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Chapter 59

By the time Yang Xingyu and Qi Meilan came out of the hot pot restaurant, it was already dark outside and the street lights had already been on.

This time, Yang Xingyu left the passenger door of her car and got into the car without Qi Meilan's invitation.

When she got on the driver's seat, he smiled and said, "My motorcycle is parked in the alley next to your school. You called me there to get on the bus. Now I have to trouble you to take me back there."

Qi Meilan nodded. Judging from her expression, she was in a good mood at this time.

This is not only due to the delicious taste of this hot pot restaurant, but also due to the fact that when they chatted while eating, they always had endless topics to talk about and had a great time talking.

Maybe she thought it was because they had many topics in common and could talk to each other.

But with Yang Xingyu, it's actually because as long as he wants, he can basically chat with everyone.

This is a skill he honed over many years of doing business and dealing with people before he was reborn.

Chat!
His experience is to talk more about topics that the other party is interested in, strive to be a topic starter and listener, and show a strong interest in the topics the other party is talking about. Of course, compliments from time to time are also necessary.

In short, it doesn't matter whether you are happy or not, but you must make the other party happy.

Of course, such a skill is simple to say but very difficult to practice. He also honed it bit by bit.

Under the night, Qi Meilan drove skillfully.

Yang Xingyu was sitting in the passenger seat, looking at the scenery outside the car window. He suddenly thought of a question and looked at Qi Meilan, "Hey, you used to have good English scores, and now you are an English teacher. Let me ask you a question!"

"Well, just ask!"

Qi Meilan responded with a smile.

Yang Xingyu: "Do you think there are skills in learning English? In other words, are there rules in English?"

His English scores were not good before, not because he didn't work hard, but because no matter how hard he tried, it didn't make much difference, so he has always been worried about it.

The smile on Qi Meilan's face widened, she hummed, and said: "Of course there are rules. There must be a set of rules to follow when creating any language. There is no doubt about it."

Yang Xingyu blinked, "Then what do you think are the rules of English?"

Qi Meilan: "There are many! I think the most basic rule is phonetic symbols, such as which letters are combined together and what sound should be pronounced. Then... the combination of those letters is equivalent to a radical in Chinese characters , so if you can remember clearly all the pronunciation letter combinations in English, it is equivalent to remembering all the radicals of Chinese characters. Then all English words will be easy for you to learn. You can learn any word. They can be broken down into several "radical" combinations. As long as you master these things, even if you see a strange word you have never seen before, you can still spell out its pronunciation based on its letter combination. In the same way, you can also deduce the letter combination of any word based on its pronunciation."

Yang Xingyu: "..."

He understood, but his heart was full of regrets. Unfortunately, when he knew this, it was already too late, and his student days were long over.

"By the way, what level is your English at now?"

He was suddenly curious about this.

Qi Meilan chuckled and said casually: "Level eight."

Yang Xingyu suddenly felt like he looked up to her.

Because he didn't pass CET-[-] in English when he was in college.

"I heard that many teachers now offer tutoring classes after class, which are very profitable. Do you offer such tutoring classes?"

Qi Meilan nodded slightly, "A few relatives and friends came to me and insisted that I tutor their children in English. I couldn't refuse, so I accepted a few. It is indeed quite profitable, higher than the salary at school."

The two chatted all the way, and soon they returned to the alley next to her school.

The car stopped where he parked his motorcycle.

Yang Xingyu habitually unbuckled his seat belt, but was in no hurry to get out of the car.

Qi Meilan looked over, her signature smile still hanging on her lips. She always showed a smile to others.

The bright light from the central control screen and the dashboard in the car reflected on her face. Yang Xingyu noticed that her lips were slightly red and swollen. It was a sequelae of eating hot pot and it might take a few hours to subside.

"Can I go to the city and check out your store this weekend?"

she asked softly.Yang Xingyu nodded and planned to take her to two roast duck restaurants then, because he only told her that he had opened two.

Seeing him nod, the smile on Qi Meilan's face became a little thicker. She still lacked understanding of him, so she was a little worried that he was bragging about opening two stores in the city.

But since he agreed to let her visit his store, it meant that he was probably not bragging.

At this time, she didn't know what to say when parting.

Saying goodbye to him?Or talk to him for a while?

They had a great time chatting tonight, and at this moment she was inevitably a little bit reluctant to let tonight's date end like this.

But if she continued to chat with him, she couldn't think of a suitable topic for a while.

As a result, the atmosphere in the car became quiet, and they looked at each other, as if something ambiguous was growing.

Her heart beat a little faster, her face felt a little warm, and her intuition told her that if she continued like this, she might suffer a loss.

So, she subconsciously looked away, and suddenly she caught a glimpse of a bottle of chewing gum in the armrest box. Her eyes lit up, and she quickly picked it up. After opening it, she first stuffed two pieces into her mouth, and then handed the bottle to Yang Xingyu.

"Would you like two pills? To freshen your breath."

Yang Xingyu looked at the way her mouth was chewing and nodded slightly, but did not take the bottle she handed over. Instead, he leaned forward and came close to her mouth.

He wanted to eat those two pills in her mouth.

When he leaned over, he turned the car key and turned off her car.

When he got out of her car, Qi Meilan's lips were swollen even more, and so was Yang Xingyu.

……

same night.

In a clean and tidy rental house in the county town.

Jiang Fei, who met Yang Xingyu and Qi Meilan at a hot pot restaurant tonight, came out of the bathroom wrapped in a white bath towel.

I came to the air-conditioned bedroom and sat in front of the dressing table. While looking at myself in the dressing mirror, I wiped the water stains on my wavy hair with a dry towel.

While wiping, she looked at the mobile phone on the dressing table with her shining eyes.

She narrowed her eyes slightly, a smile appeared at the corner of her mouth, and whispered to herself: "I didn't expect that I haven't seen him in a few years. That guy has become so handsome, his muscles are so strong, and he has become a handsome man. They say that women are [-] years old." Change, I didn’t expect that male college students can also change, hehe..."

Before she finished speaking, she reached out to pick up her phone and found a note name in the phone's address book - Toad 9.
After pondering for a moment, she moved her jade fingers lightly and changed the remark name "Toad 9" to "10086".

Then, he smiled and sent a message to this "10086".

"Handsome guy! Did you really meet Qi Meilan by chance today? I don't think so! You're not chasing her, are you?"

After sending this text message, she felt like nothing had happened. She waited for more than half an hour, but still didn't wait for his reply.

This made her feel a little unhappy.

During this period, her boyfriend sent a message to ensure her safety and told her that he was already home.

She chatted intimately with her boyfriend for a few words and then ended it because her boyfriend drank a lot tonight and was going to bed.

……

At around 9 o'clock, Yang Xingyu rode back to the city and returned to Yuwei Alley where he rented.

After washing up, I returned to the bedroom, sat on the bedside, and took out my mobile phone as a habit.

He found that on the way back to the city from the county seat, he received several unread text messages on his mobile phone.

Some were from Zhen Xin, some were from Qi Meilan, and one was from Jiang Fei.

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