"That guy was so handsome!"

Qu Fusang whispered to Lu Chuqing, "Chuqing is so good at hiding things. I didn't even know you knew such a handsome guy."

She found it somewhat amusing. "I didn't hide. It's not that I didn't bump into him. As soon as I did, I started talking to him directly."

Qu Fusang's focus wasn't on that; she asked gossipily, "What's your relationship?"

Lu Chuqing didn't answer immediately, after all, she didn't know if Xi Qingxu wanted outsiders to know about their relationship.

Seeing this, Qu Fusang added, "I won't ask if it's inconvenient to say. However..."

The little girl's tone shifted abruptly, her face beaming with the excitement of having "bumped into something," "While you two were talking, he wasn't even blinking at you!"

"Isn't it impolite to speak without looking at the person you're talking to?" Lu Chuqing said dismissively.

Seeing an empty seat in a post-apocalyptic shooting game, she immediately pulled Qu Fusang over, "Do you want to play this?"

Upon seeing the zombies and monsters, the little girl decisively shook her head, "No, I'm scared, you play."

"Okay, then you hold the toy for me while I play a game."

Qu Fusang took several Pikachus, held them, and stood behind her, watching the girl expressionlessly kill the disgusting and terrifying monsters. Her face turned pale, and she covered her eyes, unable to watch.

The two girls played for a long time. At that moment, Qu Fusang heard Lu Chuqing making plans to have lunch with that boy. Not wanting to be a third wheel, she made an excuse and left first.

Lu Chuqing didn't force her, and only returned to the arcade after seeing the person onto the bus.

Just as she reached the door, Xi Qingxu sent her a message: "I'm off work. Have you left yet?"

The time showed just past 12:02. She typed, "Isn't it 12:30? Are you leaving get off work early?"

The reply came almost instantly: "Yeah, I switched shifts with someone."

Lu Chuqing didn't ask any more questions and sent a message, "I'm at the entrance of the arcade. My classmate had to leave first, and I just saw her off."

There was another reply in a second: "Okay, you stay there and don't move, I'll come find you."

She thought Xi Qingxu was in the backstage dressing room and would take a while to come over. Just as she was about to type a message telling him not to rush, another message popped up on the chat page: "I saw you."

Lu Chuqing subconsciously looked up, and her gaze instantly fell upon the boy's figure.

After taking off his dark work vest, the boy had a black backpack on his shoulder and a black baseball cap on his head.

"Is there anything you'd like to eat?" Xi Qingxu asked as she approached her.

Lu Chuqing shook her head. "I haven't decided yet. What about you? Is there anything you want to eat?"

The boy paused for a moment, as if thinking, "There's a Cantonese restaurant next to the movie theater. I've heard they have a lot of good food there."

This is also the place where the girl asked the boy to treat her to dinner, but the boy said it wasn't cheap there.

He's never been there, so he doesn't know how expensive it is.

If he were alone, he could eat anything, but with Lu Chuqing around, he felt he couldn't let her eat such a casual meal with him.

After all, at home, there are several dishes for every meal, and there are hardly any repeats in a week.

Lu Chuqing knew that the restaurants near the movie theater were quite expensive, and given Xi Jun's upbringing, Xi Qingxu would definitely not let her pay.

In this way, a meal for the two of them would cost him most of the money he earned from part-time work.

But seeing the boy's hands covered in wounds, she knew he worked very hard at his part-time job, and he was never picky about food. Perhaps it was because of her that he said he would eat here.

If she weren't there, he wouldn't know what to eat to get by.

After thinking for a moment, she looked up at the boy and said, "I haven't spent much of the allowance my mother gave me. If I don't spend some, she won't give me as much next time."

"You know, I can go without spending my allowance, but I don't want it to decrease. My classmates all have so much allowance. If they knew I had so little allowance, they would definitely laugh at me."

"So I'll pay for whatever you want to eat. If you spend your allowance, Mom will give you more next time!"

The girl fabricated a lie about being vain. Xi Qingxu looked into her clear eyes, seemed to ponder for a moment, and then nodded, "Okay."

Seeing that he agreed without much hesitation, Lu Chuqing thought to herself that children are easy to fool.

Then I asked him, "Where is that Cantonese restaurant you mentioned? Shall we go and try it?"

Part-time jobs are so tiring, you should at least eat something good to nourish yourself.

Xi Qingxu only knew where the movie theater was, and the restaurant was right next to it, so he walked ahead to lead the way, keeping an eye on the girl behind him.

“Follow me, there are still quite a lot of people around, don’t get lost,” he said.

Lu Chuqing caught up with his slowed pace, looked up at him, and said half-jokingly, "If you're afraid I'll get lost, you should hold my hand! Last time I took you to the snack street to eat sliced ​​meat, I held your hand because I was afraid you'd get lost!"

She was just saying it casually, wanting to tease this handsome young man who always had no expression, but as soon as she finished speaking, her wrist was suddenly gripped by a force that was neither too strong nor too weak.

"You're right, it's been much better since I was with you." Xi Qingxu turned to look at her, her face still expressionless.

Lu Chuqing was slightly taken aback, then remained silent as he pulled her by the wrist and led her away.

The restaurant wasn't far away; it took less than five minutes to get there.

It was lunchtime, and the place was quite crowded, with almost no seats available.

When the staff saw them arrive, they came forward to greet them and told someone to quickly clear the table.

Lu Chuqing glanced at the unfinished game on the two-person table and said to Xi Qingxu, "Let's order first."

"Okay, sure," the boy replied, leading her to the counter to order. "Let's see what we'd like to eat."

The menu has a wide variety of options, including various rice sets, rice noodles and wontons, as well as delicious soups and Cantonese snacks.

Lu Chuqing was a little overwhelmed by the choices. Seeing her hesitation, the shop assistant started recommending products to her.

The staff naturally recommended the more expensive items, but Lu Chuqing wasn't short of money. However, she couldn't afford to waste money, so she declined all the offers and ordered her favorite Cantonese-style braised chicken with mushrooms and rice.

Then he looked at Xi Qingxu, and the boy, without even looking at the menu, said, "I'll order the same thing as her."

Lu Chuqing didn't think much of it, only that Xi Qingxu might have trouble making choices and didn't know which dish to eat when faced with so many options, so she just casually said the same one as her.

After the staff confirmed the two orders of mushroom and chicken soup, Lu Chuqing looked at the menu and ordered a roast duck and steamed pork ribs with garlic. For soup, she ordered a winter melon and scallop pork bone soup.

She was thinking of ordering two more snacks, but the clerk hesitated and looked at the two middle school students, saying, "Little girls, if it's just the two of you, this is enough."

"Our rice bowls are quite large, and you can get one free refill. Nowadays, everyone is advocating for environmental protection and saving food, so we don't offer takeout. If you leave too much rice, you'll have to pay a quarter of the bill."

"If you feel it's not enough, you can have some more later."

Since that's what everyone said, Lu Chuqing had no choice but to give up the idea of ​​ordering some snacks.

Saving food is a virtue, and everyone has a responsibility to do so.