Xia Ye is eager to try

Lin Yuan hadn't expected Song Xiaoxiao to suddenly say something like that; it was as if, to her, it was just a means of solving a problem.

Fortunately, Song Xiaoxiao said, "find a sister," and not "I'll sacrifice myself," otherwise Lin Yuan's worldview would have shattered even more.

Song Xiaoxiao was puzzled as to why she had been sprayed in the face. She calmly watched Lin Yuan, who was still coughing from being choked, and meticulously wiped her face with a few tissues from a nearby box.

"Are you too excited?"

"Cough cough~~, I didn't expect you to say something like that, something I couldn't even imagine."

Song Xiaoxiao pondered for a moment, "Okay, you consider it. I keep my word. If you think it's still not enough, then..."

"Don't 'then' anymore," Lin Yuan was afraid that the other party would utter something shocking again.

Xia Ye received the message from Song Xiaoxiao saying that Lin Yuan had suddenly become serious, and then she started walking back.

Just as she was about to reach the table, she saw Lin Yuan spray Song Xiaoxiao with tea. Xia Ye was naturally bewildered.

"You guys... what happened?"

Xia Ye had wanted to ask if the two were arguing, but seeing how calm they both looked, it didn't seem like there was any conflict.

"I... I drank a bit too much water just now and couldn't hold it in, so it just sprayed out."

Song Xiaoxiao chimed in, "It's also my fault, I poured it too full for you."

"Oh, then have you ordered your food?"

After three days, the three of them hadn't even ordered their food yet...

The three ordered some common Hong Kong-style cafe dishes like stir-fried beef ho fun, fried shrimp cakes, claypot rice, and pineapple buns.

Xia Ye really wanted to know what had happened after she left, so she found an excuse, "The food is taking so long, Xiao Xiao, accompany me to the restroom."

Song Xiaoxiao looked at her with an expression that suggested she was looking at an idiot, but in the end, she still said, "Then let's go."

Lin Yuan also noticed Song Xiaoxiao's gaze, because they had just finished scanning the QR code to order, so how could the food be taking too long? And do adult women really go to the restroom together? Lin Yuan only remembered female classmates doing that in junior and senior high school.

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"Xiao Xiao, what exactly happened just now?"

Before even entering the restroom, Xia Ye couldn't help but ask.

"Can your voice be any louder?"

"What?"

"That way Lin Yuan will be able to hear it."

Xia Ye immediately covered her mouth and deliberately turned back to look in Lin Yuan's direction, "He shouldn't be able to hear, right?"

Then Xia Ye pulled Song Xiaoxiao and quickly walked towards the restroom.

Song Xiaoxiao shook her head slightly, further strengthening her resolve to persuade Lin Yuan to back off.

"Xiao Xiao, tell me quickly."

Song Xiaoxiao instinctively reached for a cigarette, only to realize she hadn't brought her bag. When discussing such life-related topics, she always needed a cigarette to soothe the vicissitudes in her heart.

"He... he's not a bad person. I tried every way to test him," Song Xiaoxiao said, specifically tugging at her collar to indicate that she had gone to great lengths.

"But after you left, he was indifferent to me. He barely even looked at me. This is the first time I've encountered someone like that. When you were here at first, he looked at me like that, probably seeing me as a madam pushing you into a fire pit."

Lin Yuan had indeed looked at Song Xiaoxiao with overly aggressive eyes at first, trying to alleviate the side effects of recovering computing power. But later, when he realized that even a beautiful girl couldn't solve his problem, Lin Yuan calmed down and returned to his usual self.

Song Xiaoxiao didn't understand this, and combining it with her later conversation with Lin Yuan, she interpreted Lin Yuan's actions according to the view she had just stated.

Xia Ye's face immediately lit up, "So he was concerned about me!"

Song Xiaoxiao immediately poked her on the head, "Don't be a lovesick fool. Although he doesn't look like an old hand, after talking to him, he's clearly not a novice like you. He's probably just a common ordinary person, not too malicious, but if you really throw yourself at him, he wouldn't refuse free food."

Xia Ye naturally didn't believe it, "But he's not related to me, yet he gave me a thousand yuan for free before. And he works very hard, staying late for overtime work at night."

"Well... who knows. He doesn't look like the type to be calculating and deliberately string you along, but... men always have some strange hobbies."

"What strange hobbies?"

"They like to persuade people to turn over a new leaf," Song Xiaoxiao said with a hint of sarcasm and teasing, "I've encountered it several times too. They ask me why I'm doing this instead of being a good student, as if I was born willing to do this job."

"But Lin Yuan didn't try to persuade me at all. He just transferred the money and left, without saying a single extra word to me."

"Then I don't know. There are countless types of people, who knows. But honestly, if his job is decent, as long as he has a proper job and isn't a young delivery driver, I wouldn't really object to you trying with him."

Xia Ye excitedly grabbed Song Xiaoxiao's arm, "So you mean, Lin Yuan's character seems to be okay?"

"Please, can you get what I'm saying?"

Xia Ye wasn't so foolish as to not understand that, "Well... he's still young, and he won't necessarily be a delivery driver forever. Besides, I'm not marrying him tomorrow, so why consider so many material things? It's fine to just get to know him first, right?"

Song Xiaoxiao directly said, "Okay then, if Lin Yuan dates you with no intention of marriage, can you accept that?"

"Of course not!" Xia Ye blurted out.

"So, sister, you are clearly deceiving yourself."

Xia Ye stomped her foot in frustration, "Ugh~~, money, money, money, always money. Purple Arts's postgraduate entrance exam tutoring class costs money, and finding a boyfriend also requires considering money. The adult world isn't fun at all. If Lin Yuan and I work hard in the future, can't we support ourselves?"

"You can, as long as you don't have children. As long as you can accept living in a rented apartment your whole life. As long as you can accept riding a small electric scooter in the rain. As long as you can accept worrying about salary deductions when taking sick leave."

Xia Ye was instantly pulled back to reality by these words. Images of her parents flashed in her mind. Her parents had toiled their entire lives, and in her memory, she had never seen them smile much. Xia Ye instinctively felt fear at the future scenario Song Xiaoxiao had painted.

"Xia Ye, I just want to ask you. Why do you have to find Lin Yuan? He's not even handsome."

Xia Ye thought for a moment, "Maybe it's because I feel a sense of familiarity. Unlike other boys who make me feel guarded."

"Ah, then I probably understand. That day at the Meow Ah Woo Maid Cafe, he could have taken advantage of you, but instead, he paid and advised you not to be like that, making you feel like someone on shore handed you a branch when you were drowning. You naturally let down your guard with him."

"Yes, yes!" Xia Ye nodded like a pecking chick, "And just now you also said you tried to test him." Xia Ye lightly poked her on the chest, "You sacrificed so much, and he was still unmoved. That proves he has a very good character."

Song Xiaoxiao didn't know how to evaluate Lin Yuan, "He's a very strange person, I can't understand him. He clearly knows about places like commercial KTV, but he can still maintain self-control with me. He almost made me lose my confidence."

"So..." Xia Ye asked with some anticipation, "Can I try with him?"

"You might as well try to get him to change his current job, which is the most promising profession in the world, being a delivery driver."

"Oh, right!"