The waiter came in to order. Rong Xin was holding a heavy order book and didn't order anything. Ordered a bottle of red wine first.
Luo Xiangdong said: "You drink, and let the driver take you back at night."
Rong Xin didn't even raise her head and replied matter-of-factly: "I still have you."
Luo Xiangdong said: "I don't drink."
Rong Xin then looked up at Luo Xiangdong and smiled in disbelief: "You don't drink?"
Luo Xiangdong said: "Zi Jin can't drive."
Rong Xin glanced at me. Then he said half-jokingly and half-seriously: "You are such an old man and you still don't know how to drive?"
Say it, don't wait for me to say anything. She added directly: "Brother-in-law. Is it because you didn't buy him a car because he didn't know how to drive?"
Rong Xin said this. You can say that she was joking, or that she deliberately embarrassed me. The key is to grasp this scale. It's hard to criticize her directly. If you are not careful, you will look stingy.
I sat on the chair and kept smiling, feeling furious inside. This little bitch. I haven't done anything to her yet. She did it so that I couldn't even go down the stairs.
Luo Xiangdong replied to her: "All my main cards are with her. She won't spend anything if I ask her to. If you can make her spend more of my money, I will lend you the car to drive later."
What Luo Xiangdong said was so comfortable!
I straightened my back without any trace, and even the curvature of my chin was raised with a bit of pride.
I said to Luo Xiangdong: "I want to drink blueberry juice."
I knew Maxim would have no such thing. Sure enough, Rong Xin looked at me and said, "Is this your first time here, Miss Liang? This is a Western restaurant, not a fast food restaurant outside."
I just smiled and said nothing, but Luo Xiangdong looked at the waiter standing across the table with a calm face, and said loudly: "Bring me a bottle of blueberry juice."
"Okay, please wait a moment. I'll go out and make arrangements first. You can call us after you have ordered your meals."
The waiter turned around and left. Rong Xin raised the corners of her lips and said with a smile: "I used to hear that sheep heads were hung in the store to sell dog meat. I didn't expect that there are still people buying dog meat in mutton shops now."
With a smile on my face, I replied nonchalantly: "Everyone has their own preferences for radishes and vegetables. I even drank red wine with Xiangdong at a barbecue restaurant. Who made him like it?"
Rong Xin sat directly opposite me. We looked at each other and both smiled meaningfully.
In the end, Rong Xin lowered her head first. She looked through the order book and said, "Uncle, your taste has become more and more sophisticated over the years."
Luo Xiangdong said: "I think you are getting more and more cunning. No wonder Brother Shizhang has a headache when he sees you and says you will never get married."
Rong Xin's lips curled up with a hint of ridicule, and she said, "The people who are chasing me are all lining up from Toronto to Vancouver. Didn't you notice that I have already hid in Night City?"
I couldn't help but show a bit of contempt in my eyes, thinking that Rong Xin was really embarrassed to say it. From my point of view, she is indeed delicate and beautiful, but her high nose bridge and sharpened chin do not look like the unique outline of Oriental people. There are also those European-style large double eyelids with unknown layers of folds when they hang down. Online plastic surgery experts said that truly natural double eyelids, no matter how many layers they have when they are opened, will disappear without a trace once they hang down. Looking at Rong Xin's, tsk tsk, I already want to ask her whether she did it in Canada or flew to South Korea specially.
Perhaps feeling my gaze, Rong Xin suddenly raised her eyelids and looked at me.
She said aloud: "Miss Liang, don't keep silent. Is it because you can't get in the middle of my conversation with my uncle?"
Luo Xiangdong also looked at me, with a hint of exploration and scrutiny in his eyes. He was looking at my face to see if I was unhappy.
I feel unhappy in my heart, but this unhappiness comes entirely from Rong Xin and has nothing to do with Luo Xiangdong. I even had the illusion that I was being beaten secretly. It had been a long time since I had a fight with anyone, and one of them just happened to come to my door. So don’t blame me for being rude.
With this thought in my heart, I kept my expression straight and said with a faint smile: "Since Miss Rong has come to Night City, let's find a boyfriend in Night City. Xiangdong has some good friends around him, and he is still single now. You can call me out and play together."
Rong Xin smiled half-heartedly: "I heard from my uncle that you were a tour guide, but I didn't realize it. I thought you were a wedding company specializing in media and matchmaking."
I said, "Some people find it hard to find a boyfriend once they see their face. I especially like to introduce a partner to such people. You have to measure it in advance."
Rong Xin closed the order book, the smile on her face lessened a bit, looked at me and asked, "Do I look like it's hard to find a boyfriend?"
I also put away some of my smile, looked directly into her eyes, nodded seriously and replied, "Isn't it? I would like to ask, is Miss Rong single now?"
Rong Xin leaned back in the chair and said, "Single."
I said, "Look, my hunch is not wrong."
Rong Xin seemed to be annoyed by me and laughed. She turned her head to look at Luo Xiangdong and said, "Uncle, where did you find this girlfriend? You are so funny."
She bit the word "funny" a little tighter, intentionally or unintentionally.
Luo Xiangdong replied nonchalantly: "I just like how funny she is."
I looked at Rong Xin with a faint smile, trying to convey to her with my eyes the joy in my heart and the arrogance of "I am just crushing you, what are you doing?"
During the meal, Rong Xin said to me: "Ms. Liang is a tour guide. When my friend comes to Night City in a while, we will ask you to lead the tour, which can be regarded as taking care of your business."
Whatever words come out of her mouth always sound like a gun and a stick.
I replied without leaving any trace: "Then you have to go to the travel agency to make an appointment first. My work schedule is very full, so I may not be able to make it by then."
Rong Xin said with a smile: "It's true that the number one scholar in the 360-year-old profession is the best. Ms. Liang's job as a tour guide depends on her schedule."
The person who spoke on my behalf was Luo Xiangdong. He placed the knife and fork on both sides of the dinner plate. Obviously you can keep silent, but you have to make a sound that is neither too loud nor too quiet.
He looked at Rong Xin and said aloud: "I will go to Luo's for internship the day after tomorrow. I have prepared all the things I need to prepare. Don't expect to have an easy life at Luo's. Your dad said, according to Luo's requirements for employees To measure you, if you don’t perform well, I will still deal with it impartially.”
Rong Xin turned her head and looked at Luo Xiangdong, and said nonchalantly: "Will you let me go?"
Luo Xiangdong's handsome face was not serious, but there was no joke either. He just replied as usual: "Depending on the number and size of your mistakes, I can't protect you even if you accumulate them."
Rong Xin shrugged her shoulders and said with a slight smile: "It seems that I can't rely on you anymore. I'll hug Grandpa Luo's thigh later."
What should I say about the food for this meal? Rong Xin and I were evenly matched in our quarrels, and Luo Xiangdong was always on my side, but I didn't feel the joy of victory at all. It felt like someone was throwing a dead rat in front of me. I quickly blocked it with my bag, but the bag was dirty and I felt sick.
Rong Xin drank and walked out of the hotel. Luo Xiangdong called a driver for her and asked her to call her when she got home.
After Rong Xin got in the car, she just waved her hand to Luo Xiangdong and still regarded me as if I was nothing.
Seeing her car turn around and leave, Luo Xiangdong and I got in the car. After fastening my seat belt, I turned my head and looked out the window in a daze.
Luo Xiangdong said: "Are you angry?"
"Um."
"You saw, I didn't talk to her, I always spoke for you."
"Um."
Luo Xiangdong drove with one hand, leaving his free hand to hold my hand. I was not stubborn and let his fingers pass through my fingers and interlock with mine.
"Zijin, with my relationship with Rong Xin, I can only distance myself from her, but I can't be cold to her, otherwise the two families will be in trouble."
"I know." In the past, I just thought about the problem from my own perspective, but now I have learned to think from others' perspective.
I said, "She made it clear today that she wants to give me a blow. I'm not sure whether she likes you yet, but I'm sure she doesn't like me."
I said truthfully: "You know what kind of person I am. I don't have to bully others, but if someone wants to bully me, don't say I didn't say hello to you in advance. I won't spoil her."
Luo Xiangdong held my hand tightly and said quickly: "I will definitely support you, as long as you two don't make too much trouble."
I said, "That depends on her. I don't have the initiative."
Regarding Rong Xin, Luo Xiangdong and I were both helpless. From a certain perspective, Luo Xiangdong was even more embarrassed than me.
The relationship between the Rong family and the Luo family, and the relationship between Luo Xiangdong and Rong Shizhang, made it impossible for him to treat Rong Xin like an ordinary woman, let alone make her look bad or make her angry. With tonight's start like this, Luo Xiangdong has already expressed his intentions. It will depend on what Rong Xin does in the future.
Luo Xiangdong stayed with me for two days on the weekend and didn't go anywhere. We were like conjoined twins. But when I went to work on Monday, I was a little annoyed. I used to just be annoyed about going to work, but now I was annoyed that Luo Xiangdong and Rong Xin worked in the same building.
Luo Xiangdong sent me to the travel agency. Before leaving, I told him: "Keep your distance."
Luo Xiangdong smiled and nodded: "Don't worry, I won't let her see where I am."
I couldn't help but raise the corners of my lips and said with a smile: "Keep your word. Don't let me block you two again."
Luo Xiangdong responded, held the back of my neck, pulled me to him and kissed me before letting me go to work.
I kept my feet busy all morning. Although I occasionally wandered off and thought about what Luo Xiangdong was doing, I had no time to contact him. I waited until I had a short lunch break at noon. Just as I was about to call him, Luo Xiangdong called.
We chatted as usual, and when asked about Rong Xin, Luo Xiangdong said: "She asked me to have dinner at noon, but I refused. Please praise me quickly."
I smiled and said, "Okay, I will cook for you when I get home tonight."
Luo Xiangdong said: "Call me before you get off work and I will pick you up."
"good."