Volume 2 Cold Dew Chapter 58: Making Friends
After eating and drinking , Jiang You had a Chinese medicine meridian massage, massaging from head to toe, from beginning to end.
After howling, he collapsed in the lounge chair, not wanting to move a finger.
Chen Nan brought him a glass of juice and placed it on the small table. She then took his cell phone out of the cabinet and put it in his hand. She said, "Take a rest. I'll take Xiaomo for a walk outside."
Jiang You nodded.
After watching Chen Nan leaving with Jiang Mo, he swiped the screen and saw a message from Tang Butian.
Tang Butian: Taoist Qingyang asked me to check the statue of the deity. I refused.
Jiang You took a sip of orange juice.
He replied: Are carrots delicious?
Tang Butian: Not bad.
Jiang You heard footsteps, looked up, and saw Zhang Lin walking towards him.
He put down his phone.
"We met again." Zhang Lin said as he sat down on the recliner next to him.
"You won't accompany Mr. Xu's daughter?"
"Jia Jia is angry with me."
Jiang You didn't respond.
Zhang Lin added: "Some of my friends in China knew I was back, so they all came this time. Jia Jia blamed me for not telling her in advance and for missing the sunrise in the morning. She was giving me the cold shoulder."
"How many friends?"
"About twenty or so, so the only ones left are the tatami rooms."
“You are so popular.”
"It's OK," Zhang Lin pretended not to hear the sarcasm in Jiang You's words, "Although I'm in the United States, we often hold online exchanges."
Jiang You turned his head to look at him, "Online communication? Is there any organization?"
"It's just a book club, where we share our reading experiences and insights in life," Zhang Lin continued when he saw Jiang You was interested. "Because there is no conflict of interest at all, our previous relationship was very pure, just based on interest."
"fine."
"I want to promote this model," Zhang Lin glanced at Jiang You, "You have a good relationship with Teacher Xu. I think Teacher Xu has some misunderstandings about me..."
"We are chess friends, and we only talk about Go."
Zhang Lin was silent for a moment, "I noticed that you also shared some of your reading experiences in your circle of friends."
"To pick up girls."
Zhang Lin was a little stunned.
"There is a group. A friend of mine joined it first. He told me that it is mostly full of girls." Jiang You watched Zhang Lin's expression change from surprise to disdain. "What kind of novels do you like to read? I read a lot of online novels. Can I recommend a few to you? I recently read a novel about rebirth in Go. I think I've improved in Go."
Zhang Lin shook his head, "I don't read online novels." He paused, then asked, "I want to give Jiajia a surprise. Can you help book two rooms at the Wenxin Hotel tonight? She can watch the sunrise tomorrow and sleep a little longer."
“I only got it by chance .”
After being rejected twice in a row, Zhang Lin could no longer keep the smile on his face.
He stood up and said, "Then you take a rest. I'll go out first."
After saying that, he quickly walked out of the rest area.
Jiang You picked up the cup and took a big sip of orange juice.
He sent a WeChat message to Tang Butian: Please help me check this person, Zhang Lin.
Tang Butian: Oh.
He finished his orange juice and walked out with his cell phone.
Chen Nan and Jiang Mo were soaking in a medium-sized pool on the edge of a cliff.
"So the little mouse pulled the little cat, and they pulled one by one, and hey hey hey, they finally pulled out the big carrot..."
When Jiang You found Chen Nan, he heard Chen Nan telling Jiang Mo the story of pulling radishes in a vivid way.
He treaded water to reach them.
"The view here is great," he said, looking down at the scenery below. "It would be even more beautiful if it snowed. I wonder if it will snow in Tangjiang this year."
"Have you recovered?"
"It's almost time. That Zhang Lin is here again."
"Is there something he wants to talk to you about?" Chen Nan asked.
Jiang You turned around and sat down. "Mr. Xu doesn't like him very much. He probably wants me to say something good about him."
“I see.”
"Also, he probably thought that since I could stay at the Wenxin Hotel, there might be some connection, so he came to make friends with me," Jiang You pinched Jiang Mo's cheek, "It's quite annoying."
“There are a lot of people like this.”
"Most people don't do things that are annoying. No one lives in a vacuum. There's nothing wrong with getting to know more people, right?"
"That's right, more friends mean more paths ."
"He's probably been in the US for too long and doesn't understand the local conditions. You said he's 34 or 35 years old, so it's impossible that he hasn't had a girlfriend, right?"
"Yeah? What's wrong?"
"That's what normal people mean when they take their girlfriends out to hike and soak in hot springs, right?"
Chen Nan glanced at Jiang Mo and she nodded slightly.
"Although they are not yet boyfriend and girlfriend, the girl is probably mentally prepared. But when she arrived at the hotel, more than 20 friends suddenly showed up to welcome her, and she didn't recognize any of them. If you were Xu Jiaqi, what would you think?"
"Is he mentally ill?" Chen Nan said directly.
"That's right," Jiang You continued to complain, "You heard them arguing this morning. Getting up at 4 o'clock and leaving at 4 o'clock, I'm a man and I can't do that. What kind of brain circuit is this?"
"The woman has come out with him, why would he do this?"
"He probably wants to brainwash Xu Jiaqi, and then help him in front of Mr. Xu..." Jiang You adjusted his sitting position, "There are too many messy things now. The reading clubs are all like pyramid schemes. Shall we go down the mountain to eat tonight? I really don't want to eat in a hotel anymore."
"OK."
