In the following period, Wang Yue rarely sang. He mostly listened to Li Xiaoman sing. Although Li Xiaoman wasn't a great singer, she loved to sing. In a KTV, this is called hogging the mic. They sang for four hours straight. Finally, Li Xiaoman herself was tired of singing. She felt very happy today, having someone quietly listen to her sing the whole time. And when she got tired, he could pick up a few lines, and he sang so well that it even made her feel like her own singing sounded better.
After the two of them left the KTV, Li Xiaoman's voice had become hoarse. "Old man, shall we go eat?" It was already 7 PM. "Okay," Wang Yue nodded and said. "Then is there anything you want to eat?" Li Xiaoman asked. "Let's go to that fried skewer shop outside your school," Wang Yue said after thinking for a moment. There was a fried skewer shop outside the gate of No. 1 Middle School that tasted very good. The business was extremely popular, always packed. "Okay," Li Xiaoman readily agreed. In fact, she also loved that fried skewer shop. The two of them got on their bikes and rode side-by-side towards No. 1 Middle School. Along the way, Li Xiaoman chattered like a lark. Wang Yue mostly listened quietly. This was pretty much the same as when they chatted online. Li Xiaoman was usually the one who talked more during their conversations.
Not long after, the two arrived at No. 1 Middle School. The campus of No. 1 Middle School was very large, not on the same level as No. 2 Middle School. It was the flagship high school in their small city. The university admission rate was very high, so much so that some people said entering the gates of No. 1 Middle School was like having one foot already in university. The commercial street outside No. 1 Middle School was also very vibrant, with all kinds of snacks readily available. The two quickly reached the popular skewer shop. "Qi Niang Fried Skewers." The signboard looked a bit worn even from the outside. This shop had been around for over ten years, and the taste had always been excellent.
At this time, the shop was still crowded, with no available seats. "Hello, how long will we have to wait?" Wang Yue asked a waiter. "It'll be about 20 minutes," the waiter replied. Wang Yue nodded and looked at Li Xiaoman, "Are we waiting?" "Yes!" Li Xiaoman immediately said. "Okay." The two went to the waiting area and found two chairs to sit down. Just then, a female voice called out, "Manman?" Li Xiaoman looked over and then exclaimed in surprise, "Yuanyuan." Wang Yue also looked at the girl. Just like her name, she was a girl with a round face. Her looks were just barely beautiful enough.
The girl walked over and her eyes lit up when she saw Wang Yue. "Manman, who is this? Aren't you going to introduce him?" the girl said with a smile. Li Xiaoman then remembered Wang Yue was there, her face turned red, and she said, "This is my friend, Wang Yue." "This is Zhang Yuanyuan, my deskmate," Li Xiaoman said to Wang Yue. "Friend?" Zhang Yuanyuan said meaningfully, "Manman, you've never gone out to eat alone with a guy before. I bet it's more than just friends, right?" Never gone out to eat alone with a guy? Hearing this, Wang Yue was quite surprised. "Yuanyuan, it's really just friends," Li Xiaoman said, her face flushed. More than friends, but not yet lovers, isn't that still a friend?
Zhang Yuanyuan said to Wang Yue, "Handsome guy, how did you two meet? I haven't seen you around school?" Wang Yue smiled and said, "I'm not from No. 1 Middle School, so you wouldn't have seen me. We met playing games online." "Met playing games?!" Hearing this, Zhang Yuanyuan's eyes widened. So this was a meeting between online friends! Well, Li Xiaoman, you look so innocent, I didn't expect you to be a secret online dater! Zhang Yuanyuan acted as if she had discovered a new continent. She quickly asked, "Which game is it?" You can meet this level of handsome guy by playing games? Zhang Yuanyuan declared that she had to start playing games too!
"Ahem," Li Xiaoman coughed from the side and said, "Yuanyuan, don't ask so many questions." "Manman, you're not recommending such a good game to me, you want to keep it all to yourself, how could you be so excessive!" Zhang Yuanyuan glared and said. Li Xiaoman's face turned even redder at Zhang Yuanyuan's words. This silly girl, does she think I deliberately went to play games and start an online relationship? After asking for a long time, Zhang Yuanyuan couldn't get a clear answer. She had no choice but to turn her attention to Wang Yue. Wang Yue didn't mind, but seeing Li Xiaoman's pleading eyes, he had to play dumb. This made Zhang Yuanyuan sigh. She could only lament the unpredictable nature of life and the unfairness of fate, that she hadn't discovered such a great game.
Just then, Zhang Yuanyuan's phone rang. She picked it up and suddenly remembered the purpose of her visit. So she said to Wang Yue and Li Xiaoman, "Manman, Li Xingquan and the others are also eating over there, why don't we all eat together?" Li Xingquan? Hearing this name, Wang Yue inexplicably felt it sounded familiar. But he couldn't recall it for a moment. Li Xiaoman glanced at Wang Yue, then refused, "Wang Yue doesn't know them, so we won't go." Zhang Yuanyuan said to Wang Yue, "You'll get to know them once you go. You know Li Xingquan and them, they're very hospitable." "Yuanyuan, I really won't go, please apologize to them for me," Li Xiaoman insisted. "Alas, fine, I can't convince you. Then handsome guy, you two enjoy your meal." Zhang Yuanyuan sighed, then said goodbye to Wang Yue and left.
"Aren't you afraid your classmates will think you're not sociable?" Wang Yue asked with a smile. Li Xiaoman pouted and said, "I don't care at all, and that Li Xingquan, I really dislike him." "Is there a story behind it?" Wang Yue asked with interest. "There's no big story, it's just that this Li Xingquan likes to bully classmates and calls himself the 'top dog' of the grade. I hate people who pick fights the most," Li Xiaoman explained. "Oh, picking fights is indeed not good." Wang Yue expressed his understanding. But he vaguely felt he was close to remembering who Li Xingquan was. He should have heard this name in his previous life, but the impression wasn't deep.
After Zhang Yuanyuan left, no one else bothered them. It seemed that Li Xingquan didn't pester them too much after being rejected. "Li Xingquan, you're going too far!" But at that moment, Wang Yue heard a familiar voice. Isn't this the voice of my childhood friend, Zhou Dewen? Wang Yue looked in the direction of the voice. He saw Zhou Dewen confronting a rather handsome man. Zhou Dewen looked furious, while the handsome man looked indifferent. "I am bullying you, what can you do about it?" The handsome man pushed Zhou Dewen, a smug smile on his face.