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Lin Wanâs face turned red. There were so many people here, and this man was being so shameless!
âOh my god, you two! Get a room!â said Yang Ruoxi.
Lin Wan picked up two buns. She put one in Li Yanchenâs hand and the other in
Yang Ruoxiâs hand. âLetâs go out!â
Yang Ruoxi nodded and headed out of the kitchen with Lin Wan.
Lin Wan turned on the television in the living room.
âLi Yanchen, are you here to take Lin Wan away? I still havenât finished talking with her,â said Yang Ruoxi.
âWanwan, do you want to go back?â asked Li Yanchen. He was okay with whatever she wanted to do.
âI am fine with whatever. I donât have plans for tomorrow morning, but Mr. Li, donât you have work tomorrow? You need to wake up early if we stay here.â âThatâs alright. I donât have much work these days, so I can go a little late. secretary Han ana ASSIStant um can nanale tmngs ror now.â Ll yancnen 100Kea at Lin Wan. He understood that she wanted to stay here tonight. âThen, is it okay if we stay here tonight?â asked Lin Wan.
âOf course.â
Yang Ruoxi suddenly felt like a third wheel everywhere she went. In the kitchen, there was her father and Auntie Bao. Here, Li Yanchen and Lin Wan. She didnât have anyone here.
Yang Ruoxi sighed. âNo need to be so sweet. Consider the feelings of someone who is in a long-distance relationship, will you? I feel like a miserable single person right now.â
âI heard that distance makes the heart grow fonder⦠or something along that line.â
Lin Wan knew that Yang Ruoxiâs current boyfriend lived in another city.
âReally? I wouldnât survive like that. I even take Lin Wan on business trips if I can help it,â said Li Yanchen.
Yang Ruoxi felt even more miserable now. âAre you saying I should break up and find someone who lives close by?â
âOf course not. He doesnât mean that.â Lin Wan glared at Li Yanchen.
Lin Wan had only seen Yang Ruoxiâs boyfriend in videos. He had thick eyebrows and big eyes. He was a head taller than Yang Ruoxi.
Yang Ruoxi was from the south, while her boyfriend was from the north. Apart from the distance, they shared entirely different cultures.
However, Yang Ruoxi was hopeful. She had dated a foreigner before, and they had completely different cultures too. She hadnât broken up with him because of that. It was something else.
âTiantianâs fine. He wanted to come over when we returned home, but I refused. I told him to go and meet his parents first because I wanted to be considerate.â Yang Ruoxi sighed again.
âHis name is Tiantian?â asked Lin Wan.
âYes. I even sent him a video of us eating steamed buns. He said he wanted to be with me. He lives too far away from me. I feel bad for him. We are going back to the university in a few days anyway. I want to spend time with my family before going back.â âWhen are you going back?â âAfter New Yearâs Day.â
There was still a week left.
âTiantianâs grandparents are almost ninety years old. Heâs their only grandson, and heâs overseas all year round. Although I really want him to stay in Yun City, I canât be that selfish. I guess Iâll be alright. We just canât touch each other, thatâs all. Otherwise, itâs no different on a video call.â
âIsnât it difficult not getting to touch each other?â asked Li Yanchen.
Lin Wan stuffed a steamed bun in his mouth. âChew properly. You shouldnât be talking while eating. Youâll choke on the food. Be careful.â
He was comfortable talking with Yang Ruoxi. She was practically family. If Lin Wan didnât stop him, she was afraid he might blurt out something stupid. That night, everyone felt too full. They ate the buns as they took them out from the steamer. They couldnât even move.
Li Yanchen, Lin Wan, and Yang Ruoxi decided to take a walk around the village in the cold.
Tiantian called Yang Ruoxi. She jumped in happiness.
âBaoâer,â said Tiantian when the video call connected. The network wasnât very strong. âDid you miss me?â
Li Yanchen and Lin Wan covered their mouths and tried not to laugh.
Yang Ruoxiâs phone was on speaker. She hurriedly put her earphones in. âIâm taking a walk with Lin Wan right now.â
âHm⦠Did you miss me?â he asked again.
Yang Ruoxi glanced at Lin Wan from the corner of her eye. âYes,â she said softly.
âBao âer, my parents went on a trip along with my grandparents. Apparently, the trip is for the elders only. I didnât get to go. Iâm home alone and lonely,â he lied.
Tiantian was already at Yun City airport. He wanted to see if Yang Ruoxi wanted him to come to visit her.
He had traveled thousands of miles to visit the hometown of the girl he liked because he missed her too much.
âYouâre home alone?â
âYes. If I had known that my family had planned a trip, I would have gone to your place with you. I have never visited the South before. Itâs so cold here. Itâs -10 degrees Celsius.â Tiantian sneezed.
âAre you outside? Why is there a wall behind you?â
âI came outside for some fresh air. Is it cold there?â
âItâs cold but not as cold as it is there. Look at the frost on the vegetables,â said Yang Ruoxi as she switched the camera to show him the vegetable garden.
âBao âer, I really want to be with you.â
âWhen is your family coming home?â Yang Ruoxi asked.
âI donât know. They said they might not even make it back on the day I leave. Iâll have to leave for Country Y all alone.â
âWhy donât you come to Yun City? We can go together,â said Yang Ruoxi.
âReally? Will you take me to see your father and your grandmother too?â Tiantian smiled.
âMy dad doesnât know that I have a boyfriend yet. Stay at a hotel for a while. After I tell him, you can come to visit,â said Yang Ruoxi. She had been hiding her relationship from her father..