Chapter 8: Dinner
President?!
That's right, she can still ask the president, this is the last chance today!
The moment she knocked on the door, a trace of hesitation flashed in Ye Xiaojing's heart, but when she thought of the poor sister and the faces of those creditors, she didn't hesitate at all, and mustered up the courage to knock on the door.
After being troubled by Yue Lei for several days, Guan Wenxiang's desk was already full of small mountains of documents, and he dealt with them from this morning until eight o'clock in the evening before he solved part of them. Closing the last page of the document in his hand, Guan Wenxiang stretched and stood up, intending to make himself a cup of coffee to refresh himself.
When the brown liquid entered the stomach from the mouth, Guan Wenxiang realized that his stomach had already made a "gurgling" sound, he smiled bitterly, people are like this, if you don't pay tribute to your internal organs in time, it will immediately protest with you, and immediately return you with color.
Drinking the remaining liquid in the cup, Guan Wenxiang walked back to the desk and picked up the phone, wanting Secretary He outside to help him order a piece of food.
As soon as his fingers touched the button, there was a knock on the door outside, put down the phone, Guan Wenxiang said in a deep voice: "Come in!" β
With a "Ahhhhhh β
"Uh-but, Secretary He's not here!" Ye Xiaojing cautiously pushed open the door, Guan Wenxiang's tall and handsome back instantly came into view, and she swallowed her saliva involuntarily.
Guan Wenxiang frowned, his fatigue and hunger made his mood not very good: "Then you can help me bring a bento, it's always okay, right?" β
"Huh?! Uh-yes, I'll go right away! As if sensing his anger, Ye Xiaojing forgot her original intention of knocking on the door just now, and quickly retreated.
Ye Xiaojing came to the staff cafeteria and found that it was very deserted, only one or two waiters were cleaning in the huge restaurant, and most of the employees had already gone home.
What can I do?
She was not familiar with the environment around the company, and she didn't know if there were any bento boxes sold near Guan's. Moreover, Ye Xiaojing suddenly remembered that she only had a dozen yuan of change on her, and the lunch box outside cost dozens of yuan, so her money was not enough at all!
How so?
If the president can't eat the bento, he will be angry, right?
"Huhβwhy are you here?" Just when Ye Xiaojing was extremely depressed, a familiar voice suddenly sounded in her ears.
Ye Xiaojing turned her head in surprise: "Ah Wei, why are you?" β
"Hehe, small-ah, Miss Ye! I haven't seen you for a few days, are you okay? Xu Dawei's honest smile and expression were still the same as before, but he changed his name.
"Ah Wei, what you just called me made me feel so uncomfortable, didn't you always call me Xiaojing before? Or-" Ye Xiaojing lowered her head gloomily, "You don't treat me as a friend anymore?" β
"How can this be? You've always been my best friend, and I'm telling the truth! Ye Xiaojing's sadness overwhelmed Xu Dawei.
Ye Xiaojing still lowered her head: "Then why are you-"
"I, I think you are now the assistant to the president, and your identity is different from before, so I think it would be better to call you Miss Ye!" Xu Dawei stammered as he explained.
Ye Xiaojing raised her head and smiled, and said, "Ah Wei, you are so stupid!" No matter what position I am doing now, you are my friend, how can friends be divided into three, six, nine and so on? β
Xu Dawei shouted in surprise: "Really? Then I can still call you Xiaojing in the future? β
"Of course! Xu Dawei, you will always be my good friend Ye Xiaojing! Ye Xiaojing said sincerely.
"Thank you! I Xu Dawei has a friend like you, but it's, it'sβ" He scratched his head, unable to continue.
Ye Xiaojing smiled: "I, Ye Xiaojing, have a friend like you, I am really fortunate to have three lives!" β
"Ah, yes! Three lives are lucky! That's what I want to say, Xiaojing, you're amazing! β
Xu Dawei's praise made Ye Xiaojing a little embarrassed, and she lowered her head with a red face.
"That's right, Xiaojing! I haven't asked you yet", Xu Dawei said as if he remembered something, "It's so late, what are you doing in the staff cafeteria, didn't you have dinner?" β
"Ahh Dinner-" Ye Xiaojing exclaimed, and then remembered what she was here for!
"What's wrong with you?" Xu Dawei looked at her suspiciously.
"I'm fine! Ah Wei, can you do me a favorβ" Ye Xiaojing said with a bitter face.
When Ye Xiaojing returned to the president's office on the twenty-eighth floor with the lunch, a full hour had passed since she went downstairs.
"President, your bento!" Ye Xiaojing put the lunch on the desk and wanted to leave.
"Wait a minute!"
"Yes! What else does the president have to say? Ye Xiaojing turned around and waited for the order.
"This is the bento you brought me?" Guan Wenxiang opened the lid of the box, and there were a few pieces of Western-style pastry in the lunch box, and a steak that didn't look very well fried, and the steak seemed to be stained with a little flour - Guan Wenxiang had never seen such a bad bento.
"Well, that's the president, there is no dinner for sale in the staff cafeteria, so we had to make our own, although it may look ugly, but it tastes really good!" Ye Xiaojing explained very seriously.
Guan Wenxiang looked at her, wanting to make sure if she was deliberately trying to play herself? This kind of good-looking bento will be unappetizing to anyone who sees it, and she is embarrassed to say that it tastes good?
Guan Wenxiang closed the lid of the box and pushed it in front of Ye Xiaojing: "Since you said it is delicious, then please eat it!" β
Ye Xiaojing said embarrassedly: "But president, didn't you ask me to order dinner just now?" She secretly touched her stomach, only to find that she was almost hungry, looking at the lunch box on the table, she couldn't help but swallow her saliva, "You eat, I don't care!" β
"No, I'm not hungry anymore! Please fix it for me! Guan Wenxiang sneered in his heart, but his face was still silent.
"Then, then you're welcome!" Ye Xiaojing took the lunch, reached out and took a piece of cake, swallowed it in three bites, and the rich and sweet aroma of fresh cream lingered between her lips and teeth, which was endlessly evocative - Ah Wei's craftsmanship in making pastries was really clever.
After eating the cake, she picked up the steak again, how long had it been since she had eaten a steak? She had only eaten such high-end food once or twice when she was very young, right?
Ye Xiaojing devoured it, completely unaware that Guan Wenxiang was looking at her with extremely surprised eyes.
Swallowing the last cake crumb, Ye Xiaojing licked her lips reluctantly, and licked off a little cream stuck in the corner of her mouth - it tasted really good!
"You're done eating?" Such a terrible food, how could someone eat it so sweetly, looking at the empty lunch box, Guan Wenxiang couldn't believe it.
"I'm full, thank you President!" Ye Xiaojing put away the lunch box and smiled embarrassedly.
Guan Wenxiang sighed, took the suit on the coat rack and said, "Let's go!" β
"Huh? Where to go? β
Guan Wenxiang stepped out of the office first, and said without looking back: "Go to dinner!" β
"Dinner? But, didn't I just beβ" Ye Xiaojing wanted to ask with confusion, but Guan Wenxiang had already gone far at the moment, so she had to trot all the way to follow.
Sitting in the revolving restaurant overlooking the entire city, Ye Xiaojing felt like she was away from home, and the resplendent decorations around her dwarfed her shabby clothes, and this was really not the place she should be.
"Want something?"
Guan Wenxiang put down the menu and looked at Ye Xiaojing, who was sitting opposite, slightly restrained.
"I'm not hungry, just eat!"
She had just flipped through a few pages of the menu, and the numbers on it surprised her, she had better not let the family break the bank for such an expensive thing, not to mention that she had already eaten just now.
"How's the steak? Or do you like seafood? Treat this young lady to a salad steak and a crab salad with pea soup! Guan Wenxiang didn't seem to hear her words, and said to the waiter beside him.
"But President, I've already eaten it!" Ye Xiaojing thought that he hadn't heard clearly, and said hurriedly.
"Have you eaten? A terrible bento made with a slice of cold beef and two cakes? Is this what you call having eaten? Hum! Guan Wenxiang sneered coldly, and said, "Besides, if you eat the dinner that should have belonged to me, shouldn't you accompany me to eat again?" β
Ye Xiaojing argued: "But that bento is obviously you-"
But Guan Wenxiang's glaring made her swallow back the words behind her.
Well, that's what you're going to ask for!
Ye Xiaojing muttered in her heart, she secretly touched her stomach - she knew that she should have eaten less just now.
After the steak came up, Ye Xiaojing cut off a small piece and carefully put it into her mouth, the fat beef melted in her mouth, which was unbearable, but after she tasted that small bite, she never touched it again; And she only carefully picked a few vegetables and put them in her mouth, and then she didn't touch them again.
Guan Wenxiang looked at the empty soup plate in front of her, and smiled unconsciously: "It seems that you really can't eat it?" β
"Yes, yes!" Ye Xiaojing smiled awkwardly, but her eyes were momentarily looking at the large piece of steak with sweet gravy floating on the surface.
Guan Wenxiang got up and said, "Okay, let's go!" β
"Please, please, please, please!" Ye Xiaojing hurriedly said.
"What's the matter?"
"I-can I bring them back?" She pointed to the rest of the food on the table and said timidly.
Guan Wenxiang raised his eyebrows, looked at her, saw her face full of anticipation, and finally said, "Whatever you want!" β
Ye Xiaojing carefully held the packaged food and happily followed Guan Wenxiang, completely unaware of the curious glances cast by the people around her.
The two came to Guan Wenxiang's black Bentley parked on the side of the road, and Ye Xiaojing said very politely: "Thank you President for inviting me to dinner, good night!" β
She identified the direction and walked towards the other side of the house, who knew that after just a few steps, she was stopped, Ye Xiaojing raised her head, Guan Wenxiang stared at her and said, "It's so late, are you going to walk back by yourself?" β
"I've just walked along this road, and there are no buses anymore." Ye Xiaojing didn't think there was anything wrong with doing this.
"Do you think," Guan Wenxiang frowned, "I would not be graceful enough to let a girl walk home by herself in the middle of the night?" β
"I-I didn't mean that!"
"Then get in the car!"
Guan Wenxiang opened the car door without saying a word, and sat in the cab first to wait for her.
Ye Xiaojing was helpless, so she had to sit in the car obediently.