It seems like the two brothers of the Shan family planned today's date on purpose.
Mu Li thought silently in his heart.
Seeing Mu Li coming over, Shan Rong shook the cup in his hand proudly: "You refused to give me some last time, but you let me have a taste today."
Mu Li snatched the cup from Shan Rong's hand: "Since you came to disturb me today, I will change the password tomorrow."
"No, have you forgotten who fell in the study last time? Fortunately, I found it in time?" Shan Rong kindly reminded.
Mu Li waved his hand: "You don't need to remind me."
"But do you know the real purpose of my brother's coming?" Shan Rong emphasized the word "real", which was what Mu Li thought.
Mu Li was indifferent: "Keep your brother under control and don't let him mess around."
Shan Rong felt very regretful: "What a pity, I have to avoid him now."
When Shan Rong mentioned this, Mu Li remembered that Shan Rong was forced to manage the company some time ago.
It seems that he can't escape this disaster.
But Mu Li looked at Shan Rong and felt that he was also old enough to have someone to take care of him.
"You say," Shan Rong suddenly said seriously, as if thinking about something, "how about me becoming a monk?"
Mu Li looked him up and down and nodded repeatedly: "Yes, a monk like you can definitely write a romantic history to inspire future generations."
Shan Rong sighed with regret that he could not clear his six senses.
After Lin Qing ate, he finally felt a little better, and his energy and mood improved a lot.
She cleaned up the dishes and saw Mu Li and Shan Rong talking about something in the living room, so she consciously went back to her room to change her clothes.
As she stood in front of the dressing mirror and looked at herself, the cell phone on the bedside table rang.
"Eh?" Seeing the caller ID, Lin Qing's fingers that were about to answer the call paused.
It’s a call from my senior.
Mu Li had just said not long ago that she was not allowed to contact her senior alone anymore.
But... Lin Qing was very conflicted and thought again, after all, he was a senior for so many years and he had no ill intentions, so it didn't seem right to ignore him like this.
So Lin Qing was in trouble for a while.
Unexpectedly, half a minute later, Chen Qudong called again.
Maybe it was something urgent? Lin Qing was worried, and after struggling in his heart, he still answered the phone.
"Hello?" As soon as she opened her mouth, she heard the senior's somewhat vicissitudes of life voice.
"Lin Qing, are you free tonight?" Chen Qudong's first sentence gave Lin Qing a thunderbolt.
"Huh?" Lin Qing was stunned.
Chen Qudong probably felt that this question was inappropriate, so he explained: "It's like this, I want to have a meal with you, nothing else."
After hearing what he said, Lin Qing felt relieved.
"As for dinner, it should be possible." Lin Qing blurted out when he thought about the fact that he had no other plans for the evening.
As soon as she opened her mouth, she regretted it.
"Really? That's good!" Chen Qudong's voice on the other end of the phone was obviously higher, and he seemed a little excited. "Then 7:30, still at the Quanshun Hotel, how about that?"
Lin Qing hesitated for a moment: "That..."
Chen Qudong did not give Lin Qing any chance to regret: "It's settled. I will be there on time!"
He hung up the phone after he said that.
Having been a senior for so many years, he is really smart.
Lin Qing looked at the hung up phone with resentment, feeling very disappointed.
Oh my God, how could she lie to Mu Li so that she could meet her senior safely
At this time, Mu Li's voice sounded from behind her: "Can you stare at the phone screen for so long?"
Mu Li leaned against the door frame with his hands in his pockets.
Lin Qing came back to his senses, hurriedly hid his phone behind his back, and smiled awkwardly: "Hehe, I was thinking about what to wear for my date with Lu Xiao tonight."
"Date?" This word caught Mu Li's attention.
"Don't think too much. Lu Xiao is the colleague I told you about last time." Lin Qing hurriedly explained again, wiping the sweat off his forehead silently in his heart.
I don't know if she was exposed just now.
Mu Li pondered for a moment: "Is he the one who tricked you into the bar and got you drunk?"
Lin Qing suddenly felt that she shouldn't use Lu Xiao as a cover.
"Don't worry about it." Mu Li immediately made up her mind, "Just don't go."
Lin Qing was a little depressed.
She walked around the bed and came to Mu Li at the door, and coquettishly took Mu Li's arm and said, "I broke the appointment last time when we went to the movies, and I can't break it again this time, right?"
Mu Li narrowed his eyes and put on a magnanimous expression: "Next time, if you take the initiative, I will let you go."
"… ah?"
Lin Qing was almost about to spit out blood.
"Don't want to?" Mu Li raised his eyebrows, "Forget it, you can't run away anyway." She knew it.
Lin Qing clenched her fists and gritted her teeth: "Okay... I promise you."
At first glance, Lin Qing looked like a bullied young wife.
Mu Li relaxed his brows contentedly, turned around and pressed her against the wall.
"You said it, don't regret it." His deep voice disturbed Lin Qing's heart.
The price to pay to get away and see the senior seems a bit too high.
Lin Qing didn't dare to change her skirt, so she went out in casual clothes.
As spring draws to a close and summer begins, the scorching sun becomes particularly noticeable.
Although the sun was about to set, Lin Qing still held up a parasol. She specifically didn't let Mu Li pick her up in order to keep it a secret.
To be honest, she hated this feeling.
When he arrived at the entrance of Quanshun Hotel, Lin Qing met Chen Qudong who was walking from another direction.
"Lin Qing!" Chen Qudong waved to her.
She smiled faintly and waited for Chen Qudong to approach at the main entrance, and they walked into the hotel together.
The first and second floors of this theme hotel are for dining, and the third floor and above are the hotel.
Lin Qing was a little conflicted. If someone took the photo again and sent it to Mu Li, her life... might be in danger.
So, Lin Qing specially chose the most inconspicuous seat to sit down, just a little away from the air conditioner.
Chen Qudong seemed to understand Lin Qing's meaning, and his expression changed unnaturally.
"Lin Qing, is Mu Li unaware of your meeting with me?" After sitting down, Chen Qudong couldn't help but ask.
Lin Qing nodded somewhat awkwardly.
However, when she looked up, she didn't know if it was an illusion, but she actually saw a hint of smile in Chen Qudong's eyes.
That smile was different from usual ones.
"But..." Lin Qing said before the waiter brought the menu, "What do you want to talk to me about, Senior?"
Chen Qudong frowned, and the waiter just came over. He took the menu handed over by the waiter and asked back, "Is there nothing wrong? Can't I have a meal with you?"
It is possible. But Lin Qing secretly thought that the number of times they had eaten together in all those years was probably not as many as in the past one or two months.
Lin Qing was very depressed about this.
"By the way, have the senior and his wife reconciled?" Lin Qing asked after placing the order.
"Reconcile?" Chen Qudong was helpless and spread his hands. "I think reconciliation is impossible."
"Huh? Why?" Lin Qing was very confused.
Chen Qudong firmly expressed his thoughts: "This marriage itself is a mistake."
When saying this, Chen Qudong looked at Lin Qing with an unusual expression.
In fact, Chen Qudong had already thought about divorce.
Lin Qing didn't guess this, so he said the same thing as last time: "Senior, you said that because you are still angry. You won't say that when you calm down and think about it."
Chen Qudong put down the cup in his hand: "I have thought about this matter for a long time, and it is not a spur-of-the-moment decision."
After all, he also understood that marriage was no joke.
"So, what does Sister Ruoyi think?" Lin Qing asked, still feeling that his senior was a little impulsive.
In Lin Qing's opinion, the angrier someone is, the more likely they are to say this.
This must be the situation now, senior.
She tried to persuade him, but to no particular effect.
Instead, the senior student asked him out of the blue: "If it were you, what would you do?"
What if it was her
Lin Qing was silent for a moment.
"If it were me..." She thought for a moment, "I would try to find a way to be together."
Not sure if it was due to Chen Qudong’s state of mind, but he felt that Lin Qing’s words were very unconfident.
"What if it still doesn't work?" Chen Qudong asked.
Lin Qing bit her lip: "This... I haven't thought about it."
As she spoke, a hint of loss flashed across her eyes.
As if he had caught her mood, Chen Qudong pretended to be relaxed and changed the subject: "By the way, I heard that you haven't been going to work recently."
Lin Qing expressed his surprise that the senior even knew about this, so he briefly explained the cause and effect.
After listening to this, Chen Qudong showed obvious dissatisfaction with Mu Li: "His personality is not suitable for you."
Lin Qing was startled: "Why?"
Chen Qudong explained one by one: "He is too strong, which will make you feel pressured. Moreover, his identity is easy to attract women, which is a potential threat to you. I know you very well. So..."
At this point, Chen Qudong was stunned for a moment.
What did he just say
Thinking back, it seems to be true.
Although he regarded Lin Qing as his junior, he knew her better than anyone else.
Lin Qing had a crush on him during college, and he always knew it, but he never revealed it.
Now think about it, what if I had been with Lin Qing at the beginning
Chen Qudong suddenly felt a little confused.
After marrying Liang Ruoyi, their marriage life was not as good as they had imagined. Liang Ruoyi had a very feminine character when they were in love, but she became a little strong after marriage, which made Chen Qudong very disgusted.
So the two of them argued endlessly over many trivial matters, and to this day, they had not spoken a word to each other for a whole week.
And now he told Lin Qing all this, it can be seen that Lin Qing has a certain position in his heart.
And that status may not be low.
Seeing that his senior suddenly stopped talking, Lin Qing waited in confusion, but still nothing happened.
"Senior?" After a few minutes, Lin Qing waved his hand in front of his eyes, "What's wrong with you? Are you feeling unwell?"
"Oh, it's okay." Chen Qudong came back to his senses and looked at Lin Qing with a strange look in his eyes.
Lin Qing thought Chen Qudong was upset because of his marriage problems, so he said with concern: "Senior, you can go out more often, maybe you will feel better."
"Then will you stay with me, please?" Chen Qudong suddenly asked.
There was some earnestness in his eyes, making it difficult for Lin Qing to refuse.
Lin Qing paused while holding the chopsticks, and after thinking it over again and again, he said hesitantly: "Then... if there is a chance, it should be possible."
Chen Qudong looked relieved: "Then it's settled, you can't regret it!"
Nodding with a smile, Lin Qing always felt that she had said something wrong.