Zhou Jing's eyes moved and he checked the records. These were the chat messages from around eight o'clock last night.

[Li Xiaoyin: Brothers, come out and have a meal! @everyone]

[Xu Lingyun: As a qualified marginalized person in society, I refuse to participate in any activities that spend money]

[Li Xiaoyin: Don’t worry, I’m treating you this time, and I’ll announce something big then!]

[Xu Lingyun: If you want to say that, then I have to go out and have a good meal...Listen]

[Zhang Xiao: What’s the big deal? Is someone willing to marry you? 】

[Xu Lingyun: Who is the victim? Is he currently emotionally stable? 】

[Li Xiaoyin: Huh, you are just talking nonsense! Let me tell you, this time I really changed my life against the will of heaven! Wow hahaha!!!]

[Xu Lingyun: Got it, I caught Kaizi]

[Li Xiaoyin: Do you want to loose skin? Really?!】

The corners of Zhou Jing's mouth curled up unconsciously, and his whole body relaxed.

Best friend... This group chat includes him, there are four people in it, all of them are die-hard friends who grew up together.

We played together when we were kids and we were together when we were in school, and we have a pretty good relationship.

It wasn't until we graduated and everyone was busy with their own affairs that we saw each other less, but we still often chatted and had dinner together in the group.

When he was in school, Zhou Jing was very popular and had many friends, but the only ones who could be called best friends were these three.

He continued to scroll down the message records.

[Li Xiaoyin: Seriously, how about we go out for dinner tonight? If I don’t tell you the good news today, I won’t be able to sleep! (rolling)]

[Zhang Xiao: It’s already after eight o’clock before we have a dinner date?! Sister, don’t think about it, I’ve already finished my meal!]

[Xu Lingyun: Anyway, I’m fine. I haven’t eaten all day and I’m still hungry. As long as someone treats me, I’ll crawl over! 】

[Zhang Xiao: You can tell me what the good news is now]

[Li Xiaoyin: No, this is a major event in my life. It would be too disrespectful to say it in a group, so I have to say it in person]

[Zhang Xiao: Have you found a job like me? 】

[Xu Lingyun: What? Looking for a job? Why are you willing to surrender? What if we all agree to be noble rice bugs together? What about gathering the wool of interstellar colonialism as promised? @Everyone]

[Zhang Xiao:???Who told you this?]

[Li Xiaoyin: @张晓, you can throw it away. What do you call finding a job? You go to work in your home company! Your family pays you a salary and the money is internally digested. So what do you earn?

It’s not the same as pocket money!]

[Zhang Xiao: There is no need to calculate so clearly...]

[Li Xiaoyin: @zhoujing, Jingjing, why don’t you say anything? When will you have time to give me an accurate letter!]

[Li Xiaoyin: Are you asleep? Baby, wake up! @zhoujing]

The next few messages in a row were all messages from Aite.

Zhou Jing thought for a while, picked up his phone and called back.

[Zhou Jing: I fell asleep before and didn’t look at my phone. I have time during the day]

After the message was sent, he saw that it was a bit late and planned to put down his phone and go get something to eat.

However, he did not expect that there would be an immediate reply in the group.

[Li Xiaoyin: Haha, Jingjing finally bubbled up! 】

[Xu Lingyun: Good guy, what’s your schedule now? You went to bed at around eight o’clock last night?!]

[Zhang Xiao: Jing, are you weak? 】

Zhou Jing's mouth twitched.

What the hell, everyone is awake at this hour, don’t you all need to sleep?!

[Li Xiaoyin: Hey, everyone is awake, why don’t we just make an appointment for a midnight snack, just in time to share my good news, so I can sleep well tonight and get up and walk! 】

[Zhang Xiao: Well, I think it’s okay. I just happened to be playing games until I got hungry]

[Xu Lingyun: I was ready to go hungry for another day, but now I eat, tsk, no challenge at all]

[Zhou Jing: This is too sudden, I haven’t even brushed my teeth...]

[Li Xiaoyin: @zhoujing, let’s go, since you just woke up, it’s time for breakfast! 】

Zhou Jing scratched his head.

Deciding to go out for a late-night snack in the middle of the night? It does seem like something a group of besties would do.

Nightlife in this era is already abundant, and many shops are open around the clock... Mainly because mechanical workers do not need to rest and can squeeze unlimited amounts of money. Not to mention 996, they are all 007.

Zhou Jing thought about it and realized that it wasn't impossible. Anyway, he had just returned and there were still more than ten hours left before the shuttle could cool down. There was nothing urgent.

People are like iron rice. If you don't eat a meal, you will feel hungry. It will be the same no matter where you go to cook. If someone treats you, you will save money. After all, I don't have much money at the moment.

In addition, Zhou Jing was also a little curious about what good news Li Xiaoyin said.

Although this woman usually makes noises like this, shouting every day that she has found an opportunity to change her life, and she has reached the pinnacle of her life since then, but given her financial situation, it is still rare that she is so excited that she treats guests.

"Then let's go and rub it."

Thinking of this, Zhou Jing did not refuse. After deciding the place and time for the supper in the group, he put on his sweatshirt and went out to keep the appointment.

…

…

Even late at night, the sky is colorfully rendered with flashing neon lights, like a city that never sleeps.

Zhou Jing took a public train and arrived at the dinner venue.

As soon as he got off the car, he noticed a man squatting on the curb, wearing a long-sleeved coat, with his hands in the sleeves, looking like an old farmer.

This man also noticed Zhou Jing, his eyes lit up, he hurriedly raised his hands in his sleeves above his head, waved repeatedly, and shouted:

"Brothers, brothers, I'm here!"

Zhou Jing took a look and saw clearly that this man was a handsome man with sharp eyebrows and starry eyes, but his chin was covered with sparse stubble that he was too lazy to shave, and his whole body exuded a decadent and lazy temperament.

It was my childhood friend, Xu Lingyun.

Zhou Jing walked over: "Where are the other two?"

"The two goods haven't arrived yet, so I was the first one to come." Xu Lingyun was still squatting on the ground and answered with his head raised.

Seeing this, Zhou Jing also squatted down and said strangely:

"You're usually never late, so why are you here the earliest today?"

Xu Lingyun groaned: "I've been hungry all day, and I'm just waiting for food. Of course I have to come early."

"It's just a meal, don't you think..."

"No, but my savings have their own ideas." Xu Lingyun shrugged.

Zhou Jing's mouth twitched.

He almost forgot that Xu Lingyun's life was quite stable - poor and very stable.

This child had a rough life. His parents were originally from a rice-worm family. However, due to one of the parents' physical defects, he was unable to make up the three quotas for maternity benefits, and eventually divorced. His mother formed a new family with someone else, and his father was eyeing immigration welfare benefits.

, who participated in the first few batches of interstellar immigrants, abandoned him, and he was left to live alone from then on.

Xu Lingyun did not choose to go to a nursing home and grew up alone without anyone caring about her.

He has also made efforts to change the current situation, but he has never been able to immediately reverse the real situation once he has the determination. Many times he does not even know how to start. Sometimes a life of poverty and suffering is like seaweed. He wants to break free but sinks deeper and deeper into the vicious circle.

cycle.

Later on, Xu Lingyun just muddle along. He said more than once that his life plan was to live on welfare. Anyway, in this era, it was almost impossible to starve to death. It was better to just be a salted fish. It was true that he could lie flat.

Zhou Jing shook his head and shook off these thoughts.

He patted Xu Lingyun on the shoulder and joked: "It's okay. With your looks, a little tidying up, and just hanging with a rich woman, good times will come."

"Pull him down." Xu Lingyun rolled his eyes and curled his lips and said, "I have no interest in doing manual labor."

After a pause, Xu Lingyun suddenly pushed Zhou Jing with his elbow and smiled evilly:

"Then how are you doing recently? I know there are many older sisters who like you, a gentle young man. Please tell me honestly. Have you been in love recently? Have you been corrupted by the beauty of the world?

"

"How could I have such thoughts?" Zhou Jing shook his head and laughed.

"That's right, I almost forgot. When I was in school, those female classmates confessed their love, half to you and half to me. I promised at least two or three times, but you never agreed..."

Xu Lingyun said, hesitated for a moment, and asked quietly:

"You don't like girls, do you?"

"I think you're like an eagle burping - you've eaten too much chicken and you're talking nonsense."

Zhou Jing was not angry.

I should just concentrate on my studies!

Xu Lingyun shook his head and pretended to sigh: "You must have something wrong with us. With our looks, it's so difficult to stay clean."

Zhou Jing rolled his eyes: "Just pretend, pretend I don't know? You will blush if you hold a girl's hand, why are you pretending to be in love with me?"

"Why are you blushing? My face is rich in blood vessels and I accidentally became congested!"

Xu Lingyun was ashamed and annoyed.

Zhou Jing didn't bother to point him out. He stood up, kicked Xu Lingyun's butt and said:

"No more chatting with you. Don't squat here. Go to the restaurant and wait. I'm a little cold."

After saying that, he was about to take a step, but found that Xu Lingyun was still squatting on the spot, looking up at him eagerly.

"Why are you still squatting? Let's go." Zhou Jing was surprised.

"Hold my brother, I don't have the strength to stand up." Xu Lingyun reached out to hug him.

Nonsense, I’ve been hungry all day, it’s weird to have enough strength...

Zhou Jing had no choice but to reach out and grab Xu Lingyun when he suddenly made a move.

"Speaking of which, you didn't go to the restaurant before and were squatting here all the time. Are you just waiting for someone to arrive and help you up?"

"You're the only one who's smart, why don't you do it faster?"

Zhou Jing's face twitched, he held Xu Lingyun's hand and pulled him up from the ground.

Xu Lingyun had a rescued expression on his face. His legs were numb after squatting for too long. He kept oopsing and helped Zhou Jing move slowly.

Not long after, the two finally arrived at the appointed restaurant, found a booth in the corner, ordered drinks and waited.

About five minutes later, a man and a woman walked into the restaurant, and it was the other two boys.

The man's name is Zhang Xiao. He is a chubby little man. He is wearing a woolen windbreaker, a beige scarf around his neck, and a well-made mechanical watch on his hand. He looks like he comes from a good family.

The other woman is Li Xiaoyin. Her clothes are simple, with wide white and green striped short-sleeves, blue casual trousers, black and white flat canvas shoes, and no other accessories.

She has fair skin, a slender neck, and her facial features without makeup are not stunning, but they reveal a sense of cleanliness and agility. She has a neat ponytail that sways as she moves.

Li Xiaoyin looked around the restaurant and saw Zhou Jing and Xu Lingyun. Her eyes suddenly lit up and she said hello loudly:

"Yo, guys!"

The sound was really loud, and other diners in the restaurant couldn't help but turn their heads and cast strange looks.

Li Xiaoyin was not embarrassed at all. She smiled heartily and calmly raised her hand to make an apology gesture to the other diners. Then she ignored other people's looks and trotted all the way to Zhou Jing's seat and sat down.

Zhang Xiao was a little embarrassed, pretending not to notice the gazes of other diners, keeping his expression tight so that he could not look away, and took a seat behind Li Xiaoyin.

"You two came together?" Zhou Jing was a little curious.

"Haha, doesn't this guy have a car? My home is far away, so I asked him to drive me here."

Li Xiaoyin laughed and patted Zhang Xiao's back carelessly, making a muffled sound.

Zhang Xiao bared his teeth, moved his aching back, and said angrily: "Let's order first."

"Order! Order whatever you want! I'll treat you today!"

Li Xiaoyin waved her hand and spoke boldly.

Xu Lingyun smiled and said: "No wonder you are so beautiful today. You caught everyone's eyes when you came in."

"Is there any necessary connection between this?" Zhang Xiao couldn't help but question.

"The person who entertains guests is always the prettiest!" Xu Lingyun gave a thumbs up.

Zhang Xiao suddenly became angry: "I treat guests a lot, and I don't see you praising me."

"First of all, you must have basic conditions. You must at least look like a human being. Otherwise, praise will feel like ridicule. So do you have this condition? Obviously you don't."

"Hey, I'm not convinced, you..."

When Zhang Xiao rolled up his sleeves, he had to pull them apart.

Zhou Jing rolled his eyes, not wanting to pay attention to the bickering between the two, and looked at Li Xiaoyin curiously.

"Have you found a job? Are you so happy today?"

Li Xiaoyin waved her hand and said: "That's not true. I haven't applied for a job in the past few months since I graduated."

"What are you doing then? What's the good news in your group?" Zhou Jing was surprised.

"Hmph, don't be scared."

Li Xiaoyin smiled proudly, put her thumb on her chest, and said loudly:

"Sisters, I am a superpower now!"
Chapter completed!