Qiao Yanxu is the company's boss, so he wanted to invite the company's employees to dinner, including Jiang Hua.
Qiao Yanxu seemed to be in a very good mood today. He said enthusiastically, "It's rare for me to come here today. You all work very hard, so I'm treating everyone to a meal. Eat whatever you want, it's on me."
Hearing Qiao Yanxu's words, the employees became excited. They were delighted that Qiao Yanxu was so generous today and started discussing where to eat.
However, Jiang Hua's feelings were complicated at this moment. She didn't want to attend the party, especially since it was organized by Qiao Yanxu. Jiang Hua was even less inclined to go.
So she pretended to be in a hurry and said, "I'm sorry, I think I have a lot of things to do today, so I won't go. You guys go ahead and have fun!"
Her excuse was perfunctory, and Qiao Yanxu had already figured it out, but he didn't say anything.
However, a colleague Jiang Hua had just met here shattered her plans: "Jiang Hua, what are you busy with? This time, Qiao Yanxu is treating us to dinner, how can you not go? That would be so boring. You're lucky to have this opportunity. We've never had a meal together before. So whatever urgent matter you have, just wait until you get back to do it. I can help you."
Jiang Hua was about to refuse when another colleague said, "Yeah, Jiang Hua, you should go. It would be bad if we all went and you didn't. You should go. That's what a company should be like. We need to stick together."
"Yes, go ahead."
"Go ahead, Jiang Hua," her colleagues enthusiastically urged.
Jiang Hua had no other choice. They had already said so much, and it would be unreasonable for her to refuse. Therefore, Jiang Hua reluctantly agreed and had no choice but to go with them.
They set off as agreed. Some of them already had cars, so they drove to the gathering place. But there were many others like Jiang Hua who didn't have cars.
Then she could only hitch a ride. Jiang Hua had originally wanted to go with a colleague.
Unfortunately, she arrived at the wrong time; her colleague's car was already occupied, and she was about to get into another colleague's car.
Then she heard someone call out to her, "Jiang Hua, here, we have a seat here, you can sit here." It was a female colleague who was very close to Jiang Hua.
Jiang Hua turned to look at her, and was about to go over when she realized that the driver was Qiao Yanxu. It was Qiao Yanxu's car, and Jiang Hua immediately stopped.
She didn't want to get into Qiao Yanxu's car, so she just stood there motionless. Her colleague got a little anxious when she saw Jiang Hua not moving: "Jiang Hua, hurry up, everyone's waiting for you, some of them have already left."
Jiang Hua saw that there was only this one car left; everyone else had driven away. She had no other choice but to get in.
Qiao Yanxu remained silent in the front seat the whole time. After Jiang Hua got in, she simply told him to fasten his seatbelt and then drove off. They didn't say anything more the rest of the way.
Jiang Hua and her colleagues didn't say anything either, and the car was extremely quiet for a moment.
They arrived at their destination quickly and went inside together. Qiao Yanxu had already reserved a large table.
My colleagues started taking their seats, and everyone's face was beaming with undisguised joy as they began a lively discussion about what to eat.
It seems they really enjoyed the gathering. Jiang Hua was somewhat infected by the atmosphere and felt much better.
But when she looked around, it seemed there was no place for her and Qiao Yanxu. What should she do? Standing here was really a bit awkward.
After all, only she and Qiao Yanxu were without seats. Just then, someone noticed that they were without seats and said, "It seems that there are no seats at this table. What should we do? Jiang Hua and Qiao Yanxu don't have seats yet."
When he said that, everyone looked over, and there really were no seats left.
Everyone started discussing it animatedly, and one of them said loudly, "Alright, stop talking. I've got an idea. Why don't we let them sit at the same table? That will solve the problem of not having enough seats. Jiang Hua, Qiao Yanxu, what do you think?"
Jiang Hua was terrified when she heard this. She didn't want to eat alone at the same table as Qiao Yanxu. That would be too inappropriate.
So Jiang Hua quickly refused, saying, "No need, I'm not actually that hungry. I just need one more chair, there's no need to trouble you to use another table."
"How can that be? Qiao Yanxu is your boss. You can't let him be treated like this. Why don't you sit at the same table with him?" a colleague advised.
"It's really okay, I'll just go get a chair." Jiang Hua said, intending to move a chair over. But she hadn't even taken a single step.
Qiao Yanxu stopped her. Jiang Hua looked at Qiao Yanxu in confusion: "What are you doing? I'll go get a chair."
"No need, there's no room here. Don't bother moving chairs. Let's just find another table. That's much simpler."
"No need, it's too much trouble, this is fine." Jiang Hua quickly refused. But it was no use. Seeing that Jiang Hua kept refusing, Qiao Yanxu simply pulled Jiang Hua to another table for two.
Jiang Hua was pulled over by Qiao Yanxu, and since she couldn't say anything to refuse, she had no choice but to accept the arrangement.
She kept reassuring herself that nothing would happen, that she would finish eating soon and then be able to go home.
Qiao Yanxu noticed that Jiang Hua had been sitting there in a daze, seemingly lost in thought, so he called out to her, "Jiang Hua, what are you thinking about? You seem so engrossed."
"Ah! No, I wasn't thinking about anything." Jiang Hua scratched her head a little embarrassedly.
Qiao Yanxu didn't press further, but asked her, "What would you like to eat? I'll order it for you. Just tell me."
"No need, I'm fine with anything. Just order whatever you want to eat." Jiang Hua certainly wouldn't say that.
"Alright then, since you won't tell me, I'll order." After saying that, Qiao Yanxu called the waiter over and started ordering.
Jiang Hua just sat there without saying anything. Anyway, it was just a casual meal, and she wasn't really that hungry.
But when Qiao Yanxu announced the names of the dishes he ordered, she became somewhat uneasy. Because everything Qiao Yanxu ordered was something Jiang Hua liked to eat.
The waiter quickly brought out the dishes, and looking at the table full of her favorite dishes, Jiang Hua felt a little complicated.
Jiang Hua looked at the table full of her favorite dishes and felt very embarrassed, not knowing how to react.
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