Chapter 11

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

“Let’s go. What are you in a daze for?” Lu Jingnan was quite caring.

Song Ruyi was speechless after hearing what he said.

“Mr. Lu, can you return my phone to me first?”

Lu Jingnan was also stunned. They had not even had hotpot yet, and she was already asking him for her phone.

‘Isn’t this woman too realistic?’

Lu Jingnan also felt that it did not matter. If she wanted it, he would give it to her. In any case, they would be having hotpot together.

“Here. Your phone ran out of battery after you made that call. I couldn’t turn it on no matter what. Can’t you buy a better phone?” Lu Jingnan really could not understand why she was so stingy to herself.

“A better phone? You say it like it doesn’t cost anything,” Song Ruyi muttered.

This rich man was different from poor people. He could get anything he wanted and think that it was easy to spend money.

Lu Jingnan had good ears, so he naturally heard Song Ruyi’s mumbling.

“Are you having such a hard time?” Lu Jingnan suddenly stepped forward and stood in front of her. He stared at her with his obsidian-like eyes.

He did not know why he asked. He just wanted to know why she did not want to pester him in the first place if she was having such a hard time.

If she had followed him, he would at least not let her live so frugally.

When their one-year wedding was over, Lu Jingnan almost forgot that they had been in a fake marriage. It was Song Ruyi who had taken the initiative to tell him that it was time for them to divorce.

Song Ruyi subconsciously took a step back before responding, “Not really. Don’t worry, I have enough money to treat you to hotpot. You can have your meal in peace later. Don’t worry.”

Lu Jingnan did not say anything.

He was a little angry. He realized that this woman would never get what he was trying to say.

Even though he had clearly made it clear and specific.

‘Forget it. I can’t be bothered to argue with this stupid woman.’

Song Ruyi led Lu Jingnan to one of the hotpot restaurants. They arrived relatively early. At this time, there were not many customers in the restaurant.

After the two of them entered, Song Ruyi asked the waiter if there was a place for her to charge her phone.

The waiter brought them to the second floor. There were plug points at every table by the window.

Song Ruyi was very happy. She charged her phone as soon as they reached the second floor.

Lu Jingnan sat opposite her and watched as she fiddled with her broken phone.

“Excuse me, what kind of soup would you like to have?” The waiter brought over the menu and took away the extra two sets of chopsticks.

“Mr. Lu, can you eat spicy food?” Song Ruyi asked.

Although the two of them had been married for a year, they did not spend much time together. Song Ruyi did not know if Lu Jingnan could eat spicy food.

They had never eaten hotpot together.

“Anything is fine. The guest follows the host. I can accept whatever the host wants to treat me to,” Lu Jingnan said as if he was very accommodating.

Song Ruyi ordered a medium-spicy soup. Firstly, she was afraid that Lu Jingnan would not be able to take food that was too spicy. As for her, she did not dare to eat too much spicy food as her stomach was not very good.

If she ate something that was slightly too spicy, she would have diarrhea the next day.

Tomorrow was Friday. She had to go to a student’s house for an art lesson in the evening.

She had classes on Saturday and Sunday.

Song Ruyi asked for the soup and started to order. She handed the menu to Lu Jingnan first.

Lu Jingnan did not stand on ceremony. He picked up a pen and started to tick off a few dishes.

He handed it back to Song Ruyi. Song Ruyi looked at it and added a few more vegetarian dishes that she liked to eat. Then, she asked the waiter to serve the dishes.

“Do you want to have some drinks or something?” The waiter asked as he checked the order list.

“No need. I’ll just have some tea.” Song Ruyi refused.

“Give us four cans of Wanglaoji,” Lu Jingnan said.

Song Ruyi wanted to say no, but she swallowed her words.

She was treating the guest. If she did not let her guest drink Wanglaoji, she would be laughed at.

Song Ruyi just felt that it was not worth it. After all, there was free tea to drink. It was a waste of money to specially order cold tea. On the other hand, Lu Jingnan was different. He was giving her enough face by not ordering more expensive drinks.

“Okay. Please wait a moment.”

After the waiter left, Lu Jingnan sized up the dining environment. From the moment they came in, it was dinner time. That said, this hotpot restaurant was only half full at this time.

Song Ruyi, who was sitting opposite, was drinking the free tea and eating the free fried beans.

“Are you sure this is the best hotpot restaurant in Jing City?” Lu Jingnan thought that she would treat him to hotpot at the best hotpot restaurant in Jing City.

Even if he was not from Jing City, he knew that the truly delicious hotpot restaurant would be full of people.

This restaurant was not even full of patrons. The food here probably tasted average at best.

Otherwise, all the food lovers in Jing City would have flocked here.

Moreover, Lu Jingnan was not an outsider who did not know anything about Jing City. The restaurant at the end of Square Road had more delicious food than this restaurant. They had considerably more customers.

Even so, Song Ruyi brought him here without hesitation.

It was certainly because of the banner at the entrance of this hotpot restaurant. All the dishes here were discounted by 20%.

‘This stingy woman…’

Lu Jingnan should not have expected anything from her.

“Well… Everyone has different tastes. I think the food here tastes good.” Of course, Song Ruyi could not say with certainty that this was the best hotpot restaurant in Jing City. She would not say something that could shoot herself in the foot.

Nevertheless, if she said that this was just her opinion, it would be different. She did not care what others thought. In any case, she thought the food here tasted decent.

Technically, there was nothing wrong with what she said.

Lu Jingnan pursed his lips. He did not choose to expose her.

After Lu Jingnan fell silent and did not respond to her claims, the atmosphere became a little awkward. Especially when Lu Jingnan sat opposite her and stared at her, Song Ruyi felt the temperature of her body slowly rise.

She was feeling very uncomfortable.

The way to escape this discomfort was to go to the bathroom.

“Sorry, I need to go to the bathroom.” Song Ruyi stood up.

Lu Jingnan did not say anything.

As such, Song Ruyi carried her satchel with her and went.

Just as Song Ruyi left, Lu Jingnan’s phone rang. He looked at the caller ID and took his phone to find a quiet place to answer the call.

After Song Ruyi came back from the bathroom, she saw that her seat was empty. Her nervous mood suddenly relaxed, and she felt much more at ease. She walked over and sat down. She picked up her phone to use it.

Zhao Xiaoxiao made three calls, and there were a few unread WeChat messages.

One of them was from her student’s parent. The parent said that her child had something to do on Friday and wanted to change the Friday night class to Saturday. The parent asked if she could do it.

Song Ruyi immediately replied: [Sure.]

She replied to the other messages one by one. Lu Jingnan had returned at this time.