At the age of 38, he went to college and his children were classmates.

Chapter 152: Hint or Confession? (Please Subscribe)

Lin Xiamo certainly remembered her birthday.

That evening, she also invited three of her bandmates to celebrate together.

Upon seeing the birthday surprise in the trunk, she was first stunned, then the corners of her mouth unconsciously turned up...

Women love surprises!
If she shows disgust when you give her a surprise.

It's not a matter of giving a surprise, it's a matter of people!

Sending surprises to someone you dislike will only make them dislike you even more!

Conversely, the same principle applies.

So, of course Lin Xiamo was happy!

Moreover, this surprise truly shocked her. In her mind, a middle-aged man like Shen Qiushan would most likely not do such a thing.

After all, older men are usually experienced and have essentially "sealed-in hearts".

It often involves only physical attraction, not emotional connection!

In their view, the concept of ritual can be summed up in two words: pretentious!

But now Shen Qiushan has actually prepared such a "pretentious" ceremony for her.

It's really not easy!

It could also be said that they valued her highly.

"Happy birthday!"

Shen Qiushan then took out a delicate little gift box from the trunk and handed it to Lin Xiamo.

"Thank you~"

Lin Xiamo accepted the gift, and her usually icy and beautiful face blossomed into a radiant smile, like a blooming snow lotus!
For her, what the gift was didn't really matter anymore.

What matters is the sentiment behind it!

"How about we have dinner together tonight?"

"Call the children!"

Shen Qiushan said with a smile.

"Uh, I've made plans with friends tonight..."

Lin Xiamo frowned slightly, already regretting having booked the time in advance.

She would never have known that Shen Qiushan actually remembered her birthday and even gave her a surprise.

She would absolutely choose to prioritize her lover over her friends!

But even so.

Lin Xiamo is already considering whether or not to cancel at the last minute!
"Well, do you want to be together?"

After a moment of hesitation, Lin Xiamo asked a question as if possessed.

"Okay!"

"It's a good opportunity for you to get to know your friends."

Shen Qiushan readily agreed.

Lin Xiamo now regretted it a little. She was still secretly running a band, and her family didn't know about it.

If I take Shen Qiushan with me today, it's highly likely that I won't be able to keep her secret about starting a band.

"what happened?"

"If it's inconvenient, forget it."

Shen Qiushan noticed Lin Xiamo's dilemma and waved his hand with a smile.

"No, they're all girls!"

"As long as you don't mind."

Lin Xiamo felt that Shen Qiushan was trustworthy and should be able to keep her secret.

Just like how she kept Shen Qiushan's secret about writing online novels back then!
"do not mind."

"Isn't it good that they're all girls!"

Shen Qiushan laughed heartily: "Then we won't bring the children!"

"Let's walk home together after get off work."

"it is good!"

Lin Xiamo nodded solemnly.

For her, introducing Shen Qiushan to the three sisters in the band was a very important thing.

You could even say it's a form of recognition, since she's never introduced a man to the three sisters before.

come back to the office.

Lin Xiamo first dealt with the work at hand.

Then she focused her attention on the gift Shen Qiushan had given her.

It was a small, exquisitely packaged square box. The outer packaging was probably added by Shen Qiushan himself. Judging from the size of the box, it was likely jewelry or something similar.

Bracelet or bangle?

Lin Xiamo curiously opened the packaging.

When she saw that Shen Qiushan had given her a Patek Philippe watch as a birthday gift, she was immediately shocked!

Lin Xiamo is a worldly person and has a certain understanding of luxury brands.

When I worked at the Education Bureau, one of my female colleagues was married to a businessman, and she often wore clothes or accessories from various luxury brands.

Lin Xiamo knew that Patek Philippe watches were very expensive, but she didn't know how much the one Shen Qiushan gave her was worth.

Out of curiosity, she searched for it.

Then I was stunned once again!

96 million!
Shen Qiushan actually gave her a watch worth 96 yuan as a birthday gift!
If I said I didn't have any other thoughts, I doubt anyone would believe me!

Holding the watch, worth nearly a million, Lin Xiamo was overwhelmed with mixed feelings.

what is this?
hint?

Confessing your feelings?
However, Shen Qiushan only said "Happy Birthday".

I bet he's just as conflicted as I am!

Lin Xiamo took off her own wristwatch and put on the watch that Shen Qiushan had given her, examining it carefully.

A watch worth nearly a million.

The craftsmanship details are indeed different!

Especially the ring of sparkling diamonds on the dial, it looks so luxurious!

dong dong dong.

Lin Xiamo was admiring the birthday gift Shen Qiushan had given her when someone suddenly knocked on the office door.

"Please come in!"

As Lin Xiamo responded, she casually put the gift box on the table into the drawer.

The office door opened.

Liu Qingwu walked in with a smile: "Secretary Lin, I'd like to discuss the program for the welcome party with you."

Lin Xiamo is the person in charge of this year's welcome party, while Liu Qingwu and several other young teachers were assigned to assist her.

"Well, please sit down."

Lin Xiamo pointed to the chair opposite the desk.

Her gesture was very casual; it was just a perfectly normal way of greeting guests.

However, as she reached out, the watch on her wrist inadvertently caught Liu Qingwu's eye.

She had been longing for this watch for half a month!
Ever since she saw this watch in Shen Qiushan's room, she had been waiting for him to use it to confess his feelings to her.

The watch that Lin Xiamo had been waiting for for half a month had now appeared on her wrist!
For an instant.

The sky is falling!

Liu Qingwu had originally wanted to discuss the welcome party program with Lin Xiamo, but now she had lost all interest.

He sat down opposite Lin Xiamo numbly, like a deflated balloon.

"Teacher Liu, please share your thoughts."

Lin Xiamo habitually put her hands together and looked at Liu Qingwu, asking a question.

"Uh……"

Liu Qingwu took a deep breath, trying to dispel her disappointment, but her gaze involuntarily fell on Lin Xiamo's wrist once again.

"Secretary Lin, your watch is really beautiful."

She forced a smile and said.

"Really? I think it's quite pretty too." Lin Xiamo was of course unaware that she was "stealing someone else's love." She was naturally happy when others praised the gift from Shen Qiushan.

"Is this a Patek Philippe?"

"The model number is 5072R!"

Liu Qingwu continued.

Lin Xiamo, who had just finished searching for information about the watch, nodded: "Teacher Liu is quite knowledgeable about watches."

"That's it."

Liu Qingwu gave a wry smile. She wasn't an expert on watches, but rather on this particular watch!

For the past two weeks, she had spent every spare moment studying this watch, and she knew its specifications by heart. Unfortunately, the watch of her dreams was now on Lin Xiamo's wrist.

The mood for discussing work completely vanished.

Liu Qingwu chatted with Lin Xiamo absentmindedly for a while before leaving the office.

Watching the other person's departing figure, Lin Xiamo was still a little confused. They were supposed to talk about the welcome party program, but they only exchanged a few words before the other person left.

However, Lin Xiamo didn't take it to heart.

Before today, she still had some prejudice against Liu Qingwu because the other party had been trying to seduce Shen Qiushan and was quite scheming!

But judging from Shen Qiushan's performance, he can be said to have resisted the temptation!

The reason they couldn't draw a clear line was because Liu Qingwu was the deputy counselor of Class 1 of Electrical Engineering, and the two had a lot of interaction, so they couldn't let their relationship become too strained.

Thinking of this, Lin Xiamo couldn't help but feel guilty, especially when she recalled her cold attitude towards Shen Qiushan during this period.

That's so immature, even a bit willful!

Lin Xiamo sighed silently, thinking to herself, "I will definitely get along well with you in the future!"
In a good mood, she opened the WeChat group with the nickname "Red Rose Band" and sent a message: There's one more person at tonight's party, a guy!
The message is sent.

The group immediately went wild.

Drummer Zhu Xinyue: A man? ???

Drummer Zhu Xinyue: Momo, are you in a relationship??
Bess Hu Tingting: No way, no way! Tell me what happened!
Guitarist Fangdi: Am I handsome?
After glancing at the messages in the group, Lin Xiamo's lips curled up slightly, and she replied with just one word: Handsome!

six thirty.

Private rooms at the Zhenshui Jiangnan Restaurant.

Apart from Lin Xiamo, the other three members of the Red Rose Band have all arrived.

Hu Tingting, a busty woman with blue-streaked hair, glanced at the time on her phone and laughed, "It's already 6:30. Starting from now, one minute late means one drink!"

"Let's forget it. Momo finally brought a man along, don't scare him!"

Zhu Xinyue, who is slightly chubby and has long, wavy hair, shook her head.

"How can it be!"

"What's wrong with a grown man having a few drinks!"

Hu Tingting disagreed and looked at Fang Di, who was sitting to the side with short blond hair and a neutral style: "Old Fang, what do you think!"

Shouldn't they be punished?

Fang Di nodded: "He should be punished!"

"Who's late for the first meeting!"

With Fang Di's support, Hu Tingting chuckled: "2:1!"

"Follow my instructions!"

She had barely finished speaking when the door to the private room was pushed open.

Lin Xiamo and Shen Qiushan walked in one after the other.

"The evening rush hour is too congested."

"There was also a chain-reaction rear-end collision on the Second Ring Road. It took two hours to get here from the school."

Lin Xiamo began to explain why she was late.

She's the star of the day, and yet she's late; that's really inappropriate.

"I'm sorry to have kept you all waiting."

Shen Qiushan followed up with a polite remark.

"Handsome, words alone aren't enough."

"It's 6:33 now!"

"According to the rules, you get a drink for every minute you're late!"

"Are you going to let Momo drink it, or are you going to drink it yourself?"

As Hu Tingting spoke, she sized up Shen Qiushan, secretly thinking to herself: He really is quite handsome!

No wonder Momo took a liking to him!
"Tingting, stop fooling around."

"Today is truly an unusual day!"

Lin Xiamo quickly glared at Hu Tingting.

"Wow, they've already started maintenance!"

"If you're worried about the cost, then go ahead and drink it!"

Hu Tingting joked with a smile.

"The rules cannot be broken."

Fang Di chimed in with a comment.

"you two……"

Lin Xiamo's beautiful eyes widened. She was about to continue her rebuttal when Shen Qiushan waved his hand and said, "It's okay, I'll drink it!"

After saying that, he picked up a bottle of beer from the table, and without even dividing it into glasses, tilted his head back and spun it!
A bottle of beer was consumed in just over twenty seconds!

"Wow!"

"Cow!"

Hu Tingting exclaimed in surprise.

Fang Di, who was standing to the side, also gave a thumbs up.

Lin Xiamo was dumbfounded. She knew that Shen Qiushan had a good alcohol tolerance because he had gotten his father drunk several times at home!
However, this was the first time she had ever seen Shen Qiushan drink like this.

It's almost like an impromptu performance by some bar singers!
Setting down the empty bottle, Shen Qiushan chuckled and said, "This bottle should hold four cups!"

"One more cup, as a toast to the three ladies!"

"Handsome, there's a hidden meaning in your words!"

"So, the three of us need to have another drink, right?"

Hu Tingting said with a smile.

"I didn't say that!"

Shen Qiushan quickly waved his hand.

"MoMo, where did you find this man?"

"So smooth and silky!"

Hu Tingting then looked at Lin Xiamo.

"Let me introduce myself, Shen Qiushan, currently a student at Sanjiang University."

Before Lin Xiamo could speak, Shen Qiushan took the initiative to give his name.

"Shen Qiushan?"

"That name sounds familiar!"

Zhu Xinyue muttered something under her breath, then suddenly slapped her thigh: "Shen Qiushan, a 38-year-old top scorer in the college entrance examination?"

"Earned 1000 million by writing online novels?"

"Is it really you??"

In Sanjiang, people may not know Shen Qiushan personally, but his name is definitely well-known.

In the first half of the year, Shen Qiushan's name dominated various media outlets in Sanjiang.

First, he was controversial because of his status as an older student studying outside his home province, and then he became the top liberal arts student in Sanjiang Province in this year's college entrance examination, shocking the whole country!

About two weeks ago.

Shen Qiushan has been exposed again for earning tens of millions a year by writing online novels!

Although Shen Qiushan's book is currently very controversial online, with many people criticizing him for having distorted values, no moral bottom line, and glorifying scumbag men, etc...

However, those "moral defenders" only attacked the content of Shen Qiushan's novels, and no one questioned that he earned 1000 million yuan by writing online novels.

In other words, the wealthy family really made a profit!

"You must be Lao Shen. Didn't you say you were 38?"

"Am I that young?"

Hu Tingting had certainly heard of Shen Qiushan's name, and even knew that he was actually Lin Xiamo's brother-in-law.

She had paid special attention to Shen Qiushan's news when it went viral online.

However, Shen Qiushan is not a public figure after all. After some time has passed since the news broke, it is difficult to connect him with the person in the news when he suddenly appears in front of people.

"Thanks for the compliment."

"You're quite young too, are you 20 this year?"

Shen Qiushan asked a question with an air of seriousness.

"20?"

Hu Tingting burst into laughter.

That's how women are; even if she knows you're talking nonsense, she still likes to listen.

"No wonder he's the top scorer in the college entrance exam, he's really good at chatting!"

Zhu Xinyue sighed.

Fang Di, standing to the side, then spoke up: "What does it matter if you're the top scholar or not? I just want to know, in what capacity are you attending this gathering?"

As soon as she said this, Hu Tingting and Zhu Xinyue's eyes fell on Shen Qiushan at the same time.

(End of this chapter)