Chapter 408: The Superfluous Light Bulb

After playing enough, the group returned their equipment, left the skating rink, and took the escalator to the dining area upstairs.

The two girls stood in front, holding hands.

"Nuannuan, let's come play together next time. I should learn it after coming two more times."

Tian Jiajia suggested with a smile.

"Alright, when the class monitor and Liao Juan come back, we'll call Su Yan, and we can make an appointment to come play together then."

"Good idea!"

"What about us?"

Zhang Peng, who was behind, asked.

Tian Jiajia turned her head to look at him and said with disgust, "You'd better give up. I feel like you won't learn it even if you come ten more times."

"What kind of talk is that? Can I learn slower than you?"

Zhang Peng had a look of dissatisfaction.

"Yes!"

The four responded in unison.

Zhang Peng's expression immediately collapsed, and he forcibly explained, "I, I just didn't have anyone to teach me."

Tian Jiajia rolled her eyes and turned her head, ignoring him.

Just as the elevator reached the sixth floor, after getting off, the group began to stroll around the dining area on the sixth floor while discussing what to eat.

It had been a few months since they last came, and the mall not only had that skating rink, but the dining area had also changed a lot.

Some shops in their memory had closed, replaced by several new dining shops.

"Nuannuan, what shall we eat? I'm so conflicted!"

Tian Jiajia asked.

"I don't know either, I'm not even that hungry!"

Xia Nuannuan smiled.

"Even if you're not hungry, you have to eat. Since Grandpa Zhang is finally being generous today, you won't get this chance again."

Xu Hao looked at Zhang Peng with a smile.

"What do you mean 'finally'? I've always been very generous, okay!"

Zhang Peng retorted with a huff.

"How about eating at that Japanese restaurant? Grandpa Zhang, who is generous, shouldn't have any objections, right?"

Xu Hao pointed to a Japanese restaurant opposite and suggested with a mischievous smile.

Zhang Peng looked over, his mouth twitching slightly.

That Japanese restaurant had also opened in the last two months, coming from Jiangcheng, and was a chain brand very popular among young people.

Although it couldn't be considered very high-end Japanese food, the per capita consumption was certainly more expensive than hotpot and barbecue.

In order to go on dates with Tian Jiajia, he had worked hard to earn a small treasury, which was certainly enough, but it still hurt a bit.

"I know this shop. It's very popular in Jiangcheng. A classmate invited me to eat there, but I couldn't bear to go. Is this a bit expensive?"

Tian Jiajia looked at Zhang Peng with an inquiring gaze, thinking that if he didn't have enough money later, she would secretly give him some.

Anything was fine between the two of them, but when they were out, she couldn't let her boyfriend lose face.

"It's fine, what's expensive about this? Let's go, we'll eat this."

Zhang Peng left a tough sentence and walked towards the Japanese restaurant with big strides.

Tian Jiajia and Xia Nuannuan looked at each other and smiled, following him.

Qin Tian and Xu Hao fell behind.

"Has he been taking orders to earn money recently?"

"Yes, quite a lot. This guy said he wanted to save up love funds. Don't worry, he can afford it."

Xu Hao answered with a smile.

Qin Tian nodded, thinking about taking Zhang Peng to speculate in stocks next year to earn some pocket money.

As his best friend in his past and present life, he naturally wouldn't let him be as down-and-out as in his past life.

The reason he didn't rush to help him was just because he was afraid he was too young and his mind wasn't firm enough, and having money might not necessarily be a good thing.

Now that he had found a partner, he should be more steady, and with Tian Jiajia watching him, he wasn't that worried anymore.

Generally speaking, girls of this age are always more mature than boys.

And the maturity of a boy's mind is often related to love and relationships.

The Japanese restaurant was very popular. After the four of them queued outside for twenty minutes, they entered the shop and found a seat under the guidance of the waiter.

After the waiter handed over the menu, Zhang Peng handed it to Tian Jiajia and glanced at it. After seeing the prices of the dishes, he felt a little relieved.

He hadn't eaten Japanese food before, and in his impression, it felt very expensive, with a few pieces of sushi and sashimi costing seventy or eighty to over a hundred.

Now it seemed he had thought too much; the price wasn't that outrageous, much cheaper than he imagined.

There were more expensive sashimi, but Qin Tian and the others weren't used to eating them.

They ordered a beef sukiyaki pot, fried chicken, sushi, and other snacks. For the main course, they ordered stir-fried udon noodles and tonkotsu ramen, and added a few cups of fruit juice drinks specially prepared by the shop.

In such a shop, the people eating were basically young people, most of whom were couples.

Qin Tian and the others sat at a four-person table and asked the waiter to add a chair in the aisle for Xu Hao.

"Brother Hao, at this moment, do you feel like a superfluous light bulb?"

Zhang Peng teased with a cheap smile.

Tian Jiajia, who was sitting next to him, hurriedly bumped him with her elbow, signaling him not to talk nonsense.

"It's fine, I'm just joking, stimulating him so he can find a girlfriend too!"

Zhang Peng explained with a smile.

Xu Hao picked up the free barley tea Xia Nuannuan helped pour, took a sip slowly, and said calmly, "You don't need to stimulate me. Just treat me as a light bulb that has been disconnected and doesn't exist."

Hearing this, the four of them couldn't help but laugh.

"Brother Hao, you're not right. Did your ex-girlfriend break your heart? Tell us about your failed emotional experience!"

Zhang Peng said with a grin.

Hearing this, the eyes of the two girls lit up, and they stared at Xu Hao with curious gazes.

"Get lost! I broke up peacefully, okay? What failed emotional experience? It doesn't exist!"

Xu Hao glared at him.

"Forget it if you don't want to say."

Zhang Peng curled his lips in disbelief.

"Brother Hao, how old are you this year?"

Qin Tian drank some tea and asked with a smile.

"I was born in 1990, I'm 23. Why?"

Xu Hao answered.

"No way, Brother Hao, you're only three years older than me?"

Zhang Peng asked with a look of surprise.

"What do you mean?"

Xu Hao looked at him sideways and said with a huff, "Didn't I say it? I'm only two grades older than you, and I started school late."

"Oh, oh, I forgot. I thought you were twenty-seven or twenty-eight, you look a bit old!"

Zhang Peng grinned.

"Zhang Peng, if you keep running your mouth, believe it or not, I'll splash this tea in your face!"

Xu Hao threatened with a dark face.

"Wrong, wrong."

Zhang Peng surrendered immediately.

"Only 23, then it's still early before your family urges you. No wonder you're not in a hurry."

Qin Tian smiled and said.

"You're wrong, my family has already started urging me to go on blind dates."

Xu Hao said with a helpless expression.

"Blind dates?"

Zhang Peng exclaimed.

Qin Tian and the other two also looked at him with full surprise.

"Thanks to you, Master, I'm now considered a young talent with some achievements in the eyes of those elders. Many people introduce me to blind dates, and I've already met quite a few. I have to go see another one in two days, the daughter of my mom's good friend. If I don't go, they won't even let me in the door."

Speaking of this, Xu Hao drank some more tea with a melancholy expression. ===== CHAPTER 409 =====