As she spoke, she glanced towards the door and asked, "Is it just the four of us eating today?"
"Who else do you want to see?" Gu Fanyan asked with a smile. "Shouldn't the person you most want to see already be here? Did I invite the wrong person?"
“Your attempt to sow discord isn’t very sophisticated,” Lu Dongjue said. “Wanwan’s first love was also me.”
Yun Suiwan secretly dug hard into his palm.
This guy!
Is this an endorsement for Lin Zhibai?
Gu Fanyan's expression immediately turned somewhat unpleasant.
"Don't just stand there," Murong Mo said, trying to smooth things over. "Sit down and order some food."
Murong Mo busied himself scanning the QR codes to view the menu, asking each person's questions and patiently ordering several dishes to suit everyone's tastes.
"Sister Fanyan," Yun Suiwan said softly, sitting close to Gu Fanyan, "I think he would be a good husband."
Gu Fanyan smiled and said, "It's a bit too early to talk about this now."
"Weren't you going to formally introduce him to us today?"
"You guessed it again!" Gu Fanyan glanced at her. "Speaking of which, when are you and Lu Dongjue having your wedding? I'm looking forward to attending your wedding banquet."
Yun Suiwan smiled and said, "A wedding or not, it's not important. As long as the two of us are happy together, that's all that matters."
"No way," Gu Fanyan exclaimed in surprise, "He hasn't even proposed to you yet, what's he hesitating for!"
"Actually... he had tried to propose to me several times, but I interrupted him each time."
"Why?"
Yun Suiwan's face was a little gloomy. "I... don't even know how long I have left to live. Getting married, starting a family, having children are all things that are far away from me."
Gu Fanyan thought of Sheng Nanyin and was about to ask a question when a waiter knocked on the door and walked in, his face full of apology.
"Ladies and gentlemen, I'm so sorry, the restaurant is unable to serve you today."
Yun Suiwan and the others were stunned for a moment, not quite understanding what he meant.
"The restaurant's kitchen system suddenly malfunctioned and stopped working; not a single dish could be made for three hours."
This is so strange!
They've never encountered anything like this before!
Especially for Gu Fanyan, how come the kitchen system broke down on such an important day for her!
"So what do we do now? Don't you have a contingency plan?" she asked.
"I never thought this would happen, so..." The waiter shook his head awkwardly.
Gu Fanyan was a little unhappy. "But today is very important to me, and I've invited many distinguished guests. Do you think it's appropriate to change the venue halfway through?"
The waiter couldn't offer a solution, and could only repeatedly ask the customer for their understanding.
Gu Fanyan remained silent and showed no sign of forgiveness, and the waiter dared not leave, so the situation remained at an impasse.
Murong Mo stood up. "The kitchen system you're talking about is the computer-related one, right?"
The waiter nodded blankly.
Murong Mo smiled and said, "This won't affect the cooking. Take me to the kitchen, and I'll cook myself."
The waiter was surprised and shook his head repeatedly: "This is inappropriate, sir. How can a guest enter the kitchen!"
"Murong, let's go somewhere else." Gu Fanyan wouldn't let him into the kitchen anyway.
She guessed that he probably couldn't distinguish between white sugar and salt in the kitchen from childhood to adulthood.
Murong Mo laughed heartily: "Fan Yan, don't underestimate me. Being an artist is only one of my identities. I also have another identity: a family chef. I take care of the whole kitchen when we have family gatherings."
After saying that, he asked the waiter to lead the way.
Although the waiter hesitated, he didn't dare offend the customer, so he had no choice but to take him there.
"Hmm... Lu Dongjue, do you want to go help?" Yun Suiwan asked tentatively. It didn't seem right for them to just sit here and wait for their meal.
Lu Dongjue looked at his hands: "Are you willing to let them be tortured by knives?"
He really rarely goes into the kitchen.
“You are guests, how can we let you do it?” Gu Fanyan comforted her. “Let Murong do it.”
Yun Suiwan smiled and said, "Sister Fanyan, where did you find such a high-quality man? He's presentable in public and capable in the kitchen."
Gu Fanyan laughed as well: "Tell me when you want to change men..."
"Cough cough!" Lu Dongjue coughed at the right moment.
The two women burst into laughter.
After waiting for quite a while, Murong Mo still did not return.
Yun Suiwan felt a little guilty. "Today is his first time appearing as your boyfriend. I bet he's determined to put on a feast. Let's go help him out."
Gu Fanyan also felt that something was wrong.
The three of them left the small house and headed towards the kitchen, with Yun Suiwan deliberately pulling Lu Dongjue to slow down.
"You know what happened, right?" she asked in a low voice.
“How would I know?” Lu Dongjue retorted.
Yun Suiwan sighed softly, "Lu Dongjue, we've been together for quite a while now, you should know what I value most."
Lu Dongjue couldn't help but lower his eyes.
Yun Suiwan continued, "It's about trust... Everyone makes small mistakes, but once trust collapses, even small mistakes can have serious consequences..."
"Is it wrong to help a friend cover it up?" Before she could finish her sentence, Lu Dongjue was already at a loss for words.
"What friend?" Yun Suiwan raised her eyebrows.
"Stop talking," she interrupted him before he could speak, "I know who it is."
"But I have to tell you, you've crossed a line in this matter." Yun Suiwan said very seriously, ignoring his explanation, and chased after Gu Fanyan.
Lu Dongjue raised his hand and combed his hair back.
You should listen to your wife.
I should help my good brother out.
This is really a headache.
The sounds of arguing could be heard coming from the kitchen.
"Sir, you cannot enter our kitchen. It's not a matter of whether you want to cook or not, but that our kitchen cannot be used by you."
"It was indeed our oversight that this happened, but your demands are also unreasonable."
"No matter what kind of restaurant it is, the kitchen is a very important place, and outsiders can't just come in."
"Who will be responsible if something goes wrong? We're a small business, we can't afford any risks."
"If you really want to cook for your girlfriend, why don't you take her home? You can cook anything, let alone anything else."
"There's no need for you to come here and fawn over me..."
Surrounded by these accusations, Murong Mo remained silent, a slight blush creeping onto his handsome face.
She looked quite aggrieved and pitiful.
Gu Fanyan was stunned for a moment, then rushed forward and grabbed Murong Mo's hand: "Is the kitchen a restricted area? Outsiders can't come in, right?"
She swept her gaze across the crowd with an icy expression: "You'd all better be prepared to be fired!"
After saying that, she pulled Murong Mo up and turned to leave.
The crowd exchanged bewildered glances. Although they didn't know who Gu Fanyan was, they were all intimidated by her aura just now.
They all had a vague, uneasy feeling.
Yun Suiwan greeted the two of them and asked with concern, "Murong, are you alright? Did they attack you?"
Murong Mo shook his head, his face full of apology: "It's just a small matter of a few dishes, and I couldn't even handle it properly."
“What does this have to do with you?” Yun Suiwan pursed her lips tightly. “I shouldn’t have let you cook in the first place. Let’s go somewhere else.”
She was re-evaluating Lin Zhibai in her heart.
Lin Zhibai's move not only disrupted the gathering organized by Gu Fanyan today, but also caused Murong Mo to suffer a setback.
Lin Zhibai is not the naive and handsome man she previously thought he was.
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