Chapter 9: Enjoys Watching Lightning, Chopping Power Lines with a Kitchen Knife

The seven of them walked into the restaurant in a grand manner. Although it wasn't lavishly decorated, it looked very clean and tidy, especially with the large glass windows that made the whole place appear brighter.

The main dining area had tables for four, but the seven of them went straight to a private room.

"What would you all like to eat?" Alex handed the menu to the ladies. "Consider it my treat, so eat to your heart's content! Let's aim for the highest level of dining, as if we're at a buffet."

"The highest level of dining at a buffet? What level is that?" Eva asked curiously.

"Of course, it's the 'support-the-wall' level," Alex replied confidently, taking a sip of tea.

"Splash~!"

"Splash!" Hank, who wasn't prepared, sprayed the tea he was drinking out of his mouth. The other women burst into laughter, finding it highly amusing.

"Alex, you're so talented!" Tina exclaimed and once again hugged Alex, who was sitting next to her, while laughing.

"Are you treating me like a child?" Alex complained.

"Yes, you're so adorable!" Tina said with a smile.

"Miss, do you think I'm right?" Alex asked the waitress who was still smiling and suppressing her laughter.

"Yes, sir, you're absolutely right!" the waitress replied with a smile.

"We're on the same page!" Alex chuckled. "Quick, let's order. Don't make them stand here waiting!" he urged. "Start with a special platter and that shrimp dish I had last time... What was it called again?"

"The Delicious Salad Prawns?" the waitress suggested.

"Yes, that's it. These two are specialty dishes, you won't regret it! You all can order the rest!" Alex grinned.

Except for Alex, each person ordered one dish, which added up to quite a feast.

"Alex, do you think I've been good to you? Helping me out wasn't in vain, was it?" Tina poured a cup of tea for Alex and asked with a smile.

"It's okay. If you pay for all the meals you owed me before, I will feel even more good about you!" Alex took a light sip of tea and said.

 "Let the past be let go, what do you say? Hehe, I have to ask you to take more care of me in the future." Tina smiled and said her purpose.

 "Tina likes to watch lightning, and I use a kitchen knife to chop wires. Is this determination okay?" Alex asked.

 "Okay, that's great!" Tina said with a smile.

 "Alex, I want to see lightning too!" Grace said coquettishly.

 "Wait until it rains!" Alex said.

 "Alex is biased!" Grace pouted, pretending to be aggrieved.

 "Alex and I were classmates in college, and we joined this company together. Of course our relationship has improved. But don't be sad, Xiaojing. If you need anything in the future, just come to me!" Tina patted her chest and said.

 "Come on, you are living like a will-o'-the-wisp, and you are trying to light up others?" Alex immediately poured cold water on the proud Tina, which was heartbreaking!

 "Hahahaha, it's so classic!" Hank said with a laugh, and the others also pursed their lips and laughed.

 "Alex, why am I living like a will-o'-the-wisp? Tell me clearly?" Tina leaned over and looked at Alex fiercely.

 "Do you still need me to expose your background? We worked for this company during the winter vacation that year. You told your parents that you wanted to practice and asked for rent money, but ended up living with me. The rent was all used to buy clothes. Okay, just stay here, I blame you too, but look at that house where you put it, what...

 …! "

 "Stop talking, I'll be rude to you!" As soon as the critical passage was reached, Tina hugged Alex again and covered his mouth tightly with her hands.

 "Ugh~~! No...said...!"

 After hearing Alex's vague agreement, Tian let go of his hand.

 "Alex, tell me, what are you talking about?

 ah? Lily asked with a smile.

 "Kid, don't ask so many questions!" Tina stood up and poured the other party a cup of tea, "Drink, don't listen to him!"

 "You know how embarrassing it is?" Alex looked at Tina and smiled.

 "Jianghu is asking for help! It's not a waste for you to live in a house of more than 100 square meters! After graduation, won't I move out from your place?" Tina said depressingly when she heard Alex expose her background.

 "I think it's better to provide relief from the rivers and lakes!" Alex said. He rolled his eyes at Tina and saw her sitting there without speaking.

 "It's over, Alex, Tina is angry at what you said!" Grace pointed at Tina.

 "Hurry up and apologize!" Lily participated.

 "Looks like we're still not sure who will treat us to this meal!" Wendy said with a smile.

 "Are you angry?" Alex pushed the speechless Tina beside Guan with his hand.

 No reflection.

 "It's over, he looks really angry, come and have a laugh!" Alex teased the other person.

 Tina gave Alex a hard look, then turned her head to the side.

 "You can still roll your eyes, it's okay!" Alex said with a smile.

 Tina suddenly turned her head when she heard Alex's words and glared at Alex fiercely.

 "Are you really angry?" Alex asked.

 "...!" Tina didn't speak, but nodded.

 "Ignore me?" Alex asked again.

 "...!" Tina nodded again.

 "It's over, you don't care about me anymore, I'm a dog and I don't care anymore~~!" Alex sighed.

 "Alex~~! I'll strangle you to death!" Tina held Alex in her arms again...hard...

 "Okay, okay, the dishes are all here, let's eat!" Wendy said with a smile as she looked at the two people having fun. Eva envied the rare feeling between Alex and Tina. It was not friendship but more than friendship. Love is better than love. confidant? almost! Hank just laughed while Lily and Grace cheered.

 The eldest sister spoke, and Tina released her arm after giving Alex a fierce look.

 Alex finally straightened up. He had been choked so hard that he couldn't breathe, and his face was red from being pinched by the other person. When he saw that all the food was on the plate, he picked up the chopsticks and forgot about everything.

 "How does it taste?" Alex asked, looking at everyone.

 "Not bad!" Wendy said with a smile.

 "Yeah, it's delicious!" Grace said while eating.

 "Alex, when did you come here to eat? Why didn't you call me when it was so delicious?" Tina looked at Alex and said dissatisfiedly as she started eating, completely forgetting what happened just now.

 "It was last Saturday. Didn't I call you? You said that a fool invited you to a French dinner, but I came by myself!" Alex said while eating.

 "It turns out it was that day!" Tina suddenly realized and remembered.

 "I'm so envious, Sister Tina. There are so many people chasing me, so I save money on meals!" Lily said with a smile.

 "Lily, we are from the same family, and I can tell you, don't be like her. Just find someone better who can be single-minded!" Alex reminded.

 "Alex, you don't understand. You need to have more male friends, and then after careful selection, the best ones will be admitted." Tina said with a very wise expression.

 "You are so outstanding, there must be a lot of women chasing you!" Grace asked. When she heard this, Eva's ears suddenly stood up while she was eating. In fact, she paid attention to every word Alex said.

 "No!" Alex objected.

 "Nonsense, I know this!" Tina said proudly, "Hey, it's my turn to expose you this time!"

 "Revealing what? I'm an aboveboard person who likes to talk but not talk!" Alex didn't care and continued eating.

 "Sister Tina, come on, I've known you for such a long time and I've never known my girlfriend before!" Jingjing also said curiously.

 "Yeah~~Yeah~~!" Tina snorted, then took a sip of water and said: "As for Alex, he is really a man of the hour in our school. He has won the school's special scholarship for four consecutive years and is an outstanding person who often skips classes. College In the preliminaries of the debate competition, he was able to convince his opponents to voluntarily admit defeat, and he also voluntarily quit because his opponents in the finals were four beauties. You must know that it was a live broadcast. A big company offered him generous rewards but he refused to go and had to find a job by himself. As for women. , he is very popular with women, but in private he always pretends to be a gangster and looks at women everywhere, but after being in society for such a long time, he seems to be still single!"

 Tina recounted Alex's glorious history in one breath, and everyone present was stunned.

 "ruffian?"

 "color?"

 After hearing Tina's words, everyone present looked at each other.

 "Sister Tina, is it true or not? He is... a ruffian? Pervert?" Jingjing asked suspiciously.

 "It seems that you are all deceived by Alex's appearance. I stayed with him for a holiday back then. How could I know? You look like a white-collar worker during the week, but you wait until the weekend, wear slippers in a Western restaurant, and have sex with women. He does this all the time when the waiter strikes up a conversation!" Tina said.

 "Be more casual during the holidays, you won't understand!" Alex said, pretending to be incomprehensible, and then continued to eat.

 'Who believes it? ' Eva curled her lips and thought, it seems she still has a grudge against Alex.

 "Hey, save some for me, I like that too...!" Tina scrambled to grab the plate in front of Alex. How could Alex let her go? This is what he likes too.

 Seeing the two arguing again, everyone else smiled and chatted about some light topics while eating.

 "Wendy, are they two usually like this?" Eva looked at Alex and Tina who were still grabbing food and asked Wendy next to them.

 "Well, they are the treasures of our office. With them, we feel so happy every day!" Wendy said with a smile.

 "Their relationship is so good!" Eva said.

 "You're envious, aren't you? Don't worry, although I don't know if there is any misunderstanding between you and Alex, he is still very good. Let him guide you more in the future, and you can learn a lot!" Wendy said with a smile.

 "Yes, I understand." Eva nodded after hearing this.

 'Yes, it must be like this. He pretends to be a human being when he goes to work, but specializes in doing shady things in private. Yes, yes it must be! I have to find an opportunity to expose him. Torture him some more! ' Eva thought secretly.

 This woman is so vindictive!