16 A Gentleman Always Wears A Bowler

Ding!

Xue Mei diverts her eyes to her screen phone. It was a chat from Xui Li that he just send to her.

She then shows Risa, Xui Li's message. Risa eyes gleaming with happiness.

"Seriously? He asks about our location?"

"Yeah." Xue Mei replies to her and sends him, her location.

Turn to look at Risa back, she asks her. "Are you happy now?"

"Of course I'm happy!" Risa immediately rummages inside her handbag and find the compact powder. Put on the powder on her skin for a better complexion.

Xue Mei just ignoring what she does and continue to eat. After a few minutes, suddenly there are two people standing at the side of the window glass.

Turning her eyes to the side, she almost chocks seeing Ren Zhi was also there with Xui Li.

Risa waves her hand to Xui Li and Xui Li reply to her with a smile on his face. Both of them went inside the restaurant.

"Hi. Sorry if we disturb your lunch." Xui Li said politely.

Risa smiles widely to him. Today their outfit was a bit…different. They both look like a model for a fashion magazine. Such a stylish attire and they make a lot of people inside the restaurant to turn to look at both of them.

Xue Mei still in shock seeing Ren Zhi was with Xui Li. He thought Xui Li was alone and maybe he goes out with his other friend, never she thought that he will bring this Ren Zhi with him.

Her heart racing when he takes a seat beside her and Xui Li take a sit beside Risa. They look like a couple right now.

"Meimei...Are you okay?" Risa asks Xue Mei after both of them take a sit.

"Uh…yeah.."

She tries to control her heart beating. "Urm, I go and order for you guys, what do you prefer?" she tries to control her face to keep calm.

"Oh.. anything is fine." Xui Li turns to look at Ren Zhi to warn him not to be so picky.

"I'll have three pieces of the chicken, set. And cheesy wedges too."

"Ah~ change the drink. I didn't drink soft drink too often so change with something else."

Xue Mei blinks her eyes a few times before she turns to look at Xui Li. "And you?"

Xui Li shakes her head. "Anything. I'm not a picky eater."

"Okay. Stay here for awhile." She took her purse and went back to the counter.

While Xui Li already shot Ren Zhi with a sharp gaze and Ren Zhi just give him a look 'What?'

"So, about our spring festival, have you guys decide on what to do for presenting?" Risa starts the conversation.

Ren Zhi let Xui Li answer. He really didn't like to talk much especially with someone who is he not so familiar or close.

"Um..I've been thinking about joining the contest event. How about you?" they on the same campus, so, they more alert with their campus activity and options for the spring festival.

"Really? I've been thinking the same too. It'll be easier and we can have a lot of competitors."

"Yeah. It's good to have a competitor, at least you'll try harder on winning the contest."

"I know right! I also had the same thinking!"

Chuckles, he tries to dig Xue Mei's idea about the spring festival.

"What about her? Did you know what kind of presentation that she decide to do?"

"Erm, if I not wrong, she said about doing some painting that related to the spring season."

"Oh..I wonder, what kind of painting that she'll make."

"I don't know. But from our Junior high, she always surprises me with her painting. She had a different view from most of the painter I've seen."

"Isn't she just like to scribble around and draw some stupid painting like a cartoon on the sketchbook?" Ren Zhi said with no interested.

Risa and Xui Li turn to look at him. They both look at each other before Risa answers him.

"That drawing is actually for her sick little brother. She always draws something for her little brother. Everything that she saw or does, she will draw it and sent it to his little brother." Risa feels a bit sad when remembering Shen Zhao Lin never went out from his hospital room.

Xui Li and Ren Zhi are a bit surprised to hear what Risa just told them.

"She had a sick little brother?" Xui Li asks.

"Ermm. Yeah." Risa nods her head.

Xui Li divert his eyes when he saw Xue Mei bring the tray to their table.Ren Zhi also did not say anything after that. He lost in his own thought.

"What are you guys talking about?" She places the plate in front of Ren Zhi and then she took another one to Xui Li.

"We.."

"Nothing particular." Xui Li interject Risa and smile to her. He doesn't want Xue Mei feels uncomfortable about him and Ren Zhi talk about her family.

"Oh? Hmm, okay, enjoy your meals." She smiles and returns back to her seat.

Ren Zhi did not say anything as he eats his lunch and Xui Li is the one who actively talking with Risa and her. That is his personality. Friendly to everyone.

After done having lunch, the four of them went to City mall in Imperial City. This is the first time Xue Mei go strolling around the city. Her daily routine is going to class, do her project behind the campus building and went to work with Xui Li if their schedule is on the same shift. Other than that, he just spends her time on her bed or playing with Elle.

They went to one of the stores where they sell accessories only. Risa and Xue Mei go to the ladies section where Xui Li and Ren Zhi went to the Men's section.

"Meimei, look...Is this look okay with me?" Risa shows her a pair of earrings.

"Erm, nice." She smiles and Risa went to the counter. She diverts her eyes back to the dream catcher which is a handmade willow hoop talisman.

"You know in some native American culture they say that this dream catcher is used as a talisman to protect sleeping people, usually children. It's for the bad dream and nightmare so that they can have a good dream at night." Ren Zhi also looks in the same direction as her.

"Mhm?" She turns to look at him and he also does the same. Their eyes met again. This time, both of them did not divert their eyes like they always do.

After a few moments, Risa went back to Xue Mei. "Meimei."

Return back to earth, she averts her eyes and her face blushed a bit. Shy with what just happen now. Did they stare at each other for too long?

"Erm, found what you want?" Risa asks when she feels a bit odd with their situation.

"Ah, no...I don't want to buy anything." She smiles and pulls link her arm with Risa's.

"So did you buy that earring?" She continues again.

"Yup." She nods her head and went to Xui Li at the men section.

Ren Zhi looks at the willow hoop and asks for the shop assistant to wrap it for him.

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"Xui Li senpai, did you want to buy something?" Risa asks.

Turn to look at both of them, he nods his head. He is now doing a match up the bowler hat with the scarf.Put on the beige color scarf and black color bow hat, he turns to both of them.

"How do I look?"

"Handsome." Risa smiles happily.

"Erm..." Xue Mei tilted her head and look at him up and down before she turns to look at the bowler hat collection.

He finds a beige bowler hat with a black line before she tiptoeing and changes the bowler hat on his head.

Xui Li's a bit surprised when she moves closer to him and removes the hat to change it to another one.

He focuses on her face while she was focused on his head.

"Okay, done." she pats on his shoulder a bit before she steps back and asks him to look at the mirror.

"I think this one is most suit with your scarf. But you need to wear a dark color jacket or suit to match up with your bowler and scarf." She gives him her opinion.

"Hmm.. not bad Iguess." He smiles contently looking at the mirror.

"By the way Senpai, why did you want to wear bowler hat?"

Smiling at Risa, he says. "Do you ever heard? 'A gentleman always wears a bowler'? It's classic and yet it gives a gentleman aura if a man wears it."