A young girl inviting a guy her age over to her place for dinner, when there’s already something ambiguous going on between them, will definitely make other people’s minds wander.
Not to mention, the invitation was made in the name of her parents.
Dong Xiaowan instantly sensed that Wang Feiyang was challenging her, and feeling very upset, she couldn’t help asking, "Your parents actually invited Ziling to your home for dinner?"
"Yeah, what’s so strange about that!" Wang Feiyang smiled. "My parents and Ziling’s mom already know each other well. My mom and Mrs. Ling are even besties!"
Luo Ziling didn’t want to see the two women getting jealous over him, so he immediately cut in, "Let’s talk about it another day when I’m free. If your dad has something to discuss with me, it doesn’t have to be over dinner; we can meet at some other time. I’ve been really busy lately, I might not have time to go over for dinner. We’ll see when the time comes!"
Being turned down by Luo Ziling in front of so many people made Wang Feiyang a bit unhappy, but she didn’t show it in front of the others.
"Alright then!" She just agreed lightly. "It’s not urgent anyway, we can do it later. If he wants to talk to you about something, I’ll take you over there."
Dong Xiaowan’s gossip radar went off again, and she couldn’t help asking Wang Feiyang, "Feiyang, what does your dad do? Is he in the same line as us, studying traditional medicine?"
"Nope!" Wang Feiyang shook her head, but didn’t explain further.
"How could her dad be doing traditional medicine research?" Luo Ziling chuckled. "Her dad is really something, someone you guys can only look up to."
Wang Feiyang glared at Luo Ziling, her expression full of warning.
Luo Ziling just smiled and didn’t say anything more.
The hotpot was brought in, and the side dishes they ordered were served as well. Wang Hanying, Xu Zhiyuan and the others, who had been watching the show and listening to the three talk, started tossing things into the pot.
Dong Xiaowan couldn’t hold back her curiosity and asked Wang Feiyang again, "So your dad is really that impressive?"
"Just so-so, he’s only an ordinary civil servant!" Not wanting to dwell on that topic, Wang Feiyang immediately changed the subject. "By the way, what’s the arrangement for classes tomorrow? I saw there were some last-minute changes in the schedule."
"It’s fine!" Dong Xiaowan said generously. "We’re all capable people anyway, we can handle whatever class they throw at us. These basic courses are actually very simple, we understood them when we were little, so explaining them to these students is no problem at all. When it comes time for the real professional courses, the ones where you actually have to use your hands, that’ll be the real test. For some of those classes, we won’t be able to handle them and we’ll need Mr. Luo himself to step in."
"Who knows, by then your skills in all areas might already be at a high level, and it’ll be more than enough for you to teach those students. You’re all talents in this field. If you devote yourselves fully to traditional medicine in the future, you’ll definitely achieve something." Luo Ziling smiled, then said to the others, "I believe, as long as we all work together, we can definitely push Huaxia’s traditional medicine to a whole new height."
He immediately noticed that something was off with Xu Zhiyuan, and he gave an embarrassed smile. "The development of traditional medicine in East Asian countries goes hand in hand. We’ll definitely be able to make progress together in the future."
As they were talking, Luo Ziling received a call from Luo Yuqing.
"Ziling, where are you?"
"I’m having a late-night snack with a bunch of people," Luo Ziling answered. "Are you on campus? Why don’t you come over and eat with us?"
"Okay, send me a location, I’ll come right away."
"It’s Chuanfu Hotpot at the school gate, private room upstairs, just come up."
"Okay!"
Right when their hotpot was just about ready to eat, Luo Yuqing appeared at the door.
Seeing Dong Xiaowan and Wang Feiyang sitting on either side of Luo Ziling, Luo Yuqing couldn’t help a mocking remark as she walked in, "Wow, even for a late-night snack you have to have a beauty on each arm, huh?"
"If you pick a seat now, you can also have handsome guys on both sides." Luo Ziling pointed at Xu Zhiyuan, Wang Hanying, and Gu Changwei sitting there and said with a smile, "Whose middle seat do you want?"
After thinking for a moment, Luo Yuqing still chose to sit next to Dong Xiaowan.
During the late-night snack, Luo Yuqing didn’t talk much, and Luo Ziling could tell she was a bit unsettled.
However, he didn’t ask her anything while they were eating.
Only after they finished and were walking back together did he quietly ask, "Something happen?"
"I went with Xiaoqing to see Fang Yinhai today!"
"Oh?" Luo Ziling was a bit surprised. "How did it go?"
"Xiaoqing wasn’t completely brainless. After she found Fang Yinhai, she confronted him face to face about why he lied to her, and said that from now on she wouldn’t be in cahoots with them anymore, and he shouldn’t even think about using her to do anything shady." When Luo Yuqing said this, her expression was still fairly calm.
"That’s not bad then." Luo Ziling nodded. "Did you say anything?"
"I gave Fang Yinhai a good scolding!" Luo Yuqing said with obvious disgust. "When you run into scum like him, of course you have to curse him out hard while you have the chance, otherwise he’ll really think we’re easy to bully."
Luo Ziling laughed. "You two siblings cursing him out to his face and making him lose face in front of his lackeys—Fang Yinhai’s definitely going to hate you guys to the bone."
"That’s exactly what I want. Otherwise, who knows when that guy might cozy up to them again."
Luo Ziling asked again, "Are you going to drag him along tomorrow to settle accounts with anyone else?"
Luo Yuqing replied, "Tomorrow I’m planning to take him back to the Li Family and settle accounts with those people."
After hearing that, Luo Ziling gently nodded, then instructed, "Let Lin stay by your side, just in case something happens."
"Okay!" Luo Yuqing didn’t turn down Luo Ziling’s arrangement. "I’ll have her come with me. But I don’t believe the people of the Li Family would dare lay a hand on us."
"There’s a lot going on lately, so you should still be careful to avoid trouble." Luo Ziling said quietly to Luo Yuqing, "Anyway, I intend to make things more complicated and make everyone uncomfortable so their days don’t go smoothly. Someone might try to get back at us, so you must be careful. After all, you’re a girl."
Luo Yuqing shot him a look, but she was still quite grateful for his concern.
"I know, I’ll definitely be careful."
Luo Ziling asked again, "Has your mom blamed me?"
"Of course she did. She said you’re too ruthless, that you actually refused to give her face." Luo Yuqing curled her lip in disdain. "She just doesn’t know what’s good for her. You already gave her more than enough face. She’ll figure it out eventually."
Luo Ziling made another suggestion. "We should find a time to meet with Li Haiyang together. In the future, the Li Family’s affairs will probably be decided by Li Haiyang. There are some things you need to make clear to her, or you’ll have less and less standing in the Li Family."
This suggestion from Luo Ziling really surprised Luo Yuqing.
She seemed to realize Luo Ziling’s ulterior motive.