Chapter 2272 - 728: Snowy Night (2)

Zhang Yan was particularly excited, "Feifei! Isn’t this the ’dream little house’ we three used to talk about every day back then?"

They had once fantasized about having a house with an attic where they could read, chat, sing, and play the piano...

Now, it had actually been realized by Lin Feifei.

"Yes, I specially hired someone to decorate it," Lin Feifei proudly raised her eyebrows.

Cheng Xiaoyue joked, "Alright, Miss Lin, your tail is practically wagging now. Yanyan, she’s a rich woman, not in the same class as us."

Zhang Yan covered her mouth and chuckled, "Yeah, indeed."

During university, Lin Feifei didn’t really seem wealthy, just ordinary.

But near graduation, they learned that Lin Feifei’s family had a lot of land due to urban renewal, with five shops and several houses.

She could easily live at ease.

After the three long-unseen good friends had some fun in the attic.

They moved to the terrace and got busy around the grill.

The aroma of roasted meat and the fizz of beer quickly filled the small terrace.

Cheng Xiaoyue complained about the stifling corporate jargon and presentation culture in big tech companies.

Lin Feifei shared amusing stories about her laid-back store and various eccentric customers.

Despite the winter night’s sharp wind, the grill’s fire kept everyone warmly roasted.

"Ding — ding —" The beer bottles clinked crisply in the air.

The girls’ cheeks were flushed with a slight tipsiness as they giggled and scrolled through old photos on their phones, reminiscing about their university days.

Even the usually shy Zhang Yan suddenly had a lot to say.

After a while.

Cheng Xiaoyue suddenly pointed at Zhang Yan’s clothes, her eyes lighting up, "Hey? Why does this jacket look so familiar and so nice... Yanyan, isn’t this the same style as Su Yu’s?! I didn’t expect you to be so fashionable now."

Lin Feifei was also surprised, "Hey, I remember now, I did see a photo like this."

Zhang Yan blinked, slightly puzzled, "The same style as Su Yu?"

"Exactly!" Cheng Xiaoyue quickly opened her phone, searched swiftly, and then placed the screen in the middle of the table.

On the screen was the airport street photo of Su Yu that recently went viral. In the photo, Su Yu was wearing sunglasses, a plain black jacket, a simple white T-shirt underneath, and high-waisted cargo pants, looking stunningly beautiful and strikingly cool.

And the jacket she wore was exactly the same as Zhang Yan’s.

"It really is..." Zhang Yan was a bit surprised too.

She only knew this was a Tang Song company product, but she didn’t expect Su Yu had worn it too.

A tiny sense of pride quietly arose in her heart.

"I’m a fan of Su Yu," Cheng Xiaoyue stood up excitedly, "Yanyan, let me try it on quickly. I’ve wanted to buy it for a long time but was too busy, then I quit my job and never got around to it."

"Sure," Zhang Yan smiled, standing up and taking off the jacket.

Cheng Xiaoyue eagerly put it on, glanced at herself in the glass door of the terrace, and proudly twisted her body, even striking a cool pose just like Su Yu.

"How is it? Does it look okay? Does it have that vibe?"

"Very beautiful, it suits you," Zhang Yan sincerely praised.

This was a Tang Song company jacket, so it was bound to look good no matter how it was worn.

Even Lin Feifei, who always preferred a rustic style, was intrigued and pulled it off Cheng Xiaoyue to try it on herself.

She was pleasantly surprised by the reflection of herself in the mirror, so different from her usual style.

"Wow Feifei! It looks good on you too!"

"Honestly, the design of this jacket is really great," Lin Feifei couldn’t help but smile, "It doesn’t make the shoulders look wide, the fabric holds up, and it looks good on all body types. Yanyan, send me the link later, I want to buy one too."

Cheng Xiaoyue immediately raised her hand, "Me too! Me too!"

"It was... given to me by someone..." Zhang Yan’s cheeks instantly turned red, and her voice lowered, "I’ll ask him for the link later."

The air fell silent.

Cheng Xiaoyue and Lin Feifei exchanged a glance, seeing the burning fire of gossip in each other’s eyes.

"Oh~~" Lin Feifei drew out her voice, approaching with a mischievous grin, "It was given by ’someone’? Could this ’someone’ be the one who makes your ’heart rest easy’ in ’North Branch’?"

"Come on, confess! Is it him?" Cheng Xiaoyue encircled her from the other side, like interrogating a criminal, "Tell the truth!"

"I... I didn’t..."

Zhang Yan, squeezed between them, turned red and laughed, swaying this way and that, unable to break free.

The three girls, on this tiny terrace, burst into fits of laughter and playfulness.

Just then, a gentle cool breeze blew past.

A few icy snowflakes fluttered down from the pitch-black night sky, melting on their cheeks, red from laughter.

Their laughter abruptly stopped, and almost simultaneously, they looked up.

"It’s snowing!"

Someone exclaimed in surprise.

Soon after, more and more light snowflakes began to spin and fall under the glow.

Zhang Yan’s face broke into a nearly obsessed radiant smile.

She extended her hand to catch a tiny snowflake, watching as it quickly melted into a drop of cold water in her palm.

The northern snow, Yan City’s snow...

She truly saw it.

Like returning to carefree childhood days, the three of them dashed out from under the terrace’s canopy, into the gentle, newly-fallen snow curtain.

They spread their arms, heads tilted up, letting the snowflakes fall on their hair and eyebrows.