Su Jinning said with practiced ease, "Let's have a spicy hot pot."
Shen Moyu looked at him, as if to say something.
He had suffered a stomach hemorrhage from spicy food when he was a child and had never been able to eat spicy food. As he hesitated, Su Jinning spoke first and asked, "I almost forgot to ask, can you eat spicy food?"
A hint of gratitude flashed across Shen Moyu's eyes, and he breathed a sigh of relief: "I can't handle spicy food very well."
"Oh, I see." Su Jinning scratched her head and said to the waiter, "Please change it to a half-and-half pot."
"Yes, sir, is there anything else you need?"
"What would you like to drink?" Su Jinning asked him, resting her chin on her hand.
Shen Moyu thought for a moment and decided to choose the cheaper option, saying, "Mineral water is fine."
The waiter bowed politely and said, "Please wait a moment, and call me if you need anything."
After taking a seat, Shen Moyu looked around the large private room, which had floor-to-ceiling windows and air conditioning, and couldn't help but feel that it was a bit wasteful for two people to use it, and it looked expensive.
He finally couldn't help but ask, "Wouldn't it cost extra to book a private room?"
Su Jinning flipped through the menu with a serious expression: "It's alright, it's just too noisy outside, so it'll only cost an extra two hundred yuan or so."
Shen Moyu's eyes widened in surprise: "Didn't you say you only had enough money left for lunch?"
Su Jinning scrolled through her phone and nodded matter-of-factly: "Isn't that it?"
Shen Moyu's inner monologue: "...I was being superficial."
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Author's Note:
Su Jinning: Is there a problem?
Good afternoon. One more update is coming; the next chapter will feature scenes from the school.
Chapter 3 Boyfriend on the Forum
Although the restaurant was crowded, the food was served very quickly. The two of us only waited for less than twenty minutes before the table was full.
Shen Moyu looked at the table full of food with some reluctance: "You ordered so much, can the two of us finish it?"
Su Jinning busied herself putting mutton into the pot, casually waving her sleeve and saying, "It's okay, I eat a lot."
It was clear that both of them were very hungry, and once the food was cooked, they ate it without any hesitation.
The hot pot at this restaurant is quite authentic. Although Shen Moyu ate the light broth, she could still taste some of the flavor.
The two ate in silence, each doing their own thing. Su Jinning felt a little awkward, so she started a conversation: "By the way, how long have you been working at that beef noodle restaurant?"
Shen Moyu paused, looked at the mutton in the bowl, and said, "Two years."
"Two years? Holy crap, that's a long time!" Su Jinning was a little surprised. If it were her, she probably would have gotten tired of it long ago.
“I think you’re about my age, why are you working so early?” Su Jinning wiped her mouth and stared at Shen Moyu’s face, which was hidden by the light under his baseball cap.
Shen Moyu frowned slightly and simply replied, "Family reasons."
Hearing his words, Su Jinning suddenly came to his senses. He wasn't stupid; he could tell that Shen Moyu was reluctant to talk about it, so he nodded and changed the subject.
"So, which school did you go to?"
"..." Shen Moyu pouted, looked up at his curious face, and said with a bit of helplessness, "Do you want me to show you my household registration?"
Su Jinning smiled sheepishly: "I was just curious. I guess you're working part-time while studying. I don't know many high schools, just a few in the city center."
Shen Moyu swallowed the fish ball in her mouth, glanced up at him, and said indifferently, "A shut-in."
The atmosphere was quiet for a while.
"Are you from overseas?"
“…” Shen Moyu.
They're really foolish and have too much money.
Shen Moyu didn't speak, and Su Jinning just stared at him until something suddenly flashed through his mind, at which point he frowned and spoke.
"I feel that this 'stay-at-home' person is not really a stay-at-home person..."
"Idiot," Shen Moyu cursed at him.
Su Jinning inwardly criticized her own reaction speed, then gave an awkward smile: "Stop joking, which school do you go to?"
Seeing that he was relentlessly pursuing her, Shen Moyu was about to speak when her phone, which was on the table, vibrated.
Both of them noticed, so Shen Moyu had no choice but to pick up her phone and check it.
It was the boss's wife; she transferred this month's salary.
Three thousand five hundred, not a penny more, not a penny less.
Shen Moyu was taken aback. After clicking "accept," she hesitated for a long time before finally typing "Thank you" in the chat box.
He discovered that the proprietress deleted him from her friends list immediately after he took the money.
His expression darkened instantly, and the screen light shining on his face made his unspeakable bad mood even clearer.
Even though he knew he couldn't get the job back, he was still inevitably a little sad.
"What...is wrong?" Su Jinning, who was standing to the side, noticed something and asked softly.
Shen Moyu simply sniffed, pressed the Enter key three times to return to the home screen, and then turned off her phone without hesitation. She calmly said, "It's nothing."
The three times he pressed the Enter key contained helplessness, resentment, anger, and feigned toughness.