Zhu Suosuo, who was at work, was overjoyed to receive a message from her best friend. She immediately went to get dressed up and prepare dinner for the evening.
Jiang Nansun was naturally with Zhang Anren, as they were boyfriend and girlfriend and spent most of their time together at school whenever they weren't in class.
"I have something to tell you, but don't overthink it?"
"What's wrong?" Zhang Anren asked curiously.
"Here's the thing, how about we invite him to dinner tonight, and Zhu Suosuo will come along too? The main purpose is to bring the two of them together," Jiang Nansun truthfully recounted what had happened that afternoon.
When Zhang Anren heard that Wang Yongzheng was involved again, he was filled with resentment, but he couldn't lash out. He wasn't as carefree as Wang Yongzheng, and without his teaching assistant job, life in Shanghai would be extremely difficult.
"Sure, no problem! We can go together tonight."
Evening arrived quickly. In front of a private restaurant, Jiang Nansun had chosen a place that was quite expensive, costing two thousand yuan per person. Yao Bin knew that Jiang Pengfei had cut off her card, but he didn't know how to pay later.
"Please sit down, please sit down. There's no need to be so polite. I'm the one who should apologize to you both. We, the ones who are hosting, should have arrived earlier, but we were delayed by traffic. We're really sorry," Jiang Nansun said to Zhu Suosuo and Yao Bin.
The words had already grouped the two together.
Zhu Suosuo naturally gave her best friend a grateful look. The two were so familiar with each other that they understood what she meant.
"No need to be so polite, we just arrived too!" Zhu Suosuo said.
"We're a bit late after all. Brother Bin, this is my boyfriend, Zhang Anren! This is Yao Bin, who helped me today," Jiang Nansun introduced the two.
"Hello, Mr. Yao, thank you so much for helping Nan Sun this afternoon!" Zhang Anren greeted Yao Bin with a polite smile, shaking his hand with neither servility nor arrogance.
Zhang Anren's behavior is contradictory. His family background is good, but no matter what he does, he is always petty and stingy. Perhaps it's because there are too many hidden talents in Shanghai.
Yao Bin didn't pay much attention; he figured this was a minor character who should be leaving the stage soon.
Hello, Zhang Anren!
The group then sat down; they couldn't just stand there forever, could they? Yao Bin then noticed that Zhu Suosuo was dressed in a red dress today, just like at the beginning when she was wearing a dress, sitting on the electric scooter, flipping her hair back and forth, looking youthful and vibrant.
Across from them were Zhang Anren and Jiang Nansun. Yao Bin suggested, "Zhang Anren, can you drink baijiu?"
"good."
"Then we two will drink baijiu, and you two can drink red wine or soft drinks, whatever makes you happy!" Yao Bin waved his hand, making it seem like he was the one treating.
"Sure, Brother Bin, order whatever you like today, don't be shy," Jiang Nansun said with a smile. She usually spends a lot, so even if she spends more than 10,000 yuan today, it's nothing to her; she's already used to it.
"Then I won't stand on ceremony with you." He then ordered two bottles of Moutai, and the table was filled with exquisite dishes.
When Zhang Anren saw such a large table of dishes, he frowned almost imperceptibly. For him, who usually lived frugally and dared not spend a penny more than necessary, ordering so many dishes would be a waste if they couldn't finish them.
But he didn't dare show it. He knew Jiang Nansun's habits: she was oblivious to human suffering, didn't care about money, and did whatever she pleased. This kind of thing was normal for her; she was used to it. Besides, she had even treated Yao Bin and Zhu Suosuo to dinner today!
Suppressing their emotions, Zhang Anren and Jiang Nansun ate and chatted, appearing extremely sweet together.
"Come on, Zhang Anren, let's have a drink!" Yao Bin suggested. He didn't know how much the other person could drink in the drama, but Yao Bin was confident.
"Mr. Yao, you're too kind," Zhang Anren replied respectfully to Yao Bin.
The group then started chatting, and soon the conversation turned to boyfriends and girlfriends. Zhu Suosuo's face naturally turned red! She knew what her best friend meant; she just wanted to set her up with Yao Bin.
Yao Bin naturally didn't refuse and cooperated with the two of them.
"SuoSuo, I have a question."
"Brother Bin, you tell us."
"You're so beautiful, you must have a lot of suitors, right? How come you're still single?" Yao Bin was asking a question he already knew the answer to. Zhu Suosuo didn't like the men who were pursuing her, and those rich second-generation guys had seen through what kind of woman she was.
"Brother Bin, with your looks and qualities, you must have more women pursuing you than men pursuing me, right? And yet you're still single." Zhu Suosuo chuckled and asked Yao Bin in return. This woman is quite something.
"That's true, it all depends on fate! It's rare to see couples as loving as Nan Sun and Zhang Anren!" Yao Bin chuckled as he looked at the two opposite him. For some reason, the topic of conversation shifted to the two of them.
Then he smiled and said, "It is indeed a blessing from heaven. Being with Nansun is the greatest fortune of my life."
As he spoke, he looked tenderly at Jiang Nansun, who was blushing slightly... Zhang Anren's words were incredibly cheesy, but Jiang Nansun was completely won over by them, and their eyes met with sweet affection.
When Jiang Pengfei was criticizing Jiang Nansun, he said that Zhang Anren wanted to use Jiang Nansun as a stepping stone to climb the social ladder. Perhaps Zhang Anren didn't have such thoughts?
Yao Bin didn't care. What if Jiang Nansun went to pay the bill later and found out the card was suspended, and Zhang Anren had to handle it? Love conquers all; they'd see each other soon enough.
"SuoSuo, look at these two, aren't they cheesy?"
"Brother Bin, stop talking. I'm used to them. They're always showing off their love in front of me," Zhu Suosuo joked.
Jiang Nansun across from him raised his head smugly and said, "I'd love to, hehe!"
Yao Bin then ate and chatted with Zhu Suosuo, and their relationship became much more familiar. Zhu Suosuo wondered if Yao Bin had fallen for her after seeing the loving scene between the two people across from him.
Zhu Suosuo silently thanked Jiang Nansun, thinking, "She's such a good friend! This is practically a divine intervention!"
The meal was almost over. Zhang Anren's alcohol tolerance was quite good; at least he didn't seem drunk yet, which surprised Yao Bin. If it were Jiang Nansun's father, he would have been talking nonsense long ago.
Jiang Nansun immediately went to pay the bill, because she had promised to treat everyone, and she couldn't go back on her word, could she?
"Excuse me, ma'am, this card can't be used," the cashier said politely, without much fanfare. This kind of situation is very common.
"Swipe this card."
"I'm sorry, ma'am, this card cannot be used either."
She took out all the other cards from her bag.
"Try refreshing all of them."
The cashier quickly tried several cards, but none of them worked.
"Ma'am, none of these cards will work. Would you like to use cash?"