Reborn: I'll Never Fail My Childhood Sweetheart Again

Chapter 704: Chapter 253: People Lie, But the Heart Doesn’t Lie! (Part 3)

The delinquent was stunned.

Speaking of which, I called Qin Shiqing during the day, but I only asked where they were going to have fun, and really didn’t ask her to stay.

At the time, my mind was full of how to face my childhood sweetheart, and whether old events would repeat themselves; I didn’t think about anything else.

It didn’t seem right to ask her to stay either.

But if I didn’t, it seemed a bit thoughtless.

Truly a dilemma.

"Zelin just has too much on his plate; after all, he ran around all day without rest and has a dinner meeting at night."

Lu Haoran spoke up for his good buddy.

Xiaoyanzi didn’t say anything more; she was just making a few random complaints.

"It’s my fault, I’ll head back to sleep first."

Su Zelin didn’t stay long in 5507; after confirming Qin Shiqing had left, he retrieved his room card and departed.

"Why is he so downcast? Could he have had a fight with Shiqing?"

Xiaoyanzi felt a bit puzzled.

She noticed something was off with Su Zelin.

"You’re overthinking it, Zelin’s probably just tired. A good sleep will fix it."

The straightforward person’s observation wasn’t that sharp.

On the other side, Su Zelin swiped his card to enter the room.

The lights came on, the guestroom was empty, and the beauty had already vanished.

The quilt was neatly folded, perfectly tidy.

The delinquent thought of something and pulled back the quilt.

Underneath was a plum blossom-shaped mark.

The hotel room service had called him during the day, and Su Zelin hadn’t requested to change the sheets.

The craziness of last night surged in his mind as the delinquent stared blankly at the plum blossom mark.

He finally came to his senses after a while, and suddenly noticed a small note on the bedside.

"I did it willingly, no need to feel sorry."

The handwriting was elegant, left by Qin Shiqing.

The delinquent remained silent.

Perhaps the childhood sweetheart had keenly sensed his inner conflict and didn’t want him to feel troubled, so she left of her own accord that night.

...

The next morning, in Minhang District, at a workplace internship dormitory.

Qin Shiqing, along with Xiao Yue and Deng Xiaoman, jovially walked out of the dormitory building.

The three of them had been assigned to the same place for their internship and were also living in the same dorm, usually going to work and returning together.

As soon as they appeared, a black sedan parked not far from the community gate started driving towards them and stopped beside the girls.

The car window rolled down slowly.

"Hey, gorgeous ladies, need a ride?"

Upon closer look, it turned out to be Su Zelin.

His appearance didn’t surprise Xiao Yue and Deng Xiaoman.

Both girls knew he had come to Shenghai.

Qin Shiqing had told them.

After all, if she didn’t come home last night, her roommates might worry if they didn’t know.

"Wow, such a thoughtful guy, coming so early in the morning to wait for his girlfriend?"

Xiao Yue teased.

"We won’t interfere as third wheels, haven’t even had breakfast yet, afraid we’ll get full on dog food later!"

Deng Xiaoman laughed as she tactfully declined Su Zelin’s offer.

"In that case, how about treating you two beautiful ladies to breakfast?"

Su Zelin handed out two paper bags from the car window.

"Thanks, handsome!"

Xiao Yue and Deng Xiaoman beamed with smiles.

Su Zelin was very considerate in human relationships, which was why he got along well with all of Qin Shiqing’s roommates.

If it were someone else, they might have only bought breakfast for their girlfriend.

The two paper bags were quite large, and when Xiao Yue opened one for a peek, she exclaimed in surprise, "Hey, aren’t these Nanyang Road rice rolls?"

The rice rolls were an authentic old Shenghai breakfast.

And the shop called Nanyang Road Rice Rolls was legendary in Shenghai’s rice roll scene, having been wildly popular since opening in 1992, a phenomenon that made it a must-visit, akin to a modern internet sensation.

"We went to try these last time on recommendation, and waited in line for half an hour, it was outrageous!"

Xiao Yue recalled vividly.

Besides the internship, of course, eating and playing were part of the experience in Shenghai.

She had checked into this rice roll shop, and it was her first time seeing a breakfast place with a line longer than the school cafeteria.

"Not just Nanyang Road rice rolls, there’s also Ah Da’s scallion pancake!"

Deng Xiaoman also took out another breakfast item from the paper bag.

This scallion pancake was quite something, featured on a documentary on BBS in later years, opening at six every morning with people lining up as early as four, earning a reputation of "two hours in line for five minutes of eating," showing how popular it was.

Besides that, there was also a serving of salty soy milk, from another long-established store.

Even though there were only three items, getting them was not easy; delivering them by eight meant possibly queuing up since five or earlier.

"Shiqing, thanks to you, we get such a rare and heartfelt breakfast, so we won’t hold back!"

The two girls chattered happily for a bit and left with the paper bags.

Qin Shiqing opened the car door and got into the front passenger seat.

The girl, having passed into adulthood, seemed to have a more radiant glow today, her skin so smooth it seemed to squeeze out water, exuding more allure.

Reflecting on that night, Qin Shiqing felt a bit shy.

Her state wasn’t normal that night, somewhat under the influence of alcohol.

However, Su Zelin’s sudden appearance, and specially buying these difficult-to-get old-brand breakfast items, truly gave her a pleasant surprise.

"Xiaolinzi, how did you know I was living here?"

Qin Shiqing was a bit curious.

Even Xiaoyanzi didn’t know where her internship dorm was.

Yet Su Zelin had managed to find her.

"The clever man has his ways!"

Su Zelin chuckled.

In fact, it was quite simple.

In the previous life, Qin Shiqing interned at this same place.

And he had visited Shenghai many times for her then.

Perhaps it was Yueyue or Deng Xiaoman who told him.

Qin Shiqing didn’t suspect anything.

Su Zelin had contact information for all her roommates, asking for an address wasn’t too difficult.