Two days later, Tao Min came to Lin'an on a business trip.
After get off work, Qin Shiqing asked Song Yuwei to go out for dinner and shopping.
Su Zelin told her that he had something to do tonight and had to entertain a friend who was visiting from out of town on business.
Qin Shiqing didn't even ask whether this friend was a man or a woman. As long as the gangster said he had something to do, she would understand. This is another big advantage of being the main wife.
In her previous life, she had been very permissive with Su Zelin, because she knew that her boyfriend was like an unbridled wild horse who yearned for freedom by nature and did not like being controlled. If she really controlled him, over time, the bastard would become lost.
As soon as the two women left, Su Zelin also left the company.
Tao Min had finished her business trip by then, so they could have dinner together at about the same time.
We drove to the hotel where the other party was staying. It was just an ordinary hotel in Lin'an. Although the environment was okay and the year was quite new, it was only a two-star hotel. It seemed that Tao Min's company was really stingy, at least they were very stingy towards low-qualified employees like her and would save money wherever possible.
After parking for a while in the temporary parking space outside the lobby, the security guard saw that it was an Audi A6, which was definitely a luxury car in this era. It was obvious that the owner was rich, so the security guard didn't dare to drive him away. This is the advantage of driving a luxury car, which brings special treatment in many places.
Su Zelin didn't have to wait too long. Two minutes later, a graceful figure walked out of the hotel lobby. It was Tao Min.
Compared to the last time we met, this senior student hasn't changed much.
But he was wearing a very high-end apricot wool coat, which looked very cool, and the security guard couldn't help but take a few more glances at him.
Tao Min is 166cm tall, which is not comparable to Nanazi, but her body proportions are very good.
This height is considered acceptable among women.
Nowadays, there are many adult women who are over 1.5 meters tall or even less than 1.5 meters tall.
I looked around at the hotel entrance until the gangster got out of the car and then I noticed him.
Because this was not the car Su Zelin was driving before and the car was covered with a dark film, she thought it was someone else.
"Hey, Mr. Su, you changed to an Audi! You're really fast at changing cars!"
"Alas, there is no other way. It is required for work, and I have to do a good job of looking good!"
Su Zelin sighed and opened the passenger door for her.
"You're talking as if you're not happy with changing four circles. The car driven by our boss is not as good as yours!"
Tao Min complained and sat in.
The security guard saw the whole scene and thought that rich people are really different. The girls they pick up are prettier and more elegant than ordinary people.
Su Zelin also returned to the driver's seat, started the car and left, his eyes falling on Tao Min.
"Senior Tao, your coat is really tasteful, and with your great figure, when you walked out of the hotel just now, I thought you were a female celebrity and thought I was seeing things."
"Tsk, you just talk nonsense all day long!"
Having said that, Tao Min benefited greatly from it.
Now that Su Zelin noticed it, it was worth it that I reluctantly bought this brand.
"No way, God have mercy on me, I am speaking the truth, okay!"
The gangster looked innocent.
"Come on, stop talking nonsense and focus on driving!"
"receive!"
On the way to the booked hotel, the two chatted and laughed like old friends.
Tao Min was very happy. For some reason, being with Su Zelin always made her feel relaxed and able to joke around with him. Even though he was different now and was no longer the little brother he used to be, and his level was very high, she still didn't feel restrained at all.
Soon they arrived at the destination. After getting off the car, Tao Min apologized, "Junior brother, I'm so sorry that you had an accident last time and couldn't come to Lin'an to visit me!"
In fact, it wasn't that she didn't want to come, or was too busy to come, but she didn't know about it at all at the time.
After the car accident, Su Zelin never told anyone, including Qin Shiqing, who only went there after receiving a notification from the hospital.
Colleagues, friends, classmates, and other visitors to the hospital all heard the news from other people.
Tao Min later heard about it by chance from a college classmate who worked in Lin'an, and then she called Su Zelin immediately.
"It's okay, it's just a minor problem. In fact, I didn't need to be hospitalized at all, but my family insisted that I stay in the hospital for observation. I had no choice but to stay there for a week. It suffocated me."
Su Zelin didn't care, and smiled and said, "But if you really feel sorry, can you accompany me to see a movie after dinner?"
"You really know how to strike at the right moment."
Tao Min was speechless.
Although he has become an executive of a large company, he is still the familiar Su Zelin, with the familiar personality and tone of voice.
"All right!"
She finally agreed.
Although it is a bit ambiguous for a man and a woman to go to the movies.
But let's just consider it as making up for not being able to visit in time.
Tao Min convinced herself this.
When they arrived at the door of the restaurant, they found out that it was a Northern Anhui restaurant, which gave Tao Min another little surprise.
The girl from northern Anhui loves her hometown and never gets tired of eating the food from her hometown.
However, Anhui cuisine restaurants are not particularly famous. After all, they do not have as wide an audience as Cantonese and Sichuan cuisine, and are rare in other cities.
Moreover, Anhui cuisine is further subdivided into Southern Anhui cuisine, Wanjiang cuisine, Luzhou cuisine, Huainan cuisine and Northern Anhui cuisine, making it even more difficult to find a Northern Anhui restaurant.
It is difficult to find a few restaurants in the whole Lin'an, especially authentic restaurants serving northern Anhui cuisine.
The northern Anhui restaurant that Su Zelin booked was opened by a northern Anhui native. It was absolutely authentic, and even the decoration was in the local style of northern Anhui. Tao Min felt a strong sense of familiarity as soon as she walked in.
It's not uncommon to have a meal at a big hotel, and the idlers are not short of money, but there's nothing special about it. Instead, they specially found a northern Anhui restaurant and tried it more attentively.
The waiter brought the menu, and Su Zelin handed it to Tao Min very gentlemanly, and then ordered a few dishes for himself.
In fact, he doesn’t care what he eats, but Tao Min will most likely order the cheapest, so I have to add something more expensive.
Before the food was served, Tao Min brought up the topic of her college roommate Pan Yun and her boyfriend Liu Yanbin.
"Junior, I heard that you helped Liu Yanbin find a job as the manager of the New Century Yinchang Direct Store?"
After graduation, she kept in touch with her college roommates. Apart from her good sister Li Yanru, she kept in touch with Pan Yun the most, because they had a good relationship in college. She knew about Pan Yun and Liu Yanbin's situations, and learned that Liu Yanbin followed his roommate to Yinchang after graduation. However, the situation was a bit difficult at the beginning, and he could not find a good job. He could only work in a factory, working more than ten hours a day, doing hard work, which was very tiring.
Fortunately, New Century later entered the national market and Yinchang also opened direct stores. Su Zelin found Liu Yanbin, and things got better.
During a phone call, Pan Yun happily told Tao Min about this matter. In addition to sharing her own joy, it also helped to establish a better image for Su Zelin in front of Tao Min.
After all, a man who values friendship so much will definitely be more popular with girls.
"Yes, that was the time when the new century was most in need of people. All the major provinces and cities had to recruit managers. I thought Yanbin performed very well in school, and he was also a man with perseverance and hard work. It shouldn't be a problem for him to be a store manager, so I arranged it!"
The scoundrel is an understatement.
"Even though you've graduated, you haven't forgotten to take care of your former classmates and friends!"
Tao Min felt a little emotional.
With Su Zelin's current status and power in New Century, arranging a store manager for Liu Yanbin may be done with just a phone call. However, the key is that even though he has taken this position, he still cares so much about his old classmate, which shows that he is very loyal.
Apart from the emotional cost, Su Zelin's character is impeccable.
So even though they knew he was a scumbag, many girls just couldn't hate him. Even Tao Min, who had just planned to stay away from scumbags when she just graduated to avoid falling into their trap, couldn't help but get in touch with him again and get close to him.
"How about it, Senior Sister Tao, are you interested in leaving your stingy company where employees have to share a double room with their colleagues when they go on business trips, and switch to our New Century? The treatment will definitely not be bad!"
Su Zelin said again half jokingly and half seriously.
This was one of the many times he had extended an olive branch to Tao Min.
"Well, let me think about it first."
Tao Min's answer surprised Hunzi a little.
Whenever he invited Tao Min in the past, she always declined, but this time she seemed somewhat interested.
"Okay, Senior Sister, I'll wait for you. You can always come to me whenever you feel like it!"
Su Zelin didn't urge her either.
It takes courage and determination to switch from a stable job in a company to a private one.
Besides, the New Year is coming soon, and the company is at its busiest time. Tao Min would never change jobs now.
Her old employer may be stingy, but she is not an employee who lacks professional ethics.
As we were talking, the dishes were served. The first dish was a soup called "Fish Bites Lamb".
When talking about northern Anhui cuisine, we have to mention mutton soup.
In Anhui Province, there is almost no restaurant where you cannot find mutton soup.
"Fish Bites Lamb" is an upgraded version of mutton soup, a famous Huaibei specialty. Lamb is stuffed into the belly of mandarin fish and cooked together. The umami flavor of fish and mutton is blended together, making the dish taste even more delicious. Especially in the winter, a bowl of this soup is delicious and nourishing.
Su Zelin picked up the spoon, filled two bowls, and gave the first bowl to Tao Min first.
"Thank you. There probably aren't many people who can enjoy Mr. Su's soup-serving service!"
Tao Min said with a smile.
With Su Zelin's current status, in most occasions others would serve him soup, or if he went to high-end restaurants, there would be waiters to help serve him soup.
“Not many, not many, but Senior Sister Tao will always be one of them!”
Su Zelin still spoke flowery words as usual.
"I'm saying this now, but I'm afraid that you'll forget me when I'm old and ugly!"
Tao Min started to make fun of himself.
Su Zelin laughed: "How could that be? Even if you grow old, you will only grow old gracefully. There is a saying that goes, time never defeats beauty!"
"Your mouth is really good at talking!"
Tao Min was delighted by his coaxing.
"My mouth is not only for talking, it also has many other uses."
Su Zelin chuckled.
Tao Min was no naive person, she understood immediately, her pretty face slightly reddened at being teased, but she pretended to be confused: "Drink the soup quickly, it won't taste good if it's frozen!"
After drinking a bowl of hot soup, my whole body warmed up.
At this time, the second dish, braised breast meat, was served.
Peiru meat is also a specialty of Huaibei. It is deeply favored for its rich fragrance, pure taste and nourishing properties. The meat is bright in color, plump in shape and looks very good. Compared with braised pork, it is fatter and tender but not greasy, and it melts in the mouth with an endless aftertaste. It is softer and more tender than lean meat, especially its unique milk flavor, which is mouth-watering.
The love of Huaibei people for it cannot be expressed in words, and they often salivate at the smell before they say anything. When many Huaibei people go to work in other places, the thing they can't leave behind is the Peiru meat from their hometown, as if they have no appetite without this dish.
This was the first time that Tao Min had eaten it in a city outside northern Anhui. She didn't care about her manners and ate so much that her lips were greasy.
The third dish, ground pot chicken, not only uses free-range chicken, but also adds bread. The bread borrows the flavor of the dish, and the dish borrows the fragrance of the bread. It has the characteristics of being soft and smooth while also having a dry fragrance.
Finally all five courses were served, the variety of dishes was limited, but considering there were only two of us and each dish was quite generous, it was a bit much.
Although the hearty girl from northern Anhui did not have as little appetite as Yan Qiuwen, and it was a rare opportunity to eat authentic hometown food, Tao Min ate quite a lot at this meal. But in the end she was really full and had to give up. The rest was eaten by Su Zelin like fallen leaves in the autumn wind.
"You eat amazingly!"
This was not the first time that Tao Min had seen how much the hunzi ate, but she was still dumbfounded.
Yan Qiuwen said the same thing a few days ago, but facing two different girls, Su Zelin's answer was somewhat different.
Su Zelin put down his chopsticks, drank a cup of tea to clear his mouth, and said with a smile: "I can't help it, it's mainly because I love the house and the people in it, so I performed beyond my normal level, haha."
"Tsk, just blow it!"
Tao Min understood what he meant.
Because he is from northern Anhui, he likes to eat northern Anhui dishes tonight and eats especially a lot.
Although she knew that the other party might be fooling her, the girl from northern Anhui was still very happy.
After dinner, they went to the movies and Su Zelin chose a cinema that Qin Shiqing would not go to.
Because his girlfriend and Song Yuwei were also going shopping tonight, and they would occasionally go to the movies together, so it would be bad if they were caught. However, he was very familiar with the movie theaters that Qin Shiqing usually went to, so he would not run into them.
Before entering the theater, Su Zelin bought some popcorn and hot soy milk. He was a little full after eating in the restaurant, but popcorn is mainly for entertainment during the movie and will not make him too full.
It was a romance film, about a young man and woman who were separated after graduation. They had feelings for each other, but due to various reasons they couldn't be together. But in the end they met again by chance and fell in love.
Tao Min watched with great interest and was completely absorbed in it.
However, Su Zelin felt that the plot was old-fashioned and the screenwriter could do nothing but sensationalism. He stared at the big screen absent-mindedly, with one hand constantly reaching into the paper bag between the two of them to take popcorn.
When he reached out for the Nth time, what he touched was not popcorn, but something else.
Warm and soft, these are Tao Min's hands.
Just as Tao Min wanted to eat some popcorn, they both reached out at the same time and collided in the narrow space of the paper bag.
The gangster suddenly felt like playing a mischievous trick and pinched her palm mischievously.
Tao Min felt as if she had been struck by lightning. Her delicate body trembled and she quickly shrank back, continuing to watch the movie as if nothing had happened.
Her expression couldn't be seen in the dark cinema, but Su Zelin knew that she was not angry about it.
Now Tao Min also became absent-minded.
This continued until the movie ended and the two walked out of the cinema.
Tao Min acted as if what happened just now had never happened and never mentioned it again, but just deliberately discussed the plot.
After watching the movie, it was already past ten o'clock.
Tao Min has to go on business tomorrow morning and rush back to Shenghai at noon, so she can't play too late, so Su Zelin takes her back to the hotel.
Before the other person got off the car, Su Zelin asked, "Senior sister, won't you invite me up to sit with you?"
"I didn't tell you, there are other female colleagues!"
This female colleague is not as familiar as her roommate Gan Ting. She is a big mouth and usually gossipy. Tao Min doesn't dare to invite Su Zelin to her guest room.
Besides, she might be asleep by now, which is inconvenient.
"Is that so? What if there are no other female colleagues?"
The idiot asked another tricky question.
"There are so many ifs and ifs. If it is, it is, and if it is not, it is not!"
Tao Min curled her lips.
Su Zelin smiled and said, "It's just a hypothesis. Tell me about it, senior sister!"
Tao Min was a bit helpless with him, and said helplessly: "Well, if there are no female colleagues, then it's fine, but you can only sit for a while, but don't think too much."
"I know, I know. I'll be satisfied if I do it."
Su Zelin's half-smile made Tao Min murmur in her heart.
She couldn't understand what the gangster said.
This guy, is he planning something bad
"Okay, senior sister, go in quickly, good night!"
Without flirting with Tao Min again, Su Zelin said goodbye to her.
"Well, good night!"
Tao Min nodded slightly.
The car started, and she watched the Audi go away before she withdrew her gaze.
Although it was a bit dangerous to continue living like this, she had to admit that the time she spent with this junior was indeed very happy.
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