Waiting for you at the place where you are reborn

The two sat quietly for a long time, and Du Qingqing asked: "Why do you want to treat me to a meal?"

"It's not us—" Fang Zheng said, "It's Bo Tong who wants to invite you—invite us to dinner."

Du Qingqing nodded, and then asked, "Is your work hard? I heard from Aunt Yang that you often work overtime."

Fang Zheng said: "It's normal to work overtime, and I like my job very much. But there will be a smell of reagents on my body, do you smell it?" As he said that, he put his hand in front of Du Qingqing.

Du Qingqing looked at him and smiled. There was indeed a faint smell of medicine on his hands. She liked to see him looking optimistic and at ease.

"Sorry, I'm late." Bo Tong suddenly appeared in front of them.

"It's okay, we just sat down too." Du Qingqing said to Bo Tong.

Bo Tong avoided Du Qingqing's gaze and asked Fang Zheng: "Have you ordered the dishes?"

Fang Zheng nodded, "I have followed your instructions and also sought Du Qingqing's opinion."

The table was square. Fang Zheng and Du Qingqing sat opposite each other, and Bo Tong sat between them.

After the waiter served the dishes, Fang Zheng winked at Bo Tong and asked, "Would you like some wine?"

"Drink?" Du Qingqing said, "No need."

Fang Zheng leaned close to Bo Tong's ear and whispered, "You'll have the courage if you drink some wine."

Bo Tong was afraid that Du Qingqing would hear him, so he hurriedly said, "I'm not driving, so let's drink some beer. It won't make you drunk anyway."

So they ordered two more bottles of beer. Fang Zheng poured a glass for everyone and raised his glass: "Botong, tell me something. Cheers to something."

Bo Tong raised his glass, glanced at Du Qingqing from the corner of his eye and said, "I will work hard for Du Qingqing, who is about to graduate and enter the society, and for Fang Zheng and me."

Du Qingqing also raised her glass: "For the fact that I have known you since childhood."

Fang Zheng moved his glass closer to clink with theirs, "For everyone's bright future - and for Botong to find his true love soon."

Du Qingqing looked at Fang Zheng and smiled, "What do you mean by winning the beauty?"

"Fang Zheng, stop talking nonsense." Bo Tong winked at Fang Zheng. He knew that Fang Zheng said that on purpose. He wanted to point out the purpose of having dinner tonight.

After dinner, the three of them strolled on the sidewalk. The streets were busy and the street lights were flashing. Fang Zheng put earphones in his ears and hummed along with the music played on his phone while walking. Bo Tong and Du Qingqing walked side by side with him without saying a word.

After a while, Fang Zheng walked up to Bo Tong and whispered to him: "I'm leaving first, you have to seize the opportunity!"

Bo Tong suddenly felt a little flustered. Before he could reply to Fang Zheng, he said loudly, "I have something else to do. You two should go back first."

"Where are you going?" Du Qingqing asked.

"The beauty has an appointment!" Fang Zheng said, gave Bo Tong a wink, then hailed a taxi and left.

"Let's go." Bo Tong called Du Qingqing.

"What beauty is Fang Zheng talking about?" Du Qingqing stared at the taxi going away.

"Who knows, he is very popular with girls." Bo Tong said with a smile.

"Oh——" Du Qingqing withdrew her gaze from the taxi.

The bus arrived at the station and Botong shouted, "The bus is here, let's get on."

Du Qingqing followed him onto the bus. After getting on, Bo Tong immediately regretted it. They would have to get off and go home as soon as the bus arrived at the station, so that night would have been wasted.

There were many empty seats on the bus. Du Qingqing sat in a single seat and Bo Tong sat behind her.

Along the way, Du Qingqing looked out the window and spoke very little. Bo Tong stared at her back in a daze, preparing what he was going to say next.