Chapter 35 Sunshine Tang Jiali: You have to take me along to play.

Outside a high-end restaurant, Fang Chuning was standing at the entrance replying to Gao Qiong’s message. It was Saturday, so there were no classes. She and Hong came to the restaurant to dine with her so-called business friend, but she couldn’t sit still after just a few bites.

Though it was called a dinner gathering, Fang Chuning felt it was more like a blind date. The person seemed to be from the same school as her.

She took the excuse of going to the bathroom to escape, and now Gao Qiong happened to invite her.

Fang Chuning replied to her message: I can’t leave right now.

Gao Qiong: What are you doing? Come quickly, we’re just waiting for you!

She wanted to leave, but at this critical moment, Hong obviously wouldn’t agree. She should have been more firm from the beginning and not come at all.

“Senior.”

Just as Fang Chuning was thinking about what kind of excuse would be better to leave, a cheerful and lively male voice suddenly came from behind. She found it strange; they had never met before, yet his attitude towards her seemed very familiar.

As if they had known each other for a long time, he didn’t have any of the shyness that boys should have.

“Senior, didn’t you say you were going to the bathroom? Why are you here?”

Fang Chuning slightly lowered her phone screen and turned her head to the side: “Just came out for some fresh air.” Tang Jiali glanced at her subconscious action and smiled brightly: “Senior wants to leave this place, right?” He spoke very directly, not afraid of guessing wrong.

Fang Chuning finally turned back to examine him properly. The young man’s appearance was the kind that could be spotted at a glance in a crowd, with a sunny disposition and handsome features. Usually, people like this would be unforgettable once seen.

But she had no memory of him at all, and didn’t know where his familiarity came from.

“If senior feels uncomfortable, I can go tell my mother and Aunt Fang, but senior has to take me along, okay?”

Her phone was still vibrating constantly. Fang Chuning thought for a moment, then nodded in agreement.

Tang Jiali happily grabbed her wrist and walked inside, intimately as if treating his own girlfriend.

Fang Chuning felt it was strange and slightly forcefully freed her hand: “Just walking is fine, why are you pulling me?”

Tang Jiali scratched the back of his head embarrassedly, grinning to reveal two small canine teeth, “Sorry, I was just too happy!”

This kid gets as happy as a silly husky, Fang Chuning shook her head amusedly, suddenly feeling more relaxed.

She thought the two of them should first sit back in their seats and then find a good time to talk about leaving, but the young man just opened the private room door and poked his head in: “Mom, Aunt Fang, senior said she wants to take me out to play, we’re leaving first, you take your time eating and chatting.”

Fang Chuning, following behind him, almost choked on her own saliva.

Inside the private room, Hong and Tang’s mother exchanged a glance, and Tang’s mother said with a smile: “Alright, but remember not to play too late. Have the driver pick you up later.”

“No need,” Tang Jiali made the decision on his own: “Senior can send me back later.”

“That works too, but it might trouble Miss Fang.”

Fang Chuning, being called out, had to say reluctantly: “It’s no trouble.”

After leaving the restaurant, Fang Chuning hailed a taxi. She looked at the young man closely following behind her with some hesitation: “Do you really want to come along?”

Tang Jiali: “Is senior going to go back on her word?”

That’s not it, it’s just that the place they’re going to will definitely be crowded. He’s a boy, what if he feels awkward and regrets it later, “If you don’t mind, then come along.”

After saying this, she got into the car. Tang Jiali’s eyes flashed with a hint of cunning, and he sat down on the other side.

The meeting place was Boiling Point. Even in broad daylight, the bar was still quite crowded. Fang Chuning followed the waiter up to the second floor VIP room. Besides Gao Qiong, there were three other girls in the room, all four of them playing games.

“Why are you so late?” Gao Qiong, who had just lost a game, exuded resentment. She quickly noticed the young man beside her, “Oh, you even brought a little brother along?”

Fang Chuning, itching to play, took out her phone and sat on the sofa, her eyes fixed on the screen, “He’s my mom’s friend’s son.”

Huh? The fast and convoluted speech left Gao Qiong a bit confused. She looked at the young man and suddenly found him somewhat familiar, “Little brother, haven’t we met somewhere before?”

Tang Jiali smiled brightly: “We have met. You’re Chuning senior’s friend. I’ve seen you many times, but you might not have a deep impression of me.”

Senior?

“Are you also from Xinxing?”

“Mm-hmm.”

Gao Qiong looked him up and down, suddenly smiling: “Then we’re all classmates! Since we’re classmates, don’t be so formal. Order whatever you want to eat or drink!”

“Thank you.” The young man’s handsome appearance and cheerful personality quickly integrated him into their group, without any awkwardness or discomfort.

“What game are you playing?” Tang Jiali sat down next to Fang Chuning, leaning over to look at her phone, “I play this game too!”

Gao Qiong became interested, “Do you want to join us?”

“Sure, but……” Tang Jiali glanced at the others, “You already have enough people.”

“If you join, we’ll make room for you.”

Tang Jiali looked at the girl whose attention was still on her phone screen, took out his own phone, and pretended to be curious: “What are your names? Let me see if I can find you nearby.”

Then they discovered that Tang Jiali was already friends with them, and the kind they often played with. It was so coincidental that it seemed almost deliberately arranged.

The key is that Gao Qiong believed it, “This is such a fateful encounter! Let’s choose couple names, otherwise we wouldn’t be doing justice to this fate!”

Tang Jiali, of course, was unwilling: “That won’t do, I don’t want to choose a couple name with you.” As he said this, he glanced at Fang Chuning.

“Eh? Why not, am I not attractive enough!”

Fang Chuning was quite exasperated. She had said this person seemed familiar as if he had popped out of nowhere, turns out he had been scheming for who knows how long. “Are you going to play or not?”

“Of course we’ll play,” Gao Qiong still didn’t give up, running over to sit with the young man, “How about we choose a best friend name then?”

Tang Jiali ignored her. He felt a bit disappointed because the person he cared about only showed a moment of surprise and didn’t even look at him.

What’s the deal… she could at least pretend to be curious.

Tang Jiali felt a bit upset.

Halfway through the game, a video call suddenly popped up at the top of the phone screen. The game was at an intense moment, and in a moment of distraction, her character was already lying on the ground. Fang Chuning almost cursed.

She was about to swipe away the video call request, but when she saw it was from Xu Muzhou, her itching finger paused. Without hesitation, she exited the game, entered the chat box, and accepted the call.

The player disconnection notice made Gao Qiong glance at her in the midst of her busy playing: “What are you doing!”

Fang Chuning changed her position to sit, and on the other side of the video, the young man was wearing an apron with cute patterns, holding a soup ladle in his hand. His clear eyes were looking at the camera with a smile: “Guess what I’m doing?”

The two of them have become more natural in their interactions over this period of time, just waiting to see who would break through this thin layer first.

Fang Chuning looked at the white steam rising behind him, “Making soup?”

Xu Muzhou’s smile deepened. He raised his phone to show the boiling thick soup, “I just learned how to make stock from Uncle Housekeeper, it’s very nutritious.”

The young man seemed to have discovered a joy beyond studying, showing great interest in cooking.

Especially after finishing a dish, he always wanted her to taste it.

“Do you have time now? Otherwise, the soup will get cold later, and it won’t taste as good when reheated.”

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Before Fang Chuning could say the words “I’m free”, Tang Jiali suddenly sat down beside her and urged: “Senior, if you don’t get online, we’re going to lose!”

She clearly saw the young man on the video frown slightly, then ask her gently: “Are you busy right now?”

“No,” although the other party didn’t seem to show any displeasure, Fang Chuning still switched the video camera to show him the situation in the room: “We’re just playing games here.”

“I see…” In the video, the young man slightly lowered his eyes. After a while, he forced a smile at the camera: “Then you play first.”

Tang Jiali, who had already lost the game, covered her phone with his hand sulkily, “Senior, it’s all your fault, we lost!”

Through the gaps between his fingers, Fang Chuning saw Xu Muzhou was about to cover the soup, but his hand accidentally touched the edge of the pot. With the young man’s delicate cry of pain, the camera shook violently. Her heart tightened, “Are you okay?”

At the same time, she pulled away the hand covering the screen.

“It’s nothing…” The answering voice carried a hint of a sob. The phone must have been placed on the table, the screen was pitch black, and only the young man’s voice could be heard, “I won’t bother you anymore, we’ll talk next time.”

With that, the video call was hung up. Fang Chuning sent a message asking about the situation, but there was no response for a long time. She was a bit worried and told Gao Qiong she was leaving.

Tang Jiali’s face looked a bit unpleasant. The unsuspecting Gao Qiong leaned over: “How about we still choose couple names? I have a really nice couple name, you’ll definitely like it.”

Tang Jiali now had a lump of frustration stuck in his throat. Gone was the sunny brightness from when he first arrived, and he retorted with some sharpness: “You play so poorly, who wants to choose a couple name with you, and you keep sticking around, aren’t you annoying!”

“……”

If you don’t want to choose, then don’t. Why so irritable.