Once Shen Bin left, Zhao Guodong couldn’t help but mutter, "Did you go to the training with him? Why does it seem like he’s looking after you so much?"
Zhang Linong and Wang Ping were ordering food on the side. They heard Zhao Guodong’s question to Ye Ling, glanced at her, and then lowered their heads. Ye Ling noticed this, swept her gaze over them, and then turned to look at Zhao Guodong beside her.
"How’s Xiang Weilai doing?" Ye Ling asked.
Zhao Guodong didn’t expect her to ask this, hesitated for a moment, but replied without being upset, "He’s at home every day, and Liu Rui visits him daily. Everyone in the complex knows about it, and they even say the two of them have a great relationship."
Ye Ling smiled and nodded without responding, "Time flies. In the blink of an eye, we only have six months before we start working. I’ll be assigned to a remote place, but I wonder if you all know this news. After being together for so many years, we’re about to part ways, and I feel a bit reluctant. But after all, we’ll all be in the same field, and we’ll meet again in the future."
Ye Ling’s words made Zhang Linong and Wang Ping look up at her. Zhao Guodong also felt Ye Ling was acting a bit strange today. First, she asked about Xiang Weilai, and then she brought up these topics. Given her personality, it’s unlikely she’d say these things without reason. His casual demeanor also tightened as he looked seriously at Ye Ling.
Ye Ling pursed her lips and smiled, "I’ve been a bit of a loner all these years. Without your tolerance, I’d probably have no friends. Thank you for all your care over the years. I even consider you all my family. In the past, I kept things to myself, but now that we’re all grown, I won’t hide from you anymore."
Then Ye Ling explained the situation about pretending to be Shen Bin’s girlfriend due to Fu Lei and rambled on about a lot of things. Finally, she talked about how they planned to make their relationship public after she graduated, "...Actually, I didn’t expect it to turn out . As you know, I’m never proactive; I only move forward when pushed. Regarding relationships, I’ve had fantasies before, but you also know how they ended. With Shen Bin, maybe it’s fate. In any case, I won’t get hurt."
"You..." Zhao Guodong was initially upset when he started listening, but hearing Ye Ling’s long sigh at the end, he didn’t know what to say.
At that moment, Zhang Linong spoke up, "Dongzi, you know yourself that you can’t take care of Ye Ling, so you never confessed. Now that someone can look after her, isn’t it good?"
"Yeah, at least Shen Bin isn’t an outsider." Wang Ping chimed in.
Zhao Guodong glared over, and Wang Ping retorted, "Just because Lining is right doesn’t mean I’m wrong. Why do you always glare at me? You need Ye Ling’s care sometimes, how can you take care of her? Think about Fu Lei’s and Xiang Weilai’s situations. If it weren’t for their incompetence, would Ye Ling have ended up hurt? What if you ended up like Xiang Weilai? Wouldn’t it hurt Ye Ling again?"
"Shut up." Zhao Guodong’s face was tense, "I didn’t say anything else."
But after saying the last sentence, he deflated.
Ye Ling smiled and patted him, "Didn’t you always say you liked Ye Qian? How come now you’re saying you like me? I’ll tell you, you’re too late now. I’m spoken for." Nᴇw ɴovel chaptᴇrs are published on N()velFire.net
Her teasing words lightened the mood a bit.
Zhao Guodong felt uncomfortable inside but didn’t want Ye Ling to worry. Just as Wang Ping said, he couldn’t continue acting like a child forever, "Don’t worry; I’ve always seen you as a buddy."
"Alright, then let’s have a drink today." Ye Ling blinked.
The other three all laughed, and Zhang Linong also breathed a sigh of relief. No matter what, the relationship between the four of them remained unchanged.
Zhao Guodong patted his chest, "This time we’re on break; you can’t control us drinking."
"Do you think I want to control you? Drinking secretly at school and not getting caught, otherwise, wouldn’t you be disciplined?" Ye Ling thought about it and glared, "Once you start working, I won’t be able to manage you. You better take care of yourselves."
"Don’t worry; by then, we’ll act like we’re in charge."
"Bah, acting in charge," Ye Ling chided Wang Ping with a glance, called the waiter to bring a crate of beer, "We haven’t even drunk, and there’s already a lot."
The atmosphere among the four was good. When Ye He Ping and Shen Bin walked in, they saw it and smiled. But when it came time to eat, Ye He Ping noticed something was off. These three guys were relentlessly pushing Shen Bin to drink. Ye He Ping glanced at his daughter, who winked back at him, so he went along with their antics.