Chapter 12 Talking While Eating

"Sir, are you two?" Zhao Mian walked into the family restaurant with the girl on the side, and just pushed open the door of the restaurant, with the sound of the bell, a young male waiter wearing a yellowish staff costume approached and asked. After seeing Zhao Mian nodding in confirmation, he turned slightly sideways and nodded, "Do you smoke?"

"No, I don't smoke. Zhao Mian shook his head, he glanced at the girl standing beside him, the girl's explosion in the rain completely pulled off her carefully decorated mask, now she is as weak as a dazed young bear, it can even be said that Zhao Mian hugged her shoulders and carried her into here, "But please find me a quiet place, if you can lean against the window, it is better." ”

"It's close to the window and quiet, isn't it?" the waiter asked, Zhao Mian nodded, and the waiter turned around and walked into the restaurant, "I understand, please come with me." ”

Zhao Mian hugged the girl's shoulders and pushed her towards the restaurant. But the lights in the restaurant seemed to finally make the girl come out of her dazed state of mind, Zhao Mian felt the girl struggle slightly in his hand, he lowered his head, and the girl happened to look at him.

"Let me go, I can go on my own. The girl looked directly at Zhao Mian, but her tired face flashed with strength.

Zhao Mian didn't say anything, but lowered his head slightly, let go of the hand that grabbed the girl's shoulder, and then showed the girl a smile that was not gentle, but it was enough to make others feel at ease at such a moment, and then turned around and followed the waiter, walking towards the interior of the restaurant.

The girl stared at his back silently for a moment, her expression under the hood was invisible, the shadows under the light obscured her blue eyes, and others could only see her as if she was muttering something, and then shook her head slightly. She lifted the hood with her hand, which was too wide for her, and rolled up the sleeves of the coat, which was a little too long for her figure, to reveal her hands—she had intended to take it off, but after opening the placket slightly, she closed it again with a blush. The sudden change in the weather surprised everyone, including the girl, of course, but when the rain was dripping on the ground, she had no time to take care of it, and the price was that the school uniform she was wearing had already become a close-fitting wet cloth. The girl sighed a little helplessly, and took her own steps in the direction of Zhao Mian, but there was some kind of weak force pulling the clothes on her body, although it was not so that she could not move forward, but it was also unexpected by her. She looked back, but no one was pulling her, and she lowered her head, and found that the hem of the dress had left a brief trail of water on the floor of the restaurant—the dress was too long for her, and the hem had probably been dragging on the floor the moment it had been draped over her shoulders. But to everyone's surprise, the girl showed a slight smile when she saw this scene, but it was only the corners of her mouth slightly upturned, and the smile that couldn't even be said was enough to make the girl's stiff face beautiful and soft at this moment. She lifted the hem of her clothes lightly, then held it with her right hand and walked in the direction of Zhao Mian.

"Please bring me a sweet salmon and a four-happiness meal. Zhao Mian frowned and checked the menu in his hand, then asked the waiter with a smile and a pen and paper, "Well, it's not easy to decide." Do you have anything you can recommend?"

"Today's curry tempura is especially recommended, and recently the crab fillet custard has also become popular. With a 100% business smile, the young waiter recommended it to Zhao Mian.

"Then give me two more dishes that you recommend. Zhao Mian closed the recipe in his hand and returned it to the waiter, "By the way, do you have hot tea or hot cocoa here? ”

"Salmon in sweet sauce, rice with four joys, tempura curry, egg custard with crab fillet, and a cup of hot cocoa, of which the hot cocoa is about to be—is that right?" the waiter asked, taking the recipe and looking at the record in his hand.

"That's right—well, another cup of coffee. ”

"Got it, please wait a moment, hot cocoa and coffee will be there soon. The waiter nodded politely at Zhao Mian, then turned around and left there.

"Ah, you're here. Zhao Mian watched the waiter walk away, then turned his head and found that the girl was walking in his direction, he nodded and asked, "Because I don't know what you like to eat, I ordered some dishes on my own initiative, I hope you don't hate it." ”

"I'm not a picky eater, just casual. The girl shook her head slightly, then sat on the seat opposite Zhao Mian, lowered her head and tidied up the clothes on her body, as if it was inadvertent, a question floated by, the voice was very small, as if even the questioner didn't expect to get an answer, "Why do you want to do this?"

"In China, which is my hometown, there is an old saying there, 'The son wants to raise but the parent does not wait'. Zhao Mian didn't seem to be answering her question, but didn't know what to say about her hometown.

The girl raised her head and looked at the man sitting across from her with a slight scrutiny, this was not the first time they had met, and it was not even a situation where they could not recognize their appearance, but this observation of this man was the first time that the girl had done it in this time.

A neat short hair, there is no sign of grooming, but at least it does not appear messy, under the black hair is the black eyes looking out of the window, in the restaurant light, from his eyes reflected the figure of the mother who is holding a wide umbrella and holding the child in the other hand. It was not a handsome face, not even soft, his face may not look as vicissitudes as it feels, but no one dares to be sure how young he is, this is indeed a contradiction, but it does not arouse the thoughts that people want to understand, because on that face that can only be said to be resolute, some silence that cannot appear in ordinary people stands there like a mountain. The man was wearing only a thin shirt, a white shirt with dark blue jeans and gray sneakers, and a light blue jacket that was still draped over himself, which did not look like he had been carefully thought out and prepared, and the man should have just picked up the dress casually and put it on his own body - although his carelessness was evident in the matching, it was neatly worn on his body without any signs of sloppiness. This man has experienced things that no one else can experience, and he will not mention it to people easily, he looks about twenty years old, but his actual age should be much higher than that, he does not care about his dress, but at the same time he has good habits, he should have mentioned in his memory that he was a war doctor for a period of time, so it means that he may have a military position himself, and he has a sister, a young girl, summed it up.

"'The son wants to be raised but not treated'?" parroted, the girl repeated the words, the spell attached to the translator can indeed allow Zhao Mian to communicate with any intelligent race, but in most cases it is accompanied by desperate turns, but the girl is not the kind of stupid guy, just a little hesitation, she understood the meaning of this sentence, she looked at Zhao Mian in some surprise.

Zhao Mian took his gaze back from the person outside the window, looked at the girl in front of him, he noticed the girl's eyes, and then nodded affirmatively, "So, I hope at least let others not fall into my situation." ”

"That's ...... Yes. The girl frowned and fell back, leaning against the soft backrest.

"Sir, this is your coffee and hot cocoa, do you need sugar cubes?" At this time, a female waitress who looked not much older than the girl walked to Zhao Mian's table with a tray, and put down the hot cocoa and coffee that were still steaming - without deliberately asking, as if he had confirmed, the waiter first put the hot cocoa in front of the girl, and then brought the coffee off the tray.

"No, thank you. Zhao Mian shook his head.

"Well, here's your hot cocoa and coffee, your order will be coming soon, please wait a little longer. The waiter bowed slightly with the tray in his arms, took two steps back, and turned to leave.

"Come, drink some hot drinks, warm up, although this season is no longer so cold, but still pay attention to keep warm. Zhao Mian gently knocked on the wall of the coffee cup, and the light voice interrupted the girl's thinking, she looked at Zhao Mian, "Especially since you have just been drenched in the rain, at this time, you can't fall down - your brother has created a very good time for you, he has done what he can do, although the cost is a little too great, but please don't let him down." ”

The girl nodded slightly, picked up the hot cocoa in front of her, the thick liquid surface was slowly exuding fragrance and heat, she felt the temperature of the wall of the cup with her fingers, and then blew gently, and then suddenly poured a large cup of hot cocoa - thank you to the store, thank you to the thoughtful waiter, this cup of hot cocoa is not so hot. A cup of warm hot cocoa melted in her stomach, and the heat in it seemed to spread quickly through the blood vessels to every corner of her limbs, and the girl sighed with relief.

"What should I do?" asked a small voice.

"There's an old Chinese saying about that: 'Talk while eating.'" ’。 Zhao Mian replied.