Chapter 958: 958: Friend, This Is As Far As I Can Help You

Le Yu saw that everyone in front of him suddenly fell silent. Thinking back on the words that had just come out of his mouth, he felt dazed for a while, turning his head stiffly like a rusty robot, bit by bit, until he saw Wen Yanqing quietly staring at him.

Staring. At. Him.

Le Yu, who was only half-sitting on the chair, fell with a thud to the ground.

“Mr. Wen, Mr. Wen, please let me explain!!!”

Hong Shuangying and the others couldn’t bear to watch and turned their gaze away.

“Explain what?” Wen Yanqing smiled. “Explain the profound meaning of the number 190?”

Le Yu: !! Mum, save me!

“Ah ha, everyone’s here, let’s order some dishes,” Lin Huan kindly diverted attention to rescue the socially dying Le Yu.

“Right, let’s order,” Hong Shuangying jumped in to help, randomly grabbing a topic: “Bei Bei, you’ve been here for a while and haven’t said a word. You organized this gathering.”

Wang Yingying called the waiter over, ready to order a few more dishes to keep Le Yu’s mouth occupied.

Friend, this is as much as I can help you.

For the rest of the time, Le Yu kept his head down, shoveling rice and not daring to look to his left again.

Meanwhile, Wen Yanqing attended to Lin Gantang beside him, whispering or adding soup to her bowl, peeling a few shrimp for her with an attentiveness that made others envious.

Bei Bei occasionally glanced in Lin Gantang’s direction, then quickly averted her eyes.

Lin Gantang, paying attention, naturally knew that Bei Bei wasn’t looking at her, given their gaze had not met even once.

Lin Gantang found the food in front of her somewhat tasteless.

Her phone rang, and Wen Yanqing took it out to look, then softly said, “I’m going out to take a call.”

Lin Gantang nodded.

After Wen Yanqing walked away, Lin Gantang looked over at Bei Bei.

At that moment, she was talking to Wang Yingying.n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om

Lin Gantang continued to pick out dishes, but soon she saw Bei Bei leave her seat and go to the restroom.

The private room was equipped with a restroom, so Bei Bei did not go outside where Wen Yanqing had gone.

Lin Gantang withdrew her gaze, feeling somewhat bored.

She turned to Le Yu and started a conversation: “Earlier you mentioned that your dad said something about a cousin, what did he mean by that?”

What sort of person was this cousin? Lin Gantang was starting to worry for Le Yu.

“Ah, my cousin came to see my mum, it’s a rare visit, planning to hang out in C City for a while, and will be going back next month.” Le Yu said unconcernedly: “Don’t overthink it, there’s no mess like that in my family.”

Lin Gantang nodded, understanding.

But Le Yu put down his chopsticks impatiently: “I’m worried about how to explain it when Qinqin finds out I’ve been pretending to be poor.”

Hong Shuangying mocked him mercilessly: “Serves you right for pretending. Played too big, didn’t you?”

Lin Huan said: “If your girlfriend really believes you’re poor, she’s pretty great, at least she’s willing to face hard times with you.”

“Once you two go public, you’re bound to introduce her to your friends, right?” Lin Gantang said: “The excuse of being kicked out of the house only fools outsiders who don’t know anything. Which real friend doesn’t know your dad’s true intentions?”

As soon as Che Qin came over, the lie would unravel on its own.

Le Yu worried, and thus he should have explained everything from the start.

Lin Gantang suggested: “Che Qin decided to be with you knowing you don’t meet her standards, she must have made a big resolution. When she discovers the truth, you have to treat her really well.”

“I think, actually, you don’t have to worry,” Wang Yingying said while picking out food, “Who would complain about their partner being rich? I certainly wouldn’t.”

Le Yu felt a little comforted.

As they were talking, Che Qin’s call came in, and Le Yu immediately went out to pick it up with a beaming smile, utterly engulfed in the throes of romantic bliss.

Lin Gantang glanced towards the restroom, fiddled with something in her bag, and then stood up saying, “Yanqing has been gone for so long, I’ll go check on him.”