Chapter 7
It was past dinner time and the restaurants were not very full. Yin Mu and Chen Qinglin walked around and chose a barbecue restaurant with a nice environment and went in.
They chose a table in a corner, and the waiter brought the menu with a smile: "Just call me when you order."
Yin Mu smiled politely: "Thank you, is there any hot water?"
"Yes, please wait."
Chen Qinglin flipped through the menu and handed it to Yin Mu: "See what you want to eat."
"I'm not picky about food, anything is fine." Yin Mu took the menu, "Let's each order a few things."
"Okay, you go first."
The two of them discussed and ordered the dishes. Yin Mu relaxed and took sips of warm lemon water from the cup.
"Are you okay?" Chen Qinglin asked, "If you haven't exercised for a long time, it might be uncomfortable to do strenuous exercise suddenly."
"It's fine now, but I can't say for sure about tomorrow." Yin Mu moved his right arm. "I hope I can lift my arm tomorrow."
"Give it a good massage when you get home to loosen up those tight muscles." Chen Qinglin reminded her, then added, "It's better to choose something gentler next time."
Yin Mu responded casually: "Yeah, you can't move next time."
[Does Chen Qinglin mean that he still hopes to date Yin Mu next time?]
How did you manage to make an appointment for the next time so naturally?
[Lock it, lock it. I want to see you play next time.]
[Suddenly noticed that Yin Mu is now without makeup. Such a clean face. I'm envious.]
[I just want to cut Chen Qinglin's hair. This hairstyle is really holding him back.]
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Dishes were brought in one after another, filling the table. Yin Mu's stomach growled with hunger, and he picked up the tongs and gestured twice: "I'm welcome."
Chen Qinglin smiled without saying a word and silently put the meat on the baking tray.
The meat made a sizzling sound on the grill. Yin Mu looked at the meat on the grill, smelled the aroma that was gradually emanating from it, and folded his hands under his chin. He couldn't help but recall the scene of eating barbecue with his friends.
"There used to be a self-service barbecue restaurant near my house. It was super delicious, and my friend and I would go there every now and then. Unfortunately, she had big eyes and small stomachs, so she always got full before she ate much, leaving me alone to clean up the mess."
"Really?" Chen Qinglin looked up at her with a faint smile on his face, "Is the food in that restaurant so delicious?"
"In short, all kinds of snacks are delicious." Yin Mu said, thinking back, "The yogurt fried dough twist and brown sugar rice cake are especially delicious."
"If you have a chance, you can go and try it. Where is the store?"
Yin Mu choked. Where is it? Where in this world is that store?
She sighed and could only say, "It went bankrupt."
"That's a shame." Chen Qinglin took out the cooked pork belly and placed it on the plate in front of her. "Come and try this restaurant."
"Thanks."
The pork belly, with its alternating fat and lean parts, is cooked to perfection, sizzling with oil, and paired with the restaurant’s signature seasoning, it’s mouth-watering just by the smell.
Yin Mu took a bite and squinted his eyes happily: "Delicious."
"Then eat more."
After eating a few pieces of meat, Yin Mu's empty stomach finally felt relieved. Seeing that Chen Qinglin was only busy turning and cutting the meat and didn't eat much himself, he said, "You should eat too. Why am I the only one eating?"
Chen Qinglin picked up another small sausage for her and said, "Eat it. If it's not enough, order more."
Yin Mu smiled and said, "Why are you like my friend? When we go out to eat, she doesn't eat much herself, but she always tries to feed me."
"You have a good relationship with your friends."
"Of course, she's my best friend." Yin Mu said proudly, "We've known each other since junior high school. That's twelve years, and we've never had a fight."
“It’s a blessing to have such a friend.”
"Yeah, I don't know if she's okay now."
"You can go find her after the show is finished."
Is that okay? Yin Mu was not optimistic about this at all. He sighed in his heart, but pretended to be relaxed on the surface: "Well, see you when we get back."
[Hahahaha, Chen Qinglin just keeps grilling, Yin Mu just keeps eating.]
[Show me you're hungry, let's go eat barbecue tomorrow. ]
【Yin Mu has a really good appetite.】
[Wow, I'm trying to lose weight, but now my defenses are about to break.]
[I want to see what will happen if Yin Mu gets a date with Zhang Yang.]
[The one in front of you is so presumptuous hhhh. 】
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This lunch took a long time. Chen Qinglin was worried that Yin Mu was not full, so he asked, "Do you want more food?"
Yin Mu waved his hands quickly: "That's enough, I'm already full."
At this time, the waiter came over with two small plates, placed them on their table, and said, "This is a free dessert from the store, red bean double skin milk. Thank you for coming."
"Thanks."
The waiter smiled, nodded, turned and walked away.
"That's great, they even give us dessert."
"Can you eat more?"
"It's no problem for such a small dessert." Yin Mu took a bite and nodded in affirmation, "It tastes good, you try it."
After they finished their dessert, they sat in the store for a while before getting up and leaving.
As they walked out of the store, Yin Mu suggested, "Let's walk around first before going back. We seem to have eaten a bit too much."
"Yeah, okay."
After eating and drinking their fill, the two chatted idly as they walked, and unknowingly brought the topic to other guests.
"Actually, I thought you would write the card to Zhou Jingyu."
Chen Qinglin tilted his head to look at her: "Why?"
"Didn't you have a good chat over dinner yesterday? And since you're in the same industry, you should have a lot of common topics." Yin Mu said, frowning slightly in confusion, "I'm also surprised that Zhou Jingyu didn't write to you."
Chen Qinglin thought about the content of his conversation with Zhou Jingyu and didn't want to say more. He made an excuse: "Maybe he feels that he and I are not on the same page."
"Yeah……"
As if afraid that Yin Mu would misunderstand, Chen Qinglin added, "But I didn't write this to you because I had to settle for second best."
Yin Mu didn't care much: "It's okay, you don't have to explain to me."
Chen Qinglin moved his lips as if he wanted to say something, but he remained silent, only saying "hmm" before asking, "Then why did you write to me?"
"Me? Didn't I write it all down on the card?"
Her expression was frank, without the slightest hint of ulterior motives. Chen Qinglin lowered his eyelids and said "hmm" softly. After a few seconds, he spoke again: "I..."
He had just said a word when a loud thunder suddenly sounded in the distance, interrupting him before he could finish his words.
Yin Mu was startled and looked up at the sky: "The sky is getting cloudy, let's go back, it will be bad if it rains."
"Yeah, okay."
【Yin Mu, I hate you for being a piece of wood! 】
[No, Chen Qinglin, please finish what you want to say!]
[Chen Qinglin definitely has a crush on Yin Mu, otherwise he wouldn't have rushed to explain just now.]
【Why are you all so anxious? They just met on the second day.】
[That’s right, good food is never too late.]
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While they were on the road, the sky became visibly gloomy, but fortunately, the drizzle did not start to fall until they returned to the villa area.
Chen Qinglin parked the car and said, "Wait for me in the car. I'll go back and get an umbrella to pick you up."
Yin Mu opened the car door and said, "No need. It's too much of a fuss about this little rain. Just run a few steps and it will be fine."
It was about a few dozen meters from the parking lot to the villa. Yin Mu raised one hand to slightly cover his forehead to prevent rain from falling into his eyes, and quickened his pace to walk towards the villa with Chen Qinglin.
The raindrops were getting heavier, so Yin Mu simply grabbed Chen Qinglin's arm and ran. He ran into the villa in one breath and stood under the eaves to calm his rapid breathing.
"Why is it suddenly raining so hard? Fortunately we ran fast."
"Yeah."
Yin Mu looked at the rapidly thickening rain and fog, brushing away the wet hair stuck to his forehead. "Unlucky, my hair and clothes are wet too."
"Go back to your room and wipe off the rain on your body, then change into dry clothes." Chen Qinglin said, "It will be bad if you catch a cold."
"Oh, luckily I was lazy and didn't wash my hair at the gym, otherwise I would have to wash it twice a day, which would be terrible." Yin Mu shivered in the cool breeze and said, "Come on, let's go in."
As soon as she turned around, the door opened and Zhang Yang poked his head out: "Huh? You're back."
"Yeah, just arrived."
"Then come in quickly." Zhang Yang made way for them. "Are you guys wet in the rain?"
"Luckily, the rain started to get heavier as soon as I ran back."
"Summer weather is like this, changing so quickly. The sun was shining brightly this morning." Someone didn't know what Zhang Yang had just gone out for, but when he saw them coming back, he followed them into the living room and said, "Those two haven't come back yet. I'm afraid they were stopped by the rain."
Yin Mu saw that Zheng Wei was not in the living room and asked Zhang Yang, "Is Zheng Wei not here?"
Zhang Yang scratched his head: "She went back to her room to sleep."
Yin Mu responded and said to Chen Qinglin, "I'll go upstairs first. You should go back to your room and change your clothes."
"Well, go ahead."
Zhang Yang watched Yin Mu's back disappear around the corner of the stairs and asked Chen Qinglin, "How was it? Did you have fun?"
"I played badminton and had a lot of fun."
"That's great! I was bored to death staying in the villa." Zhang Yang was still annoyed. "Zheng Wei still looked at me as if my nose was not a nose and my eyes were not eyes. If I had known earlier, I would have written the card to her."
Chen Qinglin didn't want to listen to his complaints. Zheng Wei had already shown affection for him, but he didn't seize the opportunity. He made the choice after much deliberation, but didn't get the desired result. Who could he blame?
"There is no regret medicine in the world. It's too late to say these things now."
Zhang Yang was a little embarrassed: "Well...I didn't think it through, so I made a mistake."
"I'll go upstairs and change my clothes too. See you later."
"Ah, yes, your clothes are still wet." Zhang Yang said hurriedly, "You go ahead, don't worry about me."
He himself didn't think there was anything wrong with what he said, but netizens in the live broadcast room were furious. They were all angry at him and started to criticize him.
[I give up. What nonsense is Zhang Yang talking about again?]
【If you can't speak, you don't have to.】
Doesn't this mean that Zheng Wei is being treated as a backup? What kind of person is this?
[I'm speechless. He doesn't think he's choosing a concubine, does he? Where does his confidence come from?]
[Why did the production team look for him? Don’t netizens’ lives matter?]
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