Su Ya politely thanked Zhao Leling and prepared to turn around and lead Xing Baohua away from the campus.
"The Western restaurant I mentioned earlier isn't far from here. Let's go grab a bite together; it'll be lively and fun," Zhao Leling continued.
Peng Qian was getting a little anxious and hurriedly said, "Let's do it another day."
Unexpectedly, Zhao Leling turned to Xing Baohua and said, "Dude, it's Western food! Steak and coffee, my treat, how about a favor?"
Two classmates who had been called over by Zhao Leling said, "Brother Zhao rarely treats people, and it's Western food too. Do you even know what Western food is?"
Xing Baohua glanced down at Su Ya, and indeed felt a bit of a headache.
Unexpectedly, he had suitors everywhere, and they were all quite capable, but Xing Baohua didn't take them seriously at all! He felt like a country bumpkin, but in fact, he felt that they were the country bumpkins.
Su Ya pursed her lips and said softly, "How about we go?"
"Okay, I'll do as you say." Xing Baohua nodded.
So Su Ya exchanged a glance with Peng Qian and shook her head slightly, as if to tell her not to talk about her boyfriend.
Then Su Ya said to Zhao Leling, "Thank you in advance. Please lead the way."
“I have a car that can seat five people. How about this guy takes a taxi? I’ll reimburse him,” Zhao Leling replied happily when she heard Su Ya say that.
Xing Baohua seized the opportunity to ask, "I didn't expect a student like you to own a car?"
"So what if I have a car? Let me tell you, there's no car in Beijing that I can't borrow." He practically patted his chest and said it with absolute certainty.
Xing Baohua felt that the other party was not bragging. There are many wealthy and powerful people in the area around Beijing. Maybe this person's family is one of them?
Therefore, Xing Baohua should keep a low profile and avoid unnecessary trouble for himself.
Taking a taxi is unnecessary; it's not like Xing Baohua doesn't have a car.
Just as he was about to take Su Ya to his car, Zhao Leling saw a yellow bread van, waved it down, and stopped Xing Baohua to get in first.
That's so honest!
Xing Baohua got into the van, and Su Ya followed. Originally, Zhao Leling planned to put Xing Baohua in the van and have everyone follow him to the parking spot to ride in his Volkswagen Santana.
To everyone's surprise, Su Ya also got into the van, and not only Su Ya, Peng Qian also got in.
So Zhao Leling had no choice but to lead Zhang Jie and Qian Rongbin into his car.
"Lingzi, who is that man?" Zhang Jie asked as soon as he got into the car.
"I don't know! Ask around when we get to the restaurant." Zhang Jie said, starting the car.
The place is indeed not far, only about ten minutes away.
When Zhao Leling parked the car and got out to pay the fare for Xing Baohua and the others, he saw that Su Ya had already paid.
Xing Baohua was supposed to pay, but when he reached into his pocket, he remembered that his briefcase was still in the car.
Su Ya smiled at Xing Baohua and offered to pay for it.
Seeing Xing Baohua's awkward attempt to find money in his pocket, Su Ya couldn't help but laugh.
Besides Su Ya, Xing Baohua was also looked down upon by everyone after being seen not paying.
“We business students will inevitably deal with foreigners a lot in the future, so etiquette starts with eating Western food. Hey buddy, I still don’t know your name. When we’re ordering food later, don’t say anything out of line, just let Su Ya order for you.” Zhao Leling suddenly said this as he walked to the door.
"My name is Xing Baohua!"
Zhao Leling acted as if he hadn't heard and walked straight into the restaurant.
This Western restaurant has a style that leans a bit towards noodle-based cuisine.
Pizzas were painted on the wall, lots of different flavors of pizza.
The restaurant's staff are mostly Chinese. In Zhao Leling's words, the owner must have returned from overseas and opened a specialty Western restaurant.
The menu is all in Chinese, but I don't know if the ingredients are imported. I doubt it. At least half of them probably aren't imported.
Xing Baohua glanced at the menu a few times and lost her appetite.
Black pepper steak, pork chop, or chicken chop with macaroni or noodles.
There's also mushroom soup and borscht.
What the heck is borscht?
Snails with cheese, paired with white wine.
I've actually seen this kind of haphazard way of eating before. Well, in China, such random combinations are nothing new.
Seeing that Xing Baohua had been looking at the menu for a while without making a choice, Zhao Leling felt that he didn't know where to start, so he said to Xing Baohua, "You can try their steak, it's very chewy."
Xing Baohua blinked, actually dumbfounded. The steak was chewy; it must be beef tendon!
Logically speaking, steaks should be tenderized with a hammer before marinating; otherwise, they will be chewy and get stuck in your teeth.
Xing Baohua didn't speak, but whispered to Su Ya, "Eat whatever you like. If you don't like it, we can go eat somewhere else later."
Suya nodded slightly.
I ordered a chicken cutlet and mushroom soup.
While the waiter was taking notes, Xing Baohua suddenly asked, "Do you have truffles here? Black or white, it's fine."
"This...please wait a moment, I'll go ask the boss."
Xing Baohua was taken aback; apparently, even the waiter didn't know what that thing was.
A short while later, the waiter brought the owner, a middle-aged man in his fifties, who said, "Hello, welcome to our shop. Sir, you'd like some truffles."
"Friends from the south! I want truffles." Xing Baohua said, picking up the conversation because he heard the accent sounded like it was from the south.
"We don't have white truffles, but we do have a little bit of black truffle. Are you sure you want to order, sir?" the owner asked Xing Baohua with a smile.
Xing Baohua was about to nod and say, "Go ahead and order!"
Suddenly I realized he wasn't the one who treated us! I'll have to ask the person who did treat us.
"What are truffles?" Zhao Leling asked when he saw Xing Baohua looking at him.
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