Chapter 634 - 195: [Return to the Domain Realm] (6100)_2
Chen Yan chuckled, "It’s fine, we’re brothers. Don’t worry about a little gasoline fee. I’m in a hurry to leave."
Zhao Shanhe immediately took out the car keys and handed them to Chen Yan, saying with a smile, "Then in a couple of days, when you have some free time, I’ll treat you to hot pot."
Chen Yan waved his hand and walked away with a smile.
Zhao Shanhe turned around and found his classmates looking at him curiously.
"What are you looking at?"
"Brother Zhao, isn’t that big G your car?" one classmate couldn’t resist asking curiously.
"That’s news to me. I already said that I borrowed it from a friend—where would I get the money to buy such an expensive car!" Zhao Shanhe answered nonchalantly, "Forget just me, even my parents couldn’t afford it."
It was clear that Zhao Shanhe noticed the round-faced girl among the classmates took two steps back, and the fervor in her eyes had diminished.
His heart stirred, and he instinctively searched around for the junior girl.
The junior girl had a pale face.
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The next morning, there were no meat buns—neither the ones with lymph meat costing one and a half yuan.
The junior girl simply didn’t show up.
The round-faced girl did, but she merely nodded and greeted him casually before walking away with a relaxed expression.
As for the junior girl’s "movie date," she didn’t contact Zhao Shanhe at all.
Zhao Shanhe suddenly realized that last night when he returned to the dorm, the junior girl didn’t message him on WeChat or chat with him.
Zhao Shanhe picked up the phone and opened WeChat, reviewing all his chat history with this junior girl since they met.
From the initial polite exchanges and small talk to gradually developing feelings and becoming increasingly proactive.
Then, as he became more active, she seemed to grow distant.
Later, when He Kang appeared, the junior girl grew even colder, often replying with just a few words to his lengthy messages. Or she would reply the next day with a simple: "Fell asleep last night."
Sometimes, she wouldn’t reply at all.
Then suddenly, when he started driving the big G and He Kang’s family encountered issues, cutting off their financial supply, the junior girl became eager with him.
In the WeChat chat history, she became the enthusiastic and proactive one, while he turned indifferent.
Then yesterday, Chen Yan deliberately came over to get the car in front of everyone, and he returned it, saying those words...
That night, the junior girl didn’t chat with him on WeChat anymore.
Moments later, Zhao Shanhe put down his phone, his gaze much clearer.
"Ha ha!"
He laughed.
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"Enlightened?"
"Enlightened! Totally enlightened!"
That night, at a barbecue stand, Zhao Shanhe pressed Chen Yan into a seat, holding a beer bottle with both hands, filled his glass with beer, and earnestly said, "Brother, I’ve completely understood! No more heart troubles!"
"Still going to fawn over her?"
"I’d be a fool to!" Zhao Shanhe shook his head.
Chen Yan smiled, then picked up his wine glass and drank it all at once.
Though it was just cheap Brave Adventure, Chen Yan drank happily.
This good friend of his, after all, was sensible.
Deliberately built him a Brother Fu persona and let him clearly see how some people flatter you, then confronts them publicly to dismantle that persona, further letting him see how the same person after flattering becomes contemptuous.
If he still doesn’t understand, Chen Yan plans to give up on this friend.
"Actually, you handled it well." Chen Yan smiled at Zhao Shanhe, "If you really wanted to get that green-tea junior girl, when everyone thought you were Brother Fu, she invited you to a movie, you could just go, and by the night you’d take her to a hotel, wouldn’t you believe that?"
"I believe." Zhao Shanhe laughed, but now his laughter was lighthearted and genuine, "But at the time, I already figured it out—honestly, bro, even if you didn’t come to return the car and play out that scene, I had already come to terms with it."
"No regrets? After all, you liked her once, and you had the chance to have her..."
"I’m not that stupid." Zhao Shanhe quickly shook his head, "Am I crazy! Knowing she’s dodgy, why would I keep a dodgy person around me? It’s my loss!"
Chen Yan was finally relieved—this brother had his wits about him.
He also picked up the beer bottle and poured Zhao Shanhe a glass, "This glass will be my early congratulations on my brother’s graduation."
Zhao Shanhe raised his glass, clinked with Chen Yan, and drank it all.
He was about to graduate, with only one week until the graduation ceremony.
"I’ll be out of town for a few days, I won’t be in Jinling Prefecture for your graduation, so tonight, us brothers drinking is my early congratulations to you." Chen Yan giggled, "Planning to go back to Great National Heng Inn after graduation?"
"Yes." Zhao Shanhe smiled, "My parents call me every day urging me to go back."
After a pause, he laughed, "In summer, there are many film crews in Hengdian, business is good, my parents want me to rush back right after graduation to join them in running around film crews, and quickly familiarizing myself with the family business."
Chen Yan nodded, "Planning to take over the family business?"
"I’ve got other ideas." Zhao Shanhe chuckled, "I’m thinking of developing a new business. Growing up in the film town, always watching my parents as extras running around film crews, seeing film crews shooting—The film industry there is too mature and well-developed, I have a new idea."
Saying this, he drank another glass of wine and said happily, "My new business idea will definitely have potential."
"What kind of business?" Chen Yan showed a bit of interest—he always knew Zhao Shanhe had brains, otherwise in his four years of university, he’d never have become the king of part-timers.