C26 Have a Chat While Eating

"You!" Mu Yao was furious. She clenched her fists but could not find any words to refute. She could only endure it. She turned her head to the side and coldly returned to her initial question, "Why are you looking for me today?"

"Don't argue." However, he continued to bury his head in his work on his knees and asked matter-of-factly, "Wait until I'm done with my work."

His gaze was locked on the screen. His eyebrows were slightly raised and his long fingers were flying on the keyboard. Mu Yao secretly gritted her teeth. She wanted to get angry but could not get angry. She could only sit in a corner with hatred.

Forget it, she could also do her own things first! That thick stack of information was not finished yet.

The back seat was completely silent. The driver quickly drove the car away from the advertising company. However, no one noticed that in the hall, a figure was watching them leave from afar. His expression was puzzled. Isn't that Mu Yao? Whose luxury car did she get into?

After finishing his work at the fastest speed possible, Li Beichen let out a sigh of relief and closed the computer. Only then did he look at the person beside him. As expected, she should have been burning with anger from waiting. She would explode in a second.

But the truth was the opposite.

She was sitting upright with her legs crossed and a thick stack of papers on her knees. She was holding two of them in her hands and her lips were moving slightly. Her head was slightly lowered and her fair face was solemn. Her long hair was gently hanging down to her waist...

She was very focused and did not notice his gaze at all.

Li Beichen did not bother her and just looked at her quietly. Until she finished memorizing a change of paper, her fingers habitually combed back her hair, revealing her small ears. Such an unconscious movement made Li Beichen's breathing tighten. His instincts were restless somewhere.

He hurriedly shut his eyes. He cleared his throat to hide his embarrassment.

Mu Yao also came back to her senses and quickly put away the paper on her knees. Her expression was cold as she turned around. "Are you done with your work?"

Li Beichen nodded. He pointed to the things in her hands and asked casually. "What are you looking at?"

Mu Yao did not answer. Instead, she tidied up the paper and acted like it was none of your business. She coldly asked the question at the beginning of her comeback, "Why are you looking for me again?" She quickly said and wanted to get out of the car.

Li Beichen smiled and leaned back gracefully. "I want to know your progress."

The unhappiness in Mu Yao's heart immediately rose. What could he do about what he said last night? And it was a work day. Did she not have to go to work? How could she go out to investigate?

"I didn't find anything." Mu Yao's face was cold. She knocked on the door and signaled, "Tell him to stop the car."

It was really annoying!

His subordinate only listened to his instructions. Even if he wanted to stop the car, he had to do it through him...

"I see." Li Beichen nodded thoughtfully. Subjectively ignoring her emotions and requests, he changed the topic and continued, "But what I want is' understanding ', not' report '."

Was there a difference?

Mu Yao was indignant. "Then what do you want?"

Li Beichen smiled. He pushed the laptop aside and narrowed the distance between them. Then he threw out a sentence that did not answer the question. "Have you eaten?"

"What do you mean?" Mu Yao frowned.

Li Beichen smiled. "We talked while eating."

The car stopped at the door of a western restaurant, but Mu Yao refused to get out of the car.

The reason was simple. This restaurant was located in the downtown area. Not to mention that there were not many people in the restaurant, there were always people coming and going outside the restaurant. She did not want to appear in public with Li Beichen. She didn't want anyone she knew to bump into them.

Her life in the future had to be peaceful. Her life had to be normal. She didn't want to have anything to do with him.

She didn't want to have anything to do with it!

Li Beichen had already opened the car door on one side. When he saw that she didn't move, his handsome brows slightly furrowed. He urged lightly, "The restaurant does not provide takeout. Get out." However, she still stubbornly pursed her lips and sat where she was without moving.

There were many people outside, so she didn't want to go down.

Li Beichen smiled calmly and did not say anything else. He got out of the car on his own. Did he go to eat by himself? Mu Yao wanted to let out a sigh of relief, but the door on her side suddenly moved. Then, he pulled it open from the outside.

He personally walked over and opened the door. He bent down. His handsome face was very close to her. It was so close that she could smell the cold smell that belonged to him.

Mu Yao's nerves immediately tensed up.

"It's just a meal." Li Beichen sneered beside her ear and slowly put pressure on her. "Do you want to come down yourself or do you want me to 'invite' you down?" The word "please" was emphatic and domineering.

He was determined to let her go!

Mu Yao knitted her brows in a conflicted manner and looked at the pedestrians who came and went outside the car and looked over. It was hard for him not to be the center of attention in this luxury car and such an outstanding man.

"Get out of the way!" Before more people noticed, Mu Yao made up her mind and pushed him away. She quickly got out of the car and walked five steps away. Then she spoke to him from afar, "You walk in front and you lead the way!"

She was responsible for pulling away from him.

The two of them entered the western restaurant one after the other.

"Good evening, sir! May I ask how many of you?" The waiter quickly came forward to welcome the handsome man.

"Both of you." Li Beichen looked behind him and found it funny that she was following him from five steps away. She looked like a stranger. As expected, he was still as childish as before. He deliberately teased her and deliberately raised his voice to ask her from afar, "Do you want a private room?"

With this question, everyone's eyes immediately turned towards her.

This extra five steps added a layer of ambiguity to other people's eyes...

He did it on purpose!

Mu Yao looked fiercely at Li Beichen, but he still maintained his calm and collected appearance. She could only grit her teeth and say, "Yes!"

The private room was on the second floor of the restaurant. The light was gentle and the environment was quiet and elegant.

The two of them sat opposite each other. The waiter handed over two menus with a smile. Li Beichen picked it up naturally, but Mu Yao did not have the mood to order half of the food. What was this? Asking her to eat calmly towards him? She couldn't do it.

Mu Yao sat at the side with a sullen face and secretly clenched her fists under the table. She tried her best to hold back every minute and second. She only hoped that he would finish his meal quickly and that she would go home.

"What do you want, Miss?" Seeing that the atmosphere was not right, the waiter went around to recommend her. She took the initiative to open the menu for Mu Yao, "We have the black pepper steak set meal here, as well as the black rice dew fruit scoop..."

"Two Fei Li steak set meal cooked at 70%." Mu Yao did not say anything, but Li Beichen opened his mouth first. He said faintly and took advantage of the opportunity to start with her portion, "My soup wants mushroom soup, her..."

When he said here, his voice suddenly stopped. He raised his head and glanced at her. He continued with a deeper meaning, "She is the same as me."

Mu Yao was stunned and her fists under the table tightened a little.

"Okay okay!" The waiter smiled and nodded and quickly wrote on the menu. Then she looked at the couple who were throwing a tantrum and asked, "Do you two have any reservations?" She asked this question, but her eyes were mainly focused on Li Beichen. He was willing to answer at the dinner table. He was probably the only one who would answer at the table.

Li Beichen nodded. Seeing that she refused to speak, he could only help her, "She doesn't eat onions."

"Okay!" The waiter noted it down and tried hard to change the atmosphere. He praised her, "Miss, your boyfriend is so considerate!"

Mu Yao's patience finally reached its limit. She hated this feeling of letting him take charge of everything! He was not her, why did he always look like he knew her very well? She did not need his "good intentions"...

"I eat onions." She suddenly opened her mouth and stared at Li Beichen.

"Eh?" The atmosphere became awkward again. The waiter looked between the two of them for help. Who should she listen to?

Unfortunately, neither of them looked at her.

Li Beichen's expression did not change when he saw her glare at him. He accepted it calmly.

"Alright, then add onions to her." Their eyes met in a deadlock. Li Beichen could not help but laugh and give in. Then he changed the topic. "I don't want onions."

"Okay!"

This time, the waiter quickly left.

The private room became quiet again. Mu Yao did not say a word and closed her eyes. She continued to quietly wait for time. She did not eat onions, but she did not want Li Beichen's taste! Whatever he knew about her, she would change it!

"Mu Yao." In the silence, he suddenly called her name.

"What?" Mu Yao looked up and almost cursed him in her heart.

Li Beichen smiled and took a sip of the wine. "I look forward to seeing you eat onions."

He smiled calmly. There was a hint of mockery and interest in his eyes. She hated onions, and the entire Li family knew it. In short, the chefs of the Li family were not allowed to take onions as ingredients.

"Humph!"

Mu Yao did not speak to him after she snorted arrogantly.

The steak was served very quickly, bringing with it a dense heat. The waiter served the dishes for both of them, but when the steak with the smell of onions was placed in front of Mu Yao, her face could not help turning green. There were a few onion rings on the marmalade steak, so the smell of the onions rose along with the heat. Although it was just a side dish, she could not stand the taste...

She hated onions!

She couldn't change this habit.

"Please take your time. Call me if you need anything." The waiter bowed politely and quickly left the room with a strange atmosphere.

Li Beichen looked at her quietly for a while. He saw her frowning and sitting there without moving. He could not help but smile. Only then did he slowly put down the wine glass. He knocked on the edge of the table and said faintly, "It's still not too late to swap with me now."

"No!" She rejected his suggestion.

Mu Yao even picked up her knife and fork in anger and pushed the onion to the side. Then she used all her strength to draw on the steak. She looked like she was about to start eating. Although the steak was stained with onion flavor, she definitely could not eat it.

Li Beichen smiled. She acted quite well.

"You deliberately made fun of me, but you are the one who did it, aren't you?" He sighed. Then he picked up his knife and fork and started to cut the steak.

His movements were graceful and slow, and he carefully cut the steak into neat and well-proportioned pieces.

"It's none of your business!" Mu Yao angrily said and fiercely cut the steak.

Compared to Li Beichen, her actions were like chopping bones...