Xu Xinian's project in the capital had finally come to an end.
After work, he brought Qin Yuwen to the place where everyone was gathering for dinner.
Honestly, this group fit Qin Yuwen's impression of engineers perfectly. Not to mention them—even Er Dan, who had originally been quite handsome, had turned into a complete mess after more than half a month of overtime.
Everyone sat around a large round table, their attention focused on Qin Yuwen.
"Senior Xu, no wonder none of us had ever met your girlfriend. So Sister-in-law is this beautiful. If it were me, I wouldn't want Sister-in-law out in public either."
Xu Xinian smiled faintly. He glanced at Qin Yuwen, then looked at the person who had spoken and said softly, "My girlfriend is the manager of a restaurant. She's usually busy with work, so she doesn't have time to travel with me."
His Xiong Da was no caged canary.
"Sister-in-law is that impressive?" the student who had spoken earlier asked in surprise.
The next moment, a teacher from Qingbei's Computer Science Department beside them smiled. "Little Xu, we're all academics, so let's not bother with social formalities. Later, your girlfriend can order whatever she wants. Don't be reserved. We're all family here."
"Alright, thank you, Teacher Yang."
Sitting on Xu Xinian's other side were the Qingbei junior students responsible for hosting him: Xiao Zhang and Li Xue.
Although Li Xue had seemed to be pursuing Xu Xinian lately, thankfully she had not confessed, so eating together did not feel awkward.
She suddenly raised a glass of juice and said to Xu Xinian and Qin Yuwen, "Senior Xu, and Sister-in-law, I won't say much. I'll punish myself with a drink."
With that, she drained the juice in one gulp.
Seeing her like this, the teachers beside