Chapter 556 - Why Im Asked Here (1/2)

Xia Yu didn’t expect to receive a call from Zeng Mina, whose voice was still as sweet as before, “Xia Yu, you didn’t expect I would call you, did you?”

“Indeed I didn’t. How’s it going?” When Zeng Mina was about to awake when she left. After so long in the United States, she should have become better, as Xia Yu guessed.

“Not bad. I’m back home, so I want to ask you for a meal.” Zeng Mina’s tone was calm.

“Em… I guess I would not go.” Xia Yu was very busy recently, so she wanted to refuse.

“Why don’t you do me the honour of having a meal together?”

“No!”

“Fine, let’s just meet where I invited you for the first time.”

After that, Zeng Mina hung up the phone without waiting for Xia Yu to reply.

At that time, the sun was about to set, leaving a slight ray of light in the room. Zeng Mina’s face, which just underwent an operation, looked horrible under the red light.

Xia Yu didn’t move forward anymore, but stood there looking at her. To be honest. If those things hadn’t happened, and you hadn’t known who she was, you would have mistaken her as a nun given the incense ignited in the room and the string of Budda bead held in her hand.

The car accident changed her.

Xia Yu didn’t say anything. Zeng Mina got off the bed, put on her shoes, paced up to her, and craned, looking at Xia Yu.

“I haven’t seen you for a few months and you look slimmer?”

Xia Yu was still silent, guessing secretly why she asked her to be here.

As she hadn’t fully recovered yet, given her previous personality, she would definitely not show up at this time. However, she did indeed stand in front of her now, which made Xia Yu obligated to think more.

Zeng Mina smiled but didn’t get angry. She was not as arrogant as before when she was a girl from a wealthy family.

“Are you hungry?” She said still in a mild tone.

Xia Yu twisted her fingers: “Why did you ask me to be here?”

“Don’t hurry! I asked someone to prepare us dinner.”

“We didn’t have a good time last time, so how about us talking while having dinner this time?”

If she hadn’t met Shen Yan last time, it would have remained a mystery whether she’s alive now. She didn’t understand what’s the catch so directly asked, “I’m not here to have dinner. Get it straight!”

“That won’t do! I cannot let you be hungry.” Zeng Mina grabbed Xia Yu’s hand, and Xia Yu subconsciously withdrew. But Zeng Mina was too strong that she couldn’t get away at all.

“Afraid of me? I didn’t expect that. But you don’t have to, because I wouldn’t eat people!” Zeng Mina chuckled and took her to the inner room. She murmured when walking, “Your hands are so cold. I’ll give you a bowl of soup later.”

No sooner she had brought Xia Yu into the inner room where everything became more clear after they bypassed a row of screens. Inside was a space separated by a partition. Blocked by a screen, the light here was much brighter than the outside. In front of them was a round table made of red sandalwood, and two chairs were placed face to face like the last time. The table was laid with many dishes on it. One difference was that a large LCD screen was hung on the wall a few meters away, which looked unfit in the surrounding.

Zeng Mina took Xia Yu directly to a chair, pressed her to sit down, and filled her bowl with soup.

“Hold, hold it!”

Xia Yu could only take over the soup bowl.

Zeng Mina seemed very satisfied with Xia Yu’s cooperation. She walked to her opposite, set aside the beads on the other hand, and sat down. Now in the compartment, there was a table and two people, who were sitting face to face. Xia Yu was holding a half bowl of hot soup in her hands, facing a delicate vegetarian meal.

“Try the soup!”

Xia Yu’s was a bit scared. When she saw her like that, she couldn’t help recalling Li Tianci.

She knew that Zeng Mina didn’t play so many tricks to simply ask her for a meal, but she still didn’t know her intentions. The scary part of these people was often not what they looked like, but the unpredictable intention.

Xia Yu glanced at the soup in the bowl. The soup was good, with various expensive fungi that had been cut into strips or blocks and stewed together. It looked pretty delicious since nutrients and savours coexisted.

“You are an expert, so you should know that this soup is very valuable.” Zeng Mina saw that she didn’t have it but looked at the bowl and said. She took the remote control next to her, “Why don’t you drink? Are you afraid I put something in the soup?”

“Look at me! I even sneaked back, not to mention hurt you.” Zeng Mina laughed at herself. Since her father’s death, she was no longer who she used to be.

Xia Yu was convinced of that. Although Zeng Mina used to be domineering, she was a straightforward person who would get everything straight. So she’s not the sort of person who would poison.

Since she just asked her to have the meal, then she really behaved as if she was here to eat. Xia Yu took a spoon and drank the soup.

Zeng Mina slowly asked, “How does it taste?”

Xia Yu frowned and reluctantly replied: “It’s okay.”

“The cooks here are incomparable to your Ruyi Tower. As the saying goes, do as the Roman do. Don’t offence, but since you were here, just taste other dishes. They are cooked by a chef I invited from Beijing who is definitely best at vegetarian dishes.”