Chapter 650 - Dont Forget To Bring It On Monday (1/2)
Chapter 650 Don’t Forget To Bring It On Monday
Zhang Heng had spent most of his pocket money on batteries and Florida Water. Before he started to work on the quest, he went online and bought a batch of books. The two then strolled into KFC. “Check out what you want to eat first. I’ll make a call.”
“Hmm.” Bai Qing looked slightly uncomfortable. It was her first time going to KFC with a boy alone, and it felt strange to her.
Zhang Heng went to a corner and called Qin Zhen. Unfortunately, Qin Zhen was a bigger spender than him. The pocket money he had saved for two months had been spent on buying a pair of sneakers. It was the weekend now, and he had not gotten his pocket money yet.
After that, Zhang Heng contacted his grandfather. Much to his relief and surprise, grandpa wired him the pocket money in advance without asking any questions. Zhang Heng was relieved. When he returned to Bai Qing, he found that she had already paid for his meal.
“I ordered you a child’s meal that comes with a toy.”
“Huh?”
“Just kidding. I ordered a meal for two, but I only want the burger and drink. You can have the rest,” Bai Qing chirped. “Ah. I’ll return the money to you…”
“No need,” Bai Qing shook his head and said, “You bought me milk tea before.”
“The price of milk tea is nothing when compared to a KFC meal. Besides, I’ve always copied your homework, and it’s just not right getting me something like this,” Zhang Heng said, taking a quick glance at the menu to look for the price of the meal that Bai Qing just paid.
“You don’t have to pay me back.” Bai Qing waved her hands at Zhang Heng again and again, “You helped me before. I was blocked by girls outside the school last semester. You were the one who helped me out of that sticky situation.”
“Wow. You still remember that incident?” Zhang Heng raised his eyebrows.
That incident was completely unwarranted. She did not know the sports committee student from the next cla.s.s, but the latter seemed to like her a lot. The boy was close to some bad apples, the kind of students that dropped out of school, worked an illegal job, but when someone asks them to do something horrible, they couldn’t stomach doing so. People like them would usually hang out in a group and wander around aimlessly.
Among these was a young lady who was the girlfriend of a member of the sports committee. When she noticed that her man had his eye for another girl, she gathered her friends and ganged up on Bai Qing.
Bai Qing was dumbstruck when they ganged up on her. Fortunately, Zhang Heng left school late that day, and the moment he saw her getting surrounded, he walked over and pulled her away. When girls saw that a boy had come to her aid, they did not dare do anything other than provoke her with words that weren’t too kind to the ear. The mob then watched the two leave the school. A month later, Bai Qing’s parents had decided that they’d fetch her to school and pick her up every day.
Some time had pa.s.sed since it happened, and if Bai Qing hadn’t mentioned it, Zhang Heng wouldn’t have remembered at all. Bai Qing did not want to dwell on the issue of who should pay the bill. So, she pa.s.sed the receipt to Zhang Heng
“Please get the meal. I will look for a place.”
“Sounds good.”
During the weekend, the number of people visiting KFC rivaled that of the mall, and one had to be lucky enough to find a seat. Fortunately, when Zhang Heng got the set meal, Bai Qing had found a two-person seat in the corner as well. She waved at him.
Zhang Heng walked over with the tray and looked at the drink and the burger in front of him. “You choose first…” they both blurted in unison.
“Then I shall pick first because I’m very thirsty.” Bai Qing decided on a cup of lemon oolong tea and a chicken burger, then pushed the tray to Zhang Heng. Zhang Heng had spent a long time investigating the case that he was working on. Without saying a word, he devoured his burger in a few bites and gulped down half a gla.s.s of cola in one breath.
“Do you want more food? I can go and order
more.”