Chapter 69: Chapter 35: Everything Is Based on Your Wishes
"It’s not that I’m unwilling to play matchmaker, but the main issue is that I don’t know what Zheng Qi is thinking. I can’t just go and make decisions for her."
Even if Zheng Qi was her little fangirl, she couldn’t do that.
Zheng Qi was a person, not an object.
Shen Yanzhi pursed his lips and said sincerely, "My apologies. That was thoughtless of me."
His attitude was sincere enough, and Jiang Li nodded in satisfaction. "But since Lu Zhi’an is your brother, I can help pass on the message. As for what happens after, that will be up to Zheng Qi."
Shen Yanzhi chuckled. "Honestly, if you can actually get him a dinner date, I reckon your place in Lu Zhi’an’s heart will be more important than his own mother’s."
Jiang Li took a step back, crossed her arms, and gave him a hard no.
’I don’t have a habit of randomly adopting sons.’
Her stomach picked that moment to GRUMBLE, and Jiang Li rubbed it awkwardly. "Let’s go. Weren’t we going to eat?"
Shen Yanzhi looked apologetic. "My mistake."
It was the dinner rush, and the restaurant was packed, with a long line of people waiting outside.
Just as Shen Yanzhi was about to get in line, a girl who looked eighteen or nineteen approached them. "Hi," she asked, "are you two also a party of two?"
"That’s right. I’m with my wife." Shen Yanzhi gestured toward Jiang Li.
The girl followed his gesture and met Jiang Li’s eyes. Mustering her courage, she said, "Miss, if you don’t mind, maybe we could share a table?"
Afraid they might refuse, she quickly added, "The wait for a table for two is really long, but if we go in as a four-top, there might only be a few groups ahead of us."
Hearing there were only a few groups ahead, Jiang Li immediately walked over and nodded. "Of course!"
’She had been about to suggest eating somewhere else if the line was too long.’
’But since the wait wouldn’t be too long, there was no need to find a new spot.’
Friendships between girls can be simple, sparked by a shared meal, a cute outfit, or a mutual dislike of something.
And just like that, while they waited for their table, the conversation turned to a song that was currently trending.
Hearing the two girls complain about it, Jiang Li couldn’t help but chime in with her own opinion. "I think you have to respect the original singer, and besides, the AI-generated covers are just terrible."
"Right? You think so too!"
"I even commented about it online, but I got totally roasted."
Jiang Li sighed in resignation. "People these days only care about what’s trending; they have no respect for the original artists."
Shen Yanzhi wasn’t very online, so he naturally had no idea what they were all talking about.
He just watched Jiang Li chatting happily with the two girls, feeling a little jealous.
However, it was rare to see her this happy, so even though he was jealous, he had to bottle it up.
His hands weren’t idle, though. He held Jiang Li’s tightly, as if it was the only way to feel even a little secure.
Shen Yanzhi just listened from the side as the conversation drifted from internet trends to fashion, from fashion to marriage, and finally, from marriage to skincare.
"Miss, what kind of skincare products do you use? Your skin looks so good!"
Jiang Li instinctively touched her face and smiled faintly. "Really? I don’t feel like my skin is all that great!"
"It’s true! It looks so supple and bouncy, it just makes you want to reach out and feel it."
The alarm bells in Shen Yanzhi’s head went off instantly. He pulled Jiang Li behind him. "You can’t."
One of the girls laughed teasingly. "My goodness, do you really have to be like that? Are you even jealous of us girls?"
Shen Yanzhi nodded. "Can’t be helped. My darling is just that popular. I have to fend off not only men, but women as well."
Jiang Li felt goosebumps breaking out all over her skin. She couldn’t help but poke Shen Yanzhi in the waist and whisper, "Do you have to be so cheesy?"
Shen Yanzhi turned his head, his tone slightly wounded. "Why wouldn’t I have to be? You were having such a good time chatting with them."
Jiang Li scratched her head in embarrassment. "They’re just a couple of young girls."
’And what was he getting so irrationally jealous about, anyway?’
Seeing the couple whispering to each other, one of the girls covered her mouth to stifle a giggle. "Wow, you’re really insecure, aren’t you? Getting jealous of other girls! If she were alone with another guy, would you blow up the Earth?"
"It wouldn’t go that far."
’He was a good, law-abiding citizen. He wouldn’t do something like blow up the planet.’
Amid their banter, their number was called.
Shen Yanzhi intertwined his fingers with Jiang Li’s and nodded toward the restaurant’s entrance. "Let’s go, it’s our turn."
It was a window seat. Shen Yanzhi had Jiang Li take the inner seat while he sat on the outside.
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