Song Jiaye and Li Qiyu were completely unaware of the conversation between Ming Yuexin and Lu Xingqi. They got in the car after going out and were ready to head back.
On a day off, the cars on the road moved forward in fits and starts. Whether it was a BMW or a Benz, they were all stuck in the traffic.
Song Jiaye's car was no exception.
The wait in the traffic was extremely long. Li Qiyu lifted the car curtain and curiously peeked outside. The most prominent feature of this road was the large number of cars and few pedestrians. There were some high - end restaurants on both sides of the road, with high - end consumption.
Li Qiyu rested her head on the window, looking around listlessly.
Suddenly, her eyes lit up.
Wasn't that Zhou Donglin? Oh no, wasn't that Song Yunsheng? The woman beside him also seemed quite familiar.
Zhou Donglin had changed! In the ancient times, he remained a bachelor until she jumped off the building, but here in this world, he seemed to be having a great deal of romantic luck.
Afraid that she might have misseen, Li Qiyu woke up Song Jiaye, who was pretending to sleep beside her, and asked, "Is that Song Yunsheng?"
Song Jiaye lifted his eyelids and took a look. He recognized him at once. It was Song Yunsheng.
He also recognized the woman beside him.
Li Xichi?
How did these two end up together?
At this moment, the car started moving, and the two of them entered the restaurant and were out of sight. Li Qiyu was still muttering to herself, "Did I see it wrong?"
Song Jiaye was sure she hadn't. However, she had recognized Song Yunsheng, whom she had only met once or twice, but failed to recognize her stepsister Li Xichi. This made Song Jiaye quite curious.
Song Jiaye probed.
"Don't you recognize the woman beside him?"
"No. Do you know her?" Li Qiyu actually wanted to know who that woman was. In the past, she had often wondered what kind of wife Zhou Donglin would marry. Back then, Li Qiyu had even made a promise.
"If you find your beloved, I will surely give you a big red envelope at your wedding banquet."
Now, this promise had become an empty talk and could never be fulfilled.
It seemed that Zhou Donglin in this world didn't need her small red envelope either.
Song Jiaye, sitting in the same car with her, was thinking quite differently.
He knew Song Yunsheng. This guy was not easy to get along with. He must have had an ulterior motive for getting close to Li Xichi. Moreover, Song Jiaye had a hunch that Song Yunsheng's move was probably aimed at him.
He had to keep an eye on the movements of these two. Otherwise, if Song Yunsheng used the Li family to hold him back, it would be a big trouble.
The series of actions by Old Man Song and Song Yunsheng were also forcing Song Jiaye to settle his affairs earlier and leave here.
As for Li Xiyu...
Song Jiaye remembered Ming Yuexin's words: She had changed.
Thinking carefully, her changes really couldn't be explained.
Could it really be time - travel?
As soon as this thought came to mind, Song Jiaye couldn't help laughing out loud.
He had just been with Li Qiyu for too long and had been influenced by her. Time - travel was something that could never happen in reality.
Fortunately, Li Qiyu learned things quickly. She could master something after just one time of teaching.
Song Jiaye decided that no matter whether Li Qiyu had lost her memory, had a split personality, or suffered from some psychological illness that even Ming Yuexin hadn't detected yet, he would use the remaining few months to help Li Xiyu adapt to this society.
This could be regarded as the last bit of goodwill from him, as Li Xiyu's "partner".
On the other side, Song Yunsheng and Li Xichi entered the private room of the restaurant. Song Yunsheng was polite throughout the process. Afraid that Li Xichi might misunderstand, he patiently explained, "I was afraid of bringing unnecessary scandals to Miss Li, so I booked a private room. Miss Li won't mind, right?"
It was something that Li Xichi had never even dared to dream of that Song Yunsheng would invite her to dinner on his own initiative. She nodded vigorously, "I don't mind. Mr. Song is really thoughtful."
She was a celebrity. If they were seen by others, there would surely be scandals. Although Li Xichi didn't actually mind and even looked forward to it a bit.
Before they came, Song Yunsheng had already ordered the food, which saved Li Xichi the trouble of ordering by herself. However, Song Yunsheng's eating habits were a bit strange. Although they were at the same table, they ate different things. He ordered a grilled steak with sweet sauce, and even the side dish was a sweet - flavored salad. But what he ordered for Li Xichi was a steak with salt and pepper, with visible salt grains on it.
Seeing Li Xichi staring at the steak in his hand, Song Yunsheng smiled and explained, "I'm different from others. I like to eat something sweet. I was afraid you wouldn't be used to it, so I ordered the salt - and - pepper steak for you. Have a try. Is it delicious?"
Li Xichi nodded. As a female celebrity, she was quite self - aware. She rarely ate such high - calorie food, especially with so much salt, as it would damage her skin condition.
However, since Song Yunsheng was sitting opposite her, Li Xichi knew that this was not the time to be coy. At this moment, the waiter came over with a bottle of wine and asked, "Mr. Song, shall I open the wine?"
Li Xichi recognized at a glance that it was a top - grade red wine, costing more than a hundred thousand yuan a bottle. But Song Yunsheng didn't even frown and directly told the waiter to open it.
The waiter was very observant. After pouring the wine into the decanter to breathe, he first poured a glass for Li Xichi. Li Xichi had been to several social events with her agent, so she picked up the glass gracefully, swirled it slowly, and waited to taste the wine.
At this time, out of the corner of her eye, she saw that the waiter had poured orange juice into Song Yunsheng's glass?
What was going on?
Looking at her sipping the wine gracefully, Song Yunsheng smiled and said, "You're really different from before."
"Before? Did you know me before?"
Song Yunsheng smiled and said, "I felt familiar with you the first time I saw you. Maybe we met in our past lives."
Although this kind of "love at first sight" was a very clichéd love line, and even the cheesy love dramas that Li Xichi had acted in didn't have such lines anymore, Song Yunsheng's sincere and humorous way of speaking still made Li Xichi's heart skip a beat.
He was really charming. In this hazy atmosphere, he exuded a mysterious and unpredictable aura that was addictive.
It seemed that whether a love line was nice or not really depended on who said it.
Li Xichi shyly lowered her head, cut off a piece of steak, and put it into her mouth. Originally, she rarely ate such things, but at this moment, it tasted extremely delicious.
Seeing her eating with a smile on her lips, Song Yunsheng thought that the steak must suit her taste.
After all these years, Li Qiyu was still Li Qiyu. Not only did her appearance remain the same, but her taste was also the same as before.
Song Yunsheng looked at Li Xichi with a smile, then lowered his head and put a piece of steak into his mouth. From afar, they looked like a loving couple.