Chapter 20 Another Thank You
"Hello!" Tan Xuan answered the phone unhappily. The meat was about to be in his mouth, but this call came at a very inappropriate time. Especially since it was from Su Cheng. Now Su Cheng gave him the impression of "a night owl who stays at home and doesn't come unless there is something wrong". He would not call for no reason. If he called, there must be something wrong.
"Tan Xuan, what are you doing? Why did you take so long to answer the phone?" Su Cheng on the other end of the phone was getting a little impatient and started questioning as soon as the call was connected.
"I'm eating, what's up?"
"You're the one who said this. Can't I call you if nothing happens?"
"I'm eating. I'll hang up if nothing else."
Xiao Di, who was eavesdropping on Tan Xuan's phone call across the table, almost spit out the sour plum juice he had just drunk.
"I know you're eating." Su Cheng on the other end of the phone was a little annoyed, "I have something to talk to you about."
"Then you tell me, I'm in a hurry to eat."
"Eat, eat, eat. All you do is eat." Su Cheng was completely speechless. He quickly said, "Li Jianyang just sent me a message. He wants your contact information. I called you just to ask if you would give it to him."
Tan Xuan curled his lips, "He has his own car, why does he need my phone number? No need to give it to him, I'm not familiar with him."
"Well, you eat. I should get up too."
After hanging up the phone, Xiao Di gave Tan Xuan a thumbs up, "You are awesome, I've made you stop talking. I thought you had a prejudice against me and that's why you spoke like this, but now it seems that I thought too much. Was it your girlfriend who called? Aren't you afraid that she will be angry if you talk to her like this?"
Tan Xuan snorted, "You really think too much. She is not my girlfriend, she is Qian Bo's sister-in-law. Qian Bo wanted to bring us together, but unfortunately we are not the same kind of people, so we are not destined to be together."
After saying that, Tan Xuan put down his phone and scooped up a large piece of meat from the pot, rolled it in the oil dish, and then stuffed it all into his mouth. He moved his mouth a few times and swallowed it.
"Yeah, cool! Enjoyable!"
Tan Xuan shouted "good", and without stopping, he swallowed another piece of meat.
After a few bites, his stomach felt a little full, and Tan Xuan realized that Xiao Di was sitting there looking at him without picking up his chopsticks.
"Just eat, why are you looking at me? You're welcome."
Xiao Di glared at Tan Xuan unhappily , "Who is being polite to you? I am treating you today, why should I be polite to you? I do want to eat, but I can't beat you. Good fellow, you finished the whole plate of meat in just two or three bites."
Tan Xuan dug into the pot and found that there was indeed nothing left. "If there is nothing left, then add more."
Tan Xuan was not polite and took two more plates of meat into the pot. But when the meat was cooked, he didn't eat it like he did before, and paid a little more attention to his eating manners. But compared with Xiao Di's way of eating, one was like pressing the fast forward button, and the other was like pressing the slow motion button, so no matter how careful he was, he still looked rough.
Seeing that Tan Xuan's eating speed slowed down, Xiao Di smiled and said, "Eat if you like. Don't be polite. There's no one else around anyway. Just eat well."
The other party was polite, so Tan Xuan was too embarrassed to be rude. He smiled and explained, "I haven't eaten for a day, so I'm a little hungry. I ate in a hurry just now. And in our line of work, we are often in a hurry, and eating is like a war. It's not elegant, sorry for the joke."
"It's okay." Xiao Di took a sip of his drink and asked, "It's hard for you to be a driver, right?"
Tan Xuan shook his head, without looking up, and continued to look at the tripe that had just been cooked in the pot. "It's okay, not hard. There's no wind or rain every day, and the working hours are flexible, not worse than sitting in an office."
"By the way, what exactly do you do for a living? I was so scared when we first met that I actually thought you were a policeman."
"Hehe...want to know what I do?" Xiao Di shook his head, "I won't tell you."
Tan Xuan curled his lips, and quickly fished out the tripe when he felt it was almost time to cook it, "If you don't want to tell me, then don't tell me. I guess you don't have a proper job, so you're embarrassed to tell me. Eat it , the tripe won't taste good if it's been cooked for too long."
"Brother, have you read the Spring and Autumn Annals? Brother, have you drunk boiled wine?"
"Hello..." The music played for a while before Tan Xuan answered the phone.
"Hey, Tan Xuan, have you finished your meal?"
"Sister, I just started eating a while ago, how can I finish it so quickly?" Tan Xuan was speechless when he received Su Cheng's call again.
"Eat quickly, then come to me. I have something to talk to you about."
Su Cheng's commanding tone made Tan Xuan very unhappy, and he said, "I'm having dinner with others here, and I can't leave for a while."
"It's okay. If you have something to do, just go and do it." Xiao Di said sympathetically .
"Who are you having dinner with? Why are you talking to a woman?" Su Cheng asked directly after hearing Xiao Di's voice.
"I'm having dinner with a woman, so of course the one doing the talking is the woman." Tan Xuan was unhappy. Who did she think she was? She was so nosy.
Hearing that Tan Xuan's tone was not right, Xiao Di glared at Tan Xuan and said, "Your friend must have something to ask you, so go quickly, or ask your friend to come here, we ordered a lot of food and haven't eaten it yet."
Tan Xuan took advantage of the situation and said to the phone, "I can't come over. If you have something to do, just come over. I'm at Shu Wangye Hotpot."
Tan Xuan thought that Su Cheng would be polite and that would be the end of it. What important matter could she come to him for? Unexpectedly, Su Cheng agreed without hesitation, "Okay, we'll go right over."
"Come right away? We?" Tan Xuan was a little confused. He wanted to tell Su Cheng that he was just saying it casually and didn't really want her to come, but the other party had already hung up the phone.
"What's going on?" Tan Xuan felt a headache. It was understandable that he ate and drank for free, but it was too unkind that someone suddenly showed up to eat and drink for free. He was not thick-skinned enough to be "casual".
"I'm sorry, let me settle today's bill." Tan Xuan said to Xiao Di apologetically. He admitted his mistake and made up his mind to draw a clear line between himself and Su Cheng. He was not her canteen.
Xiao Di smiled and said, "No need. I agreed to treat you, so how can I let you pay? It's just one more person, and it will be more lively with more people, especially since we're girls. Don't be embarrassed."
Tan Xuan shook his head and said stubbornly, "This is not about one more person. You invited me to dinner to thank me, and I ate with a clear conscience. But now there is one more person, and you don't owe her anything. Let's put it one way and I'll pay the bill. That's it. I appreciate your kindness, otherwise I won't be able to eat this meal."
"No, I also want to see what that girl looks like. If you succeed, I'll congratulate you in advance."
"Stop it, don't curse me, we can't succeed..."
Xiao Di smiled without saying anything, just lowered his head and ate the cooked dishes in small bites.
Su Cheng arrived very quickly, and Tan Xuan also realized that what Su Cheng had said just now was not a slip of the tongue. It was indeed her... them who came. Behind Su Cheng were her two sisters - Cui Yujie and Shen Zishan, as well as a person that Tan Xuan had never expected, Li Jianyang.
"you……"
Tan Xuan suddenly felt a little dizzy. Why was he still leading a group to eat and drink for free, and the team was getting bigger?
Seeing all these people coming, Xiao Di was also a little confused. Now he regretted competing with Tan Xuan for the bill. He asked tentatively: "How about we change to a bigger table?"
Tan Xuan frowned and asked Su Cheng: "What's going on?"
Su Cheng was not polite and sat down next to Tan Xuan. "Don't ask me. It was Li Jianyang who wanted to find you. He found my house even though I didn't call you. I don't know how he found you."
Before Su Cheng finished speaking, Li Jianyang stepped forward, bent down and greeted Tan Xuan, "Hello, Master Tan, thank you so much for yesterday. I came here especially to thank you."
Li Jianyang was very humble, with a smile on his face that looked like a flower. He was completely different from the arrogant person he was yesterday.
"Thank me, thank me for what?" Tan Xuan asked knowingly. It was not wrong to call him Master Tan, but he felt that he was too old, which made him feel uncomfortable, especially when Li Jianyang said it.
Li Jianyang looked around, then approached Tan Xuan and whispered, "When I went home last night..."
“Stop, stop, stop!” Tan Xuan pushed Li Jianyang away and said with an unpleasant expression, “What are you doing? If you want to talk, just talk. Why are you getting so close to me?”
Li Jianyang stepped back awkwardly, "Master Tan, why don't we go out and talk, or find a private room."
"Yes, let's go to another private room. There's not enough room for so many people to sit here. It's not good for everyone to stand. Waiter..."
Seeing that they didn't seem to be able to be convinced in a few words, Xiao Di took charge on behalf of Tan Xuan and asked the waiter to change to another private room.
As soon as they entered the private room, Li Jianyang invited Tan Xuan to sit on the sofa and explained to him in a low voice: "I went to see my master last night and told him what happened last night. My master said that I was able to return safely thanks to you, so I came here today to thank you in person and to apologize for my rudeness yesterday."
Tan Xuan waved his hand, "No need to thank me, let alone apologize. I didn't do it for you. I went with them, and I couldn't let them get into danger."
Li Zhengyang glanced at the people sitting around the table and said, "Master Tan, I know you didn't point it out directly at the time because you didn't want people to know your identity, so I didn't dare to tell them."
Tan Xuan glanced at Li Jianyang and said, "I should thank you for keeping it a secret for me. It's no big deal. Why are you hiding it?"
"This..." Li Jianyang scratched his head, thinking that he was too cautious.
Tan Xuan snorted, "You're the only one who can keep a secret? You brought them here with such a large force, even a fool can guess what's going on."
Li Jianyang explained weakly: "I was planning to come here by myself, but they also wanted to come over because they had something to ask you, so I drove them here together."
"They want to talk to me about something. What is it? I'm having dinner with others." Tan Xuan glanced at the three women at the table. Seeing that they were talking and laughing with Xiao Di, and they were not at all shy, Tan Xuan felt a little annoyed. Are they so shameless to eat and drink for free?
Li Jianyang saw some displeasure in Tan Xuan's expression, and thought that they were the ones who disturbed his world of two, so he smiled and explained: "Master Tan, don't get me wrong, they really have something to ask you."
