Chapter 175 Chapter 175 [Love in Progress]
"What kind of celebratory meal? It won't be Western food again, right?" Hearing He Xiuji mention the celebratory meal again, Lin Yimu's curiosity was aroused. He looked at the man who was driving beside him with a serious face and asked.
Hearing Lin Yimu's question, He Xiuji couldn't help but smile, thinking back to every time they went out to eat together, as long as they ate Western food, Lin Yimu not only ate less, but also showed his disdain for the food on his face.
Of course, these were all the results of He Xiuji's careful observation, so every time he wanted to treat Lin Yimu to a meal, He Xiuji would avoid Western food and choose a Chinese restaurant with a good reputation.
"Don't worry, I know you don't like Western food, so I specially picked an authentic Chinese restaurant. If you don't want to eat Chinese food, I also picked a local specialty restaurant. Both are very close."
He Xiuji said, while waiting for the traffic light, he turned his head and looked at Lin Yimu in the passenger seat, "See what you want to eat, we can go directly over."
"Are you so well prepared?" Lin Yimu smiled slyly, "Aren't you afraid that I might not notice the message and make you wait in vain?"
While the two were talking, the traffic light ahead had turned green. He Xiuji started the car and said meaningfully, "I'm already here. Your wait won't be in vain."
After He Xiuji finished speaking, he couldn't help but turn his head and look at Lin Yimu, with a smile in his eyes.
Realizing the hidden meaning in He Xiuji's words, Lin Yimu looked at him suspiciously with eyes wide open, "Are you saying something else?"
At this point, Lin Yimu suddenly had an idea. He suddenly thought of Yuan Mingxu who had been hanging around him from time to time in school, and blurted out: "Among those researchers who came with you, there wouldn't be someone who tipped you off, right?"
After saying that, Lin Yimu looked at He Xiuji with disbelief and suspicion.
He Xiuji reached out and tapped Lin Yimu's forehead, then said with a smile, "What are you thinking? I don't know any of your professors or researchers, let alone bribe them to tip off."
"Really? Then what did you just say about not waiting in vain? If I really don't come out, what are you going to do?" Lin Yimu couldn't help asking out of curiosity.
Unexpectedly, when He Xiuji heard Lin Yimu's words, he couldn't help laughing and turned to look at him, his eyes doting but with a little helplessness.
"You, have you forgotten that even though you are holding an academic award ceremony, outsiders are not prohibited from entering other places except the auditorium."
After hearing what He Xiuji said, Lin Yimu thought about it and it seemed that there was indeed no such rule, but shouldn't such large-scale activities prohibit people outside the academic field from participating?
For some unknown reason this time, the organizer did not seem to have issued such a rule.
Doubts ran through Lin Yimu's mind. As the car drove near a Chinese restaurant, the two did not continue the conversation but got out of the car and walked into the restaurant.
The two walked into the restaurant. He Xiuji did not take the ordering machine from the waiter, but directly opened his mouth and listed a long list of dishes.
Seeing He Xiuji reading out the names of the dishes skillfully, knowing that he had indeed done his homework in advance, Lin Yimu couldn't help but smile.
While waiting for the food to be served, Lin Yimu looked at the man who was helping him wash the dishes and pour water with a smile, and said with a smile, "You are so skilled, you must have been to this kind of small restaurant before."
He Xiuji heard this and put the full cup of water in his hand next to Lin Yimu, and explained in a gentle voice: "I don't only go to high-end restaurants. When I'm on a business trip for a long time and want to eat Chinese food but don't have time to cook, I will find a Chinese restaurant to eat."
"The previous few times you invited me to dinner, except for the ones I dragged you to, the ones you chose were basically high-end restaurants. I thought you wouldn't come to a small restaurant like this." Lin Yimu couldn't stop smiling as he recalled his previous dining experiences.
After all, He Xiuji's clumsy behavior of trying every possible means to treat himself to a meal still makes people laugh when thinking about it.
Seeing the smile on Lin Yimu's lips, He Xiuji understood what he was thinking in an instant, but he just helped Lin Yimu put the washed dishes away with a gentle expression and did not show any embarrassment.
Lin Yimu didn't say much about this matter, but urged the waiter to serve the food as soon as possible. He Xiuji ran to find him as soon as he got off the plane, so he definitely didn't have time to eat.
After everything was arranged, Lin Yimu turned around and was about to say something to He Xiuji, but He Xiuji spoke first.
"After dinner, let's go for a walk around the neighborhood and buy you some suitable formal wear." Having said that, He Xiuji narrowed his eyes and looked at the suit Lin Yimu was wearing, with a look of laughter on his face.
Looking at He Xiuji's expression, Lin Yimu curled his lips and said dejectedly: "Laugh if you want to. I bought this set of clothes just after I got here. If it weren't for my senior brother taking me with me, I wouldn't even be able to find a place to buy clothes."
He Xiuji felt a little sad when he heard Lin Yimu talking about his senior brother who accompanied him to buy clothes.
But I also knew that my jealousy was a little inexplicable, and it only felt sour for a while.
However, when he looked at Lin Yimu, his eyes flickered. He had made up his mind that when he returned home, he would fill up all the wardrobes at home so that Xiaomu would have to wear only the clothes he bought every day.
His mind was full of thoughts, but he didn't show it on his face. However, when he spoke, his tone was filled with sourness. "In other words, the clothes you are wearing now were picked for you by your senior brother."
Hearing the tone of the voice, Lin Yimu looked at He Xiuji in surprise, which made the other person's eyes flicker slightly.
Then Lin Yimu couldn't help laughing and said jokingly, "Did you order any sour dishes? Why does it smell so sour?"
As he spoke, Lin Yimu wrinkled his nose and sniffed seriously, which made He Xiuji look helpless, but he still spoke, "Isn't it obvious?" After that, he looked at Lin Yimu who was still smiling, and said seriously, "I'm jealous."
Lin Yimu: ...
Lin Yimu, who was originally joking and laughing, was speechless for a moment.
After a long while, Lin Yimu put away the speechless look on his face, looked at He Xiuji up and down in surprise for a while, and then said: "I didn't realize that Mr. He is such a jealous person? You are even jealous of this kind, which doesn't fit your image of a calm and domineering president at all."
After Lin Yimu finished speaking, he nodded seriously, indicating that he agreed with the point made in his words.
Hearing Lin Yimu's words, He Xiuji's face looked strange for a moment.
Suddenly he remembered that in order to pursue Lin Yimu, he searched the Internet for those so-called domineering CEO novels that were recommended when pursuing strategies. With a learning attitude, he also read a little bit.
Those so-called domineering CEOs in the company were either in love or on the way to love all day long and didn't care about their own companies at all. This was something He Xiuji really couldn't understand.
So at this moment, his attitude was very clear: "I am not a domineering boss. I am just an employee. I am busy every day. It's just that I make money for myself."
Hearing He Xiuji's words of distancing himself from the matter, Lin Yimu thought of the domineering CEO novels he read to escape reality when he was struggling in his previous life, and he couldn't help laughing out loud.
After a long while, Lin Yimu stopped laughing and felt a little embarrassed in the face of He Xiuji's doting yet helpless gaze.
He Xiuji saw it, and just rubbed his hair with a gentle look and a smile without saying anything. He just picked up a piece of food for Lin Yimu with chopsticks and urged him to eat quickly.
Lin Yimu's face felt a little hot because of He Xiuji's gaze, and he wanted to bury his face in the table while eating.
It was not until the plate in front of him was piled up like a small mountain that Lin Yimu suppressed the heat on his face and raised his head, saying, "Okay, okay, don't pick up food for me. You haven't eaten yet. Eat quickly. Didn't you say you were going to buy clothes later?"
While Lin Yimu was talking, his hands were also busy. He picked up all the dishes on the table one by one, which made He Xiuji feel a little amused.
But he did not stop them. Instead, he picked up his chopsticks and silently finished the food on the plate, until they both couldn't help but eat too much.
While Lin Yimu and his companion were having dinner, the award ceremony on the other side had just ended.
Because it is an academic award ceremony, there will not be a banquet after the ceremony like in the entertainment industry. Instead, the leaders of each country will sit together for a meal and discuss each other's research results.
After the show, someone came to invite Professor Jiang to have dinner. After Professor Jiang agreed, he was about to turn around and give some instructions to the young people who came with him, but after looking around, he didn't see Lin Yimu.
Then he looked at Fang Wenduan, who had a good relationship with Lin Yimu, with some doubt, "Hey, why don't I see Lin Yimu? Wenduan, do you know where he went?"
Before Fang Wenduan could say anything, he frowned and sighed with some worry, "He's in a foreign country and he's unfamiliar with the place. If he goes out alone and something happens, how am I going to explain it to his family?"
"Professor Jiang, when Lin left just now, he told me to tell you that he had to go back to the hotel for something." Fang Wenduan was about to speak just now, but waited until Professor Jiang stopped talking before speaking.
Hearing the voice, Professor Jiang, who was about to make a phone call and was a little worried about Lin Yimu, stopped what he was doing and looked at Fang Wenduan, then said helplessly: "You, kid, you should have told me when the ceremony was over."
"You didn't even give me a chance to speak." Fang Wenduan muttered with resentment in his eyes.
Upon hearing this, Professor Jiang laughed and cursed at the brat, then waved his hand and told everyone to go about their business. He then muttered something like "young people nowadays are really troublesome" and walked away with the person who came to invite him.
Fang Wenduan and his group also went to the cafeteria to eat together.
As for Lin Yimu, who was being talked about, the two had already eaten, but did not go shopping for clothes as agreed, because He Xiuji had an urgent online meeting, so they returned to the hotel together.
It was also at this time that Lin Yi Mu found out that He Xiu Ji had booked the same hotel as them, and his room was just upstairs from theirs.
At this moment, the two of them were sitting face to face in the living room of He Xiujiding's suite, each busy with their own work.
Lin Yimu was doing his own research and calculations, while He Xiuji was quietly listening to his subordinates reporting their work via computer video. The two of them did not disturb each other but were extremely warm.
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