Volume 5: Twenty Undoubted Chapter 353: Only after losing her did I realize how precious she was
As night fell, Da Bing brought Jiang Xiaoguo and Luo Yan to the hot pot restaurant he often went to for dinner. They chose a seat near the center of the hot pot restaurant. Da Bing sat on one side, and Jiang Xiaoguo and Luo Yan sat on the other side.
Looking at Jiang Xiaoguo and Luo Yan, Da Bing said with a smile on his face:
“This restaurant is delicious, I come here often!”
"Yeah?"
Looking at the happy big cake, Jiang Xiaoguo and Luo Yan were not very excited. Jiang Xiaoguo forced a smile and said:
"Then let's eat more!"
Just then, the waiter from the hot pot restaurant came over and said with a smile:
"Hello, welcome!"
As he spoke, the waiter handed the prepared tableware to Jiang Xiaoguo and the other two. Jiang Xiaoguo and Luo Yan politely said thank you. When it came time to serve the pancakes, the waiter accidentally dropped his chopsticks on the ground and quickly picked them up and apologized:
“I’m sorry!”
"What's wrong with you? Get me a new pair!"
"Well, okay, please wait a moment, I'm so sorry!"
"Really? What kind of service attitude? Bad review!"
Seeing Da Bing acting bossy, Jiang Xiaoguo and Luo Yan were obviously stunned. They never expected that Da Bing would be such a person outside of school. She didn't have much ability but had a bad temper. She yelled at the waiter in public. She didn't feel ashamed, but they felt a little embarrassed. If they had known, they would not have come out to dine with her!
After a while, the waiter came back and replaced a new pair of chopsticks for the pancake, then smiled politely:
"Hello, who wants to order?"
Da Bing quickly handed the menu to Jiang Xiaoguo and Luo Yan and said with a wry smile:
"You order, you order, you order first!"
"good!"
After taking the menu and flipping through it, Luo Yan ordered:
"I want a shabu-shabu pot!"
After that, she looked at Jiang Xiaoguo who was sitting next to her and asked:
"What do you want to eat?"
"Let me see!"
After casually flipping through the menu, Jiang Xiaoguo looked at the waiter standing by and said with a smile:
"I want one portion of beef, one portion of mutton, and one portion of black tripe!"
After Jiang Xiaoguo finished ordering the dishes, Luo Yan added:
"I want one serving of green bamboo shoots, one serving of duck intestines, and one serving of mapo tofu!"
After ordering, Luo Yan handed the menu to Da Bing and said with a smile:
"You order!"
Taking the menu, Da Bing smiled reluctantly and said:
"I won't order so much. The more I order, the more I eat. Mainly because I'm afraid of getting fat!"
Then, she handed the menu back to the waiter and said with a smile:
"Just give me half a portion of baby cabbage!"
"Okay, wait a moment!"
After watching the waiter leave, Jiang Xiaoguo and Luo Yan looked at the pancake that was much fatter than Duan Jiabao. They couldn't help but recall the past times when they had dinner together with Duan Jiabao. Duan Jiabao was not only stupid but also rich and easy-going. He was much cuter than the pancake in front of them.
"What are you two looking at?"
"No, I didn't see anything!"
Hearing Dabing's voice, Jiang Xiaoguo and Luo Yan suddenly woke up from their memories. The smiles on their faces disappeared and they became depressed again. Some things, you only realize their importance when you lose them. They can be said to be precious.
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At 7:30 in the evening, Jiang Xiaoguo and Luo Yan had almost finished their meal. Looking at the pancake with only baby cabbage in it, Luo Yan said:
"Big Pancake, why don't you eat other dishes?"
"lose weight!"
"All right!"
Luo Yan accepted this statement. After all, it was normal for Da Bing to lose weight since he was so fat. In order to maintain a good figure, Liang Shuang often skipped dinner and only ate vegetables and fruits, making him look like a herbivorous animal.
“I feel so full!”
"I'm also very full!"
After waiting for a while, seeing Da Bing still eating the baby cabbage slowly, Luo Yan couldn't help but ask:
"Big pancake, are you done eating?"
"Uh-huh!"
Seeing that the pancake was finished, Luo Yan looked at the waiter not far away and shouted:
"Waiter, pay the bill!"
As soon as the voice fell, Da Bing shouted:
"Waiter, add water!"
"Okay, here I come!"
When the waiter came over, Da Bing put his cup aside and said with a frown:
"This water cup has been empty for a long time, and you haven't come to refill it. Isn't your service too bad?"
"Excuse me!"
The waiter said sorry while filling Da Bing's cup with tea. In fact, the teapot was on the table, and the customer could pour the tea by himself. The waiter was not a maid, and the customer was not a local tycoon in the old days. It was just an ordinary hot pot restaurant, so how could the waiter pour tea for every customer? Unfortunately, Da Bing didn't think so. Based on the status of customers being God, she coldly scolded the waiter:
"Believe it or not, I will sue you?"
"Excuse me!"
The waitress probably had seen all kinds of customers before, so she didn't get angry. After pouring tea for the pancake, she looked at Luo Yan who was about to pay the bill and smiled and said:
"Hello, the total consumption is 260 yuan. How do I pay?"
“WeChat Pay!”
"OK!"
As soon as the waiter finished speaking, Da Bing snatched the bill from her hand, looked at it carefully for a while, then looked at Jiang Xiaoguo and Luo Yan and smiled:
"How about we each pay for our own?"
"OK!"
Hearing Da Bing say that they should each pay for their own, Jiang Xiaoguo was slightly stunned and said:
"Each of you pays for yourself. Eighty-seven per person. Pay via WeChat!"
"You calculated wrong!"
Hearing that they would each pay for themselves and that he would split the eighty-seven dollars, Da Bing immediately corrected Jiang Xiaoguo and said:
"Look, I didn't eat any other dishes, I only ate the baby cabbage. You two ate one third of the small portion of baby cabbage. To be fair, let's split the hot pot base. So I need to pay 32.4 yuan, which is rounded to 32 yuan. Each of you needs to pay 114 yuan. Pay via WeChat. Am I right?"
"No, no!"
Seeing such a well-calculated pancake, Jiang Xiaoguo and Luo Yan were really stunned. So this is what "each pays for his own" means. It makes sense. The more you eat, the more you pay. The less you eat, the less you pay. It's fair and just. No one is cheated. Jiang Xiaoguo looked at the waiter and forced a smile and said, "I'm a very good waiter. I'm very happy ...
"Excuse me, can you scan us one by one?"
"Can!"
Jiang Xiaoguo and Luo Yan scanned the code to pay in turn. Taking advantage of the moment when Da Bing wasn't paying attention, Jiang Xiaoguo leaned over to Luo Yan's ear and whispered with a smile:
"This is the first time I've seen someone who's even stingier than me!"
"oops!"
After Jiang Xiaoguo and Luo Yan scanned the code and paid in turn, when it was finally Da Bing's turn, she groaned and said embarrassedly while holding her phone:
"Sorry, my phone is out of battery, this money..."
"The power is out, isn't it?"
Looking at the pancake that wanted to eat without paying, Jiang Xiaoguo said with a smile:
"It's okay, I'll do it..."
Thinking that Jiang Xiaoguo was going to pay for him, Da Bing said with a smile on his face:
"I'm so sorry, thank you so much..."
Without waiting for Da Bing to finish her words, Jiang Xiaoguo took out a power bank and a data cable from her bag and handed them to her, saying with a smile:
"Here, I'll lend it to you!"
"Thank you!"
With a somewhat embarrassed smile, Da Bing accepted the power bank and the multi-function data cable to charge her phone. Seeing her like this, the waiter looked at Jiang Xiaoguo and Luo Yan and said with a smile:
"Have you finished eating?"
"Um!"
"good!"
Seeing that Jiang Xiaoguo and Luo Yan had finished eating, the waiter began to clear the dishes. At this moment, Da Bing immediately spoke up to stop them:
"Who told you to collect it? They've finished eating, but I haven't. You collected it without even asking. Do you think I'm serious?"
Looking at the duck intestines that had been collected by the waiter, Da Bing said impatiently:
"I don't care, you have to give me another serving of duck intestines, or I'll complain to your manager!"
"I, I..."
The waitress was speechless looking at such a weird customer. He didn't stop , but waited until she was halfway through before saying anything. It was really infuriating. She had never seen such a weird and stingy customer.
Seeing the waiter just standing there looking at him without bringing another serving of duck intestines, Da Bing said unceremoniously:
"Why are you staring at me like that? If you don't accept it, don't be a waiter. Every time I come to this store, you have the worst service attitude. You are always slow to do anything I ask you to do. I give you a bad review. Why are you still standing there? Why don't you go and serve me some duck intestines?"
"Okay, wait a moment!"
Restraining her anger, the waitress glanced at Da Bing, then quickly left with the cleared dishes. Judging from the way she walked, it was obvious that she was very angry about Da Bing's words.
After the waiter left, Jiang Xiaoguo leaned over to Luo Yan's ear and whispered, watching Da Bing eating the remaining beef, mutton, etc. with relish:
"Won't she get beaten if she goes out like this?"
Seeing the man who had said before that he wanted to lose weight but now ate the pancake with big mouthfuls, Luo Yan lowered her voice and said:
"It's only a matter of time!"
After a while, seeing Jiang Xiaoguo and Luo Yan looking at him, Da Bing explained with a smile while eating the leftovers:
"Hey, this order is complete, and there's still so much meat left. What a pity! Frugality is a Chinese virtue. Would you two like some more?"
"No, you eat it, Shitou and I are full!"
"Then I won't be polite!"
As he said this, Da Bing ate the remaining beef and mutton rolls while looking at the waiter not far away and shouted:
"Is my duck intestine ready? If you keep hesitating, I'll complain to you!"
“Alright, alright!”
All the guests and waiters in the hotpot restaurant were looking at Jiang Xiaoguo and her table, talking about the matter privately. Da Bing acted as if nothing had happened, but Jiang Xiaoguo and Luo Yan were on pins and needles. They wanted to stay away from Da Bing, draw a clear line between themselves and show that they didn't know this person at all.
Seeing Da Bing acting like nothing had happened, Jiang Xiaoguo and Luo Yan pushed each other a few times. In the end, Jiang Xiaoguo stepped in. She looked at Da Bing and said with a wry smile:
"Big Pancake, take your time eating. Shitou and I have something else to do so we'll go back first . Take your time eating. Bye!"
"Okay, then you guys go back first, bye!"
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Jiang Xiaoguo and Luo Yan couldn't wait to leave the hot pot restaurant. They breathed in the fresh air, feeling a sense of happiness of having escaped death. Jiang Xiaoguo smiled and said:
"Today I have learned a lot. It's okay for her to pretend that her cell phone is out of battery, but she also tried to extort money from me. I am convinced. I am really convinced. The world is so big that there are all kinds of things!"
Luo Yan agreed:
"Da Bing is really weird. I really miss Da Bao now. I really want her to come back!"
"It's not impossible to let her come back!"
Jiang Xiaoguo smiled and said:
"Unless she talks to us first, apologizes to us, and then acts cute, maybe I will forgive her!"
"Anyway, we have to wait for her to take the initiative, right?"
"Yeah, it's settled!"
"Uh-huh!"
Jiang Xiaoguo and Luo Yan were walking towards the school dormitory, discussing how to forgive Duan Jiabao. At this moment, a new WeChat message notification sounded. It was Luo Yan's phone. She slowed down, took out her phone, opened WeChat and took a look. It was a new message from her mother:
"Are you coming home this weekend? You haven't been home for a long time. Are you still unwilling to forgive your mother?"
Seeing Luo Yan stopped, Jiang Xiaoguo turned around and looked at her and asked:
"Shitou, what's wrong with you?"
"fine!"
Putting away the phone, Luo Yan followed Jiang Xiaoguo and said with a smile:
"Let's go, I really want to see Dabao soon!"
"Okay, hurry up!"
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At the same time, Duan Jiabao came to the Laodifang Tea Restaurant to eat alone again. After eating and drinking, seeing that there were not many customers around, she sat in the back row by the window and had a video chat with her parents.
"Baby, remember to send your mother a thank you text message!"
"What are you posting? What are you thanking me for?"
"Today is the 20th anniversary of your mother and I. Twenty years ago, she cooked for me for the first time. I have to thank her for all her efforts over the years!"
"Good meat, I don't want it, I won't send it!"
"Dabao, baby?"
"Mother!"
"Mom misses you, what are you doing?"
"I missed you too. I was eating out. I just finished and am about to go back to the dormitory!"
In the video:
"Honey, why did you buy that ticket and sit on the side? When watching a movie, you should sit in the middle to be more comfortable!"
"I'm sorry, honey, I can't buy the middle ticket, only the side tickets are available. Let's go to another cinema, okay?"
"Woooooa ...
In the old tea restaurant, seeing his father kissing his mother in the video, Duan Jiabao said with disgust:
"Oh my, you two are almost fifty, please stop kissing in front of me, it's so disgusting!"
"Oh, baby, let me tell you, this is normal. When you find a boyfriend, you will be like this too!"
After Dad finished speaking, Mom asked with concern:
"By the way, baby, how is your love life recently? Tell mom quickly, are there any boys pursuing you?"
"Oh, no, I'm so fat and ugly, who would chase me?"
As soon as Duan Jiabao finished speaking, Yuan Xudong's voice rang out beside him, laughing:
"Dabao, why are you eating here alone? Where are Xiaoguo and the others?"
"Yuan Xudong?"
Hearing Yuan Xudong's voice, Duan Jiabao looked up at him and said in surprise:
"Why are you here?"
"I came here to eat with some classmates!"
Yuan Xudong raised his hand and pointed to a table not far away and briefly introduced it:
"Those wretched guys are my roommates. They didn't study hard in class. They are about to graduate, so they decided to go to a training class outside to learn specific software development and testing courses. They will live there for several months. Today's meal is a farewell dinner. We will go our separate ways in the future. I don't know when we will have the chance to see each other again!"
“I see!”
Thinking that she will graduate soon, after graduation, Jiang Xiaoguo's hometown is in Northeast China, Luo Yan is a native of Shenzhen, and her hometown is Sichuan. If they don't stay in Shenzhen, they will most likely go their separate ways as Yuan Xudong said, and she doesn't know when they will see each other again. Thinking of this, Duan Jiabao felt very sad. If Jiang Xiaoguo and the others could not forgive her, they might never see each other again in their lives!
"Dabao, baby? "
Hearing her mother's voice in the video, Duan Jiabao came back to her senses. She looked at her parents in the video and smiled:
"Dad, Mom, this is my friend Yuan Xudong!"
"Hello, auntie, hello, uncle!"
"Hello to you too, hello to you too!"
After greeting Duan Jiabao's parents, Yuan Xudong looked at Duan Jiabao and said with a smile:
"Dabao, I'm going over there first. If you're not in a hurry, I'll take you back later!"
"No need, just go and accompany your classmates, I'll go back by myself later!"
"Okay then, I'll be over first, bye!"
"Well, bye!"
After Yuan Xudong left, Duan Jiabao continued to video chat with his parents. In the video, Duan Jiabao's mother's eyes lit up and said:
"Dabao, Dabao, that boy is quite handsome. He's my type. How about you take him home to have a look?"
Duan Jiabao's father added:
"Yes, he is as handsome as I was when I was young. No wonder your mother likes him. How about this, as long as he is willing to go home with you, the amount of dowry is not a problem. Don't we have ten houses in Shenzhen? How about giving them all as your dowry?"
"OMG!"
Seeing that his parents always wanted to marry him off, Duan Jiabao couldn't help but roll his eyes and said depressedly:
"Other people receive gifts when they marry off their daughters, but why do I have pay out money?"
"Can it be the same?"
In the video, Duan Jiabao's father said with a smile:
"The other person's daughter weighs only about 50 kilograms at most, and you weigh 80 kilograms. You are not tall, just like a short melon. How dare I ask for a dowry from others? What if I lose it? What do you think I should do?"
"Do whatever you want!"
Duan Jiabao rolled his eyes at his father and prepared to end the video:
"Okay, I have to go back to the dormitory. I'm hanging up now. Bye!"
"Bye-Bye!"
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