Chapter 66 - Invited Her To Dinner

Li Qin Yao has been sitting in the lobby as she chatted with her mother to update her about the shareholder meeting for more than half an hour. Once the call ended, she stood up from the comfy sofa and felt her stomach grumbling.

She glanced at the clock behind the receptionist counter and saw that it was almost ten. It was then that Li Qin Yao realized that she had not eaten anything besides that fried chicken sandwich during lunch with Li Ming Han.

Later after the shareholders' meeting, she was busy negotiating conditions with both Li Mu Bai and her grandfather. Li Qin Yao glanced at the coffee house across her and noticed that the servers have started to clean up the serving area. It was then that she decided to visit a convenience store and get herself some instant noodles.

With that thought in mind, Li Qin Yao turned around and headed towards the exit. She stepped out and saw a familiar figure standing at the end of the stairs. Before she could decide whether she wanted to come over and say hello, Zhang Yu Han lifted his head and their gaze met.

Seeing that Zhang Yu Han was smiling at her, Li Qin Yao walked over to him. "Mister Zhang."

"Miss Li. You're going somewhere?"

Li Qin Yao nodded.

"It's late. If you need anything, I can ask someone to send you."

"It's fine. I'm going across the street to buy instant noodles."

"You haven't had your dinner yet?" Zhang Yu Han raised a brow. He had noticed from the very beginning that Li Qin Yao was dressed in dark blue pants and blazer. With the way she was dressed, Zhang Yu Han guessed that Li Qin Yao came to Capital City this time to visit QL Property Group.

"I haven't. Well," Li Qin Yao shrugged. "I was preoccupied with work and didn't notice that it was this late."

At this time, a black Cayenne stopped at the drop off area. A jockey stepped out of the car and went to Zhang Yu Han to speak something. Zhang Yu Han thanked the jockey and turned to Li Qin Yao. "Since you haven't eaten yet, why don't we have dinner together?"

Li Qin Yao glanced at the black Cayenne and immediately understood that Zhang Yu Han has been standing there to wait for the jockey to get his car. "I shouldn't interrupt you since you're obviously going somewhere else."

"You're not. I was about to go out for dinner as well."

"You haven't had dinner yet?"

"I lost track of time when I was at work, and the kitchen had closed for any order. I didn't want to trouble the cook. If you don't mind, we could go and have a meal together."

Li Qin Yao thought about it for a while.

Today, she had just won the development project in B City. Although Li Mu Bai had set a lot of conditions and set a limit to her budget, Li Qin Yao thought that everything has gone smoothly so far.

It has been a while since she got herself involved in a project this huge. Of course, she was happy. Li Qin Yao thought that she should go out and celebrate, however, there was no one to celebrate her success at this moment as everyone was busy with something else. Even her grandfather had postponed the celebration to the weekend.

The thought that she was going to celebrate her success alone in the hotel room, with a cup of instant noodles made her feel a bit sad. Therefore, when Zhang Yu Han had invited her to dinner, Li Qin Yao thought that she could use this chance to celebrate. At least she wouldn't have to be alone.

Li Qin Yao smiled. "Well, sure. Since you have invited me, then, how could I say no?"

Zhang Yu Han felt his heart skipped a beat when she agreed. Although he had invited her to dinner with him, Zhang Yu Han was prepared to get rejected. However, this time, the girl he had secretly like for years had said yes to his invitation. For a while, Zhang Yu Han thought that he was being silly for getting excited over this matter.

"Besides, I still remember that I owe you a meal."

"Good." Lowering his gaze to hide his smile, Zhang Yu Han walked over to the passenger side to open the door. Li Qin Yao then sat inside and he helped to close the door.

Just as he was about to head to the driver seat, Zhang Yu Han paused for a while to take a couple of deep breaths. When he was sure that he was a lot calmer, Zhang Yu Han went into the driver seat and looked to the girl beside him,

"Do you know a good place to eat at this time?" Zhang Yu Han asked. "I thought about driving around and look for any eatery place that still operating at this hour, but if you happen to know a good place, that would be great too."

Li Qin Yao rubbed her arms with her hands when she suddenly had goosebumps. Because they were sitting side by side in the car, Zhang Yu Han's deep voice sounded deeper to her.

"Are you cold?" Zhang Yu Han leaned forward to raise the temperature when he saw how Li Qin Yao was rubbing her arms as if trying to warm herself.

Li Qin Yao stiffened at his question. She was not cold. However, she was embarrassed to say that she was not cold, and was only affected by his deep voice.

If Zhang Yu Han ever found out that his voice had this kind of effect on her, then, wouldn't she be embarrassed to death?

"I'm fine. It's not that cold." Li Qin Yao turned to look out the window. When she remembered that Zhang Yu Han was still waiting for her answer, Li Qin Yao turned back at him. "Do you have any preferences?"

"I'm fine with anything," Zhang Yu Han said with a shrug.

"I do know a few good places to eat," Li Qin Yao said. "How do you feel about barbecue? I know a good barbecue place not too far from here. That place should still be operating at this hour." Li Qin Yao paused when she found that he was staring at her. "What is it?"

Zhang Yu Han shook his head and looked away. "No. It's just that, barbecue really reminded me of my grandfather." He then started to drive the car out of the hotel's area.

Li Qin Yao let out a chuckle as she recalled meeting Zhang Yu Han's grandfather in front of a barbecue restaurant. When she saw that they almost reached a junction, Li Qin Yao instructed Zhang Yu Han to turn left. "Your grandfather seemed to love eating barbecue."

"You know that my grandfather loves eating barbecue?"

"Hmmm... I met him in front of a barbecue place the other day. I guess your grandfather wanted to eat at the barbecue place, but his assistant stopped him from going in."

Zhang Yu Han laughed as the image popped into his mind. "And then?"

"And then... because I was around, your grandfather chose to eat a different place."