Li Shiqi had no objections, but it was indeed awkward to stay in Zhou Yuwen's office. Now that Zhou Yuwen's career was on the right track, he had endless company matters to handle every day.

Every now and then, someone would come in to have Zhou Yuwen sign something.

Li Shiqi sat on the couch in the reception area waiting for Zhou Yuwen. She felt completely out of place in the grand and luxurious office, especially when someone came in to get a signature and saw a girl sitting in the reception area; they couldn't help but glance twice.

Those extra glances naturally made Li Shiqi feel even more small and helpless.

She could only keep her head down.

Sigh, in fact, these girls were around the same age as Li Shiqi, but they were all workplace elites, while Li Shiqi still wore jeans and sneakers, just an ordinary girl.

This kind of contrast really brought about a sense of inferiority.

Finally, they busied themselves until the end of the day.

Zhou Yuwen helped Tang Yurou sign the last document. Tang Yurou originally wanted to say something more, but Zhou Yuwen indicated that he could straighten up.

"I'm off work now, alright? I need some personal time," Zhou Yuwen said with a smile, taking up his coat jacket.

Tang Yurou commented, "I say, brother-in-law, is this how a boss behaves? We employees haven't said it's quitting time yet?"

"Isn't the point of earning money so that I don't have to be constrained like you?" Zhou Yuwen replied with a smile.

Well, that makes sense.

But then Tang Yurou asked if they should finish work when he did.

"Isn't that what's supposed to happen? Alright, stop lingering around here. Didn't you see I have guests? Hey, Shiqi, am I free to order whatever today?" Zhou Yuwen asked with a smile while getting dressed.

"Huh? Mm."

Li Shiqi, who had been keeping her head down, was surprised Zhou Yuwen was talking to her.

She immediately nodded in response.

"Alright then, I'll make it worth it today. How about we have Japanese food?" Zhou Yuwen suggested.

Li Shiqi had never had Japanese food before, but she firmly nodded and said okay.

Zhou Yuwen then suggested they should go.

Tang Yurou followed Zhou Yuwen and his group out of the office, and as they left, she couldn't help but joke with Zhou Yuwen, expressing her desire for Japanese food too.

Zhou Yuwen said she could buy it herself!

It was peak quitting time, with some colleagues needing to continue working late and others getting ready to leave.

A lot of people were waiting in front of the elevator.

When they saw Zhou Yuwen approaching, they made way for him and greeted him; some called him boss, some called him Mr. Zhou.

Zhou Yuwen nodded.

Just as he arrived, the elevator came too.

There was no one inside.

Zhou Yuwen took Li Shiqi and got on directly.

Originally, Li Shiqi thought others would get on too, but later realized it was just Zhou Yuwen and her in the elevator.

Li Shiqi felt a bit strange and politely asked if the others weren't coming down.

A girl wearing glasses smiled at her warmly, saying, "You can go down first, we'll wait for the next one."

At this moment, Li Shiqi was somewhat taken aback. She originally thought that although Zhou Yuwen was a boss, but as a young person, he probably wouldn't care about these formalities.

But unexpectedly, Zhou Yuwen just stood silently in the back without uttering a word.

The elevator doors slowly closed.

Zhou Yuwen was standing slightly behind Li Shiqi. As the elevator descended, the atmosphere was a bit silent. Li Shiqi kept her head down, curious about what Zhou Yuwen might be thinking, what he was up to?

To be honest, after watching Zhou Yuwen handle work seriously all afternoon, seeing him command his domain with an understanding of everything, this capable Zhou Yuwen was indeed the type of ambitious young man Li Shiqi admired. It was only when they entered the elevator that Li Shiqi truly felt the sense of class difference.

Li Shiqi was curious whether Zhou Yuwen thought this was odd.

As a boss, wouldn't it be better to be more approachable?

Thinking about this, Li Shiqi couldn't help but slightly lower her head from time to time, to see if Zhou Yuwen was mulling over the same thoughts.

Unexpectedly, Zhou Yuwen suddenly chuckled at that moment.

Li Shiqi finally had the opportunity to turn back openly and see what Zhou Yuwen was doing.

What she saw was Zhou Yuwen watching short videos from Quxiaoyuan on his phone.

Noticing Li Shiqi turn around, Zhou Yuwen, quite casually, showed her his phone: "Hey, look, isn't that a classmate from our class? I remember in high school, she was pretty ordinary, and now she has thirty thousand followers."

Li Shiqi saw a girl in the video adjusting her top, with very fair skin. The girl looked familiar, but Li Shiqi couldn't remember her.

"Oh, you probably can't recognize her anymore, she's using beauty filters," Zhou Yuwen said, from Li Shiqi's expression guessing what she meant.

Li Shiqi kept her head down without speaking. She realized she missed a lot; she couldn't recognize most of her high school classmates.

Back then, she always wanted to study hard, leave that small town, and have a fresh start.

But who'd have thought that former classmates could now be a subject of conversation.

"Would he get mad?"

After holding it in for a while, Li Shiqi finally spoke.

"Who?" Zhou Yuwen didn't understand.

"Just..."

Li Shiqi's eyes gleamed, slightly embarrassed.

Zhou Yuwen then remembered: "Oh, you're talking about Liu Shuo? He wouldn't, he's a good person, and besides, it's not your fault. You barely knew him anyway."

Arriving at the underground garage, Zhou Yuwen pulled out a remote and clicked it twice, making the headlights of a white Cayenne flash twice like frog eyes.

When the company was procuring new cars, Zhou Yuwen bought several models he liked, driving them as he pleased. When he had no money, buying a car was exciting, but now that he had money, it wasn't as thrilling.

Opening the Cayenne's door, Zhou Yuwen gestured for Li Shiqi to get in.

Surprisingly, Li Shiqi actually recognized the car.

She asked Zhou Yuwen whether it was a Porsche.

"You know this car?" Zhou Yuwen asked with a smile while driving.

Li Shiqi nodded, saying she saw it before while being a tutor; the kid's mom drove it.

"She said it's two million."

Zhou Yuwen said oh, then her car was more expensive than his.

"How much is this one?"

"About a million and a half."

Hearing this, Li Shiqi could only feel resigned.

Zhou Yuwen asked why she wasn't speaking.

Li Shiqi replied, "Feels about the same."

"There's a five hundred thousand difference."

"Alright then."

This ventured into a blind spot for Li Shiqi, so she could only engage in dry conversation.

Though they went for Japanese food, it wasn't anywhere particularly expensive. They just chose a place at Jinying with an average cost of about two hundred per person.

Zhou Yuwen adeptly requested a private room.

Then he started ordering.

Two hundred per person was really quite cheap for Zhou Yuwen.

However, he overlooked the fact that the girl with him was visiting such a restaurant for the first time, and was taken aback by the prices on the menu.

Li Shiqi could only remain silent.

After Zhou Yuwen finished ordering, he asked whether Li Shiqi wanted to add anything.

Li Shiqi shook her head, indicating no.

When the waiter had left, Zhou Yuwen told Li Shiqi that this Japanese restaurant was reasonably priced, only two hundred and more.

"You can come here with friends for dinner."

Li Shiqi nodded silently, secretly checking her Alipay balance under the table. She had 603.81 yuan left, hopefully enough?

While the phone card did earn her thirty thousand, after paying the tuition, she needed to buy some professional books, and being a sophomore this year, she needed a laptop.

Adding up all these expenses and budgeting the remaining money for monthly living, it really wasn't much left.

It seemed people like Zhou Yuwen, who had a golden spoon in their hand, had long forgotten common struggles, naively thinking an average of two hundred per person wasn't much, only paying attention to whether the food tasted good or not.