In the early years when Lin Tian was living alone, Xu Yong, who knew about Lin Tian’s family situation, helped him quite a lot.
Don’t mind his foul mouth.
This guy often talked trash while secretly paying for expensive meals when they went out to eat, then smugly called himself Lin Tian’s patron.
Back when Lin Tian first wanted to borrow money to buy a piano.
Xu Yong hesitated for just a moment before he planned to use his 8,000 yuan, originally meant for a game console, to help Lin Tian.
Although it didn’t work out in the end, it showed that Xu Yong was absolutely a good friend.
That’s also why Lin Tian, even though he and Xu Yong have drifted apart, still keeps in touch from time to time.
For Lin Tian, he is quite a sentimental person.
Sir Gan was just his neighbor, but because he treated Lin Tian well, even without Gan Yanyu, Lin Tian felt deeply for him.
One could even say that it was the sentiment Lin Tian had for the old man.
Otherwise, Lin Tian, who never liked interfering in other’s "life and death" decisions, would not have rushed to the rooftop that night to save his granddaughter without a second thought.
as Lin Tian leaves for Baijing, they will go their separate ways.
With Xu Yong, it’s likely hard to have much interaction anymore.
Lin Tian might no longer have someone to exchange trash talk with.
From now on, he’ll just be seen as the "graceful and elegant great musician"!
Thinking about it, it’s a bit of a pity!
Lin Tian looked at Xu Yong, sighed:
"Xu Yong, you @$^!&%!"
Xu Yong’s eyes bulged,
"What is wrong with you? Why curse at me out of nowhere??"
"Nothing, just felt like cursing for a bit."
Xu Yong was about to swear back but glanced at the menu in his hand,
"Forget it, since you’re treating me to a meal, why not let you curse a little?"
Now it was Lin Tian’s turn to be puzzled.
Soon, the dishes arrived one by one.
Lin Tian ordered pork chop rice, which used to be the best-selling dish at the restaurant, priced at 38 yuan per bowl.
Back then, he was curious about how this tea restaurant’s pork chop rice could sell for 38 yuan.
Now, he finally had the chance to taste it himself.
Lin Tian scooped up a piece of pork chop covered in curry and put it in his mouth.
He took a bite, "crunch!"
The fried pork chop exploded in flavor, crispy on the outside and tender inside, with the aroma of the curry filling his mouth.
"It’s really delicious."
Lin Tian’s eyes widened slightly, unable to stop himself from praising.
If this pork chop rice were priced at 16 yuan per bowl, Lin Tian would have gladly offered it genuine praise, calling it "a heavenly taste."
But, it’s sold for 38.
"Not worth the hype of today’s Crazy Thursday."
That’s Lin Tian’s evaluation.
Opposite Lin Tian, Xu Yong, who ordered the same set meal, didn’t savor it as much.
He stirred the curry into the rice and gobbled it down.
As he ate with obvious enjoyment, "SWING" should have cast him in an ad instead of hiring him as a waiter.
Lin Tian thought of something and asked:
"You’re asking me? I’m not her dad."
"Aren’t you guys quite tight?"
"Who’s tight with her....."
Xu Yong said dismissively,
"I only know she’s been making some handmade jewelry these days, planning to give it to Gan Yanyu as a farewell gift."
Lin Tian recalled that Su Ran was a Douyin second-dimension blogger.
In Lin Tian’s past life, he learned that those involved in second-dimension often had strong crafting skills, even if they lacked other talents.
Things like fixing wigs, making props, or altering clothes were standard skills for veterans in the community.
Su Ran’s videos were known for high-quality costumes and props, suggesting she made them herself.
Having this level of craftiness in a high school student is quite rare, and Su Ran must be gifted.
In college, she could definitely develop this skill further.
Such talent deserves more than just pursuing civil engineering and mixing cement.
"By the way, during the last few days before the college entrance exam, were you still studying together?"
"Hm? Didn’t he say he was going to find some classmate from the next class?"
At that time, even though Lin Tian was buried in his studies, the noise from their antics was quite loud, so he remembered it vividly.
Saying this, Xu Yong laughed,
"That guy later said he didn’t want to study with someone too handsome, it’d distract him, he felt safer with me."
"I’m speechless, sometimes this guy really deserves a scolding, can’t entirely blame me....."
Lin Tian interrupted Xu Yong,
"Do you truly not know, or are you pretending not to know?"
Normally slow to grasp relationships, even Lin Tian felt he couldn’t ignore this anymore.
From their first chat in the classroom, to the hibachi restaurant confession, to studying for exams.
Even an idiot should sense something off.
Though they quarreled the moment they met, hurling harsh words at each other.
Most of the time...their conversations focused on their concern for each other’s actions.
Even Lin Tian noticed!
On the surface, they seemed merely rivals.
In reality, if not driven by affection, who would willingly hang around someone they constantly fought with?