It was seven o'clock in the evening, dinner time, and as usual, the restaurant called Guoguoxiang at the end of Baichi Lane was already bustling with activity.
The restaurant's kitchen was bustling with activity, with the air filled with heat and the aroma of food. Inside the restaurant, the waiters were busy taking orders, serving the food, and clearing the tables and chairs, crowding together with the guests who had come here.
The restaurant is a small shop, and apart from being relatively clean, it is not high-end at all. It is only because the owner runs it with great care, and the prices are affordable and the taste is pretty good that many people who have eaten here have become repeat customers. As a result, the place is always crowded at mealtimes, especially at night.
Compared to the noise on the first floor, the second floor of the restaurant is relatively quiet. There are several private rooms on the second floor, separated by screens and green plants. Sitting upstairs, you can also see the view of the lakeside park in the distance through the window.
And at this moment, in a secluded private room by the window on the second floor of the restaurant.
A man and a woman were sitting on either side of the table, facing each other in silence. The atmosphere in the box was somewhat weird.
The dishes had already been served and placed on the table, but no one picked up their chopsticks.
The man was in his twenties, wearing the most ordinary T-shirt and jeans. He looked a little handsome, with thick eyebrows and big eyes, a bit like the Hong Kong star Luo Jialiang. The woman was very elegantly dressed, wearing a black Chanel silk dress, paired with a pearl necklace. With her long black hair and pretty face, she looked elegant and decent, and the waiter who just brought in the dishes couldn't help but take a few more glances.
In the box, in addition to the aroma of the dishes on the table, there was also the scent of the high-end perfume on the woman. However, the scent of the perfume was somewhat unfamiliar to the man.
"I haven't seen you for a month. Have you changed your perfume?" The man smiled, raised his eyes, looked at the woman, paused for two seconds, and then said seriously, "Jiaying, you don't need to use perfume. You smell best after taking a shower with soap..."
Seeing the man break the silence, the woman also retracted her gaze from the treetops in the park far away outside the window, looked seriously at the man sitting opposite her, hesitated for two seconds, and said, "Today... Actually, I have something to tell you!"
"Come on, what's the matter?" The man said, picking up his chopsticks. As usual, he first picked up the woman's favorite fish-flavored pork shreds and put them in the girl's bowl. "Let's talk while we eat. I've been waiting for you here just now, and the food is a little cold!"
"let's break up… "
The man's gentleness and thoughtfulness gave the girl courage, and she said what she wanted to say directly and decisively, no longer caring about the consequences. The woman knew that no matter what, the man sitting opposite her would not do anything to her. Many breakups between men and women would turn into a police and gangster action movie, and a few would even turn the breakup into a horror movie or even a disaster movie. However, the man sitting opposite her had never yelled at her once in the three years since they had known each other. Based on her understanding of this man, the woman knew that even if she proposed to break up, this man would not do anything to her. The ending of this breakup today would only be an art film.
After she finished speaking, the woman stared at the man's face. In her heart, she had already prepared various responses. However, what the woman did not expect was that after hearing the words of breaking up, the man's face remained calm. He was not shocked, not stunned, not sad, not in pain, and certainly not hysterical. The man's hand that was picking up the dish froze in the air for half a second, and then the man put the dish into his bowl as usual.
The man calmly took a bite of the food, glanced at the girl, and then said in a calm voice, "Okay, I agree!"
The man's indifferent attitude made the woman feel relieved, but at the same time, her self-esteem made her feel disappointed, even angry and unwilling.
Could it be that this man had been insincere towards her in the past few years, or that he had never loved her at all
Women's minds are unpredictable.
"hope you can forgive me!"
"It's okay. Maybe this is just our fate. Today is your birthday. I wanted to give you a surprise, but it seems that the surprise I gave you is no longer necessary!" The man remained calm and ate his food while talking. "I didn't expect that you would give me a surprise!"
The woman is not interested in the "birthday surprise" the man said. She just looks at the man with judgment and criticism, "Do you know why I left you?"
"It's actually not important anymore..." The man sighed, glanced at the woman, and said calmly, his facial expression showing no joy, anger, sorrow or happiness at all.
The woman looked at the man and shook her head. "My former classmates and best friends now drive Mercedes-Benz and BMW cars, live in villas, go shopping or do beauty treatments and yoga every day, and live a happy life. I don't want to become a shrew after I turn 30, thinking about how to pay off the mortgage of a small house with you, save money for the children's education, and take care of the elderly..."
"Is this just like what the female guest on If You Are the One said, she would rather cry in a BMW than laugh on a bicycle?"
"Not bad!" The woman was silent for a few seconds, then nodded frankly.
"But I never let you ride a bicycle!" The man looked at the woman seriously and corrected her solemnly, "I let you ride an electric car, which is environmentally friendly, convenient and can be driven 360 degrees!"
This man still has this inappropriate sense of humor? He really hasn't changed at all...
Only the woman didn't laugh.
"I will be thirty in a few years. I am not young anymore. I want to find a man I can rely on while I am still young. I am not a woman who can endure hardships and struggle with you!"
"I see!"
"Maybe our acquaintance was a mistake!" The woman stood up from the chair with her bag, ready to leave...
"The dishes have been ordered. This is probably going to be the last meal we two have together. Let's consider it as a farewell dinner. Don't waste it. Let's eat first before leaving..." The man raised his eyes and looked at the woman. The woman hesitated for a moment and sat back down.
The woman just moved her chopsticks symbolically and basically didn't eat anything. But the man seemed heartless. He ate two bowls of rice and most of the dishes on the table before finally paying the bill and leaving.
As they walked out of the shop, the lights outside were just coming on, and the two of them parted "politely" outside the restaurant.
The woman walked towards the lakeside road on the other side of the alley, and the man also walked towards the lakeside road on the other side.
"Yan Liqiang, we have broken up..." After walking a few steps, the woman turned around and said coldly to the man walking behind her.
"Ms. Lu Jiaying, I think you misunderstood. I'm going to take a bus!" the man smiled.
"Isn't your electric bike at a storage station over there?" The woman looked at the man with a scrutinizing and slightly helpless look.
The woman knew that usually, when the man came here to eat, he would ride an electric bike and leave from the other end of the alley after eating. However, in the past, she always left with the man, but today, there was no need to do so.
"Let's change our means of transportation today!" Yan Liqiang shrugged.
The woman gritted her teeth and stopped talking. Yan Liqiang also stopped talking, and the two of them walked to the alley entrance.
At the street corner at the alley entrance, a man in his thirties was standing in front of a shiny black BMW 5 Series in the posture of a car model, waiting for a woman to appear. When the man saw the woman and Yan Liqiang appear, he was stunned for a moment, then glanced at the woman, and the woman also gave the man a look. After understanding the message in the woman's eyes, a reserved and superior smile appeared on the face of the BMW man, and then he took the initiative to walk towards the two people.
"Hello, you are Yan Liqiang, right? Jiaying told me about you..." The BMW man held out his hand to Yan Liqiang with a victorious attitude, "Jiaying said that you are now working in a mobile phone company, and your work is pretty good. You will soon be promoted to deputy director, and you are also preparing to buy a house with a mortgage..."
It was unclear whether the man's tone was a compliment or a mockery.
Yan Liqiang also showed a bright smile on his face, without any frustration or depression. He stretched out his hand and shook the BMW man's hand tightly, shaking it up and down, just like the two Red Army teams meeting in northern Shaanxi that year, excited, enthusiastic, generous and relieved. "Hahaha, that job is temporary and quite fun. I have to leave too. My flight is tonight. It may be difficult for us to meet again in the future. I will leave Jiaying to you. Jiaying is a good girl, gentle and kind. I hope you can take good care of Jiaying in the future. By the way, Jiaying probably hasn't told you that you must not give her iced watermelon when it's hot, otherwise she will easily have a headache. Also, on the days of each month when Jiaying is not feeling well, remember to boil some water with brown sugar and ginger for her..."
The victorious smile on the man's face stiffened for a moment, and he looked at the woman with a puzzled look. The woman was also a little puzzled. She originally thought that Yan Liqiang followed her here because he was unwilling to give in and wanted to "compete" with her new boyfriend. This was also the behavior of many men. She originally hoped that Yan Liqiang would "back down when he saw her BMW man" after coming here. What she didn't expect was that Yan Liqiang's behavior at this moment did not look like a man who had just been dumped by her.
"Do you have a flight to catch? Then I'll drive you to the airport. It's quite far from here. Jiaying said you usually ride an electric bike..." The BMW man was still "polite".
"No need, the car to pick me up is here..."
As soon as Yan Liqiang finished speaking, a graceful and elegant silver Rolls-Royce Phantom drove over from a distance and stopped in front of the BMW man's car.
The license plate of the Rolls-Royce is from Shanghai, and the license plate number is also very domineering. As soon as the Rolls-Royce stopped, a driver in his forties, wearing a well-ironed Armani suit, and a blonde, with blue eyes, bunted hair, gold-rimmed glasses, high heels, carrying a briefcase, a pair of enchanting legs, and a smart and capable OL-style beauty, like Iron Man's female secretary, opened the car door and got out almost at the same time.
As soon as the Rolls-Royce Phantom stopped, many people on the street looked over here.
The driver wearing Armani came to Yan Liqiang, bowed slightly to him, and then said, "Master, the plane is ready and waiting for you at the airport!"
As Lu Jiaying and the BMW man stared in astonishment, Yan Liqiang opened his arms and gave the beautiful secretary a warm hug, "Claudia, long time no see!"
"Master, it's too troublesome to apply for private jet routes in mainland China!" The beautiful female secretary who spoke Chinese shook her head after hugging Yan Liqiang, complained softly, and then took out a document from her briefcase. "Oh, by the way, this is the medieval castle for sale in Europe that you asked me to pay attention to. I have compiled some information. There are several good castles in France. Master, do you want to go and have a look? If necessary, I can arrange for a property lawyer to prepare for the relevant matters immediately. Master, you know that there are many legal procedures for purchasing real estate such as castles in France. It will take at least several months to complete..."
"No need..." Yan Liqiang just glanced at the document and shook his head, "It was originally a gift and a surprise, but that gift and surprise are no longer needed. Dad is right, I am too naive..."
"There is also a football club that the chairman wants to acquire in Europe. I have already prepared the information..."
"Okay, let's watch it on the plane..."
After saying that, Yan Liqiang walked towards the Rolls-Royce. The driver, who was wearing Armani, took two steps forward and personally and respectfully opened the door for Yan Liqiang.
Before getting into the car, Yan Liqiang suddenly stopped, turned around, looked at Lu Jiaying, who was looking at him with a pale face and disbelief, and the BMW man who was completely shocked and speechless, and said one last sentence, "You two are indeed a good match. I wish you two can live together forever..."
After he finished speaking, Yan Liqiang got into the car. The beautiful girl named Claudia glanced at Lu Jiaying, smiled, and got into the car without saying anything. Finally, the driver in an Armani suit got back into the car. Under the astonished gaze of the people on the street, the stunning Rolls-Royce Phantom quietly passed through the street outside the Lake Center Park and disappeared in the traffic, leaving only a shaky and annoyed woman and a completely wilted man standing dumbfounded at the entrance of Baichi Lane...
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ps: I have to report to everyone that "Silver Overlord" is launched today. This is the first chapter of the new book. After Tiger reported the news of the new book on the official account, those versions of Silver Overlord that suddenly appeared have nothing to do with Tiger. Please be careful to distinguish them!
(End of this chapter)