Entertainment: I just want to be the boss behind the scenes

Chapter 192: Are we almost home together?

"Boom."

With a slight sound, Meng Bai sat in the passenger seat and closed the door.

"What is this?" Li Qin looked at the box in his hand curiously.

"A gift for you." Meng Bai handed over the gift box: "My friends are treating me, so I can't come empty-handed."

"Hmph, you're really nice."

Li Qin chuckled and opened the box.

"What a cute rabbit." She took out the furry rabbit doll, held it in her arms and said in surprise.

After rubbing her hands for a while, she looked at Meng Bai again: "Did you buy it specially?"

"No, when we were having dinner last night, Huahua saw it and lined up to buy one. I happened to have nothing to do, so I bought one more."

Meng Bai said in a "pretending to be casual" tone.

Li Qin smiled, they were already queuing up and still wanted to "take advantage of it", ha...

"Thank you."

"As long as you like it." Meng Bai pulled down his seat belt. "Didn't you say you would take me to try some authentic 'Shanghai cuisine'? Where should we go to eat?"

Li Qin seemed to remember something and blushed: "You'll know when we get there."

The traffic conditions in Shanghai are better than those in northern Beijing. There is not much traffic jam on the road. Of course, it may also be because it is not the peak period.

After driving for more than half an hour, the car crashed into the underground garage of an apartment building.

"We're here, let's get off the car." Li Qin said.

Meng Bai got out of the car and looked around.

"Girl, are you sure this is a place to eat? Why do I feel like this is a residential area?"

"Just follow me."

Meng Bai shrugged his shoulders, obediently took his things and followed her up the elevator.

The two stopped in front of an apartment door. Li Qin stretched out her finger and skillfully entered the password. After a burst of mechanical electronic sounds, the door opened.

"Come in." Li Qin said and walked in first.

Meng Bai followed him into the house and closed the door behind him.

Li Qin in front seemed to be startled and couldn't help but look back at him a few times.

I looked around the room and found it was a fresh-style apartment. It wasn't very big, probably around 70 or 80 square meters, but it was more than enough for one person.

On one side of the door was a half-wall-high shoe cabinet filled with all kinds of shoes. Next to the shoe cabinet were two rows of empty delivery boxes.

This scene seemed a little familiar. Meng Bai recalled it and realized that Song Zhi’s apartment looked similar.

"What are you doing at the door?" Li Qin looked at him and said, "Come in and sit anywhere."

"Is this your home?"

Meng Bai changed into a pair of disposable slippers and asked as he walked into the house.

“It’s the apartment I rented.”

"Hmm, so now we are fast-forwarding to go home together?" Meng Bai chuckled, and then looked at Li Qin with a "serious" expression, "In that case, I'll go downstairs and bring up the suitcase. There are some spare clothes in it."

Having said that, he was about to turn around and go downstairs.

"Wait, wait! What are you doing with the suitcase?!"

Li Qin hurriedly stopped Meng Bai: "Don't think too much, I just asked Jia Jia to order food delivery because you always said it was too troublesome to go out for dinner with me."

After that, she emphasized again: "It's just a simple meal, don't automatically associate it with something weird."

"Strange things?" Meng Bai said with an expression that said "I'm still young and don't understand." "For example..."

"No example! Anyway, just don't think too much about it."

Li Qin shouted, and then hurriedly said, "Hurry up and wash your hands and come over. I asked Jia Jia to prepare this before I left. I don't know if the food is cold."

"Where is Jia Jia?"

"I'm going back."

"Wow, what a black-hearted boss!" Meng Bai said, "I made them prepare for a long time, but in the end, they didn't provide the food."

"Please, letting her stay would be extra overtime."

Jia Jia, the little assistant, did a good job. She probably estimated how quickly they would return and ordered the food, so the temperature was just right.

"Try it and see how it tastes." Li Qin handed a pair of chopsticks to Meng Bai: "I specifically ordered the signature dishes." Shrimp and black sea cucumber, braised fish, braised pork with fermented rice, braised pork belly, eel and mandarin duck noodles...

The restaurant that Li Qin ordered dinner from was De Xing Restaurant in Yu Garden. Like the other restaurants Meng Bai had visited with Zhu Xudan before, both were time-honored brands in Shanghai.

Meng Bai tasted each dish one by one. To be honest, he didn't really like Shanghai cuisine. He felt it had no flavor and was mostly sweet.

However, looking at the expectant eyes of the girl in front of him, he still said in a "surprised" tone: "Well, the original flavor is fresh, mellow and delicious. Teacher Li, you are really good at ordering dishes."

Li Qin was immediately happy when she heard that. She thought that the dishes she had chosen after thinking for a long time were not in vain.

Feeling relieved, she was finally in the mood to eat.

"Oh, I forgot to ask you. What's the matter with your visit to Shanghai this time?"

"There is an investment project. Come over and talk about it." Meng Bai said.

Li Qin asked curiously: "A new TV series?"

"No, other business projects." Meng Bai said casually: "What are you doing recently?"

"I'm taking a break." Li Qin said, "I was originally planning to take a break after Soul Ferry 2 was finished, but I had to film The Disguiser so I had to postpone my break."

"It turns out that I have delayed Teacher Li's rest." Meng Bai raised his glass, "I'll use water instead of wine. Thank you for your help."

Although it was a gathering of friends, Li Qin did not prepare any wine. I don't know if she thought it was inappropriate to drink during the day, or if she was worried about something else.

"Is The Disguiser going to start airing soon?"

"Yes, it will be broadcast in August." Meng Bai said: "Hasn't Noon Sunshine contacted you to prepare for promotion?"

"Yes, the warm-up period will begin next month, and a lot of activities and programs have been scheduled." Li Qin nodded, and then said: "I remember that Arc Light's new web drama will be online soon, right?"

"Yes, in the middle of next month."

The launch time of "Forensic Qin Ming" is scheduled for mid-July, which is more than ten days earlier than "Grave Robbers' Chronicles".

The tactics are the same as those used by "Soul Ferry" against "The Darker Side", seizing the initiative and reducing the opponent's attention.

"I saw online that your forensic autopsies and other things were all filmed live?"

Meng Bai almost spit out a mouthful of water: "No, girl, where did you get this outrageous news?"

"Ah, isn't it?" Li Qin blinked, "I saw it on a marketing account online."

Li Qin had also read the news about the "wrongful murder" before.

I was a little worried and wanted to ask Meng Bai about the details, but after seeing the rumor-refuting announcement, I didn't bother him, which resulted in the source of the information I received being a mess.

"As an insider, you don't know what these marketing accounts are doing." Meng Bai said, "It's just that the props we made are more realistic."

"Oh, will that be scary?" Li Qin asked with a bit of anticipation.

"How should I put it? It's not scary, but it's delicious."

"Eat with rice?" Li Qin asked puzzledly.

"Yes, it's a good show to watch while eating." Meng Bai smiled, "You'll know when you watch it."

Li Qin was skeptical. It was hard for her to imagine how a "forensic drama" could be related to "eating food".

The two of them ate and chatted, with Li Qin mainly asking questions.

I haven't seen her for several months since filming "The Disguiser" and she has a lot of questions.

The meal took almost an hour to finish.

Meng Bai touched his stomach which had no feeling of fullness. If he had not taken the basic forensic class, he would have suspected that the food had been digested.

The lunch boxes are all brought by the order, so you can just throw them away. You just need to wash the dishes.

"You go out and have a rest, I'll clean up." Li Qin pushed Meng Bai out of the kitchen.

There were only two plates and two pairs of chopsticks in total. Meng Bai didn't make a fuss and returned to the living room.

Looking at the furnishings in the room, his eyes were attracted by a large clay sand table placed in the middle of the living room.

"What are you?"

Meng Bai asked, raising his hand and poking it. Hmm, it feels a bit like plasticine.

"what?"

Li Qin poked her head out of the small kitchen and took a look, then said a little embarrassedly, "I was surfing the Internet recently and saw that they had this interesting clay sculpture plate, so I bought one too."

Oops, forgot to put it away.

This thing looks a bit childish and destroys his "mature and cool" personality.

(End of this chapter)