Chapter 240: Estrangement
He walked through the dining room to the row of tables by the window, and as he followed the table number step by step, he suddenly heard a familiar female voice.
"I just learned that my mother and aunt are old colleagues." The woman laughed and her voice was cheerful.
Zhou Zheng was stunned. Isn't this Yaoyao? So coincidentally, she and her friends were eating at this restaurant?
He was puzzled, and heard a man answer with a smile: "Yes, if I found out earlier, I wouldn't have to go around for so long, and I would definitely let them arrange a blind date for us immediately." ”
Blind date?
Zhou Zheng's heart fell suddenly, his hand shook unconsciously, and the tray almost fell, but fortunately he reacted quickly and stabilized it in time.
"What are you going to do?" A waiter next to him glanced at him.
Zhou Zheng's heart swelled up with panic inexplicably, and he quickly turned his back, not daring to look at the two people who had just spoken, and not even daring to question Jiang Yao in person. He pursed his lips and said to the waiter with a pale face: "This is the meal ordered by the 12th guest, please help me deliver it." I'm feeling a little unwell. ”
Seeing that he didn't look like he was lying, the waiter frowned and took it, "I heard that you are here to study?" What are you doing, you can't do this little thing. He grumbled and walked away with the tray.
Zhou Zheng's body shook slightly, and he didn't fight back when he heard him say this, but only bowed his head and apologized. When the waiter was far away, he slowly straightened up and walked towards the kitchen with a somewhat heavy pace.
"What are you looking at?" Lin Jiayi stopped cutting the steak in her hand and looked at Jiang Zilin in the opposite seat suspiciously.
Jiang Zilin retracted the gaze that fell not far away, "I seem to have seen an acquaintance." ”
"Who?" Lin Jiayi asked, turned her head along her line of sight just now, looked around but found nothing, "There is no one we know, are you mistaken?" ”
Jiang Zilin frowned slightly, but quickly let go, glanced at Lin Jiayi and said, "Also, he should still be at work now, it is impossible for him to appear here...... I confessed my mistake. ”
Jiang Yao didn't know anything about what had just happened, and soon a waitress brought her the foie gras.
She ate absentmindedly while thinking about how to end this meaningless blind date as soon as possible.
"The foie gras is not bad, right?" High Flying Road.
The thought of running away was suddenly pulled back by him, and Jiang Yao grinned, "Well, it's very delicious." ”
Gao Fei stared at her smiling face for a few seconds, then suddenly reached out and slowly pushed the phone on the table to her, "If you like it, if you don't mind, let's exchange phone numbers with each other, and I'll take you to other places next time." ”
Hearing this, Jiang Yao was a little at a loss for a while. She subconsciously wanted to look at Jiang Zilin and Lin Jiayi behind her, but as soon as she turned her head, she heard Gao Fei's voice ring again.
"Isn't it convenient?"
Jiang Yao's hands under the table squeezed nervously, turned his head back, and smiled at him apologetically, "I'm sorry, I'm going to change my phone recently, and my number will also change." ”
This is really a perfunctory reason.
Goofy didn't seem to expect her to reject herself, and her expression showed a hint of surprise.
Jiang Yao was afraid that he would be angry, so he hurriedly said: "Thank you for finding such a delicious restaurant for this blind date, I'll invite you this time, I'm glad to meet you as a friend." With that, she put down her knife and fork and stretched out her hand to summon the waiter.
Gao Fei suddenly thought of something and glanced at Jiang Yao thoughtfully. From the first time they met to just now, he always thought that Jiang Yao was the kind of woman who had no city and was very arrogant, but it seemed that he had lost his eyes. His conditions are so good, he can let her fight for more than ten years, how could she be rejected? The only possibility is that she is trying to get his attention.
Thinking about it like this, he also took the phone back and said with a smile: "It's okay, just because I owe you a meal, I'll change it next time." ”
Jiang Yao automatically ignored his words, reached out to take the ticket given to her by the waiter, glanced at the bottom number, and suddenly widened her eyes...... It's so expensive! One meal actually ate half a month's salary!
Her heart instantly burst into tears, and she pulled back the credit card in her wallet painfully, handed it to the waiter, and held back four words for a long time: "Swipe the card, thank you." ”
The waiter politely responded, took the card and turned to leave.
After settling the bill, Jiang Yao walked out of the restaurant with Gao Fei sullenly. Gao Fei pointed to the jeep he parked on the opposite street, turned around and asked Jiang Yao, "Where do you live, I'll send you back?" ”
Jiang Yao hurriedly waved his hand, "No need." I made an appointment with my girlfriend to go shopping later, and I just walked by myself. ”
Goofy nodded, said no more, and walked away.
Jiang Yao watched Gao Fei drive away before sending a WeChat message to Jiang Zilin and Lin Jiayi. The two came out quickly.
Back in Lin Jiayi's car, Jiang Yao immediately hugged Jiang Zilin's arm in the front row and shouted, "If I knew it, I wouldn't feel guilty and rushed to check out!" Half a month's salary, just flew away! ”
"Who makes your psychological quality so poor, as soon as others don't speak, you will coax yourself. That man doesn't lack money for your meal. Lin Jiayi said, turned around and glanced at her, "Do you need me to help you?" ”
"Don't." Jiang Yao pursed her lips miserably, "At most, I will save a little in the second half of the month with Zhou Zheng, and it will be over after a while." Speaking of Zhou Zheng, she quickly had a smile on her face again, let go of Jiang Zilin, and then took out her mobile phone.
Lin Jiayi saw that she was resurrected with full blood so quickly, and glanced at Jiang Zilin, and couldn't help but smile slightly.
Jiang Yao took out Zhou Zheng's number and dialed it, then put the mobile phone to his ear and waited for him to answer. I just waited for the sound to go on and on, and I didn't answer the phone until the end.
"What's going on?" She muttered and put her phone down.
"Didn't he answer?" Jiang Zilin said.
"Hmm." Jiang Yao grinned, not taking this matter to heart, "I guess I'm busy, and you'll call me when you're done." ”
Because Jiang Zilin had to go to the company in the afternoon, Lin Jiayi sent her to Weiwen first.
As soon as she got out of the car, her cell phone rang.
She waved her hand to Lin Jiayi and Jiang Yao while holding her mobile phone, and told the two of them to pay attention to safety on the road.
Finally, she pressed the answer button just before the bell ended.
"Mom." She spoke softly.
"Huh." Shen Peizhen responded, her voice was rarely soft, just like when she faced Jiang Kexin on weekdays.
"Is there something wrong?" Jiang Zilin asked, usually only Shen Peizhen would call her if she had something to do.
"I ......" Shen Peizhen hesitated for a moment and asked, "I heard that you went to Kexin's house to have dinner with that person." How do you get along...... What do you think? ”
"Not bad." Jiang Zilin walked towards the inside of the office building, "Do you need me to report to you every word I said that day?" ”
"No need." Shen Peizhen's face changed: "Actually, I called mainly to tell you that I want to go to Nancheng for a few days." It just so happened that your dad was on a business trip, and I was bored at home alone. She paused, and then said, "I'm not very familiar with Nancheng, so you can help me book a hotel this time...... I'm looking for one that's close to you. ”
Closer to her?
Jiang Zilin paused and didn't speak, thinking that she had misheard.
In the earpiece, Shen Peizhen's gentle voice came, "What, aren't you free?" ”
"Yes." Jiang Zilin replied immediately after reacting, and at the same time, a trace of joy uncontrollably filled her heart, "Have you booked the car you picked up?" What day is your flight? I'll pick you up. ”
"Ten o'clock in the morning the day after tomorrow." Shen Peizhen laughed slowly, "I originally booked a car, but if you come, I can cancel it, and it's good to have someone to talk to on the road." ”
"Hmm." Jiang Zilin's smile quickly rose to the corners of her lips, "See you the day after tomorrow." ”