When Xia Ning ran out, Su Ye had been waiting outside for who knows how long. It was already early June, and the weather was slightly hot. Su Ye stood in the sun, with a thin layer of sweat on his forehead.
"Why are you standing here?" Xia Ning saw him standing in the sun, looked behind him and asked: "Didn't the driver bring the car over?"
"The Hunan restaurant is not open as it is close by." Su Ye said with a smile.
"Then you should stand in a cool place and stay out of the sun." Xia Ning took out a tissue from her bag and handed it to him: "Quickly wipe off your sweat."
"I'm afraid you won't be able to see me if I don't stand in a conspicuous place." Su Ye bent down slightly and brought his face closer to her: "You can wipe it for me, I can't see it."
Xia Ning was startled by Su Ye's suddenly enlarged handsome face, and almost subconsciously took a step back. Because she retreated too quickly, her low-heeled shoes got a little bumpy, and her delicate body fell to the side involuntarily.
"Be careful." Su Ye stretched out his long arms, grabbed her waist in time, pulled her into his arms, and stabilized her figure.
Xia Ning's face hit her hard chest, and the faint pain made her realize that she was hiding from Su Ye just now, which made her feel even more guilty.
"Did it scare you?" Su Ye lowered his eyes and saw Xia Ning's face turned pale, and asked worriedly.
Xia Ning shook her head quickly: "No, please let me go quickly. People are coming and going, and it will have a bad impact if others see you."
Su Ye let her go as he said, took the tissue from her hand and wiped his forehead.
Xia Ning's hands were empty and she was stunned for a few seconds. She raised her eyes and looked at Su Ye wiping her sweat. After a moment of hesitation, she took out another tissue, stood on tiptoes and said, "I'll do it."
A smile appeared on Su Ye's face. He lowered his head so that Xia Ning could reach his forehead more easily.
Xia Ning carefully wiped off the thin layer of sweat on his forehead, then arranged his hair, looked at it and said, "Okay."
"Yeah." Su Ye smiled and held her hand: "Then let's go to dinner."
Xia Ning no longer avoided Su Ye's approach, and was led by his big hand towards the Hunan Restaurant.
Hunan Restaurant is a newly opened restaurant near the Procuratorate. Although it is a new restaurant, it is very popular because of its authentic taste. Every meal is always packed. Su Ye's secretary reserved a seat in advance, so the two of them don't have to wait for a table.
Entered the box.
The waiter brought the menu, and Su Ye asked, "What do you want to eat?"
Xia Ning said absently: "Whatever."
Su Ye was familiar with Xia Ning's taste. He ordered a few dishes according to the menu, and told the waiter to order them all to be slightly spicy. He also ordered a pot of tea. This was not a high-end restaurant and there was no top-quality tea. Su Ye made do with it and ordered a pot of tea.
Ordinary Longjing.
The waiter brought them tea first. Su Ye poured a cup for Xia Ning and asked, "Why don't you look so good?"
Xia Ning's mind was in chaos and she was easily distracted. She didn't hear Su Ye talking to her. She didn't react until a cup of tea was brought to her.
"What are you thinking so lost in thought?" Su Ye was extremely patient with Xia Ning and never cared about her being lost in thought.
Xia Ning didn't know how to tell Su Ye about Zuo Ang's parachute landing at their procuratorate. This name was a taboo between her and Su Ye. It was like a Pandora's box. Once opened, unknown devils would come out.
, disrupting everything now.
"It's still about the case." Xia Ning told a little lie.
"Are you in trouble?" Su Ye asked. He remembered that An Tingnuan's case was progressing smoothly, and he was now waiting for the court to open.
"No, it's another case." Xia Ning lowered her eyes and drank tea to cover up her guilty conscience when she lied.
Su Ye noticed her uneasiness, but did not expose her. He hummed and said, "Don't be too tired."
Xia Ning nodded and drank tea, not daring to meet Su Ye's eyes.
The food came out without waiting for long. The couple started eating in silence. They were like this most of the time. Unlike Ye Lancheng and An Zhisu, An Zhisu liked to talk and would keep talking to Ye Lancheng during the meal. At the dinner table
I can't calm down all the time. Although it is not in line with the etiquette of eating without speaking, it is surprisingly warm.
Xia Ning had something on her mind and her appetite wasn't very good. She put down her chopsticks before finishing the bowl of rice.
"Are you full?" Su Ye asked.
Xia Ning nodded: "I want to go to the bathroom."
"Go." Su Ye nodded.
Xia Ning stood up and walked out of the box.
Su Ye slowly put down his chopsticks and took out his mobile phone. He subconsciously wanted to call and check if Xia Ning had encountered anything at the prosecutor's office that morning. But after finding out the number, he changed his mind and turned off the phone.
Put it back in your pocket.
He wanted to wait for Xia Ning to tell him personally, instead of having to know everything through a third person.
He didn't know if he could wait until that day, but he wanted to try.
Toilet.
Xia Ning entered the bathroom but did not enter the cubicle. She didn't really want to go to the bathroom. She just wanted to go out to adjust her mood. She was afraid that Su Ye would see something.
After staying in the bathroom for a while, Xia Ning felt a little better, then walked out again, stood by the sink, turned on the water and washed her hands.
She lowered her head and concentrated on washing her hands. She didn't notice that a man walked out of the men's bathroom, stood in front of the sink next to her, turned on the water, and did the same thing as her.
After washing her hands, Xia Ning turned off the water and took out a paper towel from the side to wipe her hands. There was a mirror in front of her. She looked at herself in the mirror. She wanted to see if her face looked bad.
But I saw another face.
Time seemed to have stopped for this second, and his eyes seemed to have stopped on that face.
Xia Ning couldn't remember how long it had been since she had seen this face. There was a big difference between the face in her memory and the face she saw now. The once clear facial features had become deep and sharp, and the once clear eyes had also changed.
It becomes deep and sharp.
Is this... still Zuo Ang?
Xia Ning felt familiar and strange at the same time.
It's obviously still the same face, but it's no longer what he remembers.
Those eyes looked at her in the mirror, just like she looked at him, but Xia Ning felt that his eyes were like knives, giving her an inexplicable feeling of danger.
But there was a smile in those eyes again, the long-lost smile, just like in the memory, with sunshine, but different.
"haven't seen you for a long time."
The two pairs of eyes stared at each other in the mirror for more than ten seconds, and then, Xia Ning finally remembered a voice in her ears.
Xia Ning's neck turned stiffly towards that face, as stiff as a robot, as if her body had lost control.
Her eyes finally crossed the mirror and met the eyes in her memory.
"Long time no see, Xia Xia." The man spoke again, showing a smile that seemed like a reunion after a long separation.