The restaurant is located in the downtown area of Jingui. Entering the porch, you will find a quiet and unique courtyard. Private rooms are booked in advance with champagne ties, and male waiters in suits and leather shoes lead people all the way into the inner courtyard.
Lin Mian followed Que Qingyan step by step, sneaking a glance at him from time to time, and regretted it a thousand times in the small theater.
Just now he was obviously trying to save her from the siege. Originally, if she just said nothing, nothing would happen, and she wouldn't be swayed by the overly enthusiastic champagne tie all the way.
The other party had acquired a good eloquence by relying on defense lawyers for many years. She mentioned that she wanted to leave the restaurant several times on the way to the restaurant, but the topic was inadvertently bypassed.
The end result is that she has really shamelessly intervened in Que Qingyan's private dinner now.
She thought shyly, really... how rude.
The champagne tie has gone into the private room. At the door of the private room, Lin Mian thought for a moment, and boldly grabbed the corner of Que Qingyan's shirt.
The man stopped and turned to look at her.
"Professor Que..." Lin Mian's expression was full of apology, and her voice was pitifully low, "I'm sorry... I have caused you trouble." She pursed her lips, "I will apologize to your friend later, just say that I have something to ask Go first, I won't disturb your dinner party."
Lin Mian knew that she had caused him trouble, so she let go of those charming little thoughts in her head, and with a cautious face, she grabbed the corner of his clothes and let go immediately.
Que Qingyan lowered his eyes, glanced at her wet hair, paused, and said, "It's just a meal, so it won't be troublesome."
One size fits all. She is a student of his, and she is majoring in law, and the people who will have dinner afterward are lawyers in various litigation fields in the industry, so eating this meal will not do her any harm.
Of course, these are all based on the fact that he regards her as his student, but she—
Lin Mian was still apologetic, but when Que Qingyan's voice sounded again, she continued to ask her:
"Did you bring an umbrella when you went out this afternoon?"
"..." Lin Mianqi raised his head, not daring to hide it from him anymore, and confessed obediently, "I brought it."
Que Qingyan asked calmly, "Where's the umbrella?"
She faltered: "Borrow, I lent it to someone else..."
After speaking, his ears were slightly red, he really knew that she didn't open the umbrella on purpose...
As for why he deliberately didn't open an umbrella, but instead went to him in the rain... Anyone who didn't understand understood it, let alone the other party was Que Qingyan.
Lin Mian observed Que Qingyan's expression, his heart tensed up nervously, and he felt that his next sentence would be "I don't have a student as bold as you who dares to covet the professor", and then added a sentence "From now on, the classes I teach you It's not used any more."
Xu Xiaotong may cry and faint at the door of her apartment after returning to China.
Her expression was too disturbed, Que Qingyan looked away, and said calmly: "I owe you this matter in advance, we will talk about it after dinner."
Before, he felt that on the premise of not hurting his self-esteem, he could just point out some things, and it didn't matter if he didn't directly point them out.
But to her... it didn't seem to work.
Que Qingyan walked into the private room, turned his head and said a few words to the waiter. After a while, the waiter came to Lin Mian with a smile on his face, bowed and asked, "Miss, do you need a change of clothes? Please follow me."
When Lin Mian came back after changing her clothes, there were already six or seven people sitting in the private room. She looked around, and sure enough, she didn't know anyone except Que Qingyan.
Almost at the same time as the waiter opened the door, several eyes cast towards the door in unison.
"This way!" The champagne tie warmly greeted, indicating to the empty seat next to it, "it happens to be full, and I am not the one paying the bill today, little girl, you can order whatever you want, don't be polite to me."
Most of the people present had been gossiped before they came, and they quietly looked up at Lin Mian, who was "bravely chasing the flower of Gaoling" in front of him. Someone knowingly asked, jokingly said: "Qi Jin, you are so shameless, tell me, how did you trick a pure and lovely girl to come here?"
"How can that be?" Champagne Tie's real name is Qi Jin. He glanced at Que Qingyan to make sure that the other party looked fine before returning, "This is a student from Qingyan's band. He happened to be there too, so he brought it along."
Just from appearance alone, Lin Mian's appearance is actually very deceptive.
She has always had a tender face, small face and almond eyes. She was used to being pampered and pampered by Lin's mother since she was a child. She looks more delicate than her peers. No wonder others always look down on her subconsciously.
The only remaining empty seat was next to Que Qingyan, and Lin Mian obediently moved over after greeting everyone.
Next, during the entire process from ordering to serving, Lin Mian sat upright in his seat, rarely saying a word, and resisted not paying attention to Que Qingyan who was sitting close at hand. The sense of presence has been reduced to a minimum.
Those present were all acquaintances from the same law firm, and they were already familiar with each other, chatting while waiting for the dishes to be served. Lin Mian listened while drinking coconut milk, and unfamiliar terms kept popping up in his ears. From the divorce case to the burglary case, the topic remained on a recent economic lawsuit.
The waiter served the wine, pushing and changing glasses, and everyone drank more or less, talking with great interest.
do not understand at all.
Lin Mian swallowed the coconut milk and thought to herself, it is wise to keep silent, if she really wants to join such a topic... I am afraid that the next sentence will reveal her truth.
During the conversation, Qi Jin paid attention to Xia Linmian. He originally brought people here just to read the gossip, but he didn't expect the little girl to be cautious, not as close to Que Qingyan as she was at school before.
He was surprised, this appearance didn't look like he came to have dinner with the professor, but rather came from his own confession.
On the other side, Lin Mian listened to the conversation silently, thinking, tonight was originally a private gathering among friends, and she had already caused unnecessary trouble for Que Qingyan by coming here. What's up
She could be ashamed in front of him, but she didn't want... She didn't want to embarrass him.
"You are a student I brought over, so don't be so restrained."
Just as Lin Mian was thinking, he handed over a menu from the side.
Que Qingyan turned his face to look at her, understood at a glance, and asked, "Is there anything you want to eat? Tell the waiter after you order, or you can tell me." After thinking for a moment, he added, "Are there any taboos?"
Lin Mian was suddenly pulled back from his thoughts by him, and blinked at the man.
He is taking her feelings into consideration.
Lin Mian had already run 50 laps in his head with a face full of enthusiasm, but now...
"I won't eat." Lin Mian shook her head, with a face full of remorse, "Just chat with your friends, don't worry about me." With a firm expression on her face, she whispered, "Just... just treat me as if I don't exist, I promise I won’t listen to anything you talk about, really.”
"..."
Que Qingyan's eyes fell on her lips that were licking the rim of the cup.
From the beginning of the meal, she didn't touch the serving chopsticks on the table, but she had already drank three cups of coconut milk, milk froth was still on her red lips, and she spoke in a very low tone.
Uneasy, cramped, even with a Microsoft fawn.
"Little girl, do you want to drink?" The waiter brought up the wine again, Qi Jin interjected with a smile, and asked someone to pour a glass for Lin Mian, "Try the sake here, the alcohol is not high, so I'm sure you won't get drunk."
Lin Mian pushed the glass over, thanked her, and said firmly, "Thank you...but I don't drink."
She hadn't tried her drinking capacity, if she got drunk later, and Que Qingyan was sitting next to her, she might not be able to control herself—no, no, it's not possible, she would definitely be unable to control it.
Qi Jin didn't really want to persuade him to drink, but wanted to tease Lin Mian, but before he could speak, he was called.
Que Qing meant something: "Let's go together."
"Hey, I shut up and shut up."
Qi Jin sat back in embarrassment. After a while, he didn't hold his breath, and asked Lin Mian jokingly, "When your teacher is in class, is he always so kind to the students? It's a good thing I haven't been to his class. If I It's a little girl, tsk tsk, she must have secretly agreed."
There was a burst of good-natured laughter from all around, and everyone was delighted to see Lin Mian's reaction.
Lin Mian's heart skipped a beat when he heard the words, curled up his fingers holding the cup, and subconsciously looked at Que Qingyan.
What he said to her this afternoon played back in his mind.
Que Qingyan doesn't like her flirting with him in public, and he certainly doesn't like being speculated about her emotional life in public, let alone her students.
Qi Jin originally wanted to gossip about Lin Mian, but when he said it, he found that Que Qingyan had also been scanned, and his heart sank. Just as he was about to speak, someone took the words bluntly:
"It's okay for my little sister to like Qingyan, she's really amazing."
It was a man sitting in the corner who spoke, he put down his wine glass and said with a smile: "You don't know yet, your teacher filed a big case in the first half of the year, and it is still being cited by other lawyers as a classic case. He usually works as a professor and guides students in school, writes papers and works on projects, but he still has the energy to take such a big case outside... "
The man looked around for half a circle, pretending to ask the opinions of the people around him: "Is it amazing?"
Lin Mian only thought that the man was just boasting casually, and was still at a loss, but the expressions of several people present changed.
Qi Jin cursed secretly, and hurriedly smoothed things over: "It's almost done, and it's been so long since the case was closed, so I still use it as an argument."
The man speaking is also a lawyer of the law firm, and he is usually good at economic litigation cases. Unfortunately, Que Qingyan is a second-level lawyer in the law firm, and the few cases he occasionally takes are basically related to economic litigation.
Half a year ago, there was a property dispute case that came to the law firm. The original attorney was this man, but the client immediately terminated the agency, and the attorney was temporarily replaced midway, and Que Qingyan was asked by name.
The amount of the subject matter of the case is hundreds of millions, and the legal fees of the lawyers after winning can be imagined. Que Qingyan doesn't usually come to the law firm, and he doesn't know that the man has been brooding all the time, secretly caring that he used means to pry away his client.
Others didn't know that Que Qingyan was Shao Que, and that the person involved was the boss of a listed company, who was related to the Que family. Qi Jin knew the inside story, and thought, maybe the person involved came here for Que Qingyan from the beginning.
Qi Jin snorted, and he came up to give favors to Young Master Que, what's the matter with you
Lin Mian didn't know what was going on, and before she could figure out how to answer the other party's "She likes Que Qingyan", she heard another sentence: "Little sister, your teacher is so powerful, it might be a bit difficult for you to chase after him, right? You are you again." The teacher's students... isn't the age difference a bit big?"
The man smiled ambiguously, and there was alcohol in his words: "You don't even drink alcohol. You should be at the age of just entering college, right? It's easier to be tempted at such a young age."
All of them turned blue when they heard it.
Not daring to confront Que directly, he pointed the finger at his students insinuatingly, speaking without restraint, without saying anything decent.
Drink too much, my ancestor!
Lin Mian understood what the man said.
He was mocking her for being young, simple-minded, and having an unclear relationship with her teacher.
Lin Mian had never been targeted like this before, she pursed her lips tightly, remained silent for a while, and exchanged glances with the man.
She was ridiculed face to face, she is not without temper.
But if she flaunts her age at this time, it will be to save Que Qingyan's face. A law professor at a prestigious school, a well-known lawyer... I don't know that my student is someone else's impostor.
Lin Mian closed her eyes, her fingertips holding the glass turned white slightly, and her pupils were red when she opened her eyes, and she tried her best not to embarrass herself more.
She took a deep breath and said, "I like Que—"
"You don't have the right to ask other people's privacy. She was brought by me. If you want to ask her, you might as well ask me."
Lin Mian didn't turn his head to look at Que Qingyan, but heard his voice, with a domineering coldness: "The case half a year ago changed to a lawyer, and someone violated the confidentiality agreement. You know the lawyer law and the behavior of the Law Association. You should know the consequences of violating orders and rules.”
Qi Jin looked at Que Qingyan, who raised his eyes to stare at the man, swiped the wine glass with his slender fingers, and his face sank, exactly the same as the usual way of blocking people at trial.
He threw back what the man said just now: "I have enough energy, and I don't mind helping the person to be held accountable."
As soon as the words fell, the man's face turned pale, and he was mostly sober.
No one dared to speak. The man hesitated for a while, then hurriedly stood up straight: "Professor Que, I—I was talking nonsense just now, and I was so drunk that I couldn't think clearly."
The man looked at Lin Mian and apologized repeatedly: "I'm sorry, little sister, I'm so sorry, don't take what I just said seriously, I don't mean anything else, I apologize to you."
Lin Mian turned to look at Que Qingyan, he and her looked at each other for a moment, then paused.
She was so wronged that her eyes were red, her lips were tightly pressed, and she held back her energy, but she resisted crying in front of everyone. After Lin Mian looked at him, he quickly turned his head away, and wiped the corner of his eyes with his wrist in embarrassment.
In full view of everyone, she immediately stood up without looking at anyone, picked up the glass of wine that Qi Jin poured for her just now, and drank it all in one go.
The cup was put back on the table, and there was a heavy muffled sound through the fine velvet tablecloth!
Everyone was taken aback.
Lin Mian didn't stop, and left the private room directly.
Everyone looked at each other, Qi Jin was stunned for a while, observed Que Qingyan's expression, and said haha: "The little girl has a bad temper..."
Que Qingyan had already stood up, and said coldly, "I know her temper."
Qi Jin quickly wanted to say something nice, but the other party paused and said again:
"I just like it when she loses her temper with me."
This sentence is defended without principle.
"Qingyan and so on—ah, Young Master Que—"
Qi Jin couldn't stop Que Qingyan, and he didn't dare to stop, he was so anxious.
Someone came back to his senses and asked Chi: "Qi Jin, what's going on?"
Qi Jin glared: "Can I know?"
If only he knew!