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"Ah...it's nothing." Lin Zhou came to his senses and continued walking forward with the soda in his hand.

At this moment, Ye Zhiyu glanced in the direction Lin Zhou had just been looking, her gaze lingering for a few seconds on the almost empty lemon tea stall before she quickly recognized the girl sitting in the corner.

"Oh—" Ye Zhiyu drawled out.

It's over.

Lin Zhou sensed something was wrong when he heard that tone, and sure enough, Ye Zhiyu quickly squeezed to the side, put her hands in her pockets, and showed a rather irritating smile.

"Hey, isn't this your ex-girlfriend?"

"Hmm." Lin Zhou didn't deny it.

"What was his name again... Tang..."

"Tang Yurou".

"You remember that so clearly. I don't think you two talked for very long, did you?"

"?"

It would be abnormal if she didn't remember his name, right? She's been in a relationship before.

Ye Zhiyu looked thoughtful, then glanced at the quiet lemon tea stall that seemed out of place with its surroundings. "To be honest, Zhouzi, your ex-girlfriends were all pretty high-quality."

What is quality?

"She's pretty," Ye Zhiyu said lazily, "though she's still a little bit less pretty than me."

"Where does your confidence come from?"

"It's innate." Ye Zhiyu waved her hand. "I'm beautiful, and my dad's the richest man in the world. It's hard not to be confident."

"..."

Another inch.

Lin Zhou glanced over there again. Just then, a few students passed by the lemon tea stall. Tang Yuru seemed to have mustered up her courage and stood up a little, but the students just looked at the menu and continued to leave.

She sat down again, and the expression she had been trying to maintain gradually faded.

"Do you want to go over there?" Ye Zhiyu suddenly asked.

"I'm not going... um," Lin Zhou said.

"Oh." Ye Zhiyu didn't continue teasing, but followed Lin Zhou forward again. However, after a few steps, she turned her head to look behind her.

……

The two continued walking along the tree-lined path. Lin Zhou didn't mention Tang Yuru again, and Ye Zhiyu seemed to have noticed nothing, simply strolling along and looking at the surrounding stalls.

Until a food stall caught their attention.

To be precise, it's a menu.

A large wooden sign hung in front of the stall. Whether the owner did it to save space or it was simply a design flaw, the names of several snacks were crammed together, making them look somewhat abstract.

Lin Zhou stood in front and studied the dishes for a while, finding them quite interesting as he realized he had never seen any of them before.

First column: Five-spice Hu Mo Sa (a type of pastry)

Second column: Spicy Lolita O

Third column: Beef jerky, lotus root, beef jerky

Fourth column: Meat Hot Pot with Jade Dumplings

……

Or perhaps... a bit morbid?

Lin Zhou squinted, his finger tracing the words on the menu before finally turning to the owner. "Boss, one meat hot pot with jade dumplings, please."

Boss: "?"

Ye Zhiyu raised her head and began to study the location Lin Zhou had just pointed to.

That's quite interesting.

The owner stood in his stall for a few seconds in silence, then said, "No."

"No?" Lin Zhou pointed to the menu. "Isn't it written here?"

"Where is it written?"

"Here."

Ye Zhiyu became interested and continued to study the text from the side, tilting her head back. Suddenly, her gaze fell on a few other characters that could be connected.

"Boss." Ye Zhiyu raised her hand.

"...?"

"Give me a spicy Lolita O."

"..." The boss remained silent for a long time.

"no."

Ye Zhiyu frowned. "Not again?"

"no."

"No meatball hot pot, no spicy lolita O either." Ye Zhiyu shoved her hands into her pockets, looking at the other person with obvious dissatisfaction. "You have nothing, what kind of business are you running?"

"Is it possible?" The boss took a deep breath, pointed to the menu, and said, "I told you to read it horizontally?"

The two of them silently looked at the menu again.

Oh.

It turned out to be the case.

"Then why did you write it so close?" Ye Zhiyu asked.

"This is a line!!!"

"The characters are different."

"Because the dish names are different!"

"Oh." Ye Zhiyu accepted it quickly, but the boss immediately clutched his chest, wondering why communicating with this girl was so exhausting.

In the end, the two ordered food as usual. Lin Zhou ordered a beef and radish stew, while Ye Zhiyu couldn't forget the so-called spicy loli O, so she settled for a spicy dry pot potato slice.

"Why are you always smiling?" The two found a seat next to each other and sat down. Lin Zhou noticed that when Ye Zhiyu was eating potato chips with her head down, the corners of her mouth never closed.

"without."

"You're definitely thinking about that name."

"No." Ye Zhiyu picked up a potato slice covered in chili, blew on it twice, and put it in her mouth. After chewing a few times, she slowly said, "It's just that I feel the boss doesn't understand business opportunities at all."

"You really want to sell it?"

"Very painful."

"..."

You know it too.

The snacks tasted pretty good. The beef was stewed until very tender, and the radishes had soaked up all the broth. Ye Zhiyu initially just ate her own potato slices, but then her chopsticks somehow found their way into Lin Zhou's bowl.

"Don't you have potatoes?"

"Eat different kinds."

"Then give me yours."

Ye Zhiyu pushed the large plate in front of her a little closer, "Anything is fine."

The two ended up taking turns eating. Lin Zhou was worried that Ye Zhiyu would not be able to finish all the food she ordered, but he underestimated her. She finished almost everything except for a little soup.

"Comfortable." Ye Zhiyu leaned back in her chair and lazily rubbed her stomach.

Lin Zhou paid the bill, and Ye Zhiyu watched.

Lin Zhou didn't bother to dwell on the few dozen yuan. He had just gotten five hundred yuan for free, so he figured Ye Zhiyu was treating him and he would pay for it.

Ok.

reasonable.

……

After finishing their meal, the two rejoined the crowd at the school anniversary celebration.

Ye Zhiyu looked at a few more stalls on the way, but after eating her fill, she became noticeably lazier and even started to walk slowly. Occasionally, when she was squeezed next to Lin Zhou by the crowd, she would lean against him.

Lin Zhou was much quieter than before, because he was thinking of Tang Yuru again.

Actually, he didn't want to think about it, after all, they had broken up so long ago.

Just like Wanwan said before, the past is the past. Since Tang Yuruo doesn't want to see her, there's no need for her to keep chasing after her for an answer.

But the problem is—

Why?

Lin Zhou still couldn't understand it.

The two had a very good relationship back then. Although Tang Yuru was somewhat insecure and always felt that she would cause trouble for herself, nothing unpleasant happened when they were together.

Lin Zhou couldn't understand it.

He used to think that he would get over it after a while, but seeing Tang Yuru sitting alone in that deserted stall today, that doubt resurfaced.

It's a bit annoying.

"Zhouzi."

"Um?"

At this moment, Ye Zhiyu noticed Lin Zhou's absent-minded appearance. She stretched, put her hands back behind her head, took a few steps, turned around, and walked backwards down another path.

"I suddenly feel like I want to explore by myself."

"?"

Lin Zhou looked at her. "Didn't you just say you were bored and insisted on dragging me out?"

"I'm not bored anymore."

"Then I'll go with you."

"No."

Ye Zhiyu stopped, held up a finger and shook it at him, her expression remaining as lazy as ever.

"No, come with me."