"Letâs go." She got on without even having to touch him. "Itâs good you came to pick me up, otherwise, even to flag a cab to Fuxi, Iâd have to walk a bit, and by the time we get a taxi, it would be pretty close to Fuxi already. I was thinking of just walking there."
"Itâs so cold."
Jin Lei kicked the pedal, and the bike sped away swiftly.
"But I wanted to talk to you about Ye Wanqing first." Jin Lei said as he rode.
"What about her?" Chiang Xiao was taken aback.
"Did you forget sheâs also in our class? Youâre inviting the whole class to a meal today, didnât you think she might come too?"
"Ye Wanqing would come?" Indeed, Chiang Xiao hadnât considered that.
She mainly thought, since sheâs the host, Ye Wanqing wouldnât come anyway.
Doesnât she care about face?
Jin Lei said, "I knew you hadnât thought of it. But she really will come."
"How do you know?"
"Because I ran into her yesterday evening while shopping with my cousin. Guess what she was doing?"
"Hmm?"
"Buying clothes, necklaces, earrings," Jin Lei said, holding back a laugh. "My cousin and I secretly followed her for a bit. She tried on no less than twenty outfits!"
At this, Jin Lei found it incredible.
He really did count, more than twenty outfits.
A girlâs jealousy can drive someone this crazy, huh.
"I heard her ask the store clerk, saying she was attending a class reunion at noon and needed help picking an outfit."
"Maybe it wasnât about us."
"Are you silly," Jin Lei sneered. "My cousin said it was definitely about us! She said Ye Wanqing surely wants to outshine you by dressing up beautifully, who knows what tricks she might try, so she told me to stick by you the whole time today. If you need any help, just call me."
So he specifically came to pick her up, also to act as her bodyguard, huh.
Chiang Xiao couldnât help but smile.
She really hadnât taken this matter to heart.
"You think just because Ye Wanqing shamelessly shows up, Iâd necessarily let her sit down and eat?"
"Otherwise? If you kick her out in front of the whole class, wouldnât it be a bit inappropriate? What if it makes everyone awkward?"
Chiang Xiao dislikes Ye Wanqing, and since sheâs the one paying, she has the right to decide who to invite, but driving Ye Wanqing away in front of everyone might make it look like sheâs leading the whole class to isolate Ye Wanqing.
Some classmates, though not particularly close to Ye Wanqing, have soft hearts.
Seeing Ye Wanqing pitiful, they might feel uneasy staying and decide not to eat.
Once a few people leave, todayâs invitation by Chiang Xiao might get awkward; the atmosphere would certainly change.
Hearing this from Jin Lei, Chiang Xiao couldnât help but see him in a new light.
"I didnât expect you to think so far ahead!"
"Of course, Iâm smart." Jin Lei boasted a bit, "Actually, my cousin mentioned this to me as well. She was a bit worried youâd be upset today by that shameless Ye Wanqing."
Chiang Xiao chuckled.
Wang Yi was genuinely concerned for her, which is why she probably asked Jin Lei to pick her up.
"Itâs fine, someone like Ye Wanqing canât easily upset me," she thought for a moment, then said, "I remember Fuxi Restaurant has both front and back courtyard private rooms?"
Those are two opposite small buildings shaped like the number two, rumored to have a nice environment.
Jin Lei said, "Yes, it does."
Chiang Xiaoâs mind turned, and she had an idea.
Since sheâs the host, naturally, sheâd leave the house early and arrive first.