Chapter 209: Chapter 152: A Hint, or a Confession?

Ever since she saw this watch in Shen Qiushan’s room, she had been waiting for him to confess to her with it.

But after waiting for half a month without seeing the watch, it now appeared on Lin Xiamo’s wrist!

In an instant.

The sky fell!

Liu Qingwu originally wanted to calmly discuss the welcome party program with Lin Xiamo, but now she was in no mood.

She sat down opposite Lin Xiamo, feeling deflated like a punctured balloon.

“Teacher Liu, whatever thoughts you have, just say it.”

Lin Xiamo habitually clasped her hands together and looked at Liu Qingwu to ask.

“Uh…”

Liu Qingwu took a deep breath, trying her best to dispel the sense of loss, but her gaze involuntarily fell on Lin Xiamo’s wrist once more.

“Secretary Lin, your watch is really beautiful.”

She forced a smile and said.

“Really, I think it’s quite pretty too.” Lin Xiamo, of course, didn’t realize she had “taken someone’s favorite.” When others complimented the gift from Shen Qiushan, she naturally felt happy.

“Is it a Patek Philippe?”

“The model is 5072R!”

Liu Qingwu added.

Lin Xiamo, who had just finished searching for information on this watch, nodded: “Teacher Liu, you really know watches.”

“Sort of.”

Liu Qingwu gave a bitter smile; she wasn’t knowledgeable about watches, only this one!

In the past half month, she had spent her spare time studying this watch, knowing all its details intimately.

Unfortunately, her dream watch was now on Lin Xiamo’s wrist.

The mood to talk about work was completely gone.

Liu Qingwu listlessly chatted with Lin Xiamo for a bit before leaving the office.

Watching her leaving figure, Lin Xiamo felt a bit puzzled, they were supposed to talk about the welcome party program but barely spoke before she left.

Still, Lin Xiamo didn’t take it to heart.

Before today, she had some prejudice against Liu Qingwu because she kept trying to flirt with Shen Qiushan, pretentiously!

But seeing Shen Qiushan’s behavior, he seemed to have resisted the temptation!

The reason why they couldn’t keep a clear boundary was that Liu Qingwu was the assistant counselor of Class One of Electrical Science, and they had many intersections, so it couldn’t be too strained.

Thinking of this, Lin Xiamo couldn’t help but feel a little guilty, especially recalling her cold attitude towards Shen Qiushan lately.

So immature, even a bit willful!

Lin Xiamo silently sighed, thinking to herself that she must get along better in the future!

Feeling in a good mood, she opened the group chat nicknamed [Red Rose Band] and sent a message: One more person at tonight’s gathering, a guy!

Once the message was sent.

The group chat exploded at once.

Drummer Zhu Xinyue: A man???

Drummer Zhu Xinyue: Momo, are you in a relationship??

Bassist Hu Tingting: No way, no way! Tell us what’s going on!

Guitarist Fang Di: Is he handsome?

Glancing at the messages in the group chat, a slight smile appeared on Lin Xiamo’s lips, and she just replied with one word: Handsome!

6:30 p.m.

Zhen Shui Jiangnan Restaurant Private Room.

Except for Lin Xiamo, the other three members of the Red Rose Band had already arrived.

Hu Tingting, with her hair dyed blue and a voluptuous figure, glanced at the time on her phone and smiled: “It’s already 6:30. Starting now, a drink for every minute late!”

“We should probably skip that; Momo finally brought a guy here, don’t scare him off!”

Zhu Xinyue, who was slightly plump and had long wavy hair, shook her head.

“How could that be!”

“A grown man, what’s wrong with having a few drinks!”

Hu Tingting dismissed it, looking toward Fang Di, sitting nearby with a little blond hair and wearing a neutral outfit: “Old Fang, what do you think!”

“Shouldn’t there be a penalty?”

Fang Di nodded: “There should be a penalty!”

“Who comes late on the first meeting!”

With Fang Di’s support, Hu Tingting chuckled: “2 to 1!”

“Follow my lead later!”

As soon as she finished speaking, the private room door was pushed open.

Lin Xiamo and Shen Qiushan walked in, one in front of the other.

“The rush hour traffic is terrible.”

“There was a multi-car pileup on the second ring road, it took two hours to get from the school to here.”

Lin Xiamo explained the reason for being late.

She, who was supposed to be the protagonist today, ended up being late, which was really not appropriate.

“Sorry for keeping you three waiting.”

Shen Qiushan followed up politely.

“Handsome, talking isn’t enough.”

“Now it’s 6:33!”

“According to the rules, one drink for every minute you’re late!”

“Are you going to let Momo drink, or will you drink yourself?”

Hu Tingting eyed Shen Qiushan as she spoke, silently marveling: he’s really quite handsome!

No wonder Momo likes him!

“Tingting, stop messing around.”

“Today is really a special situation!”

Lin Xiamo quickly shot Hu Tingting a glare.

“Whoa, standing up for him already!”

“If you feel bad, you drink then!”

Hu Tingting teased with a laugh.

“Rules can’t be broken.”

Fang Di chimed in.

“You two…”

Lin Xiamo’s eyes widened, she was about to argue back, but Shen Qiushan waved his hand: “It’s fine, I’ll drink!”

With that, he picked up a bottle of beer from the table, didn’t bother with a glass, and gulped it down straight!

One bottle of beer, only took about twenty seconds!

“Wow!”

“Amazing!”

Hu Tingting exclaimed.

Fang Di beside her also gave a thumbs-up.

Lin Xiamo was left dumbfounded; she knew Shen Qiushan could hold his liquor because he’d managed to get his dad drunk quite a few times at home!

However, this was the first time she’d seen Shen Qiushan drink like this.

It was almost like some impromptu performance at a bar!

After putting down the empty bottle, Shen Qiushan said with a smile: “This one bottle is worth about four glasses!”

“An extra drink, as a toast to the three beauties!”

“Handsome, there’s something hidden in your words, huh?”

“You mean, the three of us should each have another drink, right?”

Hu Tingting said with a laugh.

“I didn’t say that!”

Shen Qiushan quickly waved his hands.

“Momo, where did you find this guy?”

“So clever and slick!”

Hu Tingting turned to Lin Xiamo again.

“Let me introduce myself, Shen Qiushan, currently studying at Sanjiang University.”

Before Lin Xiamo could speak, Shen Qiushan took the initiative to state his name.

“Shen Qiushan?”

“That name sounds so familiar!”

Zhu Xinyue muttered softly, and the next second, suddenly clapped her thigh: “Shen Qiushan, the 38-year-old top scorer of the college entrance exam?”

“Earned 10 million by writing online novels?”

“Is it really you??”

In Sanjiang, people might not know Shen Qiushan personally, but his name is definitely “widely known.”

In the past six months, Shen Qiushan’s name had been all over the local Sanjiang media.

He first drew debate due to his status as an over-aged student, and later stunned the nation by becoming the top arts student in the Sanjiang Province College Entrance Exam!

About half a month ago.

Shen Qiushan was revealed to have earned 10 million annually by writing online novels!

Although his book is currently quite controversial online, with many people attacking him for having the wrong morals, being unethical, and glorifying bad characters…

However, those “moral crusaders” were all targeting the contents of Shen Qiushan’s novel, not doubting that he did indeed make 10 million from writing online novels.

In other words, he really did make the money!

“You’re Old Shen, aren’t you supposed to be 38 years old?”

“How are you so young in person?”

Hu Tingting, of course, had heard of Shen Qiushan’s name, and even knew he was actually Lin Xiamo’s brother-in-law.

When Shen Qiushan’s news went viral online, she had paid special attention.

But, since Shen Qiushan isn’t a public figure, with some time passing after the news, seeing him in person suddenly, it was hard to connect him to the person in the news.

“Thanks for the compliment.”

“You’re young too, are you 20 this year?”

Shen Qiushan asked matter-of-factly.

“20?”

Hu Tingting burst into laughter.

Women are just like that; even when they know you’re spouting nonsense, they still like to hear it.

“No wonder you’re a top scorer, such a smooth talker!”

Zhu Xinyue remarked.

Meanwhile, Fang Di said: “Top scorer or not, it doesn’t matter, I just want to know what brings you to this gathering?”

As she said this, Hu Tingting and Zhu Xinyue also glanced at Shen Qiushan.

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