Chapter 1590: Three-Minute Enthusiasm 2

Fast Chinese.

Sheng Zihan did not just spout sweet nothings; such words actually made Tian Yuanyuan feel more at ease.

"Why didn't you answer my calls?"

"I've been in the club for the past three days; my phone is always turned off during rehearsals."

"Don't you eat or sleep? You've been in the club for three days without coming out?"

"Yeah, it takes hours to do makeup once, so to save time, everyone just stays inside."

Tian Yuanyuan:...

So that's how the Film Academy clubs are; no wonder the phone was off.

The misunderstanding was cleared up, and the two made up.

For lunch, they still went to Chenxin Snack.

Tian Yuanyuan ate with great relish, but Zihan had little interest; he put down his chopsticks after eating only half a bowl of noodles!

She asked: "Aren't you hungry?"

Zihan: "It's not that I'm not hungry, but I've had enough of this place's noodles. Let's try somewhere else next time; no matter how good it is, you can't eat it all the time."

Tian Yuanyuan remembered what Zirui had said and suddenly lost her appetite, putting down her chopsticks in a huff: "Let's go, I'm not eating anymore."

Zihan saw she was unhappy and explained: "This shop was opened by my big brother. I've been eating my big brother's cooking since I was a kid, so I've long since had enough of it."

"Isn't your big brother a graduate student at Jiang University?" Tian Yuanyuan was very surprised.

Sheng Zichen was also quite a sensational figure back in the day.

Her aunt had regretted misjudging him more than once and was convinced that Sheng Zichen would be a talent in scientific research; having heard it so often, she believed it.

Now, suddenly discovering that her favorite snack shop was actually opened by Sheng Zichen, she felt it was very strange.

Zihan said: "That's right, he is a graduate student, but that doesn't conflict with running a restaurant."

"My big brother's dream since childhood has been to be a chef; he's insisted on only one thing since he was little..." He felt both admiration and a lack of understanding.

To him, being able to maintain a single hobby without change should be something someone like Zirui could do.

His personality is more similar to his big brother's, yet his big brother has loved the culinary arts for many years.

Tian Yuanyuan said: "Actually, as a graduate student, it's better to do proper research."

Zihan disagreed: "Who says a graduate student must do scientific research? You and your aunt are both just stubborn."

Tian Yuanyuan glared at him.

He immediately changed his tune: "I'm wrong, I said the wrong thing, I apologize, I was just talking nonsense, don't be angry."

This kind of apology was too perfunctory; Tian Yuanyuan felt that she and he were not on the same wavelength.

Having liked him for so long, only when they actually started dating did she realize that the gap between them was still quite large.

Zihan also discovered that Tian Yuanyuan was a good girl, but not that interesting.

Being with her was quite tiring for him.

Coaxing a girl is fine, as girls all need to be coaxed, but Tian Yuanyuan was not easy to coax!

To put it bluntly, she was not easy to fool.

She was too smart; smart girls are very tiring to coax. In a relationship, playing little tricks and creating little surprises is supposed to be romantic, but with Tian Yuanyuan, she saw through it at a glance.

Zihan felt miserable and went to Zirui to vent.

The look Zirui gave him was just like looking at a scumbag.

He asked Zihan: "How many girlfriends have you had? Can you even count them yourself?"

Zihan:...

"I'm talking to you about personality incompatibility, why are you bringing up my past girlfriends? The past is in the past; it has nothing to do with Tian Yuanyuan. Yuanyuan hasn't even brought up the past, so why are you?"

Zirui said: "Fine, let's not talk about the past, let's talk about the present."

"When you were pursuing Tian Yuanyuan, I told you she was different from the girls you've dated before. You wouldn't listen, you insisted on pursuing her, and you even said you'd be good to her for a lifetime. A lifetime is so long, and we're only at this point..."

Zirui didn't think well of the two of them anyway and felt they weren't a good match.

Sheng Zihan suddenly stared at Zirui with a malicious look in his eyes.

"Why are you looking at me?"

"Zirui, you don't even have a girlfriend now; are you actually gay?"

Zirui:...

A few years ago, he had talked nonsense like this and caused a huge misunderstanding.

He had already taught him a lesson back then; is he doing it again now?

It seems the lesson back then wasn't profound enough.

Zirui went up and kicked him, but that was just the beginning, not the end.

Next, Zihan suffered, getting beaten up thoroughly.

While beating him, Zirui lectured: "You have the nerve to talk? Making baseless accusations and talking nonsense all day long, is there no end to it? I'll beat you to death."

"I was wrong, Zirui, I was wrong, I won't dare do it again!" He apologized immediately.

Zihan's speed at apologizing was always the fastest; he would admit his mistake, change it, and then repeat it—tempered through a hundred trials, after all.

Zirui, of course, was not gay; he was just exceptionally rational, rational to the point of being able to control his own emotions and desires.

He knew what he should be doing at any given time.

A girlfriend must be found.

But his girlfriend must have compatible values; she should be a partner on the road of life and even more so, a help!

As for liking someone or love, those things were not important in Zirui's heart.

He could completely control his inner self and change it according to interest-based relationships.

He could not easily give away his first love; his own record was clean, making it easier to find a suitable girlfriend.

A good woman brings prosperity for three generations; while Zirui demanded others be good, he also strictly demanded the same of himself!

But he would not say these things to Zihan, because even if he said them, Zihan would not understand.

Not only would Zihan not understand, but he would also argue with him, saying he was wrong and that he himself was right, and so on and so forth...

Zirui could not be bothered to explain to him; those with different Daos cannot make plans together, and even if they were twins with a telepathic connection, they could not think alike on every single matter.

Zichen's business was flourishing, Zirui was focusing entirely on his studies and not thinking of anything else, and Zihan and Tian Yuanyuan were dating in a lukewarm manner.

Litian and Lu Feifei, however, were facing the prospect of being separated by distance!

Lu Feifei had graduated and was assigned to teach in a place for volunteer teaching; that place was very remote, and the salary was not high either.

Before leaving, the four of them gathered once at Zichen's shop.

Lu Feifei said jokingly to Gu Yuxin, "I'll be far away from now on, so you have to help me keep an eye on Litian. If any other girl likes him, tell me immediately so I can run back right away."

Yuxin gave her a reproachful look: "Watch your own boyfriend yourself, I'm not getting involved."

"Going to such a far place to be a teacher, even the transportation is inconvenient; how long will you be there?"

"Sigh, I'm afraid you'll have to settle down and make a home there from now on."

"Ah?"

Gu Yuxin widened her eyes and asked in confusion, "Why do you have to go to such a far place instead of finding a job nearby or studying for a postgraduate degree?"

"If you don't have enough money, I can lend it to you first."

Gu Yuxin had come from a wealthy family since she was a child and grew up at Jiang University; most of the people around her had good family backgrounds, so she did not understand the rules of the Normal University.

Lu Feifei explained, "I was a publicly-funded student; I didn't have to pay tuition while in school, but I signed an agreement. Wherever the school assigns me is where I go; I cannot change it, nor can I study for a postgraduate degree!"