The lunch was ordinary. They didn't go to a big hotel or a private restaurant. The three of them ordered four dishes and one soup at a Sichuan restaurant on Funiu Road.
At the table, Zhao Yulin hardly ate anything. He silently watched Sun Leling and Chen Siyao, watching them chew slowly.
The last two girls didn't eat much, but the problem was that they usually ate that much. The results of eating through several snack streets in the morning didn't seem to affect their appetite for dinner.
"Bodyguard, go and pay the bill."
Putting down the small bowl in her hand, the eldest lady took out a card and gently threw it in front of her bodyguard, neat and tidy, with a little domineering.
Zhao Yulin rubbed his eyes, took the card to the counter to pay the bill, then walked back to the dining table, looked at the table full of food, and thought to himself that there is always someone stronger than the strong.
"How can you get married in the future if you can eat so much? You can eat people out with three meals a day, who would dare to marry you?" Zhao Yulin put the card next to the eldest lady's bowl and chopsticks, and said teasingly.
Sun Leling was wiping her mouth with a tissue, with her orchid fingers waving. When she heard this, she suddenly paused and explained, "I only eat so much occasionally. In fact, I usually eat very little, and I am preparing to lose weight recently, so I can eat even less in the future."
She seemed a little flustered.
Zhao Yulin was surprised, then relieved, feeling that it was quite funny and unpleasant, and said gently: "Just eat, don't let your stomach suffer. My eldest daughter is so good, kind and beautiful. If any man marries you, he will probably be willing to pick the stars in the sky for you."
Sun Leling's eyebrows were subtle, and she asked weakly: "Do you really think so?"
Zhao Yulin waved his hand: "Really."
"Oh."
The eldest daughter pursed her lips and nodded, still so arrogant, with the corners of her mouth slightly raised, seemingly complacent.
"You don't have to lose weight, you have such a good figure, it won't look good if you lose weight." Zhao Yulin gave another sweet date.
Sun Leling said with a smile: "Of course, I am the beauty of the school!"
"Oh, right."
She pushed the card back to Zhao Yulin.
"My father asked me to give you this card. He said you can use it, so the food we eat today is your treat."
Zhao Yulin likes money very much. He has been squeezed by old man Feng for so many years and is already poor. He happily accepted the card.
The card that Sun Chongyue gave him before was a savings card. There was not much money in it, only 50,000, which seemed to be a casual gift.
This one is a credit card, and it looks like it should have a high limit.
Zhao Yulin estimated that after the conversation last night that had no real content, Sun Chongyue really valued his young bodyguard who was not good at talking. The credit card was just the tip of the iceberg, and there would be more conveniences in the future.
"Old man, the tide has turned, and the heavens have spared no one! This time you are too embarrassed to ask for money to repay the favor, but I, your disciple, am rich." Holding the black gold credit card in his trouser pocket, the young soldier king was a little proud, with a smug smile on his face.
...
After lunch, Sun Leling and Chen Siyao did not continue to eat, but walked to a leisure club under the name of Sun Group to drink tea to digest the food. To paraphrase the famous saying of the eldest lady: Walk a hundred steps after a meal, and your waistline will be 190 feet; drink half a pot of Pu'er tea, and you will feel cute!
Chen Siyao is an impatient person who can't sit still at all. She is not suitable for leisurely activities such as drinking tea. She wanted to go back to the police station but couldn't. After receiving calls from several colleagues, she had nothing to do and was so bored that she forced Zhao Yulin and Sun Le to play Landlord.
"You are a nice person, but why are you playing so badly?"
Zhao Yulin was leisurely bathing in the sunlight coming in through the window, holding the poker in his hand, and looking down on his opponent.
Chen Siyao's expression was not good. She started with five yuan and doubled the money by stepping, pulling and doubling. After three games, she had lost more than seven hundred yuan.
Sun Leling looked at her new best friend with a little embarrassment on her face. She said softly, "Siyao, why don't you try to be the landlord next time?"
"No! I don't believe it!"
Chen Siyao felt very aggrieved. She used to play cards with her friends in the courtyard and she always won. Today, she even beat Sun Leling, a girl who is still in school, three games in a row. How could she tolerate this! One to three was thrown on the tea table, "Do you want it?"
Zhao Yulin shook his head: "No."
Sun Leling also shook his head: "No."
Chen Siyao rolled her eyes twice and smiled again: "You don't want it at such a young age. It seems that you have more single cards."
Seizing the opportunity, the beautiful policewoman threw two fours on the tea table.
She already had a pair of ticks in her hand, ready to take back the right to play the cards at any time.
Zhao Yulin casually threw two twos over: "Do you want it?"
Chen Siyao's expression froze.
Zhao Yulin threw half of the cards on the table: "Three to the top, do you want it?"
"No."
"Three with one, do you want it?"
"No."
"One two, do you want it? There are two cards left."
"No."
"Two kings, no more, give me the money."
...
Chen Siyao lost two months' salary and wanted to cry, not because she felt sorry for the money. With her family background, a few thousand yuan was nothing, but she felt very uncomfortable after losing.
Later, Sun Leling played well and occasionally gave her a hand, so that she would not lose to despair, but Zhao Yulin never felt sorry for her. Sometimes Sun Leling wanted to lose on purpose, but Zhao Yulin still managed to turn the tables.
"Why are you so good at playing cards?" Chen Siyao was very frustrated. She didn't want to play Landlord again.
Zhao Yulin ruffled her hair: "Playing cards requires strategy. Your style of play that relies purely on luck is okay for normal play, but you can't play at the card table."
"Don't you think about it? I've blown up a casino in Las Vegas. If you're not cheating, your card skills are not good enough." He pointed at Sun Leling with his chin, "And this one, a top female student majoring in science. You just compete with her in the game of big or small. It's good enough if you can win one out of ten. Do you really think you are the chosen one and have endless luck?"
Chen Siyao pouted: "I don't care! You have to treat us if you win!"
"Then I'll treat you."
Zhao Yulin shrugged and agreed readily.
When he saw Chen Siyao's little room full of girlishness, he knew that this girl looked tough on the outside, but was actually very soft on the inside. She was also more stubborn than men and more competitive. If he didn't appease her frustration, she would probably be depressed for a long time.
"What do you want to buy?"
"Here, that one." Chen Siyao pointed to the commercial building opposite the French window.
Zhao Yulin looked in the direction of her finger, and saw a Givenchy counter through the glass - "Oh my god!"
"Will you treat me or not?!"
"Please, please, please!" Zhao Yulin was helpless and looked at Sun Leling: "Miss, do you want one?"
Sun Leling rolled her eyes arrogantly: "My bodyguard is treating, of course I have to pay too!"
...
Zhao Yulin suffered heavy losses. He seriously underestimated Chen Siyao and Sun Leling. The purchasing power of these two women is no less than their ability to eat.
After a round of shopping, the money Zhao Yulin won from Chen Siyao was not enough to cover the cost. He even spent tens of thousands of yuan. Fortunately, Sun Chongyue's black gold card was powerful enough, otherwise he would definitely fall in this commercial building today.
The young soldier king could not escape the fate of carrying bags. He followed the two girls with bags and small bags. The numbers from the card he just swiped kept passing by in front of him. Although the money he spent originally belonged to Sun Leling's father, he could not say that it was unearned. He felt a little distressed to waste it like this.
"Just use it. At least it will make you happy."
Looking at the young lady and Chen Siyao walking hand in hand in front of him, he felt very satisfied and the pain in his heart quietly disappeared.
But he didn't think about how his heart had ever been so soft because of two strangers.
After leaving the business building, the weather was just right. The sun was hidden in the clouds. It wasn't as hot as at noon, but it wasn't too late.
"I haven't roller-skated for a long time."
The three of them passed by the Times Square. Sun Leling looked at the people running around in the square on roller skates with expectation on her face.
Zhao Yulin didn't say much. He carried the two girls' shopping trophies to the shoe rental place, paid, and picked out two pairs of shoes and took them out: "It's too early to go back. If
you want to play, just play for a while." Sun Leling smiled sweetly, changed into shoes with Chen Siyao and prepared to go for a ride together. She looked at Zhao Yulin and said, "Come and play too."
"I'll sit here for a while. I have to keep my things." Zhao Yulin declined.
Sun Leling said indifferently, "Your things won't be lost if you leave them at the shoe rental place. Come along."
Zhao Yulin frowned and shook his head, saying, "I'm from the mountains. I can't do it."
He really couldn't do it. He had experienced a lot over the years and learned a lot of things from city people, but most of them were practical skills, such as using an ATM to withdraw money. He really didn't learn many things to play with.
"I'll teach you."
Sun Leling bent down and took his hand, her eyes sparkling with hope.
Zhao Yulin hesitated for a moment, but finally couldn't bear to disappoint the young lady, so he had to deposit his things with the owner of the shoe rental store, and then picked out a pair of roller skates that he could wear.
"How do I put them on?"
He had a strong premonition that he was going to get dumped in this square today.
Sun Leling sat on the stone edge of the flowerbed, lowered her head and loosened her shoes: "Stretch your legs."
Zhao Yulin looked at the delicate figure beside him, gradually lost in thought, and when he heard the voice, he did it hesitantly. When he stretched his feet over, he realized that Sun Leling wanted to help him put on his shoes.
"I..."
He just opened his mouth, and the eldest lady had already held his foot with one hand and put on the shoe with the other hand. At that moment, Zhao Yulin's mind was blank, and he was just thankful that his feet didn't stink.
Chen Siyao witnessed this scene from the side and saw it most clearly. The bastard who was always so arrogant and hateful was now as obedient as a child.
Her mood was a little complicated.
"That foot."
Sun Leling tied the shoelaces, picked up another roller skate on the ground, tore off the tape like before, and directed naturally.
Zhao Yulin stretched out his foot woodenly, and then Sun Leling put it on for him.
In fact, it was just like wearing ordinary shoes.
In front of him was a small head with a ponytail swaying gently, and a few strands of loose hair framing the fair neck. Zhao Yulin looked at Sun Leling, and now he was sure that the eldest lady liked him - he also liked the eldest lady.
"As long as I am still standing, from now on, I will protect you for the rest of your life without any wind and frost."