Love So Sweet

123 We’re Still Friends

After work ended, Zhang Li Xue rushed out of the hotel before her brother would look for her. She drove over to the Fang’s residence to pick up her friend before reluctantly heading to the vegetarian restaurant that Fang Su Jin liked to go to.

Zhang Li Xue stared at the menu with a complicated look in her eyes.

Although she knew that eating vegetables would be good for her, she simply did not like the taste.

But at this moment, she had no choice.

A while ago, she owed Fang Su Jin for helping her with a lie.

“Alright, what’s with that look?” Fang Su Jin chuckled as she looked at her best friend’s face. “The restaurant’s vegetarian dishes aren’t that bad.”

She had merely suggested eating some vegetarian dishes. However, Zhang Li Xue’s unwilling face was too funny.

“I don’t know what to order.” Zhang Li Xue pushed the menu card over to her friend. “Su Jin, you help me to order. Anyway, vegetables are going to taste all the same.”

Zhang Li Xue was already planning to stop by her favorite chicken wings restaurant and purchase a few boxes before she head back home.

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Fang Su Jin rolled her eyes. She took the task seriously and ordered a vegetarian meal for her friend. Fang Su Jin was confident that her friend would be able to finish this food even though she did not like vegetables that much.

The waitress took the order before leaving the table.

After looking around the restaurant for a while, Fang Su Jin leaned over and spoke, “Alright, what is it that you want to tell me?”

Zhang Li Xue’s lips curled into a smile as she recalled what happened last night. “Su Jin, you are right. Doctor Bai is indeed the boy who often accompanied me to play basketball in kindergarten.”

There was a trace of surprise in Fang Su Jin’s eyes. “You talked to him?”

“Uh-huh.” Zhang Li Xue nodded. “After you told me that Doctor Bai might be the same boy from kindergarten, I tried to look around the house for clues. Yesterday, I talked to my younger aunt about it and she confirmed the story. Then, I went to look for Doctor Bai and confront him about it.”

“He did not deny it?”

“No.”

Fang Su Jin was surprised. She had thought that Doctor Bai Qi would deny it. After all, she had met him at the hotel and asked him about it.

Last time, the man had told her that perhaps, she had seen a face like his on the street.

“He probably thought that there was no use of denying since I have figured out about it,” Zhang Li Xue said.

The waitress walked over to their table to serve their drinks.

Zhang Li Xue stirred at her juice and sighed. “Years have passed and a lot has changed. If it wasn’t for you, I might never recognize him.” She looked at her friend again and summarized what had happened to Bai Qi.

Hearing that something had happened to Bai Qi’s family in S Country made Fang Su Jin feel bad as well. She could not remember anything about the Bai family. However, since he had attended the same kindergarten, Fang Su Jin guessed that his family should be rich as well.

Unfortunately...

She could understand why Bai Qi had never told Zhang Li Xue about his identity. The man probably felt embarrassed about his status and what had happened to his family.

The two friends continued to chat about Bai Qi while they ate.

Zhang Li Xue was too busy telling her friend about her meeting with Bai Qi last night that she had not realized that she had finished the bowl of Kung Po Tofu.

When she looked into her bowl again, the food was already gone into her stomach.

Seeing that they still had time, Fang Su Jin suggested walking around the street to digest their food.

Just then, Zhang Li Xue’s phone started to ring. She looked at the caller ID and accepted the video call.

“Sister, where are you?” Zhang Yi Hai asked. His eyes narrowed when he noticed that his sister was outside.

“I went out to eat with Su Jin,” Zhang Li Xue said. She moved her phone slightly to let Fang Su Jin appear in the video call. “What’s wrong?”

His sister was someone who would prefer to stay at home after work. It was surprising that she would go out two nights in a row. Once he saw that his sister was with Fang Su Jin, Zhang Yi Hai felt more at ease.

“Nothing. Don’t come home too late,” Zhang Yi Hai reminded.

“I know.” Zhang Li Xue heaved a sigh before she ended the call. As she slid the phone into her pocket, Zhang Li Xue noticed that Fang Su Jin was looking at her strangely. “What’s wrong?”

Fang Su Jin shook her head. “I really don’t know who is the eldest sister and who is the younger brother.”

Zhang Li Xue chuckled, knowing that her friend was talking about her and her brother.

“That’s right. Now that you know about Doctor Bai’s story, what will happen next?” Fang Su Jin seemed to recall how Bai Qi had jogged over to the garden to look for Zhang Li Xue at the hotel.

Her instinct was telling her that there was something going on between her friend and that young doctor. However, back then, Zhang Li Xue had denied it.

Zhang Li Xue stared back at her friend in puzzlement. “What will happen? We’re still friends, alright?”

Fang Su Jin looked at her clueless friend and decided not to talk again. Otherwise, she would grow frustrated.

In her opinion, Zhang Li Xue should have a weight in Doctor Bai’s heart. Otherwise, he would not return to Y City to fulfill the promise that he had made to Zhang Li Xue during their childhood.

It seemed that Zhang Li Xue was a little slow in the romance department.

Suddenly, Mu Zhen Yu’s face came to her mind.

In the past, Fang Su Jin had always suspected that Mu Zhen Yu had liked Zhang Li Xue. However, Zhang Li Xue did not seem to notice his feelings.

But if she thinks carefully, she could understand why Zhang Li Xue had never noticed anything.

With Zhang Yi Hai and the triplets as the guard, there was no way that Mu Zhen Yu would stand a chance.

Fang Su Jin thought that it would be amusing if Zhang Yi Hai knew about Doctor Bai’s presence around Zhang Li Xue. She could already foresee that sister-fan going crazy, trying to protect his sister again.