Chapter 6
Yijian saw the two dishes ordered by Xia Zhongqin in the shopping cart in the Yueya Bay Dumpling Shop mini program.
Lian Yijian's mouth corners inadvertently rose slightly, his lips moved, but in the end he said nothing. He just added a large portion of shepherd's purse and fresh meat dumplings, a portion of fried crispy pork and a crispy chicken steak to the original dishes ordered by Xia Zhongqin.
While waiting for the meal, Lian Yijian's cell phone rang. It was too noisy in the restaurant, so Lian Yijian got up and went out to answer it.
Just as Lian Yijian went out, Xia Zhongqin's phone rang. There was a new message on her WeChat, sent by Ji Yue.
Ji Yue said in WeChat that she had just returned to the company from the Wujiang Rural Commercial Bank project and had not had lunch yet. She asked Xia Zhongqin if she was near the company and whether they wanted to have lunch together.
Xia Zhongqin took a photo of the Yueya Bay Handmade Dumpling Restaurant and sent the location. She did not say in her WeChat that she was with Lian Yijian.
Xia Zhongqin quickly received Ji Yue’s WeChat message.
Ji Yue: Sister, we’ll be there soon.
Xia Zhongqin knew that the "we" Ji Yue was referring to was Ji Yue herself and the company's customer development manager Zhang Xiaoshan.
It took a while for the meals they ordered to be served before Lian Yijian came back from outside after answering the phone.
Lian Yijian saw that Xia Zhongqin, who was sitting at the table, did not pick up her chopsticks, but just sat on the chair and waited for him quietly.
Lian Yijian hadn't even sat down when he said, "No need to wait for me, Zhong Qin, you eat first."
Xia Zhongqin didn't eat much for breakfast and had lunch late, so her stomach was already rumbling with hunger. Out of basic courtesy, she suppressed her hunger and waited until Lian Yijian came back.
Seeing Lian Yijian coming back and hearing what he had just said, Xia Zhongqin picked up the chopsticks and picked up a shepherd's purse and meat dumpling on the plate in front of her.
Although hungry, Xia Zhongqin still ate slowly as usual due to his eating habits.
When Xia Zhongqin and Lian Yijian were having dinner, neither of them finished talking.
Even after Lian Yijian finished the large portion of fresh meat and shepherd's purse dumplings placed in front of him, there was still a small half left on Xia Zhongqin's plate.
Xia Zhongqin only ate the dumplings with fresh meat and shepherd's purse. She didn't even touch the fried crispy pork and crispy chicken cutlets that were easy to order.
Seeing this, Lian Yijian said, "I just tried these two fried foods, they're pretty good. Zhong Qin, you should try some too."
When Lian Yijian said this, Xia Zhongqin's chopsticks happened to pick up a fresh meat and shepherd's purse dumpling.
As soon as Lian Yijian finished speaking, Xia Zhongqin, who was holding the meat dumplings with chopsticks, loosened her grip due to nervousness and the dumplings slipped into the bowl.
Xia Zhongqin only felt her face burning, and her overly nervous behavior caught Lian Yijian's attention. He thought she was sick and asked, "Zhongqin, are you feeling unwell?"
"No." Xia Zhongqin immediately denied it. She felt very depressed during the meal.
Xia Zhongqin secretly swore in her heart that if Lian Yijian invited her to dinner alone again, she would find a reason to refuse. She felt uncomfortable eating alone with him.
Fresh meat and shepherd's purse dumplings are Xia Zhongqin's favorite food, especially those from Yueya Bay.
But when she put it in her mouth, she felt it tasted like chewing wax.
"If you feel uncomfortable, don't force yourself to do it. Go home and have a good rest in the afternoon..."
Before Lian Yijian could finish his words, he was abruptly interrupted by a familiar male voice.
"Boss Lian, you're too partial. I was so exhausted at the Wujiang Rural Commercial Bank that I had hypoglycemia. I asked you for half a day off, but you refused. Our Miss Xia didn't even ask for leave from you, but you took the initiative to approve it out of pity."
The speaker was Zhang Xiaoshan, the customer service manager of Sucheng District.
Zhang Xiaoshan is less than 30 years old this year. He is 20 centimeters shorter than Lian Yijian and is 1.78 meters tall. He is neither fat nor thin and has a well-proportioned body.
Because of working overtime and staying up late on the project all year round, Zhang Xiaoshan does not look in a very good mental state. He looks very much like Yu Menglong and is the technical leader in Sucheng District.
Zhang Xiaoshan is a humorous person. His customer development department has only two customer development consultants, Ji Yue and Zhang Junjie. The customer development department, like the implementation department and the operation and maintenance department, belongs to the Sucheng District Delivery Department and is under the unified management of Lian Yijian, the Sucheng District Delivery Director.
Lian Yijian glanced at Ji Yue, who was following behind Zhang Xiaoshan. She was wearing a white lace dress, had waist-length hair, was slightly plump, and had light makeup on. She gave people an overall cold feeling.
Lian Yijian's eyes were filled with meaning as he replied, "I'm willing to bring the little girl out for dinner."
As soon as Lian Yijian finished speaking, Ji Yue hurriedly greeted Xia Zhongqin.
Ji Yue quickly went to an empty seat in the middle of the restaurant farthest from the bar.
As soon as Ji Yue left, Zhang Xiaoshan reacted and said to Lian Yijian, "Mr. Lian, don't talk nonsense," and hurriedly chased after him.
The relationship between Ji Yue and Zhang Xiaoshan has become a semi-open secret in the entire Sucheng District Delivery Department and even the Beijing Smart Internet Sucheng Branch.
Xia Zhongqin joined the company in February last year, and Ji Yue joined two months later, in April.
Xia Zhongqin and Ji Yue gradually became familiar with each other and became good friends in May last year.
When they went to Meihualing, Jiaxing for team building last July, in order to cover up their relationship, Xia Zhongqin acted as a third wheel between Ji Yue and Zhang Xiaoshan on the way to the scenic spot.
Along the way, Zhang Xiaoshan helped Ji Yue carry her bag, and Zhang Xiaoshan and Ji Yue looked like a couple.
When the two stand together, they are indeed a handsome man and a beautiful woman, very well matched and pleasing to the eye. This is the most intuitive feeling of outsiders who are not aware of the situation.
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