Chapter 208: Living Together Finally Exposed

In the evening, after putting the musical instruments back into the activity room, everyone temporarily dispersed at the gymnasium entrance, went back to the classroom to pack their bags, and agreed to meet at the school gate.

Xie Shuchen went all the way back to the fourth floor of the Grade 1 teaching building, walked into Class 1's classroom, picked up his already packed schoolbag, and looked at Liu Shaowen standing beside him.

Not knowing what he was thinking of, Xie Shuchen laughed triumphantly twice, then said to Liu Shaowen: "Hey, do you have your cell phone with you?"

"What?" Liu Shaowen looked at the guy suspiciously, "I remember you brought your cell phone with you, right? Why are you asking me this?"

"Then I brought it." Xie Shuchen laughed, "I don't mean anything else, I just feel sorry for you, so remember to check your phone more and send you something nice."

"What the hell?" Liu Shaowen frowned, then suddenly realized, "It can't be some pornographic picture, right?"

"Who do you think I am?" Xie Shuchen snorted, put on his backpack and walked out of the classroom. "Just wait, don't beg me to give you more when the time comes."

"Heh." Liu Shaowen curled his lips, "Just brag."

After arriving at the third floor, Xie Shuchen saw Ying Chanxi waiting there.

Li Luo and Yan Zhusheng had just packed their schoolbags and walked out of the classroom.

The four of them gathered together, went downstairs together, and walked towards the school gate.

About a few minutes later, including Xu Youyu, Shao Youpeng and Niu Qingling, the seven people gathered.

Niu Qingling, a senior in high school and the president of the rock club, was the initiator of this dinner party. She took the lead and walked in front, saying to everyone:

"The hot pot restaurant we booked is next to Qianjiang University. The food there is pretty good, but the location is not very good, so there are usually not many people."

"Is it the Sichuan and Chongqing hotpot restaurant?" Xu Youyu asked, "The one on West Street. Zhu Sheng and I went there once before."

"Yes." Niu Qingling nodded, "It should taste good?"

"It's quite good." Xu Youyu nodded, "And there are indeed fewer people, so there's no need to queue."

Xie Shuchen and Shao Youpeng didn’t care what to eat at all; they came mainly for the people to eat with.

Now that I finally had the chance to have dinner with the goddess, I couldn't help but start chatting.

Li Luo was unusually quiet. After walking out of the gate of the No. 1 Affiliated Middle School, he walked along the busiest street between the Qianjiang University campus and the dormitory area, with a thoughtful look on his face.

This Ningshan Avenue, located in the area north of the river in Yinjiang District, is the only avenue that runs across the east and west, except for Yanjiang Road.

To the north is the Qianjiang University campus and Yanjiang Road, and further north is the surging Yinjiang River next to Qianjiang Road.

To the south is Qianjiang University’s dormitory campus and the foot of Ningshan Mountain.

Walk from the No. 1 Affiliated Middle School toward Qianjiang University, and cross the section of Ningshan Avenue in front of the south gate of Qianjiang University to reach West Street.

If you turn left, there is a tunnel that runs through the Ningshan Mountain and leads directly to the only subway entrance in Yinjiang District - South Station.

If you turn left at the intersection before arriving at the South Station and walk onto Qiushan Street, and walk a short distance forward, you will arrive at Yucai Middle School, the school where Li Luo and Ying Chanxi went to junior high school.

Go further and you will reach Jincheng Community.

Among them, including Qiushan Street, an intersection in the middle, and the West Street intersection in front of us, subway lines and subway entrances and exits will be opened in the future.

Among them, Qiushan Street is a newly developed business district. Compared with the deserted West Street, the return on investment is obviously lower.

So after following Niu Qingling all the way into West Street, Li Luo's eyes fell on the shops here.

Then he looked at the large open space across West Street.

It is said that the land has been acquired by the real estate company behind Times Tianjie.

But for some unknown reason, they just laid the foundation and no further work began.

Many people thought that this would fail.

Who would have thought that the new subway line in Yinjiang District of Yuhang City was officially finalized at the end of September 2015, and the last stop of the subway was set at the intersection of West Street.

Thinking of this, Li Luo looked at the Sichuan and Chongqing old hot pot restaurant in front of him and recalled it in his mind.

After the subway was built and the Times Street across the street was completed, this store became one of the few beneficiaries on this street.

In Li Luo's memory, Xu Youyu had brought him to this hot pot restaurant several times in his previous life. Sometimes it was quite busy and he even had to wait in line.

It's nothing like it is now, at dinner time on Saturday evening, the seats in the store are not even half full.

The main campus of Qianjiang University was moved to Yinjiang District in 07.

When it was first built, the stores on West Street used Qianjiang University as a gimmick to promote their products, saying that college students would boost consumption.

The result is.

The Ningshan Avenue area has indeed been boosted, but on the West Street side, people can barely get a sip of soup on weekends, and on other days, they can hardly even get a sip of soup.

This is actually a problem of traffic flow.

After all, Ningshan Avenue is right between the main campus and the dormitory area, and it has the most students coming and going.

There is nothing to attract traffic on West Street.

It was not until the subway entrance and Times Tianjie were completed that it became a new traffic entrance.

"What are you looking at?" Ying Chanxi followed Li Luo and walked at the back. Seeing Li Luo stop at the door, he couldn't help but waved in front of him, "What's so good about this store sign?"

"Nothing, I was just wondering if this Sichuan-Chongqing hotpot restaurant is authentic." Li Luo shook his head with a smile, and followed Ying Chanxi into the store.

As for whether it is authentic or not, Li Luo can only say that the food from other places, after arriving in Yuhang City, tastes more or less not authentic.

Especially something like Sichuan and Chongqing hotpot.

Li Luo used to think that the spicy food in this hot pot restaurant was already very spicy, and most people in Yuhang City could not stand this level of spiciness.

But in my previous life, I traveled to Sichuan and Chongqing with Xu Youyu. After tasting the slightly spicy hotpot there, I realized how big the gap is in the understanding of slightly spicy food between the two sides.

After entering the hot pot restaurant, the owner greeted them warmly and sat them at a shared table by the window.

Two hot pot tables for four people are put together, with two pots on the left and right.

Niu Qingling asked, "Who of you can eat spicy food better?"

Two boys volunteered to raise their hands, indicating that they could eat spicy food.

But Ying Chanxi and others looked at each other and shook their heads.

Niu Qingling then asked everyone to sit down, and told Xie Shuchen and Shao Youpeng to sit next to the hot pot on the left, and the rest to sit near the right.

"Let's put a hot pot on the left and a clear soup base on the right," Niu Qingling said, "this way everyone's tastes can be catered for."

At this time, Li Luo was sitting on the left side of the table on the right, and Ying Chanxi was sitting in the corner to his right.

On the opposite side were Yan Zhusheng and Xu Youyu.

To Li Luo's left is Xie Shuchen, and opposite him are Niu Qingling and Shao Youpeng.

The two good buddies didn't have any thoughts. After all, it was great to be able to have dinner with Ying Chanxi and Xu Youyu, and they didn't even dream of sitting with them.

Xie Shuchen was so excited that he quietly took out his mobile phone, took a picture of the desktop, then found Liu Shaowen's QQ and sent it to him.

[Xie Shuchen]: No need to thank me, although the hot pot hasn’t started yet, I already feel it’s delicious.

[Liu Shaowen]: What the hell? Why are you sending me photos of your dinner party?

[Xie Shuchen]: Guess who is sitting on my right?
【Liu Shaowen】：Who?
[Xie Shuchen]: Li Luo, our rock club is having a dinner together.

[Liu Shaowen]: Tsk, let’s just have a dinner party, why are you sending me a message?

[Xie Shuchen]: Have you forgotten what Ying Chanxi said after the exam last week? Guess who was sitting next to Li Luo?
【Liu Shaowen】: ??? 【Liu Shaowen】: You fuck!
[Liu Shaowen]: Showing off, right?!
[Liu Shaowen]: Which hot pot restaurant did you eat at?

[Liu Shaowen]: Is it near the school?

[Liu Shaowen]: You kid!
【Liu Shaowen】: Speak!

Looking at Liu Shaowen sending more than a dozen messages with a look on his face, Xie Shuchen felt like his face was about to be crooked with laughter.

But he had already had his fun, so he didn't reply to Liu Shaowen, so let him hold it in.

It is said that if you want to get close to Ying Chanxi, you must first get close to Li Luo.

This set of ideas was first summarized by Liu Shaowen.

But you, Liu Shaowen, only knew Li Luo in the literature club.

There are so many people in the literature club, but there are not many activities during normal times, so the friendships are not deep.

Unlike Xie Shuchen, who formed a band with Li Luo in a rock club with only a few people. Isn't their relationship a strong one?
It was only natural for Li Luo to invite Ying Chanxi to the dinner this time.

Thinking of this, Xie Shuchen couldn't help but give himself a thumbs up for his foresight.

Li Luo had no idea what Xie Shuchen next to him had done.

He just looked around and observed the layout of the hot pot restaurant.

To be honest, it's not much different from when he came here in his previous life. At most it's just been renovated, and the style is consistent.

Even for a store like this, I don’t know how much I can earn in a month.

Anyway, compared to the crowded hot pot restaurant in my previous life, it is definitely far worse now.

But as long as it persists for two more years, once the subway is completed, this hot pot restaurant will be able to make a complete turnaround.

There are only a few shops like this one left on this street.

More shop owners chose to quit midway and failed to catch the good times.

While Li Luo was thinking about this, two hot pot bases were brought up.

The ingredients they ordered were also served on the table.

After a few people went to the condiment table next to them to match their own condiments, they returned to the table and began to feast on their food.

Because Li Luo was sitting between two tables, he could have both the clear soup pot and the spicy hot pot.

Ying Chanxi, who was standing next to him, saw this and asked quietly, "Is the spicy hotpot delicious?"

"It's about the same, just a little spicy."

"Then give me a piece."

"Here." Li Luo took out the mutton rolls he had just put into the spicy pot after they were cooked and put them directly into Ying Chanxi's bowl.

Xie Shuchen, who was standing by, saw this and felt somewhat envious.

Family relationships are great, and I can even pick up food for Ying Chanxi openly like this.

At this time, Yan Zhusheng on the opposite side stretched out his chopsticks and wanted to pick up the cooked beef balls in the pot.

But I don’t know if it’s because I’m not skilled enough in using chopsticks, I tried for a long time but failed.

Li Luo on the opposite side was a little amused and helpless when he saw Yan Zhusheng's gaze coming over. He shrugged helplessly, stretched out his chopsticks, picked up the beef balls accurately, stood up and put them into Yan Zhusheng's bowl.

“Why can’t I pick it up?”

"You need to use smart strength, not too much force, and find the right balance." Li Luo said, "Your chopstick skills are not very good, you need to practice more."

"Li Luo, help me add some rice cakes in." Xu Youyu, who was standing diagonally opposite, pointed at the rice cakes next to Li Luo and ordered.

"it is good."

Shao Youpeng felt a little envious when he saw Li Luo busy, so he began to look forward to the opportunity when Xu Youyu asked him to help cook.

Unfortunately, most of the dishes were ordered in duplicate, one each of the spicy hotpot and clear soup pot, so Shao Youpeng didn’t get the chance in the end.

but.

Just as they were about to finish their meal, Shao Youpeng's cell phone vibrated a few times.

He took it out and saw that it was sent by his cousin Shao Heqi.

[Shao Heqi]: Brother, why didn’t you come back for dinner today?
Both families bought a house near the No. 1 Middle School, and they were right across the street from each other, so they would get together for dinner after school.

Today was no exception.

But Shao Youpeng told his family that he wanted to eat outside and did not go back.

So after dinner, Shao Heqi asked curiously.

[Shao Youpeng]: It was a dinner party of the rock club, and Xu Youyu was there, so I was sure to get in.

[Shao Heqi]: Oh, no wonder, it must be that senior girl from the second year of high school, right?
[Shao Youpeng]: Haha, I’m glad you know it. I must seize this opportunity.

[Shao Heqi]: Got it.

[Shao Youpeng]: By the way, didn’t you like Ying Chanxi very much before?

[Shao Heqi]: Yes, what’s wrong?
[Shao Youpeng]: Ying Chanxi is here today too. She came with Li Luo.

[Shao Heqi]: What? Ying Chanxi is also here?
[Shao Youpeng]: Yes.

[Shao Heqi]: Where are you guys? I'm going to go over and open a table next to you. Is it too late?
[Shao Youpeng]: This is a bit outrageous. Besides, we have almost finished eating.

[Shao Heqi]: Brother, why didn’t you say so earlier…

[Shao Youpeng]: I think you are not in the same class as her now, and we haven’t communicated much this semester. I think there is no hope, right?

[Shao Heqi]: What you said, then aren't you and Senior Sister Xu in the same class? I don't think there's any hope, right?

[Shao Youpeng]: What are you talking about!
The two brothers almost quarreled over this matter.

Fortunately, Niu Qingling saw that the hot pot was almost finished, so she suggested: "Are you in a hurry to go home tonight? If not, let's find a place to sit for a while?"

"Right, right, right." Shao Youpeng nodded repeatedly, "Let's play cards or something. After all, it's winter vacation, and we may not have time to get together afterwards."

Xie Shuchen also quickly echoed the comments.

After all, they were classmates who had been in the band together for a semester, so Li Luo had no intention of refusing. So he thought about it and said, "Why don't you go to our place? We don't have to look for another place."

"Your side?" Niu Qingling looked puzzled.

Xie Shuchen and Shao Youpeng on the side were also attracted by this sentence.

Ever since.

Ten minutes later.

The group of people who came out of the hot pot restaurant walked into the Bihai Lanting community and came to 1502.

When they saw Ying Chanxi and others skillfully put on the slippers at the door and helped them take out spare slippers from the shoe cabinet, Niu Qingling and the other two fell silent.

"You...you guys...usually live together?"

(End of this chapter)