219 Another person (2/2)

Huh?

Wang Yongjia felt that the relationship between the two of them was rather enigmatic. Since she had arrived at the station, Gu Qianxue was usually cold as an iceberg and basically never took the initiative to talk to people since. She completely changed when she saw Xiao Luo. He tactfully coughed and said, ”You all can talk first. Let's go out for dinner tonight and get to know each other better!”

”Head, we'll wait for you outside.”

Liu Tieguo and the others smiled at him, which seemed to have a hidden meaning, and left.

”I'll go too,” Gu Qianxue suddenly said.

”Where to?”

”The dinner tonight.”

Xiao Luo shook his head and said, ”It isn't very nice since it's not my treat. Why not go ask Team Leader Wang first?”

”I want to go.”

Gu Qianxue's tone was firm. Her bright eyes looked at Xiao Luo without blinking. Since coming to the district bureau, she couldn't integrate into the environment and didn't even have a real friend. Unlike the others, this place was very foreign to her.

Xiao Luo's arrival had made her feel much more secure. Like back in the training camp, she had initially lacked a sense of security until she met Xiao Luo. It was like having a grown-up that a little girl like her could trust and rely on. To her, Xiao Luo was someone she could depend on.

...

The wind that night was very chilly. After all, winter was quickly approaching.

The restaurant that Wang Yongjia had reserved was a Western-style mid-range restaurant with a decent atmosphere.

Seated in the private room, Wang Yongjia, who took on the role of a host, was enthusiastically asking Xiao Luo to order food. There were no airs of being the task force leader of an anti-drug team. He gave off a very cordial feeling. There was little to no distance between them.

”Ladies first. Let's let Gu Xiaomei order first,” Liu Tieguo said. Acting more like a gentleman, he handed over the menu and task of ordering food to Gu Qianxue.

Gu Qianxue showed no restraints. She took the menu and began to flip through it.

”This, this, and I want this as well!”

Upon finding a picture of a meat product, she ordered it. In the blink of an eye, she had already ordered nine dishes.

Wang Yongjia's face was a little awkward. He had clearly seen that the nine dishes were all the restaurant's signature dishes and very expensive. After adding them together, the price exceeded $400. He was worried that when it was time for the bill, he might have not brought enough money. Furthermore, Gu Qianxue showed no intention of stopping, and she was only halfway through the thick menu.

”I want this, also this…”

Gu Qianxue did not understand social occasions. If someone was treating, she felt that she should order more. What's more, money had never been a problem for her, so she didn't factor money into her considerations.

”This is sufficient. There is enough to eat!”

Xiao Luo spoke and drily coughed to give a reminder. He was worried that Gu Qianxue would order all the meat dishes on the menu.

Gu Qianxue raised her head and looked resentfully at him. ”It's not.”

”It is.”

Xiao Luo looked at her and signaled with his eyes that he was not the one treating today. Ordering this much made it seem like it was done deliberately to take advantage of Wang Yongjia.

”It's not!” Gu Qianxue repeated her words.

Xiao Luo bitterly said, ”OK, it is enough.”

”No, it is not,” Gu Qianxue replied.

It was as if the two were in a reenactment of Uncle Zhao's ”Not Short of Money.”

”No problem, no problem at all. Just let Xiao Gu order what she wants to eat.”

In order to express his magnanimity and generosity, Wang Yongjia spoke with a smile on his face. When he saw Gu Qianxue bury her head in the menu and continue to order like a child pointing at an electronic toy, the smile on his face quickly turned into a wry one.