Chapter 130 Treating You to Dinner
Unexpectedly, she suddenly said that. Qin Shuzhi was stunned for a moment and subconsciously turned her head to look at Shi Yuanxing.
"Uh... I'm sorry, did I interrupt your date?"
Sang Ning's flustered expression flashed with embarrassment and awkwardness, her face turning completely red. She hurriedly let go of Qin Shuzhi's hand.
"I'm sorry, I... I... just pretend I didn't say anything..."
"No, how could this be a bother?"
Qin Shuzhi smiled and said, "You just arrived at school today, and I was originally planning to treat you to a meal. But I saw you talking to Director Liu, so I didn't feel comfortable inviting you. Now that you're free, we can catch up, but..."
She glanced at Shi Yuanxing, smiled at her, and said, "My husband is coming too. You don't mind, do you?"
"I don't mind, I don't mind at all."
Sang Ning breathed a sigh of relief, then glanced at the Maybach behind them. "Then... can I ride with you?"
Of course.
Qin Shuzhi said to Shi Yuanxing, "Sang Ning and I will sit in the back seat."
"good."
Shi Yuanxing nodded, and then gentlemanly opened the back door for them to get in.
After the car had driven some distance, Sang Ning secretly glanced at Qin Shuzhi beside her, then at Shi Yuanxing who was driving. She bit her lip and said to Qin Shuzhi in a slightly lower voice,
"Shuzhi, um... if you already have plans for tonight, it's fine with me. You can just drop me off on the roadside, and we can meet up for dinner another day."
Seeing her apologetic expression as if she had disturbed their date, Qin Shuzhi smiled and reassured her, "We really don't have any special plans for tonight, and we were going to have dinner anyway, so don't overthink it."
"That's good then."
Shi Yuanxing, who was driving in front, glanced at Teacher Sang in the rearview mirror. His eyes flickered thoughtfully, but he didn't say anything.
Half an hour later, the three arrived at a Chinese restaurant.
After we sat down, the waiter brought us the menu.
Qin Shuzhi asked Sang Ning, who was sitting opposite her, to order her favorite dishes, but Sang Ning handed the menu to her and Shi Yuanxing instead.
"I'm new to Jiangcheng and not familiar with this place, so you guys can order."
Shi Yuanxing raised an eyebrow and glanced at her without making a sound.
"OK."
Qin Shuzhi didn't stand on ceremony and ordered several signature dishes. After the waiter left, Sang Ning got up and went to the restroom.
Shi Yuanxing said to Qin Shuzhi, "Do you really know your friend well?"
“I had only known her for a little over a month before, so we weren’t close,” Qin Shuzhi said. “But I think she is a very quiet and pure person, someone worth getting to know.”
After she finished speaking, she looked at Shi Yuanxing and asked, "Why did you ask that?"
Shi Yuanxing smiled and said, "It's nothing, I was just asking casually."
Soon after, Sang Ning returned, and Qin Shuzhi changed the subject.
After finishing their meal, the three of them walked out of the restaurant. Qin Shuzhi and Sang Ning walked side by side behind them, while Shi Yuanxing, who deliberately walked a few steps faster, stopped in front of the cashier. "Table number three, please settle the bill."
The staff member standing behind the counter checked the computer and said, "Sir, table number three has already paid."
Shi Yuanxing paused slightly, "It's over?"
Sang Ning, who was following behind, stepped forward and said, "Mr. Shi, I've already paid the bill."
Standing next to her, Qin Shuzhi's eyes widened. "When did you pay the bill?"
Shi Yuanxing also looked at her.
Faced with the couple's astonished gazes, Sang Ning blushed and said, "It was...it was when I went to the restroom just now."
Qin Shuzhi and Shi Yuanxing exchanged a glance and both froze.
So she rushed to pay the bill as soon as she placed her order?
"You really are something else." Qin Shuzhi was both amused and exasperated.
Sang Ning pushed up her glasses, suppressing the embarrassment on her face, "I promised to treat you to dinner."
"Okay, this meal is on you. I'll treat you next time."
Sang Ning blushes easily, and Qin Shuzhi didn't want her to remain in an awkward situation, so he pulled her outside.
"Come on, I'll take you home."
"No need, you and your husband go back, I'll just call a car myself."
Upon hearing this, Qin Shuzhi stopped in her tracks as she walked towards the door. "How can we do that? You treated us to dinner, how can we let you call a car by yourself?"
Sang Ning happened to see a bookstore ahead and immediately pointed at it, saying, "I want to read for a while. I'm not leaving yet, so don't wait for me."
"I see."
Qin Shuzhi glanced at the book she was pointing to and said, "Okay, remember to message me when you get home."
"Okay." Sang Ning smiled. "You should go back now."
She pushed Qin Shuzhi, who had been traveling to Shi Yuanxing's side, and said, "Bye-bye."
Qin Shuzhi waved to her and added, "Then don't stay up too late, go home and rest early."
Sang Ning: "Okay."
Shi Yuanxing also politely said goodbye, "Goodbye, Teacher Sang."
Sang Ning, "Goodbye."
"Let's go."
Shi Yuanxing led Qin Shuzhi away.
The two walked towards the car, and Shi Yuanxing chuckled, "This Teacher Sang is quite different from others."
She knew the couple wouldn't let her pay the bill, so she secretly paid it when no one was looking.
“She used to be like that too,” Qin Shuzhi said with a smile.
"Back when we were exchange students in Hong Kong, she lost her meal card once, and I swiped it for her. She insisted on giving me money back, but I said no, and guess what happened?"
Shi Yuanxing: "What's wrong?"
"The next morning, she went to the school gate early to queue up and buy me my favorite pan-fried buns, and paid off the debt. She really doesn't like to owe anyone favors."
Shi Yuanxing smiled and pursed his lips, offering no further comment on Sang Ning.
The two got into the car and went home.
*
After the start of the new school year, Qin Shuzhi's life returned to its working state.
Thursday arrived in the blink of an eye.
That evening, Qin Shuzhi had to sit in the office for one class during evening self-study.
After finishing her first class, Qin Shuzhi packed her things and left work.
There are several roads leading to the school gate for first-year high school students, and Qin Shuzhi chose the shortest shortcut.
Of course, that road is also the one with the fewest teachers and students passing through, and it is relatively dark.
She knew Shi Yuanxing was waiting for her outside, so she came this way because she was anxious.
As she walked to a quiet slope, Qin Shuzhi suddenly heard a faint sound coming from the corridor to the side. She turned her head to look in surprise.
What came into view were two figures pressed tightly together.
Qin Shuzhi gasped.
Yunying High School has always maintained a strict school spirit; no student would dare to do anything that goes beyond friendship, and moreover...
Despite the dim lighting, the two people over there... were clearly not students.
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