【98. Grilled Skewers】
Mango International Mall.
This is the largest commercial district in Jinghai. Because it is close to the film and television city, many people are willing to come here, hoping to meet celebrities.
Cheng Qingxing came over wearing a hat and a mask, and Yan Shenghui next to him also wore sunglasses.
He glanced at Yan Shenghui, raised his hand, and took off his sunglasses. "If you wear sunglasses at this late hour, everyone will look at you."
"I'm still a little uncomfortable without sunglasses." Yan Shenghui said lightly, "What do you want to eat? Steak? Lamb chops? Or Japanese food?"
"How about we go eat some barbecue outside?" Cheng Qingxing pointed to the barbecue restaurant outside the mall. "I smell that barbecued lamb skewers are so delicious."
Cheng Qingxing drooled as he said this, and then he pulled him outside, "Let me tell you, I've walked by Mango a few times before, and every time I was attracted by the smell of this grilled lamb kebab."
Yan Shenghui looked at Cheng Qingxing's greedy look and couldn't help but smile, with a hint of doting in his eyes.
He put on his sunglasses again and followed her out, "Okay, let's go eat kebabs. After we're done, let's look at the schedule."
Cheng Qingxing ignored him. He was afraid that Yan Shenghui would arrange everything for him in the evening and he would have no time to rest.
As soon as the two walked to the door of the barbecue restaurant, they smelled the rich aroma of barbecue.
The boss, a Xinjiang native, was busy flipping lamb skewers on the grill.
The charcoal fire crackled, sparks flew, the skewers sizzled with oil, and the sprinkled cumin and chili powder emitted an enticing aroma in the heat.
Cheng Qingxing skillfully ordered a bunch of food on the side, and when he sat back, he saw Yan Shenghui answering the phone with a gloomy face, as if there were some very troublesome things waiting for him to deal with.
The shop owner served him a drink first, and he poured himself a glass and started drinking.
"I see."
"I have time to deal with it."
"I'm outside right now, discussing something important."
"Just let Assistant Huang handle the company's affairs."
"Let my brother handle the contract matters."
"Don't call this number again for now. I'm on break."
After saying that, Yan Shenghui hung up the phone. Looking at Cheng Qingxing who had already started eating, he let out a long sigh, "You are relieved."
"It's really easy for me. I just need to be a good actor." Cheng Qingxing said jokingly, "Unlike you, you have to inherit the family business, work as a model outside, and attend meetings every day. You are very busy."
"It's good for you to know that I can come and have dinner with you. It's really an honor for you."
Cheng Qingxing knew that Yan Shenghui was joking with him, but Cheng Qingxing still felt a little uncomfortable when he heard it.
He lowered his head to eat the skewers and didn't answer him.
"What? Don't you like it?" Yan Shenghui asked when he saw that he suddenly became quiet.
"No, I just remembered something." Cheng Qingxing took a big bite of the skewer, then said with a smile, "After I finish eating this skewer, I will go back."
Yan Shenghui nodded. After all, he did have things to deal with and couldn't waste too much time here.
"If Zheng Xuhe and Bai Hengxi were really together, would you feel bad?"
"Um?"
Cheng Qingxing couldn't believe why Yan Shenghui would ask him this question, so he was a little bit unconvinced.
"We have to talk about something, right?"
"Then you really don't know how to chat." Cheng Qingxing complained without hesitation, "Do you want to talk about such unhappy topics when having dinner with me?"
Yan Shenghui subconsciously asked: "Are you unhappy?"
He tilted his head slightly, pondered for a few seconds, and suddenly realized that this incident really affected his mood.
"If the two of them are really together, I will definitely bless them."
Although this answer was against my will, it was the truth.
It was destined for the two of them to be together.
Cheng Qingxing ate the skewers silently, but Yan Shenghui continued, "He already has a new love, so it's probably not bad for you to accept me, right?"
In Yan Shenghui's opinion, there is no gap between him and Zheng Xuhe, and Cheng Qingxing should not be able to find someone who can suppress Zheng Xuhe and Bai Hengxi better than him.
"You and I together, the two of us can definitely beat the two of them."
When Cheng Qingxing heard Yan Shenghui say this, he laughed out loud. After tears came out of his eyes due to laughing, he wiped his tears with his hands and tried hard to stop himself from laughing.
After he finished laughing, he asked, "You still say you haven't compared yourself to someone else?"
This sentence made Yan Shenghui's face instantly gloomy. He said nothing and waited for him to continue speaking.
"I told you before that you were competing with Zheng Xuhe, but you didn't believe it." Cheng Qingxing opened a bottle of beer, poured himself a glass, and poured him another glass. "Listen to what he said now, isn't it just a comparison?"
Yan Shenghui's already gloomy face became even darker.
"You Alphas really like to treat people as objects to compare, and then ask for this and that, as if whoever gets it is the winner."
After Cheng Qingxing finished speaking, he drank all the beer in one breath, tilted his head slightly, and continued: "You, Zheng Xuhe, or even Qin Shaojie, do you really treat Omegas as human beings?"
"You are a Beta, not an Omega, unlike others." Yan Shenghui found a rebuttal point very sharply.
"That's right!" Cheng Qingxing responded meaningfully and then clapped his hands.
"You guys treat Omegas like Bai Hengxi like babies, but Betas like us are just tools, no one cares about us."
A hint of displeasure flashed across Yan Shenghui's narrow eyes. After his mask was removed, he became disgusted with the person in front of him.
"Why won't you listen to me? Will it harm you?"
Cheng Qingxing started eating the barbecue and asked him with a smile: "Do I look like a fool? You, an international model, are chasing after an unknown actor. Are you crazy?"
"Then why did you believe what your ex-husband Zheng Xuhe said?"
"If you had pursued me ten years ago, I would have believed you." Cheng Qingxing leaned lazily on the chair with a relaxed expression, "Because at that time, there was no difference in our status at all."
Ten years ago, they were all college students, with no differences in status between Alpha, Beta, and Omega.
There is no difference between an international supermodel, a top movie star and a third-tier actor.
At that time, Cheng Qingxing didn't care if they pursued him casually, he didn't think of himself as a possession.
But now Yan Shenghui gave him the feeling that he was just an object.
"Yan Shenghui, I looked down on you before because you were arrogant." Cheng Qingxing finished the last bite of the skewer. "I look down on you now simply because you make me feel uncomfortable."
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