Lin Fengzhi ignored him, "Who's better, me or Yan Heqing?"
The ward fell silent; Lin Fengyi remained silent.
Lin Fengzhi of tears. "Brother, even you think he's better than me now?"
Lin Fengyi was most afraid of Lin Fengzhi crying. Once Lin Fengzhi cried, he couldn't do anything about it. Even if Lin Fengzhi the stars in the sky, he would try his best to pluck them down.
But this time, he couldn't bring himself to say the simplest two words, "no".
Lin Fengzhi exploded, pushing all the lunch boxes on the table to the ground, then went back to bed and remained silent.
At the same time, Yan Heqing left the hospital and was walking towards the subway entrance when he received a phone call.
Unknown number.
It was not Lin Fengzhi's third number, nor did it exist in Yan Heqing's memory.
Yan Heqing answered the phone, and the other end spoke first, "Comrade Heqing, guess who I am?"
Chapter 93
Yan Heqing hesitated for two seconds, unsure whether to cooperate with Chu Ziyu. Chu Ziyu laughed first, "You never guessed it! I'm Xiao Chu!"
Yan Heqing replied cooperatively, "Hello."
"Haha, I knew you wouldn't guess!" Chu Ziyu enthusiastically. "I'm at an arcade near Beijing University, and I've won a ton of coins that I can't spend. I heard you live nearby, so why don't you help me burn them off?"
Yan Heqing, with his keen and perceptive mind, was surprised by the first sentence, but immediately realized it was Lu Lin who had asked Chu Ziyu to make the appointment with him.
Lu Lin is going to...
Give it to his friend?
Because of his comment, "You have a good relationship with them?"
Yan Heqing planned to go to the library in the afternoon when Chu Ziyu called. He didn't want to refuse the kindness, so whether it was Lu Lin or Chu Ziyu, he took a taxi to the address Chu Ziyu had given him.
Not far from his rented place, at Ruixing Plaza, he and Lin Fengzhi had once eaten hot pot there.
This was Yan Heqing's first time entering an arcade.
The entrance is decorated in a dreamy pink color scheme and is filled with various claw machines.
He didn't call Chu Ziyu; he went straight in to find her.
The holiday was packed with people, mostly children and young people. Yan Heqing saw Chu Ziyu on the VR motorcycle.
Many people were watching. Chu Ziyu was playing online with three other people, two boys and one girl.
Yan Heqing waited on the sidelines, and after a short while, Chu Ziyu won.
He took off his VR glasses and clapped enthusiastically with the three of them.
"You played really well! We want to play some high-speed racing too, wanna join?" one of the boys invited him.
It turns out they didn't know each other before.
Chu Ziyu smiled, "I have an appointment today, maybe another time!"
The three of them left first. Chu Ziyu calculated that it was almost time, so he slung a dreamy pink square bag with a princess's face printed on it, which was completely out of place with his appearance.
As he looked down at his bag to find his phone to contact Yan Heqing, someone walked up to him.
" Mr. Chu."
Chu Ziyu looked up, grinned, and said, "No, no, Mr. Chu sounds too formal. Just call me Xiao Chu, or Brother Chu!"
There was absolutely no indication that the two terms contradicted each other.
Yan Heqing opted for a compromise, "Just call them by name."
Chu Ziyu had no objections. He grabbed a handful of game tokens from his bag. "Let's go, let's play whatever we want, there are plenty of tokens!"
Then, as if remembering something, she blinked and explained, "I'm not a pervert! This bag belongs to my niece. I overslept for her sixth birthday, and she made me carry her bag for a month as punishment."
Yan Heqing could already picture the little girl's adorable appearance. He smiled and said, "Very pretty."
"That's it," Chu Ziyu said proudly, fiddling with the pearl bag chain, "My niece chose it herself."
This arcade has two floors and is very large. Chu Ziyu led Yan Heqing for a while and vaguely realized why Lu Lin wanted him to take Yan Heqing to play.
It seems this is Yan Heqing's first time at an arcade; he's never played any of these games before?
Chu Ziyu was inwardly shocked, but he didn't show it on his face. He didn't ask Yan Heqing anymore, and said with a grin, "I want to play basketball!"
Yan Heqing nodded.
The two walked to the basketball shooting area. Chu Ziyu inserted a coin, made a few symbolic shots herself, and then let Yan Heqing take her turn.
This wasn't too difficult. Chu Ziyu got all the tickets right, and Yan Heqing got two-thirds right. The machine printed the tickets in a flash.
"Great!" Chu Ziyu happily took the tickets and put them into her princess bag; there was already a large roll of tickets.
He grinned, "My goal today is to claim the biggest prize!"
Next, Chu Ziyu led the group through the games: racing, roulette, archery, billiards, dance machine...
When they couldn't fit all the tickets in the bag, Chu Ziyu had no choice but to go and exchange them first.
They ridiculously replaced it with a far-infrared rice cooker and a huge plush toy.
"The rice cooker is yours, the doll is mine." Chu Ziyu grinned. "If my niece is so delighted with the doll, she might forgive my sentence."
Chu Ziyu's goodwill was obvious, and Yan Heqing accepted the rice cooker.
*
It was dinnertime when they came out of the arcade. Chu Ziyu was carrying a huge teddy bear, and she still had her hands to hold onto Yan Heqing.
Let's go eat.
"Hehe, there's a good restaurant not far from here, I don't know if it's still open. I'll take advantage of you today, it's your treat!"
Yan Heqing nodded.
The shop Chu Ziyu mentioned is on the Beijing University Food Street, and it's still there.
A small shop with tables set up on the roadside, it's a hot and sour soup restaurant. Meat skewers are 50 cents each, and vegetable skewers are 20 cents each. You can eat your fill for 50 yuan per person.
While other places are crowded during holidays, the Beijing University Food Street is quieter than on school days.
In the past, you had to wait for a table, but today you can sit anywhere.
After taking two baskets of meat and vegetables, Chu Ziyu found an empty table. Afraid that Yan Heqing might misunderstand, he sat down and said, "I wasn't trying to save you money. Before, when I came to Beijing University to see A-Lin, he was often busy until late at night. I ate here a few times when I got hungry, and the food was even better than in a five-star hotel!"
He sighed, "It's been almost ten years, everything has changed, but this place hasn't changed at all."
Yan Heqing suddenly thought of something.
Lu Lin knew about the food street; Chu Ziyu must have told him.
He snapped out of his thoughts, just as the waiter brought over the pot broth.