CLG Chapter 23

Li Shuxuan thought for a moment, then turned back to the private room, which made the man at the table think that she didn’t appreciate it, but soon Li Shuxuan returned to the balcony with a can of beer.

Li Shuxuan was already very beautiful, and with her slightly flushed face after drinking, the man was stunned. It wasn’t until Li Shuxuan coughed twice that he awkwardly picked up the beer and said, “Drink, I drink, sorry…” His flustered appearance made Li Shuxuan feel quite amused.

Li Shuxuan felt that the man in front of her was quite interesting, and did not choose to leave. At this moment, she didn’t want to return to the noisy private room, so she walked to the balcony. She didn’t speak, just stood quietly beside him, thinking about the direction of her life in the future.

“Pretty much the same, too many people…”

The two of them sat like this, although they didn’t say much, occasionally a sentence, intermittently chatted for an hour, until Li Shuxuan’s parents sent a message asking her where she was, she swayed and was about to leave.

Li Shuxuan left, and also took away Chen Xuelin’s heart.

After a while, his friend walked out and saw Chen Xuelin with a regretful expression, “What’s wrong, aren’t you coming in to sit, what are you doing out here alone?”

“I already told my friends that you were coming today, but you just glanced at the door and didn’t even go in.” Chen Xuelin could be considered a semi-internet celebrity, bringing him out was also a matter of face, because he rarely took the initiative to speak on the internet, only occasionally there would be news about him.

“Too few people, boring.”

Now he only thought of one thing: how to meet her again.

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For the next two weeks, she basically only went from work to home, nowhere else, because she didn’t like the people her best friend called last time, and she had been refusing to go.

“Go, go, I promise this time, eight, eight people at most, how about it.” On the other end, her best friend asked her to accompany her to sing again.

She hesitated, because she hadn’t finished her work yet, and she estimated she would have to stay home on Saturday. Who knew her best friend immediately arranged it for the weekend evening, letting her relax after work, because she had refused several times before, Li Shuxuan finally agreed.

Hearing Li Shuxuan agree, her best friend smiled slyly. In fact, she had taken a fancy to a guy who had gathered together before, but she was embarrassed to ask him out, so she found the female friend in the middle to say that they would play together. Among those girls, the best quality one was Chen Xuelin, but she knew the huge gap between herself and Chen Xuelin. Would that kind of woman lack handsome men? Impossible, she could only settle for second best, but unfortunately, the girl she liked seemed to be interested in Li Shuxuan. For her happiness, she had no choice but to invite Li Shuxuan to come along.

If Li Shuxuan was willing to come, that guy would definitely be willing too. Then she would use her charm to win him over. She didn’t believe it, was she worse than Li Shuxuan?

Of course, Li Shuxuan didn’t know her best friend’s little plans. For love, she thought it was just the icing on the cake in life. It was better to have it, but it was also acceptable not to have it. After all, in the adult world, she had seen too little love that could be called true. Those two words were something that could be encountered but not sought in her world.

Li Shuxuan’s home was almost in the city center. This time, she came in a friend’s car. This place was located near Jianghe University, a bit far from her.

“Let’s go, let’s go, look at me, working every day, don’t I know what it means to combine work and rest.” Her best friend pulled Li Shuxuan and walked in.

Ten minutes later, Chen Xuelin also arrived here, with another man beside him.

“Okay, okay.” Chen Xuelin sighed. Although he often participated in social parties offline, he now only had one woman in his heart. Unfortunately, that woman only appeared once that night. After that, he went to play every weekend, but it made him feel extremely disappointed. That woman never came again.

His friend was stunned, not knowing what had happened, but he had his own goals today, which was to get to know Li Shuxuan.

Chen Xuelin walked straight over. He had been with many girls, but very few made his heart flutter like Li Shuxuan.

Li Shuxuan narrowed her eyes. This person looked a little familiar, but she couldn’t remember. Maybe she had seen him on the TV news, so she had some impression. She nodded, she was too lazy to remember the past. Just then, a man sat next to Li Shuxuan and started a “checking household registration” style exchange, so awkward that Li Shuxuan almost excused herself to go to the bathroom and run out. Fortunately, after some exchange, her best friend pulled him to the side.

As expected, it’s no use talking too much if you don’t share common interests! Li Shuxuan sighed.

“Hello, is this seat taken?”

“Huh?” Suddenly, Li Shuxuan heard someone standing next to her talking. She took a closer look. Wasn’t that Chen Xuelin? Why did he suddenly run over to her side? Li Shuxuan shook her head.

“Can I sit here?” Chen Xuelin pointed to the seat next to her and asked.

Today she looked relatively quiet, probably because she didn’t drink any alcohol, her face wasn’t as rosy as it was that day, but it didn’t prevent her from being still beautiful and charming even without makeup.

“No one, take a seat.” Li Shuxuan thought, this guy is quite polite, but she didn’t understand why he would come to her side.

As Chen Xuelin went over, the other people also sat over. Li Shuxuan originally wanted to sing, which made her frown, but fortunately, she also relaxed for a while. Seeing her best friend chatting with that girl quite affectionately, she didn’t bother them much and directly chose to come out.

Seeing Li Shuxuan leave, Chen Xuelin became anxious, and he immediately found a reason to follow her out.

“Uh…do we know each other?” Li Shuxuan couldn’t remember knowing him even after racking her brains. She wasn’t very interested in those popular people and things. Although Chen Xuelin was quite amazing, she had no contact with him.

The two of them walked out. They didn’t choose to continue staying here. They chose a cafe and started chatting. After knowing that the other was a big celebrity, Li Shuxuan also started asking him about those things. Chen Xuelin naturally answered everything. If it were usually or other people, he would definitely deal with it perfunctorily, but facing Li Shuxuan, he didn’t even need her to actively ask. Chen Xuelin took the initiative to say everything he thought was worth talking about. Li Shuxuan was also very surprised. This man’s experiences and knowledge were quite extraordinary.

“You live nearby, I know, you teach there now, how about it.”

“That’s too embarrassing, I’ll just take a taxi myself, it’s too late.”

In the end, Chen Xuelin insisted on taking Li Shuxuan back. Downstairs at Li Shuxuan’s house, the two exchanged phone numbers.

In the days that followed, the two often made appointments on weekends, but not in those entertainment venues, but in libraries, cafes and private gardens. Li Shuxuan talked about her favorite books and movies she had seen, and Chen Xuelin responded one by one.

In addition, Li Shuxuan also began to complain to him about the troubles in her life. Most of the time, he would choose to listen, and occasionally he would express his own opinions, because as Chen Xuelin and Li Shuxuan got along, he could feel that as a woman, she was a very strong and idealistic woman in all aspects of her life.

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