Chapter 531 Free, Still Free

On the West Street of Qianjiang University, turn north from the corner of Ningshan Avenue and walk two steps to the Sichuan-Yu Old Hotpot restaurant.

Zhao Letian glanced at the intersection here, pointed to the area that was cordoned off due to construction, and said with a smile:

“I heard that a new subway entrance will be built here, but I don’t know when it will be completed.”

Jiang Feiya also nodded and said with a smile: "The subway here goes directly to the city. After it is built, it will be very convenient for us to go to the city to play."

Xie Xiuying glanced at the construction site over there, then quickly looked away.

She had heard of the subway but had never ridden it. She was curious but too embarrassed to say it.

"It should be completed next year or the year after next." Xu Youyu said, "It has been under construction for more than half a year, so it's still early."

After that, she brought her three roommates to the Sichuan-Chongqing hotpot restaurant and pushed the door open.

The waiter in the store quickly came over, politely said welcome, asked how many guests there were, and then took Xu Youyu and the other three to a seat by the window.

Xu Youyu took the menu from the waiter, took a look at it, asked the other people about their dietary restrictions, and ordered a shabu-shabu hotpot. Then he handed the menu to Zhao Letian: "Just take a look at what you want to eat and order it directly."

Zhao Letian was not at all reserved. He glanced at the menu and ordered three servings of his favorite dishes.

Jiang Feiya also ordered two servings.

When it was Xie Xiuying's turn, she held the menu in her hand, her eyes fell on the prices behind each dish, and she felt a little dizzy.

Why, why are they so expensive?
Xie Xiuying's face turned pale. The price of just one plate of beef was enough for her to eat for several days.

After looking around, Xie Xiuying felt embarrassed to not order anything, so she could only reluctantly order the cheapest vegetables, which only cost a few dollars.

Xu Youyu finally took the menu back, ordered a few more dishes, and handed the menu to the waiter.

At this time, an older waiter passed by. After seeing Xu Youyu's face, he looked at him twice more, then quickly put down what he was doing and ran to the kitchen to find the manager.

At this time, the store manager Cheng Lihui was still checking the bill and saw a waiter running up to him.

"Manager Cheng," the waiter whispered, "It seems that the boss's family is outside. They are at table 10 by the window. There is a very pretty girl. I remember seeing her several times before."

"Huh?" When the store manager heard this, he immediately put down the account book in his hand, followed the waiter out of the kitchen, and looked towards table 10.

To be honest, remembering the people in the boss's family is not a particularly easy task.

But their boss’s family is different.

Especially those younger girls, it’s hard to forget them once you see them.

Cheng Lihui just glanced towards table 10 and noticed the prettiest girl there.

"That's true." Cheng Lihui muttered, and then whispered, "They will be almost done eating soon, remind me when they want to pay the bill."

"okay."

……

The shabu-shabu hotpot was served quickly.

In addition to a shabu-shabu hotpot, there are a total of ten dishes on the menu, divided equally between meat and vegetables.

Xu Youyu took them to choose seasonings, and when they returned to their seats, the ten dishes had already been served.

"This restaurant is good." Zhao Letian was surprised. "This plate of meat is quite large. It's much more affordable than other hot pot restaurants in Yuhang City."

"Really?" Jiang Feiya didn't feel it.

Zhao Letian said, "I came to Yuhang City in mid-August and have been here for half a month. I have eaten hot pot many times. The meat is much less than what we have in the Northeast, and the price is even more expensive."

"The food here is definitely not comparable to that in the Northeast." Xu Youyu smiled, picked up the chopsticks and said, "Let's eat. We have to go to a class meeting soon, so let's eat and talk at the same time."

Zhao Letian and Jiang Feiya were not polite and stretched their chopsticks directly towards the meat.

Xie Xiuying didn't touch the meat at all, and only ate the cheap vegetables. In the middle of the meal, she asked cautiously, "Is there any rice here?"

Upon hearing this, Zhao Letian immediately called the waiter and asked him to bring a bowl of rice.

After Xie Xiuying took it, she whispered thank you, then added seasoning to the vegetables and ate rice with a look of satisfaction.

During this time, Xu Youyu deliberately ordered a little more beef at one time, and then gave two pieces to each of his three roommates.

Seeing the extra meat on her plate, Xie Xiuying quickly said, "No, no, no, I can get it myself."

"It's okay. If you cook the beef for too long, the meat will become tough. Just eat it quickly." Xu Youyu smiled slightly, ignored Xie Xiuying, and lowered his head to eat.

Xie Xiuying hesitated for a moment, looked at the beef on the plate, but still couldn't resist the temptation, picked it up, dipped it in some sauce, and put it into her mouth.

Then he took a big mouthful of rice.

"Your boyfriend is a sophomore in the School of Computer Science, right?"

While eating, Jiang Feiya looked at Xu Youyu and asked casually, then added, "Song Yu just told me."

"Oh, yes." Xu Youyu was speechless about Li Luo's attempt to establish a persona, but since things had come to this point, it didn't matter.

She didn't care about others knowing that she had a boyfriend who was still in the third year of high school, but Li Luo didn't think so.

After telling Li Luo about the punishment he would give for his bet last night in bed, Li Luo made this request.

Xu Youyu couldn't persuade him, but as long as he could achieve the original goal, he agreed to his request.

When Li Luo comes to Qianjiang University next year, he will treat his roommates to a meal to apologize.

As for the content of the punishment, it was obvious that Li Luo would be asked to pretend to be her boyfriend to serve as a shield so that no boys would harass her when she went to college.

Of course, the above are just excuses.

Everyone knows the real reason.

"So it's my senior." Zhao Letian showed a surprised expression, and then said, "You two seem to have a good relationship. Have you been dating since high school?"

"Don't talk nonsense." Xu Youyu shook his head quickly, "I only confirmed the relationship after the college entrance examination."

"Then why do you seem to know each other so well?" Jiang Feiya was a little unconvinced. "Looking at what you said in the dormitory just now, he even knows your mother."

"Oh." Xu Youyu waved his hands a little embarrassedly, blushed slightly, and explained in a low voice, "It's just that our two parents have a good relationship."

"Could they be childhood sweethearts?" Zhao Letian raised his eyebrows.

"That's not really the case." Xu Youyu thought so, but her childhood sweetheart was obviously someone else. However, she still added, "He and I went to the same junior high and high school."

"Then this relationship is almost over." Zhao Letian nodded with a smile, "I wonder how sad the boys in the courtyard will be when they find out."

Jiang Feiya paused what she was doing when she heard this, and then glanced at Xu Youyu again, and finally couldn't say anything. Even though she always thought she was very beautiful, she still subconsciously felt a little ashamed of herself when faced with Xu Youyu's incident.

How can a person be so good-looking?
Jiang Feiya was secretly dissatisfied in her heart, but when she thought that the other party already had a boyfriend and there was no greater threat, Jiang Feiya did not think too much about it.

Xu Youyu deliberately changed the subject and shifted the focus to Jiang Feiya: "What about you? Isn't that Song Yu your boyfriend?"

"Just high school classmates." Jiang Feiya said lightly.

"High school classmates will give milk tea to each other? And you can give it to your roommate as well." Zhao Letian laughed.

"He is... one of my suitors, I guess." Jiang Feiya was reserved for a moment, and said after flicking her hair, "He likes me, but I'm still observing him. After all, he's not the only boy."

A dog licker.

Xu Youyu mourned in his heart for the boy named Song Yu.

Judging from Jiang Feiya's attitude in private, she obviously didn't take the other party too seriously.

With this attitude, there is no good impression at all. He is just a cash machine.

Xu Youyu felt somewhat disgusted with this kind of fishing method, but he didn't say much.

Song Yu is willing to do it, and if others try to dissuade him, he might even get angry.

A bootlicker's epiphany often comes only after his hopes have been completely extinguished by the person involved.

Xu Youyu had nothing to say about this and looked at Xie Xiuying again.

Xie Xiuying didn't say a word during the casual conversation at the dinner table.

It was just that Xu Youyu and Zhao Letian would occasionally feed her a piece of meat, and she would eat her food while whispering thank you.

While the other three were chatting, Xie Xiuying had already finished two large bowls of rice, her stomach full and content.

"I'm done eating. I'm going to pay the bill."

Seeing that they had almost finished eating, Xu Youyu stood up and walked towards the cashier desk.

The three roommates also stood up and followed Xu Youyu. Zhao Letian even said, "If it's too expensive, we should A it. Um... Xie Xiuying eats too little meat, so we can A less."

"I told you I have a discount coupon." Xu Youyu smiled and took out a discount coupon from his bag, about to hand it to the front desk clerk.

As a result, the store manager Cheng Lihui, who had been waiting at the front desk, smiled slightly, raised his hand to block Xu Youyu's hand, and then said: "Is this Miss Xu? I am the store manager here."

Xu Youyu blinked, not quite reacting: "Hello, store manager, what can I do for you?"

"Our boss said that if you come to eat in our restaurant, you don't have to pay. Everything is free." Store manager Cheng Lihui said with a smile.

"It's okay. It's just a meal. You still have to pay for it." Xu Youyu shook his head subconsciously when he heard that.

She doesn't like to rely on connections to get free food, so getting a discount coupon is already very good.

But the store manager was very firm: "This is the boss's order. If you pay and the boss finds out, it will be difficult for me to handle it. Miss Xu, school just started today, right? This meal is for you and your friends to celebrate."

"We still have to go to the class meeting." Zhao Letian reminded quietly.

Xu Youyu glanced at the time and nodded: "Thank you then, remember to say thank you to Uncle Li for me."

"Okay, no problem." The store manager Cheng Lihui said with a smile, "Then take care."

Coming out of the hot pot restaurant, Zhao Letian couldn't wait to ask curiously, "Is the owner of this restaurant your relative?"

Xu Youyu shook his head, then thought about it, blushed and nodded gently, and whispered: "This is the hot pot restaurant opened by Li Luo's father, but I have never brought friends here alone before, and I didn't expect the manager to know me."

"I'm so envious." Zhao Letian sighed when he heard this.

I don’t know whether I envy her for having such a good boyfriend, or envy her for being able to enjoy unlimited food in the hot pot restaurant.

When we were eating hotpot just now, she ate the most meat.

On the other side, Jiang Feiya curled her lips after hearing what Xu Youyu said, thinking that this guy must have done it on purpose.

Pretty good at pretending.

That’s because it’s in Yuhang City.

If she were in Bailu City, she could be like Xu Youyu. Whose family doesn't have a store or something?

snort!
Jiang Feiya saw that Xu Youyu had taken advantage of her first, and she couldn't help but feel angry.

So when she passed by the milk tea shop near the west gate, she raised her hand, called her three roommates to stop, and pointed to the door of the milk tea shop: "I'll buy you a cup of milk tea."

"Didn't I just drink in the dormitory?" Zhao Letian said.

"Oh, that's Song Yu's treat." Jiang Feiya walked towards the milk tea shop and waved for them to follow. "This cup is on me. The class meeting will be boring later. It's better to drink milk tea while listening than to sit there and do nothing."

Zhao Letian thought it made sense, so he followed.

Xie Xiuying had no idea what to do, so she just followed along.

As for Xu Youyu...

She had a strange expression on her face and wanted to speak up to stop him, but Jiang Feiya had already walked to the door of the store.

"Give me a cup of Oreo milk tea." Jiang Feiya glanced at the menu and ordered a cup of what she wanted to drink. Then she turned her head and looked at the three people who followed in. "What do you want to drink?"

Zhao Letian was very tall and stood in front of Xie Xiuying and Xu Youyu. After casually ordering a cup, he looked around the milk tea shop curiously and found that there was an entrance on the wall next to it, which led to a study room.

"Huh? This place is nice." Zhao Letian took a look and couldn't help but say, "There are also cubicles, which is quite suitable for self-study."

"Yes, each seat has something like a curtain that can be enclosed." Xu Youyu said from behind.

At this time, Lin Xiufeng, who heard a familiar voice at the front desk, immediately looked over and noticed Xu Youyu's figure after passing Zhao Letian's obstruction.

"Huh? There's Yu?" Lin Xiufeng was surprised for a moment, then looked around, "Where's that kid Li Luo? Didn't he come with you?"

"Hello, uncle." Seeing that Lin Xiufeng recognized him, Xu Youyu no longer hid his feelings. He smiled reservedly and greeted Lin Xiufeng, "He sent me to school and then went back. I went out to eat hot pot with my roommates. I have to go to a class meeting later."

"Oh, I see." Lin Xiufeng nodded, "Are these your roommates? Then don't pay, I'll treat you."

"Then I'll thank the uncle on behalf of my roommate." Xu Youyu nodded obediently, and then explained to his roommates in a low voice, "He is Li Luo's uncle, and he runs this milk tea shop."

Jiang Feiya: “……?”

"Youyu, tell me the truth." Zhao Letian put his arm around Xu Youyu's shoulders and asked in a low voice, "Does Li Luo's family own all the shops on this street?"

(End of this chapter)