I'm such a lovesick person.

Chapter 525 Old Friend
noon.

Jiangsu Province, Liangxi City, Tianyue Hotel.

Do you come to stay here often?

As soon as Liu Yue entered the executive suite and put her things down, she looked at Wei Lin with suspicion and said, "The hotel upgraded you to a suite, gave you two complimentary breakfasts, and provided you with welcome benefits. You must be a regular guest of this hotel group, right?"

Is your membership level very high?

As she spoke, she glanced around the luxuriously decorated room and the beautiful lake view with its rippling water outside the window, and asked, "Have you been to this hotel with anyone else?"

Wei Lin smiled and shook his head, explaining, "This is also my first time moving in. However, I know the young master of this group, and through his arrangements, I can enjoy some preferential treatment."

Just then, Fang Qidong called: "Wei Lin, why did you go to Liangxi City? Is that woman named Zhao Ling driving you crazy? Is that why you sneaked out to get some fresh air?"

Wei Lin snorted and questioned, "Does that mean you'll know the moment I check into one of your group's hotels?"

Fang Qidong chuckled strangely, "I've specially marked your name. As soon as you check into our hotel, I'll know immediately! Don't worry, we're brothers, you can tell me where you go!"

He paused for a moment, then his tone suddenly turned serious: "How's everything going with you?"

He knew perfectly well why Wei Lin had rushed back from Shanghai, and he had also heard some rumors about Zhao Ling, so he was secretly worried for Wei Lin.

"It's okay for now."

After giving a perfunctory reply, Wei Lin hung up the phone and said to Liu Yue, "Fang Qidong, the young owner of this hotel."

Liu Yue smiled and said, "I could tell."

After a long day of travel, she grabbed her undergarments and rushed to the bathroom, saying, "I'll just take a quick shower. You think about what we're going to eat later."

Wei Lin: "Oh."

Stepping onto the balcony and gazing at the emerald green lake, his thoughts drifted, and he once again focused on the Love Value System.

Thanks to his connections, the amount of affection Lin Nanxi showed him continued to grow.

On the other hand, Xiang Wen, who had been ruthlessly messaged by him last night, didn't go anywhere today and locked herself in her room in a daze.

Xiang Wen is also developing feelings of affection.

But compared to yesterday, the anger has subsided significantly, indicating that Xiang Wen has made up her mind to get over this ambiguous relationship with him.

"I hope she can let go of this soon and start a new life."

Wei Lin sighed inwardly.

At the same time, he suddenly remembered a girlfriend from his university days. She was from Liangxi City, and he had come here with her during his university years.

Many years have passed, and he has long since lost contact with the other party.

"Liu Yue's view makes a lot of sense. Nothing is permanent, and no one can accompany you for a lifetime. This applies to love, and perhaps it also applies to friendship."

Scenes flashed through Wei Lin's mind: some were his ex-girlfriends, his ex-wife Liu Qi, and some close friends and brothers.

He had many good brothers he got along with throughout junior high, high school, and college.

As people move to different campuses and cities, they lose contact after one, two, three, or four years, and their relationships gradually fade.

Occasionally, the two might make a phone call after drinking too much, but that's about it.

He had a close friend from Liangxi City during college, but their relationship gradually drifted apart a few years after graduation, and they would not contact each other for months or even a year.

A moment later, Wei Lin picked up his phone, opened WeChat, scrolled down for a long time, found Wen Jinlong's name, and discovered that their last chat was on New Year's Eve.

The messages sent were simple, probably the kind of mass-sent greetings.

After hesitating for a moment, Wei Lin took the initiative to send a message: "Jinzi, how have you been lately?"

He then sent his location and added, "I'm in Liangxi City on a business trip."

After those three messages passed, he opened Wen Jinlong's Moments and found that it was set to be visible for only three days, and there were no posts at all.

However, Wei Lin remembered that recently, Wen Jinlong would often post words expressing his bad mood in the middle of the night or early morning.

This sudden trip to Liangxi District was partly due to a temporary agreement he and Zhao Ling had reached that they only needed to accumulate affection points for now, and partly because he wanted to see an old friend.

Two minutes later.

Wen Jinlong called, his voice sounding tired but also clearly excited: "Why didn't you tell me beforehand? What if I wasn't there?"

"I just woke up. I'll wash up and then come to your place. Have you had lunch yet?"

"Did you come alone, or with a woman?"

"Wei Lin, you should have told me beforehand!"

Wen Jinlong spoke at length, and his words seemed somewhat different from the status he posted on WeChat Moments a while ago.

"I came with my girlfriend. We just checked into the hotel."

Wei Lin breathed a sigh of relief, thinking he might have been overthinking things. He then said, "We really haven't had lunch yet, and we don't know what to eat. Are you far from me? If you're not far, come and take me to lunch!"

Wen Jinlong laughed loudly: "You're really not holding back with me! We're in the same district, not far apart. I'll give you a reservation for a meal later!"

Wei Lin smiled and said, "Okay."

Outside the washroom, Liu Yue, who had quickly rinsed off, happened to hear him say that he was with his girlfriend, and a satisfied smile instantly appeared on his face.

……

In a dilapidated small residential area in Binhu District, Liangxi City.

Standing at 1.75 meters tall and somewhat dark and thin, Wen Jinlong suddenly got up, looked in the mirror and saw his unshaven face. He couldn't help but curse, "He has a woman here, and I still have to shave my beard clean."

While talking to himself, he opened Dianping.com and searched for restaurants near Tianyue Hotel.

“He rarely comes here, and he always has a woman with him. Plus, he’s staying at the Tianyue Grand Hotel, so the restaurant I’m treating him to can’t be too low-class.”

Upon realizing this, Wen Jinlong, who was short of money, looked bitter.

After being laid off from his company, he has been looking for a job while unemployed at home. Recently, he has been feeling depressed, which is why he posted a few posts on his WeChat Moments late at night expressing his dissatisfaction with his current situation after drinking too much.

Wei Lin's arrival made him happy but also a little worried, fearing that he would not be able to entertain him well.

"I don't know if he and Zheng Qian are still in contact. Speaking of which, I was the one who introduced them. Zheng Qian is my classmate and childhood friend. It's just a pity that they didn't end up together."

Wen Jinlong muttered to himself, then suddenly remembered that when he met Zheng Qian a while ago, she had mentioned Wei Lin, intentionally or unintentionally.

"Several years have passed, why is she still asking about Wei Lin? I can't say anything to her about Wei Lin's visit to Liangxi, but I can talk to Wei Lin about her."

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(End of this chapter)