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If Your Reaction is So Big Now, What Happens After Marriage? (2)
Lin Yu He said, “I just finished the exam.”
Wu Xin said, “Then contact CEO Lu, ask him if he has time in the evening so you can have a meal together.”
She was a career manager, used to giving out orders to others, thus she always spoke with a commanding tone.
“You are about to get engaged. The more contact made, the better.”
Lin Yu He said, “Mr Lu has something to do tonight.”
“You haven’t even contacted him yet and you know he’s busy tonight?” Wu Xin smiled, “What, you even know CEO Lu’s schedule?”
Lin Yu He pursed his lips and did not speak.
He did know, or Lu Nan personally came to tell him in person.
But Lin Yu He was aware. If he had said that Mr Lu had come to see him, his stepmother would have used it to make more demands, so he had no intention of mentioning it.
Wu Xin just thought that Lin Yu He did not speak because he was guilty, so she did not bother to drag this out with him, and directly urged him: “Call quickly, and call me back afterwards.”
Seeing that his stepmother was so insistent, Lin Yu He pursed his lips and said, “Mr Lu really doesn’t have time tonight. He gave me a card earlier and told me to go eat with my roommates by myself.”
The other recipient of the call obviously stalled for a moment: “…… He gave you a card? What card? His bank card?”
Wu Xin followed up with a series of questions, and her tone sounded amazed.
In contrast, Lin Yu He still had that same tone of reticence and calmness, only responding briefly, “Hmm.”
When Lu Nan took out the card, Lin Yu He had a glance of it, and it was indeed a bank card. It’s probably a vice card or something, Lu Nan didn’t explain, and he didn’t ask.
Lin Yu He did not ask, but the caller asked eagerly: “What color is the card?”
Lin Yu He: “Black.”
“Is it the Centurion’s black and gold card?
Wu Xin’s excitement could almost be transmitted through the phone.
Lin Yu He was not infected by the excitement, his tone remained flat: “I don’t recognize that.”
Wu Xin couldn’t care less about his attitude and asked, “Is there a man wearing a helmet on the card?”
Lin Yu He was not really enthusiastic about these kinds of things, but his stepmother insisted on asking, so he had to take out the card in his pocket and take a look at it.
“Yes.”
Wu Xin suddenly laughed and her tone turned much softer: “Okay, there’s nothing else. Go get dinner and have a good time with your classmates.”
Lin Yu He was not sure why her attitude had suddenly changed, and did not care to look into it. Not long after the phone call ended, the subway arrived at the destination station.
Lin Yu He and his roommates walked into Seabed Ridge together and were greeted by the strong aroma of hot pot.
The messy thoughts were also temporarily suppressed.
The twenties were a precious time where they had a large appetite. The four big boys ordered a table full of food. Most of their order was meat, and the way it was laid out already made people feel much better. Knowing that they just finished the exam, the clerk also enthusiastically wrote four words in four condiment bowls with the red chili oil: Definitely Will Pass Exam.
The meal was so hearty that even Lin Yu He was compelled to eat more, and his whole body finally warmed up.
Lin Yu He grew up in Shu City, with first-class spicy taste buds. The one sitting opposite of him, Zhen Ling, is much inferior; eating while reaching for tissues, the tip of his nose is rubbed red.
Lin Yu He divided his attention to Zhen Ling several times and felt something was wrong: “What’s wrong with you? You keep wiping your nose.”
“Huh?” Zhen Ling said in a jarring voice, “Nothing, the seasoning was a little too spicy.”
Lin Yu He looked at him again, but frowned, “Did you catch a cold?”
Zhen Ling froze, a little slow in response: “No? I don’t feel it myself.”
Zhu Bo, who was sitting next to him, heard this and directly touched Zhen Ling’s forehead and side of his neck, and he really felt an abnormal temperature.
Zhu Bo was surprised: “No, you’re really burning up.”
“Eh? But I was fine just now ……”
Zhen Ling still looked dumbfounded, and now several people could see his sluggishness.
Shen Hui Xi directly pulled out his phone: “What other symptoms are there besides fever? I’ll call for Yellow Rider to run an errand and send the medicine over.” [T/N: Yellow Rider here is the way natives call this company, Meituan, that helps to run errands and buy things, much like Grab or Uber.]