Under meals

Tao Mingzhuo admitted that he was a little surprised at this moment.

The request "look at your face to eat" sounds very subtle in itself, and what's even more strange is that this is still a conversation between two big men.

This request also brought quite a shock to everyone present.Yang Keying's eyeballs were about to fall out of her job bowl, and she started making mouth movements with Xu Yi who was sitting across from her.

Although Tao Mingzhuo's face didn't change, his brain was still blank for a moment.

While hesitating and not knowing how to answer, Tao Mingzhuo saw Jing Ci's secretary approaching him, reminding him that the afternoon meeting was about to start.

Jing Ci didn't explain more about what he said just now, he just looked at Tao Mingzhuo and asked gently: "So, see you tomorrow?"

Tao Mingzhuo took a deep breath: "...Okay."

Jing Ci nodded to him.

After returning to his work station, Tao Mingzhuo was tortured by Yang Keying and Xu Yi.

"If it wasn't for the fact that the other party was Boss Jing, and his expression was calm and composed without the slightest trace of obscenity," Yang Keying mused, "I would really think that it was a workplace sexual harassment just now."

Tao Mingzhuo was speechless for a long time.

Xu Yi couldn't help gossiping along with him: "Xiao Tao, why did Boss Jing have dinner with you alone? Did you two know each other from the beginning?"

Yang Keying stared at Tao Mingzhuo thoughtfully: "And why do I have to look at your face while eating? Why is it you and someone else? But you do have thick eyebrows and big eyes, and in a sense you are It’s beautiful and delicious, but Boss Jing—”

Tao Mingzhuo felt that the trend of the topic was getting more and more outrageous, so he quickly interrupted Yang Keying: "Stop it, let me accept it."

Tao Mingzhuo was actually the most bewildered person. First of all, he didn't know the reason why he was being spied on these two days, and secondly, he didn't know the purpose of tomorrow's "need to see his face" lunch.

"Don't make wild guesses, go get busy with your business." He said calmly, "Will you know everything after eating tomorrow? I guess Boss Jing just wants to talk to me about work."

However, at 12:30 noon the next day, Tao Mingzhuo sat in Jing Ci's office, clearly realizing that things might not be as simple as he thought

"I don't know which country's cuisine you like the most, so today I will choose one on my own."

Jing Ci said: "If you don't like it, or if you feel that you don't have enough food, I can contact other restaurants now, and the delivery time should not be long."

"No need." Tao Mingzhuo smiled dryly and said, "No need to change, it's really enough, Boss Jing."

Tao Mingzhuo was a little out of breath.

Let's put it this way, the number of takeaway boxes placed on the desk is probably enough to be eaten from New Year's Eve to the seventh day of the Lunar New Year and pass the Lantern Festival by the way.

The shop name Tao Mingzhuo printed on the takeaway bag happened to have some impressions, it was a private restaurant that some girls in the office had been clamoring to eat but thought it was too expensive.

Jing Ci still didn't explain what the meal was for, he just said "hmm", took apart the tableware, put it in Tao Mingzhuo's hand, and said gently: "That's good, let's eat."

Tao Mingzhuo actually had a lot of questions he wanted to ask, but after thinking about it, he answered first, and decided to take two bites before opening his mouth.

Tao Mingzhuo stared at the roast duck on the table as soon as he entered the door, and while the pancake was still steaming, he rolled one for himself.

The fragrance is really fragrant, one bite, it is so delicious that people stretch out.

Tao Mingzhuo changed the picture all morning. He was so hungry that he inhaled a few roasted duck rolls in a row before he realized that there was someone sitting opposite him, and the other person was his boss.

Tao Mingzhuo quickly raised his head, and then his heart skipped a beat——

Jing Ci didn't move her chopsticks.

He just held the chopsticks in one hand and tapped the edge of the plate lightly with the tip of the chopsticks, while resting his chin in the other hand, he was staring at himself thoughtfully.

Only then did Tao Mingzhuo recall that Jingci had already warned him yesterday that he would watch his face while eating.

But he didn't expect that Jing Ci would be so impolite, looking at him with such eyes... as if he could see into the depths of his soul.

He didn't move his chopsticks at a table full of Chinese people, as if he could get full just by looking at his own face, which made it hard for Tao Mingzhuo not to think in a strange direction.

Tao Mingzhuo felt that his throat was a little dry: "Boss Jing, don't you want to take a bite?"

Then he saw Jing Ci blinking suddenly.

Jing Ci let out a "hmm", but his eyes still stayed on Tao Mingzhuo's face.

"It's okay." Jing Ci said, "You eat first, and I'll just watch you eat."

Tao Mingzhuo: "..."

Tao Mingzhuo felt that he couldn't eat anymore.

When a person is aware that others are watching him, it is difficult for all his behavior to continue to be natural.Tao Mingzhuo hesitated and said, "I'm embarrassed to eat it alone. It's best to eat the roast duck while it's hot. You can also have a bite. It will be cold in a while."

Jing Ci was stunned for a moment, and said for a while, "Okay."

Jing Ci also chose to make a roast duck for herself.

Tao Mingzhuo watched him stare at the roast duck roll in his hand for a while, then lowered his head and took a bite, chewing slowly.

The other party finally stopped staring at his face, Tao Mingzhuo heaved a sigh of relief, and hurriedly lowered his head and took another two bites.

However, when he raised his head again, Tao Mingzhuo's breathing was stagnant again.

Because he saw Jing Ci smiling.

Jing Ci stared straight at the bitten roasted duck roll in her hand, the corners of her mouth slightly raised.

After a few short exchanges, Tao Mingzhuo's first impression of Jingci was gentleness, but at the same time, it was a kind of gentleness with a sense of distance.

His eyebrows are beautiful and handsome, and his smile is always soft and polite. When he is not smiling, his expression will fade a little. In short, he is a beautiful woman with temperament and culture.

But the smile on Jing Ci's face now is not the same as his usual polite and polite smile.

At this moment, there was a kind of light in Jing Ci's eyes, and her eyelashes trembled slightly. It was clearly an uncontrollable excitement, like a surprise from the heart.

First, he kept staring at his face while eating, and now he snickered. If Tao Mingzhuo was just purely puzzled before, now he has a chill down his spine.

Some strange ideas began to form in his mind, and Tao Mingzhuo felt that something was wrong, so he called out weakly: "That, Mr. Jing..."

Jing Ci was stunned for a moment, and soon the smile on his face subsided, he raised his eyes and looked at Tao Mingzhuo.

Tao Mingzhuo smiled dryly: "You invited me to have this meal, is there anything you want to tell me?"

Jing Ci didn't speak, he just looked at Tao Mingzhuo's face, a little lost, as if he was thinking about something else.

After a while, Jing Ci said, "What kind of food do you usually like to eat?"

The topic fell to a completely unexpected place, Tao Mingzhuo paused, and could only bite the bullet and say: "I... I am not picky, I like to eat everything."

Jing Ci nodded.

Then Tao Mingzhuo heard Jing Ci ask suddenly: "Mr. Tao, would you like to have lunch with me every day from now on?"

Tao Mingzhuo wondered for a moment that he didn't hear clearly: "...what?"

"Ah, that's right." Jing Ci thought for a while, and then said, "There is one more thing that you may need to get used to, that is, like today, I may occasionally look at your face."

"Of course, because it took up your rest time, you can ask me for some compensation. If it is within my ability, I will try my best to meet it." Jing Ci smiled gently, "I really hope you You can grant my request."

"At the same time, I also hope that you will not ask me why I made this request." He said.

Tao Mingzhuo feels that the current situation is very similar to infinite nesting of dolls.

Jing Ci treated herself to this state banquet-level lunch, and the purpose of this lunch was to treat herself to more lunches in the future?

His intuition told him that there were too many unreasonable things in it. Tao Mingzhuo wanted to ask more questions, but Jing Ci's sentence of "don't bother me" just now blocked the way.

Tao Mingzhuo hesitated for a moment.

"Actually, I'm... very willing to have dinner with you." Tao Mingzhuo tried his best to put his refusal in a tactful manner, "It's just that our painters usually work in the underworld, so the lunch time is not fixed. I am afraid that I will have time with you. Sorry for delaying your work."

Jing Ci looked at him thoughtfully, and said "ah" for a while.

However, in the next second, Tao Mingzhuo heard Jing Ci say: "Don't worry, I will come to cooperate with your work plan, and you don't have to worry about time conflicts."

Tao Mingzhuo: "...?"

Being invited to lunch by my boss every day, and the other party even took the initiative to cooperate with my own time, it felt like a big pie being fed directly to my mouth with a gold-encrusted fork.

Tao Mingzhuo began to feel a little panicked.

Rejection was ineffective, Tao Mingzhuo could only start to pour dirty water on himself: "But there is one more thing I have to tell you, that is, I have a big appetite and eat a lot, and when I eat, I actually eat a lot. Not very talkative, just a boring person..."

Tao Mingzhuo didn't finish the rest of the sentence, because he saw Jing Ci shaking his head.

"I can assure you that I will never let you leave my office hungry once." Jing Ci looked at him and said, "If you feel uncomfortable, you don't even need to have a conversation with me at all."

Tao Mingzhuo was stunned, because Jing Ci's attitude was very sincere.

And I don't know if it's Tao Mingzhuo's illusion, but the expression on Jing Ci's face... can even be regarded as very earnest.

"I just want to have a meal with you every day." Jing Ci asked softly, "Is that okay, Mr. Tao?"

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