That dinner saw Kotana's pan-fried steak receive unanimous praise. In the end, Zhou Jianliang suggested awarding Kotana the Best Dish Award for the meal, which was approved unanimously. The prize was a box of Jingdezhen ceramic chopsticks.

Kotana's eyes lit up the moment the exquisitely shaped and expertly crafted ceramic chopsticks were brought out. She had no resistance to this kind of exotic craft.

Holding the ceramic chopsticks, Kotana smiled happily, constantly thanking Li Cuiyun for "awarding" them to her.

Watching Kotana smile like a flower, Zhou Yi was also amazed—he had known Kotana for years and lived with her for a long time, but he had never seen her smile so genuinely happy.

It was strange, Kotana's relationship with her mother was so strained, but when she was with his mother, even though they didn't speak the same language, they could still laugh and chat happily.

Li Cuiyun, full of enthusiasm, even taught Kotana how to use chopsticks to style her hair into a bun, a completely new experience for Kotana. She was equally enthusiastic and quickly learned how to do it. Kotana liked this oriental-style hair accessory very much.

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After dinner, Kotana, with Zhou Yi's translation, chatted with Li Cuiyun for a while before getting up to say goodbye.

When seeing her off, Li Cuiyun and Zhou Jianliang once again expressed their gratitude to Kotana.

Kotana naturally politely said again that it was her duty and there was no need to thank her so much, and then thanked Zhou Yi's parents for their hospitality.

Li Cuiyun once again praised Kotana's pan-fried steak.

As the translator, Zhou Yi suddenly thought of the scenes of the two countries' leaders meeting in the news broadcast, it was such a strong sense of déjà vu...

But fortunately, the atmosphere was really harmonious, not the kind of "harmonious" in "diplomatic black language."

Finally, Li Cuiyun and Zhou Jianliang "ordered" Zhou Yi to take Kotana home.

Kotana wanted to decline, but Li Cuiyun insisted, believing that it was a sign of politeness and good upbringing for a man to take a woman home. How could she let a woman go home alone?

Seeing Li Cuiyun's insistence, Kotana had no choice but to agree.

So the two of them took the elevator back to the underground parking lot.

Sitting in the car, Zhou Yi turned his head and glanced at Kotana in the passenger seat, and his eyes didn't move away.

"What?" Kotana asked.

"Here." Zhou Yi pointed to the back of his head.

Kotana reached out and touched it, and understood. The hair bun she had styled with chopsticks under the guidance of Zhou Yi's mother was still there.

"Oh." She touched it, but didn't seem to want to take it down.

Zhou Yi looked away, but the image of Kotana with the Chinese bun still lingered in his mind. It was a completely new image on Kotana. Her brown hair was tied up, revealing her white neck, and the fluff on her neck shimmered in the outside light...

This profile stirred something in Zhou Yi's heart.

He thought of his conversation with Großkreutz by the training ground during the day.

But he didn't say anything, but started the car, ready to take Kotana home.

"Are you going home today or..." Zhou Yi asked, so he could enter the destination on the GPS.

"Not home." Kotana shook her head. She wasn't sure if her brother already knew. She didn't want to go back at this time to face her family, especially her brother. She didn't know how her brother would feel about her hiding the fact that she was living with Zhou Yi...

"Oh." Zhou Yi began to enter his old address into the GPS, an address he was very familiar with.

After the GPS was set up successfully, he drove out of the underground parking lot.

While Zhou Yi was driving, Kotana looked down and fiddled with her phone.

At a place where he needed to turn right, Zhou Yi turned his head and glanced at the right rearview mirror, and the corner of his eye caught Kotana's profile as she looked down at her phone.

His eyes would involuntarily, or rather naturally, linger on Kotana's curved neck.

The advantage of Western beauties lies in their beautiful contours, and Kotana's silhouette in the passenger seat perfectly demonstrated this advantage. Although it was only a glimpse, it left a deep impression on Zhou Yi, making him want to look again and again.

Why hadn't he noticed that Kotana's neck looked so comfortable before?

After realizing that he actually liked Kotana, Zhou Yi felt as if he was meeting this woman for the first time when he looked at her again, discovering many details he had never noticed before.

No wonder people say "beauty is in the eye of the beholder"...

So Zhou Yi took advantage of every opportunity to turn right and change lanes to the right, and secretly glanced at Kotana.

Kotana, on the other hand, seemed completely unaware of Zhou Yi's peeking and was still seriously swiping on her phone.

For a while, no one spoke in the car, and only Chinese and foreign songs were playing on the car stereo.

Just as Zhou Yi was about to drive the car to its destination, the car happened to cycle to Jonathan Lee's "Hard to Resist Loneliness": "Always inexplicably, feeling sad. But everyone is here, the joke is wonderful, how can I be embarrassed to walk away alone... It's not that I haven't thought about it, just having a casual relationship... Hard to resist loneliness, hard to resist loneliness, love is the hardest wait, love is the most distant future... Time is no more, time is no more, only applaud for myself, only be sad for myself..."

Zhou Yi glared at the center screen of his car, how did it suddenly jump to this song? Is today's car so smart?

In the car, Jonathan Lee's hoarse voice "murmured" again and again with the accompaniment of drums and saxophone: "Hard to resist loneliness, hard to resist loneliness..."

It used to be just "background music" to Zhou Yi, a song with no presence, but this time it was like a cat's paw, scratching his heart again and again.

Zhou Yi is not a fan of Jonathan Lee. With his age and experience, many of Jonathan Lee's songs have no resonance for him. The reason why he listens to Jonathan Lee's songs while driving is just a few classic songs in the huge song package.

Who would have thought that at this time, such a "timely" song would sound...

At this moment, Zhou Yi suddenly felt that he could understand Jonathan Lee's songs.

Just like he sends assists to his teammates on the court, helping them shoot the ball into the goal.

The sudden sound of this song at this time also made Zhou Yi feel like it was an assist to himself, reminding him that he should do something.

When the car stopped on the side of the road, Kotana put down her phone, unfastened her seat belt, and prepared to open the door and leave.

Of course, she also didn't forget to thank Zhou Yi, after all, he had specially brought her back.

"Thanks."

Zhou Yi: "You're welcome."

Kotana turned around to open the door, but was stopped by Zhou Yi: "Hey, wait."

Kotana's hand was on the door handle, looking back at Zhou Yi with a look of doubt in her eyes.

Zhou Yi looked into her eyes, but almost fell into her bright eyes.

He suddenly chickened out a little, and shook his head: "Uh, nothing, it's okay..."

Although Kotana felt strange, she didn't ask, but opened the car door and got out.

Then she closed the car door smoothly and turned to leave.

Looking at her back, Zhou Yi thought of Großkreutz's words, Orientals are very shy when it comes to feelings...

Zhou Yi is not such a person!

Thinking of this, Zhou Yi lowered the car window and shouted at Kotana's back: "Hey! Wait!"

Kotana looked back at him helplessly: "What is it now?"

Zhou Yi leaned forward and said loudly: "I like you, be my girlfriend!"

Kotana was stunned.

"Hey, did you hear that? I like you, Kotana, be my girlfriend!" Zhou Yi also went all out and repeated it again.

Kotana also reacted, she smiled at Zhou Yi: "I'll think about it."

"Eh? What does this mean?" Zhou Yi didn't expect to get such an answer. He thought that after he confessed, there would be two endings, either Kotana would accept him or Kotana would reject him. There would be no third result.

But now Kotana gave him such an answer, think about it? What does that mean? Is it considering accepting or not accepting? If you want to accept, do you still need to consider it? If you don't accept, why bother considering it?

"It means think about it." After saying that, Kotana waved to Zhou Yi, "Goodbye, little handsome guy."

At the same time, she turned around and walked towards the house.

"I'm twenty-two years old!" Zhou Yi protested in the car. "Where am I small?!"

"But you are indeed younger than me." Kotana smiled and waved her hand without looking back.

Zhou Yi didn't see Kotana's smile. He only saw Kotana walking to the door, taking out the key to open the door, and then walking in and closing the door. Then the light came from the living room window, and then Kotana's side silhouette walked past the window and walked to her own room. Then her room also lit up, Kotana walked to the window and pulled up the curtains, and then Zhou Yi couldn't see anything.

He sighed.

He thought he would be very dashing, but he performed very poorly.

It seems that his first confession to a woman was ridiculed by the other party...