Come Over and Hang Out

"To think we'd actually pick up a rare pure black Schnauzer just taking a walk. How interesting," Su Yang smiled as he looked at the puppy.

"Yeah, pure black ones are very rare on the market. Come on, let's hurry and take it back, otherwise its owner might come looking for it." Shen Yixue held the puppy, suddenly feeling a strong sense of guilt like a thief.

Pan Ning rolled her eyes at her. "If the owner really comes looking, you'll still have to give it back anyway."

"No way, finders keepers. I like this puppy too much. Worst case scenario, I'll buy it for a high price."

"Didn't I find it?" Su Yang stepped forward and laughed.

"What you find is what I find, hehe. Let's go, time to head home!"

The group didn't say much more, slightly quickening their pace as they headed back the way they came.

Over ten minutes later, the four returned to the Tomato House.

As soon as they entered, Shen Yixue ran to the living room with the puppy in her arms.

"We need to get it something to eat, it must be hungry."

"There's milk in the fridge. Go heat some up and feed it."

"Dogs can't drink cow's milk, they need goat's milk."

"Where am I supposed to get goat's milk this late at night? So delicate. Our little local dogs are much better. If that doesn't work, just get it some chicken breast, there's some in the fridge."

"Alright. Qianyu, hold it for a second, I'll go prepare some dog food." Shen Yixue handed the puppy to Meng Qianyu.

"Got it." Meng Qianyu carefully took the puppy, holding it in her arms and petting it.

"So well-behaved."

Su Yang wasn't actually very interested in cats and dogs. He walked over to the massage chair, lay down, and started a massage.

"Since you guys wanted to bring it back, you're responsible for taking care of it."

"No problem."

While Pan Ning and Meng Qianyu played with the dog nearby, Su Yang took out his phone and scrolled through TikTok.

As he was scrolling, a video about getting a motorcycle driver's license suddenly popped up.

"Hey, I've never even searched for this and it popped up on its own. Crazy."

He watched the video and noticed that the testing center was in Feiyun District, which wasn't too far away.

"I might as well go get my license tomorrow, otherwise it won't be convenient to ride when the bike arrives."

Just as Su Yang was muttering to himself, a message popped up at the top of his phone screen.

Ren Lingxi: "Brother Su Yang, your bike can be delivered to you around three or four tomorrow afternoon."

"Really?" Su Yang switched to the chat interface to reply.

"Yes, the bike is already at the shop."

"OK. Oh, by the way, I might need to change the address I provided earlier."

"Sure, it can be changed anytime before it's sent out."

"Great, I'll send you the new address."

"Alrighty."

Su Yang sent the address of the Tomato House to Ren Lingxi. After chatting for a few more sentences, they wrapped up the conversation.

At this moment, Meng Qianyu thought of something and suddenly walked up to him, asking, "By the way, Brother Su Yang."

"What's up?"

"Didn't you say before that you'd invite our friends over to hang out once the Tomato House was renovated? When are you planning to invite them?"

"Oh right, I would've forgotten if you hadn't mentioned it. All the equipment here is basically fully set up now, so it is ready for friends to come over. Tomorrow happens to be the weekend, so let's do it tomorrow. I'll ask in the group chat."

"Okay~"

Su Yang switched to the WeChat group they had created during their road trip to rally the troops: @Everyone, the courtyard I set up at Lianwu Lake is finished. Are you guys free tomorrow? Come over for a get-together.

Just seconds after the message was sent, Liu Bo was the first to reply: Oho? Brother Yang, your place is finally done?

Su Yang: Yeah, you guys can come hang out. The weather is nice these couple of days, so we can have a barbecue and a few drinks over here.

Liu Bo: Sounds good! I don't have anything going on anyway, I can come over anytime.

Su Yang: OK, what about the rest of you? @Everyone.

Then Meng Qianyu chimed in: @Everyone, come out, come out. It's been a while since we all gathered. Let's meet up at Brother Su Yang's place tomorrow!

After Meng Qianyu's message, Meng Wenzhou replied: I'm OK. By the way, Old Su, my company's finance department already transferred the money for the racing track today. In a few days, once the design team I hired arrives, let's go check out the site together to see how to remodel it.

Su Yang: Alright, no problem.

Meng Wenzhou: I don't have much going on these next two days, let's meet up for some drinks tomorrow.

Liu Bo: Exactly, exactly, let's meet tomorrow. I'm about to grow mold staying at home.

Su Qingci: What time tomorrow?

Su Yang: Try to come early. It's the weekend tomorrow anyway, so everyone should be free.

Su Qingci: Okay, then I'll come over with Sister Ziyun tomorrow.

Su Yang: Right, where is she?

Tang Ziyun: We're having dinner together right now.

Su Yang: Eating so late. Come early tomorrow, around noon.

Tang Ziyun: Okay~

After they chatted for a bit longer, Zhong Qing also popped up: @Su Yang, where is your courtyard? I don't even know.

Su Yang: I'll send the location right now.

Zhong Qing: Alrighty.

Chu Qiunan: Old Su, Yueyue and I probably won't be able to make it. We're in Hangzhou right now.

Su Yang: No worries, we'll just meet up next time.

Chu Qiunan: Sounds good. I'll be back when we go to the racing track in a few days.

Su Yang: OK.

Just as Su Yang finished replying, the other two girls in the group, Jiang Yuxin and Mao Xiaorong, also replied.

However, these two weren't from Haicheng, so they couldn't make it.

By now, most of the people in the group had spoken up. The only ones who hadn't shown up yet were Zhang Ziming and Ji Bo.

Liu Bo tagged them both: @Zhang Ziming @Ji Bo, what's the deal with you two? Hurry up and say something.

After waiting for a minute, Ji Bo sent a message: My bad, my bad, I was just working out and only saw this now.

Liu Bo: Oho? You've started working out, kid? You're kidding, right?

Ji Bo: Hey? Pang Ge, if you don't believe me, you can ask Brother Meng. I got a membership at his gym.

Liu Bo: Really?

Ji Bo: Yeah really, hold on a sec.

After saying that, Ji Bo snapped a picture of the gym and sent it to the group: See? I really wasn't lying to you.

Liu Bo: Not bad, kid. Anyway, down to business, are you coming tomorrow?

Ji Bo: Of course! How could an occasion like this happen without me?

Liu Bo: OK, then we're just waiting on Ziming.

A few minutes later, Zhang Ziming finally appeared: Sorry, sorry, I was a bit busy with something just now.

Liu Bo: What were you doing? Being lovey-dovey with your Yixue?

Seeing this, Su Yang thought to himself, 'Huh? This guy actually hasn't told anyone yet.'

Zhang Ziming replied: No. Sigh, I won't hide it from you guys anymore. Actually, Yixue and I have broken up.

Everyone else: What???

As soon as Zhang Ziming said this, aside from Su Yang, Pan Ning, and Meng Qianyu who already knew, everyone else sent a giant question mark.

Zhang Ziming sent seven or eight voice messages and four or five text messages of explanation before finally making things clear.

Meng Wenzhou: Hey? You're pretty good at keeping secrets, huh? Waiting this long to tell us?

Liu Bo: Yeah, what couldn't you guys work out? Man, I can't even find a girlfriend, and you're out here breaking up. Yixue is such a beautiful girl!

Zhang Ziming: Sigh, guys, it's not like this happened all of a sudden. We just didn't have feelings for each other anymore, and a lot of the time we had different viewpoints, so we just had an amicable breakup.

Meng Wenzhou: You really held that in, huh? Taking this long to say it—is there no room to turn things around?

Zhang Ziming: No, let's just part on good terms.

Meng Wenzhou: Alright then, welcome to the singles club.

Liu Bo: @Su Yang, Brother Yang, is Yixue going tomorrow?

Su Yang: She's not going, because she's right here with me. Of course, Panpan and Qianyu are here too, so we already found out about their breakup through Yixue.

Liu Bo: In that case, Ziming, are you still going tomorrow?

Zhang Ziming: Yeah, why wouldn't I? It's just a breakup, we're not enemies.

Meng Wenzhou: If you say so, I'll give you a like for that!

Su Yang: You and Yixue think exactly alike, that's what she said too.

Zhang Ziming: Really?

Su Yang: Yeah, so you should come tomorrow too. It's fine, just hang out as friends.

Zhang Ziming: Okay, I'll come.