Chapter 1253: A Once-Held Wish
Xiao Rou was speaking, and tears were about to fall again. Zhou Chengchen quickly pulled out a tissue for her: "Don’t cry, don’t cry. If someone sees this, they’d think I’m bullying you. How unjust for me! I’m already treating you to dinner to apologize, right? How about I tell you a joke?"
Xiao Rou was naturally soft-tempered and wasn’t truly angry. Hearing Zhou Chengchen’s words, she immediately laughed but still felt a bit embarrassed, and gave Zhou Chengchen a playful glare.
They served the mini hotpot, and also ordered dishes that both of them liked.
Xiao Rou opened her mouth, "Having hotpot in such hot weather, are you asking for trouble?"
Zhou Chengchen shook his head while swishing the meat: "Ah, after being poisoned by the British Empire, this is the thing I most want to eat!"
After leaving, Zhou Chengchen hadn’t contacted Xiao Rou, but he knew that the school she wanted to go to wasn’t in B City. Now that they’re talking, he found out Xiao Rou’s college entrance exam didn’t go well. Her first choice didn’t admit her, and she ended up at B City’s Foreign Language College.
As they ate, they chatted about current events and didn’t bring up any unpleasant topics.
Only when they were almost finished did Xiao Rou speak, "Cheng Chen, I know I shouldn’t ask, but I really want to know, what happened between you and Xi Siyan back then?"
The mini hotpot was still boiling, but the atmosphere turned cold. Zhou Chengchen was silent for a few seconds, then smiled: "It’s nothing, it’s all in the past."
She really didn’t want to mention it; those things were not good.
Xiao Rou, although really curious, wondered how two people who were so good together suddenly ended up like this?
But Zhou Chengchen didn’t want to bring it up; it’s probably a wound in her heart. To satisfy her own curiosity by reopening someone’s wound, that’s not something Xiao Rou would do.
She ultimately didn’t ask more, but still said what she wanted to say.
"I don’t know what happened between you two. But later when Xi Siyan came to find me, he didn’t look well. He asked me if I was in contact with you. Seeing his condition, I almost didn’t recognize him. Cheng Chen, is there some misunderstanding between you two?"
Misunderstanding?
Zhou Chengchen sneered a bit. Didn’t she also cling to such expectations countless times before? What was the result?
There was no misunderstanding.
But Xiao Rou said Xi Siyan had looked for her, which did surprise Zhou Chengchen a bit, but she didn’t think much of it. It was all in the past.
Zhou Chengchen didn’t respond, and Xiao Rou could tell she didn’t want to discuss the topic further, so she stopped talking about it too.
The two reunited friends walked and ate, staying together until after eight in the evening.
Xiao Rou took a phone call, and as Zhou Chengchen watched her sweetness while talking on the phone, she laughed and said: "Oh, is this the rhythm of a romantic relationship?"
Xiao Rou blushed slightly: "Hmm..."
"Is he coming to pick you up?"
"Mm."
"Then I must stick around and see who managed to woo my Little Rou’er."
The two stood by the street, and now it was Zhou Chengchen’s turn to gossip. Xiao Rou’s boyfriend is from Q University’s computer science department, a year ahead of them. He just graduated—a very average guy. From the photos, he looks passable, with the typical look of a science and engineering student.
He now works at a startup, and they’ve decided to marry after graduation and strive together, which is commonly referred to as a "naked marriage."
When Xiao Rou talks about her boyfriend, her eyes light up. As Zhou Chengchen watched her, she also felt happy. Once upon a time, she too thought about marrying right after graduating from college.