We will meet each other somewhere in life.
Lin Ye didn't expect to meet Chen Xi again in Ice City.
Rewind three minutes.
After watching the excitement, Lin Ye was about to go somewhere else for a walk. The next moment, his ears pricked up and a smile appeared on his face, but he did not look back.
Until "bang", a small snowball hit his back.
Swish!
The first people to react were not Lin Ye, but Zhang Yun and the other person who were following Lin Ye. Consultant Lin was hit by a snowball, which was a big deal.
The two men's faces changed drastically. Zhang Yun turned around, and when he saw a girl holding a snowball and looking at him with a smile, the tension on his face disappeared.
When he saw his colleague was about to walk towards the girl, he quickly reached out and grabbed him.
"Zhang Yun, what are you doing? We are responsible for protecting Consultant Lin's safety."
"Protection? Do you think that with Consultant Lin's strength, he will be attacked by someone? Look at that girl, she is so beautiful, obviously she is Consultant Lin's friend."
Zhang Yun rolled his eyes at his colleague, what a fool! How could he not have such good eyesight?
The girl was smiling and waiting for Consultant Lin to turn around. It would be a bad thing if we went up and grabbed her at this time, destroying the romantic atmosphere between Consultant Lin and the beautiful girl.
Lin Ye's expression regained its composure, and when he turned around, he saw Chen Xi standing there prettyly.
Chen Xi, wrapped in a white down jacket and wearing a rabbit-ear hat, looked a little bloated, but she was cute and sweet, with two dimples slightly visible.
"Why are you here?"
"Why, you are the only one allowed to come to Ice City, but I can't come."
At this moment, Chen Xi blinked her eyes playfully. Lin Ye rubbed her rabbit ear hat without saying anything, just looking at her.
"Oh, I almost forgot. You are my financial sponsor. I didn't come to Bingcheng with a man. My college classmate is getting married, and I am here to attend the wedding."
Chen Xi pouted, Lin Ye smiled and asked , "Are you here to be a bridesmaid?"
"Do you think I'm suitable to be a bridesmaid?" Chen Xi gave Lin Ye a teasing look in return. Lin Ye rubbed his nose, it seemed that it was really inappropriate. Asking Chen Xi to be a bridesmaid would mean asking her to ruin the party and steal the bride's limelight, wouldn't it?
"Don't worry, Sponsor, I will strictly abide by the moral code of love and will never flirt with other men. Even if I want to have contact with boys, I will report to you and notify you as soon as possible."
Facing Chen Xi's playful words, Lin Ye pinched her small nose, causing Chen Xi's cheeks to swell up in dissatisfaction. Lin Ye laughed and said, "Since we've met, let's go shopping together."
"Are you alone?"
Chen Xi was a little curious, because Zhang Yun and the other man did not always follow Lin Ye. Most of the time, they kept a distance of five meters from Lin Ye. Therefore, in Chen Xi's opinion, Lin Ye was all alone.
"right."
Seeing that Zhang Yun and the other man took the initiative to move away, Lin Ye thought about it and admitted it.
“Is this true?”
Chen Xi was a little unconvinced. How could someone come out to stroll around alone? He looked towards the bathroom and said, "If there is a beauty around, you can just tell me directly. I will definitely not disturb you and leave now."
"Don't guess, I'm alone. Since we met, that's perfect. Take me around."
"You said this yourself. If some beautiful lady misunderstands you, you can't blame me for ruining your plans."
Watching Lin Ye follow Chen Xi away, Zhang Yun didn't rush forward this time, but asked, "Do we still need to follow now?"
"What the hell? Do you like being stared at when you're on a date?" Zhang Yun felt helpless. Couldn't his colleague put himself in his shoes before doing anything?
"I don't have a date."
The female colleague replied seriously: "I was in the top class in high school, and was directly recommended to Peking University in my second year of high school. After graduation, I was arranged to work in the appraisal institute."
Zhang Yun: …
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Lin Ye followed Chen Xi and soon met several classmates who came to the Magic Festival with Chen Xi, two boys and three girls, all of whom came to attend tomorrow's wedding.
When the two boys saw Chen Xi bringing Lin Ye over, there was some hostility in their eyes. Lin Ye understood what they were thinking.
Chen Xi is a fresh graduate this year, and the same goes for her classmates. They have all just entered society and probably haven't had time to find a partner. It's impossible to say that they have no feelings for Chen Xi.
The three girls were happy about Lin Ye's appearance, and Chen Xi generously introduced Lin Ye to the three girls.
"Chen Xi, when you were in school, there were so many boys chasing you, but you refused them all. It turns out that you have a boyfriend in your hometown."
"Don't even mention Chen Xi. If I had such a handsome boyfriend in my hometown, I would even choose a local university. If I don't keep him, I'll have nowhere to cry if he gets poached by someone else."
"You are the one who is worried. Our Xixizi Dingmei is not afraid of these things."
Listening to his classmate's misunderstanding, Chen Xi did not explain, and Lin Ye naturally would not explain either.
"Brother Lin must be very capable to be able to pursue our school's most beautiful girl."
The boy next to him seemed to be praising him, but the sourness in his words could not be hidden. In his opinion, Lin Ye only relied on his face and figure. Generally, boys with good looks like this don't have any real abilities.
Because they put too much energy on the external.
"Yes, yes, yes. Although Lin's looks are comparable to the male lead in an idol drama, we Xixi are definitely not so superficial as to only look at appearance. Xixi, tell me, what do you like about Lin?"
The girls didn't have any bad intentions, they just joined in the fun. One girl wearing glasses even kept looking at Lin Ye's lower body.
“What are you thinking about, you fujoshi?” A rare blush appeared on Chen Xi’s pretty face. Although Lin Ye was indeed very good in that aspect, she didn’t know it at first... No, it seemed that she had really seen Lin Ye’s ability first.
In a hurry, I blurted out: "He has super powers."
Superpowers?
Everyone present was stunned by Chen Xi's words, only Lin Ye heard that it was a homonym.
What you are displaying is not just your money ability.
"Yes, I do have superpowers." Lin Ye took over Chen Xi's words: "Have you heard of people with superpowers?"
"Tsk, I'm still a member of the Chinese Dragon Group."
"You are in the Dragon Group, what level are you? I am SSS level."
Several girls responded with a smile. It was obvious that they had also read the novel, and it was an early urban novel at that.
Chen Xi winked at Lin Ye, meaning to see how you round it.
Lin Ye smiled: "You don't believe it, right? Then I'll show you. Who gives me something?"
"It's a magic trick. We just watched a lot of close-up magic tricks, but we exposed them all. You better be careful."
"Here I am, this is my phone."
The girl with glasses handed the phone to Lin Ye and said with a smile: "This is unique."
Lin Ye took the phone and looked at Chen Xi: "Lend me your hat."
Chen Xi obediently took off his hat and handed it to Lin Ye. Lin Ye put the phone into Chen Xi's hat in front of several people, and then tied the hat up with the pair of rabbit ears.
"The phone is in the hat, you all saw it."
Several girls nodded. At such a close distance, they saw the phone fall into the hat, so there was no mistake.
"Let me check. The magician used a trick to replace it secretly under our noses."
One of the two boys reached out to touch the bag. Although he couldn't perform magic, based on his logical analysis ability, he judged that the phone was definitely not in the hat at this time, but had been hidden somewhere else.
The girl with glasses rolled her eyes at Wang Hao. How could Wang Hao be so ignorant? Everyone knew that the phone was definitely not in the hat at this time, but since he could just see it with his eyes, he still had to touch it with his hands. Why didn't he go up to check when the magician was performing magic just now?
"Can."
Lin Ye didn't care. Wang Hao touched the hat and found that there was really a cell phone inside. However, he still believed that there was a problem, so he was about to untie it and open it to have a look, but was stopped by the girl with glasses.
"Wang Hao, that's enough. Lin Ye is just performing a magic trick. Do you really need to take it so seriously?"
Wang Hao was a little embarrassed by what he said, Lin Ye smiled and said: "It's okay, you can open it and check it. This way, my magic will be more effective."
After hearing what Lin Ye said, Wang Hao didn't hesitate. He had been scolded and done all the bad things. If he didn't open it, he would be at a loss.
After opening the hat and seeing the phone inside, Wang Hao reached in and felt around. After making sure it was ok, he prepared to return the hat to Lin Ye. However, Lin Ye waved his hand and said, "No need to return it to me. Just tie a knot on the hat and keep it."
Let Wang Hao hold the hat, Lin Ye looked at the girl with glasses, and then pretended to say: "In the name of heaven, obey my command, move mountains and overturn seas... move!"
Lin Ye made hand gestures with both hands, tapped his hat several times, and then pointed at the handbag of the girl with glasses and said, "Open the bag and take a look."
"Open the bag, Lin Ye, you are not going to say that the phone is in my bag, right? This is not... Wow!"
The girl with glasses was so scared that she threw her handbag to the ground. Her cell phone just happened to slip out of the bag. She hugged her arms and kept rubbing them.
"I got goosebumps. It scared me to death."
Over there, Wang Hao saw this scene and reached out to touch the hat, only to find that it was empty and it flattened when he pressed it.
"I got goose bumps too. This... this scared me."
Several girls were scared because the magic effect of Lin Ye was too amazing. You know, except for handing the phone to Lin Ye, the girl with glasses kept a distance of two meters from Lin Ye, and Wang Hao also checked that Lin Ye did not touch the hat again after handing it to Wang Hao.
Chen Xi's eyes were full of surprise. She didn't expect Lin Ye to have such a skill. Her friends were all shocked.
"Lin Ye, how did you do it?"
"I told you I have super powers, but you still don't believe it." Lin Ye spread his hands with a helpless expression.
"Tsk, forget it, but with this trick, you can indeed fool a lot of young girls. Xixi, is this how you got fooled? If this superpower can be used remotely..."
The girl with glasses was undoubtedly a fujoshi, and after a brief shock she started driving.
"Bah, I told you to stop visiting Jiang's literary website, but you didn't listen. What on earth are you thinking about all day long?"
"Chen Xi, I'll return the hat to you."
Wang Hao also returned the hat to Chen Xi, but Chen Xi did not wear it on his head again. Instead, he put it back in his bag and winked at Lin Ye. Lin Ye was speechless. This woman really understood men's hearts.
This is to tell herself that if other men touch the hat, she will not wear it anymore.
But I have to say that Chen Xi's actions did make him feel very comfortable.
Oh, this damn domineering president’s possessiveness.
It's night!
Lin Ye stayed in the hotel room opened by Chen Xi. Chen Xi pestered Lin Ye to watch magic. Lin Ye had no choice but to demonstrate the magician's hand speed.
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The next day!
"Morning."
"Xixizi, I thought you didn't get up so early today."
"Destroy it!"
Early in the morning, as soon as Chen Xi got up and walked out of the room, he started playing with the girl with glasses.
"Have you noticed that after I returned to the hotel last night, the hotel service seemed to have improved. They even asked me if I needed anything in the middle of the night and sent me some fruit snacks."
"I also got one delivered. The service of this hotel is very humane. I will book this hotel again next time."
When Lin Ye heard this, he glanced at Zhang Yun and the other person who were sitting in the hotel lobby pretending to play with their phones. He knew without thinking that it must have been done by these two people.
Chen Xi and her friends did not book a star-rated hotel, but a boutique hotel that cost three hundred yuan per night.
It’s nothing for rich people, but for college students who have just entered society , such a hotel is very good. Generally, college graduates are reluctant to leave.
However, those who can travel thousands of miles to attend their classmate's wedding have some money or come from a well-off family. Otherwise, if they are financially tight, they will not come in order to save on travel tickets and accommodation.
"Don't follow me today."
While Chen Xi and the others went to the front desk, Lin Ye said something to Zhang Yun.
"Okay, then Consultant Lin, if you have any questions, please inform us immediately. If you need a car, there is one at the hotel entrance."
Zhang Yun left with his female colleague, and Chen Xi came over after chatting with the front desk.
"Come on, you have to accompany me the whole time today."
Last night, Chen Xi asked Lin Ye if they wanted to attend the wedding together today. Lin Ye thought that he had never seen a wedding in Northeast China, so he was somewhat interested.
Chen Xi and her friends were the bride's guests. Although Chen Xi was not a bridesmaid, there were two girls who were bridesmaids and they had to put on makeup early in the morning.
The bride had already hired a makeup artist to wait at home. When Chen Xi and his friends were about to take a taxi, Lin Ye pointed to the business car parked at the door and said, "I borrowed a car from a friend."
"You have friends in Ice City, that's amazing."
"Zhang Jingxuan, what are you talking about? Why did Lin Ye come to Bingcheng if he has no friends there?" The girl with glasses said to that person. Seeing the other person's unhappy expression, she lowered her voice and said to Chen Xi, "Xixi, you have to be careful. This person is a green tea girl in school."
"Don't worry, Lin Ye doesn't like her." Chen Xi looked at Lin Ye's back as he drove away and smiled secretly. She had always been very confident about her looks over the years, but for some reason this confidence disappeared when facing Lin Ye.
Every time she met Lin Ye, she seemed to be dressed casually, but in fact, even the floating bangs were carefully designed by her.
The reason for this is that she and Lin Ye had just met that person, and she did not see any thoughts about herself in Lin Ye's eyes. If it weren't for something that happened to Lin Ye that time, she and Lin Ye would probably still be in a coach-student relationship.
She was in such a state that Zhang Jingxuan probably wouldn't be in Lin Ye's eyes, but she was not worried at all.
The business car that Zhang Yun drove looked ordinary from the outside, but after the girls got in, they found that it was quite special inside. Not only was there a large space, but even the seats had been modified.
Lin Ye was driving, Chen Xi was sitting in the front passenger seat, Wang Hao and the other two boys were sitting in the back, and the girl with glasses grabbed another girl and sat in the two middle seats, pointing to the back row and saying, "Zhang Jingxuan, go sit in the same row with Wang Hao and the others, there's plenty of room in the back row."
Lin Ye, who was sitting in the driver's seat, smiled when he heard this. This girl with glasses was quite interesting. At the same time, his cell phone vibrated. He picked up the phone and found that it was a message from Chen Xi. Lin Ye glanced at Chen Xi, and Chen Xi stuck out her tongue at him.
[When Li Nan was in school, his favorite thing was to read stories about urban heroines who were reborn. The heroines came back to tear apart green tea lovers, white lotuses, and mistresses.]
Lin Ye replied: [Hate evil as much as you hate evil. 】
Chen Xi: [Little girl making a heart expression] (see the picture above)
Through the rearview mirror, Lin Ye could feel that Wang Hao and the other boy had become a little more restrained than yesterday. He understood that this was due to the sense of disparity caused by the men's comparison with each other.
Men are very rational creatures. They will compare the conditions of the same sex. Once the gap between their conditions and others is too big, especially when competing for the opposite sex, they will choose to withdraw.
If they could let go and completely change their mindset, they wouldn't feel this kind of restraint. However, it is obvious that Wang Hao and other recent college graduates don't quite understand the value of personal connections. If they were people who have been working in society for many years, they would have learned to deepen their connections with themselves by now.
Lin Ye drove according to the navigation address given by Chen Xi and arrived at the destination in fifteen minutes.
"Why is there no traffic jam in Bingcheng today? It took us more than half an hour yesterday. Did the driver take us on a detour?"
"Never mind all that. It's better to arrive earlier. Let's go. Jia Jia is waiting for us at the door."
Chen Xi waited until Lin Ye locked the car door, then lowered his voice and said, "I noticed that when the car just arrived at the intersection, the red light was only on for three seconds, and then it turned green immediately."
"Really? I hadn't noticed that." Lin Ye laughed and skipped over the topic. He actually noticed it when he was driving and knew the reason. This car probably has a positioning system. Zhang Yun and the others might be at the traffic police center right now.
"It's too much." Lin Ye sighed in his heart.
"If you don't want to tell me, then don't tell me. I don't dare to ask the sponsor for the bottom of it." Chen Xi pouted. She knew that there were many mysteries about Lin Ye. She was willing to listen to what Lin Ye was willing to tell her. If Lin Ye didn't say anything, she wouldn't ask for the bottom of it or take the initiative to spy on him.
A girl in a red wedding dress was standing at the door of a three-story townhouse. She was surprised to see Chen Xi and the others and said, "When you first set out, I thought you wouldn't get there so quickly. It would take at least half an hour. Which way did you take?"
"You have to ask Chen Xi's boyfriend." Li Nan pointed at Lin Ye.
The bride took a look at Lin Ye and said, "They are indeed a perfect match for each other, Xixi and I."
"Since you know we are a perfect match, then go put on your makeup and make yourself beautiful, otherwise we will steal the limelight."
Chen Xi pushed the bride into the house, also trying to help Lin Ye divert the attention of the previous question.
Chen Xi was not a bridesmaid and did not need to wear makeup. She was afraid that Lin Ye would be bored, so she introduced the bride and groom to Lin Ye.
The bride is their classmate and also the monitor of their class. She was very respected by everyone in school. She was someone who truly served the class, not the kind of person who used her power to show off her authority.
The groom was not from their school, but studied at a university in Bingcheng. After graduating from university, the bride took an exam and became a public servant serving the people.
The two met because the groom went to the bride's unit to do some work, and he fell in love with the bride at first sight. In addition, the bride's leader also knew the groom's family, so he acted as a matchmaker. After the two had been together for more than two months, they decided to get married.
"So fast?"
Lin Ye was a little surprised. Dating for two months is considered a flash marriage nowadays.
"What do you mean by fast? You don't know what they say online. Half a year of dating is not a long time, but once your parents and elders introduce you to someone, as long as both parties agree, an auspicious date for your wedding will be calculated the next day. Those who go back to their hometowns at the end of the year for blind dates have completed their life events in just one month of the first lunar month, and then returned to the city with their marriage certificates, shocking their colleagues."
After listening to what Chen Xi said, Lin Ye felt that there was some truth in it.
"You must be Meimei's classmates, right? Young man, why didn't I see you yesterday? You are so handsome, I should have remembered you."
An old man came over. He looked energetic. Although he had a head full of white hair, he was full of energy.
"Grandpa Chen, you got up so early." Chen Xi said sweetly: "He is my boyfriend. He happened to be in Bingcheng, so I brought him here."
"Boyfriend, you have good taste, much better than my granddaughter in choosing men." The old man praised. Lin Ye smiled politely in return and subconsciously used the Qi-reading technique on the old man.
The reason why he could use the art of looking at qi was not because the old man had good vision, but because he felt some special aura from the old man.
At this sight, Lin Ye's pupils shrank a little. He looked at the old man with respect and watched him walk away.
Seeing that Lin Ye's eyes were lingering on the old man, Chen Xi introduced him, "Grandpa Chen is Meimei's grandfather. He is a doctor and runs a clinic. Her family all agrees with her marriage except her grandfather. He says that she can't marry someone from the groom's family. However, Meimei's parents think that the old man is just jealous of the rich. He still has old-fashioned ideas and always thinks that all businessmen are treacherous."
"Is the man a businessman?"
"Well, Meimei didn't say what she does specifically, but her family should be good, and she is well-connected in Bingcheng. The Northeast is different from the South, and many times, personal connections are important in getting things done."
"I understand. Investments cannot go beyond Shanhaiguan."
Although Lin Ye felt that this statement was a bit biased and seemed to have killed the business ecology of the North with one blow, the business environment in the North was indeed worse than that in the South, which was also related to the Northeastern people's emphasis on face.
Something that could have been done through normal procedures, but people had to make phone calls to find connections just to show that they had connections and had face. This was not a big deal at first, but over time it gradually became distorted.
Things that were previously done normally now require making a phone call to find someone.
Lin Ye saw a joke on the Internet. It said that a friend took his mother to the hospital for treatment. The doctor wanted to open a ward for the mother, but the friend stopped the doctor and said that he would make a phone call and that he knew the director of the hospital.
This guy was not bragging, he really knew the dean. The dean asked him to find a doctor to open a ward. After the doctor opened the ward, the guy happily took his mother to check in. The doctor at the beginning looked at the ward that the guy walked into, and found that it was the ward he wanted to arrange for the patient earlier. He was a little amused.
Maybe this joke has some artistic processing, but art comes from life, which shows that people in the north really care about their reputation.
"Your dad is such a jerk. The clinic can't be closed for the whole day. He caused trouble so early in the morning."
When Lin Ye and Chen Xi were sitting in the living room of the Chen family watching TV boredly, Chen's mother walked towards the door with some dissatisfaction. Seeing this, Lin Ye also stood up. When Chen Xi saw Lin Ye stand up, he also stood up.
At the Chen's Clinic, which is not far from the Chen family, there are quite a few people gathered at the door.
Lin Ye brought Chen Xi in and saw a man in a mink coat glaring at Mr. Chen fiercely inside the clinic. He was holding a medical record in his left hand and making a call on his cell phone in his right hand. Next to the man was a woman who looked very nervous.
Old Chen sat in front of the diagnosis table with no change in expression. Lin Ye listened to the discussions around him and understood what was going on.
Just now, this man and this woman came to the clinic for medical treatment. Mr. Chen first examined the man's illness, then prescribed medicine for him, and then gave it to the woman. The man was careful, he found that the medicine prescribed by Mr. Chen was exactly the same as the one he prescribed for the woman, but he only charged the woman 36 yuan, while he charged him 62 yuan.
The man immediately became annoyed and snatched the medical record to take a look. Although he didn't recognize the words, when he compared them with the woman's, they were exactly the same, so he immediately started to make a fuss.
"I was feeling a little uncomfortable in my stomach when I went out, and I saw a clinic nearby so I came in to have a look. I didn't expect that you, an old man, would be so mean. You're bullying me because I'm not from the neighborhood, right? I'm telling you, I'm going to call the supervisory unit right now and have them revoke your business license and fine you."
The people around were also talking about what the man said.
"Doctor Chen has run this clinic for so many years, he wouldn't do this."
"That's hard to say. Maybe the prices of the medicines prescribed to us are different. I remember it was like this. Two years ago, I came to see a doctor for back pain. He only charged me 30 yuan for three prescriptions. But last month, he charged me 90 yuan."
"Don't talk nonsense. Doctor Chen is not that kind of person. Doctor Chen's clinic has been open for decades. How can it continue to operate like this?" A man glared at the woman who had just spoken.
"I'm not the only one who said this. Besides, what I said is also the truth."
Lin Ye listened to the discussions of the people around him, and thinking about what he saw with his Qi-gazing technique, he suddenly understood a little, but at the same time he also sighed deeply in his heart: It's hard to be a good person.