She smiled slightly: "I'm Elena. I met Mr. Nie at a concert before. We have been close friends for many years."
She stood up, and Master Cheng could see clearly what she was wearing.
The off-white suit is paired with a denim shirt and tassel earrings, which are smart and fashionable, and youthful. Compared with black, off-white is warmer and cleaner, and the tassel earrings are used as embellishments to neutralize the formality of the suit.
The most important thing is that the person in front of him has a pair of brown eyes, three-dimensional facial features, and deep contours. It can be seen that he is not from Country Z.
But she speaks fluent Chinese, without any foreign accent.
"Master Cheng, I've long heard of your name." She stretched out her hand towards Master Cheng and smiled, as if waiting for Master Cheng to shake hands with her.
Master Cheng missed her, put on a stern face, and sat down directly: "Tell me, what do you want from me?"
Nie Mi was a little embarrassed and tried to smooth things over, trying to divert the woman's attention: "That's just his personality. Don't take it to heart."
"I know that people who do scientific research all have their own tempers. I understand that very well." Elena did not show any anger or dissatisfaction. Instead, she seemed very easy to talk to.
The more she acted like this, the more worried Nie Mi became: "Let's sit down and talk first."
"OK."
Alina slowly called the waiter and ordered a cup of coffee for Nie Mi and Master Cheng, and waited for the waiter to bring two new cups of coffee.
She then looked at Master Cheng with a different look: "I heard that Master Cheng is the leading physics expert in the country and also enjoys a high reputation internationally."
Master Cheng lowered his head, concentrating on his cup of coffee, as if he didn't hear anything.
“…” Seeing the atmosphere become tense again, Nie Mi could only accept his fate and try to smooth things over: “Haha, that’s just his temper.”
Elena smiled and said, "Mr. Nie, you just said this."
Nie Mi had no choice but to curl the corners of his mouth, put on an expression that said 'If you are not embarrassed, I am not embarrassed either', and smiled without saying anything.
Elena roughly deduced Master Cheng's temper in just a few minutes. She stopped beating around the bush and went straight to the point: "Master Cheng, has Master Nie ever mentioned to you that I'm from the island?"
Master Cheng lifted his eyelids, revealing dark circles under his eyes. His eyes were extremely bright and sharp. "So what?"
Elena crossed her hands on the table and chuckled again: "You don't have to be so hostile to me. We are not enemies."
Master Cheng didn't comment and didn't even look at her well.
Nie Mi had already given up, so he simply didn't bother to smooth things over, and let the two of them talk. He drank coffee nearby and pretended not to see anything.
Elena was young after all, so she frowned slightly, but quickly suppressed her emotion and smiled again: "Do you know Qiao Nian? What kind of person is she?"
When Master Cheng heard Qiao Nian's name, he interrupted her impatiently: "What do you mean by asking about Nian Nian? You didn't tell me that you wanted to ask about her before I came."
Elena didn't expect that Master Cheng would react so strongly when she just mentioned the name, and even Nie Mi didn't give her face and got angry on the spot.
Her smiling expression froze on her face, her breathing became heavier and then she adjusted herself. She picked up the lemonade on the table and took a sip, hiding the fleeting emotion on her face.
"Don't get excited, I'm just asking out of curiosity for personal reasons. If you don't want to answer, forget it."
"Since you don't tell me what you want to talk to me about, there's no need for us to continue chatting." Master Cheng didn't give him face. He stood up and left, supporting himself on the table with his hands.
(End of this chapter)