[Chapter 23, Estrangement]
Looking at the caller ID on the screen, Lin Zhibai hesitated for a moment, thought about it and finally connected the phone.
The next second the phone was connected, Xia Ting's voice rang in her ears.
"Lin Zhibai?"
"Xia Ting, is there something wrong?"
For Xia Ting, Lin Zhibai's impression is actually quite good.
Although she and Qin Ruyue are good friends, her relationship with Lin Zhibai has always been good, it can be said that she is a witness of Lin Zhibai and Qin Ruyue along the way.
Because he is often with Qin Ruyue, and Qin Ruyue and Xia Ting are good girlfriends who are like sisters, Lin Zhibai and Xia Ting are naturally very close.
In the three years of high school, there are countless scenes of three people playing together.
Therefore, Lin Zhibai and Xia Ting are also very good friends, but because of Qin Ruyue in the middle, the relationship between them is relatively flat.
Maybe it's also to avoid suspicion.
In her previous life, after Qin Ruyue went abroad to study, Xia Ting even came to the magic capital to accompany Lin Zhibai for several days.
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"Lin Zhibai, where are you?"
Xia Ting's voice seemed very anxious.
"I'm at home."
Smiling slightly, Lin Zhibai said in surprise.
"Xia Ting, I remember that you and Qin Ruyue didn't say that they were going to travel to Qingdao? Why did you suddenly come to Suzhou? ”
It's good that Lin Zhibai didn't say this, but as soon as he said this, Xia Ting was suddenly unhappy.
"I said Lin Zhibai, you're not kind, since you saw us, why didn't you say hello and leave?"
"Isn't there anyone around, sorry?"
"Lin Zhibai, don't you know why we came to Suzhou?"
"Yueyue, I believe you know better than me, indeed, she is sometimes a little willful, but who is a little girl who is not a little petty?"
"Haven't you all been fighting like this for so many years?"
Speaking of this, Xia Ting's tone softened a lot.
"Lin Zhibai, if you encounter any difficulties, you can say it, what does a big boy look like when he gives up on himself, do you think he is very handsome?"
Xia Ting's machine-gun-like speech made Lin Zhibai unable to speak at all, but he felt very strange in his heart.
Ambition?
Why did you give up on yourself?
Also, listening to Xia Ting's tone, it seems that they came to Suzhou this time to find themselves?
"Lin Zhibai, I'll talk to you."
"I'll listen, Miss."
Sighing, Lin Zhibai's heart was delicate.
This girl's personality is really the same as in her previous life, and she hasn't changed at all.
"Then you come out quickly, we are at the gate of your community."
"What? Are you at the gate of the community? ”
"yes, I came with you."
Lin Zhibai was stupid, and shook his head helplessly for a while.
What is this?
However, since Xia Ting and the others are here, Lin Zhibai has no reason not to meet each other.
Although he has now drawn a clear line with Qin Ruyue, they are still classmates after all, since they have decided to leave the past behind, there is no need to continue to carry some unnecessary emotions, just get along with old classmates naturally.
Thinking of this in his heart, Lin Zhibai turned over and got out of bed and got dressed.
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Mid-August.
The temperature in Suzhou at night is significantly cooler.
At the entrance of the community with the impression of mountains and rivers, Qin Ruyue squatted by the flower bed, and Xia Ting on the side stood aside, raising her eyes from time to time to look at the community.
After a while, Lin Zhibai's figure appeared in her sight, and Xia Ting's eyes suddenly lit up.
"Yueyue, he's here."
Looking for the sound, Qin Ruyue hurriedly stood up, she looked at the figure that gradually became clear not far away, her expression was a little complicated and there was a trace of nervousness that was usually invisible.
"Good evening."
Walking to the door, Lin Zhibai greeted Xia Ting with a smile, and then nodded at Qin Ruyue.
"Why did you two come to Suzhou with such good manners?"
"Have you eaten dinner, if you haven't eaten, I'll invite you to dinner."
"Don't eat it."
With a snort, Xia Ting turned her head and muttered.
"I'm almost full of anger from you."
Yo.
Xia Ting's arrogant and petty appearance at this moment instantly made Lin Zhibai happy.
"Alright, come with me, I know there's a restaurant that tastes pretty good."
After that, Lin Zhibai walked towards the hotel at the entrance of the community, and Xia Ting and Qin Ruyue could only follow with their suitcases when they saw this.
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Since it was already late.
There weren't many guests in the hotel.
Sitting in the corner by the window, Lin Zhibai ordered a few dishes and handed them to the waiter, then looked at Xia Ting and the two and asked.
"Do your parents know when you come out?"
"Nonsense, it's the first time I go out and my parents don't know, how can I rest assured."
Xia Ting, this girl, seems to have eaten gunpowder today, and her words always smell of gunpowder.
Lin Zhibai understood in his heart, but in his heart, he still liked Xia Ting to talk to him with such an unpretentious and real attitude.
On the contrary, it was Qin Ruyue, who sat on the side and was silent.
You must know that in the past, the three of them were present, and she was often the one who was the one who led, but today it seems to have become a little transparent.
Looking at Xia Ting and Lin Zhibai's eloquent conversation, he even felt a little envious in his heart.
She wanted to interject, but she didn't know what to say.
Although she didn't want to admit it in her heart, she knew that there was an invisible gap between her and Lin Zhibai.
It seems that Lin Zhibai and her are deliberately polite, and they will smile at themselves from time to time.
But it was this sense of distance that made her very uncomfortable.
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During the chat, the waiter put the dishes together, and Lin Zhibai didn't move his chopsticks because he was too full today.
And Xia Ting and Qin Ruyue did not eat all night, so they did not hesitate, chewing and swallowing slowly.
Halfway through eating, Xia Ting glanced at Qin Ruyue vaguely, and seeing that her best friend did not make the slightest movement, she took the initiative to ask.
"Lin Zhibai, are you short of money now?"
"Lack of money?"
Lin Zhibai was stunned, and then wondered.
"Who told you I was short of money?"
"You're not short of money, so how can you ......"
After struggling for a long time, Xia Ting was not embarrassed to say the words "being fostered", for fear of accidentally hurting Lin Zhibai's self-esteem.
Hearing Xia Ting mention this, Qin Ruyue reached out and took out a bank card from her bag and handed it to Lin Zhibai.
"Zhibai, I still have tens of thousands of yuan of pocket money in this card, you can use it first."
Frowning, Lin Zhibai looked at Qin Ruyue, who looked evasive, and did not move.
He couldn't understand it.
Where did these two girls find out that they were short of money?
There are still more than 20 million in his bank card that have not been touched, so he is not the master who is short of money.
However, seeing that they were reluctant to reveal, Lin Zhibai did not ask, but pushed the bank card back and said with a smile.
"I'm not short of money now, you can keep it for yourself."
"Your graduation trip always costs money."
"No, no, I don't have the money to tell my mom, she'll call me."
After saying this, Qin Ruyue obviously felt that Lin Zhibai's amiable smile turned cold in an instant.