Chapter 217 Who had lunch with you at noon?

He picked up the cup and took a sip, then said, "I just hurried here after finishing my work."

Wen Zhixian found some topics to chat about: "What industry does Mr. Meng work in?"

"I work in finance and I opened a small company. I've been quite busy lately," he replied.

Wen Zhixian nodded and smiled softly.

Just then the waiter started serving the dishes. She glanced at the dishes on the table and said, "I don't know what you like, but based on the taste of the restaurant we ate last time, Mr. Meng probably doesn't like spicy food."

Meng Yingze looked at her in surprise, and just as he was about to speak, he stopped and looked at Wen Zhixian, "By the way, I still don't know what to call you."

"My last name is Wen."

Meng Yingze: "Ms. Wen is very thoughtful and can come up with this. I can eat spicy food, but not too spicy."

He glanced at the dishes on the table and said, "I like them all. Thank you."

After all the dishes were served, the waiter bowed and left.

We chatted casually during the meal. Meng Yingze never let the conversation get boring, and there was no topic that went beyond the line. The conversation was very relaxed.

Wen Zhixian smiled and said, "When I saw you the first day we met, I thought your back looked a bit like my husband."

Meng Yingze recalled that day and raised the corners of his lips: "No wonder you were staring at me in a trance at that time."

He raised his hand to refill Wen Zhixian's almost empty cup with juice, saying, "It's not surprising that there are so many similarities in the world, but this is quite a coincidence. Next time if I have time to come over, I'll come and see how similar they are."

He said it with a smile, as if half joking, and the words he threw out never fell to the ground.

Wen Zhixian asked, "Isn't your family in Yannan?"

"Yes, it's just farther from here, at the other end."

So that's how it is.

"Okay, you can come over next time when you're free. I'll bring my husband with me. He's on a business trip, otherwise I could have brought him here today."

Meng Yingze smiled and said, "It's a coincidence, but we will meet if we want to."

The two of them chatted while eating, and the atmosphere was pretty good.

After Qi Yaochuan came out of the box and answered a phone call, he passed by the corridor on the second floor. When he was returning to the box, he suddenly saw a familiar figure. He stood in front of the handrail and paused for two seconds.

His brain was stuck for two seconds. Isn't Qi Yanjing abroad now?

Suddenly, his eyes darkened.

The man sitting opposite Wen Zhixian turned his head slightly and smiled at Wen Zhixian. It was not Qi Yanjing.

The back is similar, but not the main one.

With his hands in his suit trouser pockets, his thin lips tightly pursed and his eyes dim, he stood in front of the handrail and watched everything that happened at the table. Wen Zhihan's every move showed that he was not very familiar with this man and seemed a little distant, but it seemed that they were having a good chat.

His position was not easy to be found, so he stood there and watched for a long time.

His friends, who hadn't seen him for a while, came looking for him and asked, "Boss, why don't you go in?"

I almost thought Qi Yaochuan had left, but when I came out, I saw him standing in front of the handrail, looking at something with an unhappy expression.

They followed Qi Yaochuan's gaze.

"That's..." The man looked at him carefully, "your brother?"

After looking carefully, he refuted his own words: "Oh, it's not Qi Yanjing."

The other one crossed his arms: "But the one over there is your sister-in-law, right?"

Qi Xubai had seen her before at the full moon banquet. She was too beautiful to be ignored.

"This is interesting. Your sister-in-law is having dinner with a man who looks a bit like your brother." The man put his hands on the railing and looked down.

"That's not right. Didn't Wen Zhixian like Gu Yuchen before?"

The man said "Oh", "It's probably just a casual meal, and we just happened to look a bit similar. Anyway, there are so many people who look alike in the world."

Qi Yaochuan's eyes were fixed on the man opposite Wen Zhixian, and he said after a moment, "Go back."

Wen Zhixian and Meng Yingze left the restaurant after finishing their meal and went to the parking lot where the parking attendant drove their car over.

Meng Yingze said, "Wait a moment."

Wen Zhixian looked at Meng Yingze getting into the car, somewhat puzzled.

When he came over, he was holding a thermos of soup.

He walked towards Wen Zhixian, handed her the thermos, and smiled gently, "This is the tonic soup my mother made. You can try it."

Wen Zhixian was stunned for a moment, and immediately waved his hand, "No, no, no, no, this is for you from your aunt."

Meng Yingze stuffed it in her hand and said, "No, my mother likes to make these. I asked her for the recipe yesterday and she prepared it last night. It was originally meant for you."

Wen Zhixian had no choice but to accept it. "Thank you. I'll also say thank you to Auntie."

"How about I go in and get a take-away box, and I'll give you this thermos." She pointed to the restaurant door.

Meng Yingze: "The soup inside is still hot. It's just a thermos, don't worry about it."

After saying that, he waved his hand and said, "You've spent a lot of money today. See you next time if we're lucky."

Wen Zhihan responded politely, then stood there holding the thermos and watched him get in the car and drive away. He even greeted her before starting the car.

When Meng Yingze drove away and disappeared at the end of the road, Wen Zhihan returned to the car.

She put the thermos aside and put her hands on the steering wheel, remembering that when she was eating, she glanced inadvertently in the direction of the second floor and seemed to see Qi Yaochuan.

I don't know why he seems gloomy.

She shook her head, stopped thinking about it, and drove back to the store.

…

In the afternoon she opened the thermos to find out what was inside.

The moment the lid is opened, the rich aroma of chicken soup emanates, accompanied by a faint smell of Chinese medicine.

She flipped through the photo album to look at the recipe for the medicinal tonic soup Meng Yingze had given her yesterday. She found a chicken soup recipe in it. She looked at it for a while: black chicken, wolfberry, astragalus slices, ginseng…

She wanted to take a bite, and suddenly remembered something. She held her chin and thought about it. Although she had known him a few times, she was taught not to eat anything carelessly since she was a child, so...

She looked at the soup in front of her. There were many good people in the world and they didn't need to do these things.

Just as she was holding her chin in thought, someone came in from the backstage.

Wen Zhixian turned his head to look over there, and was startled for a moment.

Qi Yaochuan?

She called out "Big Brother".

Qi Yaochuan smelled a strong smell of chicken soup mixed with medicine before he came in. As soon as he came in, he saw Wen Zhihan holding his chin, staring at the thermos in front of him, lost in thought.

Hearing her calling him, he responded and asked, "What are you doing?"

"I'm considering whether to drink or not." She changed the subject and asked Qi Yaochuan, "Brother, why are you here?"

It must be that Qi Yaochuan saw him having lunch with Meng Yingze at noon, so he came looking for him.

Qi Yaochuan sat down on the chair opposite her, crossed his legs and looked at Wen Zhixian, "Who was the person who had lunch with you at noon?"

His tone was flat, as if he was chatting about family matters without any purpose, just chatting casually.