"I caused you a lot of trouble some time ago, and then I asked you cheekily because of the matter of the imperial son. I'm so sorry for you!"

Lin Xiuyi sincerely lowered his head and expressed his gratitude to Akemi. And Akemi returned the salute with some restraint. To be honest, she didn't expect Lin Xiuyi to ask her out for dinner alone. The moment she received Lin Xiuyi's call, Akemi was very happy. But when she really sat in front of Lin Xiuyi, she had some gains and losses. Facing Lin Xiuyi's face-to-face thanks, Akemi first glanced at him with some restraint, and then lowered her head and replied with some embarrassment:

"Ah...... No, no, aren't we friends, we should help each other, and you've helped me a lot before, and this time I finally have a chance to repay your kindness!"

Akemi lowered her head, a little nervously polite to Lin Xiuyi. With her hands on her knees, she arranged the hem of her skirt from time to time, hoping to hide her inner embarrassment. After all, since that incident, this was the first meeting between her and Lin Xiuyi.

"Forgive me for not thinking about it, I don't know if you like Chinese food or not, so I took the initiative to invite you here. I heard Reina say that you will be working at the TV station at noon today, so I wondered if I would have time to invite you to lunch, and by the way, I would like to express my gratitude to you in person. At the time, considering that it was just across the street from TBS, it wasn't too far from the location of your apartment. But I just didn't take into account your preferences......"

"It's okay, it's already very good here, and it's hard for me to get to such a high-level place?"

Akemi said as she looked at the interior of the room to hide her nervousness. Lin Xiu's reservation is a high-end restaurant that serves Cantonese cuisine, Akasaka Ligong. The restaurant is located in the Akasaka Commercial Building, which is across from the TBS TV building, and Akemi has a view of the TV station building from where she is currently sitting. It can be seen that Lin Xiuyi did put a lot of thought into inviting Akemi.

Ever since he confided his troubles to Miko that night, an even more troublesome question was immediately placed in front of Lin Xiuyi. That's how to get along with Akemi in the future. Before, because Miko was targeted by the public security, Lin Xiuyi had to ask Akemiko to temporarily move to his home and live with Reina and Miko for a while. The reason why he did this was because Lin Xiuyi wanted to use the scandal between himself and Akemi to attract more reporters, so that the police could not take coercive measures against Miko's person. Although it was helpless, it also made Lin Xiuyi feel indebted to Akemi in his heart, after all, he still used the scandal between the two to solve the trouble of the royal son.

Therefore, out of gratitude to Akemi, Lin Xiuyi should have expressed it. So after some consideration, Lin Xiuyi decided that it would be better to invite Akemi to have a light meal alone. So, there is this meeting between the two today.

"What do you want to use for both guests?"

After the waiter at the restaurant poured hot tea for Lin Xiuyi and Akemi, they asked about their preferences.

Lin Xiuyi casually handed the menu to Akemi, who took the menu and thanked her, then opened it and looked at it carefully.

Everything on the menu looked delicious. But Akemi wasn't too embarrassed to order first. The first time she went out to eat alone with Lin Xiuyi, Akemi couldn't help but think about it for a long time before doing anything. So Akemi, who didn't know how to order, quietly waited for Lin Xiuyi to make a decision, and Lin Xiuyi seemed to be waiting for Akemi to speak first. For a moment, there was an awkward silence in the room. Akemi raised her head and glanced at Lin Xiuyi secretly, but saw that Lin Xiuyi was also looking at her at the same time. After staring at each other, the two quickly avoided each other's eyes, and Akemi pretended to look at the scenery outside the window, but the slightest blush on her face leaked her heart.

Seeing that Akemi didn't speak for a long time, Lin Xiuyi took the initiative to ask.

"Don't you like Chinese food?"

Hearing Lin Xiuyi's question, Akemi hurriedly replied.

"Oh, no! I just haven't been here before, and I don't know what to order for a while......"

"You've never eaten Chinese food?"

Lin Xiuyi asked with some curiosity.

"Hmm...... I've only eaten Chinese fried rice, mapo tofu, Tianjin rice and the like before, but this is the first time I've come to this kind of specialized Chinese restaurant!"

"No wonder! What kind of restaurants do you usually go to?"

"When I was a child, I always lived overseas with my family, so I liked Italian and French food, but after returning to China, I gradually fell in love with domestic food because of the environment. Chinese food or something, in fact, there are not many opportunities to eat it. ”

"I see, that's it! I'm more or less familiar with Chinese cuisine! Why don't you let me make a decision today!"

"Hmm...... Hey!"

Seeing that the embarrassment in front of her had finally been overcome, Miki immediately showed a charming smile to Lin Xiuyi. Lin Xiuyi picked up the menu. Said to the waiter who had been waiting for a long time.

"Sorry, I just delayed some time, so let's get us a bird's nest soup, and this black abalone, do you have shrimp dumplings for sale in the lunch market?"

"Yes, sir!"

"Then another cage of shrimp dumplings. There are also fresh vegetables and boiled shrimp, so let's come first!"

Lin Xiuyi ordered some classic dishes according to his preferences, while Akemi sat quietly on the side and waited for Lin Xiuyi's arrangement. For Akemi, it doesn't matter what she eats, but who she eats with is her main concern.

After waiting for about ten minutes, the waiter successively delivered all the dishes ordered by Lin Xiuyi. Looking at the dishes in front of her, Akemi felt a little at a loss where to start.

Lin Xiuyi politely refused the waiter's service, and the waiter left the room very interestingly. Immediately afterwards, Lin Xiuyi picked up the soup bowl in front of Akemi and first served her a bowl of bird's nest soup.

"Try this first, it's said to be good for the skin!"

Akemi took her soup bowl and thanked Lin Xiuyi when she arrived, and then she picked up the spoon on the seat and carefully took a little bird's nest soup and put it in her mouth. As the umami taste begins to spread in the mouth. Akemi's eyes became a little surprised.

"It's delicious, what the hell is this made of, it's so delicious!"

"Specific materials...... If you like it, would you like the shrimp dumplings and abalone?"

"Hmm!" Akemi happily agreed.