Chapter 366: Chapter 366: The Spoiler
Listening to the two of them bicker in the back seat, Feng Yiping was very comfortable. It was just like when the three of them used to bicker while riding to school.
However, this situation will probably only last a few more years. After they get married and have kids, this scene will probably only be a memory.
By the time Gao Zhiyi helped them book a private compartment, their bickering had already turned to politics and current affairs. Xiao Zhijie must have read a lot of celebrity biographies in the university library, and could often quote specific years. Xiao Zhijie obviously had the better of the argument, and Feng Yiping, who also knew very little about this subject, could only help him out from time to time.
On the other side, Yu Lian took Huang Jingping by the hand and discussed the small bag she was holding, even trying it on her own body to see how it looked. They looked very close to each other.
After just one cup of tea, Feng Yiping received a call from Zheng Jiayi, who had already arrived nearby and was asking for Feng Yiping's exact address. He didn't know the address either, so he simply said he would go downstairs to pick her up.
'Yiping picked up a high school classmate?' Wang Changning asked.
'Yes, and she's a pretty girl,' Huang Jingping answered with a smile.
'Really? How pretty?' Xiao Zhijie was the only one who could ask this.
'You'll see soon enough, but this classmate of his is no small potato. Her mother is our mayor.'
'Really? Our mayor's daughter is Yiping's classmate?'
Now, not only Xiao Zhijie and Wang Changning, but even the girl Yu Lian couldn't stay calm.
'Yes, Yiping even went to her house twice,'
'Mayor Fang? He was also the former principal of No. 1 Middle School, so it's normal for her daughter to study there,' Xiao Zhi Jie had even researched Mayor Fang's resume.
'This is the room,' Feng Yiping's voice sounded outside the door, and they all stopped gossiping and looked at the door.
A long-haired girl in a beige trench coat walked in. She lowered her head to untie the sapphire blue scarf around her neck, with a faint smile between her eyebrows. She took a quick look around, and stopped at Huang Jingping's face. 'Hello, Jingping,'
'Jiayi, come and sit over here.'
'This is my high school classmate Zheng Jiayi,' Feng Yiping introduced Zheng Jiayi first, and she smiled and nodded to say hello to everyone, 'Hello everyone!'
Feng Yiping then introduced the remaining three people, and noticed that when they spoke to Zheng Jiayi, they didn't really let loose. Did they all know her background?
'Okay, beautiful, let's order,' Feng Yiping said to the waiter who had followed them in. They had been sitting there for more than ten minutes, and the young girl in charge of the private room wasn't very calm either. She had already come in and asked once in the middle, and now it was the peak seating time, and the private room was very popular.
They had already studied the menu, and Xiao Zhijie handed Zheng Jiayi the one in his hands, 'Zheng, what would you like to order?'
'You guys go ahead, this is my first time here too.'
'Do you have any food allergies?' Not to ask what she likes to eat, but only what she doesn't like to eat. This is a technique Feng Yiping taught them in junior high school, and Xiao Zhijie used it well.
'It's all fine,' Zheng Jiayi said with a smile, taking a sip of tea.
'You're being too modest. You should say that she can handle anything with four legs except tables, and anything with two legs except people,' Feng Yiping said, cracking a joke.
Zheng Jiayi laughed back, 'That's if it's you!' freewebnσvel.cøm
However, once the joke was cracked, the previously somewhat stiff atmosphere improved.
'Ahem,' Xiao Zhijie coughed deliberately, and with a raised eyebrow, he saw Yu Lian and Wang Changning over there huddling together again, whispering and laughing at the menu, while it had been quiet over here, and they were oblivious to it.
Finally, the dishes were ordered, and the waiter, who had been eyeing them suspiciously, became enthusiastic again, and even took the initiative to come back and refill their tea. This is how the so-called "big shops bullying customers" develops, I'm afraid.
'By the way, Zheng, where is your boyfriend? Why don't you bring him over so we can meet him? I can help our class monitor choose a suitable partner.'
'Fine, but don't call me beautiful again. Jingping, does he call everyone beautiful, from forty-year-old aunties to four-year-old girls?'
Feng Yiping had just called the waitress beautiful, and they had all seen it.
'No, he has never called me beautiful,' Huang Jingping said, half-joking.
Feng Yiping thought about it and it seemed that it was true. This beauty seemed to really be his external title.
'Don't change the subject. You're in your second year of university, so tell me, how many people are attacking your fortress?'
'Fortress?' His strange analogy made Zheng Jiayi unable to laugh or cry. 'I really don't have the heart for this right now, I just want to study hard. I'll think about the rest when I start working!'
'Then you will definitely regret it. In the past, people said that if you didn't join the army, you would regret it for the rest of your life. Now, if you don't have a relationship while you're in college, you will definitely regret it for the rest of your life.'
'Jingping, you heard what he said, so you have to be careful and watch out,' Zheng Jiayi was very cunning and would change the subject at every opportunity.
'I don't have that problem. I started dating in high school, so those things that only start in college are all leftovers for me.'
The dishes came one after the other. Feng Yiping ordered yellow wine and asked that it be served warm in the kitchen. It wasn't strong, so it was warm and pleasant to drink. It felt quite good to drink it in the cold winter, and even the three girls each poured a small glass.
'By the way, Jiayi, where you live, is there an armed police station?' Xiao Zhijie took the opportunity to ask Zheng Jiayi.
Zheng Jiayi was taken aback and looked at Feng Yiping. Next to her, Huang Jingping said, 'Sorry, Jiayi, I just told them your identity.'
'These are all our own people, there's nothing to keep secret. It's not often that I have a classmate whose family is high-ranking officials, so I can't show off a little!' Feng Yiping said.
You couldn't care less, Zheng Jiayi thought.
'Don't worry, he doesn't have any bad intentions. My classmate has been obsessed with officials since childhood, and his favourite thing to read is the biographies of political figures,' Feng Yiping explained.
'There is a door at the entrance, but I think it's going to be closed,'
'Does Mayor Fang have endless meetings every day?' Xiao Zhijie asked again. There was nothing he could do. For ordinary people, the leaders they saw on the news were always in meetings, except for meetings.
What kind of problems are these? Zheng Jiayi looked at the somewhat over-nourished guy next to her.
'I'm not really sure about my mother's work, but it seems like she does have a lot of meetings, and she often works overtime and comes home late,'
'Come, let's drink a toast to the hard work of our parents,' Feng Yiping proposed, raising his glass. If they continued chatting, Xiao Zhijie might ask Zheng Jiayi to take him on a tour of the city hall.
Finally, the topic was changed, and Zheng Jiayi was also relieved. Some second-generation officials can't wait to flaunt their title, while others are reluctant to mention their status in front of outsiders. She was in the latter group.
'There will be a meeting at the convenience store the day after tomorrow to entertain those suppliers. If you're free, do you want to go with me to join the fun? It's being held at a five-star hotel, so it'll be pretty nice,'
As soon as he finished speaking, the door to the private room opened, and in walked not a waiter, but a young man with a centre parting and a silk scarf around his neck, who seemed about the same age as them. Behind him, a companion with a smile on his face followed.
The young man in front of them saw Zheng Jiayi sitting there at a glance, and his eyes lit up. 'Haha, Jiayi, what a coincidence, I knew you would be here as soon as I saw the cars in the parking lot.'