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Anyway, the rules of this restaurant are such, and Li Changlin knew Qian Ziwei was definitely not going to explain, so he was also helpless.
Sure enough, after waiting about five minutes, someone came out of the kitchen with a plate in hand.
Hearing the footsteps behind him, Li Changlin knew that the egg fried rice and clear soup noodles for his table were coming.
So he quickly turned around to look back.
But who knew, just as Li Changlin turned around, the person holding the plates suddenly loosened their grip, and the entire plate fell to the ground, both servings of egg fried rice and the bowl of clear soup noodles were lost.
"Ruonan," Li Changlin was also extremely surprised; by then, he had already seen the person behind him that dropped the plates.
Unexpectedly, that person turned out to be Lin Ruonan. Could she really be working as a waitress in Qian Ziwei’s restaurant?
"Li Changlin, are you trying to scare me to death!" Lin Ruonan put a hand on her chest, thinking to herself how this guy had become so handsome; he looked quite normal on the live stream last night!
"I, I didn’t mean to scare you!" Li Changlin scratched his head in frustration, quickly stood up, and walked over, "Are you okay, did you get burned? How come you’re working as a waitress in Qian Ziwei’s restaurant?"
"Ruonan, are you alright?" At this point, another person emerged from the kitchen doorway; it was the owner of the restaurant, Qian Ziwei herself.
"Ziwei, I’m fine, it’s just that I broke the plates for table number five, both the egg fried rice and clear soup noodles," Lin Ruonan said a bit embarrassedly, apologetically looking at Qian Ziwei.
"As long as you’re okay, I’ll just make them some new ones," Qian Ziwei glanced at Li Changlin, a strange gleam flashed through her eyes, then she quickly turned back and went to the corner to grab a dustpan and broom.
"Let me do it, Ziwei," Lin Ruonan hurried over, "You go and make the egg fried rice and clear soup noodles for them; I’ll clean up here."
"Alright, then be careful," Qian Ziwei nodded, and without arguing with Lin Ruonan, she turned around and entered the kitchen.
"Is she the owner of this restaurant? She’s really pretty!" At this moment, Zhou Xingxing had also stood up and come next to Li Changlin, softly asking, "Changlin, what’s the owner’s name?"
"Her name is Qian Ziwei," Li Changlin was somewhat caught off guard; since the two of them had met, Zhou Xingxing had never spoken to him in such a kind tone before.
"Qian Ziwei, this woman is quite interesting," Zhou Xingxing’s eyes lit up, he nodded and sat back down at the table, then looked towards Xiaobudian Under the Grapevine, "Puge, I think I want to stay in Jincheng for a while."
"What, smitten already?" Xiaobudian Under the Grapevine looked at Zhou Xingxing with a smirk, his face showing a hint of teasing, "I say, Xingzi, this doesn’t seem like your style at all!"
"Don’t talk to me about style; I am actually a bit smitten indeed, just want to try and see if Qian Ziwei is my type," Zhou Xingxing didn’t hide it, honestly nodding his head.
"Okay, since you’ve decided, I won’t force you," Xiaobudian Under the Grapevine shrugged nonchalantly, immediately waved his hand and called out, "Changlin, after a bit, help your Brother Zhou find a nearby hotel."
"What, Brother Zhou, you wouldn’t be having ideas about Qian Ziwei, would you?" Li Changlin was talking to Lin Ruonan, hearing Brother Grape’s call, he quickly turned and walked over.
"Changlin, you’re pretty smart, huh. That’s your girlfriend, isn’t she?" Xiaobudian Under the Grapevine gave a thumbs up and complimented, "You’re not inviting her over to introduce her to us?"
"I would like to, but she might not want to," Li Changlin smiled sheepishly, then turned back and called out, "Ruonan, come sit with us when you’re done."
"Okay, got it." Lin Ruonan lifted her head and responded, then busied herself again.
Soon she swept up all the garbage on the ground and walked out of the shop with the dustpan and broom to dispose of it.
Before long, Lin Ruonan walked back into the shop, put the dustpan and broom away, and boldly came over, taking a seat next to Li Changlin with a chair she brought over.
"Li Changlin, are they all your friends? You didn’t introduce me," Lin Ruonan said, glancing curiously at Xiaobudian Under the Grapevine, and then turned to Li Changlin.
"This is Brother Grape, and this is Brother Zhou Xingxing. Brother Grape, Brother Zhou, this is Lin Ruonan." Li Changlin awkwardly smiled and hurriedly introduced everyone.
"Nice to meet you, Brother Grape, Brother Zhou." Lin Ruonan was very well-behaved, giving Li Changlin a lot of face.
"Haha, Miss Lin, nice to meet you. You must be Changlin’s girlfriend, right?" Xiaobudian Under the Grapevine laughed heartily, vaguely sensing something.
"I wish, but he may not be willing in his heart!" Lin Ruonan looked at Li Changlin with a grievance on her face as if she were a wife who had been wronged.
"Haha, Miss Lin, you must be joking. With your and Changlin’s looks and talent, you two are a match made in heaven; don’t fool us now." Xiaobudian Under the Grapevine chuckled and then turned to glance at Li Changlin with a playful look.
These two really were quite amusing; perhaps both had feelings for each other but just hadn’t admitted it yet.
"Ahem, please don’t joke like that, Brother Grape." Li Changlin felt a stir in his heart and awkwardly turned his head to look at Lin Ruonan sitting next to him.
But unexpectedly, at that moment, Lin Ruonan was softly gazing at Li Changlin.
Suddenly, Li Changlin felt a bit embarrassed and quickly turned his head towards the kitchen area.
"Pfft!" Seeing his timid reaction, Lin Ruonan couldn’t help but let out a light laugh.
"Haha..." Xiaobudian Under the Grapevine and Zhou Xingxing both smiled for a moment.
Suddenly, the atmosphere became much warmer.
Not long after, Qian Ziwei came over with two servings of egg-fried rice and one bowl of clear soup noodles.
Lin Ruonan quickly got up to help, and Li Changlin also stood up, "Ruonan, you know Boss Qian?"
In person, Li Changlin didn’t dare to call out Qian Ziwei’s name casually.
After all, Li Changlin always felt, subconsciously, that Qian Ziwei had a bit of a violent streak, a real tomboy.
"Yes, Ziwei and I are best friends. I didn’t know before that she opened a shop here." There was nothing to hide about this; Qian Ziwei was also from the Capital City, and they both grew up in the same courtyard as children.
It’s just that later on, due to some changes in Qian Ziwei’s family, her parents took their family and left the Capital City.
When they met again, it had already been eight years.
"Since you’re a friend of Ruonan, let this meal be on me," to Li Changlin’s surprise, Qian Ziwei didn’t even blink an eye and just waived the meal bill for all three of them.