Chapter 2326

Even if there is fate, wasn't I still beaten to the punch by that guy Xu Min! Looking at the slender, beautiful, and moving girl in front of him, Zhao Desan said to himself with unwillingness. He chuckled at her and said: "It is quite a coincidence."

Du Xiaochan lowered her head and smiled shyly. Suddenly, as if she had remembered something, she raised her head, slightly raised her beautiful eyebrows, looked at him very seriously, and asked: "By the way, Brother Desan, didn't you say you wanted to ask Director Xu... to help you with something? Did he help?" Du Xiaochan didn't know how to address Xu Min, the man with whom she had an unusual relationship, for a moment. She stuttered for a moment and called him Director Xu.

Hearing Du Xiaochan's question, Zhao Desan was stunned for a moment. Except for Xu Min and himself, he didn't want anyone to know about this. He nodded with a smile and immediately changed the subject, asking Du Xiaochan: "Xiao Du, then what will you do now that you've gotten off here? Are you going to take a taxi back to the hospital?"

Du Xiaochan looked at Zhao Desan with those dark, bright eyes, a sweet smile on her face, and said: "Brother Desan, actually I've always wanted to treat you to a meal, but I never had the chance. If... if you're not busy now, why don't I treat you to a meal?"

Zhao Desan said with a smile: "Didn't you treat me at McDonald's last time?"

Du Xiaochan shook her head embarrassedly and said: "I didn't have a job then and didn't have much money. I want to treat you, Brother Desan, to a big meal. I am very grateful for all the help you've given me."

Looking at Du Xiaochan's sincere expression, Zhao Desan hesitated. Just as he was hesitating, his phone rang. He took out his phone and saw it was a call from Su Qing. He walked to the side to answer it and said in a gentle tone: "Hello! Sister, what's wrong?"

"Desan, you should eat something outside by yourself tonight. Sister has a social engagement tonight and estimates she won't be back until the second half of the night. You don't need to wait for me; go to bed early yourself." Su Qing explained the purpose of her call over the phone.

Zhao Desan had been hesitant just now, mainly because he was worried about returning too late and didn't know how to explain it to Sister Su. This call came just at the right time. Zhao Desan felt overjoyed for a moment. He suppressed that secret joy, feigned a bit of disappointment, and said in a low voice: "If Sister Su has a social engagement, then forget it. I won't wait for you. Sister Su, remember to drink less alcohol."

"Baby, Sister knows. You eat something outside yourself. Sister won't talk anymore." Su Qing hung up after saying this.

After hanging up, Zhao Desan turned and walked to Du Xiaochan, who was full of expectation. He expressed some concern for her: "Xiao Du, if the two of us eat alone, and Director Xu finds out, will he have any thoughts?" Now, Xu Min had great utility value for Zhao Desan. He had just used him at noon to settle Sun Changsheng. If he ate with Du Xiaochan behind Xu Min's back tonight and was discovered, he would certainly be quite unhappy. If this meal affected the ownership of the land, it wouldn't matter if the previous efforts were wasted, but what was more terrifying was that he would be creating two more formidable enemies for himself.

Speaking of Xu Min, Du Xiaochan lowered her head embarrassedly and said shyly: "Brother Desan, we're just having a meal, it's nothing."

Zhao Desan said: "I know it's nothing, but I'm afraid Director Xu won't think so. I still have things to ask of Director Xu. If he gets angry, won't my business fail?" Zhao Desan was more than willing to have deeper contact with such a tender and lovely young nurse as Du Xiaochan, but he had to ask Xu Min for help now and was afraid of angering him. He had to consider this point.

Du Xiaochan raised her head, looking at Zhao Desan with great expectation, and said: "Brother Desan, if he calls, can't I just say I went home?"

Zhao Desan could see that Du Xiaochan really wanted to treat him to a meal to repay his favor. He took a deep breath, pursed his lips, and thought for a moment before saying: "Alright then. Since you have this intention, Xiao Du, then Brother will go eat with you. But there's no need to be too extravagant and wasteful. Let's just find a restaurant and order two dishes."

Hearing Zhao Desan agree to her small wish, Du Xiaochan immediately smiled with joy and nodded, saying: "Mm, I'll listen to you, Brother Desan. Whatever you say goes."

Zhao Desan turned his head to look around and saw a Sichuan restaurant called 'Chuanyu Renjia' across the street. He pointed in the direction of that shop and said to Du Xiaochan: "Xiao Du, let's go to that one. It's also more convenient."

"Mm." Du Xiaochan handed the choice entirely to Zhao Desan, nodded, her face filled with joy. Under Zhao Desan's protection, she carefully crossed the busy road and walked toward the Sichuan restaurant across the street.

"I want to have a home, a home with a warm embrace..." Just as the two were about to reach the entrance of 'Chuanyu Renjia', Zhao Desan's phone rang.

"Brother Desan, your phone is ringing." Du Xiaochan, walking side by side with him, reminded him.

Zhao Desan took out his phone and saw that it displayed a strange phone number. He frowned slightly, was stunned for a moment in confusion, and then answered the phone, asking suspiciously: "Hello! Who is this?"

"Brother Desan, it's me, Tingting!" Ma Ting's familiar voice came from the phone.

Upon hearing it was Ma Ting, Zhao Desan suddenly realized and said with a chuckle: "Why did you suddenly think of calling me?"

"Brother Desan, I heard from my mom that you are about to be promoted. I want to invite you to the bar for a drink, as a celebration from your little sister, and by the way, to see you off." Tingting said playfully over the phone.

Speaking of drinking, Zhao Desan really wanted to have a couple of drinks. Today, he had spent the whole afternoon in the hospital accompanying a woman who had betrayed him. That feeling was a mix of five flavors, indescribable, making him feel very uncomfortable. He was just thinking of having a good drink to alleviate that complex and unspeakable feeling. But there was still a girl standing beside him waiting to eat with him. Zhao Desan hesitated for a moment, thinking that he could eat anytime, but what he wanted to do most tonight was have a couple of drinks. So, after hesitating for a while, he said to Ma Ting: "Alright then, Tingting, wait a moment. I'll be there soon. Which bar are you at?"

"One Plus One. Then Brother Desan, I'll wait for you." Tingting said coquettishly over the phone.

"Mm, see you later."

After finishing the call with Ma Ting, Zhao Desan had just taken the phone away from his ear and hadn't yet opened his mouth to tell Du Xiaochan when he saw Du Xiaochan slightly furrowing her beautiful eyebrows, looking at Zhao Desan with some disappointment, and saying: "Brother Desan, do you have something to do?"

Zhao Desan chuckled and said: "It's not really anything. I have a god-sister who heard I'm about to take office in the Chanba Development Zone and wants to see me off. Why don't you come with me to the bar?" Zhao Desan felt that bringing Du Xiaochan along was also good. In case Tingting was with her boyfriend, wouldn't he, a single man, be a third wheel? Bringing Du Xiaochan along might instead adjust the atmosphere.

Du Xiaochan hesitated for a moment, nodded, and said: "Alright then. I'll go to the bar with you, Brother Desan."

Seeing Du Xiaochan agree to accompany him to the bar, Zhao Desan took her, turned around, walked to the side of the street, hailed a taxi, and headed directly to Dongdajie, the most prosperous street in Xijing City.

Inside the One Plus One bar, the DJ was playing the most dynamic rhythm, provoking wave after wave of response from the dance floor. The neon lights intertwined with an ambiguous atmosphere. Unfamiliar men and women were rubbing their bodies and dancing passionately. In this place of debauchery, people's thoughts had long since detached from the shackles of morality and secularity, releasing their suppressed wildness to their heart's content, forming a chaotic picture...

Zhao Desan and Du Xiaochan searched everywhere in front of the bar but did not see Ma Tingting. This location was chosen by Ma Ting, but she was nowhere to be found, which made Zhao Desan feel a bit strange.

Zhao Desan couldn't find her, so he called Ma Ting. After a while, he put away the phone and said to Du Xiaochan, who was looking blankly beside him: "My god-sister, she said we can see her in five minutes! I really don't know what she's up to!"

Five minutes later, the dynamic music shaking the bar suddenly quieted down. The DJ's voice rang out: "Next, let's welcome our hottest, most exotic beauty from One Plus One. She will take everyone into a brand new high world. Let me raise my hands and dance wildly to my heart's content! Wow!" This voice from the DJ, which teased the customers' adrenaline secretion, accompanied by the kaleidoscopic lights, brought bursts of enthusiastic responses mixed with whistles.

Zhao Desan followed the crowd's actions and unconsciously raised his eyes to look toward the center of the stage. The high T-stage was perched above the entire bar, and the feeling of being suspended in mid-air was like white clouds passing through the sky. The DJ on the side, wearing headphones, played the music for the carnival night.

Zhao Desan was surprised to see a familiar figure—Ma Ting. He felt completely stunned. She... how could she be here dancing pole dance? This... how is this possible? Zhao Desan couldn't believe his eyes at all, but at this moment, the beauty twisting her figure on the stage was Tingting, whom he was very familiar with. No matter how she was dressed, he would never mistake her.

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