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Before I could even settle back into my workstation, Yi Ning called. Her voice was soft and cheerful: "Xiao Wu, I'm here. Are you off work yet?"
Wu Siqi: "I'm off work. Please wait a moment. I'll be down now."
Yi Ning chuckled: "Don't worry, I'll wait for you."
She put down the phone and slung her bag over her shoulder. There were a few people getting off work in the elevator. Wu Siqi stood near the door. In the reflection of the glass, she found that the corners of her clothes were a little messy, so she tidied them up.
When she reached the basement floor, she adjusted her bangs before exiting the elevator, her low-heeled leather shoes making a tapping sound on the concrete floor.
Yi Ning didn't sit in the car. She stood by the car waiting for her. She didn't play with her cell phone. She looked up at the road she was walking towards with a smile on her face.
Infected by this, Wu Siqi also smiled and took the initiative to greet him: "Good evening."
Yi Ning also put on makeup, and the well-fitting light-colored sweater made her look soft and gentle. She stood there like a young, beautiful woman, dazzled by the sunshine.
Yi Ning smiled brightly, revealing his adorable little fangs. "Good evening, Xiaowu." He opened the car door for her and said, "Let's go."
Wu Siqi sat in the passenger seat and nodded, "Thank you."
Yi Ning started the car and merged smoothly into the traffic flow. Only then did Wu Siqi realize what was happening. She had invited many clients to dinner, but the atmosphere was never like this. It was even more impossible for her to agree to dine alone.
Everything they did today was just like a date, but she still got in the car.
What else can I do?
The makeup has already been put on, so it can’t be wasted. Her daily disposable contact lenses cost 20 yuan a pair.
The restaurant they had booked was in a high-end shopping mall in the city center. It was a beautiful place with beautiful food, perfect for entertaining business events. Wu Siqi often booked this restaurant to entertain clients. When she entered, a familiar manager came over to greet her, "Good evening, Miss Wu. Your table is by the window. It's all reserved for you. This way."
"Okay, thank you for your help." Wu Siqi walked in front following the minister, and Yi Ning lagged behind half a step.
The minister brought the person to the table and said, "Call me if you need anything."
Wu Siqi nodded politely and pulled out a stool for Yi Ning. "You sit down first."
"Okay." Yi Ning sat down next to Wu Siqi's arm. As she was still walking towards the seat opposite, Yi Ning suddenly asked her, "Xiao Wu, do you have a cat?"
"Huh?" Wu Siqi asked puzzledly, "How do you know?"
Yi Ning groaned, "I was following you just now and saw a few cat hairs on your clothes. I guessed, and it seems I was right, hehe." He stroked her clothes from behind and pinched two pure black cat hairs with his fingertips.
Wu Siqi nodded, then shook his head. "It's not like I have a cat. I found a stray cat and I'm going to put it up for adoption. I've already contacted the adopter and will be sending it away this weekend."
Yi Ning was very anxious and raised his voice to ask her, "Why? Why give it up for adoption? Don't you like cats?"
Wu Siqi was stunned by the urgent and continuous questions. The discomfort of having her private space invaded made her frown. "No reason. It's not that I don't like it, it's just that I can't support it."
As if he felt his tone was bad and that the other party had helped him a lot recently, Wu Siqi asked back: "What's wrong, do you like cats very much?"
Yi Ning stammered and mumbled a response. Holding the menu in her hand, she bit her lip and asked, "Is the cat we picked up not well behaved? So we have to give it away."
There was a flicker of disappointment in her eyes. Wu Siqi was puzzled, but he patiently explained: "No, it's very well-behaved. I have some personal circumstances and can't keep an animal. For its own good, I have to give it away."
Thinking of the little cow cat that loved to stick to him, Wu Siqi's eyes were full of tenderness. Yi Ning was very confused. It was not disobedient, nor did he love it, so why should he send it away!
Wu Siqi didn't want to talk about this topic in depth, so she raised her hand to call the waiter to start taking orders. She ordered a steak and two special dishes, and left the rest to Yining.
He ordered the dishes with a pout. Yi Ning was angry with himself, his eyes rolling around and he didn't know what he was thinking. At the end, he even started biting his nails.
It's not very hygienic to do this. How can you put food in your mouth when you haven't washed your hands yet? But who is Wu Siqi? If you perform a handstand while washing your hair in front of her, the woman who will give you a faint compliment will lower her head and fiddle with the cutlery.
Yi Ning didn't stay angry for long. She couldn't waste time on meaningless things. Her mind was clear and she smiled again: "I prefer small animals. The view from the place you booked is really good. Oh, it's raining again."
Their restaurant was located at a relatively high altitude. The spring rain was hazy, and the glass was foggy with accumulated water droplets. Wu Siqi followed her gaze and complained, "Why is it raining again?"
"Xiaowu, don't you like rain?" Yi Nian asked her with his head tilted.
"Well," Wu Siqi put her chin on one hand, her eyes fixed on the raindrops on the glass, "Rain isn't a good thing." She then laughed at herself, "Not really. Without rain, how would crops, trees, flowers, and plants grow? Right?"
Yi Ning asked, "Why don't you like the rain?"
Wu Siqi didn't answer, her thin lips were tightly pursed, and the loose hair on her forehead fell down due to gravity. She shook her head to get rid of it because she thought it was an eyesore.
The food happened to be served and she was relieved. The waiter came over with the food and said, "Sorry to bother you."
The western-style restaurant was originally quiet, but at 7:30, the lights on the small stage in the center of the restaurant were turned on, and a boy in a suit came on stage and began to play the piano. The music was soothing, and combined with the misty drizzle outside, it created a great atmosphere. Many people took out their mobile phones to take pictures and record them.
Both of them had very good table manners. They chewed slowly and cut the meat at a steady pace. Yi Ning cut the meat and put it into his mouth, then suddenly exhaled.
Wu Siqi looked up and asked, "What's wrong? Not to your liking?"
Yi Ning's mouth was full of food, so he couldn't speak. He shook his head first, chewed the meat quickly, and swallowed it before saying, "He made a lot of mistakes. If Xiao Hei were here, he would definitely go up and tell him off."
Wu Siqi became interested: "Is Xiao Hei Teacher Fan?"
Yi Ning raised his head, "Hmm, she's a very nosy person. As soon as she sees someone doing something wrong, she'll immediately lecture them. She's such a nag."
"Oh..." She hadn't expected that the cool-looking man with a poker face had such a side to him. "I didn't expect Teacher Fan to have such an interesting personality. You can tell the wrong notes. Can you play the piano?"
Yi Ning was very proud when asked this question, "Of course, I can play any instrument. Not only instruments, but also painting, sculpture, and anything artistic, I know a little bit."
"Wow," Wu Siqi said happily, "Teacher Xiao Ning is indeed a talented woman."
Yi Ning was praised and laughed a little embarrassedly, but still proudly: "Oh, what a little talent, hehe."
Wu Siqi was amused by her silly look and silently said the word "silly". At this time, the waiter brought a plate of Provençal stew. She used the public tableware to divide a portion and said, "Try it. The other dishes in this restaurant are just for the environment, but this specialty is quite good. It's more authentic than what I had in Italy."
"Eating grass." Yi Nian's smug look disappeared instantly. He wrinkled his nose, picked up the zucchini and tomatoes with a fork, raised his head to look at Wu Siqi, then lowered his head to fiddle with the vegetables, sighed softly, and then stuffed the vegetables into his tight mouth.
"Little kid, don't you like to eat vegetables?" Wu Siqi teased her with interest.
She swallowed with difficulty and said aggrievedly, "Isn't it good to eat meat? Plants are eaten by herbivores."
Wu Siqi laughed, "We are humans, omnivores, we need balanced nutrition."
Yi Ning muttered in his heart, I am not a human being, I have pains in my heart but cannot express it, but he continued to work hard to cut the steak in front of him. The fragrant and soft little pieces of meat were a delicious gift from Mother Earth.
She squinted her eyes in satisfaction, shook her head and hummed, just like the big lazy cat lying at home eating canned food. Wu Siqi looked at her with loving eyes.
Yi Ning, who was enjoying his meal, noticed something was wrong and looked back at Wu Siqi. The other party was emitting a maternal glow. He felt that she would caress his head in the next second and say: Good boy.
Am I exposed? Yi Ning raised her hand and touched the top of her head. She was no longer the little cat demon who couldn't even transform properly hundreds of years ago. She had no ears.
Could it be that Xiaowu still has the ability to see ghosts in this life? It doesn't look like it.
Yi Ning was staring at and felt suspicious. Wu Siqi lowered his brows and looked away, thinking that the picture in his mind was ridiculous and that he was embarrassed for staring at him.
Wu Siqi: "Sorry, I just suddenly remembered that I didn't feed the cat today."
Yi Ning: "Hey."
Wu Siqi looked at her in confusion, what?
Yi Ning hesitantly added, "...I see... You don't look like the type to lose things."
That's true, Wu Siqi shrugged in agreement, and the two of them chatted, and a meal wouldn't last the entire night.
Wu Siqi signed the bill and asked the minister to transfer the money to her membership card to pay the bill, and then she and Yi Nian left the restaurant shoulder to shoulder.
Yi Ning tugged at Wu Siqi's sleeve: "It's late and it's raining. Let me take you home."
It was past nine o'clock and the city was still brightly lit. How could it be too late? Wu Siqi shook his head and refused her, "No, it's still early. Thank you. I can go back by myself."
"Well." Yi Ning's eyes rolled. "It's still early. Come walk with me to help me digest the food. Your mall is very famous. We've been wanting to come and see it for a while during our field trips."
Wu Siqi rarely visits this shopping district. After all, it is not a place she can afford. The most famous thing about this shopping mall is the toilet that cost tens of millions to build. There is nothing special about the rest of it. It is just an ordinary high-end shopping mall.
Wu Siqi slung his bag over his shoulder and put his hands in his trouser pockets. He had a good appetite today and ate more than usual. His stomach was a little full, so he said, "Okay, let's go shopping."
Because it was a weekday, there were not many people in the mall. There were only a few people walking around the entrance of the luxury goods store, just browsing, not looking at the goods or chatting.
In the past, after having dinner with clients here, Wu Siqi and Xu Tingting had also shopped here together. That time, Xu Tingting pulled her into the store, looked around and asked her to play a price guessing game. Wu Siqi guessed a few and became a little bored, so she left early on the grounds that she had to go to work the next day.
Now that she was strolling quietly with Yi Ning like this, she felt a vague reluctance to leave. She originally wanted to say that she had to go to work tomorrow morning and leave first, but after strolling around the first floor, she followed her on the escalator to the next floor and walked around again.
There is a sky garden on the third floor of the mall, with several shops around it, including coffee shops, bars, and snack stalls. The catering industry is popular, so there are more people here.
Yi Ning was walking towards the bar with a clear goal, apparently wanting to take her for a couple of drinks. Wu Siqi was struggling over whether to say goodbye, when a few people pushed the door open and walked out of the coffee shop.
The leader called out to her, "Siqi?"
It was such an unfortunate coincidence. Wu Siqi turned his head and replied to him: "What a coincidence."
"Yeah, what a coincidence, are you... discussing cooperation? Or?" Chen Yiming let his friend go first and walked up quickly, his eyes and brows filled with joy at the chance encounter.
Wu Siqi first glanced at Yi Ning, whose brows were furrowed and cheeks puffed out. She raised her hand to introduce the two. "I'm having dinner with friends and just hanging out. Yi Ning, this is Chen Yiming, my...old classmate, a veterinarian."
Chen Yiming gracefully lifted his gold-rimmed glasses and extended his hand, "Hello."
When I looked over again, she had put away her childish look and shook his hand with a forced smile: "Hello." I really wanted to crush his hand.
Chen Yiming was not wearing a white coat. He was dressed in casual clothes and looked like a handsome young man. He put one hand in his pocket and had no intention of leaving with his friend.
Chen Yiming: "Since it's such a coincidence, how about we have a drink? Let's catch up. I wanted to invite you last time you came to the clinic, but you've been too busy lately to talk." He turned his head and asked Yi Ning, "Do your friends mind? It's my treat."
"I do." Yi Ning didn't even need to think to feel that this person was very interested in Xiao Wu. "Xiao Wu, you've been busy at work all day. It's time to go home."
Chen Yiming: "Siqi, this?" He didn't expect to be rejected so ruthlessly, and turned to Wu Siqi for help.
"Xiaowu, let's go." Before Wu Siqi could say anything, Yi Ning grabbed her sleeve and walked away. This man was very strong, but he looked short. His face was childish, making him look delicate and weak. But she couldn't break free from his sleeve at all. She could only let him pull her and turned to say goodbye to Chen Yiming: "See you later when you have time. Goodbye."
Yi Nianman kept banging his head and dragged her for a long distance. Although she didn't want to reminisce with Chen Yiming, it was not a good idea for her to drag herself away on her own initiative. Her hand was hurt by being pulled, and Wu Siqi was a little angry.
Wu Siqi said in a deep voice: "Yi Ning!"
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