On Sunday morning, Chen Zhifei got a call from Wang Xiaoliang.
He wanted to meet to discuss financial management and introduce his business partner while he was at it.
Chen Zhifei readily agreed, but froze for a moment when she heard the location.
The Hyatt Hotel.
Wang Xiaoliang said he was staying there, though Chen Zhifei couldn't tell whether he meant himself or a woman.
Chen Zhifei stood motionless by the window, holding her phone.
Her first visit to Fucheng had been for Liu Xinyu's wedding. After the wedding, Liu Xinyu had still arranged hotel rooms for the classmates who stayed behind, but she hadn't continued staying there with Zhao Shengkai. She had dragged Zhao Shengkai off to book a room at the Hyatt, feeling that only a place like that was worthy of her.
The person she'd been back then...
So difficult, and so ridiculous. She'd probably been nothing but a joke in Liu Xinyu's and Wang Xiaoliang's eyes!
At the Chinese restaurant on the second floor, Chen Zhifei found the private room, knocked twice, and pushed the door open.
Only one person was sitting inside.
He was a young guy who looked barely over twenty. When he saw her come in, he sprang out of his chair, sending it scraping half a foot backward.
"Chen Zhifei! At last, I get to meet you in person! I'm Luo Bisheng!"
Chen Zhifei paused midstep.
This was the person she dealt with every day in the work group chat. He reported each day's expenses item by item, with all the figures clearly laid out, and took his work extremely seriously. He never sent voice messages. Judging by his approach to work and that distinctive name, she'd always imagined an older man in his thirties on the other side of the screen.