Chapter 83: Encountering a blind date while eating

After some hesitation, Xia Nuannuan felt that the atmosphere for a first date meal should be better, so she chose a Western restaurant.

Although it was called a Western restaurant, the consumption wasn't actually high; it was about the same as eating a hot pot or barbecue.

In Yucheng nowadays, there really weren't many restaurants where you couldn't eat for under a hundred yuan per person.

After entering the restaurant, the two were led by a waiter to a window seat and sat down facing each other.

It was past the lunch rush, so there weren't many customers in the restaurant, and Jay Chou's classic pop songs were playing on the radio.

The young waitress first brought two glasses of water and then handed the menu to Xia Nuannuan first.

"Thank you."

Xia Nuannuan thanked her with a sweet smile and looked at Qin Tian sitting opposite her: "Is there anything you want to eat?"

"You just order, anything is fine for me."

Qin Tian took a sip of water and replied with a smile.

Xia Nuannuan looked up at him and smiled amusedly: "Who was it that said 'anything' is the most troublesome just now?"

Qin Tian was stunned for a moment, then smiled helplessly: "Alright, alright, then you look at the menu and order me a steak you think is good."

"Mm!"

Xia Nuannuan nodded with a smile and began to flip through the menu to order.

"One order of this steak, then I want this pasta, um... one order of this appetizer combo, and I want a cup of this black tea!"

"Okay, do you need anything else?"

The young waitress quickly recorded it and asked with a smile.

"Qin Tian, you take a look to see if you want to add anything, and drinks too."

Xia Nuannuan handed over the menu.

After Qin Tian took the menu and browsed it casually, he added a pizza and ordered an iced latte for himself.

"Alright, that's all for now!"

"Okay, please wait a moment, you two."

After the young waitress took the menu, she turned and walked away quickly.

"It feels pretty good here, have you eaten here before?"

Xia Nuannuan asked with a smile.

"No, first time eating here."

Qin Tian replied with a light laugh.

"Me too, hee hee..."

A bright smile bloomed on Xia Nuannuan's pretty face.

Every "first time" she experienced with Qin Tian made her feel happy.

Before long, the young waitress brought the items they ordered one by one.

The two chatted and laughed casually, completely without the awkwardness or silence of a couple's first date.

This wasn't surprising, as the two had been almost inseparable during this time, except for when they went home after school, and they were already very familiar with each other.

Just then, Qin Tian, who was facing the restaurant entrance, suddenly saw a familiar figure.

It was the invigilator from the mock exam, the Chinese teacher from Class One, Liu Xuan!

Liu Xuan walked into the restaurant with a man who looked to be about thirty years old.

"What's wrong?"

Xia Nuannuan followed his gaze, turned her head to look at the two, and asked in surprise: "Someone you know?"

Qin Tian nodded and whispered: "The Chinese teacher from Class One. She was the invigilator for my Chinese mock exam."

"Is that so?"

Xia Nuannuan looked back again, put down the fork in her hand, raised her hand to cover her mouth, and lowered her voice: "Is that her boyfriend?"

Seeing her eyes light up with a full expression of gossip, Qin Tian couldn't help but laugh.

"I don't know, it doesn't feel like it."

Qin Tian shook his head with a smile.

From his angle, there was clearly a certain distance between Liu Xuan and the man, and they didn't look very familiar either.

At this moment, the waiter led the two of them right toward their side.

Qin Tian hurriedly lowered his head.

Liu Xuan didn't see him; she sat down at a table diagonally opposite them with the man, with her back facing their table.

"Why are you so scared?"

Xia Nuannuan asked with amusement.

Qin Tian also raised his left hand to cover his mouth and explained in a low voice: "It looks like a blind date. If she recognizes me, it might be awkward, and it wouldn't be good if I affected her. Let's keep our voices down."

"Mm-hmm?"

Xia Nuannuan's expression became even more excited; she slowly turned her head and took another secret peek.

She saw the man handing the menu to Liu Xuan with a gentle smile and saying loudly: "Miss Liu, take a look at what you want to eat. Yucheng is still a bit small, and I can't find any very good restaurants; I've wronged you."

The young waitress nearby was the same one who had just served Qin Tian and Xia Nuannuan.

Hearing this, the enthusiastic smile on the waitress's face seemed to become a bit fake.

"It really seems like it!"

Xia Nuannuan turned her head back, smiling like a little fox.

"Shh..."

Qin Tian smiled and held up his right index finger to his lips, making a gesture for silence.

Xia Nuannuan nodded like a chick pecking at rice and gave him an "I understand" look.

Afterward, the two ate their food quietly, pricking up their ears to eavesdrop.

Not to mention Xia Nuannuan, even Qin Tian was full of curiosity.

From his aesthetic point of view, Liu Xuan was undoubtedly a beauty; her appearance and figure were both good, and coupled with the profession of a teacher, which could be a plus in the blind date market, one could imagine she definitely didn't lack suitors.

As for that man, he looked decent.

His attire was appropriate, and while his looks definitely couldn't compare to his own, among single men in their thirties, he should be considered popular.

If there was a shortcoming, it was that he was a little short, looking to be about 1.75 meters, and based on Qin Tian's observation just now, he might even be wearing height-increasing insoles.

That sentence just now was also quite pretentious.

At this time, Liu Xuan had already ordered her meal and handed the menu to the man opposite her.

She only ordered a cup of coffee and a salad.

"Miss Liu, are you only eating this little? Order some more, don't be polite with me!"

The man said with a smile.

"No need, I ate at noon."

Liu Xuan smiled faintly.

"Alright!"

The man nodded, flipped through the menu for a few pages, and looked at the waiter nearby: "Do you have any better steak here?"

The young waitress froze for a moment, then smiled awkwardly and shook her head: "We only have what's on the menu."

"Is that so? Then forget it. At this price, it's probably all synthetic meat; I won't have the steak."

After the man finished speaking, he continued to flip through the menu.

The young waitress's mouth twitched twice, and the smile on her face became even stiffer.

Liu Xuan only felt her face burning and gave the young waitress an apologetic smile.

The young waitress returned a kind smile.

Having worked here for a long time, she had seen many blind dates, and she could feel that this beauty was very polite, but the man opposite...

Liu Xuan picked up the glass on the table and took a sip of water, resisting the urge to get up and leave.

She was full of speechlessness right now; what kind of judgment did the elders in her family have!

They talked it up so much, saying he was a graduate from a first-class university, how much his salary was, how good his family conditions were.

With this kind of emotional intelligence, no matter how high the degree or how good the family conditions, it was all a waste! ===== CHAPTER 84 =====