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Gong Yan gazed at the woman's warm and calm face, looking at her randomly tying up the scattered hair by her ears. His eyes were half-focused on the shoal of fish that were swimming by, and he was secretly lost in thought.

He only quietly withdrew his gaze when the waiter brought the ordered dishes to the table.

The atmosphere at the dining table was quiet and warm, seemingly unaffected by the conversation just now.

Although Pei Luoyi had studied abroad for a few years, she was still not used to eating Western food. During her studies abroad, she often went to Chinese restaurants to look for food, although the taste wasn't as good as in China, it still had the flavor of a hometown.

The immediate consequence of using a knife and fork less proficiently is that the food will look clumsy.

When she almost got the steak out of the plate for the third time, the man's long arm came up and took her plate.

"Hey …"

Pei Luoyi subconsciously spoke up. When she saw the man holding a knife and fork, cutting apart her steak, she shivered.

I can't tell you what it feels like. It's probably..." A little bit surprised, but also a little strange taste like a seed sprouting in the heart field.

Pei Luoyi pursed her lips and put down her knife and fork. Instead, she rested her hands on her cheeks and watched the man elegantly cut up her steak.

"Miss Pei?"

Just as he was engrossed in his thoughts, a voice suddenly rang out beside him that did not sound very familiar, but he had indeed heard it somewhere before.

She tilted her head, and saw a woman in a long white dress slowly walking closer. Her gentle face held a perfect smile.

It was none other than the young miss of the Su Clan, Su Zhizhi.

Pei Luoyi instinctively turned to look at the man at her side. He was still slicing the steak with his head lowered. He clearly heard nothing, but he didn't even raise his head to look at her.

"What a coincidence, Miss Pei. I didn't expect to meet you here."

As she spoke, Su Qizhi was already standing by the table, talking to Pei Luoyi. However, her eyes were already fixed on the man on the other side of the table. Her eyes were filled with unrestrained joy.

Pei Luoyi raised a smile as well. She was polite and distant, "Hm, what a coincidence. Is Miss Su here to eat as well?"

With that, she looked at the man behind the woman, who had a formal smile on his face.

Logically speaking, they should be couples or something like that. However, the man behind her, although he was wearing formal clothes and had a decent appearance, his slightly bent body made him seem more like a subordinate.

Obviously, she wasn't her partner.

Hearing this, the woman turned her gaze back to Pei Luoyi, shook her head and softly explained, "No, I'm just here because I have nothing better to do. My dad wanted me to take over the restaurant, so I came over to check up on the situation."

Pei Luoyi, "…"

Indeed, it was poverty that limited her imagination …

At this moment, the man, who had been silent all this time, finally had a reaction. He took the cut of the cow's dregs and returned to her.

"Thank you." Pei Luoyi didn't seem to be aware of the situation and blurted out these words. When she did, she felt that something was amiss.

He thought about it for a moment and finally realized what was going on.

At this moment, there was still an "outsider" here. Her words of thanks were clearly too polite.

Gong Yan gave her a long look, then picked up his knife and fork and continued eating. He didn't even spare a glance for the figure standing beside the table.

Both women were surprised by his cold demeanor.

Pei Luoyi didn't know what had happened between the two of them since their last meeting, but … Something must have happened to that man's appearance.

The awkward atmosphere had stopped just like that.

Su Qizhi's fingers, which were hanging by her side, curled into a ball as she bit her lower lip in embarrassment. When she looked at the man, a flash of pain appeared in her eyes. "Yan-gege …"

"What's the matter?" The man didn't even raise his head as he cut off a piece of steak and placed it in his mouth. He chewed it carefully as he moved his hand, giving off an extraordinary air.

His voice was too cold, to the point that Pei Luoyi felt that he was wearing his usual cold mask.

Su Zhizhi's neatly trimmed nails were almost embedded into the tender flesh of her palm, and her calm eyes were already glimmering faintly.

Pei Luoyi was sitting at the side, watching the scene unfold. She shook her head almost inaudibly.

Halfway up, seeing that the atmosphere was still tense, he asked the woman softly, "I wonder if Miss Su has eaten yet. If you don't mind, how about we go together?"

Just as she finished speaking, she felt a cold gaze from the side, causing her spine to freeze. A wave of coldness came from the side.

She looked back, shrugged, and then, quite consciously, lowered her head to eat her steak.

Su Qizhi was already in a rather awkward position, and Pei Luoyi's question was undoubtedly giving her a way out of this predicament.

She pursed her lips and hesitated for a moment. Although the man's face wasn't good, she still forcefully pursed her lips and replied, "Okay."

The man behind her quickly helped her out of her chair, and when she sat down, asked her what she wanted to eat.

Suzhi felt an indescribable pain in her heart as she looked at the plate of steak that was already sliced in half in front of her.

"Just like Miss Pei, the steak is 70% done."

"Alright, wait a moment. We'll be ready immediately."

"Yes."

Pei Luoyi did not like western cuisine, so she did not have much appetite. Her thoughts were not on the food, but rather the two of them going back and forth between each other.

Susie's eyes, as always, were fixed on the man who ate in silence, even though he gave her a stingy look.

"Yan-gege, I..." "I have something that I want to discuss with you …"

The screeching sound of the chair being pushed aside interrupted her. The man picked up his napkin and wiped his thin, untouched lips, then got up from the chair.

"I'm going to the washroom, don't wander around."

With that, he walked away with his long legs wrapped in his pants.

Pei Luoyi immediately looked to the side and saw a look of almost collapse on the woman's face.

Seeing that her gaze was directed at her, Su Qizhi forcefully pulled her lips and wiped the moisture from the corner of her eyes with her hand. She put on a casual and casual appearance as if she was pretending to be very reluctant.

"I'm sorry, Miss Pei." She had ripped the napkin from her lap.

"En, it's fine. You can go now." Pei Luoyi gave a knowing smile as she picked up her wine glass and took a sip.

Suzhi nodded. The instant she turned around, she didn't have a trace of a smile on her face.

Not long after, he had caught up to the direction the man had just left in.

Pei Luoyi was sitting in a chair with one hand on her head, looking at the school of fish swimming by her side.

He could not help but sigh. People really could not ask for it but could not ask for it. The one who loved him deeply was destined to be the passive one …