Don't meet me in your next life.

Not long after Lin Lubai and Su Mingli hung up the phone, Lin Lubai's uncle called him, saying that he and Su Qiaoqiao had come downstairs.

Lin Lubai told his younger brother-in-law to come up directly.

After a series of sharp high-heeled footsteps, his office door was pushed open, and his uncle entered with a woman.

The woman had an oval face, fair skin, and a graceful figure. She wore a tight red dress that subtly revealed her cleavage, and a confident smile played on her lips. Such a woman was enough to attract the attention of many men.

Lin Lubai stared at her for a while before confirming that she was indeed the girl who had called him "Brother Xiaobai" back then. This girl was completely different from the Su Qiaoqiao he had met in college. Back then, Su Qiaoqiao had a round face, was mischievous, and often pestered them to take her out to play. She also liked to disturb him and Su Mingli while they were doing their homework, and Su Mingli would drag her out by the ear.

"Brother Xiaobai, Grandpa asked me to be your secretary." Su Qiaoqiao's sweet yet sexy voice came from behind.

"Little Qiaoqiao, I almost didn't recognize you! They say girls change a lot as they grow up, and this little girl has grown into a beautiful young lady." Lin Lubai deliberately kept her distance.

"I've delivered the person to you. Tell your grandfather later that I have some business in Lucheng and won't be staying long." The uncle smiled mischievously at Lin Lubai.

"Let's have a meal together first, Uncle," Lin Lubai said, not wanting to be alone with Qiaoqiao. He gave his uncle a pleading look.

"Your grandfather told me to come back quickly, so I'm off now." The younger uncle slipped away as fast as he could.

As I walked out the door, I sent him a text message: Good luck to you, I've had enough, I'm outta here.

Lin Lubai sighed helplessly. His uncle was only 7 years older than him, but he was a shrewd man. He taught himself traditional Chinese medicine, then married a woman who studied medicine. From then on, he used various excuses to pursue his studies, leaving the Lin family to Lin Lubai and going off to enjoy himself.

"Brother Xiaobai, let's go eat, I'm a little hungry." Su Qiaoqiao grabbed Lin Lubai's arm and shook it.

"Okay, let's go eat. Is there anything you'd like to eat?" Lin Lubai tidied up the things on the table.

"Hmm, I want to eat some snacks from Shashi. I heard there's a famous snack shop called Mi Ji here, and I want to go there to eat." Su Qiaoqiao looked at Lin Lubai.

“Okay, I’ll go look at the car. You wait for me at the door,” Lin Lubai said to Su Qiaoqiao.

"Mi Ji." Su Qiaoqiao sent a message to a phone number that had no name saved.

"Received." The reply came instantly.

When the two arrived at Mi Ji's restaurant and got out of the car, Su Qiaoqiao reached out to take Lin Lubai's arm, but Lin Lubai took her arm off, saying, "Qiaoqiao, I am a married man."

"Hmph, stingy." Su Qiaoqiao pouted.

Su Qiaoqiao chose a window seat and ordered a lot of snacks.

During dinner, Su Qiaoqiao talked animatedly about the past. Lin Lubai listened quietly; he didn't like sweets and ate his porridge and side dishes.

"Brother Xiaobai, give me a spare rib." Su Qiaoqiao held a steamed bun in her left hand and a half-eaten chicken foot in her right.

"What a child! He has no imagination at all, and he's not afraid of bringing shame to the Su family." Lin Lubai shook his head with a smile.

"What's the point of living? Isn't it just to make yourself comfortable? I understand life. All that talk about face is meaningless. If I have money, I have face, and everything I do is right. If I don't have money, everything I do is wrong," Su Qiaoqiao said.

"Here." Lin Lubai picked up a piece of pork rib and intended to put it in Su Qiaoqiao's bowl, but Su Qiaoqiao caught it with her mouth.

Lin Lubai could only shake his head helplessly.

After they finished eating, Lin Lubai planned to go back. However, Su Qiaoqiao said she wanted to go for a walk, so Lin Lubai had no choice but to accompany her.

The two walked and talked, and when they passed an ice cream shop, Su Qiaoqiao ordered two different flavors of ice cream.

"I don't eat ice cream, you eat it," Lin Lubai said.

"Remember when you and my brother ate ice cream? I was so craving it, but you two deliberately ate ice cream while I had a fever." Su Qiaoqiao didn't respond to his words and directly handed him an ice cream.

Lin Lubai could only accept the ice cream, take a bite, and find it to have a faint matcha flavor, which he didn't particularly like.

"Yi Yi should like this flavor. I wonder if the baby in my belly will take after him or me." Lin Lubai looked at the ice cream and thought of Yi Yi and the baby, and the corners of his lips curled up.

Seeing Lin Lubai staring at the ice cream and smiling, Su Qiaoqiao felt a hint of resentment in her eyes. She knew he must be thinking of someone, but that person wasn't her.

"This ice cream isn't good, I want to eat Brother Xiaobai's." Before Lin Lubai could react, Su Qiaoqiao snatched the ice cream Lin Lubai had taken a bite of and stuffed it into her mouth.

“Hey,” Lin Lubai sighed, tilted his head slightly, and raised an eyebrow. “I ate those. How could you do that?”

Lin Lubai really didn't know what to say, so he turned around and continued walking forward.

"You're stingy, I don't mind, why would you? Here, you can have mine too." Su Qiaoqiao handed Lin Lubai the ice cream she had only taken a few bites of.

"You eat it, I don't like it," Lin Lubai said.

Su Qiaoqiao acted as if nothing had happened, continuing to eat her ice cream as she walked.

When passing by a milk tea shop, Su Qiaoqiao wanted to go in and have some milk tea.

Lin Lubai could only accompany her and let her shop to her heart's content. The two sat in the milk tea shop for half an hour, and Lin Lubai ordered a glass of lemonade to keep Su Qiaoqiao company.

"We've finished our milk tea, let's go back." After finishing their milk tea, Lin Lubai suggested going back.

"But I want to look around some more," Su Qiaoqiao pouted.

"Maybe next time. I have things to do today, and you just arrived and haven't had a break yet," Lin Lubai refused.

"Okay, let's go back and get the car." Su Qiaoqiao had a well-behaved and sensible expression.

Lin Lu was somewhat dazed and confused. What kind of person was this girl? One second she was acting like a spoiled princess, and the next she was adorably sensible.

The two turned around side by side. Su Qiaoqiao originally wanted to pull Lin Lubai's arm, but Lin Lubai deliberately squatted down and patted his pants, preventing Su Qiaoqiao from pulling him.

Unwilling to give up, Su Qiaoqiao tried several more times, but Lin Lubai still dodged her without making a sound. In the end, Su Qiaoqiao had no choice but to give up.

The two walked along, and there weren't many people around. But when they were almost at the parking lot, someone suddenly appeared from the side. Su Qiaoqiao was startled, swayed, and fell down next to Lin Lubai.

Out of inertia, Lin Lubai caught Su Qiaoqiao, and Su Qiaoqiao fell into Lin Lubai's arms.

"Click, click." A few faint shutter sounds came from the side, which Lin Lubai heard keenly.

Lin Lubai noticed that they were being secretly photographed, so he immediately helped Su Qiaoqiao stand up straight and turned to chase after the person taking the picture. However, the person ran very fast and disappeared into the alley in the blink of an eye.

Su Qiaoqiao's heart raced. Luckily, Lin Lubai didn't notice. He ran after the person taking the picture.

Unable to catch the person taking the photos, Lin Lubai had no choice but to go back and drive away.

Lin Lubai looked at Su Qiaoqiao, fearing she might be in danger, but then he saw a hint of relief in her eyes.

Seeing Lin Lubai return, Su Qiaoqiao asked worriedly, "Brother Xiaobai, are you alright? Did you see who was taking the photos?"

When Lin Lubai looked at Su Qiaoqiao again, her eyes were full of worry.

Seeing the seemingly harmless Su Qiaoqiao, Lin Lubai thought he must be overthinking things. The Su family's darling daughter, who gets whatever she wants, wouldn't stoop to such underhanded methods.