That afternoon, the girls in the class all noticed that Xu Ruotong was not wearing school uniform.

Not only was she not wearing a school uniform, she was also wearing only a thin white skirt in the middle of winter. She was really beautiful, but she was also "beautiful and freezing". When get out of class was over, I was shivering in my seat and was so cold. Shivering.

Yin Zhiyao looked at his bloated down jacket, looking like a chubby little penguin.

She felt that she would never become a girl like Xu Ruotong.

Xu Ruotong must have been really cold. When get out of class was over, she saw the down jacket that Yin Zhiyao was wearing and the school uniform was crumpled into the drawer, so she kindly begged: "Classmate Yin Zhiyao, can you please lend me your school uniform?" And me?"

Yin Zhiyao looked her up and down: "Is it your own?"

Xu Ruotong: "Because I have an important dinner tonight, I'm not wearing my school uniform."

When Yin Zhiyao saw that her lips were purple from the cold, he couldn't bear it. He simply handed her his school uniform and said in a low voice: "Wash it and return it to me."

"um. Thank you!"

...

Going home in the evening, I met Qiao Zhengyang on the way. He was riding Cheng Wan's bicycle. When he passed by Yin Zhiyao, he rang the bell: "Little puppy sister, do you want my brother to take you home?"

"Go away."

"Can you have a nicer attitude towards me?"

"cannot."

Yin Zhiyao didn't bother to pay attention to him and walked forward.

Qiao Zhengyang followed her slowly on his bicycle: "Get in the car, my brother will take you home."

Yin Zhiyao saw his bicycle and asked quickly: "Where is Brother Cheng Wang?"

"Three words cannot be separated from your brother Cheng Wang." Qiao Zhengyang said dissatisfied: "His grandfather arranged a dinner to meet the Xu family. Well...in layman's terms, it was a blind date."

Yin Zhiyao:......

No wonder Xu Ruotong is dressed so beautifully today.

Qiao Zhengyang: "By the way, are you familiar with Xu Ruotong from your class?"

"Not familiar."

"Are there so many boys chasing her?"

Yin Zhiyao said lazily: "Yes, there are many ordinary but confident ugly men like you chasing her."

Qiao Zhengyang: "What's the matter with you? Did I provoke you? It's like eating a firecracker."

"I think you care too much about Xu Ruotong."

"I'm a good brother who cares about me." Qiao Zhengyang got off the bicycle and pushed the bicycle with her: "I'm afraid that his good marriage will be cut off by others halfway."

"You like arranged marriages so much, why don't you ask your father to order a baby for you too?"

"I don't have that chance anymore. Besides, can our family compare with the Cheng family?" Qiao Zhengyang said casually: "Ten years ago, the Cheng family was also one of the leading technology companies in the country. That kid Cheng Wan was born.

With a silver spoon in his mouth, he is the pride of heaven and is so arrogant that when he was a child, he would not even look at me."

Speaking of Cheng Wan's past, Yin Zhiyao finally became interested and looked at Qiao Zhengyang: "Don't you have a good relationship?"

"That was later." Qiao Zhengyang said: "During the financial crisis in 2000, the Cheng family also suffered. His father was forced to cut his wrists and the bathtub was filled with blood. I heard that the first person to find the body was

Cheng Wang..."

Yin Zhiyao covered his mouth and looked at Qiao Zhengyang in disbelief.

"Then the Cheng family failed. The old man in the family supported the crumbling group while cultivating Cheng Huan. Their family didn't live here before, they lived in a top-notch mansion. The yard was as big as our community and was built like a palace garden. Later. Later.

After the house was sold, he moved here to live alone. Otherwise, a skinny camel is bigger than a horse. To Master Cheng, our Yunshuitai Community is like a slum devolved to the lower levels."

Qiao Zhengyang came closer to Yin Zhiyao and whispered: "I heard that the Cheng family has relied entirely on the support of the Xu family these years. Otherwise, do you think... with Cheng Wan's temper, could he let his grandfather arrange an arranged marriage?"

Yin Zhiyao's delicate brows frowned.

She always felt that Cheng Wan was not as happy as he looked. Even though he was always smiling, the way he smiled made people feel sad.

She really understood him now, understood what he said, and wanted to cry loudly in the rain.

He has been really depressed for a long, long time.

"Actually...Xu Ruotong is really good." Yin Zhiyao said to himself, as if speaking to himself: "She politely asked me to borrow something today, so she shouldn't be a bad girl."

He might not like her, and he might not be happy.

...

This dinner was just a small gathering between two families, and the venue was set at the Yazhu Box of the Century Hotel in Universal City.

The old man Cheng and the old man of the Xu family were former comrades-in-arms and had a very good relationship. Therefore, even though the Cheng family has fallen to this point, the Xu family still helps each other in many ways. The baby kiss they joked about at the dinner table many years ago seems to have some kind of tacit understanding.

The method has been settled.

In order to make his grandfather feel at ease, Cheng Wan dressed a little more formally, with a white shirt and black trousers, neat and tidy.

After Xu Ruotong entered the room, his eyes always fell on Cheng Wan intentionally or unintentionally, and he seemed to be quite fond of him.

Cheng Wan listened silently to the greetings and courtesy of the elders, and also toasted to the elders of Xu's family during the dinner.

Originally, the elders said that tea should be used instead of wine, but Mr. Cheng stubbornly let Cheng drink white wine.

Cheng Wan's character and abilities satisfied him, so all the hope for the family was pinned on the grandson who was about to become an adult.

At the same time, he also knew that his insistence on going his own way deprived him of his dreams and might even deprive him of his marriage. His father's career did not bring him blessings, but he bore the heaviest consequences.

Although he couldn't bear it, this was the path he had to take.

At the dinner table, the elders did not talk too much about company cooperation, but instead discussed their children's studies and life.

The achievements of Cheng Wang and Xu Ruotong and the many awards and honors they received made their parents particularly satisfied. At the urging of their parents, Cheng Wang added Xu Ruotong's WeChat account.

"Xiao Wang, you have good grades. Please help your sister study more in the future."

Cheng Wan said politely: "Sister Xu Ruotong's grades are among the best, I'm afraid I can't provide much help."

"No, this girl is very careless and easy to be proud and complacent. You need to encourage her more and make progress together."

The parents were afraid of embarrassing their children, so they did not mention the baby kiss they had promised when they were young. They just urged the two of them to have more contact with each other.

Xu Ruotong looked at Cheng Wan and asked curiously: "Which university will brother Cheng Wan go to in the future? Will he go abroad? My parents are planning for me to study in the UK. If brother Cheng Wan also has this plan, we can go together."

Cheng Wan said calmly: "I have no plans to go abroad. The level of several key domestic science and technology colleges is not inferior to that of top foreign universities. I think I can get a good improvement at home without going out."

Xu Ruotong was speechless for a moment.

Mr. Cheng was so shrewd that he could tell at a glance that Cheng Wan had a conflict with the Xu family girl.

But he didn't blame him, he just said calmly: "My sister asks you which university you want to go to, just answer it truthfully."

Cheng Wan nodded and said, "Beicheng University."

Beicheng University is a first-class science and technology institution in China.

Xu Ruotong said to her mother: "Mom, I think what brother Cheng Wan said makes sense. In fact, you don't have to study abroad. Beicheng University is very good."

Xu's mother saw her daughter's liking for Cheng Wan and said with a smile: "Yes, yes, whatever your brother Cheng Wan says makes sense."

Xu Ruotong blushed with embarrassment.

During the meal, Cheng Wan walked out of the private room and came to the corridor to get some air. Passing by the bathroom door, he saw Xu Ruotong washing his hands and a piece of school uniform fell on the ground.

He kindly walked over and picked up the clothes for her: "Your school uniform fell to the ground."

Xu Ruotong saw Cheng Wan and said generously: "Oh, this is not my school uniform. I borrowed it from a classmate because I accidentally rubbed it with oil and was going to throw it away."

"Isn't it a classmate's?"

"It doesn't matter. I'll just go to the logistics department and order another one to compensate her."

Cheng Wan saw the corner of the school uniform and drew a cartoon of a squatting puppy with a ballpoint pen.

This cute and naive puppy was drawn by Cheng Wan when he was bored and followed the scribblings on her desk when he was supervising her homework. It was a cute and naive cartoon dog about the size of a fist.

Of course, the tracing is not as good as her graffiti, but it is still vivid.

Yin Zhiyao was quite angry at the time and said that if he graffitied casually on his school uniform, he would be scolded by the dean.

Cheng Wang originally thought that she would wash off the puppy cartoon, but she didn't expect that not only did she not wash it, but she also applied a layer of hard protective glue on the pattern to preserve the pattern.

Cheng Wan said nothing, took the clothes and left.

Xu Ruotong thought he was going to help her throw away her clothes, and thought he was very considerate.

During the second half of the meal, Cheng Wang's enthusiasm waned and he no longer took the initiative to speak. He just smiled indifferently after the parents finished speaking.

Xu Ruotong was almost stunned by him, and could not see the perfunctory look in his eyes at all.

Mr. Cheng glanced at him many times, but he just ignored it. The whole meal was mostly chatting with the elders, and Cheng Wan no longer participated.

After dinner, the Cheng family's car stopped at the intersection. The old man asked Cheng Wan to get in the car, but he refused and said that he wanted to walk home. He sobered up on the way and had to review his homework when he got back.

The old man did not force him, he only said that he would go to Yunshuitai to see him tomorrow.

He knew in his heart that this boy had a very stubborn temper. For so many years, he seemed to obey his arrangements in everything. But in fact, his thoughts were deeper, his eyes were no longer bright, and he no longer had the simplicity and pride of the past.
To be continued...