Chapter 40: Is This How You Chase Someone?

After the performance, Qin Yingxia was pulled away by Yu Zhizhi.

She didn’t go to dinner with Jin Zhuo and his dorm mates because Yang Dai had sent a message in the dorm group chat, “My leg is much better now. Does everyone have time after the performance? Let’s have a gathering at our dorm @all members.”

Qin Yingxia’s makeup and styling were complex, and it took a long time to remove her makeup and change clothes.

Yu Zhizhi waited for her at the door and saw the group message. “Yingying, Senior Yang suggested a gathering. Are you going?”

Qin Yingxia paused in her makeup removal, her lips pursed, and she didn’t speak.

“Maybe this time Yang Dai has figured things out. Maybe she suggested the gathering to apologize to you, sincerely.”

Yu Zhizhi felt that Qin Yingxia should go and listen to this belated apology since Yang Dai had done something wrong.

Qin Yingxia hesitated for a long time before nodding, “…Then let’s go.”

“OK,” Yu Zhizhi replied to Yang Dai in the group chat, “We can go, but Yingying and I might be a few minutes late, we’re removing makeup and changing clothes.”

“Xu Siwan: No rush, Yang Dai and I have things to talk about!”

She then sent an address, which was a high-end club.

Yu Zhizhi replied with an OK.

Qin Yingxia changed into her own clothes and came out, washing her face, “Zhizhi, let’s go quickly, don’t let them wait.”

“I called a car, it’ll be here in a few minutes!”

After getting into the ride-hailing car, Qin Yingxia had some free time to reply to Jin Zhuo, “Jin Zhuo, I’m having dinner with my roommates tonight, it’s the first time our dorm has had a gathering…”

…

Jin Zhuo sat in the passenger seat, leaning his forehead against the window, thinking about Yang Dai’s behavior, he frowned and replied to her message, “Is it with Yang Dai?”

“Youxia: Yes, she suggested it.”

“Jin: Send me the gathering address.”

Qin Yingxia quickly sent him the address.

“Jin: Little Qin Xuemei is so obedient～”

Jin Zhuo’s lips curled into a smile, which was caught by Pei Lanhe. He glanced at the person in the passenger seat and teased, “Jin Zhuo, calm down.”

Xie Chi and Jiang Yinghuai were in the back row, and when they heard Pei Lanhe’s words, they both laughed at the same time, “Our Brother Zhuo is different now, he’s chasing Xiao Qin! He’s smiling all day long, it’s so heartwarming!”

Jin Zhuo turned his head, raised an eyebrow casually, “What’s the matter? Jealous?”

Jiang Yinghuai couldn’t help but click his tongue, “I’m telling you, you guys didn’t see how Brother Zhuo was being sweet to Little Qin Xuemei just now!”

“Jin Zhuo? Can he be sweet?” Xie Chi was surprised, he stopped playing his game and asked excitedly, “Quickly, teach me one!”

“Brother Zhuo, can you talk about this?” Jiang Yinghuai asked first, seeing that Jin Zhuo didn’t speak, he became bolder, “Come on, come on, I’ll teach you one!”

Then he hooked Xie Chi’s finger, looked at him with affection, and slowly intertwined their fingers, “I like Little Qin Xuemei so much today～”

“Ugh ugh ugh, my goosebumps…” Xie Chi couldn’t accept such a huge contrast, “This is something Jin Zhuo would do?”

“Of course!”

“Go away,” Jin Zhuo couldn’t help but laugh and scold, “I’m not that disgusting!”

“You are! You don’t know how clingy you are to Little Qin Xuemei!”

Pei Lanhe glanced at them from the rearview mirror, then silently retracted his gaze, looking at Jin Zhuo, “You’re chasing a girl, why are you so… pathetic?”

He couldn’t bear to watch.

Jin Zhuo threw a mint candy into his mouth, and said casually, “Kind words bring good fortune, harsh words hurt people.”

Pei Lanhe: …

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Night fell, and the neon lights on the streets lit up, forming a long river.

The ride-hailing car stopped at the address Xu Siwan sent, and Qin Yingxia and Yu Zhizhi got out.

The club was called “Qingmu,” and the fountain in front of the entrance rose and fell with the music, and there were welcoming ladies in elegant attire at the entrance.

As soon as they entered, a waiter led them.

“Did Senior Yang choose this place?” Yu Zhizhi wondered.