"Sister Mikoto, it's cold outside, please come in with me first." Zheng Tiansen invited.
Although the New Year has passed, the temperature is still very low and it is not warm yet.
Wang Meicen smiled and agreed, then handed a box of snacks to the soldier on guard.
"Daoxiangcun, a time-honored dim sum shop in Beijing, is so cold and you still have to stand guard. It's too hard."
The soldier dared not take it.
"It's okay, you can accept it." Zheng Tiansen said.
Only after he said that did the soldier dare to take it.
As soon as they both entered, joy appeared on their faces.
He had never tasted the old Beijing dim sum, so he had to try it after dinner. Oh, and he had to be quick, otherwise those bastards would definitely snatch it all away.
"Sister Mikoto, why are you here?" Zheng Tiansen asked again on the way back.
"Something at work requires me to go on a business trip to your place. I saw it wasn't far away, so I stopped by to see you."
"I'm so sorry for worrying about me."
"You're still being polite to me. We're just friends." Wang Meicen acted as if she was as familiar as could be.
Seeing the soldiers all heading towards the cafeteria, Zheng Tiansen remembered that he had to eat.
He looked at his watch and slapped his head. "I almost forgot about this."
He had promised to go to Tong's house for dinner, and he didn't know whether Hao Xinwei and Dazhu had already gone there.
"What's the matter?" Wang Meicen asked curiously.
"I promised my partner to have dinner with me, which is what I told you about, Linglong." When he mentioned Linglong, his expression became gentle.
Wang Meiqin had never seen him like this before. She was stunned for a moment before she smiled and said, "Then I came at a really bad time."
"Misaki, look at what you said. By the way, are you tired? How about I take you to our guesthouse to rest first?"
"Tiansen, I haven't eaten yet. I wonder if it would be appropriate for you to take me to meet Linglong?"
"Well." After a slight hesitation, Zheng Tiansen suddenly smiled. Linglong probably wouldn't mind having one more person to eat with. "Of course, Linglong will definitely welcome you. She's a very nice person."
Even after reading Zheng Tiansen's praise and attention to Linglong in the letter and feeling it personally, Wang Meiqi still felt complicated.
Tong Dazhu saw Zheng Tiansen walking away with his own eyes, and thought that he had forgotten the appointment and couldn't wait to see Linglong, so he went home with Hao Weiwei.
When he got home, he found that Zheng Tiansen was not there.
"Where is our leader?" he asked, looking left and right.
Aunt Tong glanced at her son. "How would we know if you guys came with us?"
"I thought the captain had died first." Tong Dazhu scratched his head, puzzled. "Where did the captain go in such a hurry?"
The time was calculated so that when the dinner bell blew, Linglong would have almost finished preparing all the dishes she needed to cook.
When he heard Tong Dazhu and the others had returned, he and Hao Chunlei and Li Jie started to serve the dishes outside.
She was also a little confused when she didn't see Zheng Tiansen.
"The team leader seemed to have something urgent to do. I saw him go out." Tong Dazhu explained.
"Is that so? Then we wait a while?"
"Let's wait for Tiansen. It shouldn't be a serious matter, otherwise he would have told me." Hao Weiwei said.
Looking at the table full of delicious food and smelling the aroma, Tong Dazhu swallowed his saliva. "Nothing is more important than eating. The captain is also a big shot."
"If I had known that Comrade Linglong was such a good cook, the big pot dishes in the cafeteria would have been delicious. I'm sure these will be even more delicious." Hao Qiwei looked forward to it.
"Dad, I'll definitely surprise you. This is Linglong's cooking skill." She gave a thumbs up.
When Linglong cooked each dish, she and Li Jie tasted a lot of them.
As they walked, Wang Meicen also talked about the people and things in the capital.
"Before coming here, I went to see my uncle and aunt. You didn't go home for the New Year, and they missed you very much."
When Zheng Tiansen mentioned his parents, he looked apologetic. "I'm not filial enough."
"I'm not mentioning this to make you blame yourself. You're a soldier, and your uncle and aunt can understand. You have a heavy burden on your shoulders," she said considerately.
"Thank you, Mikoto-nee."
"If you keep being polite to me, I'll get angry." She frowned deliberately.
Zheng Tiansen laughed heartily. Perhaps because they were talking about familiar people and things, the sense of alienation after not seeing each other for a long time suddenly dissipated.
On this side, Tong Dazhu couldn't wait any longer and looked out the door. Finally, he saw Zheng Tiansen's figure appear. Before he could exclaim, he saw another person next to him.
The surprise on his face froze and turned into confusion.
Who is the girl next to the team leader? She looks pretty, fashionable and has a good temperament. He felt a sense of crisis in his heart, of course, he was worried about Linglong.
Zheng Tiansen also looked at Tong Dazhu.
"That's my subordinate, Captain Tong Dazhu, and Linglong's brother." Zheng Tiansen introduced him to Wang Meicen first.
As soon as I walked in, I heard Tong Dazhu complaining, "Captain, why are you here so late? We're all waiting for you to start the meal."
He didn't greet Wang Meicen directly, as if he didn't even see her.
It was Wang Meiqin who smiled at him and said, "Hello, Captain Tong. My name is Wang Meiqin."
"Oh, hello." Tong Dazhu said politely.
"Let's go in quickly, everyone is waiting anxiously." Zheng Tiansen said.
They had heard voices outside and were surprised by it, but they didn't expect Zheng Tiansen to walk in with a strange girl.
No one else knew that Linglong and Zheng Tiansen were in a fake relationship, and many of them looked at her with some concern.
Linglong was stunned for a moment before she spoke: "Brother Zheng, you're finally here. We've all been waiting for you to eat."
Zheng Tiansen quickly explained why he had brought someone here without saying hello. "This is Wang Meiqin, my sister from Beijing. She came to see me. I arrived a little late, and she hadn't eaten yet, so I had the audacity to bring her here."
Hearing that it was her elder sister, Linglong, who had been worried before, finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Wang Meiqin smiled at everyone. "I'm so sorry, I'm so shameless to come and eat for free."
As she spoke, she looked at Linglong. "I've heard Tiansen talk about you before. Did you cook all these dishes? You're really amazing."
Linglong smiled generously. "You're a guest now, so please take a seat, Sister Mikoto."
Although Linglong was dressed simply and had no accessories on her body, her appearance was indeed outstanding. The key was that she was neither humble nor arrogant in front of her. Wang Meiqi's inner evaluation of her was even higher.
"Then I won't be polite."
"Finally, I can eat." Tong Dazhu sat down happily.
Everyone was seated and picked up their chopsticks.
Afraid that Wang Meiqi would feel uncomfortable with the unfamiliarity with others, Zheng Tiansen sat with her.
Seeing everyone scrambling for food, Wang Meicen frowned slightly, but it quickly disappeared and only a smile remained.
Originally, this was a celebration, so they should have said something, but maybe because of the visit of a guest like Wang Meicen, it was not convenient to mention the Liu family's plot against Zheng Tiansen in front of Wang Meicen. This also involved the relationship between Linglong and the Liu family, so everyone tacitly agreed not to mention it and just focused on eating.
Linglong sat with Hao Chunlei and Li Jie. Apart from occasionally chatting and discussing a dish with the two of them, they just ate seriously the rest of the time and had almost no communication with Zheng Tiansen.
It should have been a lively and festive occasion, but the atmosphere was a little dull.
Even Zheng Tiansen felt a little uncomfortable.
Because Linglong didn't talk to him anymore.
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