Chapter 142

Afterwards, Xia Nuannuan didn't even need the menu, familiarly adding a few of the restaurant's signature dishes.

Then Su Xia added two more dishes and ordered a pitcher of corn juice.

"Xiao Qin, what would you and Nuannuan's dad like to drink?"

Su Xia looked at Qin Tian and asked.

"Anything is fine with me, Uncle Xia, you decide!"

Qin Tian turned his head to look at Xia Zhengping on the other side.

Xia Zhengping nodded and asked the waiter for a bottle of the best white spirit the shop sold.

It wasn't expensive, but it wasn't cheap either, costing seven or eight hundred yuan.

The waiter took the menu and hurried away.

In the private room, Qin Tian chatted and laughed with Su Xia and Xia Nuannuan.

Lao Xia couldn't really get a word in, so he drank the complimentary flower tea and acted as a quiet listener.

Business at the shop was booming; there were many guests, but the efficiency of serving dishes was not slow.

Before long, the waiter brought the drinks and dishes to the table one after another.

Qin Tian rushed to help open the white spirit, filling his future father-in-law's glass first, then his own.

Xia Nuannuan and her mother, Su Xia, neither of them drank alcohol.

"Come, come, Xiao Qin, try this stir-fried beef with mountain pepper."

Su Xia gently pushed the turntable on the table, moving a plate of very appetizing stir-fried beef with mountain pepper in front of Qin Tian.

After Qin Tian tasted a piece as requested, he nodded and praised it without reservation.

The taste was indeed very good, and the meat quality was very fresh.

"This garlic-flavored pork rib is also very delicious; it's my favorite at this shop."

Xia Nuannuan added a rib to his bowl and said with a beaming smile.

"Okay, let me try it."

Qin Tian nodded with a smile, looked at Su Xia and Xia Zhengping, and said, "Uncle, Auntie, Nuannuan, you all eat too; I'm starting to feel a bit embarrassed."

"Alright, alright, let's eat together."

Su Xia agreed with a face full of smiles.

After tasting the ribs, Qin Tian lifted his glass with both hands to toast Xia Zhengping.

"Uncle Xia, come, I'll toast you."

"Let's just drink as we please, no need for formalities."

Xia Zhengping said with a smile, lifting his glass to clink it with his.

"Alright."

Qin Tian nodded with a smile and tilted his head back to sip a small half-glass of liquor.

It wasn't that he couldn't down it in one go, but Lao Xia had said that family should drink as they please, and he agreed with that very much.

Seeing this scene, a trace of appreciation flashed deep in Xia Zhengping's eyes, and he also took a sip.

He had heard too many polite pleasantries at drinking tables in the business world, and he inevitably grew tired of them.

If Qin Tian were too formal, he would actually feel displeased instead.

"Uncle, I heard from Nuannuan that you run a shop in Jiangcheng; what exactly do you do?"

Qin Tian asked.

During the two meals together, he couldn't just let his future father-in-law be unable to join the conversation.

"I'm also in the catering business."

Xia Zhengping ate a bite of food and replied.

"A chain restaurant?"

Qin Tian asked again with a curious expression.

Xia Zhengping nodded: "Yes, it's a seafood buffet."

"You have a great eye; there probably aren't many people doing this in Jiangcheng right now, the prospects are very good!"

Qin Tian said with a tone of surprise.

Xia Zhengping looked at him with some surprise and asked with a smile: "You understand this too?"

"Certainly not as well as you do, Uncle Xia, I just have some understanding of it."

Qin Tian said with a smile.

Immediately after, the two of them began to chat while drinking, centering on this topic.

Qin Tian didn't really understand the industry, but after all, he had the foresight advantage of a reincarnator, and he had things to say about the future development of the catering industry, as well as some advantages and prospects of chain catering.

Xia Zhengping was initially dismissive, thinking Qin Tian was just making conversation, but soon he became more and more engaged.

Some of the insights and viewpoints Qin Tian mentioned made him feel that the boy was quite visionary, and he felt it might even be helpful for his own business.

Seeing the two of them chatting so congenially, Xia Nuannuan and Su Xia were both in a great mood.

The mother and daughter ate their food quietly while listening, occasionally leaning their heads together to whisper, and then, not knowing what Su Xia said, Xia Nuannuan's face turned red with shyness several times.

After three rounds of drinks and five flavors of dishes.

Without realizing it, the bottle of white spirit had reached the bottom.

"Xiao Qin, what do you say, shall we have a bit more?"

Lao Xia asked with a chuckle.

He was in a very good mood now and had changed his opinion of the "pig-headed" boy in front of him.

Young, not only good at studying and handsome, but also not a bookworm; he actually knew quite a lot about the ins and outs of business.

Of course, one thing is one thing.

If he wanted to snatch away his precious daughter, that was still a long way off!

"Lao Xia, that's about enough. Qin Tian isn't like you, drinking often; his tolerance definitely isn't as good as yours, he can't drink any more."

Xia Nuannuan frowned and tried to dissuade him.

Lao Xia looked at her, speechless, and said in a sour tone: "What do you mean 'not like me'? Look at Xiao Qin, his face hasn't even turned red; his tolerance isn't necessarily worse than mine."

"That's still not allowed; drinking too much hurts the body."

Xia Nuannuan said in an unquestionable tone.

"Nuannuan is right, Lao Xia, that's about enough."

Su Xia chimed in to help.

Lao Xia's eye twitched slightly, and he looked at Qin Tian with a gaze full of resentment.

"Uncle Xia, I'm just the type who doesn't flush when drinking; my tolerance is still quite a bit worse than yours. Actually, I'm already reaching my limit, so I'll admit defeat, okay? Let's continue next time."

Qin Tian said with a chuckle.

Hearing this, Lao Xia's mouth curled up slightly, and he nodded: "Alright then, let's stop here for today. Xiao Qin, you still need to practice your drinking!"

"Yes, yes!"

Qin Tian nodded repeatedly.

Watching the two of them—one pretending and the other actually believing it—Su Xia couldn't help but smile, and she liked Qin Tian, who also had high emotional intelligence, even more.

"Qin Tian, do you want to eat some rice?"

Xia Nuannuan asked.

"Mm, I'll have some."

Qin Tian agreed with a smile.

Xia Nuannuan immediately called the waiter outside and asked them to help bring over a bucket of rice.

Qin Tian didn't pretend to be refined; holding a bowl in one hand and chopsticks in the other, he shoveled down several bowls of rice with the dishes on the table.

Seeing him have such a good appetite, Xia Zhengping also ate two bowls of rice along with him.

During this time, Su Xia and Xia Nuannuan had finished eating early, but they weren't in a hurry, just watching them with beaming smiles.

"Nuannuan, the way Xiao Qin eats really looks like he's part of the family with your dad."

Su Xia leaned into her daughter's ear and whispered.

A rosy glow rose on Xia Nuannuan's pretty face, and she gave her mother a shy, white-eyed look.

After eating and drinking their fill, the four of them went downstairs, and the future father-in-law went to the cashier to pay the bill.

"Nuannuan, you've been studying all day at home, and it's still early, why don't you and Xiao Qin go somewhere to have some fun?"

After walking out of the restaurant, Su Xia suggested with a smile.

"Ah?"

Xia Nuannuan was stunned for a moment and looked at Qin Tian with an inquiring gaze.

Qin Tian gave his future mother-in-law a mental thumbs-up and said with a smile: "I was just thinking of going to the mall to look around."

"Okay, then I'll go with you."

Xia Nuannuan nodded excitedly and looked at her mother, asking: "Mom, what about you guys?"

"I'll drive, and go back with your dad."

Su Xia replied with a smile.

"Go home early, don't be too late, ten o'clock at the latest."

Lao Xia instructed with a serious expression.

"It's already past eight, what ten o'clock, what ten o'clock."

Su Xia gave him a glare, looked at Xia Nuannuan, and said: "Don't listen to your dad, but don't be too late either, let's say eleven o'clock; you still need to sleep early tonight."

"Mm, I know."

Xia Nuannuan agreed with a radiant smile.

Afterwards, Su Xia dragged Lao Xia into that black Mercedes and drove away.