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Luo Shan ran to Xue Jin's office to bring up the old matter again, about two months later.

At that time, Mrs. Li's divorce case had already had a court session. After the mediation failed, the procedure continued. Xue Jin submitted the evidence collected in advance, and the case was half closed.He wanted to take a break for a while. He didn't have any new cases on hand. After he was free, he went out less. He could stay in the office four days a week until he got off work. Luo Shan came over during his lunch break and caught everyone.

"If you want to ask him out, just ask him out, why do you have to go through me." Xue Jin reluctantly pushed back Gu Zhilin's business card, "Gu Zhilin is not a woman, so there is no need to avoid suspicion, Brother Shan."

Luo Shan came here just to kidnap him, but he couldn't allow him to refuse, and put the business card in front of him.

"You also understand what Lao Jiang and I mean. Whether or not this matter will come to fruition depends on your intentions. Now that you're relieved, you can call someone yourself and make an appointment for a meal."

"Why did I let it go, you said that Senke was about to fall and Heng Guang wanted to pull him, and you had to get ahead of others to pry him. It's none of my business." Xue Jin looked puzzled, he didn't sleep well last night, Now I still have the spirit of getting up, and I don’t even speak very politely, "I don’t go on an appointment with the number, but I have to be with me. Is this to introduce me to a blind date or something?"

Luo Shan was scolded all over the place, thinking that this person might be in a bad mood today, but he had long been accustomed to being scolded by Xue Jin, and in the end he just kept his business card and found an excuse to slip away to Jiang Shaohua.

Xue Jin stared at the business card for a while, confirming that the number on it was different from the one he had saved all along, and it presumably was his work phone, so he threw it into the wastebasket and clicked on his phone address book.

Instead of calling, he sent a text message to Gu Zhilin according to the default rules of the two parties.

"Are you free tonight? Lao Jiang and Luo Shan would like to invite you to dinner."

The progress bar came to an end in less than a second, and the other party's reply came very quickly, as if they had been waiting for him to invite him.

Xue Jin looked at the line and thought it was a little funny.

It's really strange, it seems like it's the first time that he wants to sit in a restaurant with Gu Zhilin to eat in a serious manner.

The location was decided by Xue Jin, a reservation-only Cantonese restaurant in a residential area. It is secluded enough and only receives a fixed number of customers every day. It is very suitable for talking about private affairs while eating.Luo Shan and Jiang Shaohua went to the detention center in the suburbs. When they came back, they were blocked on the road and asked Xue Jin to order food first.

The restaurant re-divided the structure of the entire first floor. The single rooms are separated at the four corners, the kitchen is in the middle, and the four corridors are filled with various flowers and plants. Jiangcheng is located in the south. Even in this season, there are still lush greens spreading in from the windows.

With the important task of ordering food, Xue Jin arrived at the place 15 minutes earlier, only to find that Gu Zhilin was earlier than him and had already sat in the private room drinking tea.

"So early?" He raised his eyebrows, pulled out the chair and sat down near the door. Seeing that the menu was still firmly inserted on the plywood on the table, he picked it up and flipped through two pages, asking, "Lao Jiang and the others still have to I won’t be here until later, let’s order first, what do you want to eat? The stew here is not bad.”

"You order, I'm not picky eaters."

Gu Zhilin took off his coat and put it on the back of the chair, only wearing a gray shirt, rolled up the cuffs to reveal half of his forearm, picked up the teapot and poured him a cup of tea.

The steaming tea is poured into the white porcelain teacup, bringing a warm and soft fragrance.Xue Jin estimated the portion and ordered a simple five dishes and one soup, then sent the waiter away, and was thinking about how to speak, Gu Zhilin broke the silence first.

"I was late that night, sorry."

He repeated what he had said on the phone, without changing his tone.Xue Jin originally wanted to give Luo Shan and Lao Jiang a little face, and today he would speak well and not be rude to others, but thinking of that night, he felt that he was about to commit embarrassment and cancer. He was still trying to avoid the topic of Li Yuanyuan, but Gu Zhilin did not Is there a pit in the brain if the pot is not open?

"I think--"

"My mother came to Jiangcheng suddenly without telling me in advance, and she didn't tell me until she got off the high-speed rail." Gu Zhilin said, "She has difficulty moving, so I went to the high-speed rail station to pick her up, and came back just in time for the evening peak traffic jam, so I was late gone."

His tone didn't seem like he was lying, Xue Jin blinked, a bit unresponsive.

"...your mother?" he asked hesitantly.

Gu Zhilin nodded and said, "You met last time in Guangxi."

The word "last time" is a bit vague, but Xue Jin has only met him two or three times recently, and the location is easy to match. The last time he and Yang Zixi met Gu Zhilin while eating dessert in Guangxi Department Store, There was indeed a lady at that time, but she happened to have her back to them so she couldn't see her face, and he pretended to be stupid and didn't look at her. Now that Gu Zhilin mentioned it suddenly, he realized that he didn't pay attention at all.

Is that Gu Zhilin's mother?

Will it be such a coincidence?

Xue Jin was dubious in his heart, but his mouth was open, and he said generously: "It's nothing, it's over anyway, I didn't wait long..."

Others have moved his own mother out, so can he still hold on to her?He didn't quite understand why Gu Zhilin wanted to explain this to him. In fact, to him, it didn't matter what the reason for missing the appointment was, the important thing was the matter itself.

Gu Zhilin, however, seemed to be unable to read the air, and dug deeper into the matter: "I heard that Mrs. Li's attorney is you, then you should have seen the photo of me and Li Yuanyuan..."

Xue Jin put down his teacup and glanced at him, suppressed the roiling discomfort in his heart, and said calmly, "Can we have a good meal? What's there to talk about?"

He really didn't want to talk about it. It happened that the waiter knocked on the door and came in to serve cold dishes, so he moved his chair to make way for the other party, taking the opportunity to stop the topic.But Gu Zhilin didn't intend to just let him go, he insisted on leaking the window paper.

"She has a crush on me, but I have clearly rejected it."

Xue Jin almost laughed out of anger, thinking that this conversation was extremely funny: "So?"

"I just think I should tell you about it." Gu Zhilin's expression remained unchanged, as if he was talking about something unimportant.

But if he really thinks it doesn't matter, he won't pick which pot at this time.

"Gu Zhilin, don't you feel too good about yourself?" Xue Jin put down his chopsticks, endured and endured, and finally decided to abandon the embarrassment and make it clear, "I ended up with you and this matter has nothing to do with it. It's not because of this, you don't need to explain to me."

In fact, he also felt that he was a bit hypocritical. He should have made this matter clear tomorrow, but he kept avoiding it because of Li Yuanyuan's photo. Anyway, Luo Shan and the others hadn't arrived yet, so it might not be a good thing to take this opportunity to talk about it. .

"I'm a self-willed person, I don't like unclear relationships, and I don't like wasting time with people who can't figure it out." He looked at Gu Zhilin, and suddenly found that these words were not as difficult as he imagined He said, "Whether you want to stay in Senke to waste your youth, or want to fall in love with Ms. Li, it has nothing to do with me, but I really can't understand your thoughts, and I don't want to spend any more time trying to force myself. We are not all the way, and it is really tiring to go on like this.”

Although they are just friends with benefits, they have made an agreement from the beginning. As long as one of them feels inappropriate, they can end it immediately.Xue Jin thought that he had given Gu Zhilin enough face, he didn't want to rip his face off or continue to discuss these issues, and finishing the liquidation quickly and returning to normal life was the way he wanted to end it.

He also knew that it was unreasonable for him to be too strict, but he didn't plan to change it. He just decided to learn from his experience and make a standard clause for his friends to sign next time, so as to avoid such problems from happening again.

"I don't have any unclear relationship with others." Gu Zhilin said.

His facial contours are deep, and when he is not smiling, he looks extremely cold and impersonal, and his tone is flat as if he is talking about an unimportant matter: "I have already explained the matter of Li Yuanyuan. As for Senke's problem, I I don't understand why you care so much, after all, it's my own business and it won't affect you."

"Yeah, I also feel that I'm so cheap." Xue Jin couldn't help but smiled, and said meanly, "Whatever you do, it has nothing to do with me, I just don't like you doing things for Wan Sennian and doing yourself a favor. I think it looks great, but I think it’s just boring.”

He was a little dizzy with anger, and he was somewhat indiscriminate in his words, but he didn't realize this in time, nor did he notice that Gu Zhilin's calm expression had finally changed.

Before that, Xue Jin had never called Wan Sennian by his full name directly in front of Gu Zhilin, and kept calling him Wan Lao, which was a bit of respect for the teacher.But his respect for Wan Sennian is actually very limited. In his opinion, even if the other party funded Gu Zhilin at the beginning with good intentions and did not expect anything in return, it was Gu Zhilin's own choice to give up the insurance research and enter Senke. After so many years It is impossible for Wan Sennian to fail to see the current situation of Senke. He let Gu Zhilin continue to lean on a dying old tree, which is tantamount to making fun of his own student's future.

I don't know if Gu Zhilin can afford to delay Xue Jin, he just finds that Zhou Yu and Huang Gai are not pleasing to the eye, and he doesn't want to keep boring himself.

When Jiang Shaohua and Luo Shan entered the door, they were separated at the farthest corners at both ends of the round table. Gu Zhilin was expressionless, while Xue Jin was immersed in playing mobile games, ignoring each other, like two people who had to share the table because the table was full. stranger.

"How long have you been here?" Luo Shan pulled out the chair and sat down next to Gu Zhilin familiarly, and first apologized to him, "There was a car accident on the expressway back from Xijiang in the afternoon, and Lao Jiang and I were stuck on the road Oh, it's late, I'm really sorry."

Gu Zhilin smiled: "Just arrived, it's nothing."

Although it was his usual style of speaking, Luo Shan was used to gagging with Xue Jin, and it was rare to receive such a reserved reply. He was stunned for a moment, and subconsciously turned his head to look at Xue Jin who was opposite him.In the end, I saw the latter playing the mobile game without looking up. Just as the game was over, a huge and out of date win popped up on the screen of the phone.

He coughed twice in embarrassment, and reminded: "Comrade Xue Jin, eat delicious food, don't be a child with mobile phones."

"You guys eat what you eat, and I have an appointment with someone else, so I'm going to leave now." Xue Jin quit the game and put away his phone, stood up and smiled at the two of them, "This meal is mine, you guys eat well."

Luo Shan originally wanted to say something, but when he looked up, he found that there was no smile in his eyes. The smile was so fake that he was just making excuses to dismiss them.So he silently swallowed the words that came to his lips, exchanged a glance with Jiang Shaohua, and decided with great insight to say nothing and let him go.

But to their surprise, before Xue Jin was about to open the door and leave, Gu Zhilin, who had been treating him as transparent to each other, suddenly stopped him.

"Xue Jin."

The sound was a bit abrupt, Luo Shan and Jiang Shaohua subconsciously turned their heads to look at Gu Zhilin, but the footsteps of the person who was about to leave paused for two seconds, and finally they twisted the doorknob and left without looking back.