"Oh, I forgot about this. The MVP room does not provide menus. I will ask someone to bring you one outside." After saying that, Li Siqin ordered the store manager to go out and get the menu.
Xia Haitong asked casually: "Why doesn't the MVP room provide menus?"
Li Siqin said with a smile: "Because the only people who can come here are our Li family, and the cafe is opened by our family, so why do we need menus?"
Xia Haitong was confused: "If only people from the Li family can come, then Mr. Ye, Young Master Ye, Miss Ye and..."
"The Ye family and the Li family are family friends, and Chengxuan and I are childhood sweethearts. My father treats him as half of his son, so of course it's no problem for them to come."
As soon as these words came out, the atmosphere in the scene dropped to freezing point. Xia Haitong looked at Li Siqin with great embarrassment. Although she knew that Li Siqin did not mean to express anything, these words made Xia Haitong feel the gap between herself and them again.
Li Siqin turned her bright eyes and immediately explained anxiously: "Secretary Xia, please don't misunderstand me. I don't mean to exclude you. I just want to explain your questions. I, I..."
"Miss Li, I understand. It's just that Haitong is worried that it would be inappropriate for me to sit here now."
"No, if it was inappropriate, Siqin wouldn't suggest the five of us come here together, so you don't have to worry."
Ye Chengzhi's voice was still refreshing, but underneath his gentleness, there was a rare hint of toughness. At this moment, the store manager brought the menu over, and the pressure instantly rose.
Xia Haitong looked at the delicious pastries on the menu. Normally, her appetite would have greatly increased. But when she saw the prices on the side, she could only stay away. So she picked the cheapest coffee, and then
I don't dare to ask for anything else.
But the kind-hearted Li Siqin asked her doubtfully: "Secretary Xia, didn't you have lunch? Why did you only drink one cup of coffee?"
Xia Haitong laughed awkwardly twice and was silent for a long time before saying: "I don't have much money, so I only have enough to pay for a cup of coffee."
Ye Xueying, who had been silent for a long time, suddenly said: "You don't have to pay for anything you order in the MVP room, so Secretary Xia just relax."
Li Siqin hurriedly answered: "Oh, look, I forgot that Secretary Xia is here for the first time. I'm really sorry for not making it clear to you."
When she heard these words, Xia Haitong felt that she was possessed by Grandma Liu. This was the first time she had entered the Rongguo Mansion, and the real Grandma Liu had entered the Grand View Garden.
Just when she was embarrassed, Ye Chengzhi said to the store manager: "schwarzwaelder, croissant."
Hearing these two words, the store manager was stunned. Ye Chengzhi said calmly: "Siqin, your store manager can't even understand such basic words. Isn't he incompetent?"
Before Li Siqin could reply, Ye Chengxuan, who was already silent, said: "Chengzhi, this is a household matter of the Li family, and it's tea time now. Don't talk about these boring things." After a slight pause, he said to the store manager, "Here you go.
A black forest and a croissant for the lady, and a donut."
Xia Haitong was slightly startled, then quickly stopped: "No, I just want a cup of hot cappuccino."
Ye Xueying was confused: "Why?"
Xia Haitong looked at Ye Xueying, smiled calmly, and said, "Although you don't have to pay for food here, I don't like the feeling of getting something for nothing, so I will pay for it myself."
Ye Xueying was a little surprised: "You really have to pay? But this... this is very rude, and you haven't had lunch, aren't you hungry?"
Xia Haitong pondered for a moment: "I don't know if this would be rude, but I'd rather be rude than feel like I'm taking something for nothing. As for being hungry, I'm a little hungry, but I'll have dinner soon, so it's okay.
And it makes you feel full just like drinking coffee, so that’s enough.”
Ye Xueying looked at Xia Haitong with a complicated face. She felt that this girl was very different from other people. At least in her life circle, no one would say "coffee is enough to make you feel full".
Ye Chengzhi cast approving glances at Xia Haitong. He just liked such a simple and honest girl, but he still said: "Drinking coffee on an empty stomach is very bad for your stomach. If you insist on paying the bill, I will pay for you."
"No, how is this possible?"
"It's very common for bosses to occasionally invite their subordinates to have afternoon tea. You don't have to worry so much."
Li Siqin on the side suddenly took Xia Haitong's hand and said earnestly: "Secretary Xia, although you and I are only meeting for the third time this time, I have long regarded you as a friend, so please don't be so outspoken.
Or, what did Siqin say just now that made you feel uncomfortable? If so, Siqin apologizes to you, and I hope you will never take it to heart."
Xia Haitong shook his head quickly: "No, no, Miss Li is serious! Haitong's idea is purely personal!"
"In that case, Secretary Xia, don't be so polite. Just treat it as my host. How about asking Secretary Xia for a moment?"
Xia Haitong looked at Li Siqin in embarrassment, and finally nodded.
The store manager wiped his sweat and repeated the menu before he walked out tremblingly. He screamed in his heart that he was wronged. He asked himself about his English level. IELTS and TOEFL exams were close to perfect scores, let alone the pastries and drinks in the store.
Basically, he knows the English pronunciation of common cakes and drinks. The pronunciation of the two words Ye Chengzhi just now is definitely not the English pronunciation, but more like the German and French pronunciation, so he was stunned and didn't know Ye Chengzhi.
What are you talking about!
After a while, everything they ordered arrived. Xia Haitong tasted the pastries here. Although this small piece of cake costs hundreds of dollars, but as the outside world said, the things here really have healing power, and this place is worthy of it.
For "the dreamland leading to heaven".
The five people were enjoying the afternoon tea, and the time was very comfortable, and the topics of chat became much more relaxed. The sky was getting dark, and just when everyone was about to leave, Li Siqin suddenly asked Ye Chengxuan: "Chengxuan, I am with you tonight
Would you like to have dinner at home?”
Hearing this, Ye Xueying said happily: "Of course, sister Siqin, you haven't come to our house for dinner for a long time, you must come today!"
Li Siqin smiled softly and said: "Xueying, your elder brother hasn't agreed yet. Even if I want to go, I have to ask him."
Ye Xueying looked at Ye Chengxuan and said matter-of-factly: "You don't have to ask eldest brother, he will definitely agree."
Even so, everyone still turned to look at Ye Chengxuan, except Xia Haitong.
Xia Haitong just lowered her head and drank her cappuccino, but her ears perked up.
"Xueying is right, Siqin, you don't need to ask me if you want to come to my house for dinner, just come directly."
Li Siqin raised the corner of his mouth, but at this moment, Ye Chengxuan said again: "It's just that I won't go home for dinner tonight, so I can't accompany you."
Everyone was shocked when they heard this, and both Ye Chengzhi and Ye Xueying felt that Ye Chengxuan had gone too far, and Ye Xueying even expressed her feelings for Li Siqin.
In response, Ye Chengxuan just smiled and said: "Sister Siqin and I will see each other every day after we get married. Do you think there is still a need to rush?"
As he spoke, he held Li Siqin in his arms and said, "Siqin, do you think so?"
Ye Xueying blushed slightly, and Ye Chengzhi also looked away a little embarrassed, while Li Siqin just glanced at Xia Haitong, who was drinking cappuccino with his head lowered, and said coquettishly: "Chengxuan, Secretary Xia is also
Here, you are not afraid of Secretary Xia’s jokes."
Ye Chengxuan narrowed his eyes slightly and said, "Secretary Xia won't laugh at us, right, Secretary Xia?"
Xia Haitong raised his head, looked at the loving scene between Ye Chengxuan and Li Siqin, raised an almost perfect soft smile, and said: "Miss Li and Mr. Ye are so loving, they are really a model of lovers, so what about Haitong?"
Can you tell a joke?"
Ye Xueying nodded and said: "Eldest brother and Sister Siqin are very affectionate, but it would be nice if eldest brother could spend more time with Sister Siqin."
Ye Chengxuan released Li Siqin and said, "It's getting late. I made an appointment and left first. Brother, please send your sister and Siqin home. As for Secretary Xia, is it okay for you to go back alone?"
Xia Haitong nodded: "Of course it doesn't matter."
Although Ye Chengzhi wanted to send Xia Haitong home, he still gave up this choice in front of Ye Xueying and the others.
After Xia Haitong left the cafe, she did not go home directly. Instead, she went to a nearby noodle shop to eat a bowl of noodles. Compared to the extravagant pastries just now, this bowl of wonton noodles costing seven yuan could satisfy her.
However, when she came to eat wonton noodles wearing a brand name, she attracted a lot of people's attention. Mainly because everyone thought that she must have fallen into despair or had not been able to do business this month. Everyone sympathized with her. As for the brand name on her body,
Everyone takes it for granted that it is a high imitation.
While eating wonton noodles, Xia Haitong thought that it was time to buy some normal clothes and shoes, otherwise it would be difficult for her to go out dressed like this all day long without being robbed.
After eating and drinking, Xia Haitong did not go home immediately, but came to the small park near the apartment. She sat on a small swing, looked up at the stars in the sky, and was thinking about some questions in her mind.
In the past, she really didn't believe that there were different levels of people, or she despised this view. But after this afternoon, she began to feel that people really were divided into different levels.
In fact, to put it bluntly, the modern version of the 369 classes are the working class, the middle class and the upper class. To put it more plainly, they are subsistence, well-off, petty bourgeoisie and the rich.
If you are not a person in this circle, you cannot understand the life of people in this circle. Xia Haitong did not believe this sentence before, but after today she believes it. The facts are in front of her, can she not believe it?
She has all the brand-name goods, but so what? The upper class is not something you can get into only by having the financial resources. It also depends on a person's background. She is not trying to turn a pheasant into a phoenix. She is satisfied with having a well-off family.
Well, the reason why she had so many emotions was because this fact made her feel so far away from that person.
He is aloof, able to control the wind and rain, and effortlessly help her solve the most difficult problems she considers. But she is just a person who works hard to make a living. In her world, she can only understand that food must be paid, and she has never
I thought that such behavior would be rude.
Xia Haitong curled up her lips. No wonder she always felt that she could not figure out Ye Chengxuan. Even though he was so close to her, she felt that he was very vague. Why could he not understand his own thinking, and she could not understand his thinking. They always regarded each other as
Aliens, but in fact they are not aliens, they just live in different circles.
She suddenly remembered what she had said to him. Now that she thought about it, what should she do to help him understand him? These words were really ridiculous. She thought, no wonder Ye Chengxuan had such a reaction at that time. If it were her, maybe she would do the same.
Because that is simply idiotic talk.
There was destined to be an insurmountable wall between them, and she knew that no matter how hard she tried, she could not get over it.