Ren Qingzhou's house in the imperial capital was a bit smaller than the one in City S. The house in City S was bought by his parents for investment, while the one in the imperial capital was purchased by himself after he started working.
There was a fundamental difference between the two.
Since he started dating, he rarely came back to live here. When he opened the door, the house seemed lifeless.
Even though no one had lived here for a long time, there was still a faint scent of air freshener in the air. It should be that Li Momo had sent someone to clean it.
Ren Qingzhou casually pushed his suitcase aside and flopped onto the sofa. "Tian Tian, won't you really consider moving in with me?"
"Rent and utilities are all free, plus you'll get a handsome roommate."
Ren Qingzhou spared no effort to coax his girlfriend.
Su Tang stated that she would never fall for his tricks. "I'd better go relieve Fang Ting's living pressure."
They had made an appointment to have dinner with Jiang Bai and the others in the evening. It was also a way to formally thank Jiang Bai, the matchmaker.
Seeing that there was still plenty of time, Su Tang suggested, "How about you drop me off at Fang Ting's place? I can tidy up there."
"Do you have the key to Fang Ting's house?" Ren Qingzhou asked her.
Well, she really didn't.
"Then let's watch TV." Su Tang decided to find something to do.
There was a huge TV in Ren Qingzhou's living room. Usually, its main functions were to play movies and games. It was rarely used as a proper TV.
Su Tang searched for a long time before she found the remote control. Finally, she turned on the TV, only to find that there was nothing interesting on in the late afternoon.
However, one channel was showing a reality show that Ren Qingzhou had participated in.
Although this variety show was filmed before they got together, it was broadcast after they became a couple.
Before Su Tang started dating Ren Qingzhou, she had basically watched all of his shows and TV dramas. After they got together, she hardly watched his shows anymore.
She didn't know why, but seeing the person beside her on TV always made her feel a bit strange.
So Su Tang hadn't had the chance to watch this variety show yet.
"I haven't watched this variety show you participated in. How about we watch this?"
Seeing Su Tang's great interest, Ren Qingzhou didn't have the heart to spoil her mood. Although he didn't have the habit of appreciating himself, he still reluctantly watched it with her.
This was the competitive reality show that Ren Qingzhou had taken on after the Chinese New Year. He was originally signed on as a regular guest, but he got injured after only recording a couple of episodes, so he had to drop out of the show halfway.
After that, Ren Qingzhou didn't pay any more attention to how the program crew had edited the episode when he got injured.
Coincidentally, today's broadcast was that very episode. Su Tang only knew before that he had had an accident and injured his leg on the set. It was only today that she found out that he had been trampled by a horse while trying to save a crew member.
It had to be said that since both sides were relatively satisfied with the final handling of this incident, the program crew had also highlighted Ren Qingzhou's performance during the editing.
As Ren Qingzhou watched, he felt as if he had returned to that extremely urgent moment.
With the emotional post - production, Su Tang couldn't help but shed tears while watching this part of the variety show.
"Actually, it wasn't that serious. It's all the effect of the post - production editing." Ren Qingzhou comforted her.
Su Tang didn't respond. No one knew better than her how serious it was. Ren Qingzhou had to wear a cast for several months because of this.
He had only told his fans before that it was an accident. He didn't say anything specific.
No wonder many fans shed tears on the day the show was broadcast.
Ren Qingzhou had always been so gentle and considerate.
"Promise me that in the future, when you encounter dangerous things, don't rush forward without thinking, okay?"
"Because you're not alone anymore... I'll worry about you..."
Su Tang was in a very complicated mood at this moment. Self - sacrifice was indeed an excellent quality, but from another perspective, she was always worried that something might happen to him.
"Okay." Ren Qingzhou moved over and hugged his lovely girlfriend. "I also thought it would be okay that day, so I dared to step forward."
"I won't do anything that will make you worry in the future."
"I promise."
"Stop watching. Let's get ready and go out." Ren Qingzhou turned off the TV and pulled Su Tang out of the door.
He had made an appointment with Jiang Bai at a hot - pot restaurant they used to like. There were private rooms there, which provided better privacy, but they had to go there early.
After they arrived at the hot - pot restaurant, they waited for about an hour before Jiang Bai and Fang Ting showed up.
As soon as Ren Qingzhou saw Jiang Bai, he complained, "When did you also join the ranks of the evil capitalists? You're so late getting off work."
Jiang Bai retorted, "Don't you know how congested the traffic is outside?"
Fang Ting hadn't seen Su Tang for a while. This was the first time she had met Ren Qingzhou. Finally, the four of them were together.
Fang Ting joked, "You've finally decided to let me meet your precious boyfriend."
"Let you take a good look today and see if he's different from the photos."
"He seems to be a little more handsome than in the photos." Fang Ting even exaggeratedly made a gesture. Su Tang pretended to go and hit her.
Ren Qingzhou naturally heard the whispered conversation between the two girlfriends. He also smiled and greeted Fang Ting.
The four of them took their seats. Jiang Bai picked up the menu and flipped through a few pages, then asked Ren Qingzhou, "Shouldn't you thank me, the matchmaker, today?"
"Yes, yes, yes." Ren Qingzhou nodded.
His attitude was unusually good. So Jiang Bai continued looking at the menu. "Then I have to take a good look at what to order. I can't let you off easily."
After he said that, he deliberately handed a menu to Fang Ting. "Don't be polite to him. This is the result of our hard work."
He would never forget that Ren Qingzhou had called him in the middle of the night and rambled on and on.
This was the fruit of sacrificing his sleeping time!
Jiang Bai looked at Su Tang. He had noticed her before. At that time, the people in their dormitory had all said that she was the most difficult "ice - princess" to win over in the whole department. They didn't know who would finally win her heart.
He never expected that this flower would finally fall into Ren Qingzhou's hands.
Ren Qingzhou couldn't eat spicy food, so everyone tacitly chose a split - pot. As soon as the waiter took the menu away, the pot was brought up.
While waiting for the pot to boil, Jiang Bai rarely asked a serious question. "Little junior sister, when are you going to start work at the company?"
It would be perfect if she could start tomorrow.
Of course, that was impossible.
Before he could even tentatively propose this suggestion, Ren Qingzhou refused for Su Tang. "At least next week, or next month."
Next month would be the best. It would be most suitable if she started after he entered the filming crew again.
Su Tang was still a good and motivated employee. "Next month might be a bit..." too much...
"Then next week." Jiang Bai made a final decision, refusing to let Ren Qingzhou bargain any further.
Just as they were talking, the pot was boiling. Fang Ting never thought that one day she would be shown so much affection by Su Tang. But it had to be said that it made her want to fall in love too.
To be precise, she wanted to fall in love again.
She subconsciously glanced at Jiang Bai beside her. This person was 100% dedicated to work but 100% clueless about feelings.
Fang Ting told herself that the road ahead was long and arduous...
After dinner, Ren Qingzhou naturally had to take Su Tang back to her place. Jiang Bai directly handed Fang Ting over to him. "Take her back on your way. I'm leaving first."
No one knew what he was in such a hurry to go back for.
Anyway, he had no sense of self - preservation at all.
Fang Ting watched his back as he ran towards his car. She increasingly felt that such a person didn't deserve to have a girlfriend.
Did he deserve it? No, he didn't.
Ren Qingzhou saw her gritted - teeth look and kindly opened the car door for her. "Let's go～"
Su Tang also thought it was a bit funny. Both she and Jiang Bai were not very sensitive when it came to their emotional lives. Whoever got involved with them would know how difficult it was.
"It's okay, it's okay. Get in the car first." But she still had to comfort her girlfriend.
Even after getting in the car, Fang Ting was still very indignant, so Ren Qingzhou didn't dare to say a word...
It was obvious that anyone who stepped in at this moment would be in trouble.
Su Tang reminded her resignedly, "Sister, the address..."
Fang Ting took out her phone and sent the address to Su Tang. "Navigate."
She was in a bad mood and didn't want to give directions.
Su Tang copied the address into the map, turned on the navigation, and then handed it to Ren Qingzhou.
"Okay, let's go."
On the way, Ren Qingzhou still couldn't help but speak up for Jiang Bai. "Jiang Bai is just a bit slow and clueless..."
Once he started, he didn't know how to continue. Girls were thin - skinned. Fang Ting hadn't said that she liked Jiang Bai, right? What if he misunderstood? That would be embarrassing.
Su Tang took over his words and continued, "But I think he's a pretty good guy..."
Fang Ting couldn't help but twitch the corner of her mouth when she heard this. "Tang Tang, you've completely sold yourself to him. You can't be redeemed."
Ren Qingzhou said that he was very aggrieved but didn't dare to say a word.
Fang Ting, Su Tang's best friend, had a completely different personality from Su Tang. She was outspoken and straightforward, and she wouldn't hold back when criticizing someone.
Ren Qingzhou had always kept his distance from girls of this type. Now he definitely couldn't comment on the matter between the two girlfriends.
Girls always had a lot on their minds. He couldn't possibly know everything, right? Otherwise, wouldn't he become a "women's confidant"?
Fang Ting's place was close to her workplace. This community wasn't a new one. The buildings looked a bit old. But it had good property management, which made it safer for girls to live there.
Before, when they rented houses outside, they also considered property management more. There were many old communities that were very cheap, but the property management was useless, and it was very unsafe to live there.
This time, Su Tang only brought a suitcase and didn't have much luggage. So she planned to say goodbye to Ren Qingzhou downstairs. "I'll go up first. Be careful on your way back. Call me when you get home."
Considering that there was an outsider present, Ren Qingzhou waved and said goodbye to her. He watched as she and Fang Ting went upstairs.
After all, it was a shared house, and he couldn't go up to see how she was living. Ren Qingzhou couldn't help but feel a bit worried.
He saw the light on the sixth floor turn on and knew that they had entered the house. Then he turned the car around and drove out of the community.