King of Technology: A Fresh Start in 1983

It was a sunny Sunday.

However, just as Zhan Yiling entered He Fan's residential area, a north wind began to blow.

As she passed the small shop in the courtyard, she saw a girl standing outside He Fan's apartment building...

A woman with a slender figure, wearing jeans and a ponytail, was occasionally gazing up at the building...

When Zhan Yiling took a closer look, she immediately felt that the face looked somewhat familiar.

He then moved around to the other person's side and took a closer look...

He immediately exclaimed in surprise, "Hey Lin Yidan! What are you doing here?!"

Lin Yidan was startled by the sudden sound!

Turning around and composing herself, she exclaimed in surprise, "Zhan Yiling! It's you! How long has it been since we last saw each other? More than a year, right?"

"I feel it's more than that. After returning from that trip to the United States, we bumped into each other once at the founding ceremony of our IBM China branch and chatted for a few minutes. We haven't seen each other since."

Zhan Yiling then asked again, "What are you doing here?"

"Me? I'm waiting for someone."

After giving a vague answer, Lin Yidan countered with, "What? You live here? It can't be such a coincidence..."

Zhan Yiling answered gracefully, "I'm here to see my boyfriend; he lives in this building."

"Oh? Is it really such a coincidence?"

Lin Yidan couldn't help but mutter, "My boyfriend also lives in this building."

"Your boyfriend?"

Zhan Yiling looked at Lin Yidan in surprise, then said, "You seem to have changed quite a bit in the past year. When did you get a boyfriend?"

"Besides, there are only eighteen households in this building, and it's such a coincidence that both of our boyfriends are in there."

We've been dating for almost a year.

"Then why don't you go up? It's starting to get windy outside now; the weather was quite nice when I went out this morning."

Lin Yidan stammered, "He told me to wait downstairs, saying he'd be down soon."

"How can your boyfriend be like this? Doesn't he know how to cherish and care for you?"

A surge of curiosity piqued Zhan Yiling's interest, she mischievously grinned and said, "Then I'll wait with you for a while."

"Oh no! You should go up, it's so windy."

Zhan Yiling remained unmoved: "It's okay, my boyfriend is probably still in bed."

Lin Yidan could only whisper, "Actually... you know him."

"Do I know him?"

Zhan Yiling's head buzzed, and she instantly realized what was happening!

She stared intently at Lin Yidan and exclaimed, "My God! No way..."

Just as I was saying this, Zhang Wei strode out of the apartment building.

He saw Zhan Yiling and Lin Yidan standing side by side, and his mind went blank for a moment.

However, he quickly recovered.

Looking embarrassed, she dragged her stiff legs forward, forcing a smile: "Oh, it's Yiling. You're here so early?"

Zhan Yiling sneered, "Sorry, I did arrive a little too early. We were supposed to go to the amusement park with He Fan this morning."

She then turned to Lin Yidan and said, "It seems I broadened the scope just now. Even though this unit has as many as eighteen households, I didn't expect that our boyfriends would actually live in the same unit."

She turned back to Zhang Wei and asked provocatively, "What's wrong, Zhang Wei? Aren't you going to introduce me?"

Zhang Weiqian laughed and said, "Look at what you're saying, do I need to introduce you? You two have known each other for a long time."

Zhan Yiling immediately straightened her face: "That's right, we not only know each other, but you two only met because of me."

Immediately afterwards, Zhan Yiling moved a little distance away from Lin Yidan.

Looking at her, he said, "Yidan, when I introduced him to you, it was purely so that you could help promote their company."

"I forgot to remind you, Zhang Wei is my best friend's boyfriend."

Lin Yidan opened his mouth, making a standard "O" shape.

He then smiled slightly and nodded, saying, "I see..."

Zhang Wei and Zhan Yiling instinctively corrected each other in unison, "It should be like that."

"I've really learned something new!"

Lin Yidan's eyes widened immediately. She looked at Zhang Wei, then at Zhan Yiling, and couldn't help but burst into laughter.

He continued, "You two are truly worthy of being engineering students, fellow sufferers of obsessive-compulsive disorder."

Zhan Yiling ignored her and then asked Zhang Wei, "Zhang Wei, how's Shu Nan? How have things been going between you two lately?"

Zhang Wei looked embarrassed and swallowed hard.

Lin Yidan interjected, "What else could they be doing? They haven't been in contact for two years."

Zhang Wei, however, almost mechanically corrected him again: "Less than two years, one year and eleven months."

Upon hearing this, Lin Yidan immediately flew into a rage, glaring fiercely at Zhang Wei: "Don't you understand rounding?! What's wrong with saying two years?!"

Seeing this, Zhan Yiling couldn't stand it any longer.

I couldn't help but say, "No matter how long it takes, can time simply explain anything?"

"As far as I know, Zhang Wei is still waiting for Qin Shunan to return to China, while Qin Shunan is still waiting for Zhang Wei to leave the country."

"Yidan, it's probably not appropriate for you to interfere now..."

"Zhan Yiling, Zhang Wei and I have a completely normal relationship. It's probably inappropriate for you to interfere and cause trouble now."

Lin Yidan persisted, "I'm asking you, how long has it been since Zhang Wei and your staunch best friend in the UK last saw each other?"

"As far as I know, it's been at least six years since university!"

"In these six years, has Zhang Wei gone abroad? Has your best friend returned to China? You must know how long it's been since they last contacted each other, right?"

"If that's the case, how do you know they're waiting for each other?"

"In fact, let me tell you, Zhan Yiling, Zhang Wei hasn't been waiting for your staunch best friend all these years; he's been waiting for me, Lin Yidan, to appear out of nowhere!"

"That's what you call destiny, don't you understand?"

Zhan Yiling saw that Lin Yidan not only did not restrain himself, but instead became relentless and aggressive.

Not wanting to argue with her, he simply turned to Zhang Wei and asked, "Zhang Wei, I have no right to interfere with who you choose to date."

"If you've already decided to break up with Shu Nan, shouldn't you tell her clearly?"

"If you encounter any inconvenience, I can pass on the message for you. Making international calls is much more convenient now than before."

Zhang Wei glanced at Lin Yidan, then at Zhan Yiling, and said with an awkward smile, "Yiling, you should go upstairs quickly, He Fan is waiting for you."

After saying that, he winked at Lin Yidan and walked straight towards the courtyard gate.

Lin Yidan rolled her eyes at Zhan Yiling and quickly followed after her.

She stretched out her arms exaggeratedly, tightly wrapped them around Zhang Wei's arms, and rested her head on his shoulder.

It's as if they're asserting ownership.

Zhan Yiling stomped her foot angrily and ran upstairs.