Chapter 12: Dating
In the afternoon, Little Brother Gu had just landed on Ruizhida, and the phone call of the boss of the Gu family also reached Bai Zezhi's desk. "Let's have dinner together in the evening, right?" Gu Youren's tone was smooth and familiar, and he spoke like an old friend.
The two brothers of the Gu family are both self-cooked, but the style of self-cooked is different. A handsome and elegant person, it is difficult for people to refuse, Bai Zezhi naturally agreed to his invitation. When she called home and told Ms. Lin that she was not going back to dinner, Ms. Lin was happy and satisfied with the performance of the boss of the Gu family.
Gu Youren's location was a high-end Western restaurant, and when Bai Zezhi arrived, he was already there. The starlight outside the window is bright, the light in the window is soft, Gu Youren is sitting in a position by the window, and under the soft light, it looks particularly beautiful.
The residual heat of summer has not yet subsided, and the weather is still hot. Everyone else is wearing short sleeves, but Gu Youren is in a straight suit and wraps himself tightly. He was lazily flipping through a car magazine, and when he saw Bai Zezhi coming, he immediately got up and politely pulled a chair for her. It is really rare to be able to enjoy the courtesy of a gentleman in my country, and Bai Zezhi's favorability towards him immediately rose a few levels.
"What do you like to eat?" Gu Youren asked thoughtfully.
"Everything." Bai Zezhi is not particular about food, nor is he obsessed.
He handed her the menu and said, "Why don't you see for yourself what you want to eat?" ”
Bai Zezhi took over the menu, and in these matters, she was afraid of trouble, so she turned a few pages on the grass and said to him: "What's delicious?" Why don't you recommend one to me? ”
Gu Youren smiled slightly: "Then I'll help you order." ”
He found the waiter, ordered the dish very skillfully, and when the waiter left, the two suddenly fell silent.
After a while, Gu Youren broke the silence and said, "The food here is delicious. ”
"Oh." Bai Zezhi answered.
"Are you still used to eating Western food? Do you prefer Chinese or Western food? ”
"I can do it all."
"The set meal is accompanied by dessert wine, which tastes good, can I drink alcohol? You okay? ”
"Oh, it's okay, it's okay."
After saying these words, the two fell silent again. Fortunately, Gu Youren's mobile phone rang not long after, and he politely apologized, and then picked up the phone. He was holding a new Ericsson mobile phone, and Mr. Chen also bought such a one, which seemed to cost more than 10,000 yuan. Bai Zezhi stared at his phone and began to play.
Gu Youren's call time is not short, it seems that there is something, and he will not be able to hang up for a while. This made Bai Zezhi quietly breathe a sigh of relief. Being with strangers, strange men, or strange elders will make her feel a kind of pressure and discomfort. She wondered if she was suffering from a social disorder or something, if only she could cope with it as easily as Ding Rose.
She pondered the bland conversation just now, and made a comment in her heart. Suddenly, it was as if I had opened my mind and realized my own problem. She found that her answers were closed-ended, which prevented the conversation from going on. If you want not to be cold, you should not use this kind of immediate termination of the answer, but should use an open-ended answer with room for expansion.
For example, he asks, "What do you like to eat?" Because I am eating Western food today, I can answer like this, "I especially like potatoes, whether it is French fries, potato grids, potato cakes, I like to eat almost anything." What about you? "If you can give an example of where the potatoes are particularly delicious, etc., then he will also say what he likes to eat, where he can eat in the future, and maybe lead to some interesting story about eating......
And he said, "The food here is delicious." Instead of saying "oh", you should ask, "What do you like best about this place?" Is it really that delicious? You seem to come here a lot...... "Then there's a lot to say."
Bai Zezhi was in his own mind, and his head was analyzing it in an authentic way, when he suddenly heard Gu Youren talking to himself: "Why don't you eat?" Don't like pre-dinner snacks? ”
"Oh," Bai Zezhi hurriedly came back to his senses and said, "No, it's delicious." ”
Gu Youren smiled slightly and said, "I see that you haven't eaten, and you've been poking with a fork." ”
"Ah, is it?" Bai Zezhi looked down at his plate, slightly embarrassed.
Gu Youren didn't say any more, but asked, "My brother went to your company today, right?" ”
"yes."
"Heh, this kid, always nonsense, three minutes of heat." There was a faint expression on his face, and he couldn't see any emotion.
After a pause, he smiled and added, "He said he likes you." ”
"Really?" Bai Zezhi replied noncommittally, his face remaining calm and waveless. And her heart was churning rapidly.
Why are these Gu brothers such direct people? It's so direct that people can't stand it. Is he simply asking himself today? Or did you come here for my brother's business? He wouldn't really take Gu Youli's words seriously, would he? What does he mean is that Gu Youli came to Ruizhida for an internship is nonsense? Or is it that he likes his brother's blind date, and the fact that it is only three minutes hot? Was he admonishing himself? Am I going to kidnap his precious brother? Bai Zezhi was slightly displeased, but tried not to show it.
Gu Youren's face couldn't see any clues, so he said casually, and began to talk about other things.
"Aunt Lin has opened a new column in the evening newspaper? I happened to see it the other day. ”
"yes." Bai Zezhi said lightly.
After a period of silence, Bai Zezhi realized that he had let another topic come to an abrupt end. She thought to herself, I could actually ask, "Which one are you seeing?" What do you think of the writing? Do you also read this kind of prose? Or "My mom is writing a new novel lately, purported to be a business romance...... "Wouldn't that be able to say a lot?" She felt that she only had theoretical knowledge and no adaptability.
She looked at Gu Youren opposite, and was eager to say a few words to adjust the atmosphere, but the words seemed to be choked when they came to her mouth, and it was difficult to say them smoothly. In this way, a few more minutes passed. As time goes on, it becomes harder to say what you want to say. The longer the time stops, the more abrupt it becomes, and the topic you have thought of seems outdated...... She thought to herself: Forget it, it's like this every time, it's not bad this time, anyway, I'm the king of the cold field.
In this way, I ate a meal without saying a few words. Gu Youren was lazy and careless, as if he was so lazy that he didn't want to speak, and he enjoyed the quietness. Bai Zezhi was a little cramped and uneasy at first, but later under the influence of Gu Youren, he also enjoyed it, and he no longer bothered about what to say.
In this way, the two of them ended their dinner quietly and with little water. After the meal, it was still early, Gu Youren took care of the girl's preferences and proposed to go to the mall.
In the matter of visiting the mall, Bai Zezhi is very masculine, rather than letting her go shopping with her companions, she would rather go shopping alone, simply refreshing, buy when she says, buy when she buys, and leave when she buys, without dragging her feet. And another point, she doesn't like to try on clothes to show others, she thinks that she should know best what to wear and don't need to ask others. Also, fitting on clothes is a very personal thing.
But today, it's not the time to play with personality, she put away her temperament, and with some reluctance, she followed the beautiful man to the mall. Gu Youren was very comfortable shopping, looking at men's clothes and belts from time to time, passing by the women's clothing counter, he would beckon Bai Zezhi to go in and have a look, give it a try. Bai Zezhi shook his head frequently.
She is only willing to go to the mall with Ding Qiang, and she is only willing to try on clothes for Ding Qiang. Maybe it's because Ding Rose is her own person, it doesn't matter what happens. And to outsiders, don't show this kind of mother-in-law side. For a work, it is good to show the finished appearance, and it is necessary to maintain a certain sense of mystery without having to show the whole process to others.
Gu Youren didn't understand Bai Zezhi's thoughts. Seeing a beige short windbreaker, he said that it was good-looking, especially suitable for Bai Zezhi, and strongly encouraged her to give it a try. Bai Zezhi refused to try and repeatedly shirked. Gu Youren thought she was embarrassed, so he called the salesman and prepared to buy it directly and give it to her. Bai Zezhi's awkwardness and exquisiteness came up, and he said resolutely: "Don't!" You don't have to pay the bill, I won't ask for this. I don't want it if you pay! After saying that, he turned his head and walked away on his own.
Gu Youren didn't expect that she would lose her temper if she was such a soft person. It can be seen that she is not polite and polite, she is really unwilling to accept it, so she has to give up.
He went out to catch up with her, and he didn't quite understand what was wrong with her. Girls like men to buy clothes and things for her. When he came out today, his mother specially told him to buy Bai Zezhi a dress or something to make a meeting gift. What he didn't know was that in Bai Zezhi's heart, she couldn't accept a man who had only met twice and was still a stranger to buy her objects to wear and wear on her body, which she thought was impolite, even if it was a coat. She has all kinds of exquisiteness in her heart, and is often said by Ding Qiangrose to be an old antique and a big weirdo.
A bland, dating, ended in a somewhat awkward situation.
When he got home, Bai Zezhi finally breathed a sigh of relief, and said in his heart: What a crime for dating!