Hu Lei found herself in a VIP private room two floors above the open Maven Restaurant a short while after Chen Li showed up. She settled in the room after instructing the hostess to bring in Carefree Dreams as soon as she showed up.
She looked at the drinks nu casually, though she intended to order a cup of ginger tea. However, her mind changed when she saw a familiar strawberry cocktail on the list. A wave of nostalgia encompassed her as she thought of the first ti she had had dinner with Zhong Feng.
It was a long ti ago, but the mory was clear. The happiness and freedom that she had felt on that night was one of the things that kept her sane for longer in that lab. She had tried to hold on to the feeling of laughing with him and to the image of his face looking at her with amusent.
She did not have a lot of happy mories. Everything was tainted by a life of darkness. The short period over which she had been with him had been the only source of comfort and hope in that bleak place. Though at the end she had begun to lose her grasp on her mories, she had never forgotten the feeling he gave her.
When she could not rember anything, she had felt his soul resonate with hers, comforting her. She had known that he would not harm her even though she could not clearly rember his identity.
A red cocktail with a little umbrella was placed in front of her. She nodded at the young lady and sipped on the drink. She felt a smile form on her face. Granted, it had nothing on Zhong Feng's homade juice, but there was a certain satisfaction in a taste that was steeped with mories.
She happily kept drinking, choosing to imrse herself in the joy of her new life. There was no need to dwell on the unpleasant events of the past.
When Carefree Dreams showed up, Hu Lei had already downed quite a few. Her face had beco a little flushed, and she was smiling without a care in the world.
"It seems that I am late for the party." The gorgeous woman spoke in an amused tone.
"What are you talking about? We are just getting started." Hu Lei responded.
Even though she looked drunk, she was actually still clear-minded. It seed that her constant exposure to drugs had at least improved her tolerance.
"Are you sure?" There was doubt on the other woman's face.
"Of course, I am sure. Today, I am eting my lifelong idol. We must make it a legendary night."
Their server showed up at this point and Hu Lei made her order. Her appetite had improved a little, but she still ate small portions. However, she made an order of a range of dishes. She wanted her idol to feel comfortable with her.
The other woman made her order. She seed to know her food, based on how she spoke confidently. Hu Lei only chose food from the nu arbitrarily while she put so thought into her choices. Finally, she ordered a bottle of wine.
"You seem to know a lot about food. Is Carefree Dreams a secret foodie?" Hu Lei asked with twinkling eyes.
The beautiful woman blushed at the question.
"You can call Song Yin." She responded.
"So, is Song Yin a secret foodie?" Hu Lei did not let it go.
Song Yin sighed.
"One of the main characters in my first book was a gourt chef. I did so research and I ended up becoming interested in food." She explained.
"How could I forget Love Cooking Strategy? I read it after seeing the second book." She nodded to herself.
At that ti, she had not thought that she would have an interest in cliché romance. In fact, when she had read Carefree Dreams books for the first ti, she had laughed at how stupid and unrealistic the story was. She felt that the entire thing was too absurd.
However, she realised that when she read the books, she would feel lightness in her mind. There was no thinking or analysing. It was simply fun entertainnt that helped her de-stress. Over the years, she had read countless other romance books. But none was so well-written that it made her feel like her brain was filled with fluffy cotton candy like Song Yin's novels.
Of course, she would not say these exact words directly because the woman might not take it as the complint she ant it to be.
"Let's not talk about . I know that you are Little Ninja Cat." Song Yin said with interest.
"Don't ntion that na before . The dark past of my youth has co to haunt ." She lanted while sipping on her drink.
"What youth? Young people these days have no understanding of what it ans to be old." Song Yin scoffed.
"You are, at most, four years older than . And with a face and body like that, you will look twenty one forever." Hu Lei sighed.
"You have a shalessly sweet tongue." She laughed at the ogling look in the eerily yellow eyes that unapologetically looked at her up and down.
"You know it is true. It must be the effect of your Pure Yin constitution." Hu Lei moved closer to Song Yin, with a flirtatious smile. "If I did not have my breath-taking emperor, I might just co after you. We would be very compatible."
At this point, Song Yin realised that her dinner companion was already quite drunk. It seed that she was the type to beco flirtatious and shaless when tipsy. It was quite hilarious seeing the small cute face flirting like a lecherous man. She looked too adorable.
"Are you saying that I can't asure up to this emperor?" She said with sadness, deciding to play along.
"There is no need to feel bad about it. No one can asure up." Hu Lei comforted, patting her hand lightly.
Song Yin wanted to inquire more about this so-called emperor, but the conversation was interrupted by the arrival of their food.
In the neighbouring room, Assistant Chen looked conflicted for a mont about sothing. Then, he seed to reach to a decision. He took out his phone and sent a short ssage to the big boss. Knowing his temper, it was better to report than regret later.
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