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After Shu Xian did the dishes this morning, Professor Pan An proceeded to check his papers after he took a quick hot shower this rainy morning.

Shu Xian went to her room, too, and took a hot shower as well, already relaxing on the bed with Wan Wan sleeping on the carpeted floor.

With Shu Xian still slightly embarrassed with the talk that he had with Pan An, she couldn\'t help but sigh. Wanting to shake herself from her thoughts, she got her phone from under her pillow then called Shi Lian.

As Shu Xian waited, she couldn\'t help but want to talk to her bubbly best friend, making her grin as she blankly stared at the ceiling.

\'I wonder how did the dinner with Zhang Ren go? Knowing that Shi Lian has a developing crush on the guy, then probably, she might\'ve enjoyed it? Or maybe suddenly gone quiet?\'

With that in thought, Shu Xian couldn\'t help but smile. With her actually excited to know what has happened that night, the call finally connected, Shi Lian, greeting her with a jolly voice.

"Shu Xian! Hey, rare of you to initiate a call! Ya miss me?"

Shu Xian playfully rolled her eyes at the comment. She then let out a small chuckle as she agreed, answering her question.

"Yeah. Other than that, I\'m curious about the dinner that you had with Zhang Ren."

"Oh, that…" Shi Lian trailed off, the girl chuckling. "It was just a normal dinner. We only talked about university, that\'s all."

"Oh?" Shu Xian furrowed her brows. "So, you weren\'t at all like… shy because you\'re developing a crush on him?"

"Shu Xian," Shi Lian exclaimed, rolling her eyes at the phone. "I may have developed an attraction towards him, but that doesn\'t mean that I am going to be shy at him all the time, yeah?"

Shu Xian laughed, asking another question as she pushed the comment aside.

"Anyway, tell me still! What did you guys do? Just eat?"

There was silence for a while. With Shi Lian unusually going silent, this made Shu Xian furrow her brows as she curled into a ball on her bed, still in a call with her.

"Shi Lian?" Shu Xian called out to her best friend. "Do you want to tell me something?"

With a sigh heard at the other end of the line, Shu Xian bit her bottom lip, already hitting bull\'s eye as she guessed that there is something bothering her friend.

"I don\'t know if I should tell you," she said, making Shu Xian sigh as she now slowly sat up, curious.

"I mean… you could tell me, Shi Lian. I\'m your best friend—it\'s not like I\'m going to squeal on you on what you have told me. However, if you are also uncomfortable in telling me, then I\'ll understand, too. No pressure."

With that said, Shi Lian couldn\'t help but groan. She plopped on her bed, her pillows bouncing to her side as she stared at the ceiling, feeling guilty that she isn\'t telling her friend anything.

Well, she knows Shu Xian well. It really doesn\'t matter to her if you say something or not—if you find it uncomfortable, it\'s okay, she respects privacy.

She would only force herself to know if this is something serious that needed to be fixed or be given attention.

But since it\'s just about Zhang Ren, then it\'s not that serious.

"You know, Shu Xian," Shi Lian started, heaving a small sigh. "I think I should tell you. This is making me crazy and then I know that I can trust you, anyway."

With that said, Shu Xian nodded as she did an Indian seat, the cloth of Pan An\'s shirt going up as she did so.

She still wore his shirt despite everything because she found it comfortable, and Pan An told her during breakfast that it\'s now hers.

"Well," Shu Xian trailed off, expectantly waiting. "Tell me. What is it that\'s bothering you?"

With another sigh heard at the other end of the line, what Shi Lian had said immediately surprised Shu Xian, making her eyes wide as their assumption back in the car was indeed true.

"Zhang Ren… turns out he\'s from an affluent or known family. When he ordered a lot during that night, he volunteered to pay—he showed a black card!"

"Wh-what?" Shu Xian furrowed her brows. "But it\'s rare to get a black card, no?"

"Yeah," Shi Lian said, sighing at the same time. "But you know, I don\'t know why he has it. He told me it\'s a secret and if I gain his trust, he will tell me. That guy is mysterious."

"Well?" Shu Xian laid back down on the bed, continuing the conversation with Shi Lian as she asked her a question. "Have you asked your family secretary to do an investigation?"

"Yes," Shi Lian answered, "But what we found out was the same—he is a university student, a student assistant. His family background is blocked, but the black card is really his."

"Huh…" Shu Xian went quiet for a while, thinking about who Zhang Ren is. "So, even you can\'t find something about him," she added, Shi Lian, nodding while they were still in the call.

"Yes. And then what got me thinking is that he is enrolled in the university and then he is a student assistant. Like why? I mean… if he is rich and it is hidden, why choose to study and be a student assistant?"

"Maybe he has his reasons?" Shu Xian replied with a shrug, Shi Lian, unsure as well.

"I don\'t know. Well, whatever. After that, we just had a casual conversation and ended the day. He seems not to be a bad person, anyway?"

"Yeah, I think so, too. So far so good, he is a kind guy."

"Yes," Shi Lian agreed, "But mysterious."

"Yeah, mysterious," Shu Xian agreed as well, nodding at the same time.

With the thought of Zhang Ren pushed aside for a while, Shi Lian then asked Shu Xian what had happened to her recently, making the girl answer her best friend\'s question and then making her laugh out loud at the same time as they continued their call.