"What made you think of coming here?"
Ji Hanxing asked cautiously, probing. His heart was full of confusion and unease. Had Yan Jinyue discovered something? Or was it just a coincidence?
Yan Jinyue took Ji Hanxing's hand, held it tightly, and led him inside.
"Isn't this your alma mater? I was curious, so I came to take a look."
Yan Jinyue's voice was deep and magnetic, and Ji Hanxing's heart could not help beating faster.
"As it happens, Baotan said a classmate of his opened an egg fried rice shop here. It officially opens tomorrow. Today's Friday, and they're having a trial opening."
The explanation was airtight, so Ji Hanxing could only follow Yan Jinyue inside with a guilty conscience.
[Looks like this classmate of Xie Baotan's is most likely that apprentice I picked up last time, little Jiang.]
[That girl's pretty impressive. She's already opened a shop?]
[I've been an unreliable master, too. I haven't had time to check how things are going all this time. This is a good chance to take a look.]
Holding Ji Hanxing's hand, Yan Jinyue naturally heard his thoughts along the way, but showed no sign of it on his face.
He wondered whether what he had prepared would give Ji Hanxing more delight than shock, or more shock than delight.
He would wait and see how Ji Hanxing reacted.
"Bro! Over here!"
Suddenly, a shout came from not far away, and Ji Hanxing and Yan Jinyue both looked toward the sound.
They saw Xie Baotan running toward them like a happy puppy, a brilliant smile lighting up his handsome face, as though his smile had illuminated the entire world.
If not for that handsome face saving him, he would have looked truly silly running like that.
Xie Baotan radiated boundless energy and