Ning Ruxing was all smiles. She didn't expect such a good thing to happen. No wonder so many people wanted to be Jin Yebei's assistant. They could go to work, take a walk, and the Chairman would treat them to a meal. Then, they could get off work immediately after. Who would say no to such amazing benefits? The little golden python, who had been hiding in the bouquet, ran out when it smelled the aroma of the barbecue. But when it saw the fire, it was so frightened it slithered back into hiding.
Jin Yebei ordered some fruit wine to go with the barbecue. He watched Ning Ruxing eat the meat in big mouthfuls while he, the one who claimed to be hungry, only ate in small mouthfuls and occasionally drank a mouthful of fruit wine. He kept looking at Ning Ruxing opposite him dotingly with a smile on his face. Goldy, who was hiding among the flowers, realized that it wasn't the one being roasted, so it sneaked out and drank some fruit wine from Ning Ruxing's cup. Then, it fell asleep.
After eating and drinking to their heart's content, the couple left the barbecue restaurant and were about to part ways when Ning Ruxing suddenly remembered that Goldy was still among the flowers. She didn't mind bringing it back to the dormitory with her but her roommates would most likely freak out, beat it to death, and flush it down the toilet. So, she turned around and said to Jin Yebei, "Hey, Jin Yebei, Goldy is still with me."
Ning Ruxing took out Goldy from the bouquet - it was still sound asleep. Jin Yebei turned around and reached out his hand to Ning Ruxing who sensibly coiled Goldy around Jin Yebei's wrist as if she was putting a golden bracelet on him. Jin Yebei looked at how seriously Ning Ruxing was focusing on the task and said, "Go back early and be careful. Send me a message when you arrive."
Ning Ruxing nodded. Both of them were still unaware that the search engines were in an uproar ever since the meeting ended earlier. Sen Ran was in a state of frenzy and none of the employees felt like working anymore because they were so preoccupied with figuring out who Jin Yebei's mysterious girlfriend was earlier. Moreover, the short clip of Jin Yebei buying flowers for the mysterious lady had been saved and circulated virally on social media.
Perhaps the biggest selling point of the clip was a brief moment showing the couple's interlocking hands right before Jin Yebei turned off his camera. It was just too amusing. The top trending keyword on search engines was Jin Yebei's mysterious girlfriend, and her popularity was still growing. The Public Relations Department of Sen Ran believed that this was a good opportunity to enhance the company's reputation, so they were willing to spend their budget promoting this viral content.
Before Ning Ruxing arrived at the dormitory, several of her roommates had already seen the video and watched it repeatedly. When they saw Ning Ruxing return with a bouquet of flowers in her hand, they eagerly asked, "Who's Jin Yebei's mysterious girlfriend?"
Ning Ruxing was stunned. What mysterious girlfriend? Could it be that someone had misunderstood whatever was captured on video just now? But how did her roommates know? 'Well, regardless, we just need to clear up the misunderstanding.' So, Ning Ruxing simply said, "It's me."
Her roommates looked at her disdainfully. How could she tell them such a bad lie? Ning Ruxing and Jin Yebei had only known each other for a few days. How could she become Jin Yebei's girlfriend so quickly? One of her roommates dismissively said, "You're joking. How could it be you?"
"That's right, you've only known each other for a few days."
Ning Ruxing listened to her roommate's words and smiled. She couldn't be blamed for this. Ning Ruxing had already told them the truth, but these people didn't believe her, so there was nothing she could do. Ning Ruxing didn't pay them any more attention and proceeded to find an empty vase to put her flowers in. Nana curiously asked, "Ruxing, why did you buy flowers today?"
Ning Ruxing thought to herself, 'I just told you why but you didn't believe me. How could the trust between people be gone so easily?' But since Nana had asked so sincerely, she decided to answer properly.
"I just happened to run into the seller, so I bought some.
"It's not easy for that old granny either. So I just treated it as helping her this once.
"Also, these flowers aren't bad. They smell quite good."