Chapter 75: Sending Flowers
"Longteng Hotel. I've already made the reservation; just follow the navigation."
Li Lu placed her cellphone on the center console.
"Oh, Longteng Hotel... I've never heard of it!"
Recently, over the past few months, Qin Yu had only been frequenting Five Stars hotels with Yan Mingyu; this was his first time hearing about Longteng Hotel.
"Shen Tao, you remember him, right? The guy who especially loved to fight, in our senior year that guy even got a girl pregnant. Longteng Hotel is his place. Though it's not a Five Stars hotel, it's pretty impressive. After I got in touch with him, I suggested everyone go to his hotel!"
Li Lu turned her head to look at Qin Yu as she spoke.
"Heh, how could I forget? Because of you, I even fought him!"
Qin Yu said with a wry smile.
It seemed that was when he had started to like Li Lu, wasn't it?
"I know, but at that time all my focus was on studying. Many boys chased after me, but I didn't accept any of them!"
Li Lu's eyes also revealed a touch of nostalgia as she brought up their school days.
"Eh, what day is today? Valentine's Day? Why are there so many flower sellers?"
Qin Yu glanced at both sides of the road to see many young girls holding bouquets of roses, asking passersby if they wanted to buy.
"Don't know what's with you. How did you even manage to trick your wife into marriage? Today is May 20th, 5-2-0, you know?"
Li Lu rolled her eyes.
"Uh...."
Qin Yu could only respond silently: As for my wife, I haven't even wooed her yet. And I've been in the military before; how would I know about May 20th meaning 520, which calls for giving flowers!
"No wonder girls don't like you!"
Li Lu pursed her lips.
"Uh... so how many flowers should be appropriate to send?"
Qin Yu pulled over to the side and stepped on the brakes, took out his cellphone, opened the errand platform app, and asked.
"If you're loaded, send ninety-nine roses if you will, for eternal love. If you're short on cash, just send one for undivided attention."
After pursing her lips, Li Lu authoritatively said.
"Hmm, the first time sending flowers, might as well send ninety-nine then!"
Qin Yu gave it some thought and placed an order on the errand platform; it cost him over a thousand yuan to buy ninety-nine roses, which he then had delivered to Yan Mingyu's villa address with a note to follow.
"You... why didn't you wait and personally give the flowers to your wife after the gathering?"
Seeing Qin Yu using the errand app to send flowers, Li Lu couldn't help but ask curiously.
"That... we're in the middle of a cold war, she might not even want to see me!"
Qin Yu had to explain.
"Then you should go make it up to her! A woman's heart is the softest, easily won over with a little pampering!"
Li Lu couldn't resist giving her two cents.
"Um... the situation's a bit complicated, let's send the bouquet first and see how it goes!"
Qin Yu said vaguely.
"That... could you also send a flower for me?"
Li Lu reached out her hand, blinked her eyes, with an expression like a little girl.
"Ah?"
Qin Yu was taken aback, then shook his head, "No, that wouldn't be right; we are friends, friends don't just casually give flowers."
"Are you silly? Give me a white rose, symbolizing purity and friendship. We've known each other for so many years; you've never given me flowers, right?"
Li Lu said irritably.
"Alright then! Miss, how much for your white roses?"
Qin Yu shouted to the flower-selling girl by the roadside.
"Ten yuan each, cash or scan the code?"
After picking out a white rose, the young girl walked over to Qin Yu's car window and asked.
"Scan the code!"
"Beep!"
After paying, Qin Yu took the white rose and handed it to Li Lu, "This is for you!"
"Thank you!"
Li Lu took the white rose, gently sniffed it, and pressed her lips together as her eyes gradually grew teary.
She finally received the flowers sent by Qin Yu.
Regrettably, it was a white rose symbolizing friendship.
"Let's go!"
"Okay!"
Qin Yu continued to drive.
Li Lu bit her lower lip, fumbled for a bank card from her bag, and quietly tried to slip it into Qin Yu's pocket.
"Hey, what are you doing?"
Qin Yu glanced sideways and hastily said.
"My parents are sick, and you've spent so much money, this is me paying you back. I've sold the house, for two million."
Li Lu explained.
"No need, keep the money. You'll have plenty of uses for it in the future. My salary is quite high now, almost a million a year!"
Qin Yu had no intention of accepting Li Lu's money.
Back then, he took responsibility for her parents' medical expenses, feeling it was his duty as a man, never thinking of asking Li Lu to repay him.
"No, you must take the money. I'm already so sorry to you, I can't take advantage of you anymore."
Li Lu forcefully stuffed the bank card into Qin Yu's pocket.
"Li Lu!"
Qin Yu stomped on the brakes, pulled the bank card out of his pocket, and, looking seriously at Li Lu, said, "You have nothing to apologize for. There's no law that says couples can't break up, right? Even if they're married, divorce is still an option, isn't it?
I lent the money for your parents' treatment because they were good to me and treated me like their own son. I wanted to repay them. Keep the money, or if you really can't find a use for it, send it back to your uncle and aunt!"
"Qin Yu, I...."
Li Lu bit her lip, on the verge of tears.
It was only now that she realized the best man had always been by her side. Yet, she had been blinded, leaving him for a playboy.
"Alright, let's settle it at this. Let's not bring it up again in the future!"
Since following Yan Mingyu, Qin Yu felt that his vision and breadth of mind had expanded.
Maybe he had held onto a bit of resentment towards Li Lu in the past, but now he had completely let go, simply seeing her as a friend.
"I...."
Li Lu blinked her sore eyes, could only pocket the bank card, and turned to look out the window.
Qin Yu didn't say anything more and focused on driving.
It was around seven o'clock.
The two arrived at the entrance of Longteng Hotel.
The scale was quite large, worth at least ten million. This showed that Shen Tao had some capabilities.
Dressed in a suit, he was chatting and laughing with a few female classmates.
Seeing a Bentley drive up, he immediately exclaimed, "Whoa, which one of our classmates is this awesome, driving a Bentley?"
"Shen Tao!"
Li Lu lowered the car window and greeted.
"Yo, it turns out to be our Li Da school beauty!"
Shen Tao grinned and came closer, glancing towards the driver's seat: "Qin Yu, dang, did you two get together after all?"
"Shen Tao, don't talk nonsense. Qin Yu picked me up in his car; he has a wife!"
Li Lu's face blushed as she spoke.
"Haha, Qin Yu, look at you go. Back in our class, you were the poorest one, and now you turned out to be the most spectacular!"
Shen Tao had always been boastful, and more than a decade later, he hadn't changed a bit.
"What, this car is Qin Yu's?"
The female classmates standing on the steps all came over, showing their surprise: "It must be quite expensive, right?"
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"Uh, the car isn't mine, I'm just a driver, just chauffeuring for the boss, using it temporarily!"
Qin Yu didn't have the habit of showing off, so he clarified.
"Oh, I see, I thought so. Your family isn't wealthy, and you've been in the military all this time. How could you afford a Bentley after just a year or two?"
"It's borrowed, huh? Be careful not to scratch it, beware you can't afford to compensate!"
"Looks like, in our class, Shen Tao is still the most impressive, owning his own hotel!"
The crowd of classmates, hearing that Qin Yu's car was borrowed, changed their tone.