Chapter 79 Do you have time to have dinner together tonight?
"What suspense novel! An Xiaomi, are you even listening to me?"
Tang Cai raised her voice slightly: "Everything I'm saying is based on evidence! Think about it, that old Deng..."
“Um… Cai Cai…” An Mi didn’t intend to continue this absurd conversation.
Anyway, all the misunderstandings will be cleared up tonight.
"Let's talk about it over dinner tonight. I'll send you the location."
Tang Cai didn't know how she had steered the conversation to food, but she went along with it anyway: "I remember."
Is Wanqiu coming? Have you been able to contact her?
Anmi sighed: "No."
Tang Cai asked curiously, "What has she been doing lately? I've been tagging her in the group chat these past few days, but she hasn't replied."
"He doesn't reply to messages, doesn't answer phone calls, and we've almost lost track of him."
Anmi silently shut her mouth.
I bet Wanqiu is still hiding abroad right now...
Just then, a phone call came in.
She took her phone down and glanced at it.
"Late autumn?"
Tang Cai asked on the other end of the phone, "Where are you? Where are you?"
"It's on my phone," Anmi said into the microphone. "Wanqiu called, so I'll talk to you later. See you at the restaurant at 7 pm, remember, remember, remember!"
After saying that, he pressed the answer button.
Tang Cai hung up automatically.
"Qiuqiu?" she asked into the phone.
A deep, muffled voice came from the other end: "It's me, what's up?"
That sound...
Why is that so strange?
Anmi pricked up her ears and asked again, "Qiuqiu?"
"I'm here~"
Something's not right!
That voice definitely doesn't belong to Qiuqiu!
"Who are you?" she asked into the microphone.
The other person didn't answer her, but instead chuckled softly: "Guess?"
Anmi felt that this person's tone sounded familiar.
She asked uncertainly, "Simp?"
"You...!"
The traditional Chinese art form failed to gain international recognition; the phone was stolen.
"Honey, it's me, don't pay attention to him."
"Qiuqiu!"
She asked in confusion, "What...what's going on here?"
Didn't we say we were going to Rome to hide from him?
How come they're together again now?
"Oh, let's not talk about that now..."
Late Autumn's tone also carried a hint of helplessness.
"You asked me on WeChat if I had time, is there something you need?"
Just as Anmi was about to say yes, she heard a series of crackling sounds coming from the microphone.
Then came Wanqiu's angry roar.
Hey, don't eavesdrop on me!
"I'm chatting with my best friend! You're so annoying!"
"Honey, please continue!"
"..."
It was a time of war and chaos.
Anmi rubbed her ears: "I wanted to ask if you have time to have dinner together tonight."
"Have a meal?"
Late Autumn's words were somewhat unexpected.
But I'm not in the country right now!
Anmi: "Aren't you back yet?"
"Sigh!" Wanqiu sighed into her phone.
"We were about to go back home, but then a birthday came to our family, so our whole family was called to Australia."
Australia, surname Yan, birthday girl... She seemed to have seen it on a news website this morning.
That was a very important figure in the Yan family.
As a junior member of the Yan family, Wanqiu naturally had to go.
"You definitely can't be absent from such an important occasion."
Anmi said, "It's okay, we'll make it another time."
The phone started making a crackling sound again, like someone was scraping against the back of the phone, and Wanqiu's voice became noticeably irritable: "Leave me alone..."
Just as she was about to ask what was wrong, she heard a hurried voice on the other end: "Honey, I'll treat you two to a big meal when I get back, so I'll have to talk to you later, bye-bye!"
"fine…"
beep--
Before I could finish speaking, the phone was hung up.
"..."
Anmi blankly recalled the voice from the microphone.
What exactly is going on?
Why does it also have a bit of a... bickering couple vibe?
Is that correct?
(-)
However, since Wanqiu isn't coming, there will be one less seat.
Anmi clicked on the homepage of the merchant she had been browsing for the past two days and added them on WeChat.
After scrolling through the product recommendation posts on Ugly Groupon for several days, she finally found this restaurant with a high-end environment and prices within her budget.
We were originally going to reserve four seats, but since Wanqiu isn't coming, we only need to reserve three.
She contacted the restaurant on WeChat, saying: "Tonight at 7 pm, there are three of us dining. Do you have a quiet private room that you can arrange?"
Five minutes later, the other party replied that there was a private room available at that time.
Anmi paid a deposit and reserved the room.
Around noon, I suddenly received a message on WeChat.
Yan Jinnian: "Sorry, I have to stand you up tonight."
Anmi stared at her phone, momentarily stunned.
"What's the matter?"
Yan Jinnian: "I'm going to Australia, I'm leaving at two o'clock."
Australia?
Late Autumn is there too.
However, he might be on a business trip.
Anmi didn't ask any more questions.
"Go ahead and do what you need to do. We can reschedule for dinner another time."
The other side sent an emoji.
"Little Orange Man pats Little Pink Man's head.gif"
Anmi replied with a pink emoji with teary eyes.
Then I asked him how many days he would be gone this time.
Yan Jinnian said he could be back tomorrow afternoon.
"Okay, then be careful and have a smooth trip!"
After sending that message, she quickly switched to the merchant's chat window to ask if she could cancel the reservation.
The other party said it could be cancelled, but the deposit would not be refunded.
!
Anmi never expected it to be like this.
A deposit of 800 yuan, and they just won't refund it?
Before she could even question it, the merchant sent her a screenshot.
An explanation of the extra section.
"Hello Ms. An, the details page mentions that our private room's free cancellation time is before noon on the day of dining, and you have already exceeded that time."
"Our private rooms are booked every day, and many customers have to wait in line because they can't get a reservation. If everyone booked a room and then suddenly canceled like you, it would affect our revenue."
"Furthermore, the deposits we collect are ultimately donated to charity and do not belong to our restaurant or any individual within the restaurant. You can rest assured about that."
The other party spoke very logically and persuasively.
Anmi was already a bit tongue-tied in front of strangers, and now she couldn't utter a single word.
But she didn't want to waste eight hundred yuan.
After much hesitation.
"Never mind, I won't cancel it."
Since Yan Jinnian isn't going, then she and Tang Cai can go eat together.
No one should be wronged, but I can't let myself and my best friend's mouths be wronged.
But she had booked three seats.
One more person is needed.
Who should we look for?
Just then, Zhao Meng walked over and patted her on the shoulder.
"Why are you still sitting here? Go down for lunch."
"!"
Speak of the devil, and he appears!
You're the one!
…
After work, Anmi and Zhao Meng took the subway together.
The restaurant she booked was quite far from the Yan family's place, but very close to Tang Cai's.
Because she originally planned to go with Yan Jinnian.
Unexpectedly, the plan fell through in the end.
The two rode the subway for nearly fifty minutes.
Upon arrival, the waiter led them to the reserved private room.
Tang Cai was already sitting inside.
Anmi introduced Zhao Meng to her.
Both of them are from E-commerce, and they became acquainted after a few simple conversations.
Tang Cai was surprised when she heard about Zhao Meng's academic background: "Peking University? You're amazing! My childhood dream was to get into Peking University, but I ended up getting into the one next door."
Anmi teased her, "Next door? Our school is practically next to your grandma's house."
"It's not that exaggerated!"
The three of them laughed for a while, and then the dishes began to be served in the private room.
Tang Cai glanced at the menu: "This place is quite expensive, isn't it? Honey, you're too generous. It's just a meal, why be so extravagant?"
Zhao Meng was also a little surprised: "The minimum charge here is over a thousand, Anmi, you're really something!"
"..."
What else could Anmi say?
She couldn't very well tell her best friends that she only invited them to dinner because she couldn't bear to part with the deposit, could she?
That would be too hurtful to someone's self-esteem.
She scratched her hands, as if she wanted to say something but hesitated.
"Actually... I..."
"I…"
A sentence suddenly flashed into my mind.
"I recently made a small fortune."
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