Chapter 15 He is the Extra Person

That’s true!

Qin Zhang nodded: "What do you want to eat tonight? I'll go to the state-owned restaurant to make arrangements in advance."

Lu Mingze smiled: "It's all right, I'm not picky about food!"

"Okay!" Qin Zhang confirmed and left.

As he watched his back disappear, the smile on Lu Mingze's face gradually faded.

I returned to the office and wrote a note asking for leave and gave it to Li Jianying.

He wants to take two days off to go back to the village.

Li Jianying was not happy about it. Lu Mingze sighed, "Director Li, you didn't give me the vacation you promised me last time."

“I worked for so long while sick.”

"There are no problems with the machines in the factory now, and my apprentice is still here."

"Is it not too much to grant me two days off?"

"That's fine!" Li Jianying signed the note: "It's also a good opportunity to test the apprentice you taught."

Lu Mingze left with the note, feeling satisfied.

After get off work in the evening, he arrived at the state-owned restaurant on time.

Qin Zhang had already arranged the dishes. When the waiter saw him coming, he came up and asked, "Comrade Lu, are you here to eat with Comrade Qin again?"

"Would you like to serve the food first?"

Lu Mingze thought for a moment and said, "Wait a minute, I'll go up when Qin Zhang comes."

The waiter said hello and served him tea enthusiastically.

Everyone knows that Qin Zhang is the son of the cannery director.

Lu Mingze is an engineer in the factory.

The waiter treated them better than anyone else.

It didn't take long before Qin Zhang came over.

The two of them ate and talked, and Lu Mingze did not hide anything and told Qin Zhang about his request for leave.

Qin Zhang thought for a moment and said, "I'm not busy these days. I'll take you back tomorrow."

"Send you to me and then come back. I'll pick you up the day after tomorrow night."

"Okay!" Lu Mingze did not refuse.

"Has Comrade Qi left?" he asked casually.

Qin Zhang nodded and said, "Qi Xinyu took her back."

"Comrade Qin!"

It was as if he had planned to slap Qin Zhang in the face.

Just as he finished explaining, Qi Xinyan and Qi Xinyu walked in.

Qin Zhang: “…”

Lu Mingze knew that Qi Xinyan had been in the factory for a whole day, so how could she miss the opportunity to have dinner with Qin Zhang?

Even if Qin Zhang refused, she would find a reason to come.

Sure enough, the next second Qi Xinyan said: "The nanny at home asked for leave, and I injured my foot, so Xinyu simply brought me here to eat before going back."

"Is it not disturbing you?"

Lu Mingze shook his head.

If there was any disturbance, it was he who disturbed.

Since ancient times, men and women have been together.

His appearance affected the emotional communication between Qin Zhang and Qi Xinyan.

"Don't worry, we'll pay for our own meals." Qi Xinyu threw her sister to sit next to Qin Zhang.

He sat down next to Lu Mingze and called the waiter to order food.

Not sure if it was Lu Mingze’s illusion, but Qi Xinyu wanted to sit at the corner of the table.

It seems that Qi Xinyu really hates him as a master.

The same thing happens at lunch time.

So what was originally planned to be a meal for two people ended up being a meal for four people.

During this period, Qi Xinyan and her brother kept pestering Qin Zhang to talk.

Lu Mingze didn't have much chance to speak, and since he wasn't a talkative person, he seemed even more dull.

See, he is superfluous.

After the meal, someone suddenly patted Qi Xinyu on the shoulder.

"Qi Xinyu, are you here to eat too?" The other person was a man about the same age as Qi Xinyu.

Qi Xinyu immediately jumped up in surprise: "Zhuang Shunian?"

"Long time no see!" The man named Zhuang Shunian hooked his arm around Qi Xinyu's shoulder and said, "Come on, let's play ball together."

Qi Xinyu nodded immediately: "Okay, it just so happens that I haven't been active for a long time."

After saying that, he turned to Qi Xinyan and said, "Sister, I haven't seen Zhuang Shunian for a long time."

"Please ask Brother Qin Zhang to take you home. I'll be back after I finish playing ball."

He didn't give others time to react and immediately ran out following Zhuang Shunian.

"Hey!" Qi Xinyan stood up and wanted to call him, but there was no sign of him.

I had no choice but to apologize to Qin Zhang: "This...my brother! He is so ignorant."

"Or, I'll just walk back slowly by myself."

Qin Zhang had no expression on his face: "It's okay, I'll take you there."

"Thank you very much!" Qi Xinyan curved her eyebrows.

"I'll treat you to dinner later."

She glanced at her watch and said, "Is it so late already?"

Lu Mingze saw at a glance that the style of her watch was the same as the one Qin Zhang gave him.

A woman is wearing a men's watch, the same style as his.

Is there such a coincidence?

That only means that Qin Zhang bought two of the same one.

One piece was given to him and the other to her.

Taking the opportunity to drink water, Lu Mingze concealed the sarcasm in his eyes.

"Then let me take you away." Qin Zhang stood up.

"Mingze, you should go back early too."

Lu Mingze smiled and said, "Okay, be careful on the road."

Under the table, he took off his watch and put it in his pocket.

When he got home, he found the watch box and threw it inside. He was afraid that he would never touch this watch again.

Here, Qin Zhang sent Qi Xinyan home and prepared to leave.

Qi Xinyan quickly grabbed his hand: "Come in and have a cup of tea."

"No!"

"My parents have an appointment tonight, and Xinyu isn't home. I'm scared to be alone."

Qi Xinyan pursed her lips: "Comrade Qin, can you accompany me?"

"Just for a while, wait until my family comes back, then you can leave, okay?"

Qin Zhang refused: "The security here is good, and you are also a successor of socialism and a believer in Marx."

"There's nothing to be afraid of alone."

"I have something else to do. I'm leaving now."

After saying that, he turned and left.

The corners of Qi Xinyan's lips were stretched into a straight line, and she bit her lips hard with her teeth.

She heard from Qin's parents that Qin Zhang sometimes played too late and did not go home, so he stayed at his colleague's house.

In other words, Qin Zhang often stayed overnight at Lu Mingze's place.

She couldn't help feeling nauseous at the thought of two men sleeping in each other's arms.

But Qin Zhang would rather sleep with a man than be alone with her, which made her very unhappy.

Is her charm not as good as that of a man?

Qin Zhang didn't come in the evening.

Lu Mingze got up and packed all the things Qin Zhang gave him into a wooden box.

He pushed the box under the bed and broke into a sweat, but he didn't feel much better.

The next morning, Lu Mingze saw Qin Zhang when he went out.

He drove the factory director's car over again, and he looked very proud sitting in the driver's seat.

Compared to him, Lu Mingze looked much more haggard.

"What's wrong? Didn't you sleep well last night?" Qin Zhang asked as he helped put the luggage into the car.

"I had a nightmare all night." Lu Mingze said and yawned again.

He dreamed last night that his love for men was exposed.

He became a rat that everyone wanted to kill.

Everyone looked at him with malice.

They threw rotten vegetable leaves at him and told him to get away.