half thorns, half joy

Xiao Zihan narrowed his eyes when he saw Cai Jinyu and Fang Yu coming back, they still looked distant and not close.

"Brother, what's wrong with you?" Cai Lin couldn't help asking, seeing Cai Jinyu's expression wandering.

Cai Jinyu shook her head: "It's nothing, let's eat hot pot."

Although Cai Lin usually fights with Cai Jinyu, she is not a person who can't wink. Seeing Cai Jinyu now seems to have something on her mind, so she dare not say more.

Just at this time, the soup in the pot was boiling, and Fang Yu began to boil the meat nervously.

Although she was still very worried about her brother's situation, it was a rare opportunity to meet her elder sister whom she admired, so Cai Lin still focused on Fang Yu.

"Sister Fang, are you graduating soon?" Cai Lin asked while eating the beef that Fang Yu cooked for her.

Fang Yu: "Well, after handing in a few more homework, you will officially graduate. Come, eat beef."

Fang Yu held the beef with his chopsticks, turned it left and right a few times in the hot chili oil, quickly fished it out, dipped it into the prepared bowl, and put it into Cai Lin's bowl.

Cai Lin took a bite and couldn't stop praising: "It's delicious! It's tender and fresh!"

While eating, she asked, "Sister Fang, after you graduate, do you want to stay here to develop, or do you plan to return to China?"

Fang Yu smiled: "This... I haven't thought about it yet."

"It's quite embarrassing, you should. The development here must be good, and it can be foreseen that there is a future. After all, the country is a little behind. Hey." Cai Lin sighed, "But Sister Fang, what about your wishes, you want to go back to China Is there anyone waiting for you in the country?"

Cai Jinyu, who was picking up the beef, let go of the chopsticks when she heard Cai Lin's question, and the beef fell on the table with a thud.

Fang Yu saw it out of the corner of her eye, she smiled faintly, and replied Cai Lin: "I don't know, probably not."

"What about your family? Do you want you to go back?"

"They don't care, I can do whatever I want. After all, I am an adult, and I have the right to make decisions about my own future. They know my character and will not restrain me."

Fang Yu's words were light and light, and his tone was as indifferent as before, but it stirred up waves in Cai Lin's ears.

"You are so cool." Cai Lin sighed from the bottom of her heart as she bit the beef.

Even Tang Xuan, who was concentrating on eating hot pot, looked at Fang Yu frequently. Not to mention Cai Lin and the others, even in ordinary circles, there were very few women like Fang Yu who were independent and exceptionally capable.

This type of woman is destined to attract people's attention.

It's just that Tang Xuan was curious, what kind of man would such an outstanding and unassuming woman like?

"Don't look at the person, look at the meat." Xiao Zihan put a few pieces of beef into Tang Xuan's bowl and reminded him softly.

Tang Xuan came back to her senses, and moved closer to Xiao Zihan's side, whispering, "I don't know why, but I always feel that this Fang Yu looks very familiar, as if I've seen him somewhere before."

Xiao Zihan: "..."

Of course you have seen it, this is the protagonist you often use to make fun of Cai Jinyu.

But it's no wonder Tang Xuan couldn't recognize her. Three years have passed. Fang Yu has changed her hairstyle and makeup. Because she has been abroad all year round, some of her movement habits have changed. She is not someone she has known for a long time. You won't recognize it, that's normal.

If you are like Cai Jinyu, who can be recognized at a glance from such a distance and in such an unclear situation, it can only be done if you have truly loved and dreamed.

After Cai Jinyu came back from the bathroom, he didn't make a sound. He was absent-minded about cooking meat and eating vegetables. Cai Jinyu didn't pay attention to whether the beef was delicious or not. He just ate mechanically, all his attention was focused on his ears Go up, listening carefully to the conversation between Cai Lin and Fang Yu.

Fang Yu's voice was still so flat. Three years had passed, and the aura she exuded had hardly changed.

Still the same strong, but not overbearing strong, but confident, gentle strong.

Cai Jinyu listened engrossed, took out a piece of hairy belly from the pot, rolled it in the bowl, and sent it directly to his mouth.

Immediately, his tongue was scalded and blistered.

"hiss--"

Seeing this, the girl next to Cai Jinyu quickly handed over a glass of warm water, and said concernedly: "Eat slowly, be careful of burning."

"Thank you." Cai Jinyu smiled mischievously, took a big sip of water, and the moment she looked up, she saw Fang Yu's gaze.

It seemed a little doubtful, but also a little worried.

Cai Jinyu's heart suddenly jumped.

But soon, Fang Yu looked away again, and continued to chat with Cai Lin. The glimpse just now disappeared without a trace.

Cai Jinyu pursed her lips, feeling mixed feelings in her heart.

He really wanted to chat with Fang Yu alone, and ask Fang Yu if there was any possibility between them.

But he also knew that it was impossible for him to ask.

Halfway through the hot pot, Fang Yu suddenly received a call from his tutor, saying that something happened at school and asked her to go back.

Although he was very reluctant, but the business was important, Fang Yu apologized and said he was sorry, and left in a hurry.

The moment Fang Yu got up and walked out, Xiao Zihan held the water glass and stared at Cai Jinyu, who was gnashing his teeth and ready to move, to see if Cai Jinyu would make a move.

However, Cai Jinyu still did not chase him out in the end.

Xiao Zihan sighed, feeling helpless.

But he can also understand Cai Jinyu's passivity at the moment. Sometimes, the more he likes her, the more he can't act rashly.

"Ah, I really want to be a woman like Sister Fang." Cai Lin expressed her sincere emotion as she watched Fang Yu leave.

Tang Xuan smiled, "You're fine as you are now, you don't need to be her. Everyone has their own personality."

The girl sitting next to Cai Jinyu also said: "That's right, besides, you only saw the senior sister when she was glamorous in front of others. The reason why she is so good is because she spends almost all her time on her homework and doesn't participate much. It's hard work for entertainment activities. Ordinary people can't bear that hard work."

"That's right." Cai Lin smiled wryly. She was used to being pampered. It was impossible for her to devote herself to one thing without sleep or rest.

The girl was ignored by Cai Jinyu all night, and she didn't want to please Cai Jinyu anymore, so she chatted with Cai Lin.

"And I heard that senior sister hasn't had a boyfriend in the past three years. She doesn't pay any attention to those who chase her. Because of this, she is still rumored by those jealous people."

"What can this rumor be?"

The girl shrugged: "Let's say she's an old maid, frigid, and lesbian, that's too much."

Cai Lin became angry as soon as she heard this, and she gritted her teeth angrily: "How could they do this? It's personal freedom to fall in love or not. How could they slander others because of this!"

"That's right, but senior sister Fang Yu is really good. She never cared what others said. She went to and from class as usual, and she didn't deliberately fall in love. I heard that she is still single now."

"Hmph, that's because there is no one who can catch Sister Fang's eyes. A girl as powerful and beautiful as Sister Fang must be a very good man to be worthy of her."

Xiao Zihan looked at Cai Jinyu: "..."

It seems that the so-called "excellent" man in Cai Lin's mouth is probably like this. This "excellent" man is frowning at the moment, and he doesn't know what he is thinking.

No, to be precise, it's not just a frowning face, but an unpredictable expression. It looks painful for a while, and a little happy for a while. It's extremely complicated.

Listening to Cai Lin and the girls around him discussing Fang Yu sentence by sentence, Cai Jinyu didn't express his opinion, nor interrupted.

Now he can't wait to know everything related to Fang Yu, and how Fang Yu has spent the past three years outside.

I want to know if Fang Yu has talked about boyfriends, and if he has fallen in love with anyone again.

Then, Cai Jinyu heard what the girl said.

When he heard that Fang Yu was rumored, he was angry and blamed himself. He was angry that he was not by Fang Yu's side and could not help Fang Yu.

But when he heard that Fang Yu hadn't been in a relationship for three years and was still single, he couldn't help but wonder whether Fang Yu's lack of a relationship had anything to do with him.

Even if not, Fang Yu is still single now, so he still has a chance.

Can he...

"Linlin, wait a moment," Tang Xuan said, interrupting Cai Lin's endless chatter.Cai Lin gave an incomprehensible ah, and stopped in doubt.

Tang Xuan looked at Cai Jinyu and asked seriously, "Jinyu, what's wrong with you? Why are you so silent tonight? Is something wrong?"

After hearing this, Cai Lin also asked: "Yeah, brother, something is wrong with you tonight. It's like you have something on your mind. You were fine when we came here. What happened? What happened at home?"

"Ah?" As soon as Cai Jinyu raised her head, she was watched by three pairs of eyes.Xiao Zihan didn't stare at Cai Jinyu, there's no need for that.

"What's wrong with you?" Cai Lin asked again.

Even if Cai Lin sensed that something was wrong with Cai Jinyu, she would never have imagined that Cai Jinyu would have been in a relationship with Fang Yu, whom she kept praising just now.

Everyone here can't think of it.

This is too coincidental.

Being stared at by several people, Cai Jinyu coughed lightly, picked up the water glass and took a sip of water, "It's nothing."

"You're so abnormal, what's wrong?" Cai Lin anxiously moved from her side to the seat where Fang Yu had been sitting just now, "Brother, what's wrong with you?"

Cai Jinyu stood up abruptly, and said impatiently: "I've already said it's fine, so don't ask any more questions, you can continue to eat, I'll go to the front desk to pay the bill."

After finishing speaking, he strode towards the front desk, leaving the remaining few people looking at each other in blank dismay.

Cai Lin looked at the girl. The girl shrugged her shoulders to express her ignorance. Cai Lin looked at Tang Xuan again, who shook her head in confusion.

"What happened to him?" Cai Lin sighed.

Tang Xuan also found it very strange, not just Cai Jinyu's abnormal mood, but many other things were also very strange, but she couldn't tell where the specific strangeness was.

She turned to look at Xiao Zihan, and asked, "Zihan, do you know what happened to Jinyu?"