Chapter 389 - 134: Because of You
When the hotpot and dishes arrived, he raised his glass repeatedly, and with just a few words, had a group of girls laughing non-stop.
However, much to Xiaozhao’s dismay, he wanted to talk more with that round-faced girl, hinted twice at wanting to add her on WeChat, but she didn’t catch on.
But the round-faced girl curiously asked, "Oh right, you always say you’re life-and-death friends with Lu Sisi’s boyfriend, that Brother Yan, how did it become life-and-death?"
"It’s really a life-and-death friendship, Brother Yan saved my life!" Xiaozhao recounted the event, putting away his smile, and said seriously, "I’m not joking, it’s true."
The whole table fell silent, curiously looking at Xiaozhao, even Lu Sisi stopped speaking—this was a story Chen Yan hadn’t shared with her, and she was curious too.
"It happened last year, I went to Jiangbei with Brother Yan, and on the way back, while taking the cross-river ferry, I fell into the river.
I can’t swim, I almost drowned then. Luckily, Brother Yan didn’t hesitate for a moment, he dived right in and dragged me out.
If it hadn’t been for Brother Yan, I, Zhao Shanhe, would have been done for in the river that day!"
After finishing his story, Xiaozhao downed the glass of juice in front of him in one gulp, wiped his mouth, and earnestly said, "It’s a true story!"
The girls all fell silent.
This story indeed left some of them a bit shocked—regardless of agreement or not, everyone’s inherently selfish, and whether one would risk their life to save another is uncertain.
But generally speaking, people still admire those who can do such things—at least on the surface.
As for whether anyone inwardly disagreed, that was hard to say.
"Sisi, your boyfriend has such a good heart." The round-faced girl laughed, "He was brave and chivalrous."
Hearing this, Lu Sisi nodded seriously, "Chen Yan is a really good person!"
Just then, Lu Sisi’s phone, which was on the table, buzzed twice. She picked it up, glanced at it, and immediately showed a happy expression, got up, and walked outside the hotpot restaurant to take the call.
"President Zhao." A slightly skinny girl at the table laughed, "Why do you keep looking at our Yueyue? Do you want to add her on WeChat?"
"Yueyue" was the round-faced cute girl Xiaozhao had his eye on, second only to Lu Sisi in looks among them.
Though Xiaozhao was articulate, when it came to such matters, he was at a loss, his face reddened slightly, and he forced a smile, "I’m just thinking it’s rare to get to know some beautiful ladies, hoping for more opportunities to invite you all out for a meal in the future."
"Invite us, or invite Yueyue?"
"Uh, both, both." Xiaozhao chuckled, then stole a glance at the round-faced girl named Yueyue.
Yet Yueyue just smiled without saying anything.
This girl, named Yueyue, is the typical "Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and Shanghai only child," from a decent family background, at least middle class, with a house and car, possibly some assets, raised in wealth since childhood, and combined with her good looks, her standards were indeed high.
Though President Zhao was articulate, he was quite plain-looking, and dressed ordinarily, probably not someone from a wealthy family—if he were a true second generation wealthy, who would be working at a hotpot restaurant distributing flyers?
Such so-called "campus famous figures" really wouldn’t make it into her selection criteria.
Besides those top elite schools, the so-called celebrity figures from second and third-rate universities become ordinary people once they enter society, amounting to nothing.
If Xiaozhao were handsome, or even if not handsome yet already pursuing postgrad studies, or had passed civil exams, perhaps Yueyue would look at him more favorably.
But as just "President Zhao" from a second-rate school, who takes students to do part-time work, she wouldn’t think much of.
Yet, Xiaozhao was articulate, and though he didn’t manage to add Yueyue’s WeChat, he indirectly achieved success by organizing a group, suggesting they could gather often for small dinner parties, with him treating.
The group was finally set up, Xiaozhao happily created the group and pulled everyone at the table into it.
But when he tried to secretly add Yueyue alone, he found out her WeChat was set to private, blocking friend requests from group chats.
Xiaozhao’s heart sank.
His enthusiasm waned, making him less lively compared to earlier, but the girls took over, chattering excitedly among themselves, quickly shifting topics and leaving him out.
Gradually, no one spoke to Xiaozhao anymore, occasionally throwing a polite line his way in conversation.
But Lu Sisi, who had gone out to take the call, was gone for over half an hour.
Finally, when Yueyue looked around, her eyes lit up, and she loudly exclaimed, "Sisi! Where did you run off to, we... hey?"
Seeing Lu Sisi walk in from the hotpot restaurant, with a sweet smile on her face, she was obviously filled with the genuine sweetness of a girl in love.
She walked in from outside, holding the hand of a young man.
At first glance, he had a tall and upright build, probably over 1.8 meters tall, wearing a down jacket, and with a handsome and refined face, indeed a good-looking guy.
"Brother Yan!" As soon as Xiaozhao saw Chen Yan, he immediately stood up and went over to give Chen Yan a bear hug with a smile.
Chen Yan patted Xiaozhao on the back, "Sisi said you were treating her dorm friends to hotpot?"