Sheng Annin was a bit far away just now, vaguely spotting someone in the restaurant ahead who looked like Xu Weiran. On a closer look, it was indeed him.
Across from him sat a girl.
No wonder he was too busy to have dinner with her.
In the restaurant, separated by a window, the girl saw Xu Weiran had been holding his phone since he entered and tentatively opened the conversation, "I heard you researchers are always busy?"
"Yeah." Xu Weiran replied to the last message from Sheng Annin and then put away his phone.
"What do you usually do?" The girl’s expression seemed a bit awkward as she struggled to find a topic of conversation.
Xu Weiran was about to answer when he saw a face reflected in the window glass.
The face was familiar; he had just exchanged messages with her a minute ago.
Sheng Ning’an didn’t expect Xu Weiran to suddenly look over. She squeezed her eyes at him and then planned to leave.
The next second, she saw Xu Weiran stand up from his seat and said, "I will be right back." Saying this, he left his seat and headed outside.
The girl sitting opposite was stunned for a moment, feeling something was up as she looked outside.
And saw a beautiful girl, it must have been a girl!
She looked young and very pretty.
As Sheng Ning’an was about to leave, she suddenly saw an additional figure in front of her.
She blinked, glanced inside the restaurant, and saw that his seat was indeed empty, then couldn’t help but raise her head to ask, "Why did you come out?"
"Do me a favor," Xu Weiran said and then pulled her inside.
"Hey, speak with words, don’t be handsy," Sheng Ning’an tried to pull her hand back, but he held it tightly.
Xu Weiran leaned close to her ear and said, "Did you see that girl inside just now?"
Sheng Ning’an nodded, "Your girlfriend? Good choice, she’s quite pretty."
"No!" Xu Weiran said, while instructing her, "Your task later is to stay by my side, just focus on eating, say nothing."
Before Sheng Ning’an could react, she was already pulled to the girl’s side.
Xu Weiran pointed to the seat beside him and said, "Sit!"
Even if Sheng Annin was slow to catch on, she realized something was off and whispered softly to Sheng Ning’an, "Isn’t it inappropriate for me to sit here while you have a date with another girl?"
Sheng Ning’an lowered his voice too, whispering in her ear, "Didn’t you just say you wanted to thank me? Helping me out will be thanks enough!"
The two whispered quietly, their posture intimate in the eyes of outsiders.
Especially the girl sitting opposite, whose view of them had clearly changed.
"What will you eat?" Xu Weiran, as if oblivious, handed the menu to Sheng Ning’an, "Order whatever you want."
Sheng Ning’an blinked in confusion.
What was going on, exactly?
This guy was on a date, why drag her into it? What was he thinking?
Before she could make sense of the strange atmosphere, she heard Xu Weiran’s voice by her ear, "Let me introduce you, this is my girlfriend, Sheng Ning’an."
"Cough, cough..." Sheng Ning’an was caught off-guard by her own saliva and choked.
What nonsense was he spouting?
Since when had she become his girlfriend?
Just as Sheng Ning’an was about to speak, Xu Weiran stuffed a piece of cake into her mouth and said, "Don’t you love cake the most? I just found out that the cake here tastes quite good. Try it. If you like it, we can take some more to eat slowly on the way home." After speaking, he smiled at her tenderly and affectionately.