It must be said that Shen Sirui was an extremely considerate and thoughtful man, his innate maturity shining like a beacon in the Dark Night, illuminating the one he wished to brighten, accompanying her all the way like a shadow!
He drove his Lamborghini and dropped Ye Feifei off at the bottom of her apartment building, and then, being ever so gentlemanly, opened the car door for Ye Feifei. At the moment of their farewell, his smile was slightly tipsy, like a tricolored cocktail, "This night, very nice! Your nonchalance is more charming than your proud beauty!"
Ye Feifei smiled, and as the night breeze arrived, her flowing wavy curls gently danced with the wind—Intoxicating as if Ascending to Immortality.
The night, with its clear moon and stars all visible in crisscross patterns, was perhaps truly intoxicating.
Shen Sirui suddenly walked to the trunk and took out a gift he had prepared, handing it to Ye Feifei with a charming manner and great politeness, "I think, for a girl as fresh and refined as you, commonplace things would not be appealing. Unfortunately, living in the mundane world, it's hard to avoid conventionality. I hope you like these yellow roses!"
Yellow roses?!
The yellow roses that symbolize pure friendship?!
—Can I dare to fantasize a bit? After all, it is still a rose…
It must be said, such a gift was impossible to refuse; they had clearly become friends, so how could she refuse yellow roses that symbolized pure friendship?
So it was that Ye Feifei simply reached out boldly and took them, her lips curving into a smile, "Thank you, I like them!"
With that, she turned gracefully in the enchanting night breeze and left as elegantly as a light breeze.
Shen Sirui's private message popped up on Weibo, "I'm really sorry, I had so much fun talking that I even forgot to ask for the beauty's phone number. So, Feifei, me asking now isn't impolite, right?!"
It was intoxicating as honey-laced wine!
Needless to say, that night, Ye Feifei naturally fell asleep in an immensely intoxicating dreamland.
Shen Sirui wasn't just bluffing; the next day, as she arrived at Hongyu, she suddenly felt that the people who had looked at her with disdain the day before were now regarding her as if they were seeing a dazzling star about to rise in their art circles, with a surprising amount of "fawning", although this supposed "fawning" wasn't too apparent.
Even Sister Zhang's tone when talking to her had completely changed, the annoying coldness vanishing like bubbles as soon as the wind blew!
Ye Feifei knew that whether she stood high or low, she must always maintain humility and confidence.
A phrase suddenly popped into her mind: Be not pleased by external gains, nor saddened by personal losses!
The day concluded under Xia Yichu's immensely relieved and confident gaze.
Yu Xiaowan that foodie, unbelievably changed her mind about going to watch a movie and instead dragged her to a roadside barbecue stall to eat skewers.
Lamb skewers, beef skewers, snail skewers, beef heart skewers… with a dazzling array, the few skewered lotus roots on the side looked particularly isolated.
—This foodie, really hopeless!
Ye Feifei couldn't help but complain, "Can't you balance meat and vegetables?!"
"Then let's have two more grilled corns!" Yu Xiaowan said lazily.
At her words, Ye Feifei rolled her eyes in exasperation and sighed, "Oh my goodness, who has upset you now? Do you need me to comfort you?!"
Yu Xiaowan across her rolled her eyes dramatically and threw the finished skewer stick towards Ye Feifei, spitting out, "Psh, I don't want it! Ugly rejection!"
In this world, probably only Yu Xiaowan had the guts to call Ye Feifei ugly to her face, who could blame her when Ye Feifei, in her prime age, had such exceptional beauty?
Feeling slightly deflated, Ye Feifei randomly picked a skewer from the plate and asked, "What's really going on?" Her eyebrows twitched slightly, and her dainty, butterfly-wing-like long eyelashes fluttered in the air, blocking the not-so-bright light, making her clear eyes seem like the moon reflected in a pool, almost hidden, "You're not still mad about me standing you up the day before yesterday, are you?!"
With that said, Yu Xiaowan exploded, "You knew you stood me up the day before yesterday, so you should pay for the meal today, and at least offer an apology!" Then, she raised her voice, "Boss, bring ten more beef skewers!"
At her words, Ye Feifei again rolled her eyes, feeling as if she could see a giant crow flying over her head, leaving behind a trail of grating, unpleasant caws: Yaa... yaa... yaa...
So this wasn't about her standing Xiaowan up, but more about remembering that she had splurged extravagantly at Gourmet Alley!
Ye Feifei felt quite helpless, and could only let her order.
Actually, watching the silly, adorable food-lover devour her meal was quite enjoyable!
Ye Feifei dazedly thought: For someone with anorexia, pairing them with a silly, adorable food-lover could practically cure them without treatment!
As she was lost in thought, Yu Xiaowan suddenly tapped her and asked with a frown, "What are you thinking about?! You're being so perfunctory even in apologizing?! I must have made friends with a fake best friend!"
Her pouting face was truly adorable, and Ye Feifei wanted to laugh, but she held it back, not daring to upset her at this moment.
Ye Feifei sighed softly, softening her tone, "Yes, yes, it's all my fault. How could I 'mistreat' my Xiaowan. I truly deserve to die a thousand deaths. Just eat whatever you want today, it's on me!"
"Hmm..." Only then did the food-lover look satisfied!
Ye Feifei sipped her milk tea and asked, "What exactly happened today? Did something happen?"
Yu Xiaowan tossed the half-eaten skewer onto the plate, fuming, "I got conned... That black-hearted fellow deliberately gave me defective products, and since I didn't inspect them lately, the red lipsticks I sold had to be massively returned. My Weibo is flooded now... sob sob..."
Listening to this, Ye Feifei couldn't help shaking her head inwardly, her best friend was good in almost everything, she just tended to be absent-minded and here she was, being absent-minded again...
At this, Ye Feifei could only comfort her, "Alright, alright, I'll go and scold him for you later tonight, happy now? Come on, eat up!"
Unexpectedly, the food-lover suddenly looked serious, a touch of sorrow in her voice, "Last time, didn't you end up in trouble because of the Water Army thing? I don't know how you are doing now. And now you have to stand up for me again, what if it becomes a nightmare again? Let's not, although Weibo is important, you are more important!"
Ye Feifei smiled in moved emotion.