returned to the office together. After sitting down, Zeng Xu asked He Xianmo: "Arthur, have you eaten?"
He Xianmo said "Yes" and said, "I've eaten."
His attitude was obviously much more normal than before lunch. Zeng Xu guessed that his mood had passed, so he chatted with him: "I guess I'm going to be 'lovelorn' too."
He Xianmo frowned slightly: "What do you mean?"
"Dara has to go back to the lab to be busy. There are other colleagues here in the hospital to take her place." Zeng Xu said with regret, "I played with Dara so much that I actually forgot that she is a little genius in drug research and development~"
He Xianmo glanced at Zeng Xu coldly and asked ruthlessly: "Is this considered lovelorn?"
Zeng Xu: "Yeah, when she gets busy in the future, she won't be able to think of me anymore, so she won't be able to let me go."
Through this period of contact with Zhou Ruo, Zeng Xu has gotten to know her style better. It is true that Zhou Ruo loves to play, but he is extremely strict about work. She has had more contact with him in the hospital because she does not have much work and is looking for work. It was a pastime. Once he returned to the laboratory and was busy, it would be impossible to come to the hospital to find him.
"But the fact that she invited me to dinner specifically to talk about this shows that I am still somewhat special in her heart." Zeng Xu smiled proudly, "She must think that I am different from other men."
He Xianmo's eyes were a little colder, and because of Zeng Xu's words, he felt an inexplicable rage in his heart, "How do you know she didn't do this to other men?"
Zeng Xu began to give an example: "Look, we also met in the hospital. Before she left, she only invited me to dinner alone and didn't call you. This shows that she knows how to treat each other differently. Although Dara is carefree, not everyone Everyone is flirting.”
He Xianmo snorted, "Whatever you think."
Zeng Xu frowned, hearing a different hatred and annoyance from his words - although he had long known that He Xianmo didn't like Zhou Ruo much, but this time his emotions were too strong.
"Do you have any conflicts with Dara privately?" Zeng Xu asked with concern after thinking about it for a while.
"No." He Xianmo denied immediately.
Zeng Xu looked at him suspiciously, "Then why do you feel like you were offended by her? You are so resentful."
He Xianmo: "I'm not that boring."
He refused to talk about this topic again and lowered his head to flip through the work documents. Seeing He Xianmo like this, Zeng Xu's doubts were mostly eliminated. Quan thought that he was in a bad mood, so he expressed it in an extreme way.
Zeng Xu did not suspect that Zhou Ruo and He Xianmo had some unknown ambiguity in private. First of all, He Xianmo was not Zhou Ruo's type. Zhou Ruo obviously liked outgoing men - for the same reason, Zhou Ruo was not something He Xianmo would appreciate. Even if Zhou Ruo really wanted to seduce He Xianmo on a whim, he probably wouldn't be able to seduce him.
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As Zeng Xu said, Zhou Ruo did not come to the hospital again the next day. In the office opposite, someone else from AS came.
He Xianmo fell into an extremely contradictory state.
On the one hand, he thought it was a good thing for Zhou Ruo to leave the hospital. Out of sight, out of mind, and unable to see her, he could better withdraw and calm down;
But on the other hand, he would always suddenly think of her. Several times, he would stare at the WeChat chat window in a daze.
Their chat history still stopped at that night when Zhou Ruo asked him to go to the apartment to cook. After that day, neither of them contacted each other. He Xianmo didn't send a message to Zhou Ruo, and Zhou Ruo couldn't remember to come to him.
Maybe Zhou Ruo was really busy when he went back to the lab, and his work account’s circle of friends hadn’t been updated for several days.
In this tumultuous state, He Xianmo welcomed the arrival of his two elders.
He Shuxing and Bai Qingru came here on Friday. He Xianmo did not attend the clinic that day, so he asked for leave to pick them up at the airport. He took the two elders back to the apartment and cooked a table of dishes himself.
During the meal, Bai Qingru praised He Xianmo's improvement in his craftsmanship and joked, "You are good at everything. If you were more cheerful, wouldn't you worry about not finding a girlfriend?"
He Xianmo: "..."
Bai Qingru: "I will contact Xiao Jiang later to see if she is available on Sunday."
Xiao Jiang is the daughter of the old classmate Bai Qingru mentioned before. Her full name is Lou Xiaojiang. She is twenty-eight years old this year. According to Bai Qingru, she has a delicate appearance, a gentle and well-behaved personality, and is particularly lovable.
Bai Qingru had never shown the photo to He Xianmo. He Xianmo was not very interested and naturally would not ask for it. However, Bai Qingru later said that she had sent his photo to Lou Xiaojiang before.
He Xianmo frowned when he heard this: "Why?"
