Long Time No See

Twenty minutes later, the two arrived at the barbecue restaurant they had eaten at before.

The tables set up outside were already packed with people; business was as booming as ever.

Su Yang looked at Xu Zilin and smiled, "Zilin, you get out first and order some food. I'll go find a parking spot and join you."

"Okay~" Xu Zilin agreed, opened the car door, and walked toward the barbecue place.

Su Yang drove forward, continuing for another two hundred meters before finally spotting a row of parking spaces by the road.

After parking the car, he got out and walked back the way they came.

Soon, he returned to the barbecue restaurant. However, before he even got close, he spotted two familiar figures among the crowd of late-night diners.

'Hmm? Little Lu? Little Yu?'

Indeed, the two people sitting at a table near the entrance, looking at the menu, were Lu Yun and Xia Zhiyu, whom he hadn't seen in a while.

They were chatting and laughing, seeming to have developed a great relationship, and it looked like they had just arrived as well.

As Su Yang walked forward, Xu Zilin's voice rang out from the crowd, "Su Yang! Over here."

Hearing the shout, Lu Yun and Xia Zhiyu, who were sitting not far from Xu Zilin, paused for a moment, thinking they had misheard.

However, following Xu Zilin's gaze to the street on the right, they realized the person approaching was actually Su Yang.

Su Yang walked over to them with a bright smile. Seeing him, Lu Yun immediately stood up with a beaming smile and waved, "Su Yang!!"

Hearing her voice, Xu Zilin turned her head in slight bewilderment, thinking to herself, 'What's going on?'

"Little Lu, Little Yu, long time no see~" Su Yang had already reached the two of them.

"It really is you!!"

"Brother Su Yang~ long time no see," Xia Zhiyu greeted him shyly. She was just as gentle and cute as ever.

"Long time no see. You guys are here for barbecue too?"

"Yeah, the barbecue here is really good. We've been here many times~" Lu Yun smiled.

At this moment, Xu Zilin stepped forward and asked, "You guys know each other?"

"Yeah, we're very close~"

"Oh, oh." Xu Zilin scratched her head and looked at Lu Yun and Xia Zhiyu.

Seeing their fairy-like beauty, she suddenly felt a trace of inferiority, not knowing why she would feel this way.

She was already a great beauty herself, and in the past, she never felt this way when seeing girls prettier than her. But today, for some reason, she suddenly felt a bit insecure.

"Hello, you two beauties. I'm also Su Yang's friend." Xu Zilin greeted Lu Yun and Xia Zhiyu.

"Hello beauty, how should we address you?" Lu Yun smiled.

"My name is Xu Zilin. You can call me Little Xu or Zilin, either is fine."

"Alright, just call me Little Lu, and this is Little Yu."

"Okay." The three girls introduced themselves to each other.

Su Yang looked at them: "Since you've already met, why don't we eat together? We can get to know each other better."

"Sure~"

"Alright, Zilin, let's just sit at Little Lu's table."

"Okay~" Xu Zilin turned and walked to her previous table, grabbed her bag, and sat down next to Su Yang.

"When did you guys get back?" Lu Yun asked Su Yang.

"Just got back tonight~"

"Just got back? You were gone for so long?"

"Yeah, drove thousands of kilometers, went to the no-man's land, and even reached Xinjiang Province."

Since Lu Yun asked, Su Yang briefly described the scenery along their road trip and the dangers of the no-man's land.

Su Yang spoke so vividly that the three girls were completely captivated.

After he finished, Lu Yun added with a face full of envy, "It sounds so interesting when you talk about it~"

"Yeah, you really have to go out and see the world when you get the chance. I asked you to come along back then, but you wouldn't go~"

"Well, I was thinking Little Yu had just started at the restaurant, so I needed to guide her a bit. It wouldn't have been nice for me to run off right when she arrived~"

"Alright then, next time we go out, you definitely have to join us."

"Okay~ And we'll bring Little Yu along." Lu Yun smiled at Xia Zhiyu.

"Sure, and Zilin too."

"Me?" Xu Zilin pointed at herself.

"Yeah, after hearing about our trip, don't you want to go out and travel?"

"I do."

"Then there you go~"

"But I'm not really familiar with your friends."

Su Yang smiled, "You seem like a very outgoing person. My friends are all easy to get along with. With your personality, you'd probably become great friends with them in just two hours."

"Really? Hehe, I suppose that's true~" Xu Zilin was quite confident in her social skills.

Su Yang then looked at Xia Zhiyu and smiled, "Little Yu, how have things been at the restaurant lately?"

Xia Zhiyu was still as shy as ever. She nodded, "Very good."

"That's good. Make sure to learn a lot from your Sister Little Lu~"

Hearing this, Lu Yun laughed, "What is there to learn from me? I don't know a lot of things either. Plus, Little Yu is much smarter than me. She's already learned everything I know~"

"Is that so? Not bad. By the way, are you guys working tomorrow?"

"No, we have tomorrow off~"

"Oh, oh. Then how about we have a few drinks?" Su Yang looked at them and asked with a smile.

"Sure~ It's been a while since I drank with you anyway." Lu Yun gave a cute smile.

Since starting work at the restaurant, Lu Yun was noticeably much more lively than when Su Yang first met her.

Her overall aura was better, and she talked much more than before.

It seemed she was quite happy working at the restaurant. Environment really could influence a person's personality.

Of course, the main reason was still Su Yang. If Su Yang hadn't cured her father's illness, she wouldn't have had the peace of mind to focus on work.

Furthermore, Su Yang had offered her a very good salary.

Not having to worry about her family, earning tens of thousands of yuan a month, and driving a little Audi—anyone in that situation would become more confident and cheerful.

Lu Yun was also very aware of this. Her life had become this good basically all because of Su Yang.

Therefore, her feelings for Su Yang now were very complex; it wasn't just simple affection or love anymore.

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Su Yang agreed, "Alright, let's have a few good drinks tonight. By the way, have you ordered yet?"

"Not yet."

"Hey, we've been chatting here for ages and haven't even ordered food?"

"We got caught up in chatting and forgot~"

Su Yang shook his head with a smile, turned around, and called out to a waiter, "Handsome~ we'd like to order."

"Alright, coming right up~"

A waiter quickly ran over holding a menu. When he saw Su Yang and Xu Zilin, he frowned slightly and said, "Eh? Handsome, you and this beauty have been here before, right?"

Su Yang also recognized him as the young guy who had taken their order last time.

He smiled, "We have. You took our order last time. Didn't we tell you when we left that we'd come back?"

"Right, right, right. Hehe, thank you both for your support."

"You're welcome. It's mainly because your food is genuinely good; otherwise, I wouldn't have come back."

"Of course. I wouldn't dare say our food is the best in all of Haicheng, but at least in this district, it definitely ranks high. Take a look and see what you'd like to order."

Su Yang took the two menus and handed them to Xu Zilin and Lu Yun. "You guys order first."

"Okay."

Lu Yun and Xia Zhiyu shared one menu, while Su Yang and Xu Zilin shared the other.

The group ordered a huge pile of oysters, grilled small yellow croakers, beef and mutton skewers, mantis shrimp, and similar items.

After ordering the food, Su Yang also ordered two cases of beer.

The waiter smiled, took the menus, and turned to leave.

"Little Yu, you can drink, right?"

Xia Zhiyu nodded. "I can~"

"Alright, let's have some then."

The four of them chatted for thirty or forty minutes before the barbecue was finally served to their table.

There were a lot of people tonight, and both inside and outside the restaurant were almost completely full, so the wait time was rather long.

After the barbecue was served, Su Yang opened the beers and poured them for everyone. Then he raised his glass and smiled, "Come on, let's all have a toast first~"

"Okay~" The three girls didn't hesitate. They picked up their glasses, clinked them with Su Yang's, and tossed their heads back to down their drinks.

"Oho, not bad at all. Your alcohol tolerance has grown. Having some barbecue and ice-cold beer at night really hits the spot."

"Why are you all looking at me? Eat up~"

"Okay!" The three of them picked up the mutton skewers and mantis shrimp and started eating.

Su Yang refilled their glasses. He was inexplicably happy tonight, and he didn't plan on using his Wine God skill. He was going to rely purely on his own natural tolerance.

It would be too lame to use the Wine God skill when drinking with these three girls.

With that in mind, he downed his freshly poured beer in one gulp and then buried his head into devouring the oysters.

"I haven't had these in so long. Delicious."

"Here, you guys eat some too." Su Yang grabbed more than ten for each of the three girls and placed them in front of them.

Seeing this, the guys at the neighboring tables whispered among themselves, "This guy is really lucky with women. Look at him, scarfing down oysters non-stop."

"Damn, I'm so jealous. That lucky bastard has three such beautiful girls surrounding him. If it were me, I'd be stuffing my face with oysters too, otherwise my body wouldn't be able to handle it~"

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