Wu Haiyan relaxed and was about to turn right to the next intersection when she suddenly asked, "County Magistrate Fang, I know there's a delicious roast chicken restaurant nearby. Can I invite you to have dinner with me?"
Fang Zhicheng naturally had no reason to refuse to have a private meal with Dongtai's most beautiful woman, so he smiled and said, "After I go back, I'm worried about where to have dinner. Since Mr. Wu suggested it, we can go together. You don't need to treat us. Let's have something fashionable. How about going Dutch?"
Wu Haiyan's beautiful eyes turned upside down, and she chuckled, "County Magistrate Fang, your words always impress me. I originally thought you would take the initiative to invite me to dinner, but I didn't expect you to mention the AA system. This is a way for foreigners to pay for meals when ordinary colleagues or ordinary friends gather together. In fact, foreigners will take the initiative to pay for real friends."
Fang Zhicheng nodded with his eyes wide open, saying, "So that's how it is. So, when new things from abroad are introduced to China, they will always be a little distorted. Well, let's follow the domestic convention today and treat everyone to a meal. The woman will bring the mouth and the man will bring the money. How about that?"
Wu Haiyan laughed and said, "County Magistrate Fang, this is not good. I was the one who invited you, but now you are the one who invites me."
Fang Zhicheng waved his hand and smiled, "Boss Wu, no need for him to say anything, it's settled!"
The car was parked on the side of the road. The snow outside was getting heavier and heavier, as if it was going to take away all the snow that had not fallen this year. Wu Haiyan was wearing thin clothes and walked in the cold wind with her hands tightly clasped to her chest. Her nose and cheeks were red from the cold. Fang Zhicheng didn't say much and followed her inside. After walking for about five or six minutes, they saw a small shop called "Lanfang Roast Chicken".
Although the store is located in a remote area, it is doing good business. Wu Haiyan walked to the front desk and greeted the boss, preparing to ask for a private room. Fang Zhicheng shook his hand and said with a smile: "Let's eat outside. It will be more lively with more people."
Seeing Fang Zhicheng was so casual, Wu Haiyan asked the boss to arrange a spacious seat for him and ordered a pot of roast chicken and two bottles of Yinzhou sweet tea.
Yinzhoutian is a famous local homemade rice wine. It is different from ordinary rice wine. In addition to being fermented with glutinous rice, it also contains osmanthus and other auxiliary materials, so it tastes sweet and refreshing. However, the alcohol content of this rice wine is also very good, similar to yellow wine, and it is easy to get drunk if you are not careful.
The roast chicken here tastes really good, with just the right amount of saltiness, the chicken is tender and fragrant, the soup is thick and slightly spicy, and the taste is excellent.
It was snowing outside, the air conditioner was on inside, and the temperature was a little high due to the steaming roast chicken. Wu Haiyan's face turned red, perhaps because of the heat. Fang Zhicheng smiled and reminded her, "Boss Wu, you'd better take off your clothes, otherwise, they will smell."
"That's right!" Wu Haiyan took off her clothes, revealing the off-white base shirt underneath. The neckline was a little low, and a silver platinum necklace hung on her snow-white neck. Her collarbone was delicate and long. Fang Zhicheng subconsciously couldn't help but take a few more glances, and once again secretly sighed that Wu Haiyan was so beautiful!
Wu Haiyan is the kind of woman who becomes more beautiful the more you look at her. Although some beauties may look a bit fancy at first glance, you will always find some flaws after a closer look. But Wu Haiyan is different. She is the kind of person who never gets tired of looking at her and becomes more and more fascinated the more you look at her.
"Jiang Zhao and I used to come here often to eat. Although the decoration is very ordinary, eating here gives me a homely feeling. It's warm and simple..." Wu Haiyan said with a dazed look in her eyes, somewhat sentimental.
Fang Zhicheng sighed with Wu Haiyan and whispered, "Actually, you don't have to be discouraged. Medicine is so advanced now. Maybe Brother Jiang will be able to stand up one day in the future."
Wu Haiyan shook her head, looking frustrated. "I asked someone to find an expert in America and sent the information to him. After careful study, the expert thought that although the possibility of complete recovery was small, there was still hope that he could stand up through treatment. However, he seemed to be very resistant and had a cold war with me for a long time."
Fang Zhicheng nodded and consoled him, "He is a patient, and his perspective on problems is different from ours. When people reach a desperate situation, hope can sometimes become terrifying, because once hope cannot be realized, it will lead to greater despair."
Wu Haiyan sighed softly, "You're right! So now I won't mention those things to him. We can live a relaxed life together. I'm very satisfied."
Fang Zhicheng stared at Wu Haiyan, who was carefully fiddling with the chicken nuggets with her chopsticks, and fell into deep thought. Was what Wu Haiyan said just now the truth, or was it irony? Wu Haiyan was loyal to Jiang Zhao, but she was a woman after all. She was a widow at such a young age, and her future was bleak, which made people feel a little distressed.
Fang Zhicheng sighed quietly with Wu Haiyan, then smiled and said, "Boss Wu, let's not talk about sad things. Let's eat and drink happily today."
Wu Haiyan smiled happily, holding up her glass and gently clinking it with Fang Zhicheng's cup. The off-white liquid in the cup flowed down her delicate and rosy lips, making Fang Zhicheng unable to help but look at her twice more.
After eating for about half an hour, more and more people came to the restaurant. Fang Zhicheng looked around and found that there was steam everywhere. Suddenly, he felt a warm feeling in his heart.
Being in the officialdom, there is never a shortage of dinner parties, but most of the occasions are too rigid. Dinner parties are not for eating, but for intrigue and to bring people closer for the sake of interests. There will never be a warm feeling like this one.
Fang Zhicheng chatted with Wu Haiyan from time to time and got to know her better. She was a different type of person from Ning Xiangcao and Zhao Qingya. She was the kind of woman who lacked a sense of security. She was originally a flower protected in a greenhouse by her husband Jiang Zhao, but because of family changes, she had to step out of the greenhouse and struggle and survive in a complex society.
Although Wu Haiyan seems to have adapted to the complexity of society, she is actually very innocent at heart. Fang Zhicheng is even a little worried that such a pure and beautiful woman will one day be exploited by someone with ulterior motives and fall from grace.
Chapter 0400 Seduction or Rejection
When I walked out of the store, the ground outside was covered with a layer of white snow. The dim street lights shone on the branches, making the gauze-like snow coat shine brightly.
"Women all like snow because it is pure and feels a little cold when it hits their faces, which makes people think of the most primitive and purest beauty." Fang Zhicheng reached out to catch a few snowflakes and said poetically.
Wu Haiyan drank a little too much, and her steps were a little messy when she walked. She looked up and took two deep breaths of air, as if she wanted to hug the dark sky, and laughed loudly: "I haven't been this happy for a long time..."
She has been feeling depressed ever since her husband's accident.
Because they drank a lot of Yinzhou sweets and it was snowing, Fang Zhicheng was worried about letting Wu Haiyan go home alone, so he called a taxi to take Wu Haiyan home first. As soon as Wu Haiyan was pushed into the back seat by Fang Zhicheng, her body felt a little limp. She sighed softly, "County Magistrate Fang, I'm going back alone, don't worry."
Fang Zhicheng thought to himself that he was really worried about Wu Haiyan coming home drunk like this. If it was a woman who looked safe, it would be fine, but Wu Haiyan was so beautiful, if she met a pervert, something might happen.
Fang Zhicheng sat in the back row next to Wu Haiyan and said with a smile, "I really can't let it go. Let's help them to the end and send them off to the west."
After the taxi had been driving for five or six minutes, Wu Haiyan leaned over and buried her head on Fang Zhicheng's shoulder. Fang Zhicheng felt his heart beating violently. Although Wu Haiyan had drunk too much, he did not think that Wu Haiyan was really unconscious. The only possibility was that Wu Haiyan was secretly sending him some signal.
About twenty minutes later, the taxi stopped at the neighborhood where Wu Haiyan lived. Fang Zhicheng gently nudged her and whispered, "Boss Wu, we're home."
Wu Haiyan shook her head, looking confused, and was helped out of the car by Fang Zhicheng. Her steps slipped, and half of her body squeezed into Fang Zhicheng's arms. Fang Zhicheng smelled the fragrance coming from Wu Haiyan's hair, and felt like he didn't want to let go.
At the same time, the dark thought came to his mind again: Wu Haiyan was seducing him...
"Mr. Wu, are you okay? How about I take you inside? What's your room number?" After paying the taxi fare, Fang Zhicheng put his hand around Wu Haiyan's arm and asked in a low voice.
Wu Haiyan waved her hands quickly, put her finger to her lips, and said with a hissing sound: "I can't tell you the room number..."
Fang Zhicheng suddenly broke out in a sweat and smiled bitterly, "Then how can I send you back?"
Wu Haiyan took two steps forward and said with a smile, "If you don't know where to send me, then don't send me."
Fang Zhicheng sighed and said, "The weather is so cold and you drank a little too much. If I leave you outside, something bad might happen tomorrow."
Wu Haiyan suddenly walked quickly to Fang Zhicheng, stretched out a jade finger, tapped Fang Zhicheng's forehead, and said with a smile: "Anyway, you want to know where I live, no way!"
The snow was getting heavier and heavier. Wu Haiyan's purple clothes were covered with white snow foam. Fang Zhicheng felt a little helpless and said, "Boss Wu, how about this? I won't send you back. I will just watch you from afar. How about that?"