Chapter 49: Temptation

"Mengmeng, why are you here? What happened to Sook-woon? ”

Li Mengmeng couldn't wait to ask as soon as Liu Xiaoguang walked out of the door, and felt that she was afraid that she would not be able to speak clearly in one sentence or two, so she suggested: "Brother Liu, can we talk in a different place?" ”

"This... Where do you want to go? ”

Li Mengmeng pointed to the tall building in the gate with her hand: "Can you take me inside to talk?" It's too cold to stand outside. ”

Liu Xiaoguang showed a look of embarrassment: "This is an important place for our scientific research, and no outsider can enter without permission." ”

"Huh? Am I an outsider? ”

Liu Xiaoguang asked rhetorically: "Isn't the girl?" ”

"Am I not your friend?"

Liu Xiaoguang couldn't help but smile faintly when he faced the girl in front of him and had a relationship with him: "Even if it's our family, we can't enter casually." ”

Li Mengmeng's face was full of disappointment: "I really want to visit where you work." Since it's inconvenient, forget it. ”

Liu Xiaoguang was stunned: "The purpose of the girl coming here is to visit my unit?" ”

"Of course not." Li Mengmeng hurriedly shook her head, "I did come for your wife's business." ”

Liu Xiaoguang hurriedly corrected: "No, she is currently my ex-wife." ”

"Well, even if it's an ex-wife, right? Are you really going to push her all the way through? ”

Liu Xiaoguang's concern was overflowing: "How is she now?" ”

"You want to know?"

"See what you're talking about? You came all the way from Anguo Hospital to find me, didn't you just talk about her? ”

Li Mengmeng's eyes lit up: "If you are interested in knowing, please invite this girl to dinner." ”

"Would you like to eat?"

"Yes, this girl has not eaten anything since she got up in the morning, and her stomach is already rumbling with hunger."

When Liu Xiaoguang said this, his stomach was even more hungry, and he couldn't help but look around.

Li Mengmeng saw that the other party meant to invite herself to dinner, so she excitedly pointed her little finger to the side: "Oh, there is a restaurant there." ”

Liu Xiaoguang looked in the direction of her finger, it turned out to be the adjacent Fumanlou Restaurant, and couldn't help but smile bitterly, this girl really knows how to choose a place, it is a place with high consumption. Although it is very close to my own unit, whether it is personal consumption or working meals, the people of the institute never visit there, and always go to small and medium-sized restaurants that are farther away.

Li Mengmeng saw his hesitant gaze, and suddenly her pretty face tensed: "What?" Are you distressed? ”

"See what you say?" Liu Xiaoguang seemed to be indifferent, "Isn't this just a meal?" In order to thank you for saving Shuyun's life today, I will treat you to a big meal. ”

When Li Mengmeng heard him say this, her heart suddenly moved, and she just wanted to open her mouth to tease a few more words, but she could barely endure it.

Because the distance is only more than 100 meters, Liu Xiaoguang naturally will not drive his own car, and take Li Mengmeng to Fumanlou Restaurant on foot.

Although this restaurant is a neighbor of the Observatory, because Liu Xiaoguang stepped into this restaurant for the first time, the waiters inside are very unfamiliar with him.

"How many of you, sir?"

Liu Xiaoguang turned around and pointed to Li Mengmeng, who was following closely behind him: "Just me and this girl." ”

"Oh, then you can sit on the first floor."

Li Mengmeng looked around and found that there were only small tables on the first floor, and they were all displayed on the periphery, and because they were cut off from the hall in the middle, it seemed to be a corridor, and people came and went, and the environment was not quiet enough.

"Hey, we want to go up to the second floor."

The waiter showed an embarrassed look: "I'm sorry, the second floor is a large private room, which is for group dining." ”

"Isn't there a small private room?"

"The smallest private room is also a large dining table that can accommodate more than 10 people."

Liu Xiaoguang hurriedly asked Li Mengmeng tentatively: "Girl, I think it's pretty good on the first floor." Why don't we just make do with it? ”

Li Mengmeng shook her head: "If it's just to fill your stomach, it doesn't matter if it's a street stall outside, but I'm discussing something big with you this time, how can I be in a noisy place?" ”

As soon as Liu Xiaoguang heard what she said about discussing a big matter, his heart couldn't help but tighten, and he immediately turned his head and asked the waiter: "It's almost past dinner now, isn't there a smaller private room on the second floor?" ”

The waiter pondered, "Yes, there is, but there is a fee." ”

"Oh, then take it."

The waiter immediately waved his hand: "Please two of you go upstairs with me?" ”

Liu Xiaoguang nodded, glanced at Li Mengmeng again, and then followed behind the waiter.

Li Mengmeng walked a few steps, walked side by side with Liu Xiaoguang, and asked in a low voice, "What's going on with them?" Isn't it possible to give a discount to the neighbors? ”

Liu Xiaoguang shook his head and smiled bitterly: "They don't know me, how do they know that I am their neighbor?" ”

Li Mengmeng looked surprised: "Haven't you come to this restaurant to dine before?" ”

"Does the girl look like I'm a big spender?"

"Didn't you come to dinner with the leaders of the observatory?"

"Haha, do you think my unit is like a yamen for public consumption?"

"But you're engaged in high-end technology, right?"

Liu Xiaoguang smiled bitterly: "But this doesn't mean that we are the God of Wealth." The money allocated to us by the state is for scientific research, not for us to eat and drink. So, we don't spend a penny of the state wrong. ”

"Ha, you intellectuals are quite high."

Liu Xiaoguang didn't hear whether the girl's tone was praise or ridicule, and just wanted to say a few more words, but was interrupted by the waiter in front of him: "Mr. has arrived." ”

He and Li Mengmeng looked at the same time, and the waiter had pushed open the door of room 207 on the side of the corridor.

The two of them walked into this private room one after the other, sure enough, the layout is very large, the environment is also very elegant, but the diameter of the large round table in the middle is two meters long, and the center of the delicate glass turntable is a pot of elegant Junzi orchid, although it is in winter, but the flowering period is in full bloom, and more than ten high-end soft seats are placed around.

Li Mengmeng couldn't help but stick out her tongue: "It's really big enough here." ”

The waiter glanced at her: "These are all luxurious private rooms specially prepared for those business elites in society, so that they can negotiate while eating." ”

Li Mengmeng was at ease at this time, and pulled Liu Xiaoguang's arm: "Hey, let's have an important business meeting too." ”

Liu Xiaoguang was a little embarrassed by her arm, so he quickly chose a chair to sit down, while Li Mengmeng sat on his side.

Liu Xiaoguang was a little unaccustomed again: "Mengmeng, since you are talking to me, you should sit opposite me." ”

"Hee-hee, I think it's better to get closer to you and talk."

Liu Xiaoguang was almost noon because the time was almost noon, so he hurriedly greeted the waiter: "Please express her a menu." ”

Unexpectedly, the waiter bowed to him slightly: "Please wait." ”

He then withdrew.

Liu Xiaoguang was stunned: "What's going on?" ”

Li Mengmeng chuckled: "He is in charge of the reception on the first floor, so naturally someone else will greet us here." ”

Sure enough, less than half a minute after the waiter exited, a young woman in overalls pushed the door open, with two menus in her arms.

"The two of you are welcome to dine at our restaurant, and if you have any needs, please feel free to ask."

Liu Xiaoguang immediately replied: "We don't have any other needs except to fill our stomachs." ”

The waitress smiled: "Please order for the two of you." ”

She handed the two menus in her arms to each of them.

Although Liu Xiaoguang took over the menu, he didn't even glance at it, but glanced at Li Mengmeng: "Mengmeng, hurry up and order." ”

"Hee-hee, I'm going to have to get some speed, I'm almost starving."

Liu Xiaoguang had already thought that she hadn't even eaten breakfast, so he said, "Then you can order more delicious meals." ”

Li Mengmeng ordered four dishes in one go, and then raised her chin to Liu Xiaoguang: "Brother Liu also orders two, right?" ”

Liu Xiaoguang shook his head: "You can order two more, I'm free." ”

Li Mengmeng saw that he insisted on not ordering, so he had to instruct the waitress: "Please ask the beauty to add two more side dishes to us, the sooner the better." ”

The waitress nodded first, and then asked, "What kind of wine are you two drinking?" ”

Liu Xiaoguang waved his hand at this time: "We can't drink, please serve us two bowls of rice directly." ”

Li Mengmeng added: "Just ask the beauty to make a pot of tea for us." ”

"Okay." The waitress then walked out of the private room.

Liu Xiaoguang's expression was very solemn: "Did your father regret it?" ”

Li Mengmeng was stunned: "My dad regretted it? ”

"Yes, he thinks Shuyun is sick, so he dislikes her."

"Ha, so you think my father sent me to let you accept Xiao Shuyun?"

Liu Xiaoguang asked rhetorically: "Isn't it?" ”

Li Mengmeng's heart moved: "If my father has another woman in his heart, are you willing to accept Xiao Shuyun again?" ”

Liu Xiaoguang's expression was entangled for a moment, and finally showed a resolute expression: "I'd rather give up this job than take care of her." ”

Li Mengmeng stared at him in amazement for a while, and suddenly gave a thumbs up: "Okay, this is like what a man said!" ”

Liu Xiaoguang's face sank: "Since I have already expressed my attitude, do we have anything else to talk about?" ”

"Hehe, you agreed to accept Xiao Shuyun like this, does it prove that you can't let go of her in your heart?"

"After all, she is my husband and wife, and she is my son's mother. I deserve that responsibility. ”

"Are you only from a moral point of view, not from an emotional point of view?"

"This..."

"Brother Liu, I hope you can tell me the truth."

Liu Xiaoguang sighed: "Okay, if I say that I don't love her anymore, it is pure self-deception." ”

"If you still love her deeply, why do you want to let her go?"

"Because I can't give her the life she wants. For the sake of her happiness, I can only choose to let go. ”

Li Mengmeng's eyes were a little moist: "You only think about whether she will be happy, but have you considered whether you will be happy without her?" ”

"This... My happiness is built on her happiness. Moreover, I also have my own spiritual sustenance. ”

"Oh, you mean your own kids?"

"My child? Yes, it's my child! ”

"But isn't the custody of your child already given to her?"

"My son is for her, but I'm carefully conceiving another child."

Li Mengmeng's eyes lit up: "You mean the telescope being developed, right?" ”

"Yes. It's not just my child, it's the common child of the thousands of laborers who work hard for it. ”

"But... If you have to take on the responsibility of taking care of her, will you still be able to conceive that 'child'? ”

Liu Xiaoguang was silent for a long time, and finally replied: "Even if I can't participate, this will only make the whole of China proud of the eye of heaven will still light up its pupils in the east of the world!" ”

Li Mengmeng suppressed the excitement in her heart: "But... Don't you feel sorry for not doing your best? ”

"It's a pity. But if I don't care about the helpless Shuyun, it will make me regret it even more! ”

Li Mengmeng's heart was completely shocked, and the other party's heartfelt words deeply touched her heart, a girl who was just beginning to fall in love, and her eyes couldn't help but slip out of crystal tears.