I don't have ulterior motives

Jin Bei stepped into the darkness and watched the two go downstairs.He followed them all the way out the restaurant door.Behind, Sister Chen yawned and prepared to pack her things.

On the stone road in the courtyard, Jin Bei looked at the timing and greeted: "Lin'an?"

Shu Lin'an turned around and smiled at him: "Why are you here? I saw it when I came here, and it's a bit strange."

"I work here."

"Oh. I'm leaving so late, I should disturb you to finish work. I'm really sorry."

"No." Jin Bei walked up to be side by side with him, and naturally took Xia Ruoxing's arm, "I'll help you."

Shu Lin'an didn't refuse, and let go of Jin Bei's movement, and walked to Jin Bei's side.

"Send him back. Me with you?"

"It shouldn't be necessary. Someone will pick it up."

that's true.Jin Bei thought, although he came here by himself, how could Xia Aotian have no one to pick him up so late.It's a pity that I can't take the opportunity to go to Xia Zhai.

A black extended car was parked outside the carved wrought iron gate. Seeing the three people coming out, the driver got out of the car and greeted them: "Young Master, Young Master Shu." After he finished greeting, he also nodded respectfully to Jin Bei.

"Mr. Xia ordered you all to be sent back, this—" The driver turned to Jin Bei hesitantly, not sure which friend of the young master it was.

"No need." Shu Lin'an said softly, "I'll take Jin Shao's car back later. You live far away, so you don't need to see us off first."

In this way, Jin Bei became Jin Shao for the first time.

When Xia Ruoxing asked how he and the others came back the next day, he heard the driver say that Shu Linan had left in Jin Shao's car. After thinking about it for a long time, he couldn't remember who it was, so he simply forgot about it.

The driver nodded, and while putting Xia Ruoxing in the back seat with Jin Bei, he thought that Shu Shao is really a model for other people's children. He is polite, considerate of others, gentle and introverted, not like this brat from the Xia family.

Jin Bei watched the Xia family's car go away in Juechen, and before he could speak, a loud and penetrating greeting came from behind: "Jin Bei!"

Jin Bei's scalp exploded, he turned his head reluctantly, and saw the chef walking towards them with a smile.

"Have you found it?" As soon as he walked in front of them, the chef patted Jin Bei on the shoulder and asked.

Uh.

Shu Linan looked at him.The chef enthusiastically explained: "He lost a ring at the restaurant at noon, and he is looking for it after get off work at night."

"..."

"Find it so late?" the chef continued to ask.

"I... want to wait for the guests in the private room to leave and take a look."

"Oh. Such an important thing."

yes.More importantly, you should hurry up and stop entangled in this topic.

"Huh...is this it?" Shu Lin'an reached into his pocket and spread out his palm. Inside was a ring.

Huh... what is this.

"I saw it next to the table in the private room. I thought it might be lost by some customer, and I planned to bring it to the restaurant, but I forgot." Shu Lin'an smiled, "Fortunately, I met you."

"What a coincidence! That's great." The chef said excitedly to the two.Shu Lin'an raised his hand in the air, and Jin Bei silently picked up the ring from his palm.

"Go back and apologize to your girlfriend!" The chef patted Jin Bei's shoulder vigorously.

"No, I don't have a girlfriend."

"Oh?" The chef narrowed his eyes, "Could it be a souvenir from his ex-girlfriend? What an infatuated person."

"No, I don't have an ex-girlfriend either." Isn't there any other option besides a girlfriend?Don't treat everyone as the owner of the restaurant!While you work at Casanova, not everyone is a Casanova!

"Okay." The chef shrugged his chubby shoulders, "Then treat it as a future girlfriend."

Shu Linan laughed out loud.

In the end, it can only be a girlfriend...

"Hurry up and go back. Be careful." The chef finally showed a generous smile and waved goodbye to them.

"Thank you, uncle. You are really a warm-hearted person." Shu Linan said goodbye to him with a smile.

Enthusiasm is a bit too much.Passionate enough to be boring.

"Boy, you too!" The chef said angrily, "The enthusiastic people are the ones who face life with a hundredfold enthusiasm!"

Why on earth did such passionate lines come from a middle-aged uncle... The uncle actually gave him a thumbs up.

When Shu Lin'an heard this, he just smiled.

After the chef left, Jin Bei heaved a sigh of relief, and handed the ring back to Shu Lin'an: "Well, it's actually not mine." He wasn't sure if Shu Lin'an helped him out, or if it was just a coincidence. A guy lost a ring.Looking at the exquisite workmanship, it should be worth a lot.

"It's mine." Shu Lin'an took it.

"Ah, haha." Jin Bei watched him put the ring on, and thought to himself that luckily he didn't push the boat to accept it.He seemed to ask unintentionally: "With your girlfriend?"

"No, I don't have a girlfriend."

"Oh."

Jin Bei looked up at the street.It's past ten o'clock now, the restaurant is not open in a busy city, although the street is wide, but there are few cars, it should be quite difficult to hail a taxi.Jin Bei's house is not far away, and he usually walks back and forth.

Of course, he didn't have the driver Shu Linan mentioned just now to pick him up.

"There doesn't seem to be any cars." Shu Linan followed his gaze and said.

"Yes. How about a mobile phone to call a car?"

"Anyway, my house is not far away, otherwise I'd better walk back. Just sober up." Shu Lin'an looked at him, "What about you?"

It doesn't look like you need to sober up at all.Of course Jin Bei seized this rare opportunity and said, "You and I will drop by."

Entering mid-September, the night breeze is already cool, and it is very comfortable to brush against the cheeks.Jin Bei lowered his head and wanted to say something, but when he saw Shu Linan's skin glowing coldly under the street lamp, like porcelain containing valuables, he couldn't help but take a second look.

Shu Lin'an said suddenly: "This restaurant is very good. Especially the roasted lamb with rosemary, the sauce is very rich, and the knife is also very good."

Jin Bei's mind was not on the restaurant, but when he heard the other party's praise, he asked expectantly: "Yes, Master Yang, oh, he is the chef. He has been in Italy for ten years, and he only returned to China with his boss a few years ago. ...Other What do you think of the dishes?"

"Hmm... The puff pastry seafood soup has very fresh ingredients, but it's a little thicker... I like the rum cake very much."

"Yeah." Jin Bei nodded heavily.

"Slightly sweeter. Silver rum is better, and Ramsay is good."

"Hmm..." Jin Bei wrote down the name of the wine that Shu Lin'an said.

“Personal taste. The cake itself is great.”

"Uh-huh."

Jin Bei who was praised was very happy, so he let go of the serious task, lowered his head and smiled at Shu Lin'an, baring his canine teeth: "Why do you always help me?"

"Huh?" Shu Linan raised an eyebrow.

"For example, on the first day of school, I helped out with the bread, and on the second day, about Xia Ruoxing, I just cheated Mr. Chef..."

Shu Linan tilted his head and thought for a while, then smiled and said, "Is that so? I don't feel it. Maybe it's because my father always said that we should always pay attention to whether we can help others."

Was it really unintentional?

In fact, what his father taught was to always do small favors to others, so that someone would work for you.

Jin Bei nodded thoughtfully, thinking to himself, it's time to start the strategy.

"You have a good relationship with Xia Ruoxing?"

"Well, not bad. The two families have known each other since childhood."

"You guys have really different personalities." Jin Bei's tone was a little dissatisfied, as if he was complaining about Xia Ruoxing.

Shu Lin'an smiled: "Yes."

"It's so different, can you guys talk together?"

"It's because they are different that we can continue talking." Shu Linan shrugged, "But usually he is the one talking."

"Really." Jin Bei felt that Shu Lin'an talked quite a lot when he was with him, "Speaking of which, you really don't usually chat with others very much."

"Hmm...Maybe I just want to chat with the person I like."

Jin Bei's heart skipped a beat, he calmed down and asked, "Then what does he usually tell you?"

Shu Lin'an raised his head and looked at him with a smile: "Why do you always care about what he tells me?"

"He can talk to you for so long, and you still don't bother me, so I'll just learn and chat with you later." Jin Bei replied solemnly.

"Is that so?" Shu Lin'an continued to smile, and nodded seriously, "Actually, I'm quite annoying."

"Eh?"

"But it's not easy to interrupt. He seems really distressed." Shu Lin'an looked into his eyes, "Xia Ruoxing said that their family might be immigrating."

"Immigration?" Jin Bei caught a clue and asked in surprise.

"Well. I don't know why. He said that his father made such an arrangement suddenly, probably because he had no hope for his performance in domestic schools, and planned to send him out directly, and then enter foreign universities, which would be easier."

Jin Bei thought to himself, this guy has a pretty good reason.

"Is it... It's a blessing to be rich."

"maybe."

I forgot that the person beside me was also very rich.

but……

"Not necessarily?" Jin Bei looked back at him seriously.

"uncertain."

"Oh...how can I do that?"

"Do you want to discuss this difficult issue with me?" Shu Linan froze for a moment, then rolled his eyes at him.

Jin Bei also smiled, but didn't speak.

"The front is my home." In the silence, Shu Lin'an said suddenly.Jin Bei raised his eyes, and the three-story house stood quietly in the darkness, without a gleam of light, as if it had lost its reality and was just a shadow in the night.

"Is there no one in your house?"

"It's just me and my dad tonight. He might not be home today."

"That's it."

"Want to come in and sit down?" Shu Lin'an glanced at him lightly.

"It's so late, is it too disturbing?"

Shu Lin settled down for a while, "Don't bother. But it's really too late, you have to go back."

"Um……"

They walked to the door of Shu Lin'an's house.The shadow showed a huge outline at this time, and the pointed roof pointed to the sky behind the whirling tree shadow.

"Aren't you going in?" Jin Bei slowed down, wondering that Yu Shu Lin'an had no intention of saying goodbye at all.

"I'll take you to the bridge."

The full moon is reflected in the water, churning, breaking and joining together with the ripples.That's what the name of Yueyong Bridge said.Shu Lin'an thought.

A stone statue of a dragon's head is carved at the head of the bridge, and the dragon's head is lifted up in the night, as if looking at itself.It wasn't until he could no longer see the figure on the other side of the bridge that Shu Lin'an glanced at the sculpture lightly and turned back.

He faced the empty long street, but his eyes seemed to scan countless figures.

The author has something to say:

Jin Bei: Does it belong to your girlfriend?

Shu Lin'an: Boyfriend's.

Jin Bei: ...

Shu Lin'an: For you.

Jin Bei:!