"I heard that Miss Shen likes crabs. I prepared it specially for you."
Finally, the chef brought over a small plate with a crab with its teeth and claws on it. The crab shells were red and clearly steamed.
Shen Qing looked at the crab and looked at the chef's expectant eyes, and couldn't help but hesitate. There is no tool for eating crabs here, do you have to use your hands to break it
The chef didn't notice her entanglement, picked up the small jar of wine next to her, and poured a glass of amber-colored wine into the exquisite wine cup for her.
The aroma of the wine was accompanied by the aroma of the food, and Shen Qing really felt as if his stomach was burning.
The chef was busy beside her, Shen Qing was a little embarrassed, but Chen Dongsheng stopped him, "Okay, you go down first."
The chef glanced at Chen Dongsheng reluctantly, and before leaving, he repeatedly told her, "I made the wine specially for you, you must try it."
Shen Qing smiled awkwardly at him, not knowing what to say.
After the people left, Chen Dongsheng explained lightly: "His personality is a bit weird, but his craftsmanship is not bad, let's try it."
Hearing this, she hesitantly stretched out her chopsticks to the crab in front of her, and made a crisp sound when she caught the crab shell. She took off the chopsticks strangely, only to find that the crab's shell was actually made of noodles.
Before, she had heard people say that crab shells are made of noodles, but she had never heard of any chef who could do it, especially to the extent that it was fake.
No matter how the other party's cooking skills are, at least the cooking skills are already top-notch.
She grabbed two crab claws and chewed them in her mouth. The delicious aroma of the crab meat in her mouth and the crispy texture of her own crust made her squinted in satisfaction.
"Is it delicious?"
"Yeah." Shen Qing nodded, she was smiling originally, but after seeing Chen Dongsheng's indifferent expression, that smile could no longer be maintained.
After the two looked at each other for a few seconds, Chen Dongsheng said, "Aqing, do you have anything to tell me face to face?"
His question made her terrified, and her heart seemed to be grabbed by something. She realized that if she spoke her words out, there was no way she could go back.
Looking into his eyes, she was silent for a long time before she asked, "Ah Sheng, do I have no chance to stand by your side in an upright manner?"
Her eyes were full of hope, thinking in her heart that even if he deceived herself, just like before, she could consider it true and continue to wait. Even if it is far away, even if it will never be realized.
"Yes."
Chen Dongsheng didn't give her that chance, his answer was that simple. Even if his voice was so gentle, it made her tears fall.
"Can we... separate?"
"If that's what you want, yes."
No retention, no reluctance, nothing. Shen Qing tried to find some nostalgia in his eyes, even a little bit.
"Aqing, bye."
Chen Dongsheng picked up the wine cup and raised it towards her from a distance.
Shen Qing picked up the wine cup in front of him, saluted him, raised his head and drank it.
Seeing that she drank the glass of wine, Chen Dongsheng put down the glass and did not move the wine in the glass. He didn't even move his chopsticks again, but watched Shen Qing lowered his head to eat seriously.
The conversation just now seemed to dissipate with the wind, leaving no trace in people's hearts.
Shen Qing seemed to have forgotten the people around him, eating on his own, not even noticing the chef who had returned to the restaurant at some point.
Under the watchful eyes of the two, Shen Qing ate all the food in front of him, then stood up in a daze and walked towards the door.
The housekeeper was still waiting outside the door, not surprised to see her coming out, and led the way before taking her back to the original guest room.
"Ah, Miss Shen is really a good diner. If there is still a chance, I will definitely invite her to dinner." Watching Shen Qing leave, the chef sighed loudly.
It's a pity that the beard on his face blocked his expression, making people unable to feel his sincerity.
Chen Dongsheng put the napkin aside and stood up, "This is the end of our transaction. Before the sun goes down tomorrow, I hope you have left."
"Of course, of course." The chef gave Chen Dongsheng an exaggerated exit ceremony.
When he woke up, Shen Qing looked blank. She remembered that she had planned to have a showdown with Chen Dongsheng yesterday, but for some reason she fell asleep after taking a shower without even eating.
She washed and went out in a hurry, and as soon as she opened the door, she saw a housekeeper standing outside.
"Miss Shen, the master ordered me to take you away."
"Leave?" Shen Qing's expression changed, she hadn't said anything to him.
The butler always had a smile on his face, but it didn't make people feel so close. He put a simple red lacquer dressing box in his hands and said to Shen Qing, "The owner has been very busy recently and has no time to receive Miss Shen. He asked me to bring you a word."
Shen Qing stared blankly at the dressing box, as if she understood something, she did not refuse, took the dressing box with both hands, and held it in her arms.
"What?" She took a deep breath and looked at the old housekeeper.
The housekeeper smiled, "He said, I wish you well for the rest of your life."
At this moment, Shen Qing seemed to hear something. Later, she thought, it was probably the sound of her heart finally falling to the ground.
"… I will."
She didn't know how she left the Chen family's old house. She rejected the housekeeper's proposal to take her to the airport. At a roadside, she got out of the car, and then kept walking with a salute.
The mind is empty, as if there is nothing, unable to think.
So he knew!
That's right, there are many people he arranged around her. Even if a group of people have been fired after this scandal, there are still many people who are willing to pass on any news about her.
How could her little actions hide from his eyes
The situation that Zoran was worried about didn't appear, and she couldn't even say goodbye to that person in person.
Perhaps, the other party was waiting for her to make this choice early in the morning. The company she thought might have long since become a burden to the other party.
He never took the initiative to mention it, maybe because he was dispensable for her existence, or maybe because he was waiting for her to speak up.
Now, she has made up her mind, and he has no lingering.
Even if we don't meet, at least he left her the last bit of a fig leaf.
I only hope that for the rest of my life, I will never meet again.
She walked in embarrassment in this city. This was the city where he lived. She had stayed here for a long time, but after all, she was just a passerby.
She almost greedily looked at the scenery by the road, every grass and tree here, hoping to remember all of this in her mind, even if she didn't set foot here in the rest of her life, she could remember it firmly.