Although thename of Xues.h.i.+ Mall doesn't have a foreign flavor, it is also a famous brand inthe area around the University City. (TN: foreign flavor or western style.)
It is largeenough to concentrate on shopping malls, supermarkets, restaurants, cinemas,Internet cafes, game halls and other popular commercial facilities. It will notfeel boring to run inside and play for a day. One will have fun just by eating,drinking, and playing.
The businessorientation of Xues.h.i.+ Mall is very clear. The service target population is the hundredsof thousands of teachers and students in the university city and the ordinarywhite-collar and blue-collar workers in the nearby business district. There arebasically no luxury brands in the mall, mainly middle-grade goods.
Lu Chen cameto Xues.h.i.+ Mall more than once before, so he was familiar with this area.
He firstparked his car in the parking lot north of the mall and then walked directlyalong the walking path to the inside of the mall.
Because it'sweekend time, the mall was bustling with people.
"Let'seat first…"
Lu Chen sawthat the time was already past 5 o'clock. He said, "The food in Yunjin Restauranthere tastes good, and the price is also affordable."
Lu Xi said, "Mayas well, just order two or three dishes. I can't eat much."
Lu Chensmiled and said, "I've been eating a lot lately. Two or three dishes arereally not enough. At least five or six!"
Lu Xireached out and squeezed his arm and said, "You are a lot stronger."
She hadrarely done such a thing to Lu Chen in the past.
In a strangecity, for the same goal, the gap between them is slowly melting.
As he spoke,four girls came from the front door, and they happened to face each other.
One of thegirls in a yellow s.h.i.+rt was stunned and had an incredulous look on her face.
And the girlin the white dress next to her looked pale!
This girl wasYe Zitong.
The fourgirls in their dormitory chose to stay in Beijing during the summer vacation.
Ye Zitongwas dragged by Zuo Xintian to go to the mall this evening, along with two otherroommates, but the two never expected to meet Lu Chen in Xues.h.i.+ Mall.
When she sawLu Chen and the woman beside him talking and laughing intimately, she felt asthough her heart was stabbed by a sharp knife.
Although YeZitong knew very well that she and Lu Chen have not determined what their realrelations.h.i.+p is, this scene still gave her a sense of shame, indignation, pain,and embarra.s.sment.
Not only ZuoXintian, but the two roommates knew Lu Chen. They both believed that they'redating.
"LuChen!"
Zuo Xintian firstcalled out, "How could you do this!"
She was about to rush forward to confront Lu Chen, but she was pulled back by Ye Zitong: "Forget it…"
Zuo Xintian had high expectation for them1: "How could you do that? You like him so much, yet he's like this…"
In Zuo Xintian's view, Lu Chen was simply the legendary heartless Chen s.h.i.+mei2. After appearing on a TV program, and gaining a little bit of fame, he began to have an affair. Unexpectedly, he was with another woman behind Ye Zitong's back.
It'sunbearable!
What annoysZuo Xintian most was that the women around Lu Chen is not as pretty as YeZitong.
"Yezi!"
Lu Chen, whowas equally shocked, reacted. All of a sudden, he didn't know whether to laugh orcry.
He quicklywent up to Ye Zitong and asked, "You and Tiantian are shopping too?"
Ye Zitongturned her head and ignored him, but her eyes were red: "Tiantian, let'sgo."
Zuo Xintianand the other two girls cast disdainful eyes to Lu Chen, like a knife cuttingmeat and sc.r.a.ping bones!
Lu Xi lookedat him with a smile on her face.
Lu Chenhurriedly grabbed Ye Zitong's hand, afraid that she would run away regardlessof, the misunderstanding would be really big.
