The voice of Lin Chan on the phone seemed a bit reckless, with the faint sound of Mahjong in the background. It was clear that he was currently keeping himself entertained.
"Who else is there?" He Zhilan asked further.
"Who else could there be? Just us, your bros!" There were people on the other end urging Lin Chan to discard his cards. After telling Zhilan to wait for him at her dormitory at eleven o’clock, he hung up.
"What’s wrong?" Seeing that He Zhilan looked a bit strange, Chen Xiting asked with concern.
"Nothing, it’s just that I can’t go to lunch with you guys. A friend invited me out to eat." Zhilan expressed some regret. Many times recently, she had made plans to go eat with Biyun and Chen Xiting, but was always pulled away by Gu En or suddenly had other things come up.
"It’s okay, it’s okay, go ahead~" Chen Xiting waved off the issue, after all, everyone has their own social circles, it’s not possible to stick together like triplets all the time.
Because she was going to have lunch with Lin Chan and the others, Zhilan specifically pulled out the dress He Mei bought for her. The light green dress was her favorite.
At eleven o’clock, Lin Chan arrived in his car promptly under Zhilan’s dormitory building. After bidding her dorm mates goodbye, Zhilan went downstairs.
"Lin Chan, next time you come looking for me, just wait for me outside the school gate. Don’t bring your car in, it always attracts too much attention and could cause negative rumors about me." The first thing Zhilan said after getting in the car was to prevent Lin Chan from coming into the school in the future.
Lin Chan shrugged and agreed directly. He didn’t care about being watched, but if Zhilan felt embarrassed, he had to comply.
The car had already left the school. Suddenly, Lin Chan slowed down his speed, looking at Zhilan carefully. After taking several glances, he resumed his speed and spoke: "I haven’t seen you in a week. Although you haven’t tanned, you’ve lost a lot of weight. When I get back, I’ll teach Lin Deng a lesson for not taking better care of you."
"How did you know that my instructor is Lin Deng?" Zhilan asked, puzzled. As she thought about the relationship between Lin Chan and Lin Deng, she realized, "That’s why Lin Deng took such good care of me during military training. It was because of you."
"After all, Lin Deng is my younger brother. I naturally have ways to know about his affairs. Since I knew he was your instructor, of course, I wanted him to help me look out for you." Lin Chan said proudly, "Lin Deng took good care of you? That’s good. But even though he took care of you, why did you still lose so much weight?"
"After all, Lin Deng is an instructor, he can only provide covert protection. He couldn’t possibly let me spend the whole day staying cool. Besides, I quite enjoyed participating in the military training. After a week of training, it’s normal to lose some weight from the physical exhaustion," Zhilan answered.
"What’s so great about military training?" Lin Chan gave Zhilan a ’you-are-weird’ look. When he was in university, he skipped it entirely. For a whole week, he lied to his family and went on a trip. Since his childhood, he had often been thrown into the army, which made him dislike soldiers. Especially after Lan Li joined the army, his respect for them was only from a distance. He often called Lin Deng, who went to military school, as a simpleton.
This time, Lin Chan didn’t take Zhilan to the same private restaurant as before. Instead, they stopped at a high-end restaurant. After getting out of the car, Lin Chan handed the car keys to the doorman, who parked his car properly in the parking lot.