It was almost time to drink, and it was time to serve the main course. Seeing that the two had not touched the food and drinks, the waiter began to remove the food and drinks from the table one by one. The two had to temporarily stop talking because the meal was about to start.
10 dishes were served one by one. They were all famous old dishes of Tan's cuisine: three-course meal with antler, bird's nest in clear soup, braised vegetarian shark's fin, braised abalone, braised fish lips with scallops, prawns, pork elbow in rock sugar, duck in firewood, braised beef brisket in a pot, and braised fish maw. The presentation was exquisite and the dishes were bright in color, which was delicious.
As soon as the dishes were served and the waiter left, Jiang Qi took out a makeup remover towel from her handbag and wiped off the lipstick on her lips. She quickly picked up the bowl and chopsticks and quickly put some of the dishes on the table into her own bowl. Then she opened the bowl of bird's nest in front of her and put the spoon in to stir it.
Then, under Tang Xin's shocked gaze, he picked it up and poured it into his mouth. He finished the whole bowl of bird's nest in just two or three bites, then immediately picked up the chopsticks, picked up the bowl, and emptied the bowl. Then he went to the table to pick up some dishes, filled the bowl, and started eating quickly.
Tang Xin was stunned by Jiang Qi's actions, and her eyes kept following her movements. The waiter at their table also looked at Jiang Qi with his jaw dropped in surprise. What was going on?
It was not until Jiang Qi choked because she ate too quickly that Tang Xin reacted. She quickly took out a tissue and handed it to her, then reached out to stroke her back.
"Are you okay? Eat slowly."
Jiang Qi was choking and couldn't speak, he just coughed and shook the hand holding the chopsticks, but he was coughing so hard that he almost couldn't breathe.
Tang Xin quickly poured her a glass of water and handed it to her. After watching her drink it and breathe more smoothly, she felt relieved and asked, "No, you haven't eaten in the past few days?"
"Ahem... No... Ahem... It's too late, let's eat first. Ahem..." Jiang Qi obviously hadn't recovered yet but she picked up the chopsticks and reached for the table. If she didn't eat now, she wouldn't have the chance to eat later. Such good food couldn't be wasted, and she might get hurt later. She had to make up for it now, otherwise it would be too uneconomical.
"What, what's too late?" Jiang Qi started to eat with relish again, looking like she was stuffing the food in. Tang Xin was completely frightened by her. "It's not you, go slower, no one is trying to snatch it from you, it's all yours."
It was not until the mechanical voice in Jiang Qi's mind came: "Beep! Reached the plot point. Please proceed with the plot." Jiang Qi stopped and put down the bowl and chopsticks. Then she stood up and said to Tang Xin who was still shocked: "You eat first, I'll go touch up my makeup." She was still chewing the food in her mouth and hadn't swallowed it. Then she asked the equally shocked waiter at their table where the bathroom was, and left quickly. A bunch of people who were shocked by her were left staring at her disappearing back in a daze.
Tang Xin had known Jiang Qi since junior high school. The first time she saw Jiang Qi in this look, she couldn't calm down for a long time.
Jiang Qi came to the bathroom, washed her hands, and immediately took off the two earrings on her ears, rubbing her earlobes. She had never had the habit of wearing earrings, let alone wearing them for a long time. The one she wore today was really killing her, it hurt her to death. It was not good to keep touching her ears, so she kept waiting for this plot point to take it off, and now that it was finally time, she threw it directly on the sink.
This plot point is from the moment Jiang Qi left. After the banquet started, Su Muqing saw Gu Jingcheng's absent-minded eyes always looking in Jiang Qi's direction. She was sitting in a position that was blocked from seeing Jiang Qi's situation. She just saw Jiang Qi walk out and Gu Jingcheng immediately got up and followed her out. She wanted to go and take a look, but someone would come over to toast after the banquet started. She also had to entertain the guests and couldn't leave Mr. Gu alone here, so it was difficult for her to leave.
Jiang Qi and Gu Jingcheng came in after a while, and when Gu Jingcheng came back, the two of them got close to each other. Su Muqing happened to see a red mark on Gu Jingcheng's neck that was covered by his collar.
Then, when Su Muqing followed the procedure and toasted Jiang Qi's table, Jiang Qi deliberately found fault with her and provoked her with her words, and they had an argument. In the end, Jiang Qi deliberately fell to the ground and Su Muqing was wrongly accused of being pushed by her.
At this moment, Jiang Qi was standing in front of the mirror, rubbing his ears with his hands, thinking about the plot, and couldn't help feeling ashamed.
No matter how she looked at the plot, she felt that she deserved a beating. Especially the lines she was going to hear later made her feel sick. And she really couldn't understand why she wanted to hurt herself. If she really didn't like Su Muqing, why couldn't she just find a corner where no one was and slap Su Muqing?
She really couldn't understand how Lin Yue came up with these plots.
While she was still preparing herself mentally for the embarrassment of what was about to happen, the door handle of the bathroom behind her turned, and then the door opened.
Jiang Qi looked in the mirror at the door and immediately adjusted her mood when she saw that it was Gu Jingcheng. She put down her hand, opened the small handbag she carried with her, took out the lipstick inside, and touched up her makeup in front of the mirror with a normal look.
Gu Jingcheng came in and looked at the people inside. It was obvious that he had seen him, but he didn't react or panic. He sighed softly, then went inside to check if there was anyone in the bathroom cubicles one by one.
After making sure that no one was there, he turned back and locked the bathroom door. While he was doing this, Jiang Qi was still calmly putting on her makeup without any reaction.
Gu Jingcheng came closer and stood side by side with her, looking at the person in the mirror, and said in a frustrated tone: "No, can't you give me the reaction that a normal girl should have?"
"What's your reaction?" Jiang Qi didn't even turn her head and was still adjusting her lipstick.
Young Master Gu was helpless: "It's the normal reaction to seeing a man enter the women's restroom. For example, panicking, screaming, etc."
Jiang Qi finished, put away her lipstick, turned around and looked at him and said, "Ah, I thought Master Gu didn't know how to read or recognize the icons, and didn't know that this was the women's restroom?"
"Can you please stop being so harsh? I didn't recruit you, but my grandfather did. Go and argue with him if you have the guts." Gu Jingcheng was really helpless. He had done nothing, but hundreds of millions of assets were lost. He still had to try to appease others and endure the sarcasm of this young lady. The key point was that this young lady had to be appeased.
Jiang Qi stopped talking and turned her head away from him. He was right, she really didn't have the ability to argue with Mr. Gu.
Gu Jingcheng saw that she had refused to talk to him. He sighed heavily again, looked down at the earrings casually placed on the sink, and looked at her earlobes which were obviously red and swollen. He remembered that he had seen her raising her hand frequently to touch her earlobes. Although she tried her best to make it invisible, he still saw it.
So he washed his hands, dried the water stains, walked to her front, stood in front of her, and raised his hand to touch her earlobe.
Jiang Qi struggled to hide, but Gu Jingcheng put his other hand on her neck and held her still, warning her in a deep voice, "Don't move."
Jiang Qi obeyed and didn't move, so Gu Jingcheng moved his head closer to her and observed her carefully.
"Does it hurt?" Gu Jingcheng asked softly with a frown.
Jiang Qi looked at the serious expression of the person in front of her, and for a moment she felt a little dazed and her nose felt a little sour. She answered unconsciously, "It hurts." Her voice was a little thick. No one had asked her this question for many years.
Gu Jingcheng thought she was really in pain, so he let go of her hand but his brows furrowed even more: "Look at you, I haven't seen you wear earrings since the day you got your ears pierced. What are you doing today? Is it necessary? Aren't you just asking for trouble?" Although his tone was full of blame, he still came over and gently blew on the red and swollen area with his mouth, trying to relieve her pain.
After blowing for a while, he knew that it would be useless. He straightened up and looked at the other earlobe, and said to the person in front of him with moist eyes: "Go out and ask the waiter for some alcohol and cotton swabs to wipe it, it should feel better." Then he put down the hand that was supporting Jiang Qi and picked up the two earrings on the sink next to him: "Don't take these two broken things, I'll keep them for you first." Then he took out a handkerchief to wrap it up and put it in his pocket.
Jiang Qi did not stop him, because the plot required that the earrings must be kept on him. Even if he did not take them now, Jiang Qi would have to find a way to get him to keep them for her later. And she could not get the earrings back.
Gu Jingcheng put away his things, grabbed Jiang Qi's hand and went out to ask the waiter to get alcohol and cotton swabs. Feeling the force coming from his hand, Jiang Qi came back to her senses and stopped his action. Gu Jingcheng looked at her in confusion.
Jiang Qi adjusted her emotions, pulled her hand out, and said, "I'm fine. No need to wipe with alcohol."
"It's already red and swollen there." Gu Jingcheng frowned again.
"I hate that smell." Jiang Qi refused.
"Then apply iodine." Gu Jingcheng had no intention of negotiating.
"I said I'm fine. I don't want to wipe it." Jiang Qi's tone was full of impatience at this moment.
"Then what do you want?" It was a questioning sentence, but the tone was steady, without any questioning meaning in the tone. Moreover, Gu Jingcheng had no expression on his face at this time, and it was obvious that he was angry. He was just like Jiang Qi, and the angrier he got, the calmer he looked.
Jiang Qi looked at the face in front of her that was exactly the same as her brother Jiang Huai, and felt the aura around him that was no less than her brother's. For a moment, she felt a chill for no reason and shivered involuntarily.
As far as Jiang Qi in this world is concerned, she is not afraid of Gu Jingcheng, nor will she be frightened by his aura, because her own aura is not weak. But there is no way. The person she feared the most in her previous life was Jiang Huai. Jiang Huai can be regarded as a fear engraved in the depths of her memory. She has always been as afraid of this person as she loves him. So she is scared now.
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