"good."
"It seems that you have been enjoying your life recently. You have even become a big director."
"It's okay. We are a small group. How can we compare with your Red Mori Yamamoto? It's just a drop in the ocean."
"Exaggerated." Gu Benmo smiled, sat in front of her desk, and crossed his long legs. "How is it? Are you busy today?"
"What do you want me to do?"
"It's not me who's old, it's Qingyan. Isn't she getting married soon? She's going to try out the dishes for the wedding banquet tonight. I want to ask if you're free to go with us."
"Try the dishes for the wedding banquet?" Su Yi's eyes lit up. Coincidentally, she also needed to try dishes recently. So, she would go with Yanyan to try them first. If they were delicious, she would ask her family to try them together.
"Yes, food tasting."
"Sure, I'm free, shall we go now?"
"If you are done with your work now, go now. If you are still busy now, go after you get off work."
"No, today is Friday and I'm almost done with my work. Wait for me, I can leave after I turn off my computer."
*
I haven't seen Yanyan for a long time. As soon as we met, we were both very enthusiastic and kept chatting.
Ding Qingyan smiled and said, "You are a very busy person now. Every time I look for you, I can't find you without making an appointment in advance."
"Hey, wasn't I dealing with the things my dad and that Ruan were thinking about some time ago? I was a little busy, but now it's all right. I've dealt with it. I'll have time in the future."
Across the table, Gu Benmo and Lin Jishen were talking.
Ding Qingyan glanced at Gu Benmo and asked in a low voice, "What about you and President Lan?"
"We're going to have a drink soon too."
"Really? Congratulations." Ding Qingyan said, and then looked at Gu Benmo, "Does my brother know about this?"
The brother Ding Qingyan mentioned is Gu Benmo.
"You don't know yet. Didn't he just come out of seclusion? I'll find a time to tell him when I go back home in the evening."
"Well, please speak nicely."
Su Yi nodded, "I know."
The banquet dishes were served one by one, filling the table. Ding Qingyan said, "This restaurant is a famous Michelin three-star restaurant. The food is delicious, but the downside is that the food is served slowly. Their head chef is a Frenchman who pursues sentimentality. If you want to eat fast, he won't agree."
"Really?" Su Yi thought the chef was very interesting. He picked up the spoon and took a sip of the soup. Suddenly, his eyes lit up. "Hmm... This soup is delicious."
"Try that dish." Ding Qingyan pointed to a baked snail.
Su Yi used a tool to open one, put it in his mouth, and chewed a few times. "It tastes good, but I'm afraid that there will be many elders at the banquet. I think it's okay for young people to eat these dishes, but as for the elderly, I'm afraid they won't be used to the taste."
Ding Qingyan nodded, "I have this concern as well."
Then she turned around and asked Lin Jishen, "Ji Shen, this kind of dish is delicious, but it's not suitable for the elderly, right?"
Lin Jishen nodded, looking at Ding Qingyan with eyes full of love, "I think so too."
"Then let's forget about this one and try the traditional dishes?"
"Okay." Lin Jishen waved his hand and called the waiter to pay the bill.
"Don't you want all these dishes?" Su Yi ate another snail and asked with regret.
Seeing this, Ding Qingyan didn't know whether to laugh or cry.
Gu Benmo said helplessly: "You should stop now. This is a food tasting. We will try many restaurants later. If you keep eating like this, will you be able to eat at other restaurants later?"
"But this is delicious." Su Yi refused to give up. Maybe she was born a foodie. When she saw something delicious, she thought it would be a waste if she didn't finish it.
Sure enough, the chef was not happy either. When he heard that the guests were leaving without finishing their food, he hurried out of the kitchen and said a few words in French in a frustrated tone.
Gu Benmo stood up, said a few words elegantly, and pointed at Su Yi. The French chef looked at Su Yi and shook his head.
Su Yi only understood English, so he asked, "What did you say to him?"
"He said we were wasting food, and I told him we were doing a food tasting and we chose to do it in his restaurant out of respect for him. I told him you really like his food and asked if he could take you a package to take home."
"He refused?"
Gu Benmo nodded, a smile on his lips, "Yes, he said that it won't taste good if you take it home, unless you finish eating here, they don't provide takeaway."
"Okay." Su Yi nodded and gave the French chef a thumbs up.
Gu Benmo smiled and said to the chef in French: "Mr. Dasen, my friend said your dishes are excellent."
The French host then felt better. He put one hand on his chest and bowed to Su Yi like a gentleman, expressing his sincere gratitude for her compliment.
A group of people came out of the restaurant and tried several restaurants in a row. Su Yi ate more and more, and finally he couldn't eat anymore. He slumped in the chair and said lazily: "Have a cup of tea, Zhenzhen."
"What's wrong? Are you so sick of it?" Gu Benmo turned his head and asked her with gentle eyes.
"Yes." Su Yi nodded weakly, "I'm too full. I feel like the food is stuck in my throat. I can't stand up."
"Is it that exaggerated?" Gu Benmo smiled.
Su Yi nodded. "It's no exaggeration to say that I ate too much today. My stomach will probably explode if I eat any more."
Gu Benmo thought for a moment and said, "Then I'll take you back."
Su Yi held his chin up, as if thinking, and then nodded, "Okay, thank you."
"polite."
*
The car drove smoothly on the avenue.
Su Yi sat in the passenger seat, resting with her eyelashes drooping lazily.
Gu Benmo drove, occasionally glanced at her, raised his hand, and turned on the car stereo.
The melody of "I Crossed the Ocean to See You" slowly sounded.
"For you, I used up half a year's savings to travel across the ocean to see you. For this reunion, I even practiced my breathing repeatedly when we met. Words have never been able to express one ten-thousandth of my feelings. Because of this regret, I thought about it again and again at night and refused to fall asleep. The memories are always slowly accumulating in my heart and cannot be erased..."
Hearing this, Su Yi suddenly opened his eyes and glanced at Gu Benmo's handsome profile, "Benmo."
The voice was quiet, as if he wanted to say something.
"What?"
"I live in Seagate now."
"Really? Then I'll set up the navigation." He reached out and touched the navigation.
"I'm with him."
Of course, Gu Benmo knew who the word "he" was referring to. His fingertips paused, feeling completely cold.
"We live together now."
Gu Benmo didn't say anything.
There was a long silence.
Su Yi turned his head to look at the scenery outside the car window. The atmosphere was so depressing that it made him feel a little uncomfortable.
After a long pause, Gu Benmo whispered, "Really? That's great. You've always liked him. Now that you're together, your wish has come true. Congratulations."
Su Yi heard this and turned around to look at him.
Gu Benmo lowered his eyes and looked at her, without a trace of unhappiness in his eyes, "It's cold at night, if you want to sleep, just cover yourself with a blanket."
As he spoke, he reached into the back seat and pulled out a thin blanket that he had prepared for her. "The air conditioner is cold, cover your legs."
Su Yi held the thin blanket in her hand. In the adult world, there are some things that never need to be said explicitly, because saying them explicitly is not a good thing.
She covered herself with the blanket and said to Gu Benmo, "Thank you."
Gu Benmo drove calmly.
The car soon arrived at the Sea Gate.
"I'm here, thank you for sending me back." Su Yi took off the thin blanket on her legs and said to Gu Benmo.
Gu Benmo looked at the blanket she had placed on the seat and said, "I'll take you upstairs."
As he said this, he was about to unbuckle his seat belt.
"No need." Su Yi refused, "It won't take me even a minute to walk in from here. You don't have to send me off. I can go back by myself."
"What? Are you afraid that he will see us and misunderstand us?" Gu Benmo raised his eyebrows and said half-jokingly.
Su Yi smiled, "No, how could that be? I just feel like we are really close. Okay, go back. We'll get together next time when we are free."
"Okay, then go back. I'll watch you go in before I leave."
Su Yi sighed. She couldn't persuade him, so she stopped talking. She turned around and walked into the building in her high heels.
Gu Benmo watched her walk into the building. The smile on his face slowly faded, and his eyes were filled with loneliness.
*
As soon as I entered the bridal room, I saw Lan Fuchu sitting at the desk, wearing comfortable home clothes, working seriously.
He was dressed so simply and casually, but he was so handsome. Su Yi sometimes wondered if the reason why she liked to flirt with Lan Fuchu in the beginning was because he was so handsome? And then she was attracted by his lust
Su Yi could clearly feel his own throbbing heartbeat.
The second update will be tomorrow.
(End of this chapter)