With the project nearing its end, Xu Xinian was the first to leave the company after the day's work was done. Sure enough, he saw Qin Yuwen waiting for him downstairs.
He walked over and saw that she was not wearing much. His brows immediately furrowed as he said, "This is Beijing. It's minus three degrees right now. You can't just wear one coat."
"I could already feel that."
Qin Yuwen rubbed her hands together, her face flushed red from the cold.
The cold here was different from the south. The icy wind slapped against her face, truly bone-chilling. She could not imagine how cold cities farther north must be.
Xu Xinian took off his own coat and draped it over Qin Yuwen, then took her hand and led her toward the street.
"Come on. I'll take you to buy a coat."
Their departing figures happened to be seen by the others leaving the company.
At the sight, everyone froze in stunned silence.
A slightly older engineer looked at Xiao Zhang, who had been assigned to receive Xu Xinian, and said in disbelief, "You told me his girlfriend had come to see him. I thought you were joking."
This was Beijing, while Xu Xinian attended school in Jiangcheng. For his girlfriend to come all the way here from there, how much determination must that have taken?
"Why would I joke about something like that?"
Xiao Zhang hurriedly retorted.
"Sigh, I was originally planning to set Little Xu up with Li Xue, but it turns out he already has a girlfriend. Didn't that just backfire?" A middle-aged man wearing glasses shook his head.
"It's fine, Teacher."
Li Xue first smiled openly, then said with a hint of bitterness, "Over this period, we invited Senior Xu out so many times, but he