Chapter 53: Meeting of Old Acquaintances
Later, she still couldn’t resist Nancy’s coquettish behavior and drove her to the hot pot restaurant called Yammy Restaurant that they ate last time after work.
The hot pot restaurant’s owner was a young man born in the 80s. He deliberately chose the site near the Central District, with high-rise buildings around it so that the restaurant wouldn’t be exposed to the scorching sun.
The last time they came, they ate in the hall. The young owner had a very deep impression of Nancy. Seeing her and Suzanne walking in together, he thought for a moment and remembered. “Hey, little girl, you’re here again?”
“Boss, your memory’s so good?” Nancy looked at the young owner who wearing black-framed glasses, a little surprised. “I haven’t been here for a few months, you still remember me?”
“Of course!” The owner laughed. “It’s the first time I’ve seen a girl like you who cannot eat spicy food but insisted on eating. What’s more, you drank almost half a bucket of water. How can I not remember you?”
Nancy felt a little embarrassed by his words and her face turned red. “I’m sorry for that.”Content bel0ngs to Nôvel(D)r/a/ma.Org.
“I don’t care about that little water, but I’m afraid that your stomach can’t take it.” The young owner took Suzanne and Nancy to the second floor. “Fortunately, you came early today. There is a small private room on the second floor that hasn’t been booked yet. Leave it for you.”
“You are so nice!” Nancy instantly developed quite a good impression of this hot pot restaurant’s young boss. “Your hot pot is quite tasty, haha, it’s just a bit spicy.”
The owner led them into a small private room near the inside. He turned on the air conditioner thoughtfully and then put two menus on the table. “Let’s see what side dishes we want.”
“It doesn’t matter, boss. You deal with it.” Suzanne casually flipped through the menu and closed it again. She glanced at Nancy across from her and said, “This girl may still have to eat spicy side.”
“Well, It’s not tasty on the other side, the taste was too light.” Nancy sniffed, a little proud of herself. “Anyway, no matter how spicy I eat, I won’t get pimples, yeah!”
The young owner was amused. Seeing that Suzanne and Nancy both asked him to do a decision, he readily agreed and quickly took the menu and left.
Nancy took off her high heels and snuggled up on the soft leather sofa. The air conditioner in the private room was cool, and soothing music was playing, which made her feel so comfortable that she almost fell asleep.
“Suzanne, how comfortable these days are?” Nancy whined and her voice softened. “It’s good to have no boyfriend. Don’t have to mess around with dates and phone calls, it’s comfortable to live a life alone.”
Suzanne smiled and didn’t say anything.
When she was in her fourth year of university, she met Nancy during her internship. At the time, Nancy was also sent to do the internship, but one of them was from the university in the north and the other from the university in the south.
At first, they didn’t know each other. Later, Suzanne passed by Nancy’s office once and saw that she was busy modifying the documents. She couldn’t help having a look and helped her.
From then on, Nancy seemed to love coming to her. She had a soft temper and was a good person. Over time, Suzanne became familiar with her. After graduation, she officially entered this TV station and lived with Nancy.
Sometimes when Nancy couldn’t fall asleep at night, she would come to Suzanne’s room and chat with her. Nancy told her everything, from the trivial things in primary school to the fruitless secret crush in college.
Suzanne was fine. Her first love in university had accompanied her until graduation. Although they had broken up in the end, she still had many feelings in her heart, unlike Nancy. Because of her secret crush, her love experience was still blank.
Nancy every time said she had to find a boyfriend motivationally, but she tossed it to the back of her mind after that. She still bounced up and down the next day, as if she didn’t take her words seriously at all, because she had never thought of finding one at all.
“Go out more often next time.” Suzanne took a sip of lemonade, and there was a warm smile on her fair face. “I can’t let you go on like this, or you’ll become a crazy woman sooner or later.”
“What?!” Nancy mumbled. “Isn’t it said that one gets excited when someone confesses to them? Why did I get goosebumps when Charlie told me last time? It’s like I’m disgusted.”
“That’s because you don’t like him,” Suzanne said. “If you like him, he won’t do anything big, just stand in front of you and say he likes you, you’ll probably jump onto him.”
As they chatted, the waiter also served the hot pot, which was overflowing with a delicious fragrance.
Suzanne washed the bowls and chopsticks with hot water and put a pair in front of Nancy.
Nancy took over the chopsticks. When she saw that the pot had yet to be boiled, she couldn’t help but feel a bit unhappy. She bit her chopsticks and said, “Sigh, if I had been a bit braver back then and went up to confess my love, wouldn’t things have ended up like this?”
“It doesn’t matter. There’s nothing to miss.” Suzanne didn’t care at all and said casually, “There are so many people in the world, and there must be one who will spend the rest of his life with you.”
“But……” Nancy was a bit conflicted and said bitterly. “I’m still a virgin at my age, won’t I be laughed at if I tell others?”
“Huh?” Nancy was stunned.
For some unknown reason, she thought of the incident when she was drunk that night, vaguely recalling how handsome the man was that night. Although he looked lean, he was extremely strong, sweating profusely all over her body.
Suzanne touched her forehead and blushed. She quickly forced herself to think of something else to distract herself.
Nancy looked at her and asked with curiosity, “Suzanne, why is your face red?”
“Maybe it’s too hot.” Suzanne smiled dryly and pretended not to care about it as she took the air conditioner remote to adjust the temperature. “You may also be hot. I’ll lower the temperature a little.”
“It’s still hot at 24 degrees?”
Nancy felt that it was very strange, but she didn’t say anything. Seeing that the hot pot soup was boiling, she quickly threw in some beef, then rushed out and prepared to have someone send over a few cans of beer.
Not long after, Nancy returned with a face full of excitement.
“Suzanne, guess whom I saw.”
“Didn’t you ask someone to bring beer up?” Suzanne glanced at her. “It is possible to meet acquaintances like this?”
“Yep, yep!” Nancy nodded. “I just went out and saw Eden coming out of the opposite private room. He was about to wash his hands when our eyes met.”
“What a coincidence.” Suzanne smiled.
At this time, the unclosed door of the private room was gently pushed open. Dressed in a black T-shirt and jeans, Eden stood at the door with a childlike smile. “What a coincidence to meet you again.”
Suzanne hurriedly stood up. “Why don’t we eat together? It was just boiled.”
“Your room is too small. Come to our room.” Eden winked at her. “There are two more familiar faces.”
Without waiting for Suzanne to refuse, Nancy dragged her out of the door and smiled at Eden. “Okay, let’s go for a free meal then!”
Suzanne followed Nancy into Eden’s private room. She glanced at the two people sitting around the table with a faint smile on her face.
What day was it today? Acquaintances all met here.