No one responded from the other end, so Wei Chen continued speaking. “What’s wrong? Is it not a good time to call?”
Zhou Nan suddenly came back to himself. His gaze was like an x-ray, seeing through Song Xuanhe’s calm exterior and revealing his guilt. Even Xiao Shenglin was a bit puzzled. He had never heard of Song Xuanhe and Wei Chen being on good terms before. But from Wei Chen’s familiar tone, it didn’t seem like they had just met. tuQYcy
Song Xuanhe turned off speaker mode, expression not changing. He brought the phone to his ear and said, “Mr. Wei, hello.”
“Didn’t we say that we’d call each other by our first names?” Wei Chen laughed. He asked, “Is Mr. Xiao beside you right now?”
“No.” Song Xuanhe met with two questioning gazes and smiled. His tone was rather cold, however, “We’ve only met once. I didn’t think that you would call me to have a meal together.”
“I felt like we had a connection at first sight!” Wei Chen’s voice was pure and bright. You could hear the disappointment in his next words. “I had thought that we were at least ordinary friends. I didn’t think that my feelings of friendship were just one-sided.” p NA84
Song Xuanhe was still smiling. He remained unmoved as he replied, “Well, now you know. Then, I won’t say anything more. Goodbye.”
“Ai ai ai!” Wei Chen raised his voice in haste and quickly said, “I wanted to talk business with you! I currently have a project that I want you to partner in. We’d both benefit from it. Let’s talk about it over a meal.”
“Sorry,” Song Xuanhe said, “I’m not really interested. Bye.”
After saying this, Song Xuanhe hung up without waiting for Wei Chen’s reply. L9x1wS
Zhou Nan folded his arms, giving Song Xuanhe an askance glance. He adopted a callous demeanour. “Be honest. When did you and Wei Chen get so close? He actually called you specifically to invite you to eat with him. I’ll go easy on you if you’re honest. If you resist, I’ll have to use force. If you don’t tell the truth, don’t even think of leaving here today.”
There wasn’t much food left, but Song Xuanhe felt like he could still eat. Therefore, he picked up his chopsticks again and said, “This dish tastes pretty good. Eat a little more. It’d be a shame to waste it.”
Zhou Nan: ….
“I just heard you say that you’ve only met Wei Chen once. What happened?” Xiao Shenglin questioned, but his voice was still gentle and amiable, “Wei Chen is quite the lone wolf. Except for the two friends he has grown up with, I’ve never heard of him inviting anyone else out to eat.” gscdY0
Song Xuanhe put down his chopsticks and answered, “Weren’t you guys wondering about who Wei Chen had hit with his car? It was Xiao Yuanmu.”
Zhou Nan’s eyes widened, “What the hell, isn’t that a hell of a coincidence?”
Xiao Shenglin furrowed his brows and asked, concerned, “Is Xiao Yuanmu OK?”
“He’s fine. It’s just a superficial injury,” Song Xuanhe said, “As the culprit, Wei Chen apologized and made amends by inviting us out to eat. That’s why I gave him my contact information.” glU4Vb
“He apologized and made amends?” Zhou Nan’s eyes widened even more, “Wei Chen apologizing? Did you know, when he was in high school, he had smashed the skull of his school’s top dog in with a brick? That student’s family didn’t take it lying down and wanted to make a big deal over it. It was also during election time then, so the Wei Family couldn’t afford to make any mistakes. But even so, despite him practically having his head forced down, Wei Chen still didn’t apologize or make it up to them.”
“Well, that bully probably deserved it,” Song Xuanhe said in a bland tone, “But, it’s entirely his fault for hitting someone with his car. He obviously had to apologize.”
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“I’ve never heard of Wei Chen, that fellow, apologizing to anyone in all my years of living. Forget making amends, I’ve never even heard the words ‘I’m sorry’ come out of his mouth. He’s extremely proud.” Zhou Nan clicked his tongue twice. A thought suddenly popped into his head. “Maybe he’s scheming something. Otherwise, why else would he ingratiate himself to you?”
When Xiao Shenglin heard this, he laughed and asked, “What kind of scheme?” CLQira
“Maybe he’s fallen for Song Er
The System agreed：【You humans are very cunning.】
Song Xuanhe was about to ask whether it was referring to Liu Xu, himself, or the both of them. However, he had yet to weave his thoughts into a question when he saw Xiao Yuanmu standing across the street. Although they were separated by the rush hour traffic, Song Xuanhe could feel the cold in the other’s eyes. uy0QRb
At that moment, the pedestrian crossing light turned green. The cars all slowed to a stop, and pedestrians hurried across the street from both sides. From one side to another, the stream of pedestrians was endless.
However, neither Song Xuanhe nor Xiao Yuanmu, who stood on opposing sides, took a single step.
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When there were less than ten seconds on the light, Song Xuanhe began to cross the street. He asked the System: 【When did Xiao Yuanmu arrive?】
The System, who had been distracted watching Song Xuanhe and Liu Xu battle it out with their acting skills and thus didn’t notice that Xiao Yuanmu was less than a thousand metres away, felt guilty. In order to make up for its mistake, it quickly said: 【I just investigated it. He has been following you since the moment you left the office.】 SFB8vi
Song Xuanhe’s steps halted. He didn’t know why, but when he heard that Xiao Yuanmu had been standing outside for at least half an hour, a bad premonition suddenly emerged.
However, the pedestrian crossing was about to end. He could only continue heading towards Xiao Yuanmu. Only when he reached Xiao Yuanmu’s side did he stand still. He then looked up and feigned calmness. “What are you doing here?”
Xiao Yuanmu looked down at Song Xuanhe, gaze dark. His expression was serene and unreadable, and his voice was clear and calm. However, his response was very frank. “I followed you here.”
The author has something to say: TxJAtp
Song Xuanhe: I have an ominous premonition.
Eve: SXH eating always tickles my heart. He’s so cute. And haha! XYM finally admitted that past XYM really did fall for SXH…just going to take some time for the reborn XYM to accept his feelings as well. As for SXH…he’s gonna take a much longer time to come to terms with his.
Kara: Ehehehehe…XYM admitting his other self fell in love…soon he will too…I can already see his possessive tendencies!!（・∀・）And ooooh, the family drama finally develops some more! I can’t wait to see what SXH does!（๑✧∀✧๑）