Xia Yang stood up, and the boy who called her quickly walked up to her.
"Hello, Ren Jiaju." Xia Yang glanced at the two men and three women following Ren Jiaju.
When Qiu Ye saw the beautiful girl walking behind Ren Jiaju, he stood up in surprise: "Wang Wanying..."
"Qiu Ye... you..." Wang Wanying quickly stepped forward, took Qiu Ye's hand, and glanced at Xiangzi: "Brother Xiangzi is here too!"
Xiangzi walked forward with a smile and greeted Wang Wanying: "Hello, Wang Wanying, I haven't seen you for many days."
"You... know each other?" Ren Jiaju asked Wang Wanying doubtfully.
"Yes, this is General Manager Qiu of Haoqing Wine, and this is Brother Xiangzi, who also works in the wine." Wang Wanying introduced Qiu Ye and Xiangzi to Ren Jiaju.
"He is..." After Ren Jiaju said hello to Xia Yang, his eyes were fixed on Liu Gen.
Liu Gen was also sizing him up. The boy in front of him had a haircut. He was of medium height and fair. He was handsome and exuded a bold masculinity. He looked like a man who was familiar with the world. However, Liu Gen felt that
There was something unspeakable all over Ren Jiaju's body. Liu Gen couldn't figure out what it was for a while.
"Hello, my name is Liu Gen." Liu Gen took the initiative to extend his hand without waiting for Xia Yang's introduction.
The attire he wore surprised Ren Jiaju, who thought Liu Gen was a rich young man: "Are you from Nanhai City too?" He stretched out his hand and shook Liu Gen's hand.
"Xia Yang and I are fellow villagers." Liu Gen replied, and withdrew his hand. He felt that Ren Jiaju's hand was a little sweaty.
"Oh, it turns out he's from Xia Yang's hometown." Ren Jiaju turned to Xia Yang and asked, "Is there no room left inside?"
"Yeah, I didn't expect that business here is so popular and you have to queue up." Xia Yang replied.
"If you don't mind, let's sit together. I've reserved a room." Ren Jiaju seemed to be worried that Xia Yang wouldn't agree, and added: "Haha... it's better to eat hot pot, there are so many people."
"Okay, okay!" Xia Yang clapped her hands when she heard this. She felt that if this was the case, Liu Gen could save money on a meal tonight. She knew that if Liu Gen treated four people, even if the meal was very simple, at least
It also costs three to five hundred yuan.
"This is not very convenient..." Liu Gen wanted to refuse.
"It's not inconvenient. They also know each other. Let's have fun together on the weekend." Ren Jiaju pointed at Wang Wanying and Qiu Ye and said.
"Yes, Brother Liu Gen, if you wait, you don't know how long it will take. Qiu Ye and Brother Xiangzi still have to go to work." Xia Yang took Liu Gen's arm and said to Ren Jiaju with a smile: "Let's go, Ren Jiaju."
Ren Jiaju glanced at Xia Yang's arm holding Liu Gen's arm, smiled, and called to Qiu Ye and Xiangzi: "Come in, upstairs."
There were six of them, three men and three women, including Liu Gen and four others, a total of ten people. Ren Jiaju reported his last name to the person at the front desk, and a receptionist led them upstairs and into a private room.
, which is exactly the space for ten people.
Ren Jiaju introduced two other men and two women to Liu Gen and the others, all of whom were senior students at Nanhai University.
Wang Wanying sat next to Ren Jiaju at the main seat, Liu Gen and Xia Yang sat at the VIP seats on the right, Qiu Ye and Xiangzi were next to Liu Gen and Xia Yang.
Liu Gen reached out and touched the inner pocket of his suit. He only brought 500 yuan today, thinking it would be enough for four people to eat and drink. But he didn't expect to meet acquaintances of Xia Yang and Qiu Ye. Seeing that Xia Yang and Ren Jiaju seemed quite familiar, they couldn't help it.
Letting others treat him to this meal, he had to give Xia Yang and Qiu Ye some face. He took off his coat and hung it on the back of the chair, complaining secretly in his heart: This is bad, I don't know if I have enough money?
"Ren Jiaju, what are your activities today?" Xia Yang asked, intending to tell the other party that Ren Jiaju would be the host tonight.
"Haha... There is no special event." Ren Jiaju smiled awkwardly, glanced at Wang Wanying and said, "It's just a small party to wish her a smooth advancement to the first game tomorrow night."
"Oh, really? That's great! We have benefited from you, haha... what kind of competition is it?" Xia Yang spoke more clearly, looking at Wang Wanying with a smile and asked.
"College Student Popular Song Contest." Wang Wanying answered modestly: "Tomorrow night is the first preliminary round, and I don't know if I can enter the semi-finals."
Qiu Ye interjected: "I asked you why I haven't seen you going out for a drink recently. It turns out that the preliminaries have started."
"It seems that two girls from Nanhai Medical University are participating in the competition." Wang Wanying said.
"I saw the poster. They won't have a competition until next week." Qiu Ye said.
"Actually, the boy named Zhang Jian sang very well. It's a pity that he didn't participate in the competition." Wang Wanying met Zhang Jian when she was singing in a wine.
Xiangzi finally had the chance to interject: "Zhang Jian, he has no interest in that. He sings to entertain himself and feel at ease."
Ren Jiaju was ordering food, Liu Gen had no intention of listening to Wang Wanying and the others, and focused on the food Ren Jiaju ordered.
"I want ten small pots with fish heads, clear soup, and we can put the chili according to our own taste..." Ren Jiaju seemed to be very familiar with this hot pot restaurant. He didn't ask the people present what they wanted to eat, and just decided to order by himself.
"There's no need to order too much, I can't eat that much." Liu Gen listened to Ren Jiaju's constant reciting of the names of various seafood, beef and mutton dishes, some of which he had never even heard of, and felt anxious in his heart.
"Not much, I ordered it for ten people." Ren Jiaju replied with a smile, and then continued to order: "Ten bottles of beer first, and then some freshly squeezed orange juice for our beautiful girls, haha...
...make them more beautiful. In addition, give each of our boys two servings of Niubian and Yangbao (sheep testicles-balls)." He also specially introduced Liu Gen: "Niubian and Yangbao are the two major dishes of this hot pot restaurant.
The special dishes, boys who come here will order these two things."
Ren Jiaju's words made the two girls who came with him giggle.
Xia Yang and Wang Wanying blushed with embarrassment, while Qiu Ye looked calm.
Liu Gen was complaining in his heart, what should he do? Just the bullwhip and sheep treasure cost dozens of yuan each, and Ren Jiaju actually asked for two portions of each.
What Liu Gen didn't know was that the base ingredients for ten small hotpots alone cost eighteen yuan each, and ten of them were one hundred and eighty yuan. The ten abalones ordered by Ren Jiaju cost thirty yuan each, plus other seafood.
As for meat, Liu Gen's five hundred yuan for this meal was far from enough.
If I had known this would happen, I should have brought more money.
Liu Gen was thinking in his mind, and the waiter began to bring the small hot pots one by one. This kind of small hot pot has an enamel appearance and is very delicate and beautiful. At the same time, half a fish head per person and other dishes were served.
, also came up one after another.
When a man and a woman are together, they always have endless things to talk about, not to mention that they are all college students, except Xiangzi.
Because Xiangzi had to drive, he refused to drink no matter how much Ren Jiaju tried to persuade him.
During the conversation, Liu Gen learned that Ren Jiaju was studying for an MBA (Master of Business Administration) at Nanhai University. He never asked Xia Yang how he met Ren Jiaju, nor did he have the chance to ask.
Ren Jiaju is a good drinker. After two bottles of beer, he talked more.
"I heard that Nanhai Medical University will merge with Nanhai University. At the same time, there will be several other liberal arts, science and engineering colleges. In the future, Nanhai University will become a veritable comprehensive university, competing with famous universities in the world.
Integrate." Ren Jiaju looked at Liu Gen and said: "From now on, we are alumni."
"When will the merger take place?" Liu Gen asked distractedly.
"It is estimated that in the second half of next year, I heard that the leaders of both schools are very unhappy about this matter, and the Ministry of Education has been alerted." Ren Jiaju said: "It is nothing more than a power struggle, and everyone wants to be the boss."
"Ren Jiaju, where did you get this news?" Xia Yang likes to ask questions clearly.
"This is official and very reliable news!" Ren Jiaju seemed to want to show off his skills: "The city government has issued a schedule for merging universities."
"Then why is there no news at all in the media?" Xia Yang added: "For such a big matter, news should have come out long ago."
"This is a general direction for the reform of colleges and universities. First, the university will be fully socialized, and then it will reform the national key universities and integrate faculty and scientific research resources. The government has long formulated a route for the reform of the education system. Now, it is just beginning to implement it.
That’s all, it’s no longer a major news event.” Ren Jiaju said it with a nose and eyes, with a bit of an official accent.
Liu Gen is not very interested in these divisions and combinations of government agencies, which are played over and over like stir-fry. What he is most anxious about now, and what he urgently needs to solve, is how to spend the money for this meal.
The only way Liu Gen could think of was to borrow money from Xia Yang or Qiu Ye. Xiangzi definitely didn't have much money with him.
But how should I open my mouth? It’s unreasonable to invite someone to dinner but then have to borrow money from the person being invited!
Unexpectedly, it was the first time he invited someone to eat and drink that he would encounter such an embarrassing thing. Although he heard from Xia Yang's words just now that this was Ren Jiaju's treat, he was unwilling to do so because he did not want to owe others a favor, let alone
Someone I just met.
When Qiu Ye made an appointment with Xia Yang to go to the bathroom, Liu Gen also stood up. This was an opportunity and he had to prepare enough money.
Liu Gen did not go to the bathroom, but waited at the door of the private room for Qiu Ye and Xia Yang to come back.
"Brother Liu Gen, why are you standing at the door and not going in?" Xia Yang and Qiu Ye came back from the bathroom and asked strangely when they saw Liu Gen.
Liu Gen pulled the two of them aside and asked in a low voice: "Have you two brought any money?"
Xia Yang and Qiu Ye looked at each other and understood what Liu Gen meant.
"Brother Gen, I'll pay the bill later, don't worry about it." Qiu Ye said.
"It's Ren Jiaju's treat tonight. We are guests. You don't have to worry about the bill." Xia Yang said.
"How can that be done? I agreed to treat you to dinner, so how can I ask others to pay for it?" Liu Gen said with a wry smile: "Qiu Ye, take the money and let me use it. I will return it to you when I go back to school. I'm worried about the money I have with me."
I don’t have enough money just in case.”
"Brother Gen, don't worry, I'll pay the bill." After Qiu Ye finished speaking, he pulled Xia Yang into the room, leaving Liu Gen alone outside in a daze.
Liu Gen thought that it was hopeless now. He couldn't borrow the money, but he lost face.
When he returned to the room and sat down, Xia Yang reached out with one hand, handed a bank card into Liu Gen's hand, and nodded and smiled at him.
Liu Gen smiled gratefully, knowing that Xia Yang was trying to save face for himself.
With the card handed over by Xia Yang in hand, Liu Gen no longer worried about not being able to pay the bill for a while, and ate to his heart's content.
Sure enough, when paying the bill, Liu Gen just said that he would pay for the meal, and Ren Jiaju stopped saying anything. Qiu Ye struggled to pay, but Liu Gen gave the bank card that Xia Yang handed him to the waiter. Qiu Ye immediately understood what was going on.
One thing, he gave Xia Yang a meaningful smile.
Xia Yang and Liu Gen followed the waiter to the counter to pay for this very expensive meal for Liu Gen.