novellhall Chapter 22 I Can Eat
Chapter 22 I Can Eat
Parking is not allowed in front of the Beijing Film Academy, and there are many police officers watching.
Zhou Ye led Wang Zian along the road for a while, then turned into a quieter side street.
The road is lined with ginkgo trees, which are shorter and have denser branches than the sycamore trees on the main road.
A row of cars were parked on the roadside, mostly belonging to parents of test takers and their organizations.
"Sister~!" Zhou Ye called out to someone not far away, then waved with a smile.
Wang Zian looked in that direction and saw a white Mercedes parked on the side of the road, its paint gleaming and reflecting the afternoon sun.
Standing in front of the car was a long-haired woman who looked somewhat like Zhou Ye.
The features of that face looked quite ordinary.
It seems Zhou Ye is also someone who won the genetic lottery.
Zhou Ye laughed and jogged over, his down jacket hood sliding down his head from the jostling.
She ran to her sister, hugged her arm, and rubbed her face against her sister's shoulder like a cat returning home.
Zhou Ye's older sister first helped her younger sister smooth her messy hair.
She combed her hair back from her forehead with her fingers, tucking stray strands behind her ears with practiced and gentle movements.
Then her gaze went over her sister's shoulder and landed on the boy who had come with her sister.
A glint of scrutiny flashed by.
"Hello!" Wang Zian spoke first; his voice was soft but polite.
"Hello~!" Zhou Siqi nodded; her voice was lower than Zhou Ye's, and she spoke more slowly.
"Sis, his name is Wang Zi'an!" Zhou Ye introduced him to his older sister with a smile; "Our exam numbers are next to each other, and we're in the same group for both the preliminary and final exams!"
"He's a really amazing person!"
Then she turned to Wang Zi'an, "Wang Zi'an, this is my older sister, her name is Zhou Siqi!"
Wang Zian smiled and nodded, his almond-shaped eyes, visible beneath his mask, curving slightly. He didn't say anything more.
The wind blew through the bare branches of the ginkgo tree, blowing the stray strand of Zhou Ye's hair that he hadn't properly fastened onto his face.
She reached out and pressed it down, then chuckled under her hair.
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"Sis, where's my phone?!"
Zhou Ye stretched out his hand and waved his finger in his sister's direction.
Zhou Siqi took a rose gold Apple phone out of her bag and handed it over.
Zhou Ye opened WeChat and handed the QR code to Wang Zi'an.
"Let's add each other on WeChat, we might become alumni in the future!"
Wang Zian wanted to say it was impossible, but looking at Zhou Ye's almond-shaped eyes shining in the afternoon sunlight, his eyelashes were edged with a light gold.
After hesitating for a moment, he still took out his phone.
With a "beep" sound, the two added each other on WeChat.
Zhou Ye's profile picture is of a little girl in a red dress, with a round face, big eyes, and two little pigtails, smiling sweetly at the camera.
Its nickname is also "Coconut Yeah".
"You were so cute when you were little!"
Zhou Ye put his phone away, glanced at his own profile picture, and then looked up at Wang Zi'an with his chin.
The angle at which her chin was raised carried an undisguised sense of pride: "I've been beautiful since I was a child. People who have seen photos of me as a child all say that I've grown up in proportion to my parents."
Wang Zian smiled and replied, "Me too!"
"Hahaha~!" Zhou Ye covered his mouth and laughed heartily.
"Why do you talk so funny?"
Zhou Siqi watched this scene from beside the car.
She had a car key ring on her finger, which she slowly turned around and around.
His gaze lingered on his sister's face for a moment, then on Wang Zi'an's profile.
A faint, meaningful smile appeared at the corner of her mouth, but she said nothing.
"Let's go." Zhou Siqi took the car key off her finger, pressed the unlock button, and the Mercedes' headlights flashed twice. "It's already noon. Let's go have a meal to celebrate finishing the re-examination."
She opened the car door, then turned around, her gaze passing over the roof and landing on Wang Zian.
Let's go together.
Zhou Ye nodded in agreement, "Yes, let's go together; what would you like to eat?"
"Anything is fine~!"
If someone invites him to dinner, he certainly has no problem with it.
He doesn't care what he eats, since he's not picky about food.
During my stay at Zhang Yiming's company, we ate at the canteen every day. It was stewed beef brisket with potatoes and rice. I ate it for several days in a row and never got tired of it.
His stomach, like his personality, is adaptable.
"Let's go eat at Haidilao!" Zhou Ye suggested.
"Okay!" Wang Zian nodded.
Seeing that the two had made their decision, Zhou Siqi said with a smile, "Let's get in the car!"
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Outside the car window, the evening in Beijing was gradually darkening. The streetlights came on, their orange glow receding one by one.
The shops along the street lit up their colorful signs—red, white, and blue—casting flowing spots of light onto the car windows.
The air had that unique gray-blue quality of evening, and the distant buildings were reduced to dark outlines in the twilight.
"Can you handle spicy food?!" Zhou Ye sat in the passenger seat, leaning to the side, the seatbelt pulled askew across his shoulder by her.
Her face peeked out from the gap between the passenger seat and the driver's seat, looking at Wang Zi'an in the rearview mirror.
"It's alright!"
"Let's have a half-and-half hot pot then!" Zhou Ye nodded in satisfaction. She shrank back into her seat, her finger swiping across her phone screen, probably searching for nearby Haidilao restaurants. "Half spicy, half non-spicy. That way we can eat both."
Zhou Ye is quite a caring person!
Wang Zian knew that Zhou Ye had Sichuan and Chongqing genes and could handle spicy food without any problem.
This is probably related to her being the younger sister at home; children who are taken care of often learn to take care of others as well.
Zhou Siqi laughed and said, "A half-and-half hot pot is perfect, at least it's spicy enough to satisfy your craving, and you can also have a sip of the clear broth!"
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When the three of them arrived at Haidilao, there was already a queue at the entrance.
Several groups of people were sitting on the benches while waiting for a table. There were couples, families of three, and a few white-collar workers who had just finished get off work sitting together eating sunflower seeds.
Fortunately, they didn't have to wait long before a waiter called their number.
"Order whatever you like!" Zhou Siqi pushed the ordering tablet over.
"Of course I won't stand on ceremony with you, sister!" Zhou Ye happily ordered food, including tripe, shrimp balls, fatty beef, and duck blood, his fingers tapping away on the screen; then he handed the tablet to Wang Zi'an.
"Wang Zian, you order too!" Zhou Ye felt a bit like he was being unfairly favored.
Wang Zian took the tablet and glanced at the menu.
Zhou Ye had already ordered more than half of the dishes, and she had basically checked off all the meat dishes on the page.
"My sister is a designer, she'll never go broke from eating!" Zhou Ye added from the side.
As she said this, she leaned forward, resting her elbows on the table and her chin on the back of her clasped hands.
Her demeanor was exactly that of a younger sister who was well-cared for by her older sister and was proud of it.
Zhou Siqi smiled and shook her head, but did not refute. She picked up the lemon water on the table and took a sip.
Wang Zian casually added two items, and Zhou Siqi took the tablet from Wang Zian and added several more.
"That's enough, that's enough, you can't eat that much!" Wang Zian quickly stopped him.
"It's okay, I can eat!"
Zhou Ye really is like a heartless person.
However, judging from her thin and small appearance, she doesn't look like someone who can eat a lot!
In fact, Prince An misjudged him!