C9 Troublesome

Just as the four of them had finished ordering, a taxi stopped in front of the bar. Noah got out of the car and frowned when he saw the signboard hanging on the door.

"You just got off the plane. Why don't you eat something and drink some wine?"

"That's right. Let's drink and eat while we're at it. It won't be a problem. I checked before I came. This place is the most interesting. Let's go."

Ye Hui, who was his childhood friend, rushed in. Noah smiled and followed him in.

The moment the two of them entered, a waiter came up to them. Seeing that the two of them were dressed well, the waiter asked them to go to the private room upstairs. However, since they were here at a bar, they wanted to have some fun. It would be boring to go to a private room. Ye Hui rejected the waiter's good intentions and chose a seat downstairs. Just as he sat down, he saw Noah frown as he looked around. He smiled and said, "Really? You have been a professor for a long time. You really have become an old scholar. You don't even want to go to a bar?" After saying that, he winked at Ye Hui and smiled.

Noah was not so greedy. Today, he wanted to find a quiet place to stay for a while.

"After a day of work, I just want to eat something to fill my stomach," Noah said as he put his phone on the table and leaned against the chair.

"Really? Okay, arrange it!" With a wave of his hand, Ye Hui asked the female servant who was smiling, "The food in the city is the most famous. Do you have any of the noodles such as the Noodles with Ribs, Noodles with Dumplings, and so on?"

He was joking. The waitress was used to it, so she smiled and said, "We don't have it on the menu, but if you really want it, there's a restaurant next door that can make it for you. We can provide you with the order."

"Huh, you're so considerate. Then come two bowls!" Noah raised his chin slightly at Noah and said, "What do you want?"

The waitress looked at Noah and smiled. Noah also looked at him proudly, as if he was certain that he wouldn't be able to open his mouth. However, who was Noah? He smiled and said, "It's late at night, let's eat something light." He looked at the waitress and said, "One bowl of noodles, and a spicy one."

The waitress was stunned. Noah was so happy that he almost hammered the table. Noah let him laugh and waited for him to finish laughing. Then he glanced at the menu and asked the waitress to order two bottles of wine. After the waitress ordered, she quickly left, as if there was a possibility that she would be exposed if she stayed for even a second longer. Who would have thought that such a handsome person would be so cold when he was joking?

"You, you bastard, you're so bad!" Looking at the back of the waitress who was leaving in a hurry, Noah pointed at Noah and said.

Noah didn't say anything. Before the wine came up, he poured two cups of water for Noah and one for himself.

Noah took the water and thought that he was going to drink some water later, but he swallowed his words when he saw Noah's expression. His intuition told him that Noah was not in a good mood tonight.

Noah was indeed a little distracted, but it was not because he was troubled. Instead, he was still immersed in the conversation with Phyllis. He thought that she wanted to talk about something else about Jeannette, such as research plans, but she did not ask him directly: "Do you know about Jeannette's past?"

Noah immediately thought of the message he received half a month ago in Europe. After a moment of absent-mindedness, he replied to Phyllis, "I don't know, and I didn't try to understand it." Phyllis's expression was a little regretful, and then she told Noah about her worries about this girl. She didn't like to talk or smile, and she could do everything well. However, she seemed to have lost her soul, as if someone had taken it away from her. Phyllis was puzzled. Did this girl experience something in the past to become like this? After all, anyone could tell that a normal 22-year-old girl shouldn't be like this.

Noah was silent for a moment after listening to her. He admitted that he did not know Jeannette better than Phyllis, but because of the unknown past, he had to consider it a little more than her. Was Jeannette like this before he left, or was she like this after he left?

Noah tried to recall the short two months he spent with Jeannette. He realized that he could only capture a few images. The only thing he could be sure of was that this girl didn't talk much. As for the others, did she like to laugh and stare blankly? Noah realized that he couldn't give an answer.

If Jeannette had always been like this, then he could still comfort himself. But if she had become like this because of him...

Noah thought back to the description of Phyllis. She had no soul. Then, how should he solve this problem?

Noah rubbed the glass cup in his hand and sighed. He felt that things were getting a little troublesome.

After sitting down for a while, he went to the bathroom. Noah put down the cup of wine in his hand and took his phone to see if there was any news that he had missed.

The system notification said that there was no new mail. Noah pressed the phone down and was about to put it back when he received a WeChat message. He opened it and saw a beautiful profile picture with three words behind it: Busy?

Noah stared at the three words for a moment, but he did not reply. When he raised the cup of wine to his lips, a pretty woman walked over and winked at him. She asked, "Can I have a drink with you?"

This was the most common way to strike up a conversation in a bar. Noah did not even blink as he held the cup of wine in his hand and pointed at the empty seat opposite him. He indicated that he had someone to accompany him. The woman winked and felt a little regretful, but she did not bother about it. She smiled and left.

One could imagine what kind of impression this woman had on Noah. He was a man without any sexual interests. No one knew what kind of impression Noah would have on him. He was just playing around, but he was not a man who would go to waste.

Suddenly, he felt that it was boring. Noah raised his wrist to look at his watch. While he was waiting for Ye Hui, he inadvertently swept his gaze across the field. At this moment, he saw Jeannette.

The girl's face was a little dazzling under the dim light.