The waiter brought a table full of dishes, including stir-fried lotus pond, fish-flavored eggplant pot, tomato, mushroom and beef soup, salted egg yolk prawns, steamed oysters with vermicelli and garlic sauce, small seafood with lemon sauce, abalone and chicken wings pot, and pineapple seafood fried rice.
These are all the dishes that Lan Xiaolan likes to eat on a daily basis, and each dish is prepared by Lan Tian himself.
Finally, Lan Tian personally picked up the two plates of beautifully presented puffer fish sashimi. He deliberately moved away several dishes in front of Lan Xiaolan and placed the puffer fish sashimi in front of her.
"Wow, so much! Can the three of us finish it?" Lan Xiaolan looked at the table full of delicious food, her saliva almost flowing out, and her eyes were shining with gold.
"Not much, not much, just ten dishes. Today is Mid-Autumn Festival, and our family is perfect."
Lan Tian blurted out the words "family". For him, no matter where he was, as long as he and Lan Xiaolan were eating at the same table, they were eating as a family.
After all, his wife, Lan Xiaolan's mother, had passed away many years ago, and now the two of them were "one family."
The corners of Ren Tingxi's mouth curved up, and he nodded and smiled, very satisfied with these three words.
"Is this puffer fish sashimi?" Lan Xiaolan asked excitedly with her eyes wide open.
"Yes! This is a restaurant owned by a friend of Dad's. The puffer fish here is the freshest. I know you like it, so I booked a table here on purpose to give you a surprise."
"It's great. I haven't eaten puffer fish sashimi made by my father for a long time." Lan Xiaolan picked up the chopsticks and was about to pick up a piece of sashimi. She wanted to be the first to taste it.
Ren Tingxi picked up the chopsticks and blocked her hand that was about to fall. He looked at her gently and dotingly: "The first piece of puffer fish sashimi, why don't you let me taste it first."
After all, pufferfish is highly poisonous. Although Lan Tian made this himself, it is better to be safe than sorry. Ren Tingxi cannot bear to see Lan Xiaolan in any danger.
Without waiting for others to react, he put a piece of sashimi in his mouth without saying a word, chewed it carefully, and then swallowed it.
"This sashimi is really well made! To be honest, this is my first time eating puffer fish sashimi. It tastes really fresh and sweet."
"It seems that Xiaolan and I came here to eat for free today, and we really had a feast."
Lan Tian looked at Ren Tingxi's eager look and was very happy: "As long as you like it. Our Lanlan loves this the most."
Lan Xiaolan also picked up a piece of sashimi, dipped it in mustard, and put it in her mouth. It tasted sweet and stimulating, and she was intoxicated by it.
"Dad, this is so delicious. I love you so much, Dad."
Then she picked up a piece of salted egg prawns and put it in Dad's bowl. "Don't just watch us eat. Come, help us eat."
"By the way, why didn't I see Shihang come with you today? Did you stand him up again?"
Lan Xiaolan had just picked up a prawn and started to peel it, but when she heard her father's words, she put her hands down and her face darkened, like a child who had done something wrong and was ready to accept her father's criticism and education.
Ren Tingxi, who was sitting next to him, also frowned awkwardly.
"Dad, I broke up with him."
"What? Breaking up again."
"What do you mean by breaking up again? I don't have another boyfriend. This is the first time Cai Shihang and I have broken up, and it will be the last time."
"What's going on with you? Didn't we meet today? Why..."
"Oh, Dad, today we just met to talk about breaking up. It's all in the past."
She never told her father a word about Cai Shihang's ridiculous deeds.
First of all, this is a matter of love between young people, and the father cannot interfere.
Secondly, Cai Shihang's father and his own father have some friendship and business dealings. If things get too awkward, it will not look good for everyone.
So for a small matter like breaking up, just let him get by.
After Lan Xiaolan finished talking about the breakup, she sucked the prawn in her mouth as if nothing had happened, and nodded with satisfaction while eating.
Before she could swallow the prawn in her mouth, she picked up a chicken wing and put it in her bowl.
When eating in front of your father, you don't need to maintain a ladylike image, you just need to eat to your heart's content.
"I remember the last time you broke up, you went back home and cried your heart out for several days. How about this time? Do you want daddy to prepare a few more packs of tissues for you?"
"Dad! What are you talking about? That's not true."
"Of course not. It was when you first started your internship at university that you came home with a huge bag without a word and locked yourself in your room in your hometown all day."
"You never go out. If I hadn't dragged you out, you wouldn't even eat. Your eyes are swollen like a panda from crying, and you've lost a lot of weight."
"If I knew which bastard made you angry at that time, I would have beaten him to a pulp with a hammer!" Lan Tian raised his tone and spoke fiercely.
After her father finished speaking, Lan Xiaolan glanced at Ren Tingxi next to her. This father was really outspoken in front of others and didn't care about his own image at all.
Moreover, Dad didn't know that the bastard who bullied his daughter was far away and right in front of him.
When Ren Tingxi heard Lan Tian's words, he raised his eyebrows, frowned slightly, and put down his chopsticks involuntarily, looking guilty.
When Lan Xiaolan left with her luggage without saying a word, he thought she was heartless and didn't care about him at all.
But now, hearing from her father himself that she had gone home and cried for several days because of breaking up with him, he felt heartbroken and secretly happy.
"Dad! That's not true. You're exaggerating. I...I wasn't crying because of a breakup. I was crying because I was watching a melodramatic TV series at home."
"Oh my...still watching the TV series..." Lan Tian grinned wickedly. He knew his daughter was lying but he didn't feel comfortable exposing her.
Lan Xiaolan quickly took the time to put food into Lan Tian's bowl: "Come on, come on, Dad, eat quickly. There are so many dishes, and you can't fill your mouth."
Although Lan Tian felt a little sorry when he heard that his daughter and Cai Shihang had broken up, he knew that she was fine when he saw how energetic she was.
Lan Tian felt much more relieved and didn't pursue the matter further in the end. As long as his daughter was happy, he didn't care what happened or what the outcome was.
At this time, a middle-aged man wearing a brown shirt and with a big belly came over here with a bottle of Moutai.
"Brother Tian, do you like this dish?"
Lan Tian stood up, put his hand on the middle-aged man's shoulder, and said warmly: "Old Liu, thank you so much. It's thanks to you that we can have such a delicious meal."
"Come on, let me introduce you. This is my old friend, the boss here, your Uncle Liu."
"This is my daughter, Lan Xiaolan."
"This is..." Lan Tian pointed at Ren Tingxi. To be honest, today was the first day he met Ren Tingxi. As for the title between him and himself, how should he introduce them?
"This is my daughter's friend, Ren Tingxi."
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