"No," Ling Li immediately refused without thinking, "I still have to go back to walk the dog, and there are friends waiting for me to go back to cook." ”

Xie Keer seemed a little surprised, and after being stunned, he chuckled and nodded, and said without dragging his feet: "Then next time." ”

Only then did Ling Li remember that her tone just now seemed to be too blunt.

The other party is not a young man who met when he walked the dog, and he didn't pay tribute to the boss, if Zhu Jinchuan knew, he was afraid that he would scold her by the neck for a long time.

vaguely responded, and suddenly the mobile phone rang, and a new message popped up on WeChat.

Maybe it was because she was a little nervous in the face of Xie Keer, or maybe it was the embarrassment of subconsciously rejecting Xie Keer in less than a second just now, she actually reached out with a knot in her head and clicked on the voice message sent by Wei Wei.

It was Wei Wei's words with a Beijing accent: "Brother Xiao Yi is back, I took Mi Li Guli and I out for a walk with him, and I came back after dinner at night." You don't have to wait for me, and you don't want tomato scrambled eggs. ”

This passage is played out loudspeakers and is loud.

Xie Keer naturally heard it, and smiled at her: "It seems that your friend has an appointment in the evening." What do you think? Now that you don't have any arrangements for the evening, can you have dinner with me? ”

How did he know that things would be so coincidental, Ling Li's mind was at a loss, and he couldn't find a suitable excuse to push him away. After that, he nodded in confusion and agreed to Xie Ke's invitation.

The dinner arranged by Xie Keer was at the Qinshan Pavilion in the center of the city. This is a well-known time-honored restaurant in Jiadu, which has been standing for 30 years, operating Funan Benbang cuisine and taking the high-end boutique route.

Ling Li had heard of it, but had never been here.

Shekel had set up a small private room, at the end of the corridor full of red lanterns.

Pushing the door in, a small wooden table in the shape of lotus leaves, the color is simple and woody, the two stools are also half-rolled lotus leaves, and the wooden window lattice above the table is carved with lotus flowers and lotus leaf patterns.

The weather in May was already a little hot, but Xie Keer asked the waiter to turn on the air conditioner, and then raised his arm to push open the window close by, and a scene of early summer evening jumped in front of him.

A few wisps of weeping willows, a touch of green poplars, and bursts of floral fragrance. Directly below the windowsill is a small pond leaning against the root of the wall, where a few dark green water lily leaves float on the water, a small dark pink lotus flower is waiting to be released between the leaves, and two or three koi fish with half a foot long swim among the leaves.

The waiter carefully and diligently introduced them to the special dishes and drinks, and Ling Li absentmindedly drank the bamboo leaf green in the cup, and turned her head to look out the window, trying to find where the vague jasmine fragrance in her nose came from.

In less than a few minutes, it began to rain outside the window, and the rain slanted on the water, and circles of thin ripples spread out, and they rustled on the lotus leaves.

The scent of jasmine is lighter, with some fresh moisture, wafting over one by one.

It's really an elegant place, and having a "working meal" with the client here can be regarded as compensation for the afternoon she waited stupidly.

Ling Li took a deep breath of the summer-scented air and relaxed.

After Xie Keer finished ordering, the waiter in a burgundy cheongsam smiled sweetly and said "Please wait", and went out to serve the food.

For a while, only the two of them were left in the private room, sitting face to face, but Ling Li was still staring out the window in a daze.

Xie Keer clenched his hand into a fist and put it under his nose, and coughed lightly before he woke up the dumb melon.

Ling Li hurriedly turned her head and smiled at him, but she didn't know what to say.

She has always not liked to take the initiative to speak, and she often answers when others ask her, and this is the situation when she and Xie Keer met for the first time in the pet park.

She was still waiting for Xie Keer to start the topic, but after a few seconds, she remembered what Zhu Jinchuan had taught her before, and felt that it was too inappropriate.

Since the last time she made a mistake in meeting Xie Keer, Zhu Jinchuan took a good ear and beat her, telling her that when she was with her client, don't talk about difficult things such as flattery, I just hope that she won't be stupid and wait for others to find a topic.

If you can't talk about it like that, it will affect your business.

After all, it is important for the client to use his professional skills to help the client fight the maximum rights and interests of the lawyer, but it is also a service that the lawyer should provide to keep the client happy and relaxed during the exchange.

Instead of letting the client rack his brains to find a topic like she did before, so as not to be cold and embarrassed.

Today's situation and this occasion seem to be the time for Ling Li to practice.

She frowned and pondered. What should I talk to about Seker?

Talking about the intricacies of his company? It's not good, there is a suspicion of inquiring about other people's trade secrets. Talking about dogs? It doesn't seem too appropriate, the last time I said that people were dog idiots and had already talked about the day to death, I can't die a second time.

So let's talk about the case?

Ling Li's eyes lit up, this topic seemed to be just right.

She cleared her throat and was about to speak, but Xie Keer said in front: "At dinner time, I will first declare that I don't want to talk about work." ”

Ling Li's enthusiasm to please the boss suddenly turned into an embarrassed expression, blinking her eyes and mouth a little closed, not knowing what to say to continue.

Fortunately, Xie Keer was just joking, watching Ling Li feel uncomfortable, he hooked the corners of his mouth and smiled easily: "I tease you, you can say whatever you want, you don't have so many scruples." ”

Ling Li breathed a sigh of relief.

However, for the rest of the night, they were still talking about dogs, and most of the time it was Sheker talking.

He recalls several military dogs he had trained when he was in the army, and the Labrador named Klee that he trained before he left the army appeared most frequently.

Xie Keer is very talkative, and when he talks about painting colors when he lives in the army, Ling Li always feels immersive.

When he talked about a black back that was hit by a stray bullet during the mission, his eyes seemed to be a little gloomy: "Although I didn't bring that dog, I couldn't stop seeing the blood flowing out of her abdomen, her life passed little by little, and her big eyes looked at her master wetly, I couldn't help but wonder if my Klee would have that day." ”

Ling Li's heart was pinched together when she heard this, and when she was about to answer, she suddenly noticed that her throat and eyes were hard, and she hurriedly raised her head and pretended to look at the light to cover up her gaffe.

Looking over from Xie Keer's angle, I just saw a little crystal tear in the corner of her eye.

He didn't expose the fact that she seemed to be crying, so he pretended to spread his hands easily: "In fact, the most regrettable thing is that people can't take away dogs when they retire from the army, I raised Klee from a small milk dog to a majestic and charming one, I don't know which recruit egg can pick up the cheap, and take over the queen who I have taken care of for three years." ”

It sounded a little complaining, but it was full of nostalgia, and it also diluted the sadness in the previous topic.

The Qinshan Pavilion dishes are not cheap, and the taste is naturally not bad, Xie Keer ordered five dishes, an appetizing side dish, plus soft roasted rock carp, pipa foie gras, wine-flavored wild bamboo shoots and spring blossom autumn fruit.

Among them, Chunhua and Qiushi are more special, it looks like a small bonsai, soil made of cocoa powder, and a real small tree stands on it. Remove the tree and peel off the soil, and underneath is a soup of fresh mushroom deer tendons wrapped in tin foil.

The four main dishes are not small, obviously Xie Keer is afraid that the dishes will not look good if there are fewer dishes, but he seems to have forgotten the strength that Ling Li showed last time, and finally she ate all the plates cleanly.

Ling Li stroked her hair a little embarrassed.

This week, in order to settle Wei Wei, she pinched her nose and poured her messy dark dishes for several days, this rare delicious Funan dish, she couldn't stop eating it.

By the time she came to her senses, the plate was empty.

"You have such a good appetite."

Xie Keer had already stopped his chopsticks, crossed his elbows on the table, and smiled even more with slender eyebrows.

Seeing Ling Li's cheeks flushed with a smile, he hurriedly added: "I really praise you, I really like to watch people eat deliciously." ”

Ling Li was even more embarrassed, and she couldn't wait to find a crack in the ground to get into.

Before leaving, the part-time worker girl naturally didn't slap her swollen face and rush to pay with the boss, but she inadvertently saw the bill, and turned her head calmly.

I knew it was expensive, but I didn't expect it to be so expensive. Five dishes are almost worth her two months' salary, and the cold dishes of those walnuts are five hundred, so the price bureau doesn't care about it?

The most embarrassing thing is that I don't know if Xie Keer has eaten enough this meal......

By the time they were eating, the rain had stopped.

There were also low dark gray clouds in the night sky, and it seemed that it was going to rain.

Xie Keer sent her to the gate of the community, and as soon as he stopped the car, he unbuckled his seat belt and got out of the car.

When he walked around to Ling Li's side and wanted to help her open the door, he found that she had already landed on the ground.

Xie Keer seemed to be in a good mood, and teased Ling Li: "I just want to learn from a gentleman to open a car door for you, but you didn't give you a chance." ”

Ling Li was speechless, only smirked.

He raised his wrist and glanced at his watch, turned his head to look at the seemingly upscale neighborhood in front of him, and said, "I won't send you up, just be careful." ”

After saying that, turn around and get into the car.

Seeing Xie Keer's car leave, Ling Li turned around, only to find some familiar figures at the entrance of the community.

Wei Wei had already discovered her, and greeted her with rice grains in one hand and the other: "Sister Pink!" ”

Wei Wei has always called Ling Li like this, Fan Mei + Sister, but she doesn't distinguish at all, she directly adds "Sister Sister" after a pink word, and deliberately reads it as four tones, which sounds very weird.

Nan Zhiyi stood beside Wei Wei with an expressionless face, and at his feet was Gu Li, who could let go of the rope and accompany him.

When Gu Li saw Ling Li, she shook her head and ran over, her big tail swept over her upper, and then sniffed her hand, and hummed twice with some dissatisfaction, as if she knew that she was eating something delicious behind her back.

Wei Wei dragged the rice grains that also wanted to run over to scatter wild, and there was meaning in her eyes: "Boyfriend? Appointment? ”

Ling Li hurriedly shook his head: "Where, it's the client, it's just a working meal." ”

"Oh?" Wei Wei's eyes were full of suspicion, and he turned his head to look at Xie Keer's car parked at the corner of the road because of the red light, rubbing his chin with his thumb: "Black Maserati GT, bright and sassy, a young man who drives this kind of car, I'm afraid it is also a little arbitrary, probably a rich second generation?" ”

"Can you see that, too?" Ling Li was shocked.

Wei Wei smiled mysteriously: "Reading people by car is a basic skill. ”

Ling Li was speechless, even a girl like Wei Wei could guess accurately, but she couldn't see anything clearly.

Could it be that when it was God's turn to create man, he cut corners and put on a little brain? Or maybe Nuwa pinched the little clay figure and pinched her, and accidentally got a little more water in the part of her brain?