Food: Starting with Wonton Noodles

"What do you want to eat?" Peng Xiao replied quickly.

"Let me treat you to wonton noodles at the school gate. My roommates say the wonton noodles there are really good."

When Jiang Yan arrived at the school gate, Peng Xiao was already waiting for her.

Upon seeing Jiang Yan, Peng Xiao hurried over, handed her the milk tea, and said:

"X Tea just launched a new product, so I bought two cups. You can try it."

Fearing that Jiang Yan might not accept, he added with a smile, "Since you're going to treat me to wonton noodles, you should also accept my offer to treat you to milk tea."

Jiang Yan simply accepted the milk tea silently and whispered a thank you.

"Watch out for cars!" The wonton noodle stall was across the street from the school gate. While crossing the street, Peng Xiao used the passing traffic to pull Jiang Yan's hand along as he spoke.

But Jiang Yan dodged it by sidestepping.

Peng Xiao casually withdrew her hand, saying, "You should always be careful when crossing the street, there's always a lot of traffic around the school gate."

"Thank you," Jiang Yan said softly. "I'll be careful."

After saying that, without giving Peng Xiao a chance to reach out again, Jiang Yan jogged to the other side.

She quietly searched for the Haojiaxuan convenience store that Chen Yun had mentioned. There was only one convenience store across the street, so it was easy for her to find Zhou Yu's store.

At this time, there weren't many people at the food stalls in the street, and most of the diners were in a hurry to go to class, so they mostly took the food home to eat.

So after Jiang Yan ordered food from Zhou Yu, she easily sat down at the table outside the convenience store.

After Peng Xiao sat down behind him, he laughed and said, "This shop is quite interesting. It's just a street vendor stall, yet it puts up a sign for Zhou's Traditional Wonton Noodles. It's making itself look like some kind of traditional old shop."

He looked at Zhou Yu's dazzling good looks, and continued with a hint of jealousy:

"Actually, if you like wonton noodles, I can go with you to He Ji. Their wonton noodles are truly handmade bamboo-pressed noodles. These street stalls aren't very hygienic."

He pretended to take Jiang Yan's hand again, saying, "You're just too frugal. Look how thin you are; the veins on your hands are showing."

Just then, Zhou Yu served the noodles, and Jiang Yan used the noodles Zhou Yu handed her to avoid Peng Xiao's salty hands.

Zhou Yu handed the other bowl of noodles to Peng Xiao's outstretched hand, and said with a smile, "Classmate, this is also traditional bamboo-pressed noodles, from He Ji. If you like He Ji, you can try it."

Although he heard a hint of sarcasm in his words, Zhou Yu was not angry.

In business, harmony is paramount.

He absolutely did not intentionally hand the bowl directly to Peng Xiao to stop Peng Xiao from eating the salted pig's trotters.

However, Peng Xiao did not see Zhou Yu's ulterior motives at this time. Instead, he felt that Zhou Yu had helped him alleviate the embarrassment of not being able to hold hands.

He picked up the noodles and started eating. The smoothness, freshness, and deliciousness of the noodles spread from his mouth to his brain, and the extreme taste made every pore on his body tingle.

"It's so delicious!" He instantly forgot his earlier embarrassment and just wanted to finish all the noodles in front of him.

However, before he could even take a couple more bites...

"Senior, the drawings are finished this time. I plan to stop working part-time for you for the time being."

Jiang Yan's cool yet soft voice instantly startled Peng Xiao, who was engrossed in the delicious food.

Peng Xiao was very surprised: "What's wrong? Is something the matter?"

Jiang Yan nodded: "Yes, I need to prepare for the postgraduate entrance exam recently, so I won't have much time later. That's why I wanted to treat you to noodles so we could talk and clear things up in person."

Perhaps as punishment for lying, she felt her stomach begin to cramp.

She wanted to find something to warm her stomach, and also wanted to avoid Peng Xiao's incredulous gaze. Only then did she pick up the bowl and begin to drink the soup from the wonton noodles.

Surprisingly, after drinking the warm soup, she no longer felt so uncomfortable.

"Well, thank you so much for taking care of me during this time, but I'm really sorry. Also, please accept the money for the milk tea. Since I said I'd treat you, I can't let you spend money."

Peng Xiao fell silent.

The noodles in the bowl started to lose their flavor.

After they finished eating the noodles, Peng Xiao wanted to take Jiang Yan back to her dorm, but Jiang Yan was very firm this time. She said, "Senior, you've always been the one to take me. Let me take you this time. I'll watch you get on the bus."

Helpless, Peng Xiao could only watch as Jiang Yan watched him get into a Didi and leave from the school gate.

Peng Xiao, still somewhat disoriented, found it hard to accept returning home.

When the professor from the department first introduced Jiang Yan to the part-time job, he didn't think much of her because of her simple clothes and her habitually insecure head-down posture.

After all, how can someone design clothes if they can't even dress well? So, at first, he only used Jiang Yan as a regular part-time worker.

However, after working together for a while, as a seasoned player in the dating scene, he quickly discovered Jiang Yan's hidden beauty.

Although Jiang Yan usually keeps her head down and never wears makeup or lipstick, her delicate features still show when she is drawing carefully.

In particular, even though Jiang Yan always wore loose clothes, the unusual protrusion of her breasts, which was faintly visible, constantly aroused his lust.

Based on his years of experience browsing brothels, he had fantasized countless times about the actual size of Jiang Yan's breasts.

Why? Why? Are you not doing part-time work anymore? Aren't you short of money?

The feeling of seeing something about to be eaten, only to have it fly away, made Peng Xiao extremely uncomfortable.

"bite."

The phone on the desktop lit up.

Xiao Qing'er: Xiao Peng, what have you been up to lately? You haven't come to see me at all. /Feeling wronged

Xiao Qing'er: Xiao Peng, if you don't come to me soon, I'll tell Uncle Peng that you bullied me.

Xiao Qing was Peng Xiao's childhood sweetheart; the two were in the same class throughout middle school.

After Peng Xiao's relentless pursuit throughout high school, the two finally got together after graduating from high school.

Peng Xiao's family owns a hot pot restaurant, while Xiao Qing's parents wholesale related ingredients. The two sets of parents are very familiar with each other, so their relationship was tacitly approved during their student days.

But recently, because of Jiang Yan, Peng Xiao hasn't gone to see Xiao Qing for over a month.

Barely suppressing her inner turmoil, Peng Xiao called Xiao Qing back, telling her about her busy work schedule and promising various gifts.

Xiao Qing's anger turned to joy only after Peng Xiao promised to visit her before the end of the month.

Before Peng Xiao could even put down her phone and breathe a sigh of relief, her phone lit up again with a "ding".

"Xiao Xu: [Image]"

"Xiao Xu: Is this your part-time job campus card? Please remind her to pick it up tomorrow."

Looking at the photos sent by Xiao Xu from the company, Peng Xiao's expression became somewhat uncertain again.

His own wife has begun to doubt him, and the cooked duck has flown away.

But then he suddenly wanted to do something one last time.