What the young woman had been worrying about never happened.
That very night, after tossing and turning, unable to sleep, she finally took the initiative and asked her older sister on WeChat to go to a movie with her the following evening.
As for Lu Zhou, he had no special plans that day. He sat in his office as usual, steadily working through his regular tasks.
Back when he had been at Princeton, he had followed local customs and celebrated the holiday, but he seemed to have stopped since returning home.
Of course, that might also have been because he had no one to celebrate it with.
After all, most of these imported Western holidays ended up being branded as Valentine's Days. For someone without a partner, the best thing to do was stay as far away from crowds as possible.
Just then, however, a movie ticket was thrust in front of him.
"Want to go to a movie together?"
Lu Zhou glanced at the ticket and looked up to find Senior Brother Luo smiling at him, his right hand braced against the desk. He was winking furiously, apparently trying to hint at something.
Seeing his expression, Lu Zhou hesitated.
Was he trying to...
Hint that he should refuse?
He spoke uncertainly.
"I... don't have time?"
"Ah... you're actually busy? I even bought two tickets so I could treat you to a movie." Luo Wenxuan theatrically raised his right hand and scratched his head. His eyes searched the office for Assistant Kong as he continued in the same exaggerated tone, "What a headache..."
Lu Zhou: "..."
No, no...
I'm going to throw up.
It wasn't as though this guy was some inexperienced rookie. How had he come up with such a painfully forced old cliché to ask a woman to