made an appointment with Zhou Ting to eat at a grilled fish restaurant, Lu Xiaoxian never liked to make people wait, so he rushed over after work. And the grilled fish shop business is always very good, and you have to wait for a seat when you go late.

Lu Xiaoxian asked for a seat by the window, drinking barley tea and waiting slowly.

Fortunately, Zhou Ting is not a person who likes to be late, she arrived after a while, raised her hand to greet her, after Gu Nianbin disappeared, Zhou Ting asked her to have dinner about every other week. Lu Xiaoxian knew that Zhou Ting was afraid that she would be too boring, although her relatives were all around, but the most intimate one was missing, and no one could feel the feeling of emptiness in her heart, only Zhou Ting understood her.

But Zhou Ting never mentioned Gu Nianbin, nor did she comfort her, she chatted like a good friend, saying how her flower shop was, how her employees were, what beautiful clothes she had bought recently, and where she found good food, sometimes Hou also talked about Shen Li, complained about his heart, complained that he was never serious about her, at this time, Du Xiaoxian had to comfort her in turn.

Lu Xiaoxian didn't talk much in front of others, but when she was with Zhou Ting, she chatted very energetically, and unconsciously, time passed quickly. Halfway through eating, both of them were so spicy that they gasped and poured their drinks violently.

Zhou Ting said with a smile: "At the end of the day, I'm old, and I can't stand it if I eat a little spicy." Although she was laughing, her expression was somewhat melancholy, she was indeed old, she was an old girl in her thirties, and she was still alone.

Lu Xiaoxian persuaded her: "Sister Zhou, I think Shen Li is very good, why don't you be good with him?" ”

"Didn't you say that?" Zhou Ting put a piece of fish meat into her mouth, and said while gasping, "He didn't pass by me at all." ”

"He proposed to you, but you didn't agree!"

"I agreed, I'm afraid I'll regret it," Zhou Ting took a sip of orange juice and said, "I'm also afraid that he will regret it." ”

"Actually, you don't have confidence in yourself," Lu Xiaoxian analyzed for her: "A lot of things, just want to, don't do it, never know what the final result will be?" Just like when I first started studying, I felt that my foundation was weak and I was worried that I would not be able to study well, but I persevered step by step, and now it is not very good. ”

Zhou Ting smiled and said, "Xiaoxian, you really surprise me, I believe you will become an excellent CEO." ”

Lu Xiaoxian shook his head modestly: "I don't want to be an outstanding CEO, I just want to keep the Gu family and make a good deal when Nianbin comes back." ”

They rarely talk about this aspect, Zhou Ting is angry, everyone knows that Gu Nianbin can't come back, only this stupid girl is still obsessed, but she doesn't want to splash Lu Xiaoxian's cold water, she just smiled and didn't speak.

Suddenly, the light and shadow flashed, and someone greeted Lu Xiaoxian: "Mrs. Gu, what a coincidence." ”

Lu Xiaoxian looked up, but it was Cheng Ruizhang, she was surprised: "You also come here to eat?" ”

Cheng Ruizhang nodded: "I heard that it tastes good here, so come and try it." ”

When Lu Xiaoxian saw that he was alone, he asked, "What about Secretary Meng?" Not with you. ”

"I'm alone, and she doesn't seem to like spicy food, so I didn't call her."

Zhou Ting interjected at this time: "Since it's alone, then eat with us." ”

Cheng Ruizhang smiled slightly: "Okay." Saying that, he stretched out his hand: "I'm Cheng Ruizhang." ”

"Zhou Ting." Zhou Ting reported to herself, shook him lightly and let go, "Mr. Cheng is Xiaoxian's friend?" ”

"To be precise, it should be a subordinate, and I am Mrs. Gu's general manager."

"Oops! It turned out to be Mr. Cheng, disrespectful and disrespectful! Zhou Ting smiled like a flower, and was busy giving Cheng Ruizhang cloth dishes and chopsticks.

Lu Xiaoxian looked at the two of them straightly, they were both generous people, and the two of them knew each other without her introduction at all.

Zhou Ting and Cheng Ruizhang both became attached to the Gu family, so they talked about some things in the Gu family and quickly became acquainted.

Lu Xiaoxian occasionally interjected two sentences, and they were basically listeners.

Zhou Ting's eyebrows danced, and when she talked about the former general manager Shao Baiqing, it was a carriage full of tongues, and there were endless interesting stories. In the end, she summed up with emotion: "Gu's general manager is a feng shui throne, Mr. Shao married the chief secretary Nina home, and Mr. Cheng fell in love with the first secretary Miss Meng again, if I insisted on it again, maybe it would not be Miss Meng's turn." ”

Cheng Ruizhang laughed, "Miss Zhou is really interesting. ”

Lu Xiaoxian saw Cheng Ruizhang eating grilled fish in a big gulp, as if he was fine, and said, "Mr. Cheng, it turns out that you are so good at eating spicy food." ”

"I can't see it," Cheng Ruizhang said with a smile: "There is even more invisible, when I first went abroad, I was worried about this spicy mouth, but I was sad, in fact, not to mention spicy, even those things in Chinese restaurants have lost their taste, and as a result, I forced myself to become a chef, next time I personally cook for you to eat, the taste will definitely not be worse than this." ”

"Really!" Zhou Ting's eyes were straight, "Mr. Cheng, it's not that I praise you, if it weren't for the fact that you are already famous, with your appearance and the chef's skills, the girls will fight for you!" ”

Lu Xiaoxian had the heart to give Shen Li extra points, and said, "Shen Li can also cook, and the red wine steak he makes is also very delicious." ”

Zhou Ting said disdainfully: "He deliberately learned to soak chicks, lighting two white candles on the dining table, having a romantic candlelight dinner or something, in fact, it is a gimmick, and I don't like it." ”

"I think you're prejudiced against him."

Zhou Ting grabbed Cheng Ruizhang's words just now: "Mr. Cheng, if you cook in person, you can't just say it!" ”

"No problem, you set the time, I'll make spicy crayfish for you to eat."

When Zhou Ting heard this, her saliva was about to flow out, so she hurriedly set a time: "How about this weekend?" ”

Lu Xiaoxian said: "It's not good on weekends, I have to accompany Niannian." ”

"Tomorrow, tomorrow."

There was no objection to it, so it was decided for tomorrow.

Zhou Ting has always been positive about eating, and went directly to Gu's to wait for Lu Xiaoxian to get off work the next afternoon. Lu Xiaoxian was a little uneasy, it seemed that Cheng Ruizhang didn't seem to invite Mencius He, she didn't pay attention to other people's gossip, but she couldn't ignore Mencius He's feelings.

secretly told Zhou Ting, but Zhou Ting disagreed: "Maybe the two of them are playing tricks, what does it have to do with us?" All we have to do is eat. ”

Lu Xiaoxian said: "Otherwise, I'd better not go." Secretary Meng didn't know it was good. ”

"Is there any mistake?" Zhou Ting's voice raised: "I've only seen him once, and I went to someone's house alone, do you think I'm such a casual person?" ”

"Don't shout," Lu Xiaoxian almost covered her mouth: "Be careful to let people hear." ”

As he was talking, Cheng Ruizhang walked in, greeted Zhou Ting with a smile, and said, "Can I go?" ”

Lu Xiaoxian glanced at Mencius He at the door, and asked Cheng Ruizhang in a low voice: "Aren't you called Secretary Meng?" ”

Cheng Ruizhang said lightly: "She doesn't eat spicy food, let's go, there will be traffic jams on the road, it's good to have food at half past seven." ”

When going out, Mencius He hadn't left yet, he was packing up his things, Du Xiaoxian said hello to her, his expression was a little unnatural, but Cheng Ruizhang said generously: "They went to my house to eat crayfish, I originally wanted to call you together, but you don't eat spicy, you went and ate something, next time, next time I will invite you to do something else." ”

Without waiting for Mencius to react, he lifted his feet and walked forward.

Zhou Ting whispered to Lu Xiaoxian in the back: "The relationship between these two people is very strange, they don't look like boyfriend and girlfriend." ”

"It's okay," Lu Xiaoxian said, "they're dating." ”

"Really?" Zhou Ting glanced back at Mencius He and said, "How do I look like the falling flowers are intentional, and the flowing water is ruthless." ”

Lu Xiaoxian laughed, dragged her two quick steps, and caught up with the elevator.

Cheng Ruizhang's home is in an apartment building with a housekeeper in the center of the city, luxurious and stylish, the area is not large, but it is not small to live alone.

Cheng Ruizhang said when he entered the door: "Go to the kitchen to see the crayfish." ”

Zhou Ting ran to the kitchen and exclaimed, "God, you really prepared so much, when are you going to buy it?" ”

Lu Xiaoxian also ran over to see, in a plastic bucket, there was a small half bucket of crayfish, densely packed, all waving small pliers, teeth and claws.

Lu Xiaoxian hadn't done this, so he asked, "How do you do this, we'll all come to help." ”

Cheng Ruizhang said unceremoniously: "I don't plan to let you eat for nothing, if you don't help, you won't have to eat until at least nine o'clock." ”

Zhou Ting had done it before, and she didn't wait for Cheng Ruizhang to assign the task and rolled up her sleeves and started to work in full swing, she used small scissors to cut off the shrimp head, leaving only the shrimp balls, which were thrown red on the plate one by one, Lu Xiaoxian was responsible for cleaning and pumping the shrimp intestines, and the chef Cheng Ruizhang prepared the side dishes and came over to help make them together.

Zhou Ting saw that he was skilled, whether it was cutting shrimp heads or pumping shrimp intestines, it was fast and good, and praised it from the bottom of her heart: "Mr. Cheng, I don't know that I think you used to do this, and you are more professional than professional." ”

Cheng Ruizhang laughed and said, "You guessed it right, I really did this before." ”

"Really!" Zhou Ting and Lu Xiaoxian were surprised.

"I did it when I was a work-studyer, but in fact, I have done a lot of careers!" Cheng Ruizhang said it a little proudly.

Lu Xiaoxian glanced at him, Cheng Ruizhang gave her the feeling that she had always been gentle and elegant, as if she was from a very good background, the last time she saw his mother, her temperament was also good, no matter how she looked at it, she didn't look like a person who wanted to work and study!

Zhou Ting asked him: "Mr. Cheng, what else have you done?" ”

"I started as a tutor, and then I worked as a newspaper deliverer, handing out leaflets, doing chores in restaurants, selling beer, building a small worker, driving as a substitute, renting out a deputy shift, trimming flowers and trees, and unclogging sewers...... Anyway, I worked six jobs at the same time. Awesome! ”

Zhou Ting and Lu Xiaoxian looked shocked and completely incredulous.

Lu Xiaoxian always thought that no one would have a harder time than her when she was a child, but she didn't expect Cheng Ruizhang to ......

She is the easiest, what she thinks in her heart, what is shown on her face, Cheng Ruizhang smiled and waved his hand in front of her: "Don't be like this, you have to suffer hardship, you can become a master, I am better off than my classmates now!" ”

Lu Xiaoxian has known him for a short time, and they are familiar with each other, but today she has a new perspective on him, and she has always been grateful to him, because he has taught her a lot, and now she has more admiration!

Cheng Ruizhang looked like a chef, familiar with oil, stir-frying, peppercorn chili oil in the pot, and the kitchen was suddenly filled with a spicy smell, although the high-power range hood was on, it still made Lu Xiaoxian choke a few times.

Cheng Ruizhang drove them out with a spatula, Lu Xiaoxian took two steps, and suddenly glanced back, a man in a white shirt was standing in the kitchen, waving a spatula and stir-frying, and occasionally pinching a shrimp to try the taste......

She watched quietly, but what she saw was the figure of another man, wearing the same white shirt, the same skillful movements, the same calm expression, looking at it, a smile suddenly appeared on the corner of her mouth.