Chapter 46 Undercurrent
When Liang Jingwan heard this, she frowned, stopped her hands, looked at Li Zhaoning, and questioned him with her eyes.
But Li Zhaoning didn't look at her. He just stared at Gu Zhengchen, waiting for his answer.
"I can do it. It's just that I have an appointment with someone, but I don't know if Miss Xu can do it?"
Gu Zhengchen's big hand wrapped Liang Jingwan's hand in his palm, blocking her small movements. The tip of his index finger lightly traced the back of Liang Jingwan's hand, causing Liang Jingwan's face to blush, and her eyes returned to Gu Zhengchen beside her.
Xu Yan frowned, observing Gu Zhengchen's reaction, his mind was racing, who did he date? Why only ask her?
But Gu Zhengchen looked at her with calm eyes, and Xu Yan couldn't tell the difference for a while, so he could only nod his head and agreed, "Okay."
The three of them settled the matter with one sentence each. Liang Jingwan looked around inexplicably, and later realized that she had said nothing. Why...didn't you ask her?
The seated position remained unchanged. Gu Zhengchen sat next to Liang Jingwan, his left hand resting on the back of the chair behind Liang Jingwan. His temperament was calm and reserved, with an undercurrent of undisguised possessiveness, enough for outsiders to see clearly.
"Aren't you going to eat the fermented glutinous rice balls?" Gu Zhengchen's deep and magnetic voice sounded, his eyes were gentle and unabashedly doting.
This dessert was the one Gu Zhengchen specially packed for her when they had dinner alone last time.
Liang Jingwan nodded like a chicken pecking at rice and replied: "Eat." Finally, she added a dessert.
The two seemed to turn a blind eye to the people around them, cutting off the interference of other people and conversing and chatting on their own.
Xu Yan glanced sideways at Li Zhaoning. His face was ashen, which made people see through his thoughts at a glance. He couldn't help but be speechless. A younger brother is a younger brother after all, and he can't play with an old man.
Xu Yan's eyes scanned the surroundings. The person Gu Zhengchen was talking about hadn't arrived yet. He was thinking about it in his mind, but he still couldn't come up with the answer. When he caught a glimpse of the man who had just walked in, Xu Yan's face changed, his eyes narrowed slightly, and he resisted. Don't. Him.
The man came closer and closer.
Liang Jingwan closed the menu and looked sideways at Xu Yan. She wanted to ask her what kind of dishes she wanted to add, but she saw a strange look on her face. She followed Xu Yan's line of sight and looked over. When she saw the person's face clearly, the corners of her mouth were unconscious. The ground rose and he glanced at Xu Yan gloatingly.
Unexpectedly, Gu Zhengchen asked one more question: "I made an appointment with Mr. Xiao Lu. I wonder if Miss Xu can do it?"
Gu Zhengchen's hands naturally rested on the dining table, his voice was warm, and his eyes were slightly thoughtful, as if he could tell there was a hidden secret between the two.
Lu Yuan had already walked in front of several people, looking at Xu Yan with eager and hopeful eyes, waiting for Xu Yan's answer.
Xu Yan nodded stiffly and said stiffly: "Okay."
There is an undercurrent lurking beneath the surface of peace.
The fermented glutinous rice dumplings were served, and Gu Zhengchen took the lead in scooping out a bowl for the two ladies. Xu Yan was not very interested. He took two bites and then put it aside. Liang Jingwan ate it warmly with small mouthfuls, and saw the bottom of the white porcelain bowl.
Li Zhaoning kept his eyes on Liang Jingwan and was always ready to "serve" Liang Jingwan.
As soon as he raised his hand, Gu Zhengchen also raised his hand.
But compared to Gu Zhengchen and Li Zhaoning, Xu Yan moved faster. She caught a glimpse of Liang Jingwan's bowl being emptied. She was familiar with Liang Jingwan's expression. She raised her hand to turn the turntable back and scooped the last remaining rice dumplings into Liang Jingwan's bowl.
Liang Jingwan raised the corners of her mouth, looked at Xu Yan with a smile on her face, and said softly, "Thank you."
Xu Yan said, "You're welcome." His eyebrows were slightly proud. Li Zhaoning's idea came to nothing, while Gu Zhengchen took out a piece of tissue and wiped the corners of Liang Jingwan's mouth, his movements were affectionate and his expression was as usual.
Liang Jingwan just lowered her head and ate the rice dumplings in her bowl, seemingly unaware of all this.
Lu Principle, on the other hand, looked at the overall situation, sat aside and observed carefully, and suddenly smiled.
Halfway through the meal, Li Zhaoning stood up and answered the phone.
Liang Jingwan chewed celery in her mouth, making a crisp sound, and watched Li Zhaoning's leaving figure carefully, recalling everything that happened at the dinner table just now.
"Does he... like you?" Liang Jingwan leaned close to Xu Yan's ear and asked in an uncertain and tentative whisper with doubts in her eyes.
In her eyes, after a meal, Li Zhaoning frequently served Xu Yan with vegetables and soup, and she herself also took advantage of Xu Yan and ate a lot of shrimps peeled by Li Zhaoning.
Li Zhaoning's temper was not that of someone who would peel shrimps for others out of politeness. She took it for granted that Li Zhaoning had a good impression of Xu Yan.
But what she didn't know was that Xu Yan was between her and Li Zhaoning. If Li Zhaoning wanted to pick up food for Liang Jingwan, he would definitely go through Xu Yan. Whether it was out of politeness or because Xu Yan was Liang Jingwan's friend, he had the ability to "please". Li Zhaoning would give Xu Yan an extra portion if he thought about it.
Although Liang Jingwan's voice was low, it was enough for everyone around to hear clearly. The three of them licked their chopsticks and looked at Liang Jingwan. The surprise in their eyes was self-evident, and they were undoubtedly curious as to why Liang Jingwan had such thoughts.
The person Liang Jingwan mentioned was obviously not Gu Zhengchen and Lu Yuan who were present, but only Li Zhaoning who left.
Xu Yan: "..."
Xu Yan was startled, then laughed angrily, with an unpredictable expression on his face. He was about to argue with Liang Jingwan about who Li Zhaoning liked, when he heard Gu Zhengchen's voice.
"Miss Xu, I'm shy."
The voice was gentle and seemed to be joking, reminding Liang Jingwan.
Xu Yan was speechless. He looked towards Gu Zhengchen who had opened his mouth and saw that he was holding a small pot in his right hand and pouring vinegar into the white porcelain dish. The smell of vinegar overflowed. After pouring, he put the small pot back on the table and put it on the table. The white porcelain plate was pushed in Xu Yan's direction.
Very good, the boss of Qianyi was jealous of me, "eating people is short of mouth and short of hands." Xu Yan, who was forced to be shy, could only raise the corners of his mouth with difficulty and smiled dryly at Liang Jingwan.
In Liang Jingwan's eyes, she looked really shy. She nodded meaningfully and added, "No wonder you said you wanted to have dinner with him today."
Xu Yan was vomiting blood in his heart, but with a smile on his face, he gave Liang Jingwan a chopstick of food and said, "Eat the food, eat the food."
After eating two bowls of rice dumplings, Liang Jingwan was already half full, so she slowly put Xu Yan's food into her mouth. In fact, when she said this, she really felt that Li Zhaoning might have a crush on Xu Yan, and secondly... ...She felt that Lu Yuan was not as calm and cold towards Xu Yan as Xu Yan said. Instead, he was paying attention to Xu Yan all the time, so she wanted to use this to stimulate him.
So Liang Jingwan raised her eyes and glanced at Lu Yuan, but Lu Yuan's expression did not change, and he didn't seem to have any reaction to this sentence. He raised his hand to turn the turntable.
Liang Jingwan frowned, was she wrong? But looking back, Xu Yan was looking directly at the plate of food in front of him. Liang Jingwan had known her for many years, so she naturally knew that Xu Yan liked it. Then he raised his eyes and looked at Lu Yuan. Lu Yuan fixed the turntable with one hand and looked at her. Staring at Xu Yan unabashedly.
(End of chapter)