The night was getting late, and Gao Hong, who was in a slightly better mood, said that he wanted to invite Ling Lang to a big meal, and his tone was extremely bold. Peng Xueqing on the side knew Ling Lang's past temperament better, and she was afraid that he would be embarrassed, so she just wanted to explain something. Ling Lang preemptively smiled and said, Okay, I finally met the white-collar elite in the metropolis, and I just happened to slaughter it.

The Bund is lined with restaurants and restaurants, and I found a western restaurant on the fifth floor, which is spacious and neat, with elegant environment and graceful style, with crystal, glass, floral and other exquisite decorations, coupled with ingenious lighting design, which sets off a colorful luxury world.

There is a fully transparent luminous glass wall in the store, and the Pearl Tower can be seen across the river, and the Huangpu River is also in full view. There is also a terrace outside, with a wider view, you can also eat, and on the side of the terrace, there is a bar, on which all kinds of wine glasses and wine utensils are shining, low-key and elegant.

Gao Hong proposed to sit there, but the waiter on the side said that those seats had been booked today, and the three of them had to choose a table close to the glass wall.

When Gao Hong walked away to answer the phone, Peng Xueqing used her slender and white fingers to pull out the hair on her ear, and said softly: "Gao Hong has changed a lot in recent years, but she is still very good to us old classmates." ”

Ling Lang smiled and didn't speak, he knew that the kind girl in front of him was trying to use the most appropriate words to eliminate some inexplicable barriers, and he didn't want to hurt anyone.

For a while, there was no third person around, and the two of them didn't know what to say. The cold felt slightly awkward, and the two occasionally looked at each other and hurriedly avoided it, or raised the glass, took a sip of sweet and sour lemonade, and pretended that nothing happened. Ling Lang suddenly thought that when he was on the car to the General's Temple, the sunlight shone through the car window, and he himself had been so empty-minded. It's just that perhaps, the girl who would blush and have hot palms at the beginning is long gone.

"How are you and Hou Yingjie?" When he asked this sentence, Ling Lang regretted it and wanted to slap himself, but in his heart, he clearly wanted to know.

"We're divided. He's active and I like to be quiet. In different cities, there are fewer and fewer meetings, and then they are very tacitly separated. "No self-deprecation, no laughter, no pathos, just a few words, as if telling someone else's story.

"Oh. Oh......" Ling Lang almost didn't answer, "It's good". This is a fault of his teaching, and he likes to say these two words when he praises students or echoes others. But fortunately, he immediately realized that something was wrong and stopped his mouth in time.

Seeing Ling Lang's stunned appearance, Peng Xueqing covered her mouth and smiled with a "poof", and said, "You haven't changed much." ”

"Ah, really? I thought I was handsome again. Ling Lang touched his face and looked at Peng Xueqing with an expression that I didn't believe you very much.

"Hee-hee, have you become handsome? I don't think so, but it's true that you're a lot thicker-skinned. Seeing that Ling Lang had a rare "joke", Peng Xueqing seemed to let go of her mood and laughed at Ling Lang.

"How is that possible? I'm a teacher, not a cheeky person, you must be an illusion. Ling Lang deliberately pretended to be very serious.

"Teacher Ling, you are so decent, and you think you are very handsome, have you talked about a girlfriend?" Peng Xueqing's big black and white eyes had a faint smile, the corners of her small mouth were slightly upturned, and her pale red makeup lips were slightly open, and she asked Ling Lang about her feelings half-ridiculously and half-seriously.

Ling Lang was not ready to hide her, although there was no promise between him and Kong Qingyan, and he didn't even seem to have said "I like you" to each other, but the degree of intimacy should be regarded as his girlfriend.

"Hey, what are you talking about? Oh...... , Ling Dacai, you are insidious enough, as soon as I am not there, you will provoke our family Xueqing, right?" When Ling Lang just wanted to say "yes", Gao Hong happened to come back, and sure enough, he was worthy of being an announcer.

Peng Xueqing's face flushed slightly, and she slapped Gao Hong, telling her not to talk nonsense.

"What nonsense do I have? At the beginning, the two of you, everyone saw it, but one of you pretended to be innocent, the other pretended to be cold, and you didn't say that you liked each other, and we others were anxious for you. Are you right, Ling Lang?" After answering the phone call and coming back, Gao Hong's mood seemed to be much better again, and her voice, which was already very pleasant, became vivid again.

"That's right. Ling Lang answered casually, without deliberately denying it, it was known to passers-by, and there was nothing unspeakable. At the beginning, he was not able to accompany Peng Xueqing under the cherry blossom trees of Wuhan University to get a rain of flowers, which was one of the few times he broke his promise in so long. It is also a great regret, all these years, buried in my heart, never forgotten. Meet today, separate tomorrow, see you next time, and I don't know what year it is. There are some things that you might as well hurry up and say them when you have the chance.

Seeing Peng Xueqing blushing again, Ling Lang smiled back at her, it's right to like it, she hasn't forgotten it, so let's go and be frank.

"Ouch, did I miss something just now? The wood is all enlightened! Anyway, you two are talented and beautiful, so you can just be together. Earlier, there was something about him Hou Yingjie. "When Gao Hong was in school, he was a famous little pepper, although after he came out of society, he was obviously polished to be realistic and sleek, but his nature has not changed. And it seems that he still has a lot of resentment towards Hou Yingjie.

"Gao Hong, don't talk nonsense, Ling Lang has a girlfriend. Ling Lang wanted to stop talking just now, but Peng Xueqing still keenly knew the answer.

"Ah, really? Eh, Ling Lang, I can't see that you're quite popular with girls. It's a little talented, but I don't feel handsome, and my temperament is barely passable. I just can't figure it out. Gao Hong pretended not to know him very well, and looked at him again.

Ling Lang shrugged his shoulders and spread his hands, they were all old classmates, these innocuous ridicules did not need to pretend not to eat the fireworks of the world. And since he planned to take the initiative to stand up and face those things that he was afraid to avoid before, his mentality has also been relaxed a lot, and the whole feeling is more calm.

teasing each other, unconsciously, the atmosphere is much more harmonious, there are not many guests in the restaurant at this time, and the three of them are trying to control their voices and movements, but they are not reminded by the waiter.

The exquisite dishes were put on the table, knives, forks and forks, Ling Lang was not very useful, but this kind of thing, you can understand it at a glance, and there was no embarrassing bloody scene of accidentally picking up the steak.

Halfway through the banquet, Gao Hong's mobile phone rang again, and this time Gao Hong did not avoid Ling Lang and Peng Xueqing, frowned, and connected.

"Didn't I say I didn't need you to come over? What? You're already downstairs? Okay, you take the elevator up to the fifth floor, and we're on the right hand side of the door. Putting down the phone, Gao Hong said slightly apologetically, "I'm sorry, two old comrades, I have a friend to come over later." ”

"Gao Hong, is it Mr. Shen?" Peng Xueqing put down the tableware and asked softly.

Gao Hong nodded, the expression on his face was a little complicated, and he couldn't tell whether he was happy or reluctant.

The three of them stopped eating, and it didn't take long for a man of thirty-five or sixteen years old to come up to him, with a medium build, trousers and leather shoes, and a white shirt ironed smoothly, with sharp edges and corners, and a close fit, which made his temperament appear quite elegant, and he was smiling, and between his eyebrows, there was a faint sense of dignity of a person who had been in a position for a long time.

Gao Hong stood up and introduced Ling Lang to the man: "Ziping, this is my high school classmate, a former genius in our school. ”

The man stretched out his right hand and came over to shake Ling Lang's hand, smiling unchanged: "Hello, my name is Shen Ziping, it's a pleasure to meet you." ”

Ling Lang also stood up, also stretched out his right hand, and said with the same smile: "Hello, my name is Ling Lang, and I am also very happy to meet you." ”

After shaking hands, Shen Ziping said to Peng Xueqing again: "Xueqing, hello, we meet again." ”

Peng Xueqing nodded, and replied not too enthusiastically, "Hello, Mr. Shen." ”

Shen Ziping didn't care, and said to Gao Hong with a smile: "Hong'er, don't you usually like to sit outside, why did you choose to sit here today?"

Hearing Shen Ziping's address to Gao Hong, Ling Lang was slightly stunned, but he didn't control himself and didn't think much about it.

Gao Hong didn't seem to feel anything, she seemed to be used to it, she complained a little coquettishly: "The positions have been booked." ”

"Oh, haha, it just so happens that you haven't finished eating yet, I'll go and talk to the manager here, let's move outside, the scenery there is good." Shen Ziping chuckled, turned around to find someone after speaking, and the moment he turned around, he took out a white handkerchief from his pocket, wiped his right hand, walked a few steps, and then threw the handkerchief into the tray of the waiter walking by.