With one hand in his pocket, Jiang Tingzhou immediately refused: "No need. If you want to eat, I'll book a table for you at the restaurant upstairs, and the bill will be on my tab."
Su Ziyu, not wanting to make a fool of himself, replied, "No, no."
The two were about to leave when Xu Wan asked to go to the restroom first.
After Xu Wan left, Su Ziyu said, "Brother, I feel that there might be a problem with the An family. An Yunya used to always act high and mighty, looking down on everyone. Today, her attitude is much better. She speaks to everyone in a friendly manner, which is not normal."
Jiang Tingzhou disagreed, saying, "People always grow up. Besides, nothing lasts forever. Even if she's been in school all her life, she should know some social etiquette by now."
"But I feel this is a bit sudden."
Su Ziyu muttered to himself.
“She hasn’t been back for years,” Jiang Tingzhou said, still speaking up for An Yunya. “Something has to change.”
An Yunya and Jiang Tingzhou are the same age.
Jiang Tingzhou put himself in An Yunya's shoes, believing that An Yunya always needed to grow up.
Xu Wan returned soon after.
Jiang Tingzhou refused to let Su Ziyu be a third wheel, so he could only leave pitifully.
The two walked a short distance before arriving at a roadside barbecue restaurant.
After all these years, the appearance of this barbecue restaurant has not changed much, even the low tables set up at the entrance are still the same.
Seeing everything before her, and glancing at Jiang Tingzhou in his suit beside her, Xu Wan realized that the place was indeed too dilapidated.
"Maybe... we should just go home. It's not good to eat too much at night."
Xu Wan made up a random excuse.
Jiang Tingzhou easily saw through the woman's thoughts, put his arm around her, and said with a smile, "I think this place is quite nice. Since we're here, let's try it out."
"Don't you think it's a bit shabby?"
"A little, but it won't affect anything."
Jiang Tingzhou had never eaten by the roadside, much less in such an environment.
However, if Xu Wan said it was delicious, he was willing to eat with her.
I also want her to have no worries or burdens when she's with me.
The two sat down, and Xu Wan, familiar with the place, ordered some barbecue skewers. Considering that Jiang Tingzhou's stomach might not be able to handle it, she also ordered a casserole. Food cooked at high temperatures like this is clean and hygienic, right?
The skewers were served first, and Xu Wan handed over a skewer of beef: "Try this one, I think it's the best one here."
Jiang Tingzhou did not refuse and took a bite of all the beef off the skewer.
Just as he chewed a few times and swallowed, he felt Xu Wan's expectant gaze.
Xu Wan: "Is it delicious?"
These meat skewers have very little meat on each skewer, but the meat is marinated beforehand, so the taste is not bad.
Not wanting to disappoint Xu Wan, Jiang Tingzhou smiled and nodded: "It's delicious."
"That's good!" Xu Wan looked at the surrounding tables and asked, "Usually, barbecue is paired with beer. I used to just eat skewers, but how about a bottle of beer today?"
How much alcohol do you drink?
"Not really, but drinking a little bit is fine."
Xu Wan answered seriously.
She doesn't have a high alcohol tolerance; she's not a lightweight, but she can only handle about two drinks.
Jiang Tingzhou didn't seem to mind: "With me, even if I get drunk, I'll definitely get you home safely, don't worry."
"Yeah, it's because I'm with you that I dare to drink."
Xu Wan responded to him.
The two of them ordered a bottle of ice-cold beer.
Xu Wan didn't dare to drink too much, she only poured herself a small half glass.
She took a bite of the meat skewer, and just as she picked up her glass to take a sip...
"Junior?"
A person got out of a car by the roadside and went straight to the two-person table.
Xu Wan looked up and recognized the person as Gu Qing.
During the time they hadn't seen each other, Gu Qing had lost a lot of weight, had heavy dark circles under her eyes, and looked rather haggard.
"Senior Gu?"
Xu Wan never expected to run into Gu Qing here.
After recognizing Xu Wan, Gu Qing looked at the well-dressed Jiang Tingzhou across from her, her expression clearly turning angry: "You're with him, and this is what you eat?"
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