Lin Zihan would never have thought that this seemingly ordinary dinner would force him to take a path that he didn't like very much.

In Nandu, the capital of the southern region of the Hoshino Empire, as the sun sets, the lights of Nandu gradually turn on, and from a distance, in the large light of Nandu, there are still flashing neon lights of various colors, and the beautiful night of Nandu begins.

A black sedan stopped in front of the hotel, Lin Zihan straightened his clothes and walked out of the car, the black windbreaker made Lin Zihan's face not so dark.

With Lin Zihan's character, he will not easily come to this style of hotel to eat, after all, Lin Zihan, who is accustomed to ordinary life, prefers to eat barbecue and the like in the eyes of the rich in noisy and noisy places like roadside shops.

This time I came to eat in this kind of place because I was a person who had helped me, and I couldn't find a reason to shirk it, so I simply came to the appointment.

Entering the lobby of the hotel, the decoration is more luxurious, it can be regarded as a first-class hotel, at least in the eyes of Lin Zihan, this kind of hotel is a symbol of high consumption. Walking to the side of the service desk, a special waiter came over to guide Lin Zihan to the private room upstairs.

Coming upstairs, most of them are private rooms, relatively quiet, the waiter led Lin Zihan to the door of a private room, knocked on the door, and then opened the door for Lin Zihan, and made a gesture of please, "Your private room is here, someone has arrived, wait inside, if necessary, please feel free to call me." ”

"Uncle, auntie is good" Lin Zihan greeted a couple sitting at the table cordially. That's right, these two are the Xu couple who have helped them, and they should have some other activities when they came to Nandu this time, so they just took advantage of their leisure time to invite Lin Zihan to dinner together.

In fact, the intersection between Lin Zihan and the Xu family is not particularly much, and the friendship is not particularly deep, and he can't imagine why the Xu family and his wife would invite him to dinner together.

Now that he has received an invitation, with Lin Zihan's character, he will not easily refuse others, whether it is a request or an invitation, let alone someone who has helped him. The Xu couple invited them to simply meet for a meal, and there was no need to refuse.

"Here, come in and sit, Joey will be there in a moment." Uncle Xu politely asked Lin Zihan to sit down. Xu Qiaoyi is the daughter of Uncle Xu, and Lin Zihan is now in Nandu, and it is precisely because Xu Qiaoyi and Lin Zihan are from Longcheng that they know each other.

If Lin Zihan hadn't gone so far at the beginning, the two of them might have become good friends. Now that Lin Zihan thinks about it, maybe it's his own character, and he is destined to have fewer friends, but fortunately, he is used to it, after all, there are still a few good friends to chat with, which is enough for Lin Zihan.

In Lin Zihan's opinion, he seems to be used to this lonely life, and his personality seems to be unsuitable for interacting with others. Talking to Uncle Xu, the door of the private room was opened, "Dad, Mom, I'm here." It was Xu Qiaoyi who pushed the door in, a familiar voice sounded in his ears, and the corners of Lin Zihan's mouth showed a bitter smile.

Xu Qiaoyi, who pushed open the door, saw her mother, so she hugged her mother, showing a child-like satisfied smile, and coquettishly in front of her mother. "Joey, pay attention, there's someone else here!" Uncle Xu whispered to blame Xu Qiaoyi.

"She's like this, such an adult, like a child in front of her mother." Uncle Xu said with a smile to Lin Zihan. "Who is not a child in front of their parents." Lin Zihan smiled and said, although his face was smiling very sunny and optimistic, his heart was indeed infinitely sad, after all, he was not.

"Lin Zihan, why are you here?" Xu Qiaoyi's words are more straightforward.

"It's not anyone else." Xu Qiaoyi's mother looked at her daughter with a pampered face.

"You are really getting more and more naughty, Lin Zihan was called by me to eat together, treat the guests with respect." Uncle Xu looked at Xu Qiaoyi, his eyes full of doting blame. Looking at this family, Lin Zihan couldn't help but feel that he was a little redundant, and he felt a little uncomfortable.

"Sit down!" Mother Xu pulled Xu Qiaoyi to sit on the other side of the table, Lin Zihan sat next to Uncle Xu, the two of them talked about some topics in the wine field, and Mother Xu pulled Xu Qiaoyi to the side to talk about some topics about warmth and coldness, and how life was going.

"It's also reassuring that you and Joey take care of each other at school, a girl has to run to Nandu, which is so far away from home. Her mom and I really didn't like it when she was so far from home. Uncle Xu and Lin Zihan talked about their experience outside, and they couldn't help but think of the situation when Xu Qiaoyi came to Nandu and her mother came to see Xu Qiaoyi, and his heart couldn't help but feel a little sour.

Speaking of this, Lin Zihan thought of the day when he saw Uncle Xu and Aunt Xu seeing Xu Qiaoyi leave, they had already cried tears, and he was still next to the car at the time and did not go back.

As a boy who has prided himself on being extraordinary since he was a child, Lin Zihan came to the south because of his own obsession, and he did not want to continue to stay in the north. "It's good to be like this now, you see Joey didn't worry you, she took good care of herself, and I didn't help anything." Lin Zihan said this, on the one hand, to comfort Uncle Xu, and at the same time, he really didn't do anything.

Although he didn't take much care of Xu Qiaoyi, Lin Zihan still put some thought into some things, but for Lin Zihan, these things were only out of the concern of a good friend, and Lin Zihan was very happy to help take care of Xu Qiaoyi, but that's all.

Speaking of which, it may be funny, even though Lin Zihan and Xu Qiaoyi live not far from each other, but the two rarely meet each other, and they have very little contact. Lin Zihan's personality naturally doesn't always choose to cater to others, so since Xu Qiaoyi didn't take the initiative to contact, then he simply shouldn't be bored, maybe there's nothing wrong with staying away.

In fact, the relationship between Lin Zihan and Xu Qiaoyi should have already dropped to the freezing point, to be precise, it may be that Xu Qiaoyi hates Lin Zihan a little, and the two of them may not bother to say hello when they meet, but Xu Qiaoyi's parents are here, just pretending.

"By the way, Mom and Dad, I'll introduce you to someone" Xu Qiaoyi opened the door of the box and brought in a young man from outside, "This is my boyfriend, Wang Qin." ”

A young man walked in from outside the door, wearing a white suit, his handsome face was full of a kind of business ability, and his simple clothes and accessories better set off his figure, and he was dressed up properly.

In stark contrast to Lin Zihan's outfit, Lin Zihan's outfit has a more cold atmosphere, giving people a feeling that no one is close, in contrast, Wang Qin's clothes are more decent, and it also gives people a better sense of intimacy.

Lin Zihan knew Wang Qin, maybe it was impossible to remember Lin Zihan in Wang Qin's world, but Lin Zihan remembered this man deeply.

Perhaps, in the college of Nandu, there are indeed few people who know Wang Qin, but everyone knows the Emgrand Science and Technology Laboratory, which is a laboratory that many universities in Nandu want to participate in cooperation, and most of the people who can enter this laboratory are the leaders in the research institutes of various universities.

It is extremely difficult for graduate students to enter this university, let alone undergraduate students, and Wang Qin is one of the few undergraduates in this laboratory.

Of course, Wang Qin has always been low-key in dealing with people, and there is no publicity in school. However, there are only six institutions of higher learning in Nandu, and Nandu University of Science and Technology is the institution that cooperates with Emgrand Science and Technology Laboratory the most, even so, only three undergraduates enter Emgrand Science and Technology Laboratory.

The two of them have already become popular figures in the school, and their power is even higher than that of the president of the student union, while the third undergraduate, the smallest undergraduate, is rarely known, and the school has not made too much publicity, so the second-year undergraduate student of the university has covered up a veil of mystery.

Lin Zihan originally just planned to come to see Xu Qiaoyi, after all, the two of them hadn't seen each other for more than a year, and this time they wanted to ease the relationship between the two of them, but since they brought their boyfriends to the family banquet, there was no need for them to continue to stay here, so they simply said goodbye to Uncle Xu and left the hotel.

Lin Zihan, who left the hotel, walked aimlessly on the sidewalk on the side of the street, and his thoughts began to return to the past.