Chapter 131 : Chapter 131
131. Some Minor Accidents
The two people on the other end of the phone had begun a nearly endless argument, as if they had forgotten that there was still someone waiting on this side of the call.
But what could Lu Zheng do?
He was merely a body burdened with guilt, what right did he have to make suggestions or act as a mediator?
He would probably get scolded from both sides the moment he tried to butt in.
Fortunately, the argument between the two did not last long.
After a few minutes, this quarrel came to an end.
The result was somewhat beyond Lu Zheng's expectations.
Yi Ning lost.
Lu Zheng found it a bit hard to understand.
Clearly, from the start of the debate until nearly the final moment, Yi Ning had been in the dominant position, but for some reason, at the very last moment, Yi Ning’s tone suddenly softened, and her sharp words became hesitant and stuttering, carrying a sense of unwillingness yet helplessness.
This kind of tone gave Lu Zheng a subtle sense of familiarity.
As if he himself had experienced something similar.
How strange.
Had he ever felt unwilling yet helpless before?
Lu Zheng searched his mind briefly and quickly pinpointed a person.
His direct superior, Miss Qiu Yu.
Although they were childhood friends and former colleagues, now Miss Qiu Yu was Lu Zheng’s superior, and when opinions differed, most of the time it was Miss Qiu Yu’s opinion that prevailed.
Lu Zheng would still feel somewhat unwilling because of these things, but since Miss Qiu Yu was his direct superior, he was also helpless, at most occasionally having a moment of impotent rage.
“Hey! Are you still listening?”
After the argument ended, Yi Ning finally remembered Lu Zheng on the other end of the call. Probably because she was forced to lose the argument, her tone was quite unpleasant.
Fortunately, this unpleasant feeling did not affect Lu Zheng’s invitation plan.
“Although I don’t understand why you’re treating me to a meal, it’s not like I’m paying anyway. Just wait at your place for a bit, I’ll head over to knock on your door after I handle a few things here.”
“OK.”
Lu Zheng nodded on the other end of the line.
After Yi Ning hung up, Lu Zheng simply leaned against the wall, squatting down in a spot where he could see Yi Ning’s front door at a glance, and started playing on his phone.
Although Yi Ning told Lu Zheng to wait at home, how could Lu Zheng really just go back home?
As the party was at fault, how could he let Yi Ning come to his house to find him?
That would be a bit too inappropriate.
Fortunately, Yi Ning moved quite efficiently.
In just a few minutes, she walked out of the door, wearing the same clothes she had worn at the Evil Base before.
Seeing Lu Zheng squatting outside her door, Yi Ning raised her eyebrows, feeling a bit surprised.
But she didn’t say much, only walked up to Lu Zheng and asked where they would eat.
When they arrived at the restaurant entrance in Lu Zheng’s car, Yi Ning froze.
Wasn’t this the same restaurant where she hadn’t brought toilet paper when she went to the bathroom last time?
All sorts of shameful and indescribable memories rushed to her mind instantly.
Yi Ning’s whole body stiffened as she slowly turned her head to look at Lu Zheng, her eyes full of murderous rage.
So this was your so-called “good place”?
Are you doing this on purpose, you bastard?
Yi Ning was starting to suspect that Lu Zheng probably didn’t come here to apologize at all.
On Lu Zheng’s side, it was naturally quite awkward as well.
Because the things that happened before and after dining with Yi Ning last time were quite rushed and unpleasant, he hadn’t paid much attention to the name of that restaurant.
But he hadn’t expected that such a simple oversight would lead to such a terrible outcome.
He had found a restaurant with good reviews online, only to realize upon arrival that it was the same restaurant where they had their “first” encounter.
The moment Yi Ning saw the restaurant’s signboard, she instantly refused to cooperate.
“How about we change to another place?”
Lu Zheng tried to salvage Yi Ning’s pitifully low mood value and her nearly zero favorability towards him.
“Forget it.”
Yi Ning shook her head, lifted her head to glance at the signboard, and gave a quick look around.
“This place is fine.”
Although the memory of dining here the first time wasn’t particularly pleasant, it was just somewhat unpleasant, nothing more. Besides, to be fair, the food here was quite good.
Yi Ning lifted her foot and stepped into the restaurant first.
“Welcome.”
The moment they stepped inside, a server led them to a suitable spot.
It was a quiet, unoccupied corner of the restaurant, very suitable for doing things that weren’t convenient to do in front of others.
And coincidentally, the server who led them to their seats was the same one they had encountered last time.
Because of Yi Ning’s attention-catching ordering method last time, along with the final three-women-one-man battlefield drama at the end, this server had unusually remembered Yi Ning’s and Lu Zheng’s faces.
He glanced at Lu Zheng, silently expressing condolences for his wallet.
This unlucky kid, clearly with two pretty girls around him, yet he insisted on chasing this one who spent money like water.
Simping never ends well.
The server’s originally sympathetic gaze became somewhat disdainful.
Then the server suddenly remembered that this simp in front of him actually had two pretty girls liking him!
How could such a thing even happen?
Truly, the heavens are unfair!
Although he still maintained a professional smile on his face, the server was seething in his mind.
He glanced at Lu Zheng again, then directly handed the menu to Yi Ning.
At the same time, he secretly checked off the most expensive dishes on the ordering machine.
Your wallet deserves to be emptied!
The server’s professional smile began to carry a bit of genuine feeling.
But as he heard the dishes Yi Ning reported, the hint of schadenfreude in his smile instantly vanished.
Yi Ning was actually ordering relatively cost-effective dishes! And she didn’t even order many!
Maintaining his professional smile, the server’s hands moved continuously, while his eyes discreetly glanced at Yi Ning, starting to doubt whether he had recognized the wrong person.
Where was that domineering manner of ordering a full menu at once?
Where was that boldness of ordering dishes from the top down by price?
How could it disappear in just a few days?
Could it be...
The server discreetly glanced at Lu Zheng on the other side.
So this was the power of a normie who could have two beautiful girls simping for him?
Normie power fully unleashed.
Even a super gold-digger could submit under his conquest.
When will these dog normies just die?
The server left, tears of blood flowing inside!
Yi Ning’s unusual behavior also left Lu Zheng feeling somewhat puzzled.
He looked at Yi Ning handing him the menu, and asked with some concern, “Just these?”
“Why order so much?”
This sentence actually came from Yi Ning’s mouth.
“Don’t worry about wasting, I can finish it.”
Lu Zheng patted his chest.
“What I mean is, we just had a meal together earlier, there’s no need to order that much.”
Hearing Yi Ning’s words, Lu Zheng was stunned.
Had a meal together earlier...
Oh, right.
Just before Yi Ning began her evil plan, Lu Zheng had brought her a bowl of noodles, and the two of them had eaten before resuming their battle between good and evil.
“You forgot?”
Yi Ning propped her head with one hand, looking at Lu Zheng with a trace of helplessness in her eyes.
Yes, Lu Zheng had forgotten.
Because there had been too many things happening after that meal, and a single bowl of noodles hadn’t been enough to fill Lu Zheng’s stomach, so he had buried the incident deep in his memory.
“Ah, well...”
Encountering setbacks one after another right at the start.
Lu Zheng now felt that his road to apology would definitely be long and difficult.