Chapter 137: Can Petting Cats Get You a Boyfriend?

"Don't change the subject!" Jiang Xiaohan said, her little face tightening. "You talk a good game, but when are you going to find one yourself? How about I have him set you up with someone too?"

"I don't want that at all!" Lin Luyou refused decisively. "Why are you acting just like my mother? She was beating around the bush just the other day, probing my thoughts and rushing me to date."

"That just shows great minds think alike!"

Lin Luyou had always believed that beautiful romance was something to be stumbled upon rather than sought. No matter how much she might want to fall in love, it wasn't something to rush; it had to be taken slowly.

"Even if you're waiting for a chance encounter, you still have to go out and move around!" At this, Jiang Xiaohan looked as though she was exasperated by her friend's lack of ambition. "Just look at you—all day long, it's either work or your thesis. Go out and walk around more, or how else are you ever going to run into him?"

"Didn't I just go pet some cats?"

"Just petting cats is going to drop a boyfriend right into your lap? Are you waiting for pie to fall from the sky?"

"What if he shows up the exact moment I'm out, and I miss him just like that?"

Faced with Lin Luyou's clever quip, Jiang Xiaohan rolled her eyes.

"Look how lazy you are! I give up on you."

With that, she turned back to continue her chat with the corporate executive. In just this short span of time, the other person had already sent several messages.

***

That same night, Lin Luyou had stuffed herself with so much chicken that she was too bloated to sleep. Lacking any moral fiber, she stubbornly kept Jiang Xiaohan up to chat with her.

The two of them talked about everything from romance to their future life plans, even beginning to envision what life would be like decades down the road.

Both of them had to work the next day, yet they recklessly chattered away until the small hours of the morning.

The consequence of this foolishness was that at seven o'clock the next morning, Lin Luyou almost missed her alarm.

"Get up! If you don't get up now, you're going to be late."

After getting herself ready, Lin Luyou saw that Jiang Xiaohan was still tucked under the covers dreaming sweet dreams, so she gave the mattress a rather rough slap.

"That's all your fault for dragging me into a late-night chat and not letting me sleep..."

"Ha, as if you wouldn't be chatting with your little mister if I hadn't kept you up."

Lin Luyou muttered grumblingly as she put on her shoes. She still remembered how, during Jiang Xiaohan's last relationship, they had spent hours on the phone every few days, hiding under the covers and talking until the early morning hours.

"This one is different. He's very big on wellness; he goes to sleep punctually at eleven every night." Jiang Xiaohan rubbed her eyes as she climbed out of bed, pulling out her phone to show Lin Luyou their chat log. "Look, he said good night at ten-thirty."

Lin Luyou leaned in to take a look: Hmm, judging by his profile picture, the guy looked quite handsome.

"Oh, stop looking, hurry up and get out of bed, it's almost seven-thirty!"

With that, Lin Luyou frantically grabbed her bag and phone and dashed out the door.

Just as she opened it, she paused and then retreated back inside.

"No, it's gotten colder today. You should put on more clothes too."

Changing into a heavy overcoat and tidying her hair, she finally set off.

***

Just a moment ago in the dormitory, she had been mocking Jiang Xiaohan for being "too old to pull all-nighters," yet now, swaying unsteadily on the crowded bus, she found herself nodding off and almost missed her stop.

Swiping her employee badge to enter the building, she saw an elevator just about to close its doors. Spotting it, Lin Luyou hurried forward, shouting "Wait up!" as she squeezed inside.

Once inside the elevator, however, she immediately felt a twinge of regret.

Everyone standing in this elevator was a heavyweight... Setting aside Zhao勉 the intern, the remaining figures were Wang Shi, Liu Enming, Qin Yuan, and Yang Nan.