Chapter 167
Before Yan Beiyou and Ye Nanxun arrived, Song Ren had been helping Zhu Yucheng, Jiang Yuenian, and the others make dinner in the kitchen.
In truth, most of the work was done by Zhu Yucheng and Teacher Jiang. Song Ren just chatted nearby or washed a few potatoes.
In fact, Song Ren, like Ji Yunqi, was not much of a cook.
The difference was that Ji Yunqi could blow up the kitchen when he cooked, while Song Ren, though unable to help much, at least would not make things worse.
Song Ren arranged the washed vegetables neatly on the counter, sorting them into categories.
As he tried to straighten one crooked tomato, he received a message from Mo Ning.
Zhu Yucheng said, "Song Ren, my Brother Song, please just go out and watch TV or play games."
Looking at the rows of vegetables practically screaming "obsessive-compulsive disorder," Zhu Yucheng felt as though he had returned to those terrifying school days ruled by chemistry.
Although Song Ren would not blow up the kitchen, he easily gave the cook the illusion that he was not stir-frying dishes but conducting some cutting-edge experiment.
"Fine. You guys carry on. I'll go lie down upstairs for a while."
Leaving the kitchen, Song Ren headed straight for the second-floor guest room. He passed the living room without greeting Ji Yunqi and went upstairs.
Today was a private dinner. Only the three of them had been invited, though each could bring a partner.
Unlike a public banquet, there was no need to bring a dance partner or anything like that.
Being someone they brought to a private dinner to meet close friends, in a sense, also conveyed to those friends that they were serious about their relationship with that person.
Yan Beiyou would undoubtedly bring