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 been to state-owned restaurants before, and I didn’t expect this guy could run such a good one.”
"This place looks expensive, and the food here isn't cheap either, right?"
"Don't pay so much attention when you go out to eat. Just order what you want to eat. Don't be polite. Besides, I don't have to pay. This is my boyfriend's restaurant." Su Nan lowered his voice and spoke mysteriously for the last sentence.
Then she handed the menu to both of them.
"Then we won't be polite." Yang Shuzhen smiled softly and opened the menu. However, 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, whose reaction was similar and she only ordered a bowl of soup.
Su Nan ate a few more of the signature dishes before the meal was over.
The waiter left with the menu, and there were only three of them 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 people who had been eating in the cafeteria were all very 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 blushed and asked Su Nan embarrassedly.
"When I came here just now, I seemed to see the toilet on the right hand side of the exit. You should be able to see it if you go straight." Su Nan took a sip of soup, heard this, and looked up to answer.
"Okay, then I'll go to the bathroom and be back soon." Chen Jie took her bag, stood up, opened the door and left.
The wooden corridor was empty at this time, and 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 very 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 looking at the toilet sign.
Having just solved one of the three most urgent problems in life, Chen Jie breathed a sigh of relief, wiped herself with a tissue, 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?" The man's voice was casual with a hint of teasing.
Then a girl's delicate laughter sounded: "It depends on whether you want this or this, Mr. Lin?"
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 virgin and had never even had a boyfriend, so how could she have seen anything like this?
It's not right to go out, and it's not right to stay out either. It's so difficult.
Not long after, the sound of kissing water stains was heard 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 panicked noise coming from next door. Chen Jie gritted her teeth and took the opportunity to open the door and wanted to run away, but she happened to bump into the people next door.
"Stop." The man took a big step forward 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 came out from the cubicle nearby. The lipstick on her lips was a little smudged, but it did not affect her beauty at all.
The lotus emerging from the water is gorgeous and charming.
"Wait there for a while." Chang Yelin adjusted the sleeves of his suit. Unlike the gentle and relaxed manner he had before when he was with the girl, 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 with a strong aura in front of her in confusion.
Chang Yelin frowned impatiently, sneered silently, and walked up to Chen Jie, grabbed Chen Jie's wrist, and raised his voice to threaten her: "Don't you newspaper people want to live? I just caught one a few days ago, and you sent another one today?"
"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 could not utter a word. The camellia hairpin on her head slipped off her head 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. Her skin was as dark as coal. He couldn't help but curl his lips in disgust.
"What do you think those people in the newspaper are thinking? I don't know if they sent someone good looking. Maybe I'll be in a good mood and won't pursue the matter."
"Uncle Lin, why are you like this? I'm still here." The pretty girl standing next to him stomped her feet as if she was jealous, and shot a sharp look at Chen Jie.
The ruthless and sarcastic voice blew into Chen Jie's ears along with 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 angrily.
"You ugly bastard, how dare you do it but not admit it?"
"I've already said that I'm not a reporter. I'm here to have dinner with my friends."
Chen Jie no longer had time to be 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 care about right and wrong, he was handsome and looked a little familiar. However, Chen Jie was sure that she had never seen him before and had no chance to meet someone who looked so "expensive".
"You don't look like someone who can afford Nanzhou." The pretty girl at the side stepped forward to support Chang Yelin, saying with disdain.
"What does it have to do with you?" Chen Jie clenched her fists and said something to her. Then she opened her bag in front of them and said, "Look carefully. There are only tissues, keys, and some banknotes in it. There is no camera at all. I can't afford a camera."
Chen Jie gritted her teeth and said, "Can I go now?"
Chang Yelin stared at her bag. After she searched inside, he found that there was indeed no camera. He wondered if he was wrong. However, 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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