Chapter 13
Yang Mingzhou recognized Zhou Mingshu, and when he saw the person she was holding, he opened his mouth wide: "So you are the book boy." Finally, he suddenly realized, and when he was about to say that, he saw the person in front of him winking at him frantically.
Do these two have some secrets that cannot be told to others?
Yang Mingzhou has been in society for so many years, and although he is always criticized by his friends for being unreliable, he is still very perceptive. He saw that Zhou Mingshu had something to hide, so he didn't say anything.
When everyone was present, someone felt that calling out game names offline was a bit strange, so they suggested that everyone exchange real names.
The pink lightning is called Liu Yu, and his name suits him perfectly.
After arranging for everyone to rest, Yang Mingzhou called Zhou Mingshu and Fan Zhuoyi aside and asked, "Wasn't Hotpot still in Haicheng a few days ago?"
Zhou Mingshu tried his best to cover it up: "No, she has been abroad."
Seeing that she was unwilling to say, Yang Mingzhou stopped asking and was about to leave, but was stopped by someone.
"Could this B&B belong to Brother Coal Ball?"
The two looked at each other, unable to hide it any longer: "Don't let it slip."
Mingxu and Yan Qing learned at the same time that their identities had been exposed. Yan Qing was dozing off in the car when she received a frontline report from Zhou Mingshu: "Oh no! The gang leader is actually the guy I approached and asked about food that day."
Yan Qing was a little forgetful: "Who?"
After reading Zhou Mingshu's message, Yan Qing's eyes fell on the pink avatar in the list. So, they had seen it when they first arrived in Haicheng.
So did he already know?
When Mingxu received Yang Mingzhou's call, he had just got off the plane. He went to Nancheng to investigate the location of a new store, but he didn't expect that he had been recognized by people in the gang.
The person on the other end of the phone was still trying to save the situation: "Don't worry, we agreed that no sixth person will know this secret."
“…”
"Brother Xu, I think Hotpot already knows who you are."
After hanging up the phone, Ming Xu opened Yan Qing's chat box and typed a few words: "I think you may already know."
Three hours later, he received a reply. "What's the matter?"
Playing dumb again.
Mingxu did not reply.
Holding the phone, looking at the empty chat box, Yan Qing was a little confused about what the other party meant. She sent another message, "Are you talking about team building?"
[Coal briquettes that I love to eat]: No.
What is that?
[Coal Balls I Love to Eat]: I knew who you were the first time I saw you.
Yan Qing was stunned and couldn't recover for a long time.
When had they first met? Was it at the restaurant or in the lobby of the B&B? She thought carefully, the two of them hadn't met many times, the earliest being the first time he asked her to help him.
Another message came from the other side.
[Coal Balls I Love to Eat]: When your friend was chatting with Yang Mingzhou, I was sitting opposite him with my back to you.
Yan Qing really didn't remember the back figure, but she didn't expect that he knew who she was at that time.
[Just Eat Spicy Hotpot]: So you fired the employee because of me? You came to pick me up? It was because you recognized me.
Yan Qing later read some online posts and never saw anyone saying that the boss picked up people in person. She was a little confused at the time, but she also thought of a reasonable reason for the B&B.
[爱吃煤块]: The employee code of conduct does prohibit employees from insulting customers. They went to pick you up because the B&B's cars were all outside. The reputation of that place is not good, and it would not be safe for you to be alone late at night.
He is such a good boss who cares about his customers. Yan Qing decided to give him a good compliment when checking out.
[Just eat spicy hot pot]: I thought it was because of me.
[Coal Balls I Love to Eat]: I invited you to dinner because I really wanted to get closer to you, but I didn’t expect something unexpected to happen.
Yan Qing felt her heart skip a beat. Was he speaking so bluntly now? She didn't dare to reply.
Perhaps sensing the other party's discomfort, Ming Xu stopped pressing her. As long as she was willing to give him a chance, everything could be done slowly.
[My favorite coal briquettes]: Don’t be stressed.
[Just eat spicy hot pot]: Yan Qing.
[Just eat spicy hot pot]: You should know my name.
Yan Qing thought that when he saw him in the lobby, he should have checked the check-in registration, which is what ordinary people would do.
[Coal Balls I Love to Eat]: Don’t worry, I haven’t read your message.
She was indeed relieved, as this person's sense of boundaries was like a huge trench.
[Coal Balls I Love to Eat]: My name is Mingxu. Can I pick you up when you come back?
Looking at the flight information on the screen, Ming Xu's eyes moved slightly, and a hint of unconcealable joy flashed across his eyes.
Yan Qing was a little annoyed. The two of them were not even ordinary friends. Wasn't this too fast?
After Zhou Mingshu found out, he jumped several times on the ground happily, and Fan Zhuoyi's hair stood on end.
After the excitement subsided, she called Yan Qing, her tone filled with unconcealed joy: "You two are progressing so fast."
Unexpectedly, Zhou Mingshu could understand his worries. "I feel the same way. Why don't I ask him not to come?"
Hearing this, Zhou Mingshu's eyes twitched: "No, I think he definitely doesn't want to miss you again. Anyway, you two can chat on the phone for a few days. I'll go find the gang leader and ask him first."
When they arrived at the scenic spot, Yan Qing stopped looking at his phone. The scenery of Yuncheng was unique and dazzling.
Because of what happened last night, the two people who were traveling with them kept excluding Yan Qing. The four of them were a little tired by the end of the shopping trip. Yan Qing and Liya were originally walking in the front, but the two people found various excuses to let Yan Qing go first.
Liya had seen this kind of thing many times. Her face looked very grim, and her tone of voice was a little tough: "It's going to rain soon. If we can't reach Xiangyang County before the rain comes, we will be trapped here tonight."
The two looked at each other, and the boy raised his phone: "Madam, the weather forecast says there's no rain. Why are you being so alarmist? Look at the sky, there's no dark clouds."
Yan Qing was walking in a hurry and was wearing a pair of relatively stiff shoes, so his feet were already feeling very uncomfortable.
Seeing that the two were indifferent, Leah forcefully pulled up the girl squatting on the ground and went straight to the parking lot.
"Hey, hey, hey, what are you doing? Let me go." The girl was very short and looked like a little chick in front of Leah, who was nearly 1.8 meters tall.
Seeing his girlfriend being dragged away, the boy who was still there quickly stood up and chased after the two of them.
Seeing this, Yan Qing walked forward quickly.
When they got to the car, the young couple looked worse than each other and squatted beside the car throwing tantrums.
Yan Qing felt like his feet were not his own and quickly sat in the car to rest.
Liya ignored them, glanced at her phone, got in the car, and started it. The two squatting nearby panicked when they saw that Liya no longer cared about them. The boy blocked the car and said, "What are you doing? You won't even let us take a break? Are you running a scam?"
There are quite a few return cars around, including many owners of various B&Bs.
Seeing that Liya was in trouble, someone spoke up: "Young man, hurry up and take your girlfriend to the car. It's going to rain here soon."
"I finally understand. You guys just want to bring us here and cheat us out of our money." As soon as he finished speaking, raindrops as big as beans fell down.
The car was completely silent. Yan Qing watched the increasingly heavy rain. With the wipers on full blast, he couldn't see the road ahead. Liya concentrated intently on the steering wheel. The two people sitting in the back looked at the scene outside the car, feeling a lingering fear.
The girl said timidly: "Boss, we were wrong just now."
When it comes to life and death, everything else must give way.
Seeing that Leah didn't say anything, the boy rolled his eyes. Just as he was about to speak, he was stopped by the people next to him. He looked at the girl with some displeasure, but didn't make any other move.
On the way, the owner of the B&B called and Yan Qing helped to press the speakerphone.
"Liya, where have you been? I'll pick you up." The boss's voice was a little anxious. When he got the news, he quickly asked his wife to return, but he didn't expect to be stopped by the rain.
In contrast, Leah was much calmer: "It's okay. Is the rain heavy at home? It will probably last another two hours."
It took two hours to drive over 200 kilometers.
Half an hour ago, Yan Qing sent a message to Zhou Mingshu, but he hasn't received a reply yet.
[Ming Dynasty preface]: [Photo].
[Ming Xu]: Here is the new restaurant menu. I’ll wait for you to come back and help me taste it.
Yan Qing enlarged the picture and found that the decoration style was not that of a B&B.
[Yan Qing]: Where?
[Ming Xu]: The family you were attacked in.
The other party seemed to be waiting for her news.
Yan Qing felt that he could smell those strange smells again, and he frowned as he tapped his phone.
[Yan Qing]: Your offensive power is as great as your restaurant.
Seeing Yan Qing's sarcastic expression, Ming Xu laughed out loud. The head chef standing beside him wiped the sweat from his forehead and said, "Boss Ming, is there something wrong with the dish?"
Mingxu was in a good mood and gave the highest praise: "Very good."
After watching the boss leave, the head chef's legs felt weak, and he tremblingly confirmed with the assistant who had not left yet: "Does Mr. Ming really think the food is good? The last time we changed the menu, he picked sixty questions on me?" The head chef was still frightened by the previous incident, and this time it went too smoothly, he couldn't believe it.
The assistant patted his shoulder and said, "The boss seems to be in a good mood."
With these words as a reassurance, the chef breathed a sigh of relief. He had finally passed this hurdle. He no longer had to be woken up in the middle of the night by a black dish in front of his boss in his dream.
After coming out of the restaurant, Mingxu received a message from his mother and drove back home. He had just parked the car when Mingli also came back.
Ming Xu looked at the time and couldn't help but complain: "You can enter the Guinness World Record for the most idle boss."
I didn't hear the usual scolding from Mingli.
Seeing her two sons coming back together, Ming's mother was a little surprised: "Why did you two come back together today?"
The person who usually talks the most went back to his room without saying a word today.
The three of them were left looking at each other.
Ming's father: "The company has been very stable recently and has launched several major projects."
"He's heartbroken." Ming's mother suspected that her eldest son had been dumped, so she tiptoed up to the second floor. As she reached the door, it opened.
Looking at his bewildered mother, Mingli sighed, "Stop talking nonsense and stop eavesdropping."
"What nonsense are you talking about? How could I possibly eavesdrop?"
The two went downstairs and the family of four started to eat dinner.
Seeing Ming Xu staring at his phone, Ming's father was a little displeased. He put down his chopsticks and knocked on the table with his hand: "Eat, don't look at your phone."
"Why don't you reply to the message?" Ming Xu ignored his father.
"Who?" Mingli quickly approached the screen with a bowl in hand! "Yan Hotpot?"
It sounds like a name. The two parents looked at each other. Has their son finally gotten it?
Ming Xu quickly put his phone on the table: "Don't ask any questions!" The three of them stopped eating, dragged their chairs and sat next to Ming Xu, staring at him eagerly.
Ming Xu remained unmoved.
"Son, just reveal a little bit."
A bell rang, breaking the stalemate between the four people.
Mingli quickly grabbed the phone, but Ming's father held Mingxu and prevented him from getting up.
Mingli winked at the three of them and recited with great emotion, "Just got back to the B&B. It's raining heavily here."
Another message followed shortly thereafter.
【good. 】
He looked at Ming Xu: "Good? What's good?" As he was about to scroll up the chat history, the phone disappeared from his hand.
Mingxu turned off her phone, and the three people who had been noisy just now all sat down in their seats and ate quietly, occasionally showing off their motherly love and filial piety.
"I'm chasing her."
The Ming family fell into silence.
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