Chapter 34: I'm going to eat, and I can't eat without you

"I agree, but you must pay us the two hundred thousand dollars first and provide the equipment we might need during the repair process. If we don't fix it, we can return the money to you. Also, we can sign a non-disclosure agreement."

Reed considered for a moment and gave his reply.

"I will contact you."

Su Quan nodded and turned to leave with great flair.

"He—he didn't seem to ask for your contact information, did he?" Benjamin asked blankly.

Reed was silent for a long time: "He didn't."

"Then how will he contact you?"

"……."

Benjamin rubbed his shiny bald head and said hesitantly: "I’m telling you, he wouldn't be deliberately pranking us, would he? Some time controller, two hundred thousand dollars—it was all just him bluffing us."

Reed was silent again. It seemed—that possibility wasn't zero.

The sun set, and night began to fall.

A high-end hotel near Columbia University.

Su Quan, who had run through several street gangs to quietly obtain the two hundred thousand dollars to pay Reed and had also earned over 20 points, had just stepped out of the entrance when he unexpectedly saw Susan coming from the direction of the school.

Susan also saw Su Quan: "It's you!"

"What a coincidence, where are you going?" Su Quan asked with a smile.

Susan nodded with a smile: "Yeah, I didn't expect such a coincidence. I was just walking around."

"I'm going to eat, and I can't eat without you."

Susan: ???

Su Quan’s words left her bewildered. Was he being this direct? We aren't familiar enough to reach this point, are we?

"Sorry, I have something else to do, so—" Susan prepared to politely decline.

Su Quan said with a smile: "There was a man who wanted to invite the woman he liked to dinner. At first, he said: 'Can I invite you to dinner?' The woman told him: 'Women don't like questions.'"

Got it!

This should be a similar routine to the previous heart-attack one.

Susan asked with interest: "And then?"

"Then the man said again: 'Come eat with me!' The woman rejected him: 'Too chauvinistic.' The man could only say gentlemanly: 'Can you have a meal with me?' The woman told him: 'Another question!'"

"Finally, the man said: 'I'm going to eat, and I can't eat without you!'" Su Quan looked at Susan, who was already covering her mouth and giggling, and said with a smile: "Doesn't that work? Then I'll change it to another way."

"It's a pity that such a beautiful skin of yours isn't filled with some food."

"Pfft—" Susan couldn't help but gently punch him: "You say it like that, I don't know if you're complimenting me or insulting me."

"Still doesn't work? Then I'll change it again!"

Looking at the black dress Susan was wearing, Su Quan pretended to be serious and said: "Your dress is very beautiful. I want to invite it to dinner. If you have time, you can come along too."

"Giggle—I'll thank you on its behalf."

"Can you help me ask it if it has accepted my invitation?"

"It says yes, and—" Susan looked at Su Quan: "I have time!"

"That's truly wonderful."

Su Quan smiled and reached out. Susan smiled, raised her hand to be held by him, and then linked her arm with his.

This wave of invitation was very smooth, and the final hand-holding invitation was full of ritual.

Don't think women don't know what you're thinking, especially women of Susan’s level. Can it be said that she hasn't seen all kinds of invitation routines?

As soon as you open your mouth, she knows what you're up to.

A straight man might think, isn't it just inviting someone to dinner? You already know what I mean, so why do I need to do all those fancy things? Isn't it better to be direct?

But—

Prepare to highlight this!

What women value is exactly these fancy things. Isn't that what we call "flair"?

Even if the result is the same, different processes will make the same result feel different.

Just like that thing between men and women, frankly speaking, the result is the same, but the process is different, so the feeling of the result is naturally different!

Men hope women will be more proactive, so why can't women require men to be a bit more fancy?

Why do "scumbags" have people who love them?

Because everything women want, he knows how to do, and he understands it all!

Why do people say you need to be thick-skinned to pursue women?

If you are thin-skinned, even if you know women like fancy things, you are too embarrassed to say it or do it—what's the point of that?!

True: I understand all the principles, I just can't do it!

(That's definitely me!)

The restaurant wasn't luxurious, and the taste wasn't outstanding, but for Su Quan—the beauty was appetizing.

You ask about Susan?

Heh, she was too busy laughing to even notice the taste.

Su Quan was firing on all cylinders, with all kinds of little jokes and scripts coming out one after another. Most importantly, he was neither sycophantic nor subtle. Some stories that could bridge the distance between men and women were also handled naturally and generously, without appearing sleazy at all.

His humorous and generous personality, combined with his handsome foreign appearance, made Susan’s favor for him rise steadily.

Especially when compared to someone else.

Looks?

Although he had some charm, he was scruffy and unkempt, so no matter how high his looks were, they would be discounted, and besides, they weren't that high to begin with.

What about Su Quan? His figure was tall and straight, his temperament was upright, and his handsome foreign face exuded confidence at every moment.

Someone else would only be like that when talking about experimental research.

But what’s the use of that?

Could it be that after being together, you stay in the laboratory every day?!

Personality?

That goes without saying.

Someone else was just a straight man who couldn't say anything flowery in three sentences.

What about Su Quan?

Susan felt that she had laughed more today than in all the time she had known that person, maybe even double or more!

And it was that kind of completely relaxed, heartfelt laughter.

How can you compare that?

Give up, destroy it!

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