On the other side, Bai Sihan also returned to his own table.
The middle-aged man opposite him was already blanching meat by himself.
Seeing him return, he asked with a smile, “President Bai, finished handling your family matter?”
“Mm, President Ye. I just ran into my little sister and went over to say hello. Excuse me,” Bai Sihan’s tone carried a hint of apology, but it was no longer the gentle tone he had used with his own little sister earlier.
He had returned to his usual icy domineering CEO voice.
The man called President Ye smiled. “Running into family, I understand.”
He sighed again and continued, “Sometimes I really envy President Bai for getting along so well with his family. Unlike me—my little daughter still won’t even look me in the eye.”
Bai Sihan did not pick up on President Ye’s remark.
As a future business partner, he naturally knew about this man’s family affairs and personal experiences.
He had specifically chosen this hot pot place because he had done his homework beforehand and knew that President Ye preferred roadside small shops.
Otherwise, he would have done as Bai Yurou had expected and invited the other party to a top-tier restaurant to discuss business.
But as an outsider, Bai Sihan couldn’t say much, so he simply listened in silence.
President Ye also realized that the other party seemed unwilling to discuss private topics with him, so he smiled slightly and took the initiative to pull the conversation back to the collaboration matters.
***
“By the way, Mumu, when did you get to know Yurou’s older brother?”
Zhao Dandan had naturally seen the scene of Ning Mu taking the initiative to greet Bai Sihan earlier and was full of gossip.
“I’ve had some contact with Yurou’s older brother over certain matters and met him a few times.”
Ning Mu did not want to bring up Lin Ye’s matter at the dinner table, as that would affect everyone’s mood while eating, so she only spoke in general terms.
There was no need to tell Zhao Dandan in front of Bai Yurou that she was the person her older brother had sacrificed his life to save, which was why she knew Bai Sihan.
That would make Bai Yurou feel guilty again, or think that she still disliked her.
Since she had already decided to accept Bai Yurou and treat her as her own friend, she had to consider her feelings.
On the other side, Zhao Dandan was clearly not very satisfied with this answer, but seeing that Ning Mu had no interest in continuing the chat, she tactfully said nothing more and instead turned the gossip spearhead toward Bai Yurou.
“By the way, Yurou, is your older brother a domineering CEO? Looking at his aura and outfit, he really seems like the domineering CEOs in romance novels.”
“Probably… yeah?”
Bai Yurou also felt that her older brother was practically the living embodiment of the term “domineering CEO”—ruthless and cold in work, yet gentle and considerate toward those he cared about.
Unfortunately, her older brother was still single to this day and had not yet met his own little delicate wife.
He could only give that domineering CEO love to his biological little sister.
“Then is your older brother extremely protective, unable to stand seeing you suffer even a little grievance?”
“Yes.”
There was nothing questionable about this point.
Her older brother was only short of writing the words “protective” on his face.
Bai Yurou remembered that when she was in elementary school, she had been bullied once at school.
After returning home, she locked herself in her room and cried.
The whole family found out, and her father, mother, and older sister took turns comforting her before she finally managed to stop her tears.
When Big Brother came home and learned of the matter, he first coaxed her, then asked for the name of the person who had bullied her.
At that time, Bai Yurou hadn’t thought much and simply told him.
The next day when she went to school, she heard from the teacher that that person had voluntarily transferred schools due to family reasons.
At that time, Bai Yurou was still just a naive young lady and truly believed the other party had transferred voluntarily, even feeling happy about it for a while.
Thinking back on it now, it was probably her older brother who had used some method to force the person to “voluntarily” transfer schools.
The following topics basically all revolved around Bai Yurou’s domineering CEO older brother, but as they chatted, the conversation turned to university.
The four girls were all high school seniors who had taken the college entrance exam this year and were about to become freshmen.
“Which university did you all get into? I’m at Moon City University,” Cai Xiaotong was the first to bring up the topic.
Actually, she had long known the admission schools of Bai Yurou and Zhao Dandan, but since they had talked about this, she felt it was better for everyone to say it themselves.
Moon City University was the best university in their local Moon City, one of the top 985 universities in the country.
Those who could get in were basically academic overlords.
Bai Yurou’s father, Bai Yuan, was actually a graduate of Moon City University.
“I’m also at Moon City University.”
Ning Mu’s grades had always been top-tier throughout her three years of high school, so Moon City University posed no difficulty for her.
Before the incident, Lin Ye had also received an admission notice from Moon City University.
His grades hadn’t been top-tier originally; after three years of hard work, he had finally gotten into Moon University just so he wouldn’t be left behind by Ning Mu.
Unfortunately, fate played tricks on them.
But fortunately, I can still accompany her through four years of university in Bai Yurou’s identity.
“I’m also at Moon University.”
Bai Yurou said.
Her family couldn’t bear to let her study abroad, so they had her take the college entrance exam.
As a result, Bai Yurou inherited the Bai family’s excellent genes and also got into Moon City University.
She got in purely on her own strength, not because the family had donated a building to the school or anything like that.
“How are all of you so outstanding? Only I didn’t get into Moon University and got into Star University instead.”
Zhao Dandan was on the verge of tears.
Star University referred to Star City University, located in Star City, which was on par with Moon City.
It was also one of the top 985 universities, but compared to Moon City University, it was still a bit inferior.
Zhao Dandan getting into Star City University meant she couldn’t stay in the local area with the three people in front of her and would have to go away to study for four years.
Zhao Dandan’s grades were actually also excellent.
Back in high school, she had basically been in the top ten of their key class, a bit inferior to Lin Ye.
But even Lin Ye, who had been in the top five, had only barely gotten into Moon University, so requiring Zhao Dandan to get into Moon University was indeed unrealistic.
Zhao Dandan had never set Moon University as her goal in high school either; her target had always been Star University.
Originally, she had been quite satisfied with getting into Star University, but today when everyone discussed universities, the other three were all academic overlords at Moon University, while she was the only one at Star University.
How can the gap between people be so big?
“It’s fine, Sister Dandan. Star University isn’t bad either. Besides, Star City has many famous scenic spots and delicious food. You can play and eat to your heart’s content for four years.”
Cai Xiaotong comforted her cousin.
Many people liked to compare Moon City and Star City.
These two cities were the top two cities outside the capital.
In terms of overall economy, Moon City was slightly better; but Star City had a long history and was a nationally famous tourist city.
In terms of scenic spots and food, Star City could be said to completely crush Moon City.
“That’s what they say, but those scenic spots and food are enough to taste once when traveling. If you really stay for four years, I’m afraid you’ll get tired of them long ago.”
Zhao Dandan continued to be on the verge of tears.
“It’s fine, Dandan. Once you become a local native of Star City, when I come to Star City for tourism in the future, I’ll look for you to be my tour guide.”
Ning Mu also teased her good best friend.
Everyone knew that Zhao Dandan was actually quite happy about getting into Star University; it was just that everyone around her was going to Moon University, and the contrast was simply too great, so she was deliberately putting on a sad appearance.