Is the End Really Coming?

Chapter 57: hot pot

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Hot pot restaurant, table by the window.

"...The three of you, please order first. If you need anything, you can call me at any time."

The pretty-looking waitress said while handing over a tablet computer specially used for ordering.

The three took their seats,

Li Donglai took the tablet,

In response to the noisy and hot atmosphere in the store, he responded carelessly: "Okay, let's see, you can go to work first..."

The waiter girl seemed to be very hot, her face was flushed with steam, and there was fine sweat on her forehead. She smiled shyly and politely. After saying "OK", she turned and left.

Bai Xuan subconsciously glanced at it,

I happened to catch a glimpse of her small and cautious steps, and the short ponytail tied behind her head, or "rabbit tail", which made me feel amused inexplicably.

This girl is also a student, right?

I don't know which school it's from, but it's pretty cute.

On the side, Li Donglai has already started to order.

He took the tablet and pulled it twice and asked, "First, let's have a mandarin duck pot, half spicy, half... mushroom soup?"

At the last two words, he looked at Chen Xing who was looking down at his phone.

Chen Xing raised his head: "I'm fine, but Zhou Qi seems to like eating tomatoes."

"Then the tomato..." Li Donglai nodded, pressed it on the tablet, and muttered: If you want me to tell you, you should eat something spicy, what a fun thing to do... Learn from me and the third one! Pure man, it should be spicy! "

On the side, Bai Xuan couldn't help laughing.

"..." Chen Xing was speechless and continued to look down at his phone.

Hmm, it sounds weird.

As a Northeasterner, Li Donglai didn't like spicy food originally.

It was only after being tricked by Bai Xuan from the south to eat a few times that he opened the door to a new world. He gradually became addicted, and even changed from the "Light Diet Alliance" with Zhou Qi and Chen Xing to Bai Xuan's "Hot Food". Association", from then on, there is no spicy or unhappy.

And in the originally harmonious four-person bed, the diet suddenly became polarized.

...Li Donglai quickly ordered something that several people used to eat, and ordered two dozen beers.

Then he handed the tablet to Bai Xuan, who was beside him: "You can order more, I don't have much."

Bai Xuan said "um".

Randomly swiping a few times,

He handed the tablet to Chen Xing.

Chen Xing waved his hand: "I won't order it anymore, I will eat everything, you can just watch it..."

"Ang..." Bai Xuan replied, "Then let's do this first, and wait for Zhou Qi to come over and talk about the rest."

Then he called to the little waiter not far away: "Hello! We've ordered."

The little waiter walked over quickly.

Take the tablet.

Bai Xuan smiled and said, "Order these first... We still have one person who hasn't come. We may order later."

The little waiter nodded: "Well, okay, just call me later if you need anything."

Li Donglai added: "By the way, sister, please put down the drink first, and then take the four aprons!"

"OK, wait…"

Tang Jin responded politely and left.

"…"

Her face turned redder.

Maybe it's because she was called "sister".

Well...because of my sister's incident, the financial situation, which was not rich in the first place, became even tighter.

The surgery fee given by her parents was not enough, so she also paid for it.

So she could only find a part-time job after school.

She didn't want to come to a place like a hot pot restaurant, because she was tired and noisy, because her term was coming to an end, and because she hated being greasy.

However, there is a lot of money here.

Thanks to the reputation of this hot pot restaurant surrounded by several universities, the business is so good that the price for an hour of part-time jobs here is -40 yuan.

The price of this hourly worker stands out in a large area in the surrounding area. From this point of view, she can come here because she worked here for a while during the winter vacation last year, and her work is quick and stable, and the boss trusts her.

At this juncture, I'm already very lucky...

but…

I still really want to go back to school.

Tang Jin looked at the tables of energetic and wanton peers, her pupils were slightly absent-minded.

I said earlier that I was going to participate in club activities...

I also made an appointment to volunteer with someone to get bonus credits...

Can't go now.

But she doesn't want to go either. She really wants to go back to the dormitory for a while now...

At this moment, the sound of ping ping pong pulled her back to reality,

Looking up again, Tang Jin found that she had come to the back kitchen, and the soup base that she needed had already been placed on the cart and marked with a number.

"…"

She stepped forward to hold the cart and turned.

The wheels turn gruntingly,

A pot bigger than a washbasin, half covered with chunks of red butter,

Half of it was the steaming red soup, with the sweet and sour taste of tomato, sticking straight into her nose.

"…"

However, she didn't divert her attention, she just walked carefully and observed, avoiding any possible collision.

Until he came to the table of the three boys.

"Your mandarin duck pot..."

Tang Jin politely said,

Then he picked up Nuoda's hot pot pot.

With her small figure, it was actually a little difficult.

Fortunately, those boys were very enthusiastic and offered to help her.

She said "thank you" and turned to leave.

Then,

Fill the soup, start the fire,

Then turn around and grab something else.

With a polite but reluctant smile on her face, she brought the things the guests needed to the table one after another.

Because the whole hot pot restaurant is very busy, no one can help her.

And when the dishes are ready,

Tang Jin saw that the bottom of the pot on the table had begun to boil and was steaming.

"…"

The strong aroma penetrated into her already numb nasal cavity,

So when she stepped back from the table, she couldn't help but glanced at the dazzling table top,

And secretly swallowed.

(I want to eat, too…)

"…"

at this time.

She suddenly saw the careless inch-headed boy raise his head and look to her side, with a strange expression on his face, and waved: "Zhuo, why are you here! Just waiting for you, hurry up, let's get started!"

The other two boys also looked over.

The handsome boy who was originally dressed in white and had just put on a red apron asked, "How is it, chess piece, the matter is settled?"

The other, relatively quiet boy also raised his head and watched quietly while holding his glasses.

It was only at this moment that Tang Jin reacted from a little nervousness and embarrassment.

He also turned his head to look,

Then I saw a familiar, light-hearted face.

"...?"

She froze.

What is... him?

Then,

Tang Jin didn't feel embarrassed when she saw the boy who had just deleted her friend not long ago, and nodded to herself naturally.

Then he turned his head to look at the three people naturally.

He spoke calmly:

"Don't worry, the matter is settled... Professor Su is still very good at talking."

In the second half of the sentence, he was already sitting beside Chen Xing.

While the few people at the table breathed a sigh of relief, strange expressions appeared on their faces.

Professor Su?

Good to talk?

I'm afraid I'm living in a dream...

But it looks like things are really resolved?

Opposite Zhou Qi, Li Donglai opened the beer very familiarly and handed it to Zhou Qi, while teasing: "How about it, chess piece, how does it feel to talk to Professor Su alone? Are you under a lot of pressure?"

"Feelings?" Zhou Qi pondered for two seconds after hearing the words: "...My feeling is that she really is someone who can accomplish great things."

"…"

One is counted as one, and several people present were completely silent by his words.

Li Donglai's action of opening a beer froze for several seconds.

Even Tang Jin, who was beside him, couldn't help but feel confused.

Professor Su... Is that Professor Su?

"..." After a brief silence, Li Donglai was the first to sigh: "You boy, how did you come up with these rhetoric? It's awesome..."

The others were also speechless and sighed:

"Zhou Qi, you have really changed."

"I'll just say, there's something wrong with Zhou Qi coming back this time. Now that I know, he's become like to pretend..."

The atmosphere became eccentric, but harmonious.

"…"