Song Qingyuan said with a grin, "I really didn't expect Old Qi to have introduced Xiang Nanfang to Old Qiao already. When I mentioned it to Xiang Nanfang and she told me, I was completely stunned."
In a barbecue restaurant, Song Qingyuan drank beer and gnawed on skewers, speaking with great delight.
"I'm telling you, Wang Yan, Old Qi, this time it's definitely going somewhere. You didn't see it—when Qiao Yicheng saw Xiang Nanfang, he froze. His eyes were practically dripping with affection."
Qi Weimin said, "It's understandable that you want the best for Yicheng, but don't get your hopes up too high. Every time you introduced him to a girl before, you said the same thing to us afterward. But in the end, none of them worked out."
"This time is different!"
Song Qingyuan said, "I didn't actually know those girls from before all that well, but this time is different. Xiang Nanfang and I grew up in the same compound, so I know her well. Even if she's taken up a leadership position now and has become more guarded, I can still tell that she has a pretty good impression of Qiao Yicheng.
Otherwise, Qiao Yicheng didn't have anything pressing to do tonight, so why didn't he come drink with us? It was because the two of them had a date. I wasn't sure, so I specifically asked Xiang Nanfang. She said she was going out to dinner with Qiao Yicheng, yet Old Qiao kept it from us. Tell me, isn't that a guilty conscience? He was afraid we'd ask too many questions, so he told us nothing and kept it all hidden."
"Hey, 'kept it hidden' is exactly right. Yicheng is that kind of person. Whatever happens, he keeps it bottled up and bears it himself. If