Zhao Shuyao closed the hotel room door.
Xiang Liang lowered his head and chuckled, touching his nose. "What a shame, I thought I could ask you out on a date."
Zhao Shuyao's eyes darted, and she hooked her arm around Xiang Liang's. "That's perfect, then. You can come to my house for dinner, and that'll count as our date! Let's go!"
Before Xiang Liang could react, Zhao Shuyao had already pulled him downstairs.
When they arrived at the Zhao residence, it was past seven o'clock. Li Huiyun was waiting outside.
"Mom, let's go inside. Sister's personality is such that she probably won't be back..." Zhao Shuhui walked out with a jacket and draped it over Li Huiyun.
"Let's wait a bit longer..."
As Li Huiyun spoke, a white Volvo slowly drove into the Zhao family's garden.
"Whose car is that?" Zhao Shuhui curiously peeked out.
Li Huiyun had already walked over.
Xiang Liang pushed open the driver's door and got out.
When Li Huiyun saw a strange man, her smile froze for a moment. "Sir, who are you?"
"I'm back!"
As soon as she finished asking, Zhao Shuyao opened the passenger door and jumped out.
Li Huiyun's smile then bloomed brightly. "It's good that you're back, it's good that you're back. The meal is ready, your father is waiting inside, go in and eat!"
"Let me introduce you, this is... my friend, Doctor Xiang!"
Li Huiyun looked surprised. "A doctor? Yao Yao's friend, please come in, please come in..."
Zhao Shuhui stood on the steps, and the moment she saw Xiang Liang, her eyes were glued to him, and she froze.
"This... is my older sister! Zhao Shuhui!" Zhao Shuyao generously introduced her family members to Xiang Liang.
"Hello, sister... oh no, hello, sister, judging by your appearance, you should be younger than me."
Li Huiyun chuckled. "Doctor Xiang, how old are you, and are you married?"
"I'm almost thirty, and I'm not married yet..."
As Xiang Liang spoke, he glanced meaningfully at Zhao Shuyao.
Zhao Shuyao coughed and looked in another direction, slipping through the main door first.
"Our Yao Yao is quite lively, isn't she..."
"She is a bit lively..."
The sound of Li Huiyun and Xiang Liang chatting could be heard from behind.
Zhao Shuyao entered the dining room, where Le Haitian was already seated. Seeing Zhao Shuyao return, a brief joy appeared on his face, followed by a slight darkening of his expression. "You're back."
Zhao Shuyao hummed, pulled out a chair expressionlessly, and sat down.
Li Huiyun and Xiang Liang walked in side by side, and seeing this scene, the atmosphere became a little subtle.
After the five were seated, Zhao Shuhui's gaze never left Xiang Liang.
"It's rare for Yao Yao to come home for a meal, and she even brought back such a handsome friend. How did you two meet?"
Li Huiyun peppered Xiang Liang with questions, much like an interrogation, almost asking for his ID number.
"Auntie, Doctor Xiang is just my friend. Why are you asking so many questions?"
Zhao Shuyao, fearing Xiang Liang would be overwhelmed, spoke up to say a few words for him.
"Is that so? I thought..."
Li Huiyun chuckled and didn't say anything more.
After the meal, Zhao Shuhui suddenly ran over and asked Zhao Shuyao to add her on WeChat.
They hadn't added each other on WeChat before, and they rarely even called each other.
"We're family, it's convenient to stay in touch by adding each other on WeChat." Zhao Shuhui took her phone, added her on WeChat, and then returned it.
Zhao Shuyao was a little confused. Although she didn't know what was going on, she didn't say anything and took back her phone.
When she got into the car, Zhao Shuyao opened her phone and found that the WeChat page actually displayed Xiang Liang's WeChat homepage.
Strange, when did she open Xiang Liang's WeChat homepage?
Before Zhao Shuyao could swipe away, the man got into the car and glanced in her direction. "You like me so much? You keep looking at my WeChat. The person is right in front of you, why aren't you looking at me more?"
Zhao Shuyao wanted to explain, but she couldn't remember when she had opened the man's WeChat homepage.
"Looking at your avatar, it's so dark! You can't tell you're a handsome guy at all!"
Zhao Shuyao didn't think much of it and directly slid her finger across the phone screen.
Xiang Liang started the car and was about to drive away.
Suddenly, Zhao Shuhui chased after them, holding a bento box.
Zhao Shuyao instinctively rolled down the car window to take it.
Unexpectedly, Zhao Shuhui handed it directly to Xiang Liang.
Xiang Liang was stunned for a moment, but he still lowered the car window and took the bento box.
"What is this?"
"It's all seasonal fruits, you should like them!" Zhao Shuhui said, seeming a bit flustered, tucking her hair behind her ear.
"I'll thank you on behalf of Yao Yao. Is there anything else?"
Xiang Liang smiled gently.
Zhao Shuhui was captivated. "No, no more! Be careful on the road!"
After the car drove away, Zhao Shuyao opened the bento box.
She was shocked to find that it was filled with expensive berries like cherries and blueberries!
When did the Zhao family become so rich!
Zhao Shuyao ate one and found that they were all carefully selected fruits, each one washed very clean, but with hardly any water residue.
The auntie at the Zhao family's house really does things meticulously!
Zhao Shuyao couldn't help but sigh as she ate.
"Your sister and you don't look alike."
The man beside her said faintly.
"Yes, we two... are half-siblings!"
Although she wasn't part of the Zhao family, Zhao Shuyao hesitated before deciding not to say it out loud.
What if Xiang Liang let it slip in the future?
Zhao Shuhui, being such a proud person, always wanted to suppress her in everything from academics to other aspects, even in terms of clothing and daily necessities, she had to be better than her. If she knew that she wasn't Li Huiyun's daughter and was picked up from an orphanage, she would definitely be greatly devastated.
"Well, Yao Yao is more beautiful."
As night fell, only the light from the car's dashboard illuminated the dim interior of the car, making the man's gentle voice sound even more magnetic and pleasant.
Zhao Shuyao swallowed.
Good heavens, this must be the legendary voice that makes one's ears pregnant!
"Ahem, I know this, you don't need to elaborate!" Zhao Shuyao coughed, her fist held to her lips, and then she diligently ate the fruit.
The large box of fruit was almost gone by the time they reached the hotel.
Zhao Shuyao glanced at it. "This seems to be something Yanran gave you. Do you want me to buy you another one?"
She expected Xiang Liang to refuse, but to her surprise, the man tilted his head, smiled, and readily agreed, "I want to eat fruit that you've washed yourself."
Seeing that it was getting late, Zhao Shuyao agreed.
The next day at the coffee shop, around ten o'clock, she indeed saw Xiang Liang arriving right on time.
When ordering, Xiang Liang's thin red lips curved into a faint smile. "Where's my fruit? Do you want me to eat it now?"
Zhao Shuyao covered her mouth. "I'll wash it for you right away! Please wait!"
He's actually got his eye on me!
Dream on!
After making the coffee, Zhao Shuyao bought some fruit to wash. Although it wasn't as expensive as last night's, it was very fresh.
Since two men appeared at the coffee shop that day, all the colleagues there were speculating about their relationship. No one dared to tease Zhao Shuyao, for fear of making a wrong joke.