Under the moonlight

"Hey, hey, over here~" Chen Zhi saw Zhao Meng's car from afar and stood by the roadside to greet him.

"You go down first, I'll go find a place to park."

"Okay, okay." Huang Meng unbuckled her seatbelt and got out of the car.

"You guys finally arrived. I was sitting here by myself, and people thought I was taking up a seat without ordering anything. They almost kicked me out." Chen Zhi led Huang Meng inside and muttered to Huang Meng as he glanced at the passing waiter.

"Haha, I'm really sorry to have kept you waiting."

"No, no, take a look and see what you want to eat. I'm telling you, their fish balls are very fresh." Chen Zhi handed the menu to Huang Meng and introduced it to her.

"Hmm, when it comes to fish balls, the fish balls in X City are still the best!" Huang Meng hadn't had fresh, pure fish balls in a long time. Back in X City, fish balls were sold everywhere on the streets, and even those sold from pushcarts tasted much better than the ones she ate in fancy restaurants.

"Yes, yes, that's right. X City is by the sea, so there are many kinds of fresh seafood, especially fish balls made from eel meat, which are even more delicious!" Chen Zhi said, squinting as he handed her the cup, seemingly reminiscing about the taste of fish balls from X City.

After he said that, Huang Meng did feel a little hungry. She had gotten up early in the morning and hadn't had time to eat breakfast. "Okay, I'm going to try this fish ball place later. Even you praised it so much. I haven't had breakfast yet!"

Just as Zhao Meng walked over and sat down, he heard her say this. Chen Zhi saw Zhao Meng sit down next to Huang Meng and pretended to be angry, saying, "What kind of boss are you? You don't even let your employees eat!"

Zhao Meng glanced at him without saying anything, then turned to look at Huang Meng, who was seriously looking at the menu. "Just order what you want to eat, don't worry about it."

"Hey, hey, it's my treat after all, I can't just ignore it!" Chen Zhi said with dissatisfaction.

"Come on, I've ordered. You guys can do the rest. My eyes are getting tired of looking at all the options." Huang Meng didn't know what to order, so she conveniently passed the task to Chen Zhi.

Chen Zhi didn't stand on ceremony and quickly selected several dishes.

"Looks like you're a regular here?" Huang Meng said, seeing how quickly he ordered the food. He must be a frequent customer to be so familiar with the dishes.

"Hehe, it's alright. You know we business people often have to treat others to meals. I've been to most of the good restaurants at least three times. So, if you want to eat anything in the future, just ask me, and I'll definitely recommend something delicious and affordable!" Chen Zhi said, patting his chest with a hint of pride.

"You should eat less. I remember when we were in school, everyone called you 'beauty mark' and praised your delicate features. Look at you now, your face is still quite handsome, but it's your figure..." Huang Meng looked down at his stomach and covered her mouth to laugh.

"Oh dear, well, it's unavoidable. I sit all day, it's understandable, it's understandable." Chen Zhi hugged his coat a little embarrassedly, barely covering his slightly plump belly.

One by one, the dishes were served. Huang Meng tasted the fish ball soup. "Hmm, it's really delicious, just like the taste I had in X City!" She hadn't tasted this flavor in a long time. Strangely, even though she hadn't tasted it for a long time, the moment the flavor touched her lips, it immediately evoked memories of it deep in her mind.

The reason why flavors can be remembered for so long is that the things that happened with the flavor, the people you met, and the environments you stayed in are all sealed deep in your memory. Flavor is just a trigger.

Huang Meng was just like that. As she savored the delicious fish balls, she recalled how, back in X City, she and her friends would often buy delicious fish ball soup after school, chatting and laughing as they walked under the setting sun.

"Sigh, I really miss the food in X City. I wonder when I'll have the chance to go back again," Chen Zhi said, glancing at Huang Meng.

"You can't say for sure. You don't have to work, so you can come back anytime you want!" Huang Meng said to him with a smile.

“Yeah, but it would be a bit boring to go back by myself. Oh, right, Zhao Meng, didn’t you say you were going to the city next weekend?” Chen Zhi looked at Zhao Meng and winked at him.

"Yes, that's right." Fortunately, Zhao Meng understood his meaning before Huang Meng looked at them. However, Zhao Meng hadn't actually said that. He gave Chen Zhi a meaningful look, wondering what he was up to. He had already gotten the answer he wanted from Huang Meng, but he forgot to tell him. Could this guy still think he was going to put on an act with him?

"Chen Zhi, come on, let's have a smoke." Huang Meng looked at the two of them, completely bewildered. Why were they going to smoke while they were eating? Also, was Zhao Meng going to X City?

"Why didn't you react just now? My eyes were practically twitching." As soon as they stepped outside, Chen Zhi said to Zhao Meng.

"When did I go to X City? How come I didn't know?" Zhao Meng said helplessly, looking at Chen Zhi's smug smile.

"Hey, isn't this creating an opportunity for you? Besides, I've already made arrangements with them. They'll be there too, so we'll give her a grand reunion. What do you think?" Chen Zhi put his arm around Zhao Meng's shoulder, waiting for his praise.

"It's nothing. I just wanted to know if she still remembered that incident, if she remembered me. Now that I know, you don't need to worry about the rest." Zhao Meng looked at Chen Zhi coldly and slapped his arm away.

"Hey, no way! I've already made all the arrangements. They've all agreed to take leave or make up for lost time if they need to. If you guys don't go, they'll kill me!"

“That’s what you deserve. Who told you to act on your own?” Zhao Meng ignored his complaints and said directly.

"But, but they had all chatted with Huang Meng before, and I think she missed them a lot, so she thought of organizing a get-together," Chen Zhi said, sounding a little aggrieved.

Looking at his aggrieved expression, Zhao Meng rubbed his temples helplessly. No wonder this guy was nicknamed "Beauty Mark" by his male classmates when they were kids; he really looked pitiful...

“Have you ever thought that you can chat with them because you’ve kept in touch with them? But what about Huang Meng? She hasn’t seen them in person for so long. You can chat on your phone, but that’s only through a screen. If it were face-to-face and things got awkward, what would she think?” Zhao Meng said patiently to Chen Zhi.

After hearing Zhao Meng's words, Chen Zhi hesitated for a moment but still insisted on his own idea: "You are not her. What if she also wants to go? Besides, they have already mentioned this to Huang Meng when they were chatting. It's just that she doesn't know that this was my arrangement."

After Chen Zhi finished speaking, he looked at Zhao Meng again. Zhao Meng glared at him and went inside without saying anything more.

"Where have you been? You're only just getting back, the food's all cold." Huang Meng looked at Zhao Meng as he walked over; he didn't smell of smoke on him!

"Yeah, I just went out and saw some traffic police issuing tickets, so I moved the car a bit." Zhao Meng looked at her somewhat confused eyes, smiled slightly at her, and reached out to pat the top of her head. "Eat up, don't worry about that guy."

Chen Zhi, who had just sat down, looked at Huang Meng with a somewhat awkward smile, then secretly glared at Zhao Meng before quickly picking up his chopsticks and starting to eat, afraid that Zhao Meng would see him.