Spring River Chasing the Moon

Luo Luo had changed several sets of clothes in the dormitory. Since she received the message from Nan Zhili, she accepted his invitation to have dinner together. The two agreed to meet at 6:30 in the evening.

This was the first time I had dinner outside with Nan Zhili alone.

Luo Luo tried on all her clothes, but they all seemed too plain. She usually only had jeans and a top, and didn't have any formal skirts in her dorm.

There was no other way. Luo Luo thought for a long time and found a summer dress, and put a denim jacket on it. Although the temperature might be low at night, for the rare meeting with Nan Zhili, she wanted to show her best side in front of him.

She thought about it for a full half hour before agreeing to have dinner with Nan Zhili. Luo Luo knew better than anyone that if they were impossible, she should not contact Nan Zhili anymore. Doing so would only make her sink deeper and deeper and suffer more and more.

But she...can't do it.

Maybe I will never fall in love with someone else in this life, so I might as well be brave for myself, even if it means I’m like a moth flying into a flame.

At least... for her own sake, she tried to get closer to the light, and even if she was burned to ashes, she was willing to accept it.

"Luo Luo, you want to go out?"

Just as Luo Luo was combing his hair in front of the mirror, his roommate Shen Yi had just returned to the dormitory.

"Well, I have a dinner date with someone else."

Thinking of Nan Zhili, Luo Luo's cheeks in the mirror became hot.

"Someone else? Isn't that handsome guy downstairs waiting for you?"

Just when Shen Yi passed by the dormitory building, a boy with outstanding appearance was standing downstairs of their dormitory, attracting the attention of many girls.

Shen Yi was one of them. She secretly glanced at him several times and felt that he was not a boy from the school because his clothes and overall temperament were incompatible with the atmosphere of the school. He looked more like a senior leader who came to inspect. If he was not good-looking and had such a strong aura, she would not dare to look at him for too long.

Hearing Shen Yi's words, Luo Luo was stunned and quickly ran to the balcony to look down. It was actually Nan Zhili, but he did not send a message to tell him that he had arrived early.

Luo Luo quickly picked up her phone and bag, glanced at herself in the mirror, and then ran out of the dormitory.

"Xiaoyi, I'm leaving first. If you need to bring any food, send me a message."

Downstairs in the dormitory, Nan Zhili looked at the time. There were still ten minutes until the 6:30 that he and Luo Luo had agreed on. He was not in a hurry because he had come too early, so he waited downstairs and planned to send her a message after 6:30.

Unexpectedly, the next second I saw the little girl running out in a hurry.

"Why... didn't you tell me... you were here?"

Luo Luo stopped in front of Nan Zhili and said breathlessly.

"I arrived early and was worried that you weren't ready. I'm not in a hurry. You can take your time."

Nan Zhili looked at her, his face flushed from running, and asked her, "Are you okay?"

Luo Luo nodded. She ran down from the fourth floor in one breath and almost sprained her ankle because there was no elevator in the dormitory building.

"Then get in the car first. I feel like everyone in your school is watching us."

Originally, if Luo Luo hadn't come down, Nan Zhili had just planned to go back to the car and wait. It seemed that him standing here would attract too much attention.

Now the two of them have bigger goals, and Luo Luo is actually well-known in the academy for her beauty and strong professional ability.

No one has ever seen her with a boyfriend, and everyone thought she was single. Unexpectedly, a handsome guy came to pick her up today. Everyone was very curious, and everyone who passed by looked at her with curious eyes.

Luo Luo also felt it. She was not afraid of what other people thought of her, but she didn't want others to look at Nan Zhili with such inquiring and gossipy eyes.

"Yeah, get in the car first."

Nan Zhili drove out of the school gate and turned to ask Luo Luo where he wanted to go for dinner.

Luo Luo usually eats in the cafeteria. If he has a meal with classmates, they always go to restaurants suitable for students that they can afford.

But looking at Nan Zhili in a suit, Luo Luo couldn't think of any good restaurants nearby. The main reason was that there were really no good and quiet places around their school. Most of the restaurants served snacks and stir-fried dishes, and they were mainly cheap and affordable.

Obviously, the places she usually goes to are not suitable for Nan Zhili.

"I can do it, it's up to you."

Luo Luo gave the right of choice to Nan Zhili. Fortunately, she now had the copyright fees, so AA was not a burden.

Nan Zhili glanced at Luo Luo and saw that she really had no idea. After thinking for a while, he turned the steering wheel and they drove towards Nan Zhili's unit.

Soon, they arrived at the door of a restaurant.

"arrive."

Nan Zhili parked the car and reminded Luo Luo to get out.

After entering the restaurant, the two followed the waiter who led the way inside.

There is actually such a restaurant here. It is like a museum. As I walked along, I passed by several display cabinets with treasures displayed in them. I don’t know whether they are real or fake.

Since it was the place chosen by Nan Zhili, Luo Luo thought that those things must be authentic.

"Qiyue will definitely like it here."

Luo Luo spoke softly beside Nan Zhili.

Speaking of Nan Qiuyue, Nan Zhili also agreed with Luo Luo's point of view.

"Then next time, you can bring her along."

As they were talking, the two of them arrived at the private room. The waiter added tea for them and then left.

"Don't you need to order?"

Luo Luo watched the waiter close the door and leave, and asked with some confusion.

"I already messaged them on the way here. I ordered everything you like."

Nan Zhili had no idea how moved Luo Luo was by his casual words.

"You... know what I like to eat?"

Luo Luo drank his tea and asked him casually.

"I watched you grow up, how could I not know."

Nan Zhili didn't think much about it. He was worried that Nan Qiuyue and Luo Luo would not be able to adapt when they first arrived at the Nan family.

But later on, he thought too much. Their little girl Qiuyue was living a more comfortable life in the Nan family than he was, so his attention slowly shifted to Luo Luo, hoping that she could live a more comfortable life at home.

Luo Luo felt a little disappointed when he heard this.

She understood what Nan Zhili meant, that he only treated her as his own sister, but she couldn't show it. She just lowered her head and continued to drink water to hide her bitterness.

After a while, the waiter knocked on the door and began to serve the dishes one after another.

But I didn’t expect that several of Nan Zhili’s colleagues would come.

"Zhili? What a coincidence, you are eating here too?"

Before the door of the box could be closed by the waiter who was adding tea, several men in suits and ties like Nan Zhili saw him and walked in directly.

Nan Zhili didn't expect to meet a colleague here today.

"What? Girlfriend? Sorry, sorry, we didn't know you were here..."

When several colleagues came in, they found that there was a girl sitting opposite Nan Zhili. They all felt a little embarrassed, thinking that they had disturbed her date.

"No, this is my sister at home."

Nan Zhili introduced Luo Luo to everyone with a smile, saying that she was the youngest sister in the family and was studying at the music conservatory.

Luo Luo stood up and greeted everyone. When he sat down again, he placed his hands on his thighs, squeezing them tightly.

She didn't want to be... just a sister.

After the meal, Luo Luo insisted on splitting the bill with Nan Zhili, and no matter what she said, it wouldn't work. Nan Zhili had no choice but to agree to her wishes.

On the way back, the two sat quietly and no one spoke.

The car stopped downstairs of the dormitory again. Nan Zhili turned around and looked at the little girl with some confusion.

He felt that something was wrong in the atmosphere, but he didn't know why.

"What's wrong? Why are you suddenly unhappy? Talk to Third Brother."

Nan Zhili's voice was extremely clear in the carriage.

"I'm not your sister."

Luo Luo's voice was so soft that Nan Zhili couldn't hear it clearly the first time.

"what?"

Nan Zhili moved slightly closer.

"I said, I'm not your sister."

After saying this, Luo Luo opened the car door and ran into the dormitory building, leaving Nan Zhili in the car, staring blankly at her back as she gradually disappeared.