Mo Yidong immediately fell silent, but the next second, he saw his good friend’s soul flying straight over to the silver-haired beauty.
“Wow, this restaurant actually has such a pretty and cute waiter. We came to the right place.”
The boy wearing a casual short-sleeved shirt, holding the just-served Lemon Water, smiled with his eyes crinkling.
Drinking the Lemon Water handed over by the beautiful girl, it felt like the water itself was sweet.
“Later, I’m going to ask her for her Weixin. We should hang out more often.”
“Forget it, she won’t give it to you.”
Mo Yidong calmly took a sip, watching Xia Yu hiding in the kitchen, swearing to the heavens that he really didn’t know she was working here.
“How do you know?”
Just as Mo Yidong raised the cup to his lips, his friend asked.
After thinking for a few seconds, he decisively replied with two words.
“Just guessing.”
“Then I guess she’ll definitely give me hers.”
As the two chatted, the blond-haired boy happened to notice something missing from Mo Yidong’s wristwatch.
“Why aren’t you wearing your wristband anymore?”
He lifted his right hand, rubbed his chin, and after a rough analysis, he ended up with an answer that made the corners of his mouth curl into a meaningful smile.
“Did you see her?”
“Yeah.”
“Got dumped?”
“Yeah…”
“Ah, I knew it. Totally normal. You guys have been apart for so many years. She probably already has someone new, and you’re still stuck on her.”
The friend in front of him was Zhang Wenshan, the son of one of Mo Yidong’s mother’s classmates.
They often met at gatherings, had studied together for a few years in Elementary School, and since their families were in business and always traveling between cities, Zhang Wenshan had now gone abroad.
“Ever since we parted ways at Xuanwu Elementary, the guys and I haven’t seen each other again. Really miss those times. You’ve gotten more and more handsome—bet you have a lot of girls chasing after you.”
“You’ve just gotten fatter. You should lose some weight.”
Mo Yidong quickly changed the subject.
Sitting there, his mind was elsewhere, and his gaze involuntarily drifted to the other side.
No good, Xia Yu really couldn’t stand being stared at the entire time; it felt especially uncomfortable.
Not only was Mo Yidong’s friend at table 24 staring at her, but other customers at different tables were also curious about her background.
Besides praising her figure and looks, some even wanted to take a few more glances, wildly calling for the waiter to add water.
“Hello, here’s your pizza. Be careful, the iron plate is hot.”
Mentioning the heat, Xia Yu noticed Mo Yidong’s eyes fixed on the bandage wrapped around her arm, looking thoughtful, as if trying to figure out where she was hurt.
Unable to come up with an answer, Mo Yidong couldn’t hold back and asked Xia Yu directly.
“When did you get hurt?”
In the school dressing room, Mo Yidong had noticed a smoky cured meat smell but never thought it was coming from Xia Yu.
When they were in the dressing room, Xia Yu washed slowly.
Mo Yidong secretly saw that her body was actually quite sturdy, and her skin was even whiter than the other boys’.
He thought Xia Yu would wash quickly and run off, but it turned out to be something else.
Xia Yu didn’t seem like the type to actively ask for help.
Thinking of this, Mo Yidong kept staring at the bandage for a long time but didn’t hear Xia Yu say anything.
Suddenly, he realized that just by seeing Xia Yu’s female appearance, he inadvertently treated her as a girl.
Regardless of her true gender, to him, she was always Xia Yu.
Seeing Xia Yu chatting and laughing with other customers at the tables, rejecting boys who asked for her contact information, Mo Yidong’s grip on the cup tightened the more he looked in her direction, feeling an unpleasant ache in his heart.
“Is the cup mad at you? Looks like you’re about to crush it.”
“No.”
Mo Yidong immediately calmed down, shifting his gaze back to the table and started eating the pizza with unusual agitation.
“What’s wrong? Feeling your heart flutter?”
Mo Yidong smirked lightly.
“Yeah. She’s so pretty, anyone would be.”
“A girl who makes a good brother like you heart flutter is pretty rare. Why not add her as a friend and chat first?”
Zhang Wenshan raised his cup and laughed openly:
“Congrats on moving on from your last relationship. I salute you.”
“What are you going to do…”
Zhang Wenshan decided to break through the crowd and be the first to get this silver-haired girl’s contact information in the restaurant.
“Easy. I’ll teach you, little brother!”
Zhang Wenshan and Mo Yidong looked over at the busy silver-haired girl and proposed the first step.
“You add her on Weixin first.”
“What if she doesn’t give it?”
Mo Yidong observed that Xia Yu had repeatedly rejected many boys, quickly retreating to the kitchen once she was done serving.
“Don’t worry, I have a way.”
When Xia Yu saw the last dish arrive at table 24, she thought the ordeal was finally over and she wouldn’t have to see them anymore.
“Your meal is complete. Please enjoy.”
Xia Yu politely said, turning to leave, only to be called back.
“Thank you. You’ve been so great to us. We want to give you a tip.”
Xia Yu looked at the yellow-haired boy, hearing such a thing for the first time.
“That’s not really appropriate…”
Xia Yu looked around nervously.
Working so long, she’d only seen a few full-time colleagues get tips, and those were very rare.
“I don’t think this is allowed. I appreciate the thought, thank you.”
“It’s no problem. You work so hard; you deserve some tips. Just accept it.”
Xia Yu caught Mo Yidong’s silent expression, and it didn’t look like this was his bad idea.
Slowly and nervously, she took out her phone and politely accepted.
“Then, thank you…”
After the silver-haired girl agreed, Zhang Wenshan lightly tapped the table to signal Mo Yidong.
Mo Yidong just took out his phone, looking at Xia Yu reluctantly handing it over.
In her heart, she didn’t want to take Mo Yidong’s money or add him on Weixin at all.
After all, the first thing she did when they met was warn Mo Yidong they didn’t know each other.
After adding, Xia Yu received Mo Yidong’s transfer and was stunned by the amount.
“This is way too much… I’ll send it back!”
“No need. Use it to buy some medicine for the wound.”
“That’s still too much for medicine.”
The more Xia Yu spoke, the hotter her face felt.
She couldn’t stay in front of them any longer, especially in front of Mo Yidong’s eyes!
“It’s okay. He has money.”
“Alright, thanks… I’ll get back to work. Enjoy your meal.”
After the silver-haired girl left, Zhang Wenshan noticed Mo Yidong staring at his phone, focusing on an avatar in his contacts for a long time—it was a little calico cat.
“How much did you give her? 100?”
“No, I added another zero. It’s 1000.”
“1000!?”
Zhang Wenshan looked at the bill, then at Mo Yidong’s calm expression.
This tip was even more than the meal.
Although Mo Yidong’s face showed nothing, his actions revealed he probably truly cared about the silver-haired girl in the restaurant.
“Added her on Weixin. What’s next?”
“Of course, find a time to ask her out to eat!”
After finishing their meal, the two left the restaurant, and Zhang Wenshan’s car was already waiting by the roadside.
“Need a ride home?”
“No, my butler is coming to pick me up later.”
“I heard you’re moving out this time? Why not live with me? My place in Xuanwu has plenty of space for you.”
Zhang Wenshan’s family was in real estate, not lacking money or places to stay.
Finally, they left…
After seeing the blond-haired boy and Mo Yidong leave the restaurant, Xia Yu finally felt at ease to get back to work.
While clearing table 24, a girl also working a part-time job with Xia Yu helped tidy up and suddenly asked:
“Is the guy sitting at table 37 your boyfriend? Looks like he’s waiting for you to finish work.”
What!?
Following the direction the girl pointed, Xia Yu was shocked to see Mo Yidong leisurely sipping a cup of Red Tea, sitting at the spot closest to the kitchen.
Wasn’t this guy gone?!
Why did he come back!?
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