Chapter 87

Qin Xue always felt something was off.

Seeing Lu Chi unwilling to say more, she could only sleep obediently to the side.

By the time Secretary Li drove the car to the Zhou family's villa in the suburbs, it was already over an hour later.

Su Yun Jiao had slept a while in the car; now the outside weather is cold, and Su Yun Jiao's body is wrapped in a down jacket.

Several people got out of the car, and Zhou Xian opened the door to their family villa with the key.

Su Yun Jiao said, "I didn't expect the area around the class monitor's home to be a hot spring resort."

"This hot spring resort belongs to our family; normally at this time it's the most crowded, this villa is where our family vacations to escape the heat, and in winter we can also come here to soak in the hot springs; the environment is quite good."

The environment is quite good, covering an area of about eight hundred square meters, divided into front and rear courtyards, with several hot spring pools.

Because it's on the mountainside, the mountain environment is very good.

Zhou Xian had notified the household a day in advance, arranging for specialized personnel to clean here, so there would be no spiders or reptiles in the yard.

The entire courtyard is in Japanese style, giving it a particularly charming atmosphere.

"These are the fireworks prepared at home, about three boxes, with all kinds; if you want to set off fireworks today, I can have them send more tomorrow—the neighboring hot spring resort has them, just a phone call away."

Su Yun Jiao nodded, she was like a curious baby.

In her previous life, when she was with Lu Chi, she was confined at home and had never come to a place like this to enjoy.

Just then, a car engine sound suddenly came from outside, and a strong beam of light shone on the five of them.

Lu Jingqing reached out to block Su Yun Jiao's eyes.

Secretary Li then protected Lu Jingqing.

Soon, Lu Chi got out of the car, and Qin Xue from the car also got out with him.

Qin Xue didn't expect that Lu Chi had actually come to look for Su Yun Jiao and Zhou Xian.

"What a coincidence, you're also here?" Lu Chi said, "We also happen to want to soak in the hot springs."

"The hot spring resort is next door; what are you doing here?"

Zhou Tingting furrowed her brows.

If it were the past, she would surely have happily invited Lu Chi to join them in soaking the hot springs.

But now, she only wants Lu Chi to stay far away from her.

Lu Chi looked toward Zhou Xian and said, "We've come all this way; won't you make arrangements?"

Zhou Xian has always been the elder brother of Liu Ban, very good at fulfilling host duties.

But this time Zhou Xian smiled and said, "This is our family's private hot spring; the number of people is already enough. If you want to soak in the hot springs together with classmate Qin Xue, I can arrange the neighboring hot spring resort, giving you two the best rooms, including meals for breakfast, lunch, and dinner, and you can stay as long as you like.

Seeing that Zhou Xian had no intention of letting them stay.

Lu Chi's smile on his face also gradually faded.

"Lu Chi, maybe not… we'll just stay ourselves."

Qin Xue tugged at Lu Chi's arm.

These people in front of them clearly aren't welcoming them; why would they bother making themselves unhappy here?

Moreover, Qin Xue also doesn't want to soak in the hot springs with them here.

Seeing Qin Xue interject, Lu Chi also paid no heed to her meaning.

Zhou Tingting said, "Brother, you don't need to be polite with Lu Chi; his family is very rich. It's just staying two days at our family's hot spring resort, which wouldn't cost much. He certainly wouldn't accept our charity; let's hurry inside, we're almost freezing to death."

After saying that, Zhou Tingting turned and went into the villa.

Seeing that, Zhou Xian also merely gave Lu Chi an apologetic glance, though it was clearly just out of courtesy.

He also wasn't really trying to manage Lu Chi.

"What on earth is Lu Chi thinking? Is he crazy? Following us in the middle of the night to come here—what for? To set off fireworks?"

Zhou Tingting kept complaining as she went back.

But soon Zhou Tingting said, "I think he probably wants to ease relations with us for that Qin Xue's sake; I definitely won't ease relations with that Qin Xue."

Zhou Tingting made no secret of her dislike for Qin Xue.

Meanwhile, Lu Chi's complexion at the doorway was not very good.

Qin Xue beside him grabbed Lu Chi's arm and said, "Lu Chi, let's go to the neighboring hot spring center instead."

Lu Chi didn't want to lose face in front of Qin Xue, so he brought Qin Xue back into the car.

Meanwhile, Zhou Xian had already taken Su Yun Jiao, Lu Jingqing, and Secretary Li upstairs.

Here are all guest rooms, you can pick freely, there are many rooms, in the evening everyone can have a barbecue together, the things are already prepared, all in the fridge, nobody has eaten dinner yet, grilling yourself might be too late, so I already had the chef at the hot spring resort prepare dinner.

At that very moment, the chef downstairs had already sent the food to the downstairs hall.

The long table downstairs was laden with a dazzling variety of dishes.

Su Yun Jiao said: "Class monitor, I never expected your family's meals to be this good."

Hearing Su Yun Jiao say that, Lu Jingqing beside her suddenly glanced at Su Yun Jiao.

What Su Yun Jiao meant was, is your family's food not good?

Realizing she had misspoken, Su Yun Jiao quickly waved her hands and said: "Jingqing brother, I meant that Jingyuan's food is not tasty."

Lu Jingqing just silently watched the Su Yun Jiao lying before him.

Before Su Yun Jiao came, their family's food was indeed just average.

Liu Ma's cooking is actually quite good in this aspect, but the dishes Su Yun Jiao makes taste more homey and also suit Lu Jingqing's palate better.

I'm starving! Hurry up and eat!

Zhou Tingting hurriedly ran down from downstairs.

She had already been hungry to the point of her stomach growling, and she only hoped to eat quickly.

As a result, when she just came down, she saw that the atmosphere between Su Yun Jiao and Lu Jingqing was strange.

She asked doubtfully: "Aren't you hungry? What are you doing standing here?"

"No, no, we are hungry, very hungry."

Su Yun Jiao sat on the chair preparing to eat, her gaze occasionally glancing toward Lu Jingqing beside her.

Lu Jingqing ate rather genteelly, his orderly manner pleasing to the eye.

Zhou Tingting stared at Lu Jingqing, momentarily dazed.

I never expected someone could eat so attractively.

"Tingting, watch your image."

Zhou Xian whispered a reminder to Zhou Tingting, and only then did Zhou Tingting come to her senses.

Oh, right.

How could she stare at Lu Chi's brother like that?

This way.

Lu Chi and Qin Xue had already arrived at the hot spring resort nearby, but Lu Chi wasn't happy at all.

Qin Xue cautiously asked beside him: "Lu Chi, in a moment… do we have to share a room?"