Chapter 54
When I got off work at noon, Lian Yijian had not returned yet.
Originally, Xia Kaiqun asked Xia Zhongqin to go to Xicheng Yongjie B1 Food City with him, Ji Xu, Zhang Langlang, Su Xianwu and Li Qing to eat Yang Guofu Malatang. Xia Zhongqin had just eaten there yesterday at noon and didn't want to eat again, so he refused.
At noon, she and Li Tiantian went to Chongqing Chicken Pot across the street from Suzhou Metro Transportation Building for lunch.
The two of us had already eaten at this Chongqing Chicken Pot last week and it tasted pretty good.
The two of them left as soon as they got off work at 11:30 am, so they came relatively early. There was only one table near the door left in the 20-square-meter shop, and the business was booming.
While waiting for the meal, Xia Zhongqin replied to Lian Yijian on WeChat. Because Ji Xu had to do regression testing of meeting management in the morning, she had not yet sent him a WeChat message about Lian Yijian buying her breakfast.
Xia Zhongqin: Brother Yi Jian, thank you for your breakfast (three red hearts)
Just as Xia Zhongqin was about to close her phone, she received a voice message from Lian Yijian on the WeChat chat interface.
In front of Li Tiantian, Xia Zhongqin couldn't play it directly, so he converted it into text.
Lian Yijian: Zhong Qin, where did you have lunch?
Xia Zhongqin sent the location directly.
Lian Yijian replied very quickly.
Lian Yijian: Okay, I’m parking at the B1 parking lot of Suzhou Metro Transportation Building. I’ll be there in a moment.
Just after reading Lian Yijian's WeChat message, a couple wanted to sit in the two remaining seats at her and Li Tiantian's table. Xia Zhongqin immediately said, "Sorry, there's someone here who will be here soon."
The couple looked into the shop and saw that there were only two empty seats left. If they wanted to eat there, they could only stand and wait inside. They went to the front desk to place their order first.
Then another group of people came in, and Xia Zhongqin quickly took out two bottles of ice cola and two bottles of Wanglaoji from the freezer next to her and placed them on four seats on the table.
When Xia Zhongqin placed the Wanglaoji in front of Li Tiantian, Li Tiantian said, "Thank you, Sister Qin," and then looked at her with a puzzled look and said, "Sister Qin, who's coming over later?"
"Mr. Lian." While replying, Xia Zhongqin received the message that Lian Yijian had just sent her.
When the couple was about to sit in their seat, Xia Zhongqin had already taken a photo of the menu display board of the Chongqing Chicken Pot restaurant posted on the wall and sent it to Lian Yijian.
Lian Yijian: Chicken Pot (Medium Pot)
After replying "OK", Xia Zhongqin got up and went to the front desk to place an order.
After taking the order, Xia Zhongqin just sat down on the dining chair when Li Tiantian, who was sitting across from her, looked at her with wide eyes and said, "Sister Qin, what's going on? Mr. Lian has always been a loner in the project team. Only when Teacher Xia comes over do they have lunch together."
As soon as Li Tiantian finished speaking, Lian Yijian arrived at the store and sat down directly in the empty seat next to Xia Zhongqin.
"Mr. Lian." Li Tiantian greeted him symbolically.
Lian Yijian nodded, and after noticing a bottle of iced Coke placed in front of him and opposite him, he asked, "Zhong Qin, is anyone else coming over later?"
"No." Xia Zhongqin answered truthfully.
Li Tiantian explained the whole story of placing the drinks on the table, and then smiled and said, "Our sister Qin is really smart. She took four bottles of drinks and placed them on the table, and then no one came to ask if they could take the two empty seats."
As they were talking, a waitress in the store brought over the Chongqing Chicken Pot (medium pot) ordered by Xia Zhongqin, and the male waiter following her was holding the Pork Ribs Pot (medium pot) ordered by Li Tiantian.
After the two medium-sized pots were placed on the table, the two waiters left and the customers had to serve themselves the rice.
Li Tiantian had already stood up to get some rice. She couldn't carry it all by herself, so Xia Zhongqin also stood up and prepared to go over to help.
But just as she took a step forward with her left foot, Lian Yijian stopped her: "I'll go."
Before Xia Zhongqin sat back in the dining chair, the screen of the mobile phone on the table lit up, and it was a WeChat notification message.
She sat down, picked up her phone and opened WeChat.
The new WeChat message was sent by Xia Kaiqun.
Xia Kaiqun: Girl, is Yi Jian with you now? I sent him a WeChat invitation for lunch but he ignored me. I just finished my meal. Send me the address quickly so I can come find him.
Before Xia Kaiqun and Lian Yijian confirmed their relationship, all Xia Zhongqin knew was that the two were very close; now, to describe their relationship, Xia Zhongqin only wanted to use one word to describe it: "conjoined twins."
Xia Zhongqin also directly sent a location.
Before she could close the WeChat interface on her phone, Lian Yijian and Li Tiantian came over with rice.
When Lian Yijian put the rice in front of Xia Zhongqin, he accidentally glanced at her WeChat, which was stuck on the interface where she and Xia Kai were chatting in the group.
Only after the rice was placed in front of her did Xia Zhongqin exit the WeChat chat, locked the phone on the table and pushed it aside. Just as she was about to say thank you, a pair of disposable chopsticks was handed to her.
"Thank you." Xia Zhongqin took the disposable chopsticks handed to her by Lian Yijian.
Li Tiantian, who was sitting opposite them, had already started eating.
Xia Zhongqin also tore open the outer packaging of her disposable chopsticks. When she was about to start eating, she saw Lian Yijian, who was sitting next to her, just put the disposable chopsticks on the table and didn't show any intention of eating with her. So she said, "Yi... Mr. Lian, you can have mine first. This medium portion is still very generous."
"Yes, and my spare ribs are also a medium portion, you can eat them together." Li Tiantian also agreed, and then said with a hint of apology on her face: "I got up late today and didn't have time to eat breakfast. I was so hungry that I ate it first."
The small shop was still full, with many people standing or sitting at the table waiting for their meals. Even Yi Jian's chicken hotpot (medium pot) would take a while to be ready. He did not refuse. After replying "OK", he picked up the disposable chopsticks and began to tear off the outer packaging.
Just as Lian Yijian had torn off the outer packaging of the disposable chopsticks in his hand, someone rushed into the store in a hurry.
From Xicheng Yongjie B1 Food City to this Chongqing Chicken Pot, you can directly walk through Guangji South Road Station on Metro Line 1. If you walk fast, you can get there in less than three minutes.
Seeing that there was an empty seat and a bottle of ice cola on it, Xia Kaiqun did not say hello first, but sat down in the empty seat.
He picked up the iced Coke on the table, opened it, took a big gulp, and said, "It's delicious."
"Girl, did you prepare this bottle of ice cola specially for me? You are so thoughtful. Unlike some people who have no conscience at all. I worked hard for him on the Suzhou subway project, and now he doesn't even reply to my WeChat messages." After saying that, he rolled his eyes at the person sitting opposite him.
Xia Zhongqin felt a little embarrassed by Xia Kaiqun's words. She coughed twice and then asked, "Teacher Xia, would you like anything else to eat? This chicken pot here tastes pretty good."
Xia Kaiqun glanced at the two medium pots on the table, then glanced at someone who hadn't looked at him since he came in but was now eating with gusto, and then said: "Not only did I order a girl, I just finished eating at Yang Guofu Spicy Hot Pot and came here. Look at the delicious food here, I'll just eat some vegetables."
After saying these words, Xia Kaiqun did not stand up.
Seeing that Xia Kaiqun had no intention of getting up to get the bowl, Xia Zhongqin wanted to get up to get him a bowl, but Lian Yijian was sitting outside and it was inconvenient for her to go out. She had just put down her chopsticks when she heard someone who had been silent since Xia Kaiqun entered the store suddenly speak.
"Uncle Xia, you're sitting there like an old man, not moving at all. Do you expect us to get you a bowl? If you want to eat for free, go get a bowl from the disinfection cabinet over there. Like master, like disciple."
Xia Zhongqin had witnessed the daily bickering between the two brothers Xia Kaiqun and Lian Yijian before, but it was the first time for Li Tiantian. She quickly put down her chopsticks and was about to get up to get food for Xia Kaiqun, but Xia Kaiqun himself got there first, so she could only sit back on the dining chair.
When Xia Kaiqun took the bowl back from the sterilizer, he smiled awkwardly at Li Tiantian, who had just picked up a piece of pork ribs with chopsticks. "It's okay, sister. Your boss Lian only knows how to bully me."
There was a hint of grievance in Xia Kaiqun's tone. If it was someone of the opposite sex, others would definitely think that he was acting coquettishly with Lian Yijian.
Xia Zhongqin and Li Tiantian both wanted to laugh when they heard this. They had not expected that Xia Kaiqun, the technical expert of Beijing Smart Internet Southern Jiangsu District, would have such a lovely side.
When Xia Kaiqun said those two sentences, Xia Zhongqin had just taken a small bite of rice in her mouth. She tried hard to hold back her laughter and finally nipped the laughter in the bud, avoiding the scene of the rice dancing wildly after laughing.
Li Tiantian was not in good shape. Xia Kaiqun said that it would not take long, but because she smiled too much and her body was out of control, the ribs she picked up first came into close contact with the edge of the table and then slid to the bottom.
Lian Yijian saw this and rolled his eyes at Xia Kaiqun, "Uncle Xia, look at what you have done."
"Is what I said funny?" Xia Kaiqun looked innocent.
"No...it's okay." Li Tiantian had recovered a little, but was still giggling.
"Because in our eyes, Mr. Xia, the technical expert of Southern Jiangsu District, always has a serious expression. This is the first time I see you being humorous. Your bad personality is so cute." Xia Zhongqin, who had already swallowed the rice as quickly as possible, explained.
After listening to the two people's words, Xia Kaiqun immediately replied: "This is indeed my fault. I will continue to be serious in the future."
"Yi Jian, did you clean up the mess of the Guofa project today?" After asking, Xia Kaiqun picked up a piece of chicken, but just as he picked up the chicken, Lian Yijian snatched it away with a chopstick.
"Can we eat without talking about work?" He put the chicken into his own bowl.
Xia Kaiqun didn't respond. There were only a few pieces of chicken left in the medium chicken pot that Xia Zhongqin ordered. Lian Yijian picked up another pair of disposable chopsticks, picked up a piece of chicken thigh, and placed it in Xia Zhongqin's bowl. "Eat more."
Li Tiantian was shocked by Lian Yijian's behavior, but she soon understood and continued to eat her pork ribs pot (medium pot) without any expression.
The last two words of "Seeing beauty..." were stuck in Xia Kaiqun's throat when he received Lian Yijian's threatening look.
The atmosphere at the table was a little off for a moment. When Lian Yijian first sat next to her, she didn't feel uncomfortable at all. In addition, she had to work overtime that night on the Sucheng Metro project. This was her fourth time eating with Lian Yijian at close range. But as he picked up some food for her, the feeling of discomfort came back.
She replied, "Thank you, Mr. Lian." and picked up the chicken that Lian Yi had just picked up for her with the chopsticks in her hand.
After a while, the chicken hotpot (medium pot) that Xia Zhongqin ordered for Lian Yijian was brought over by the waiter.
Lian Yijian gave Xia Zhongqin a red envelope of 100 yuan for the chicken hotpot (medium pot) that she ordered for him. The original price was 30 yuan.
"Zhong Qin, please accept the red envelope." After saying that, Lian Yijian used the pair of disposable chopsticks that he had just used to pick up food for Xia Zhongqin to pick up another piece of chicken leg and put it in Xia Zhongqin's bowl.
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