I rejected your confession, but you took my best friend home?

Chapter 356 I still want to be good friends with everyone...

"Hey! Little Lan's here! Oh my, isn't this Tang Zhi? It's been so long, she's gotten so beautiful!"

Zhou Heng's grandmother came out from inside to greet the two of them, her eyes narrowing into slits when she smiled.

Hearing the noise, Zhou Heng and the others quickly got up and came out. Upon seeing Zhou Yalan, they immediately offered their New Year's greetings.

"Auntie, Happy New Year!"

"Happy Chinese New Year, Auntie..."

"Hey! Happy New Year to you two." Zhou Yalan smiled and nodded. It had been a long time since she had seen them, and she was still very happy to see them again.

"Come in and sit down, come in and sit down!"

After inviting the two inside, Zhou Yalan peeked out, looked around, and asked:

"Where are my older brother and sister-in-law?"

"They left early this morning, the company's busy..."

Grandma sighed, poured them both a cup of tea, and replied.

"Oh, I see. Well, there's really nothing we can do about it. It's already quite an achievement that the two of them managed to squeeze out time to come back for the New Year."

Tang Zhi looked at Zhou Heng and Yin Mengran and asked, "Will the others come too?"

Yin Mengran raised her eyebrows and said, "You guessed it?"

"Of course they'll come. It would be strange if they didn't. I'm sure I'll be first, and the second one will probably be Sister Shen Linyi, right?"

Tang Zhi had barely finished speaking when they heard someone's voice coming from the doorway.

The visitors were Shen Linyi and her mother, Liu Ling.

The two had prepared quite a few things, and after entering, they greeted everyone.

Liu Ling and Zhou Yalan knew each other. They smiled at each other, sat down, and started chatting.

Happy New Year, everyone...

Shen Linyi looked at Zhou Heng, Yin Mengran, and Tang Zhi in front of her, greeted them quietly, and had a faint smile on her lips.

Zhou Heng and Yin Mengran were very relieved to see Shen Linyi like this. This time last year, they had visited Shen Linyi.

At that time, she suffered from severe social anxiety, had no friends, no one to talk to, and rarely even went out.

However, after meeting Yin Mengran, a year later, she was able to go out with her mother to visit relatives.

Liu Ling was very surprised by Shen Linyi's transformation. This past year had brought her so many surprises; otherwise, as a mother, seeing her daughter like that before would have been incredibly frustrating.

She knew it was all thanks to Yin Mengran and Zhou Heng, and the gratitude she felt for them was far beyond what she could express.

"Guess who's next..."

Tang Zhi brought up a topic, asking them to guess where they would end up next.

"Yu Lingxue? Bai Cang? Oh right, and Jing Yu too. I didn't expect her to come."

Zhou Heng hadn't expected Jing Yu to come on the first day of the Lunar New Year. It seemed she really valued her relationship with them.

The four of them had a pleasant chat, especially when they talked about two people...

Su Pengyi and Qin Kun...

When the two were mentioned, Tang Zhi laughed heartily, while Shen Linyi remained silent in resignation...

"I added him as a friend, and then a couple of days ago I saw his post on WeChat Moments... an official announcement post, hands clasped together, and the other hand probably belongs to Qin Kun..."

Tang Zhi took out her phone, scrolled through her WeChat Moments, and found a photo posted by Su Pengyi. The photo showed two hands tightly clasped together...

"How disgusting..." Shen Linyi couldn't understand it at all. She bit her lip, a look of disgust on her face.

She truly hadn't expected Qin Kun to be this kind of person...

Zhou Heng actually admired Bai Cang the most, exclaiming, "He's really amazing... Bai Cang is quite a character..."

"What exactly happened? Honey, you haven't told me yet..."

Yin Mengran listened from the side, completely bewildered. They were talking about Bai Cang, Su Pengyi, Qin Kun, and so on, but she couldn't understand a word they said.

Then, the three men began telling Yin Mengran the story of what had happened between them, leaving Yin Mengran completely bewildered...

Zhou Heng deeply understood this; he had the same reaction when he first heard it, even doubting whether it was a fabricated story...

"Uh... I... I don't quite understand, but it feels... very complicated, very impressive..."

Yin Mengran shook her head and said blankly.

After a while, Yu Lingxue and Bai Cang arrived. They had met at the door, exchanged a few words, and then came in together.

After greeting their elders, they went to find Zhou Heng and the others to play, and everyone's attention was focused on Bai Cang...

"What's wrong... everyone..."

Bai Cang felt a little embarrassed by the stares from others, thinking there was something on his face...

"You're different now."

Zhou Heng spoke first, pursing his lips and sighing.

Bai Cang really seemed different at this moment. His demeanor, his temperament, and even his clothing all leaned more towards... the masculine side...

Bai Cang used to have a somewhat effeminate beauty; he was tall and thin, and quite handsome, giving him the look of a pretty boy.

Even if he doesn't speak, others might still misunderstand him as a bit effeminate...

Now, things are very different from before. He dresses more maturely, and his demeanor no longer shows any signs of being effeminate...

Even the first sentence he uttered was much lower in tone...

"what..."

Bai Cang realized what Zhou Heng meant, and lowered his head in embarrassment, not daring to speak...

The thought of Zhou Heng finding out his secret gave him a headache...

He didn't know what Zhou Heng would think of him, or whether he would consider him a freak from now on.

After being discharged from the hospital, he had already spoken with his father.

His father, Bai Zhengzhi, also said that he didn't need to join Junheng anymore; he should just be free and happy.

This means that he is no longer burdened by those pressures.

However, upon hearing this news, he did not relax, because he still considered joining Junheng as his goal...

Even if I can't become Zhou Heng's secretary, I'll still try my best to climb the ranks and see how far I can go with my own abilities, without relying on my father or connections...

Right now, his feelings for Zhou Heng are simply that he wants to be good friends; he doesn't want anything else.

So, after thinking for a moment, he raised his head, glanced at Zhou Heng, then scanned the others, and said seriously:

"I want to say... I'm sorry... Regardless of how you viewed me before, I hope you can give me a chance to prove that I'm a normal person, and I still want to be good friends with all of you..."