Jin Hanshuang fulfilled her promise and took Lu Yunshu to the most popular Pure K restaurant on Binhai Road for a meal.
Lu Yunshu sat quietly, watching Jin Hanshuang order food on her phone.
They had been eating out frequently lately and had gotten to know each other's tastes well enough to order for each other.
Before ordering drinks, Jin Hanshuang considerately asked if she could still drink cold beverages.
The drinks arrived first.
Jin Hanshuang placed a special orange drink in front of Lu Yunshu.
"Seeing that you always eat orange-flavored candies, I ordered you an orange drink too."
"Thank you," Lu Yunshu said, "I like it very much."
"You haven't even tried it yet."
"I'm saying it in advance."
"What if it doesn't taste good?"
"I trust your taste, Hanshuang."
"What if my taste is off?"
"Then..." Lu Yunshu looked into her eyes, "I'll pretend it's delicious?"
Jin Hanshuang couldn't help but laugh, "No need for that. If it doesn't taste good, just tell me, and we'll order something else. You need to be honest with your sister, okay?"
Lu Yunshu said, "Okay."
Then she looked at Jin Hanshuang without showing any emotion.
She knew, but she wasn't being honest right now...
The food arrived.
Jin Hanshuang habitually took care of people, placing the food in front of Lu Yunshu, starting with the braised pork rice.
It was her most recommended dish.
Lu Yunshu also said she wanted to eat it.
While arranging the snacks, Jin Hanshuang asked, "Have you eaten at Pure K before?"
Lu Yunshu helped out, "Friends have brought me here before."
It was Le You and her two friends.
They would always include her in new experiences if she wasn't busy.
Jin Hanshuang nodded knowingly and then smiled, "So, does our President Lu sing?"
Lu Yunshu replied, "I don't."
She smiled and said, "I only know how to eat."
Jin Hanshuang teased her like a child, "That's impressive."
Lu Yunshu echoed her, "Impressive."
Her tone was filled with laughter, and she was in a good mood.
"Copycat."
Jin Hanshuang pinched her cheek.
"Try this. If you like it, bring your friends next time, and maybe even someone you like."
Lu Yunshu didn't respond, smiling as she picked up the special orange drink.
It was sweet and sour, with a refreshing taste.
"It's very good."
"I'm glad you like it."
Jin Hanshuang felt relieved.
Lu Yunshu then tried a bite of the braised pork rice that Jin Hanshuang recommended: "This is also delicious."
Jin Hanshuang said proudly, "Right? The braised pork rice here never disappoints. At the last gathering, I recommended it to a younger sister, and she also said it was good."
Her tone was casual, without any particular meaning, just a passing mention.
But to Lu Yunshu, it sounded different.
Upon hearing the word "younger sister," Lu Yunshu's expression became serious, as if facing a formidable enemy.
"Younger sister? A new beauty?"
Jin Hanshuang thought for a moment and didn't deny it: "She is quite pretty, very gentle and quiet."
As soon as she finished speaking.
Two seconds later, a voice came from beside her: "Prettier than me?"
Jin Hanshuang turned to look at the serious Little puppy Lu.
"That's funny, what's there to compare?"
But she still thought about it for a moment, then turned her head back, not taking it seriously: "You two are not in the same league, each has their own beauty."
Lu Yunshu asked again: "Is she the kind of beauty you like?"
Jin Hanshuang chuckled softly: "If you ask like that, then there are too many beauties I like."
Lu Yunshu: "Is she one of them?"
Jin Hanshuang: "She's not."
Lu Yunshu understood, felt relieved, and was happy.
It was good that Jin Hanshuang wasn't with that younger sister.
"What's going on?"
Jin Hanshuang realized, her eyebrows furrowing.
"Why are you so hung up on this?
"Are you really trying to keep me single, thinking that if you don't date, I can't either?"
"......"
For Lu Yunshu, this was a difficult question to answer.
But seeing Jin Hanshuang's furrowed brows, she could only softly deny, "Of course not... I'm just afraid that with so many beauties around you, you'll forget about me."
Jin Hanshuang found it amusing: "I'm not someone who forgets friends for beauty."
Lu Yunshu seriously brought up an old grievance: "Last time, you said you were having so much fun that you forgot about me."
She remembered it.
Jin Hanshuang, heartless.
Jin Hanshuang: "..."
She couldn't help but laugh-what, holding a grudge?
"Silly, I was teasing you that day," Jin Hanshuang said, "I ate the candy, orange-flavored, I remember it clearly, I didn't forget you."
Upon hearing this, Lu Yunshu's mood brightened, her eyes sparkling, and her expression lightened.
She curved her lips into a gentle smile: "As long as you didn't forget."
Seeing her like this, Jin Hanshuang laughed even more happily.
The little puppy was so easy to cheer up, her eyes sparkling in an instant.
"Really can't do anything about you, little one."
"So when will you start dating?"
The topic suddenly changed.
Lu Yunshu was stunned for a moment.
"Changing the topic so quickly?"
"Haha, isn't that how conversations go? Sister is just concerned about you."
"Thank you for your concern, sister, but I don't know either."
She didn't know, and perhaps even the heavens didn't know.
No one knew if Jin Hanshuang would ever like her, or be willing to be with her.
Jin Hanshuang started to feel sorry for her again, her expression becoming tender.
She patted her head, then patted it again: "Poor little Lu... But it's okay, I believe you'll have a result soon."
"Why?"
"Isn't she very close to you?"
"...Hmm?"
Lu Yunshu's brows furrowed slightly.
Why did that sound a bit off, as if she had seen it with her own eyes?
Did she realize it?
But if she realized it, why was her reaction so detached?
Jin Hanshuang noticed her confusion, smiled, and withdrew her hand: "I saw you with the person you like."
Lu Yunshu was taken aback.
"Saw... what?"
Where did she see it? In a mirror?
When?
When they were looking in the mirror together...?
Jin Hanshuang: "At Sifang, I went to pick up Wenxin that day and saw you two."
Lu Yunshu's memory started to revive bit by bit with her words.
"You gave her a big bouquet of red roses."
Red roses...
"And two gifts."
Two gifts...
"One was a pearl necklace from our Shen family, and the other was the one we picked out at the gift shop that day."
-Le You.
The correct answer appeared in her mind.
Lu Yunshu was silent for a moment, or rather speechless.
Who would have thought Le You would appear between them in this way?!
"Hanshuang, she's not the person I like," Lu Yunshu directly cleared up the misunderstanding, "She's my friend, we have a very good relationship."
Now it was Jin Hanshuang's turn to be stunned.
"Not the person you like??"
"Then why did you give her flowers?"
"I didn't give them to her, she brought them herself."
"And the gifts? Didn't you say those gifts were for someone you like?"
"Some were for someone I like, and some were for friends."
"......"
There was a brief silence between them.
"Pfft."
Jin Hanshuang was the first to laugh.
Her smile was full of helplessness and a bit of embarrassment.
"Sorry, I misunderstood you."
She should have asked at the time.
But it's not too late now.
Lu Yunshu smiled helplessly: "It's okay, as long as the misunderstanding is cleared up."
But Jin Hanshuang's curiosity was piqued again.
Because the person Lu Yunshu liked was still a mystery.
She couldn't help but cross a small boundary: "So who is the person our Yunshu likes? Not planning to tell your sister?"
She crossed her legs and rested her chin on her hands, looking at Lu Yunshu.
Lu Yunshu looked back at her the same way.
Like two little kids.
They stared at each other.
The warm orange light fell on them, illuminating their faces and the light in their eyes.
Jin Hanshuang saw a gentle curve slowly form at the corner of Lu Yunshu's mouth.
"I'll tell you later," Lu Yunshu said, looking into Jin Hanshuang's eyes, "I won't keep it from you forever."
It was a very ordinary sentence.
But in Jin Hanshuang's ears, it made her slightly dazed.
What does this mean... Something feels off.
......
They went home.
Today's activity was just having a meal at Pure K, and they each drove their own cars.
Jin Hanshuang had something to do after the meal, so driving herself was more convenient.
Lu Yunshu's small group chat was still buzzing.
Every time Lu Yunshu went out alone with Jin Hanshuang, they would gossip.
They asked her what happened, if she had gotten closer to her sister, if she saw any hope... they loved to ask everything.
Lu Yunshu sat in the car, looking at the chat history, and suddenly remembered that misunderstanding.
[Lu Yunshu]: We got along well today
[Lu Yunshu]: But I just found out something
[Fan Jia]: Spill it
[Le You]: Spill it
[Little Fanfan]: Spill it
[Lu Yunshu]: The day Youyou came back, when we went to Sifang for a gathering, Hanshuang was also there
[Lu Yunshu]: She saw me and Le You waiting for the elevator
[Le You]: Oh, I have a part in this?
[Le You]: Did she say anything about me, did she think I was pretty?
[Le You]: [Hehe.JPG]
[Lu Yunshu]: She did, she thought you were the person I liked
[Le You]: ?
[Fan Jia]: No way
[Little Fanfan]: So ridiculous hahahahahahaha
Miss Le, the person involved, said:
[Oh no, I've become part of their complicated love story again]