167 New Year’s Eve Dinner for Two
On this day, Wang Heng woke up very early because Lu Qi’s call came very early.
After washing up and tidying up, he left the house before his father left for work.
Arriving at the roadside, he saw a taxi waiting there. Standing next to the car, wasn’t that the cool and elegant mature woman in a dashing trench coat Lu Qi?
Seeing him approach, the cold frost instantly melted a little. Lu Qi opened the rear door and smiled. “Let’s go.”
Wang Heng nodded, watched her get in first, and then followed her into the back seat.
The driver yawned, stepped on the gas, and drove silently forward.
Wang Heng turned to look at Lu Qi, only to find that she was also staring at him, with a look in her eyes that seemed… reluctant to part?
“I’m going back to my hometown for the New Year too,” Lu Qi whispered. “Then back to Rongdu for work. What about you? When are you going back to school?”
“About two weeks later. I don’t need to take make-up exams or anything, so there’s no need to go back too early.” As Wang Heng said this, he couldn’t help but think of his roommate Fu Hanwen. That brother failed Linear Algebra and had to take a make-up exam, so his return time had to be earlier.
Lu Qi asked again, “Then do you have any plans for next semester? Continue to hold a leisurely position with Tan Meng and get some small money, while attending classes normally at school?”
Wang Heng nodded. “Pretty much, that’s my plan.”
After speaking, both of them fell into silence. Even with Lu Qi’s intelligence, it was hard for her to find a better reason at this moment—they had already played together in Edo for two days, and this time she even followed him to his hometown for a visit. Was there any other reason to increase the chance of spending time together?
This city wasn’t big. After only a while of silence, the taxi had already arrived at the destination.
While Lu Qi was paying the driver, Wang Heng had already picked up her suitcase, got out of the car, and stood by the roadside.
When she got out of the car, Wang Heng asked, “Where do you need me to take you?”
Lu Qi looked around. “Just here.”
Wang Heng: “Then you should have said so earlier. I could have just taken that car back.”
Before his voice fell, Lu Qi extended her index finger, held it up in front of his eyes, and shook it slowly.
“In the future, don’t use honorifics with me,” a faint smile appeared on her exquisite face. “We are good friends, aren’t we?”
Wang Heng also smiled. “Yes, you… uh, you’re right.”
Lu Qi: “And you don’t have to call me Sister Lu. Hearing you call me sister all the time makes me feel like I’m getting old.”
Wang Heng: “Then what should I call you?”
Lu Qi withdrew her hand, rested her index finger on her delicate chin, and seemed to be thinking very seriously.
After a long while, she said, “Just like my relatives and friends, call me Qiqi.”
“Qiqi?” The corner of Wang Heng’s mouth twitched.
He remembered that in the first timeline, he started calling her Qiqi after that ambush in the office. And now, was this slightly dangerous sign starting now?
Lu Qi: “Do you think it’s not good?”
Wang Heng considered his words and said solemnly, “I think friends are friends, buddies are buddies, but you have to know that I respect you very much. This is not only because you are a little older than me, but more importantly, the reason I am where I am today is because I must thank you for your appreciation and trust back then. Calling you Sister Lu is to show this trust, and it also means that in my heart, you will always be the most reliable and respectable older sister.”
Following the little sister card for Pei Ningle, he decisively gave Lu Qi an older sister card.
Following this train of thought, he felt that he didn’t need to panic when facing Han Yixuan and Ye Xun in the future. He was considered Ye Xun’s tutor, so he gave Ye Xun a student card. As for Han Yixuan, when she really became his personal investment assistant, there would be a strict subordinate card ready for her.
Hmm, the four female assassins were all arranged clearly.
Disappointment flashed in Lu Qi’s eyes, but she said with relief, “Since you are willing to call me Sister Lu, then call me that. I won’t say more, I should get on the bus.”
Wang Heng: “Okay, Sister Lu, have a safe trip!”
**
Two days after sending Lu Qi off, New Year’s Eve arrived.
On this day, his father’s company finally had a holiday, and he could stay at home and relax…
“Hit that Druid, hit him! You guys control him! Warrior, pin him down!”
Wang Heng had just finished reading a book and came out of the bedroom when he heard his father’s roar. He walked silently behind his father and glanced at the screen.
It seemed the situation wasn’t looking good.
So Wang Heng sat on the sofa and took out his phone to browse stock market news.
After a long time, his father sighed deeply, took off his headphones, turned around, and discovered his son on the sofa.
“What are we eating tonight?”
Wang Heng looked up. “You’re asking me? Tonight is New Year’s Eve.”
His father scratched his head. “Indeed, no arrangements…”
Wang Heng shrugged. “Then just like last year, go out and find a restaurant to solve it.”
His father looked at his son, sighed again, and nodded.
Unlike many other families, Wang Heng had very few relatives since childhood. Especially after his parents divorced when he was young and contact with his mother’s side was cut off, the word ‘relative’ almost disappeared from his life.
His father Wang Jian was the only son for three generations, and the older generation died early, so Wang Jian didn’t have many relatives. By now, those distant relatives from previous generations were hundreds or thousands of miles away, and it was difficult to see them again, so the relationship naturally became very faint. For Wang Heng, there were no relatives to speak of.
Father and son walked out of the residential complex and strolled leisurely along the street.
Suddenly, his father asked in a low voice, “Do you think I’m sometimes quite a failure?”
Wang Heng looked at him in surprise, feeling a little conflicted—honestly speaking, he should suggest his father remove the word ‘sometimes’. Think about it, getting beaten like that in a team fight, playing in the game was even more miserable than in reality.
His father continued, “You don’t need to comfort me. I know in my heart. Back then, your mother…”
Wang Heng interrupted, “Didn’t I say long ago not to mention it?”
His father smiled bitterly. “True, let’s talk about something happy on New Year’s Eve. You earned so much, what do you plan to do in the future? Continue investing in Bitcoin?”
Wang Heng: “No, I will invest in the stock market.”
Hearing this, his father was stunned and quickly advised, “The risk of the stock market is not small either. And you don’t know, I tried it back then, and as a result, fifty thousand became thirty thousand. I was almost cheated to death by the dog dealers!”
“Don’t worry, my stock trading is definitely different from yours. I will only act when I am sure…” Wang Heng pointed to a hot pot restaurant across the street. “By the way, do you want to eat hot pot?”
The aroma wafting from the hot pot restaurant could be smelled across the street. This restaurant was not far from their home and had been open for more than a year, but the father and son had never gone in to eat. Trying it tonight seemed like a good choice.
Father: “I’m fine with anything. If you want to eat, let’s go in.”
Wang Heng nodded and was about to speak when he heard the notification sound of his phone in his pocket. Taking out his phone, he saw a Q message from the hamster.
【In that hot pot restaurant, there are Han Yixuan and her family.】
The worldline correction mechanism is so terrifying…
Wang Heng put away his phone and said to his father, “Thinking about it, let’s forget it. I just came back from Rongdu. The hot pot here probably isn’t as good as there.”
Even if he changed his strategy and no longer avoided futilely, Wang Heng didn’t want to meet Han Yixuan’s family. If it turned out like Pei Ningle’s parents, wouldn’t it just add trouble for himself?
