Chapter 18: These two people, their relationship is unusual

Rongcheng Old Hot Pot, the shop was packed, steam rising, a thick, smoky atmosphere permeating the entire hot pot restaurant.

Song Yao was wearing a black T-shirt, standing tall and graceful, a cold aura about her, standing absent-mindedly beside a middle-aged couple. Her parents said that as a high school senior, she should balance work and rest, so they specially came out for hot pot tonight to relax.

Thus, the library was out of the question.

Saturday, dinner time again, people coming and going, very lively.

The woman was scolding the middle-aged man, "I told you to call and book a table long ago. Now look, there are still five tables ahead of us..."

"A case suddenly came up this afternoon, and I ended up forgetting." Song Shisong spread his hands, looking a bit innocent.

Zhang Junli knew her husband was usually very busy; once a case came up, he had to work continuously, sometimes not even having time to eat. Saying those words just now was just a verbal complaint.

Song Yao scanned the few groups of people sitting outside the shop entrance and suggested, "Dad, Mom, shall we go eat something else?"

Xu Qingzhou wiped his mouth and answered, "I plan to choose a mathematics major. My first choice should be Jingda."

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This fell into Song Shisong's eyes and immediately became a merit; his first impression of Xu Qingzhou was very good. He liked steady young people.

"Such a coincidence?" Zhang Junli was a bit surprised and also carefully observed the young man opposite. Over 1.8 meters tall, handsome features, speaking steadily, without the impetuousness of a young person, giving people a feeling of indifference and confidence.

If he couldn't get first place, there wouldn't be this celebration, and he wouldn't have met Song Yao's family.

"Jingda? My little Yao's goal is also Jingda. You can look out for each other then." Zhang Junli was slightly surprised.

Wang Xiaping's expression was also very surprised. She glanced at Song Yao, then turned to look at Zhang Junli, and invited enthusiastically, "We just happened to book a table here. Why don't our two families eat together? It's livelier with more people."

As someone who had been fighting on the front lines for years, the one thing she didn't lack was a sharp eye. Just like just now, when her own daughter saw this young man opposite, her eyes were different.

Zhang Junli looked back at her husband and daughter. Song Shisong was chatting happily with Xu Shouyun, and Song Yao had an expression of "you guys decide."

He wouldn't go to the library, and he wouldn't meet Song Yao.

Zhang Junli worked in the District Government, and Wang Xiaping worked in the neighborhood office. Having lived in the same area for decades, both in the system, they had more or less had some contact. They weren't close, but they basically knew each other.

Watching the two pairs of parents walking into the shop laughing and talking, Xu Qingzhou smiled helplessly and said, "Let's go."

Both sets of parents were chatting very enthusiastically. The Xu Shouyun couple and the Song Shisong couple sat next to each other, while Xu Qingzhou and Song Yao each sat on a stool.

Song Yao nodded her chin in reply.

"I didn't expect them to be classmates either..."

Hearing her daughter say this, Zhang Junli nodded in agreement and said, "Fine, I saw a new hot pot restaurant opened on the next street. Let's go try it."

Thinking about it carefully, she found it quite normal.

Xu Qingzhou and Song Yao nodded, counting as a greeting.

Xu Qingzhou was a bit dazed. How did it suddenly become two families eating together? Is this how adults make friends? In his previous life, he and Song Yao didn't have that much interaction.

"Yeah, Song Yao and I are in the same class." Xu Qingzhou explained.

"Yeah, they're repairing everywhere, making it look like the Syrian battlefield."

If he hadn't been reborn, he wouldn't have forgotten to top up his meal card. Even if he really forgot to top it up, in the absence of Guo Ziyang, facing the auntie's questioning, he would basically leave in a dejected manner.

"Then don't stand here, let's go in first." Wang Xiaping greeted with a smile.

"Is it convenient?" Zhang Junli hesitated a bit.

"Junli, it's been a while. What have you been busy with?" Wang Xiaping had already started talking to Zhang Junli.

"Convenient, why wouldn't it be convenient?" Wang Xiaping nodded with a smile.

Xu Shouyun was handing a cigarette to Song Shisong on the side. The two old men smoked and had already started small talk skillfully. The three of them were just about to move when they saw a family walking toward them from afar.

Sure enough...

Jingda? Song Yao's bright eyes sank again.

Xu Shouyun and Song Shisong ordered a bottle of white liquor. After just two drinks, both of them started to get flushed, discussing Rongcheng's construction and pointing out social problems.

Song Shisong's hand holding the drink paused. He felt more and more that these two young people were very wrong; they had even made an appointment to take the exam for the same school!

"It's good to renovate. I went to look at the next street; after the renovation, the road seems to have widened by a section."

Inside the private room.

"Ours is almost there too."

She nodded with a smile: "That's fine." After all, today is Saturday, and there won't be few people where they eat. Moreover, the two young people are classmates, so it's no problem to eat together.

Butterfly effect.

Song Yao nodded and followed them in.

"Our Rongcheng's development in recent years is really too fast, almost changing every year."

"Fine."

Wang Xiaping was still very enthusiastic: "Little Yao also plans to apply to Jingda? That's great. In that place, where you're unfamiliar with the surroundings, it's always much better to have a companion."

Upon learning that the Xu family's son was Xu Qingzhou, Zhang Junli was a little surprised. She didn't expect this young man to be the 1st place in this second mock exam, and her impression of Xu Qingzhou immediately went up a level.

"Old Xu, shall we have a drink in a bit?" Song Shisong smiled.

This girl, she's really pretty. Wang Xiaping looked at Song Yao opposite, sighing. She immediately noticed the small movements of the two young people and looked suspiciously at Xu Qingzhou, "Son, do you two know each other?"

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On the side, Song Shisong was talking to Xu Shouyun, but his gaze was on Xu Qingzhou, and he took a serious look at him.

Song Shisong nodded, glanced at the hot pot restaurant, and said helplessly: "Yeah, it's a holiday, so I'm accompanying the child out for a good meal, but I forgot to book a table, so we have to queue."

Zhang Junli looked at Xu Qingzhou and asked, "Qingzhou, which school do you plan to apply to in the future?"

"Hahaha, must have a drink. I remember the last time we drank together was half a year ago at the Organization Department training, right?"

"Old Xu?" Song Shisong greeted.

Xu Shouyun also noticed the family standing at the door and asked with a smile: "Old Song, are you guys here for hot pot too?"

With parents present, Xu Qingzhou didn't need to say much and followed his dad honestly.

"Went out for an inspection, just came back a few days ago."

Song Yao looked at the young man hiding on the side among the three people opposite, her gaze sank, but she quickly returned to normal.

The meal was quite lively.

In the middle, while Xu Shouyun went out to the bathroom, he also settled the bill by the way.

When they got up to leave, seeing Song Yao staring into the distance again and again, Xu Qingzhou followed her line of sight, which was just some people eating out like them, "What are you looking at?"

"Nothing." Song Yao pursed her lips and shook her head.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 19 =====