Chapter 57: Chapter 54: South City Restaurant
That evening, while everyone was eating dinner together, Wei Heng suddenly mentioned that someone wanted to invite him and Gu Xi to dinner in South City.
Shen Yue immediately grumbled jealously, "They only invited the two of you? What about us? What, are we not a team anymore? How can they play favorites!"
Shen Yue lifted his eyes and gave Gu Xi a forlorn look.
Seeing this, Wei Heng was about to take the opportunity to bring up Huang Er, but Gu Xi spoke first. "Among the people inviting us to dinner, there’s someone named Huang Er..."
Shen Yue froze for a moment. He hadn’t realized this had anything to do with him.
Beside them, Wei Heng opened his personal terminal, turned the Light Screen to face him, and said coolly, "Still want to go?"
Shen Yue fell silent for a moment after he finished reading.
He did know this Huang Er, but not well.
Before being assigned to Gu Xi’s side, he had always been on the front lines wiping out mutant animals. The old man had always kept him away from logistics and intelligence to avoid any appearance of favoritism.
Shen Yue thought for a moment, then said, "This Huang Er is indeed a military man, but his background is a bit complicated. I don’t know much either..."
Wei Heng was a little disappointed.
But soon, he had no time for disappointment.
Because a certain shameless someone, taking advantage of the fact that everyone was listening to him speak, used his chopsticks to snatch the last mushroom-stuffed chicken wing from the serving dish.
’He had spent all day following a video tutorial to make those, specifically for Gu Xi.’
’There were only two in total...’
Wei Heng was not happy.
Gu Xi quickly tried to placate him. "It’s fine, let him have it. One was enough for me." Although her former teammates had always looked after her, Gu Xi, as their captain, had never been in the habit of keeping the good stuff for herself.
Shen Yue shot a triumphant eyebrow raise at Wei Heng, then said to Gu Xi, "See? The captain looks out for me."
Just as Wei Heng was about to say something, a new message popped up on his Light Screen.
Mr. Huang Isn’t a Weasel: [Mr. Wei, I was wondering about the matter I mentioned last time... How did your discussion with Miss Gu go?]
Wei Heng subconsciously looked up at Gu Xi.
Gu Xi mulled it over for a moment before saying, "Agree to it. Let’s set the time for... the day after tomorrow. But tell him I don’t like meeting a lot of strangers."
Wei Heng nodded and started to type a reply.
Beside them, Shen Yue frowned slightly. "The day after tomorrow? Isn’t that a little rushed?" ’He still needed to go ask the old man for more information about this Huang Er.’
This whole affair was probably not that simple.
"It won’t be," Gu Xi said, dividing the stuffed chicken wing in her bowl into five pieces and giving a little to Wei Heng, the Qin Family sisters, and Qi Xiang.
It was a good thing the mutant chicken was so big and its wings so hefty; otherwise, there wouldn’t have been enough to go around.
Meanwhile, Shen Yue also split the chicken wing he’d snatched into two. He meticulously picked out all the green onions and carrots, then placed the larger portion back into Gu Xi’s bowl.
Gu Xi gave him a surprised look. ’While she wasn’t a picky eater, she truly disliked green onions and carrots...’
That was something even Wei Heng hadn’t noticed.
But Shen Yue had.
Gu Xi stared at the stuffed chicken wing in her bowl and suddenly smiled.
’Looks like this new teammate of hers was not only crafty and sharp-eyed, but... also very thoughtful.’
Beside her, Qi Xiang leaned over and asked curiously, "So where is this person planning to take you for dinner?"
"The South City Restaurant," Wei Heng said, closing his Light Screen.
The name South City Restaurant didn’t mean much to Gu Xi, but Shen Yue and the others gasped as soon as they heard it!
The South City Restaurant was no place for ordinary people to eat!
Rumor had it that even a simple dish there started at a four-figure price!
Now, Shen Yue was genuinely jealous.
’The South City Restaurant... He so badly wanted to go mooch a meal there, too.’
But since Huang Er was one of the hosts, he definitely couldn’t go. If the hosts saw him there, they would likely read too much into it.
It would only create unnecessary complications—another mess to deal with.
After some discussion, they decided that Gu Xi, Wei Heng, and Qi Xiang would be the ones to attend the dinner.
As for the Qin Family sisters, it wasn’t that they couldn’t go. It was just that Gu Xi felt that with the current situation and widespread food shortages, it wasn’t appropriate to bring so many people along when someone else was paying.
The Qin Family sisters didn’t mind, anyway. The South City Restaurant was famous, but when it came to flavor, it definitely couldn’t beat the steamed sweet potatoes they had at home.
...
The next morning, Gu Xi planted another crop of sweet potatoes.
She planned to bring a cartful of sweet potatoes to the dinner.
’A gesture of sincerity, I guess.’
Shen Yue and the others were now officially assigned to the experimental fields. After helping Gu Xi and Wei Heng harvest the sweet potatoes, they headed over to the fields for their shift.
After returning to their little courtyard, Gu Xi saw that the weather was pleasant and the sun was perfect, so she went back inside to grab a lounge chair. She basked in the sun while listening to the radio.