When Li Man saw that Huo Jian Sheng had ordered only cheap dishes, she took the menu from his hand and ordered a few more expensive meat dishes.
"That's enough, don't order too much. It's just the two of us, we won't be able to finish it," Huo Jian Sheng said, instructing the waiter to remove two dishes. "This will do."
Li Man felt that ordering only one soup, one meat dish, and two vegetable dishes made the meal seem a little plain. Although these dishes were enough for two people, today she was the one treating, and ordering such dishes made her feel like she lacked sincerity. So she asked the waiter to add two more meat dishes.
"I already told you not to be so polite," Li Man scolded.
"There's really too much, it will go to waste if we can't finish it," Huo Jian Sheng said.
"It's okay, if we can't finish it, I'll take the leftovers home. It won't go to waste," Li Man smiled.
Li Man said so, and Huo Jian Sheng couldn't say anything else.
After the waiter left, the atmosphere suddenly became cold. The two of them stared at each other, not knowing what to talk about. After all, they weren't very familiar with each other, just acquaintances.
"Cough...," Huo Jian Sheng cleared his throat to disguise the awkwardness and tried to start a conversation. "How is your friend doing?"
"Chen XiaoHui? She's fine now, thanks," Li Man replied.
Huo Jian Sheng: "..."
Li Man was a conversation killer. With just a simple "thank you," Huo Jian Sheng couldn't continue the conversation.
Should he reply with "You're welcome"?
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Li Man seemed to realize it too and smiled to cover up her own embarrassment. She quickly changed the topic and asked, "By the way, where did you buy that jacket? The quality seems really good."
"It was custom-made in a friend's studio," Huo Jian Sheng replied with a faint smile, cold but polite.
"Ah! So it's a privately tailored garment. No wonder I couldn't find a brand label," Li Man widened her eyes and asked, "Is it expensive?"
Seeing Li Man's exaggerated expression, the faint smile on Huo Jian Sheng's lips deepened. "No, it's not expensive."
Not expensive? That jacket costs 1.5 million yuan. You call that not expensive?
It's just not expensive relative to him.
Hearing that it wasn't expensive, Li Man felt somewhat relieved.
"Thank you so much for that day. By the way, does your wife work at the hospital?"
Li Man thought that when Huo Jian Sheng mentioned going to the hospital to accompany a friend, he was referring to a female friend.
And Huo Jian Sheng seemed to be at an age where he should be married, so she assumed that person was his wife.
"I'm not married yet," Huo Jian Sheng lowered his eyelids, picked up his teacup, took a sip, and said calmly.
"Oh, is she your girlfriend then?"
"I don't have a girlfriend!" Huo Jian Sheng was a little annoyed. Why did everyone have to ask him this question?
Feeling his tone was a bit displeased, Li Man quickly apologized, "Ah, I'm sorry, I misunderstood."
"It's okay. He's a male friend of mine," Huo Jian Sheng explained.
"A male friend?" Li Man's gaze at him suddenly changed.
A man accompanying another man on a night shift, such a scene was simply unimaginable!
Seeing the expression in Li Man's eyes and knowing that she had misunderstood, Huo Jian Sheng quickly explained, "It's not what you think!"
Li Man chuckled and jokingly asked, "Oh, really? Then what is it?"
"He's been my best buddy since we were kids," Huo Jian Sheng replied.
Li Man elongated her voice and looked at Huo Jian Sheng with a teasing smile. "Oh~," she said.
Feeling annoyed by Li Man's meaningful smile, Huo Jian Sheng retorted, "What are you laughing at? I'm telling the truth!"
Li Man chuckled and replied, "Well, I never said you were lying. Don't get worked up."
"Then why are you laughing?" Huo Jian Sheng said, irritated.