The sweet and gentle boy is actually crazy and bad.

"I'm starving," Qi Lin pouted. "Can we at least serve the food first?"

"no."

Lu Zhizhou glared at him.

Qi Lin raised his hands in surrender, teasingly saying, "Okay, okay, Brother Zhi is the boss." He took out his phone and scrolled through his message history, a hint of annoyance suddenly appearing between his brows.

Lu Zhizhou glanced at his phone, raised an eyebrow and smiled gloatingly: "What's wrong? Your first love isn't talking to you anymore? No wonder you've had a sour face all day."

Qi Lin didn't respond, but the irritation between his brows deepened.

He looked at his phone's message screen; it was the last text message the other party had sent at 10:26 PM the previous night:

【Okay, don't message me anymore.】

Unlike WeChat, even if a phone number is blocked by the other party, you cannot refuse to receive text messages or calls; you can only block them.

Therefore, all the text messages that Qi Lin sent to Wen Yisheng showed as sent, but the other party never replied.

Why...

The older sister clearly cared whether her stomach still hurt.

The next day, he called her, but the number was no longer in service...

So, to avoid him, the older sister simply changed her phone number?

Qi Lin's face darkened. Was it really necessary?

Lu Zhizhou patted his shoulder: "By the way, there's someone else I want to introduce you to later. It's someone Brother Zhi brought."

"Who is it?" Qi Lin asked impatiently.

Lu Zhizhou said, "It's that pretty senior I told you about last time. You absolutely mustn't flirt with her, no matter who you are. Her name is Wen Yisheng."

"Wen Yisheng," Qi Lin said casually, his expression nonchalant.

Lu Zhizhou's expression turned serious: "I'm warning you, Wen Zhi treats Xiao Shengsheng like a precious treasure. Anyone who dares to look at her more than a few times will be treated worse than having their flesh ripped out. Just nod to people when the time comes, and don't stare at her with wide eyes."

"She's an angel! I was staring at her with wide eyes." Qi Lin laughed with a hint of sarcasm, completely unconcerned.

Lu Zhizhou laughed and kicked him, "You little rascal, I'm serious, remember that."

"That's my future sister-in-law, you fucking have some sense, you hear me!"

Qi Lin replied half-heartedly, "I know, I know," he paused, a meaningful look in his eyes, "So... Wen Yisheng, right?"

"Who is Wen Yisheng? How come she likes someone like Wen Zhi? It's quite..." Qi Lin smiled and didn't finish his sentence.

Lu Zhizhou understood what he meant.

"She's a very good young lady, hardworking and ambitious," Lu Zhizhou said. "She's very well-behaved."

Qi Lin listened, nodded, and chuckled briefly, his expression clearly showing disbelief.

good?

How could she possibly behave herself if she walked alongside a hypocrite like Wen Zhi?

"Hey, Brother Zhi!"

Lu Zhizhou looked up at the door of the private room, his eyes lit up, and he stood up: "We've been waiting for you."

Lu Zhizhou kicked Qi Lin under the table.

Qi Lin propped himself up on the table with both hands, feeling languid all over, and lifted his eyelids to look over.

That one glance.

Qi Lin froze abruptly, his gaze fixed on the girl who had just entered.

Sister...

Wen Zhi led Wen Yisheng into the private room.

The people in the private room were used to seeing them enter hand in hand, and they clearly knew that the two had a special relationship.

"Sorry I'm late, there was a bit of traffic on the way." Wen Zhi nodded to the few people he didn't know very well and explained.

Lu Zhizhou didn't stand on ceremony with him: "Alright, sit down." He turned his gaze to Wen Yisheng and smiled, "Little Sheng Sheng, you look so pretty. The color of your clothes is really..." a matching couple outfit.

"Anyway, it looks good!" (Seeing through it but not pointing it out.)

Wen Yisheng nodded gently, "Happy birthday."

"Okay, thanks, please have a seat." Lu Zhizhou nudged Qi Lin with his elbow, inwardly cursing the little rascal for pretending to be dead again.

What did I just say to him?

Qi Lin stared at Wen Yisheng with his dark eyes as if frozen in place.

The private room was crowded, and Wen Yisheng didn't see Qi Lin for a short time.

Wen Zhi keenly noticed his gaze, his lips pressed into a displeased and wary purse, his cold, scrutinizing eyes falling on Qi Lin.

"Haha, this is my cousin Qilin, you've met him before, Brother Zhi." Lu Zhizhou sensed that something was off about the atmosphere and spoke up to ease the tension.

His voice caught Wen Yisheng's attention.

Wen Yisheng looked up in surprise, quite unexpectedly, he was actually Lu Zhizhou's...cousin?

Lu Zhizhou really felt something was wrong. Out of the corner of his eye, he noticed that Qilin was staring at Wen Yisheng.

Lu Zhizhou was so frightened his heart nearly jumped out of his chest. What was this little rascal doing!

"Everyone's here, let's serve the food!" Lu Zhizhou chuckled dryly, changing the subject and instructing the waiter beside him, while casually tugging at Qi Lin.

Qi Lin looked away, sat down expressionlessly, and took a sip of water.

Wen Zhi's eyes were slightly cold, but he didn't say anything.

He pulled out a chair for Wen Yisheng to sit down first, then whispered in her ear from behind, "Do you know her?"

Wen Yisheng froze, unable to react.

Wen Zhi didn't press her for details. He smiled, his thin, pale lips brushing lightly against the outline of her ear. "Don't be nervous, I'm just asking."