I Have 10 Trillion Dollars only Usable For Simping Chapter 2839 - 1761: A Nice Name (First Update)

The pork belly sizzled with oil on the grill.

There was a 1.25-liter bottle of cola beside the table.

That’s right.

Not beer, not yellow wine, not red wine, and certainly not white spirits.

Although they were talking about booking a hotel room afterward to continue chatting about life and literature and their ideals, Jiang Chen’s straightforwardness actually proved his honesty.

Booking a room requires mutual consent.

He wouldn’t engage in trickery or deceit using alcohol.

"There’s a lot of meat here, the owner is really generous, no wonder business is so good."

He deliberately asked the waiter if this restaurant had recently opened, and was told it hadn’t; it’s been open for two years.

Hah.

It’s quite disorienting.

It’s not that the restaurant is new, but rather that they’ve been away for too long.

"Did we order too much?"

Even though Jiang Chen hadn’t promised anything after eating, he wasn’t stingy and ordered meat in stacks of ten skewers. The basket for vegetables was overflowing. With the solid portion of each skewer, it was certain they wouldn’t be able to finish it.

Besides, Shu Rui couldn’t guarantee her capability.

After all, being able to eat is one of Exquisite Taoist’s outstanding talents.

"Whatever’s left, pack it up and take it back for Liuli as a midnight snack." Jiang Chen said casually.

"Weren’t we going to book a room?"

Li Shuru held the chopsticks, glanced up at him.

Jiang Chen chuckled, directly taking a whole skewer and biting into it, "Now, nearby hotels are probably fully booked."

"That’s indeed a problem."

Hotels near the university are generally quite sought after. Li Shuru elegantly picked up a slice of potato with her lips, "Why don’t you think of something?"

"Flirting with a male can be dangerous."

Li Shuru was unmoved, focused on eating, "Think about it."

Jiang Chen fell into the trap, contemplated briefly, soon coming up with an idea, "There’s a small park nearby, parking is free."

As expected of East Sea University’s outstanding alum, familiar with the geography around the alma mater’s surroundings.

"What if we get caught by traffic police?"

Jiang Chen sneered, "It’s late, the traffic police are off-duty."

He realized the teasing, abandoning fantasies, "Forget it. Later when we pay, you transfer the money to me."

"Can’t you be a bit more generous? Can’t you show a little style?"

"I’ll waive the change for you, how’s that?"

Jiang Chen indeed showed some grace.

Li Shuru put down her chopsticks, sighed lightly, "Then how about this, let’s not go to the park, let’s go to the arts building’s piano room, I’ll play some piano for you, okay?"

Tsk.

This is what’s called performing to pay off debts.

Elegant.

Really elegant.

Jiang Chen pondered, slightly frowning, "It’s so late, can we still get into the arts building?"

"I know a gap we can slip through, safer than the park, won’t get caught."

Jiang Chen seemed a bit intrigued, hesitating, then decisively said, "And dance one more time."

"No way."

Li Shuru’s expression turned serious immediately, "That’ll cost extra."

Jiang Chen couldn’t hold it anymore, chuckled again, shaking his head, sighing, picking up a pepper beef skewer, "You win."

"Are we going or not?"

Jiang Chen kept shaking his head, "I wouldn’t dare, if we got caught, I’d have no face left."

"Relax, it’s very safe."

"I don’t believe you."

"No sense of fun."

Jiang Chen remained unmoved, not swayed, as a gentleman he must understand that attraction is a knife on the head, safety is always the primary element!

"Hey～"

A greeting suddenly came.

And it was a very clear female voice.

Li Shuru turned around and saw a girl standing at their table.

A fitted light apricot high-neck knit, over it a loose oat-colored woolen short coat with sleeves slightly rolled up, revealing slender wrists, paired with deep coffee-colored corduroy straight trousers, the pant cuffs casually piled on off-white fleece Birkenstock shoes, a plaid wool scarf wrapped around her neck, hiding caramel and light gray fine lines within the plaid...

And.

She was holding a sauce dish.

Now this fits the winter vibe better.

Better than the girl in a black silk pencil skirt at that table.

But.

Who was she greeting?

Li Shuru was sure she didn’t know this girl, so the answer was obvious.

This table, there was no third person.

"Who’s that?"

Alright.

Indeed she was addressing Jiang Chen. Jiang Chen certainly remembered her, but seemed to have forgotten her name?

"Cloud Theory..."

The girl, with uncommon straight bangs, smiled faintly, "Enel."

Jiang Chen put down the bottle of cola in hand, nodded as if waking from a dream, smiled warmly, "Right, Enel. What a coincidence?"

"Yeah, startled me."

Despite saying that, the bookish girl exhibited neither surprise nor delight, just like their unexpected meeting at the library roof.

Some people are innately accepting of fate, and can calmly embrace all life’s arrangements.

"Here for grilled meat?"

"Yes, with classmates."

Jiang Chen followed her gaze, noticing a few male and female students sitting at a table twenty meters away.

He nodded, glanced at his girlfriend, "Let me introduce, this is... Enel."

"Enel from One Piece?"

Li Shuru asked.

"Yes, you watch One Piece too, Senior?"

The girl was very talkative, even though it was only the second meeting tonight, she remained as lively and cheerful as the first time.

"You know me?"

Li Shuru smiled ambiguously.

"I know, Senior Li Shuru, you were the campus belle of the arts institute back then."

"Wow, you’re quite the know-it-all."

Jiang Chen laughed.

"Not really. Studying at East University, it’s necessary to know the figures in the Hall of Fame."

Li Shuru widened her smile, put down her chopsticks, stood up, extended her hand solemnly, "Nice to meet you, Enel."

"Senior really is beautiful."

Their hands shook amicably.

"Won’t disturb Senior and Junior anymore, I’m off to adjust flavors."

"Enel" shook the sauce dish in her hand.

"Alright."

Jiang Chen nodded with a smile.

This brief encounter quickly ended, as Enel passed by and headed to the seasoning area. Despite knowing the social standing of these seniors now, she showed no signs of currying favor.

Li Shuru sat back down.

"Interesting girl, right?"

"How did you meet her?"

"Once I returned to East University, got caught by Principal Lu and had to fork out some cash, bumped into her. I was wearing a mask then, thought no one would recognize me. She was holding a book even a literature major probably wouldn’t read, ’Cloud Theory’. We chatted a bit, and when I was leaving, you know what she said?

"What?"

Jiang Chen let out an involuntary smile, "She said: See you, Senior Jiang."

Li Shuru’s gaze drifted to the seasoning area.

"Enel, nice name."