Chapter 6 Explanation
Their eyes met, one was shocked, the other indifferent.
Lin You never expected that Shi Jingyuan would suddenly appear in front of her.
"Where are the pastries?" Shi Jingyuan asked.
Lin You was stunned for a moment, still not recovered from the shock, and was slow to react, "What pastry?"
Shi Jingyuan pointed to the closed shop behind her and said, "Aren't you buying cakes to please me so that I won't make things difficult for you at work?"
Although he was telling the truth, the word "flatter" revealed the superior attitude of a capitalist.
Lin You said calmly, "Sorry, I didn't buy it."
Shi Jingyuan frowned slightly, and looked past her to see the chicken soup wontons in the distance.
He raised his hand and pointed, "To please me, you don't need cakes, a bowl of wontons will do."
As he spoke, he raised his foot and walked forward.
Lin You stood behind with his eyes wide open, stunned.
He Xuan trotted over to her and reminded her cheerfully, "Sister Lin, Mr. Shi meant to treat him to a bowl of wontons, and this matter will be over."
Lin You: “Oh…”
After a pause, she said softly, "Um...my phone is out of battery, and I don't have any cash. Can you lend me some money first?"
Shi Jingyuan, who was walking in front, paused and turned back to look at her with a playful expression.
"Lend me some money to treat me to a meal?"
Is there anything wrong with this? Lin You didn’t understand the meaning of his question.
As his assistant, He Xuan could only guess a few points.
Given Mr. Shi's status, how shabby would it be to ask someone to borrow money to treat him to a meal?
However, in front of Mr. Shi, he couldn't explain too much, so he could only cough twice and said, "I'll go scan a power bank for you."
"That's fine." Lin You didn't care about such trivial matters.
The Chicken Soup Wonton Shop is very small, and the tables are even smaller. The small square tables are less than one meter long, and it is a bit crowded for two people to sit at them.
The seating arrangement for the three of them made He Xuan very embarrassed.
Shi Jingyuan walked straight to the seat inside and sat down.
He Xuan looked at Lin You, his face showing a strong desire to survive.
He didn't dare sit so close to Mr. Shi to have dinner with him!
Lin You noticed his struggle and graciously sat down opposite Shi Jingyuan, then said to He Xuan, "I'll sit with Mr. Shi for a while. Didn't you say you would scan the power bank for me?"
He Xuan breathed a sigh of relief and immediately left the wonton shop quickly.
The shop does not have a menu; the variety and prices are displayed on a display screen at the back.
Lin You tilted her neck back to look at the display screen, revealing her perfect neck curve and pink, round ears. Her earlobes were small and delicate, and the pearl earrings she wore glowed slightly with a white sheen.
The two of them sat close to each other, and when Shi Jingyuan looked up, his eyes fell on her earlobe.
"I want two taels of chicken soup wontons and a serving of appetizers. Where's Mr. Shi?" Lin You said and lowered his head.
Shi Jingyuan hastily looked away and said casually, "Same as you."
Lin You responded and repeated it to the shop owner.
Although the waiting time was not long, it was a bit awkward for the two people sitting face to face with nothing to talk about.
Lin You wasn't good with words. After thinking for a long time, he managed to utter, "What happened in the cafeteria that day... I'm sorry for causing trouble to Mr. Shi."
Shi Jingyuan looked at her with a half-smile, "The one you should apologize to is not me, but He Xuan's girlfriend."
Lin You: “…”
She had not bothered to explain this issue last time, but she did not expect that he still misunderstood it.
Lin You raised her eyes to meet his, and earnestly cleared herself up, "I didn't mean what you thought I meant to He Xuan."
Shi Jingyuan looked unconvinced, "Your concern and care for He Xuan is not like that for an ordinary colleague."
Lin You was surprised at his sharpness and then pursed her lips.
"I admit that I do hope to help him to the best of my ability, but..."
The clay man still had some temper, and he repeatedly questioned her character, and her voice gradually became cold.
"However, it's not the dirty version that Mr. Shi imagined. It's just that his experience reminded me of many times I was bullied in the past."
"Because I've been caught in the rain before, I want to hold an umbrella for others. Have you ever heard this?"
Shi Jingyuan did not miss the mocking expression on her face, and also heard the accusations against him in her words.
"Bullying?" Shi Jingyuan raised an eyebrow, a smile on his face, but the smile did not reach his eyes. "Who do you think is bullying He Xuan?"
Lin You is not a newcomer to the workplace, and he is not foolish enough to think that exposing unfair phenomena will definitely lead to just results.
Over the years, she has learned to say one thing and mean another without changing her expression.
"No, Mr. Shi misunderstood. I was just making an analogy, you don't need to take it personally."
She put on a professional smile and then turned to look in the direction of the kitchen. "The wontons are ready, Mr. Shi, I'll bring them over for you."
Although his attitude was polite and respectful... he was also distant.
Shi Jingyuan saw the woman in front of him stand up and walk towards the dining table, her whole back full of impatience.
After a while, Lin You came back with a plate of food and placed his portion in front of him first. "Please have your meal, Mr. Shi."
Like a competent waiter, she carefully broke the disposable chopsticks for him.
Shi Jingyuan took the chopsticks, but for some reason, the more he looked at the standard smile on her face, the more annoying it became.
After showing due courtesy, Lin You stopped talking and just focused on eating.
She hadn't eaten a single grain of rice since she got off work, and she was already starving. She was also very angry at Shi Jingyuan's sarcasm, and now she turned her grief and anger into appetite, and her appetite was greatly increased.
Shi Jingyuan had just taken two bites when he looked up again and saw that more than half of the wontons in her bowl were gone.
She ate one wonton at a time, completely disregarding her image in front of him, and there was no elegance at all.
He suddenly remembered what Qian Ling had said as a joke before.
When a woman completely disregards her personal image in front of you, it means that she is either very close to you and has no reservations about you, or you are not her type at all and she is too lazy to maintain her image in front of you.
And Lin You...is obviously the latter.
He suddenly lost his appetite and simply put down his disposable chopsticks.
Lin You was full and satisfied. Seeing that he had hardly touched the wontons, her eyes darkened but she said nothing.
It’s normal that you may not be able to get used to eating wontons that only cost a few dollars.
It was already this late, and He Xuan still hadn't returned. Lin You was a little worried, so he politely asked, "Mr. Shi, can I borrow your phone to call He Xuan?"
Shi Jingyuan had a blank expression on his face. He unlocked the screen and handed the phone over.
Lin You took the phone and saw the background of the screen, and was suddenly stunned.
The background of his screen was a photo of a snow-white kitten with a familiar bell hanging around the kitten's neck.
"What's wrong?" Shi Jingyuan asked.
Lin You pursed his lips and asked tentatively, "Mr. Shi... do you have a cat?"
Perhaps the hope in her eyes was too obvious, Shi Jingyuan's pupils shrank for a moment, but he did not show it on his face.
"I don't keep it. This is a stray cat in the neighborhood. I took a picture of it and kept it because I thought it looked pretty."
Lin You was startled, and then he said calmly, "Where is the community you are talking about?"
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