An Nuan ignored Xia Qiqi. At this moment, she had already parked the sedan at the Jianghu Restaurant from On Heroes.
Xia Qiqi really liked the dishes at this restaurant. No matter who she dined with, Xia Qiqi would always specify this restaurant. Those who didn't know better might even think that Xia Qiqi owned this restaurant.
Xia Qiqi was very unhappy as she followed An Nuan into the private room.
Inside the private room, a tall figure had already been waiting. At this moment, he was standing in front of the floor-to-ceiling window, looking at the moat outside. The weather today was very nice, and the brilliant sunshine shone on the surface of the moat. With the ripples in the water, it looked like a dreamlike illusion.
At this moment, the standing figure sensed their arrival.
He turned around to face them.
The corners of his mouth curled up in a faint smile. At that moment, the sunlight seemed to penetrate the floor-to-ceiling glass as well, enveloping his entire body in a halo.
An Nuan suddenly felt that the phrase "A gentleman like jade on the street, unrivaled in the world" was the most precise interpretation of him.
He didn't have Ye Jinghuai's striking handsomeness that could kill. Nor did he have Gu Yan Sheng's pretentious elegance, deliberately acting aloof.
His elegant temperament flowed naturally, clean and thorough.
"Have you been waiting long?" An Nuan asked.
"Just arrived." Xiao Nanchen answered.
"Have a seat." An Nuan gestured.
Xiao Nanchen sat down in a spot.
At the same time, Xia Qiqi chose the seat furthest away from them.
She did it on purpose.
An Nuan was speechless.
But Xiao Nanchen didn't seem to care.
After they were seated, the waiter respectfully came over to bring them the menu.
The three looked through the menu together.
An Nuan said, "Nanchen, it's been a long time since you came back. Is there any traditional Qing City dish you've been craving?"
Before Xiao Nanchen could speak, Xia Qiqi said, "There probably isn't any spicy food abroad! Now that you're back in Qing City, you have to eat spicy food!"
Xiao Nanchen pressed his lips together without speaking.
The three of them grew up together since they were young, so they were very clear about each other's food preferences.
Although Xiao Nanchen came to Qing City when he was 8 years old, he was originally from the capital. The food in the capital tended to be sweet. He never ate spicy food. Even after so many years in Qing City, it seemed he still couldn't get used to the spiciness of Qing City cuisine.
Now that he had been away for so many years again, it was obvious that he still couldn't eat it.
At that moment, Xia Qiqi said to the waiter, "Pepper rabbit, spicy fish, dry fried tripe with red peppers, stir fried squid tentacles. Make them all extra spicy!"
"Do you want to order some vegetable dishes? Our stir-fried hollow cabbage and..."
"The hollow cabbage is fine, but make it cold salad style with lots of facing-heaven peppers!"
"Oh, okay. But Miss Xia, the dishes you ordered today are a bit too spicy. I suggest ordering a light soup to cleanse the palate..."
"No need for soup, beer." Xia Qiqi directly interrupted the waiter's kind suggestion.
The waiter was stunned for a second. "Okay."
"Hurry and bring out the dishes, I'm starving." Xia Qiqi urged, not giving the others a chance to order anything else.
An Nuan saw that Xiao Nanchen had also closed the menu, seemingly not planning to order anything else either.
An Nuan also returned the menu to the waiter.
At the dining table with three people, Xia Qiqi took out her phone to play, not at all intending to join An Nuan and Xiao Nanchen's conversation, acting aloof.
Luckily, the dishes came out quickly.
In no time, a full table of dishes was placed before them.
Xia Qiqi excitedly started eating.
An Nuan also took a few bites. It was truly spicy, but she could handle spicy foods, so it was still edible for her.
However, Xiao Nanchen didn't seem to have picked up his chopsticks at all.
An Nuan was about to ask the waiter to order different dishes that moment.
Suddenly, Xia Qiqi poured beer for them. "Isn't this a welcome back drink? No drinking means no sincerity!"
An Nuan glared at Xia Qiqi.
This girl clearly knew Xiao Nanchen had low alcohol tolerance!
Xiao Nanchen picked up the glass. "Thank you."
And drank with them.
It was obvious Xia Qiqi didn't even want to acknowledge Xiao Nanchen at first, but now she was drinking quite eagerly with him.
She had the stance of trying to drink him under the table!
"Have some food." An Nuan couldn't bear to watch any longer. If this continued, Xiao Nanchen would end up passed out on the table.
Xiao Nanchen nodded.
His stomach probably felt unwell. He picked up his chopsticks and ate a piece of meat.
Right after eating it—
"Cough, cough." Xiao Nanchen was choked right away, his face turning red.
An Nuan quickly handed him water.
Xiao Nanchen drank a few sips but kept coughing.
"After so many years, you still can't handle spicy food!" Xia Qiqi ridiculed.
Xiao Nanchen endured and said, "I just accidentally choked a bit."
The next second after finishing speaking, he picked up another piece of meat and ate it, keeping a straight face this time.
Xia Qiqi didn't say anything more either, just kept happily eating away.
At this moment—
The room door was suddenly knocked on.
Everyone turned their heads to see Gu Yanxuan walk in.
Xia Qiqi frowned.
She quite approved of Gu Yan Sheng, but she hated Gu Yanxuan from head to toe.
Back in school, they weren't even in the same class. Gu Yanxuan was one grade lower. Yet for some reason, the two grew a feud and nearly got into a fight back then!
"Nanchen, you're back but didn't even contact me. If not for my friend eating here and spotting you, I wouldn't have known you were here." Gu Yanxuan complained in a blaming tone.
Xiao Nanchen was rather cold. "I just got back not long ago and have been quite busy."
"Busy with what? Trying to get into Xiahui Bank?" Gu Yanxuan blurted out tactlessly.
Xia Qiqi's hair nearly stood on end.
"No, I started a small company with some friends. I plan to start my own business." Xiao Nanchen replied.
"Really? As expected, you're different from certain people. Certain people can only live off their parents at home, good for nothing and often going clubbing..."
"Are you talking about yourself?" Xia Qiqi retorted directly.
"How can you say that!" Gu Yanxuan was furious. "When have I ever gone clubbing!"
"What a coincidence, I have evidence." Xia Qiqi took out her phone.
An image of Gu Yanxuan drunk at a bar appeared on the screen.
"Who's this man hugging you? He looks quite handsome." As Xia Qiqi looked at her phone, she commented.
She even deliberately showed it to Xiao Nanchen. "Look, isn't he handsome... Ah!"
Xia Qiqi shrieked.
Because in that moment, Gu Yanxuan directly snatched her phone away.
She was absolutely livid at Gu Yanxuan. "Give me back my phone!"
"Humph." Gu Yanxuan let out a cold laugh, then directly opened a small window in the floor-to-ceiling window and threw the phone out, into the moat outside.
"Gu Yanxuan! You b*tch!" Xia Qiqi exploded.
She rushed forward and grabbed Gu Yanxuan's hair.
Gu Yanxuan yelped in pain, and scratched back at Xia Qiqi's hair.
The fight that they never got into back in school finally broke out now!
It was rather fierce too.
Gu Yanxuan probably couldn't stand Xia Qiqi's pulling anymore. She shouted, "Sister An Nuan, help me!"
An Nuan smiled coldly.
In the previous life, whenever Xia Qiqi wanted to teach Gu Yanxuan a lesson, she had stopped her.
After all, Gu Yanxuan was Gu Yan Sheng's sister, so she was biased!
But now in this moment—
She would get her revenge and settle her grudges!
