When Derek, Elijah, and the other cooks entered the private room, Kevin didn't know what he was talking to Ruth, and he knew that he was bragging about the war he had told me I don't know how many times, and Derek and the others pouted, but Ruth listened with relish.

Seeing Derek and others coming in with large and small plates, Kevin put down his right leg on the chair, but when Derek and the others put the delicious dishes on the table, Kevin was immediately dumbfounded.

Elijah placed the crab and conch in front of Ruth and stood aside, and Elijah would give the name of the dish before the others had served it, and give a detailed description of the dishes and ingredients.

Kevin grabbed Derek and gritted his teeth and whispered, "You want my life?" I tell you, I don't have any money, this is your initiative to serve the dish, but don't blame me for eating the overlord meal if you don't give money." ”

Derek smiled and said, "You can eat it with confidence, these are all things that everyone pooled money to help you get." ”

Kevin was stunned when he heard this, looked at the sumptuous dishes and two bottles of fine red wine on the table, and listened to the noise and coaxing outside, Kevin's eyes moistened. After a while, Kevin said to Derek with a little trembling tone, "Thank you, thank you." ”

Derek gently patted Kevin's shoulder and said, "Come on, I'm optimistic about you, earn some face for our seaside guys." ”

Kevin nodded and said, "Don't worry, I won't disappoint everyone, thank you for helping me." Derek smiled, turned and beckoned the cooks to leave the room.

Only Kevin and Ruth were left in the private room, Ruth looked at the sumptuous dishes on the table and asked Kevin with a smile, "Is this your surprise for me?" Kevin blushed and nodded reluctantly. Looking at the dishes served together in no particular order, Ruth didn't mind, and pushed the delicate glass in front of her forward. Kevin understood, stood up, opened a sealed bottle of red wine, poured half a glass for Ruth, and then poured himself only a little, and then returned to his place.

Ruth lifted her glass and lifted her red lips. took a small sip and said to Kevin, who was looking at the red wine in the wine glass in a daze, "Why don't you eat it?"

Kevin came back to his senses, smiled reluctantly, picked out the soft meat inside with a big conch, carefully put it on Ruth's plate and said, "You taste it, it's delicious." ”

Ruth looked at Kevin, who was worried with wide eyes, and saw that Kevin looked sullen only after serving the food, Ruth asked with concern: "What's wrong with you?" Kevin thought about his thoughts, and didn't hear Ruth's concerned inquiry, looking at the table full of sumptuous dishes. Kevin felt very uncomfortable.

Ruth saw that Kevin was looking at the food on the table in a daze, and thought that Kevin didn't bring enough money, so she smiled and said, "I'll count this meal, and you will invite me next time." ”

Kevin raised his head, looked at Ruth with eyebrows, and saw only concern in Ruth's big clear eyes, Kevin sighed, looked directly into Ruth's eyes and said, "Ruth, I'll be honest with you." I don't have any money right now, so I can't afford to ask you to eat these good things, so when I first ordered, I asked Derek to deliberately say that the expensive food was gone. I'm sorry. ”

As if she had expected it, Ruth pointed to the food on the table and said, "What about these?"

Kevin said with a smile on his face, "These conchs, crabs, barbecue, etc., are all paid by those guys outside with Derek and them." ”

Ruth still smiled and asked softly, "And then?"

Kevin lowered his head and said with a guilty face, "I don't want to lie to you." I have to tell you all this, or I won't feel at ease. ”

Ruth smiled slightly, picked up a crab and handed it to Kevin, saying, "Since so many people help you." Then you're welcome, don't let them down. After saying that, Ruth lowered her head, blushed and cut the conch meat on the plate into small pieces, put it in her mouth and chewed it slowly.

Kevin looked at Ruth in a daze, saw that the smile on her face was still there, and asked suspiciously, "Don't you mind?"

Ruth swallowed the new conch meat, took a sip of red wine and said, "I won't mind if you keep hiding it." ”

Kevin subconsciously let out an 'oh', just picked up the crab on the plate, and asked with some concern: "Ruth, don't you mind that I'm a poor person?"

Ruth smiled and said, "You are the second boss of the Seaside Province, but I heard that Ivan will give everyone a share of the shares." ”

Kevin hesitated for a moment and said, "I already have other plans for that money, and I can tell you that I am still a complete poor person, and I can't even afford a decent meal like today's with a month's salary." ”

Ruth looked at Kevin and said, "So what?"

Kevin said with a bitter face: "In other words, after following me, you may suffer hardship, you can't afford to buy beautiful clothes, and you can't eat delicious food." ”

Ruth's face was slightly red, and she snorted lightly, and said shyly, "What followed you? We're just friends now, and I didn't promise you anything." ”

Kevin was anxious: "But, but, but we were already holding hands just now?"

Ruth's face turned even redder, and she glanced at Kevin with disgust and said, "That doesn't mean anything, eat it quickly, it won't taste good if it gets cold for a while." As he spoke, he brought a large piece of roast meat to Kevin's mouth.

Kevin's mouth was full of barbecue, but he didn't feel the deliciousness of it, and he was so uncomfortable that Ruth's words "we're just friends" made him feel like he had fallen from heaven to hell in an instant.

Ruth saw Kevin's expression in her eyes, although she didn't say anything, but she was already happy in her heart, because she already felt how much Kevin cared about herself.

Kevin lowered his head in frustration, so many delicacies were tasteless, Kevin only felt that his heart was as if it had been trampled by a demon, and he felt that all the strength of his body had been drained, and he had no strength at all. The atmosphere in the private room became dull, and neither Kevin nor Ruth spoke again, just quietly chewing their food, listening to the noise coming from outside and thinking about their thoughts.

Kevin's heart is like a knife, and he has dinner with his long-time sweetheart, but he feels that he is getting farther and farther away from her, this unbearable sense of loss makes Kevin, who has always been strong and dependent on each other, do not cry no matter what difficulties he encounters, and Kevin wants to cry loudly at this time.

"Is this the unforgettable loss of love that Ivan said?" Kevin thought sadly.

Ruth and Kevin's pain is diametrically opposed, and while her heart is sweet, she also begins to regret whether what she said just now was too direct, and whether it would hurt this teenager who has been worried about her for more than ten years.

"Will he give up because of this, will he never see himself again?" the uneasy Ruth also began to worry. (To be continued......)