The Secret to Picking Up Girls

After Zhang Yuze returned home, he kept thinking about the twin sisters. He wasn't a heartless person. Although his relationship with the twin sisters was that of a patron and prostitutes, Zhang Yuze himself wasn't a cold-blooded man. Even after so many years, he wasn't completely devoid of feelings for the two sisters who had such a difficult fate back then. Perhaps it was sympathy! Zhang Yuze still couldn't quite let them go.

Liu Mengting and Guo Xiaolu walked up to Zhang Yuze side by side, noticing his preoccupied expression. Liu Mengting looked at Zhang Yuze with curiosity and asked, "Yuze, what's wrong? What are you thinking about so intently?"

"Uh…" Zhang Yuze snapped back to reality, looked at Liu Mengting, and shook his head, saying, "It's nothing, just thinking about something."

Liu Mengting and Guo Xiaolu exchanged a smile and then said to Zhang Yuze, "Okay, in that case, how about we go out to watch the fireworks display tonight?"

Only then did Zhang Yuze remember that in the city of Nanmin, there seemed to be a fireworks display every year during the Lantern Festival, and it was always very lively. Almost every year around this time, the city would be packed with people.

Zhang Yuze thought about it. He didn't have anything else to do at the moment, so he agreed.

Knowing that there would be traffic jams in the city, Zhang Yuze simply decided not to drive. Instead, he took the bus to the square. Sure enough, when they arrived at Century Square, the entire square was already filled with a massive crowd. In Zhang Yuze's estimation, there were probably at least ten thousand people in the square. It was truly terrifyingly crowded.

"It's so lively!" Guo Xiaolu and Liu Mengting seemed very excited. Clearly, they rarely experienced such a lively atmosphere.

Zhang Yuze nodded and said, "Yeah, there are so many people. You two better not get lost in the crowd!"

"Don't worry, Mengting and I are holding hands. We won't get lost," Guo Xiaolu raised her hand, and indeed, her hand was clasped together with Liu Mengting's.

Zhang Yuze felt relieved. He couldn't help but wonder when Liu Mengting and Guo Xiaolu had become so close. Although they were the first two girls he had met, the fact that their relationship had become so good still surprised Zhang Yuze.

When they arrived at the square, not only the lawn but even the very center of the square was packed with people, standing shoulder to shoulder, which astonished Zhang Yuze. It was just a fireworks display, wasn't it? Was it really that good? So many people came to see it.

When the fireworks display started, Zhang Yuze thought the fireworks were indeed quite beautiful. It was remarkable how a firework could be so brilliant and beautiful. It was truly impressive.

When it ended, Zhang Yuze, Guo Xiaolu, and Liu Mengting all felt a bit unsatisfied. By the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, the New Year was almost over. This fireworks display, however, added some festive cheer to the New Year, which was quite nice.

It was said that the fireworks for this one night cost tens of thousands of yuan. The Nanmin City government's investment to enrich the lives of its residents was quite a grand gesture.

Not only when they went, but even when they returned, the flow of people was very large. It was not easy to get to the main street outside, and only then did the flow of people gradually decrease. Just as Zhang Yuze, Liu Mengting, and Guo Xiaolu were about to get on the bus, suddenly, a voice came from behind Zhang Yuze.

Zhang Yuze found the voice very familiar and quickly turned his head. When Zhang Yuze saw the girl calling him, he couldn't help but be stunned, because the girl calling him was none other than Zheng Yuan. The two had just parted ways at the hospital today. Zhang Yuze smiled at Zheng Yuan and said, "Hello…"

Zheng Yuan thoughtfully glanced at Guo Xiaolu and Liu Mengting beside Zhang Yuze and politely nodded to them as a greeting. Then she said to Zhang Yuze with a serious expression, "Can I talk to you alone?"

Zhang Yuze looked at Zheng Yuan's thoughtful expression and felt a jolt in his heart, thinking: Could it be that she recognized me too? But then Zhang Yuze thought it was impossible. Although he gave them money back then, helping them escape their suffering, more than twenty years had passed. They shouldn't have too much of an impression of him.

However, looking at Zheng Yuan like this, Zhang Yuze felt that she must have something to say to him. After thinking for a while, he turned around and said to Liu Mengting and Guo Xiaolu with a serious expression, "You guys go back first. I have something to say to her."

Although Zheng Yuan looked charming, she was, after all, quite old, so Liu Mengting and Guo Xiaolu didn't really think too much about it. They didn't think that Zhang Yuze would have such a relationship with her.

"Okay, then we'll go back." Liu Mengting and Guo Xiaolu glanced at Zhang Yuze and Zheng Yuan and got on a bus next to them.

Zhang Yuze watched the two women leave, then nodded to Zheng Yuan in front of him and said, "Now, what do you want to say?"

Zheng Yuan asked Zhang Yuze, "Are you doing well?"

This sentence was ambiguous and had a double meaning, which made Zhang Yuze stunned. A storm surged in his heart. He thought: I really have been recognized. However, Zhang Yuze's heart completely relaxed. Although he and the Zheng Yuan and Zheng Fang sisters did have some unspeakable stories back then, Zhang Yuze asked himself if he had let them down, and he even helped the two women escape their suffering. In the end, Zhang Yuze didn't owe them anything. Of course, Zhang Yuze didn't know until now that Zheng Linlin was his child.

"Hey, you guys still recognized me. How did you recognize me?" Zhang Yuze sighed deeply.

Zheng Yuan was shocked when she heard this. The reason she said that just now was indeed to get Zhang Yuze to tell the truth himself. Although she herself had some doubts about Zhang Yuze, her doubts were more directed at Zhang Yuze's father. After all, Zhang Yuze looked too young. Even celebrities probably didn't maintain themselves so well. But now, looking at Zhang Yuze, Zheng Yuan felt that he looked more and more like that person from back then. Although this fact was really unbelievable.

Zheng Yuan gradually calmed down and said to Zhang Yuze with some excitement, "It really is you, but you look so young."

Zhang Yuze smiled bitterly and shook his head, saying, "I don't know how to explain this. How have you been all these years?"

Because Zhang Yuze didn't know how to explain, he immediately changed the subject.

Sure enough, Zheng Yuan's attention was diverted. She nodded to Zhang Yuze and said, "It's okay. Although life has been a bit hard, we're still living it with relish." As she spoke, Zheng Yuan seemed to remember something, her face turned red, and she lowered her head and said to Zhang Yuze, "We… we haven't married all these years…"

Zhang Yuze was stunned when he heard this and looked at Zheng Yuan in disbelief, saying, "Why is that?"

Zheng Yuan lowered her head and said sadly, "Back then, when my sister Zheng Fang and I returned home, the people who knew about our affairs spread the word, and no man was willing to marry us anymore. So my sister and I have been living alone all these years."

Zhang Yuze felt that the matter was really unbelievable. Suddenly, he thought of Zheng Linlin again. Since the Zheng Fang and Zheng Yuan sisters had both been living alone, how did Zheng Linlin come about? Could it be that he… Zhang Yuze's expression changed, and he suddenly thought of such a possibility.

"Then Zheng Linlin… is…" Zhang Yuze widened his eyes and looked at Zheng Yuan.

Zheng Yuan didn't seem to notice Zhang Yuze's incredibly shocked expression and nodded, saying, "Linlin was conceived by my sister when we separated from you back then. All these years, my sister and I have raised Linlin like this. This time, Linlin got sick. If it weren't for you, we really wouldn't know what to do."

Zhang Yuze shook his head and murmured, "Crazy… really crazy…" Zhang Yuze felt that this matter was too absurd. He actually had a daughter who was older than him. If this were to spread, it would be too bizarre. He didn't expect that his one night of passion in another space-time could actually leave offspring. Zhang Yuze even felt that God was playing a joke on him.

Looking at Zhang Yuze's expression, which seemed a bit ugly, Zheng Yuan misunderstood. She quickly explained to Zhang Yuze, "Sir, don't misunderstand. I'm not looking for you this time to extort you. I just want you to know that you have such a daughter. Linlin has had my sister's and my love since she was a child, but after all, we can't replace the position of a father. I'm just hoping that you can visit her when you have time…"

Zhang Yuze: "…"

At this time, Zhang Yuze's mind was a bit confused. He really couldn't imagine what it would be like to have a child as old as Zheng Linlin call him Dad.

However, Zhang Yuze wasn't a heartless person either. Since Zheng Linlin was his daughter, it was right for Zhang Yuze to see her.

Following Zheng Yuan, they arrived at their residence. Zhang Yuze found that this residence was in a very simple place in the suburbs. It seemed to be a rented house.

Looking at the traces of time left on Zheng Yuan's face, it was clear that life hadn't been easy in recent years. Zhang Yuze nodded and sighed, saying, "Are you all working here?"