20 years of restarting life

Chapter 3520 Scenic Area
"Don't turn your head to look at them."

Dan Cai said something and opened the car window.

"Shan Cai, it's been a long time."

The woman skipped over, bent down and stuck her head inside, trying to see what Zhao Chang'an looked like sitting in the passenger seat.

But Shan Cai didn't hold back at all, pressing her head down with one hand and pushing her out.

You messed up my hair!

Knowing that Shan Cai wouldn't let her stick her head inside, the woman had no choice but to bend over and peer inside, her eyes filled with curiosity.

However, she clearly couldn't figure it out either.

"key!"

Dan Cai is getting a little impatient.

"You might as well come to my house instead of a hotel. It's much bigger. We can sleep together tonight. Yours, hehe, friend, you can sleep by yourself or with my brother."

The woman was quite persistent.

"I'm leaving if you say that again."

Shan Cai glanced at the woman with displeasure. Her brother walked up behind the woman, bent down slightly, and greeted Shan Cai with a smile: "Shan Cai, it's been a long time."

"It's been more than four years."

Shan Cai looked at the man: "The key."

"No need. There are two female staff members on duty at the hotel. I've already spoken to them. You can just drive there. If you need anything, just tell them. If they don't have it, call my sister and she'll bring it over to you. You know my house is nearby."

-

In the darkness, the two watched the car's taillights gradually disappear into the distance, around the bend of a small hill.

"If you're feeling upset, and you go with them now, you might be able to stop them."

The woman jokingly teased her brother.

"Stop what? Do you think we're worthy?"

The man patted his sister's head and said, "Be grateful that I can call you when you need something."

"Don't touch my head!"

The woman quickly broke free from her brother's doting embrace, took a few steps away, and said defiantly, "Brother, that's not right. It's an honor for me that she's begging me?"

"Don't deny it, you're an adult now, don't say you don't understand the strict class barriers."

"It's so boring! I didn't think much of it in junior high and high school. Everyone was equal. Back then, she didn't need glasses but wore black-rimmed glasses and had short hair. She wasn't ugly, but she wasn't particularly pretty either. The moment I saw her just now, I realized how much a girl can change as she grows up. But why haven't I changed as much as she has?"

"You haven't changed at all."

"I've become prettier too! Tell me quickly, how have I become prettier?"

"No," the man said seriously, "A girl's appearance changes drastically as she grows up, and you—"

"I'll fight you!"

Before the man could finish speaking, the woman charged at her brother, brandishing her claws, while her brother laughed and ran back.

During the chase, the man glanced into the scenic area, but it was pitch black and he couldn't see anything except for beams of light from car headlights in the darkness where there were no hills to block the view.

He felt a slight pang in his heart, but he quickly came to terms with it. A woman like her was not someone like him who could ever hope for.

-

"I never expected that the hotel owner's daughter would be your classmate." Zhao Chang'an knew he wouldn't be able to go home tonight. He had originally planned to have a good talk with Shan Qiang tonight, but if he didn't go over, he didn't know what she would think.

"Have you met her?"

"I asked casually."

"No."

Zhao Chang'an said, "I've only been to this scenic spot a few times, but the time I visited Jin Feiyue, I stayed here for several days."

"There are sunglasses in the box for you to wear, so that even if we've met before, no one will recognize you."

Zhao Chang'an originally wanted to say something like "I'm a real man," but he was still feeling uneasy. If Shan Qiang found out that he and her daughter had come here to book a room in the middle of the night, he didn't know what would happen.

So he obediently took out a pair of women's sunglasses from the box and put them on.

However, when he took the women's glasses out of the box, his fingers touched a small square plastic package with jagged edges.

He touched it with his finger and felt the ring-shaped structure inside, like a rubber band.

Although Zhao Chang'an didn't use this thing much, he had used it quite a bit, so he naturally knew what was inside the small plastic package, and his heart couldn't help but beat faster.

He even had an urge to jump out of the car and run away.

But thinking about it again, this thing might not necessarily have been prepared by Shan Cai for him. After all, the two haven't been in contact for more than half a year, let alone met. Shan Cai is also twenty years old this year. If she really is in a relationship, this would be a normal thing.

The car stopped in front of the hotel. The lobby inside was dimly lit, while the rest of the hotel buildings were dark and bathed in the snow.

Through the coated car window, Zhao Chang'an could see that the buildings, the ground, and the trees were already covered with a thin layer of white snow.

Upon seeing the car approach, two female staff members in their thirties emerged from the brightly lit lobby of the hotel.

Zhao Chang'an, a gentleman of integrity, carefully examined them for a few moments. He didn't recognize any of them, and he had no idea whether the two women knew him, Zhao Chang'an.

"get off."

Dan Cai said.

Zhao Chang'an actually wanted Shan Cai to get off the bus first so he could see if she would throw away the box, but since he was being asked to get off, he had no choice but to get off as well.

Glancing inside, Zhao Chang'an saw the power of a gentleman who doesn't use tools. Although he couldn't see the details clearly through the tinted car window, he still saw Shan Cai reach for the box, then pull it back and put her hand into her bag.

Shan Cai then grabbed another down jacket from behind and got off the bus.

At this moment, Zhao Chang'an's heart was pounding. He felt that the events of the night were both fantastical and confusing, completely beyond his comprehension.

Although he and Shan Cai had known each other for nearly four years and their relationship had always been good, it was only good; there had been no romantic relationship or ambiguity between them.

If we're talking about an unconventional act, it was two years ago when Zhao Chang'an went to Jiaotong University to visit Shan Cai. He called her to ask what she wanted, and Shan Cai said, "Then send me a bouquet of flowers."

As a result, Zhao Chang'an not only gave her a bouquet of flowers, but also gave Shan Cai Zhang Lingling's gold rose, which was the store's prized possession and inlaid with small gemstones.

There were no similar behaviors or actions after that.

So, what's going on with tonight's single-lottery betting?
Only now did Zhao Chang'an realize that Shan Cai's mood was likely to be terrible tonight.

As for the reason for the bad situation, Zhao Chang'an didn't know either.

-

Shan Cai only booked one room, and it was a double room. The room she wanted wasn't in the main building, but in a small building with a view near the river.

This small building has only three floors, each floor is a separate suite, and the first, second and third floors have different entrances, and the second and third floors have their own staircases.

Regardless of what Zhao Chang'an was thinking, he remained silent throughout, letting Shan Cai make all the arrangements.

(End of this chapter)