Chapter 2 The road is narrow
Early in the morning, Lin Xiaomu was woken up by the ringtone of her mobile phone, it turned out to be a call from her mother, Lin Xiaomu suddenly became nervous, because her mother, who was in a distant mountain village, had always been diligent and thrifty, and if it weren't for something big, she would never have called.
"Mom, is there anything going on at home?" Lin Xiaomu went straight to the point.
"Xiao Mu, I ....... She was stunned by Lin Xiaomu's question, but she didn't expect her daughter to react like this. She snorted, "Hey, Xiao Mu...... Your grandmother was hospitalized last month, but now her condition is under control, and the family has not sent you living expenses for more than two months, and you haven't called from there, and I don't know how you're doing there...... So ......"
Lin Xiaomu suddenly felt sour after hearing this, in fact, her family had done everything to send her to study in this big city, from the moment she left her hometown, she secretly said to herself that she must become a talent in this city, work hard to support herself, and no longer let her family bear it.
She listened to her mother talk about the family intermittently, and finally hung up the phone with red eyes.
Yu Yun, who was on the side, walked over and didn't speak, and gave Lin Xiaomu a hug. For this stubborn best friend, giving hugs and supporting and maintaining her self-esteem is the best way. Many times, when she knew that Lin Xiaomu was worried about living expenses, she secretly stuffed money to Lin Xiaomu in various ways, and insisted on returning it to Lin Xiaomu.
Yu Yun is Lin Xiaomu's closest friend in this city, she is a typical Northeast female man, bold and generous, known as "Sister Yun". Although she is the only daughter in the family, she does not look like a spoiled child at all, but she is resolute, brave and decisive, mixed in the school's large and small clubs, and accidentally became the secretary general of the student union.
Yu Yun gently patted Lin Xiaomu's back, and said in a rare gentle tone: "It's okay, there is a sister here." ”
Lin Xiaomu wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes and said, "Sister Yun, I'll take the part-time job in the Western restaurant you talked about last time, I'm waiting for the money now." ”
"But don't you already have three part-time jobs, can you take care of it?"
"It's okay, you forgot, there's one that I only go to once in a while. ”
Yu Yun thought about it, and then she asked again: "What happened to you last night, it was not even nine o'clock when I came back, you actually slept like a dead pig, I shouted a few times and you didn't hear it." ”
Yu Yun's words inadvertently evoked the memories of Lin Xiaomu's embarrassing encounter yesterday, and he fell asleep after crying for several hours when he returned to the dormitory yesterday, and now that he thinks about it, Yan Sheng's disgusting, tall and arrogant face seems to appear in front of him.
Lin Xiaomu told Yu Yun about yesterday's experience, and Yu Yun's surprised and angry eyes seemed to kill someone: "If I were at the scene, I would definitely fry him." ”
Lin Xiaomu looked at Yu Yun gritting her teeth, feeling amused and relieved. Their dormitory was originally a four-person room, because the other two girls were locals who occasionally came back to take a nap at noon, so she usually stayed with Yu Yun for a long time.
At 18:05 in the afternoon, Manager Wu's angry voice came from the small kitchen corridor of the Grapefruit French Restaurant, which turned out to be a short meeting for the upcoming dinner market. "Okay, that's all for today, I hope everyone will do their best and disband. As soon as the words fell, everyone immediately entered the state and got busy.
The dusk of midsummer is always so charming, Lin Xiaomu looked at the sunset outside the window, and was in a particularly good mood, she was most satisfied with the part-time job introduced by Yu Yun, not to mention that the salary was the highest among all the part-time jobs she had done, and even the quality of the guests she met was different.
"Hey, it's Mr. Yan, it's been a long time since I've seen you come to us, please come in. Manager Wu bowed his head and bowed, enthusiastic about this VIP.
"Little French Song" was playing in the dining room, and the female voice with a French accent was beautiful, and Yan Sheng walked through one table after another to a dimly lit position leaning against the floor-to-ceiling window. It was already 7:40 p.m., and there were more and more customers in the restaurant, and there were people everywhere.
After Yan Sheng sat down, Manager Wu beckoned to Lin Xiaomu who was not far away: "Xiao Mu, come here." ”
Lin Xiaomu hurriedly put down the plate in his hand and walked over, and when he was halfway there, he suddenly found that familiar shadow, it wouldn't be so coincidental, no, it was him, even if he turned into ashes, he would recognize him, it was the proud and arrogant man.
Yan Sheng looked in the direction of Manager Wu's shouting, he looked at it fixedly, he couldn't believe his eyes, wasn't that the blind date girl he met that day? He saw her walking towards him, and her whole body was full of nervousness, and then a strange smile rose on the corner of his mouth, and he found that things were becoming more and more interesting.
In just a few tens of meters, Lin Xiaomu was tormented, and every step was so difficult. She suddenly remembered the shame of that day, and secretly encouraged herself, she must not lose her momentum! So she finally strode over and gave Yan Sheng a big smile in front of Manager Wu: "Hello, I am very happy to serve you!"
"Xiao Mu, Mr. Yan is the guest of honor in our restaurant and the owner of this table, you can't be lazy. When he said this, Manager Wu said in a serious tone, trying to make Lin Xiaomu cautious.
"Okay, manager, I will!" Lin Xiaomu responded obediently.
"Mr. Yan, there are still some things on the second floor, and I lost my company first. After speaking, Manager Wu bent down respectfully again, so that Lin Xiaomu really couldn't stand it, how could this kind of person still be so respected, it was really not long-sighted.
After Manager Wu left, Lin Xiaomu immediately put away the smile she had just disguised, and asked slowly, "What are you eating?"
Yan Sheng was stunned for a while by her 180-degree expression change, but she didn't expect this little girl to change her face when she said that she would change her face, see how I look good for you!
"Did you just arrive, don't you know what I've been eating here all along?" he replied with a slight eyebrow raised.
"You...... Didn't you knowingly ask?"
"So what, the customer is God, not to mention that I am the VIP of your store, you have to carefully remember what I eat, so I will give you 10 minutes, you go and ask your manager, they all know. ”
"There are so many dishes, won't you change the taste?" Lin Xiaomu was a little anxious, his brows furrowed, his cheeks were crimson with anger, he looked at her angry appearance, and for the first time, he felt that it was also cute for girls to be angry.
"It's eight thirteen, and three minutes have passed. Yan Sheng pressed his watch and said triumphantly.
"You ......!" Lin Xiaomu left angrily, cursing the picky and hateful man in his heart.
She walked to the bar of the restaurant, found Sister Ling, the team leader, and cautiously asked Yan Sheng.
"You say Mr. Yan, is he really here today? He really hasn't been here for a long time!" Hearing that Yan Sheng was here, Sister Ling was overjoyed.
"Sister Ling, why did Manager Wu say that the position was his?" Lin Xiaomu really didn't understand the meaning of Manager Wu's words just now.
Looking at Lin Xiaomu's puzzled face, Sister Ling laughed and said: "Look at you nerd, the news is so ill-informed, haven't you noticed that no one has been allowed to sit in that position, that is the exclusive position of Mr. Yan, he is our boss's friend and investor!"
Lin Xiaomu suddenly realized, hearing Sister Ling say this, she really remembered that this position had been vacant.
"Oh, by the way, Sister Ling, Mr. Yan said that you all know what kind of dish he ordered, I just arrived, I don't know, so please help......" Lin Xiaomu suddenly remembered that he hadn't asked yet, so he asked instead.
"In this way, this time I will help you place an order, write your name, and I will give you some information about the VIP guests when I go back, and you go back and do your homework. Sister Ling said heartily.
Lin Xiaomu let out a long sigh of relief, and finally got this difficult thing done.
The dishes ordered by Yan Sheng arrived as scheduled, Australian sirloin steak, potato and egg salad and cauliflower in vanilla sauce, he couldn't get enough of what he ate today, and he was in a particularly good mood for some reason.
A song sung by a male voice made the whole restaurant filled with a romantic and ambiguous atmosphere, and in the staggered lights and shadows, Yan Sheng found Lin Xiaomu's shadow. Today's she is very different from the grease and powder on the day of the blind date, she is wearing a serious formal work dress, a coffee-colored apron tied around her waist, a ponytail on her head, and when she walks, she will see long hair fluttering, without any modification on her face, it turns out that she looks so good without makeup, plain like the bright moon in the night sky.
Yan Sheng also saw that Lin Xiaomu would be impatient to explain the menu to the guests, and would also squat down and carefully coax the children to eat, and the way she smiled was really good-looking, making people feel like a spring breeze, like a warm hot spring.