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Chapter 78: First Meeting with Duoduo
Shen Siyuan did not answer Lin Manzhi's question, but asked in return: "Did she tell you something?"

Lin Manzhi nodded and said, "She said you didn't contact her these days."

Sure enough, Jiang Tingyu had been waiting for Shen Siyuan to contact her.

Shen Siyuan was not surprised by this. With Jiang Tingyu's appearance, it was impossible for her to actively pursue a man all the time. As long as she expressed some affection and kindness, the man would naturally take the initiative to pursue her.

She thought that she had already shown a lot of goodwill and kindness to Shen Siyuan, and Shen Siyuan should take the initiative to give her more feedback.

Unexpectedly, there was no news about Shen Siyuan.

This made her feel very uncomfortable, so she was even less willing to contact Shen Siyuan.

However, since Lin Manzhi asked, Shen Siyuan felt that some things should be made clear directly.

So he said, "A few days ago, a friend introduced me to a guy. We both think we are good friends, so we decided to give it a try."

Lin Manzhi was stunned when she heard this, and seemed to have not yet reacted. She asked, "What about Tingyu?"

"Doesn't she want to have a boyfriend right now?" Shen Siyuan asked back.

Lin Manzhi knew Jiang Tingyu's situation. Hearing this, she sighed and said with some disappointment, "Tingyu is a very good girl."

Shen Siyuan understood what she meant, so he said, "I didn't say she was bad, but - no one should wait for anyone else."

Shen Siyuan also chose to speak frankly. Since they didn’t want to talk, they should not waste each other’s time.

"I think, with her conditions, she should be able to find someone better." Shen Siyuan said comfortingly.

Lin Manzhi smiled when she heard this. Jiang Tingyu was just her friend, not her daughter. She just felt a little disappointed that the two of them didn't work out.

She asked curiously, "What does your girlfriend look like? She actually made you give up such a beautiful woman like Tingyu."

"If we can succeed, I think you will have a chance to see it." Shen Siyuan smiled without giving too much explanation.

When she meets Ruan Hongzhuang, she will understand why Shen Siyuan chose her instead of Jiang Tingyu.

Ruan Hongzhuang said she would contact him at noon, and just as it was 12 noon, she called him at the exact moment.

It was probably the first time the two of them spoke on the phone. Ruan Hongzhuang, who had no experience in dating, suddenly found that she didn't know what to say after the call was connected. After holding it in for a long time, she finally said, "I'm sorry."

Shen Siyuan was stunned when he heard this, and then he couldn't help but burst into laughter.

I think Ruan Hongzhuang is so cute like this, which forms a sharp contrast with her cold and domineering appearance.

"Should I not have said that?"

Hearing Shen Siyuan's laughter, Ruan Hongzhuang was not angry, but seemed to have found a topic.

"Yeah, how can you greet someone like that?"

"Actually, I know, but I just didn't know what to say for the moment." Ruan Hongzhuang said.

Of course she knew what she should say. She was not a fool. She was just excited and forgot what to say. Because the pause was too long, she said sorry.

Shen Siyuan laughed a few times and then stopped. If he continued laughing, it would be impolite.

And he comforted her: "This is good. At least I will never forget the first time we talked on the phone."

"That's true."

Ruan Hongzhuang believed Shen Siyuan's words of comfort, and there was even a hint of complacency in her tone.

After the topic started, Ruan Hongzhuang was no longer nervous or excited, and she spoke fluently.

She told Shen Siyuan that if they went hiking tomorrow, she would wear a pair of flat sneakers, but everyone at home wore high heels...

She told Shen Siyuan that she had checked in the morning and there was a good movie coming out tomorrow...

She told Shen Siyuan that Jiang Taozhi told her about a delicious Sichuan restaurant and they could go there together tomorrow...

She asked Shen Siyuan if he could accompany her to the Folk Customs Street when they went shopping tomorrow. She had wanted to go there for a long time but had no time...

……

When Ruan Hongzhuang spoke to Shen Siyuan, her tone was neither fast nor slow, with a hint of the softness unique to Jiangnan women. It was completely different from her usual clear and crisp Mandarin.

This was not something she did on purpose. She was from Siming and spoke Wu dialect. She just deliberately used Mandarin to communicate with others because of her work.

When listening to her speak, even if you haven't met her in person, the image of a generous and gentle person will emerge in your mind.

Shen Siyuan is a very good listener. He not only listens, but also responds to the other party from time to time.

He has a lot of experience in this regard. When he was pursuing his first girlfriend, he talked for a long time but she didn't say a word, which was very annoying.

If you don’t get feedback, you won’t know the other person’s attitude, or even whether they are listening.

From then on, Shen Siyuan understood how to be a good listener.

There are countless examples like this. Although the first relationship was not perfect, it actually taught Shen Siyuan a lot.

When they first called, they didn't know what to talk about.

But once they started talking, just like all men and women in their first love, they seemed to have endless things to say and kept chatting.

When I came to my senses, I realized that it was already afternoon working time.

Fortunately, the management of Guanghui Animation was not strict, so Shen Siyuan ordered a takeaway for himself. When Zhou Chuan saw it, he only said, "Why did you eat only now?" and didn't say anything else.

This is also one of the reasons why Shen Siyuan likes this job.

As long as you complete your monthly KPI and don’t be late for work, no boss will lecture you too much.

Ding Youguang had agreed to have a dinner party today, Friday, for several people to meet up, so after get off work, Shen Siyuan didn't ride his electric scooter.

Instead, he chose to take a taxi to the dinner venue alone. He did not ask Ding Youguang or Zhou Zhengdao to go with him.

It's because everyone in the company knows that Zhou Zhengdao has some feelings for Li Qunfang, so he also gave Zhou Zhengdao and Li Qunfang a chance to be alone together.

Ding Youguang was not invited because he was still printing out the contract.

Because Ding Youguang is from the north, he booked a Northeastern restaurant for tonight's dinner. He said the Northeastern cuisine here is very authentic and he often comes here to eat.

Shen Siyuan was the first to arrive, followed by Zhou Zhengdao and Li Qunfang, and finally Ding Youguang.

"We have invited you out. It's a great honor for us, Zhou Zhengdao."

When he saw Li Qunfang, Shen Siyuan joked with her.

The girl is introverted and doesn't talk much. She is wearing a European-style puffy skirt and looks much younger than her actual age.

When Shen Siyuan said this, she just smiled and didn't say anything.

But when they were eating, they talked about games and art styles, and she finally started talking more.

She suggested choosing a cute Q-version style, because the majority of people watching TV at home are the elderly and children, and the majority of people who choose to play games on TV are definitely children, so the Q-version art style will be more attractive to them...

Her suggestion was very good and was eventually adopted to determine the art style.

They talked a lot that night and signed the contract.

Ding Youguang did a very good job in this regard. Before doing anything, he distributed the benefits first, so that everyone had something to look forward to and also avoided uneven distribution of benefits later, which would cause unnecessary troubles.

When Shen Siyuan came out of the hotel, it was almost ten o'clock in the evening.

Ding Youguang lived the farthest away and left by taxi first, followed by Zhou Zhengdao and Li Qunfang, who took a taxi together.

In the end, only Shen Siyuan was left. He wanted to take a taxi as well, but he had drunk a little wine in the evening and wanted to take a walk in the evening breeze, so he walked towards the bus stop alone.

While walking, he was chatting with Ruan Hongzhuang on WeChat.

"Do you want me to drive you?"

"No, you should rest early. The bus is here. I'll get on first."

Seeing the No. 6 bus slowly stopping in front of him, Shen Siyuan quickly quit the chat, opened the transportation app, scanned the code and got on the bus.

Although there were not many passengers on the bus at this time, Shen Siyuan still walked to the back row as usual.

Then I saw a little girl of about four or five years old sitting alone in the last row of the bus.

Shen Siyuan saw her.

Naturally, she also saw Shen Siyuan.

The little girl had particularly big and bright eyes. She had two ponytails and wore a blue and white striped dress, looking very fresh and clean.

But there was a deep wound on her neck, which was dark and bottomless. The curled wound looked hideous and scary.

It seems that she was killed by someone slitting her throat. I don’t know what kind of person could be so vicious and could kill such a cute girl.

The little girl noticed Shen Siyuan's eyes on her and felt both pleasantly surprised and shocked.

She seemed to want to talk to him, but was a little timid.

So she looked straight at Shen Siyuan with her big watery eyes.

It was not until Shen Siyuan sat down next to her and started talking to her that she was finally sure that Shen Siyuan could really see her.

"What's your name?" Shen Siyuan asked her.

"Lin Yunduo." The little girl said in a low voice.

"My name is Shen Siyuan. How old are you this year?" Shen Siyuan asked softly.

"Five years old." Lin Yunduo said timidly.

"It's so late, what are you doing in the car?" Shen Siyuan continued to ask.

Fortunately, there were not many people on the bus at that time and he was sitting in the last row, so he did not attract anyone's attention.

"I want to go home." Lin Yunduo lowered her head and said with a hint of tears in her voice.

The wound on her neck was so deep and big that when she lowered her head, Shen Siyuan was really worried that her head would fall off.

Then--

Her head literally fell off.

PS: Duoduo appears, and those who know the situation know it.

(End of this chapter)