Yunlei sent a clapping emoji: “Welcome, welcome, warm welcome! Chu’e, you’ve finally figured it out. It seems you remembered what I told you yesterday. I said you should go out and move around, not always staying in that small house. If you don’t go out, how will you know about handsome guys? If you don’t meet a handsome guy, how will you get married?”
Chu’e smiled helplessly: “You make it sound like I’m desperate to get married!”
“Do you think you’re still young?” Yunlei sent an eye-roll emoji, “You’re about to turn thirty, and you’re not anxious? Look at me, I’m actively going on blind dates…”
“Who’s turning thirty!” Chu’e protested: “I’m only twenty-five!”
Yunlei laughed: “It’s just five years away!”
“Let’s talk business,” Yunlei cleared her throat, “Stay at my place in Zhuhai. I have space, guaranteed to be no worse than a five-star hotel, hehe!”
They discussed and immediately Chu’e booked a ticket for the next day, with Yunlei agreeing to pick her up at the airport.
Though she later forgave Yunlei, her health remained poor. Yunlei had returned to Beijing several times to visit her mother, always meeting with Chu’e, and they shared a mutual understanding. Yunlei was a typical northern girl – tall, with thick eyebrows and big eyes, beautiful, bold, and generous, completely different from Chu’e. Chu’e’s beauty was the delicate, elegant beauty of a Jiangnan water town, refined and graceful, easily evoking sympathy.
Thinking of Lin Lan, Chu’e felt a dull pain in her heart.
Chu’e felt a bit distressed: “Why are we eating at such a high-end place? This must be so expensive! It’s too extravagant, let’s change to another restaurant!”
Yun Lei pulled her back: “Oh, what are you afraid of? I’m treating, someone’s paying, just sit back and enjoy the meal. The food here is really quite good!”
“Someone’s paying?” Chu’e didn’t quite understand.
“Here he comes!” Yun Lei snapped her fingers behind Chu’e, “Mr. Gu, over here!”
“Mr. Gu?” Chu’e almost choked on her saliva. So there was someone else joining this welcome dinner, and a “big shot” at that?
Seeing her thunderstruck expression, Yun Lei couldn’t help but laugh.
