Nanzhou Hotel was as busy and packed as usual at dinner time. Su Nan had greeted the manager in advance and asked him to reserve a seat for them, so they could sit down as soon as they arrived.
Looking at the surrounding furnishings, Yang Shuzhen and Chen Jie couldn't help but marvel at the sight.
"I've only ever been to state-owned restaurants before, but I didn't expect this person could run such a good one."
"This place looks expensive, and the food isn't cheap either, right?"
"Don't pay so much attention when you go out to eat. Just order whatever you want. Don't be polite. Besides, I don't have to pay. This is my girlfriend's restaurant." Su Nan lowered his voice and spoke mysteriously at the last moment.
Then he handed the menu to both of them.
"Then we won't be polite." Yang Shuzhen smiled softly and opened the menu, but when she saw the prices on it, her pupils suddenly shrank. So expensive?
The prices are several times higher than those in the previous state-owned restaurants.
Suppressing her shock, Yang Shuzhen ordered two dishes with poetic-sounding names, then handed the menu to Chen Jie, who had a similar reaction and only ordered a soup.
Su Nan added a few more signature dishes before the meal was over.
The waiter left with the menu, and only the three of them were left in the private room. They chatted for a while, and soon the dishes were served.
As the saying goes, expensive things have their reasons. Each of these dishes is delicious and the plates they are served on are also very beautiful. It is simply a double feast for the eyes and taste.
The few people who had been eating in the cafeteria were all full this time. Their stomachs were slightly bulging and they sighed with satisfaction.
"I want to go to the toilet. Where is it?" Chen Jie asked Su Nan embarrassedly with a slightly red face.
"When I came here just now, I seemed to see the toilet on the right side of the exit. You should be able to see it if you go straight." Su Nan took a sip of soup, heard this, looked up and answered.
"Okay, then I'll go to the bathroom and be right back." Chen Jie took her bag, stood up, opened the door and left.
The wooden corridor was empty at this time. From time to time, the sounds of guests chatting and laughing could be heard from the private rooms on both sides. Chen Jie clenched the bag in her hand. It was the first time she was alone in such an environment, and she still felt uncomfortable.
As Su Nan said, I kept walking to the right, and sure enough, I saw the toilet sign soon.
She was so nervous that she went in without even noticing the restroom sign.
Having just taken care of one of life's three most urgent needs, Chen Jie breathed a sigh of relief, wiped herself with tissue paper, flushed the toilet, and was about to open the door to go out when a man's voice came from the next cubicle, stopping her in her tracks.
"Tell me, how do you want to thank me?" There was a hint of teasing in the man's casual voice.
Then a girl's sweet low laugh sounded: "That depends on whether you want this, Master Lin, or this?"
The sound of fabric rubbing against each other was particularly harsh in the quiet bathroom. Chen Jie took a step back in shock, a blush on her face. She was a girl from Huangyi who had never even had a boyfriend, so how could she have seen such a thing?
For a moment, I was in a dilemma, whether to go out or not.
Not long after, the sound of kissing and water stains came from next door again. The two of them bumped into the wooden board of the partition. The loud "bang" scared Chen Jie and she couldn't help but scream.
"who?"
"Why are there girls in the men's restroom?"
There was a flurry of panic coming from next door. Chen Jie gritted her teeth and took the opportunity to open the door and wanted to run away, but she bumped into the person next door.
"Stop." The man took a big step with his long legs, raised his hand, and closed the bathroom door, cutting off Chen Jie's escape route.
"I didn't see anything." Chen Jie looked at the man's frowning brows and couldn't help but shrink her neck. The hand holding the bag kept shaking.
"Uncle Lin." Along with the shout, a girl with curly hair walked out from the cubicle next to her. The lipstick on her lips was a little faded, but it did not affect her beauty at all.
The lotus emerging from the water is beautiful and charming.
"Wait there for a while." Chang Yelin adjusted the sleeves of his suit. Unlike the gentle and relaxed manner he had shown with the girl before, he was now like a lion ready to pounce.
He looked at Chen Jie in front of him with inquiring and indifferent eyes. After a long while, he stretched out his hand: "Give me the thing."
"What?" Upon hearing this, Chen Jie's eyelashes trembled slightly, and she looked at the man in front of her with a strong aura in confusion.
Chang Yelin frowned impatiently, scoffed silently, and walked over directly, grabbing Chen Jie's wrist. He raised his voice and threatened: "You newspaper people don't want to live anymore? I just caught one a few days ago, and you send another one the next day?"
"Hand over the camera to me, don't force me to do it."
Chen Jie was so frightened that her body trembled even more violently. Her lips opened slightly, but she couldn't speak. The camellia hairpin on her head slipped off and was about to fall to the ground when Chang Yelin reached out and caught it.
"Don't act pitiful, I don't buy it." Chang Yelin looked at the girl in front of him. Her bangs were so thick that her eyes couldn't be seen, and her skin was as dark as coal. He couldn't help but curl his lips in disgust.
"What do you think those people at the newspaper were thinking? They sent someone who looked good. Maybe I'll just let it go if I'm in a good mood."
"Mr. Lin, why are you like this? I'm still here." The pretty girl standing next to him stomped her feet as if jealous, and shot a sharp look at Chen Jie.
A ruthless and sarcastic voice blew past Chen Jie's ears on the wind. She raised her head angrily, pushed Chang Yelin away, and shouted, "I'm not from the newspaper. You have no right to judge my appearance here."
Chang Yelin was not paying attention for a moment and was pushed by Chen Jie, staggering and almost falling to the ground. His girl was watching him, so he felt embarrassed and started cursing in anger.
"You ugly freak, how dare you do it but not admit it?"
"I already said I'm not a reporter. I came here to eat with friends."
Chen Jie no longer cared about being afraid. Hearing Chang Yelin scolding her like that, she felt sad and powerless, because she also felt that she was not good-looking, and she could not refute his words.
Although the other person was foul-mouthed and didn't know right from wrong, he was quite handsome and looked a little familiar. However, Chen Jie was sure that she had never seen him before, and she had no chance to meet someone who looked so "noble".
"You don't look like someone who can afford Nanzhou." The pretty girl at the side stepped forward to support Chang Yelin and said disdainfully.
"What's it to you?" Chen Jie clenched her fists and gave her a smack. Then she opened her bag in front of them and said, "Look carefully. There's nothing in there except papers, keys, and some money. There's no camera at all. I can't even afford one."
Chen Jie gritted her teeth and said, "Can I go now?"
Chang Yelin stared at her bag and saw that after she searched inside, there was indeed no camera. He wondered if he was wrong, but the pride in his bones would not allow him to bow to such a "commoner".
I can only find another way to save some face.
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