Chapter 347: Three hundred forty-six, Gather Together Chapter 347: Three hundred forty-six, Gather Together Qu Lingfeng and Zhou Mengjie arrived at the agreed location very early.
“Ling Feng, will your friends dislike me?” Zhou Mengjie glanced at the entrance, worrying as she spoke.
Qu Lingfeng smiled and patted the back of Zhou Mengjie’s hand, “My Mengjie’s so wonderful, who wouldn’t like you?” After all, it was her gentleness and kindness that had attracted him in the first place.
Zhou Mengjie nodded, and upon hearing a knock at the door, she became a little nervous and tried to withdraw her hand that Qu Lingfeng was holding.
Qu Lingfeng smiled and tightened his grip, leaning quickly to kiss Zhou Mengjie’s forehead, “Don’t be nervous, my friends don’t bite.”
Zhou Mengjie’s face immediately turned as red as an apple, and she lowered her head like a frightened rabbit, “How can I meet people like this?”
Qu Lingfeng laughed heartily, noticing the waiter had already opened the door and led Fang Jingxing inside, “Jing Xing!”
“You guys got here really early,” Fang Jingxing checked the time. He had arrived twenty minutes early.
“Anyway, we had nothing else to do, so we came here early to wait for you. Let me introduce you; this is my girlfriend Zhou Mengjie, she’s a nurse. Mengjie, this is Fang Jingxing, one of my best friends.” Qu Lingfeng made the introductions. He’d only recently made his relationship with Zhou Mengjie official, and this was the first time he was bringing her to meet his friends.
“Hello!” Fang Jingxing stepped over to Qu Lingfeng’s side and extended his hand to Zhou Mengjie.
“Hello!” Zhou Mengjie shook hands with Fang Jingxing, smiling shyly.
Fang Jingxing withdrew his hand and sat down, “Miss Zhou, which hospital are you currently working in?”
“Fifth Hospital, I’ve just finished my internship,” Zhou Mengjie said somewhat nervously. It wasn’t that she was timid, but she was anxious not to make a bad impression on Ling Feng’s friends, especially since this was her first time meeting them.
“That’s great, the Fifth Hospital isn’t easy to get into,” Fang Jingxing commented with a smile. The Fifth Hospital in Beijing was the only one that served a special group of people with notable achievements, and ordinary people couldn’t just go there for treatment; the doctors there were mostly highly-skilled and renowned.
“It was just luck,” Zhou Mengjie smiled. She could hardly believe it herself when she’d learned she’d been hired by the Fifth Hospital.
“Knock, knock, knock!” There was another knock on the door.
The three of them turned to look and saw the waiter leading Song Yan Ning and her group inside.
Seeing Ye Shuangshuang, Fang Jingxing was surprised. He hadn’t seen this young girl in a long time and had missed her. What was up with her anyway? Every time she saw him, she seemed panicked, as if she had seen a ghost. Was he really that scary?
Song Yan Ning and her group settled on the couch.
“Mengjie, let me introduce you; this is Qin Yushen, his girlfriend Song Yan Ning, Ye Qi, his girlfriend Song Yanli, and Ye Shuangshuang. And this is my girlfriend Zhou Mengjie.” Qu Lingfeng was eager for Zhou Mengjie to integrate quickly into his circle of friends, just like Song Yan Ning and Song Yanli had. When they had free time, they would get together for tea. Of course, since they had all known each other from a young age, they became familiar with each other rather quickly.
“Hello, everyone!” Zhou Mengjie noticed that Qu Lingfeng’s friends, whether male or female, were all very attractive.
“Hello!” Song Yanli and the others nodded with smiles.
“Shuangshuang, come sit here,” Fang Jingxing patted the space next to him. He was determined to find out today why this young girl was avoiding him.
Ye Shuangshuang glanced at Fang Jingxing, “I’m fine sitting here.” As soon as she saw Fang Jingxing, her heartbeat uncontrollably quickened, and she would not sit next to him.
Fang Jingxing frowned slightly and stood up to sit next to Ye Shuangshuang.
Ye Shuangshuang swiftly shifted to the side. Her heartbeat sped up, and she felt a mix of nervousness and happiness. She really did like sitting next to Fang Jingxing, but she was afraid he’d figure out her feelings. He had always treated her like a sister, and if he found out she liked him, he’d surely lecture her with moral reasoning.
“Why do you always avoid me?” Fang Jingxing moved closer to Ye Shuangshuang and whispered in her ear.
“I’m not,” Ye Shuangshuang replied, feeling the warm breath in her ear making her heartbeat race even faster.
“Not? Then why can’t you look at me?” Fang Jingxing looked at Ye Shuangshuang. In his memory, she was always a lively, carefree girl.
“Who says I can’t look at you?” Ye Shuangshuang turned her head, and because Fang Jingxing was so close, her lips brushed against his chin.
Ye Shuangshuang quickly covered her mouth and turned her head away, her face flushing red. Did she just kiss Fang Jingxing? That was her first kiss.
Fang Jingxing was also startled and touched his chin, contemplative. He had always seen Shuangshuang as a sister, but why did his heart inexplicably beat faster at that moment? Could it be that seeing Ye Qi and the others with girlfriends made him want to find one too?
Ye Shuangshuang kept her head down and didn’t speak, but her face beamed with a happy and slightly bashful smile. Whether or not that counted as a first kiss, she was thrilled that Fang Jingxing was the one she kissed.
Hearing her phone ringing, Ye Shuangshuang took it out and pressed the answer button without a look.
“Shuangshuang, are you free today? I’d like to take you out for a meal.”
Fang Jingxing, being so close to Ye Shuangshuang, naturally heard the voice from her phone, and his eyebrows knit together in a frown. Did Shuangshuang already have a boyfriend? How old was she, after all? And Ye Qi wasn’t taking care of this matter.
With that thought, Fang Jingxing reached over to take the phone, “Shuangshuang is busy right now,” and after saying that, he hung up the call. Even if Shuangshuang was to have a boyfriend, the guy would have to pass his test. Shuangshuang was not just Ye Qi’s sister, but effectively his sister, so of course, he had to care for her.
Ye Shuangshuang looked at Fang Jingxing in surprise, taking back the phone he handed her. Was Fang Jingxing jealous? Could it be that he liked her too?
“Shuangshuang, have you got a boyfriend now?” Fang Jingxing inquired.
Ye Shuangshuang thought for a moment and nodded. The one who had called her was a senior from her school, and she had joined the school’s basketball club. It was because she had watched Fang Jingxing play basketball during his college days that she became interested in the sport.
“How old are you now? You should focus on your studies first. Who is this person?” Fang Jingxing asked with an authoritative tone, resembling that of a parent lecturing a child.
“Fang Jingxing, I’m not little anymore, I’m already nineteen. Look, Xiao Ning is even younger than me, and she already has a boyfriend, right?” Ye Shuangshuang retorted, refusing to be convinced.
“That’s different,” Fang Jingxing asserted.
“How is that different?” Ye Shuangshuang gazed at Fang Jingxing, genuinely puzzled.