With a smile on his face, he helped pick up Zhang Ling's favorite dishes while introducing the origins and methods of the dishes.
Trying to express how much he values the meal in this way.
This shows how much he values her as a person.
Zhang Ling increasingly felt that something was wrong with Li Xiang.
Before, I was talking about work seriously.
After she sat down, she didn't say a word about work.
He kept talking about eating.
She tried to mention specific details of cooperation.
He kept refusing to eat first.
She could only helplessly pray that Qi Diaozhe would come back later.
At this moment.
Qi Diaozhe has returned from buying sanitary napkins.
After stuffing the things into Bie Shanliu's arms, he appeared in front of their dining table without warning.
Suddenly he stretched out his hand to stop Li Xiang's hand picking up vegetables and said:
"Wrong."
"Wrong?" Li Xiang felt displeased, and then snorted coldly, "Sir, are you saying that you are in the wrong place? Since you know, why don't you leave quickly!"
Qi Diaozhe shook his head and continued speaking confidently:
"I mean, Ling'er has hated eating chicken since she was little. That's because one time she was bullied by a rooster just after eating chicken. So she thought that the rooster bullied her because she ate chicken. So you are wrong."<
/p>
"Is that so?" Li Xiang looked at Zhang Ling.
He indeed had never heard Zhang Ling tell this story.
Zhang Ling looked at Qi Diaozhe and sneered:
"You're not entirely right either."
In front of Qi Diaozhe, she picked up a piece of chicken, put it in her mouth and chewed it with enjoyment.
After swallowing, he smiled and said to Li:
"Not bad! It's smooth, tender and fragrant as you said. It's really delicious."
"As long as you like it."
Li wanted to finish speaking, but his proud eyes finally fell on Qi Diaozhe.
It's obviously a provocation.
Qi Diaozhe said to Zhang Ling in disbelief:
"No..."
Zhang Ling then looked at Qi Diaozhe and interrupted:
"Master Qi, don't you think that after more than ten years, people and things will remain the same in this world? Are you still the same lacquer sculptor as before?"
"Of course I am. That's why I traveled thousands of miles to come here for you." Qi Diaozhe argued stiffly.
"It's funny! From the day you left without saying goodbye, you are no longer who you were before. And I am no longer who I was more than ten years ago. Now I like eating chicken very much, especially the one he gave me.
I like chicken more."
Li Xiang heard Zhang Ling's words, quickly picked up a small piece of chicken, and said to Zhang Ling in front of Qi Diaozhe:
"Really? Come on, I'll feed you another piece of chicken."
Zhang Ling very cooperatively stuck out her head and opened her mouth. The moment she bit into her mouth, she was filled with a happy smile and said:
"Well, it's so delicious!"
Bie Shanliu, who was not far away, quickly took a photo of this scene.
Because she felt that both Zhang Ling and Li Xiang must like this photo very much.
She can also make this photo a gift.
Thereby improving their favorability in their hearts.
Qi Diaozhe, who was originally very hungry, felt full immediately after seeing this scene.
Li Xiang deliberately picked up another piece of meat, looked at Qi Diaozhe in displeasure and said:
"Hey, why are you still standing here? You don't want me to feed you a piece."
"Okay, okay!"
Qi Diaozhe was so shameless that he leaned over to eat the chicken sandwiched between Li Xiang's chopsticks.
But he was still shaken by the astute Li Xiang, and finally fed the meat into Zhang Ling's mouth.
Li Xiang reprimanded with some anger:
"How shameless! You are also a famous lacquer master. There are many empty tables here. How can you be like a beggar and wait for me to give you a bite?"
Zhang Ling actually covered her face and laughed when she heard Li Xiang's rebuke.
This made Qi Diaozhe grinning in shame.
But you can’t act like a reckless man and attack Li Xiang directly.
That would only make him a bigger joke.
So he cleverly pulled a chair from the table next to him, placed it in the middle of their table and sat down.
He even licked his face and said with a smile:
"Mr. Li is right! I can't act like a beggar. Since we all know each other, and I haven't eaten yet, why not eat together. Waiter, please prepare another set of bowls and chopsticks."
Li Xiang looked at Qi Diaozhe who was so shameless and tried to stop him:
"Wait a minute! I heard that Lingling, you are a reserved bastard. Why did you develop this secretive temperament abroad?"
"No!" Qi Diaozhe glanced at Li Xiang with disdain, then landed on Zhang Ling with a warm smile and said, "Since Ling'er said that you have changed in the past ten years, I have to cater to you.
Let’s change together.”
"No, no!" Zhang Ling said with a bit of disgust, while subconsciously tilting her body away from the distance, "Master Qi, you are too late. I already have Li Xiang. I have lost interest in you long ago." p>
When Li Xiang heard these words, his little heart was so excited that it was about to jump out of his throat.
Qi Diaozhe seemed to be in control of everything and smiled slightly:
"Really? But I seem to have heard that you two are about to break up because of a conflict with that little girl Xiaodouzi."
Heard?
Joke!
How could everything that happened this morning spread?
Neither Zhang Ling nor Li Xiang wanted to believe Qi Diaozhe's excuse.
But they couldn't figure out where Qi Diaozhe heard about it.
The two looked at each other with a tacit understanding and said at the same time:
"What nonsense are you talking about."
Because of the tacit understanding between the two, a trace of displeasure flashed across Qi Diaozhe's face, but he still pretended not to hear and said to Zhang Ling:
"Ling'er, don't worry! If this bastard doesn't know how to cherish you, please remember to look back. I, Qi Diaozhe, will always be not far away, ready to take care of you."
Li Xiang clearly saw that Zhang Ling seemed to be moved by these loving words.
Her resistance to Qi Diaozhe immediately dissipated a lot.
You can even feel a hint of her long-suppressed love for Qi Diaozhe.
He felt he had to do something.
So he stood up and stood beside Qi Diaozhe, put a hand on his shoulder, and said with a condescending feeling:
"Who are you calling a bastard?"
Li Xiang's cold gaze was like an ice spell.
Qi Diaozhe’s soul was frozen directly through his eyes.
So it was like a soulless puppet staring blankly at Li Xiang.
Li Xiang then patted Qi Diaozhe on the shoulder, as if sending a signal to cancel the spell.
Qi Diaozhe's frozen body was trembling as he thawed, and he said to Li with a stiff smile:
"Well, I didn't talk about you, Mr. Li. Don't get me wrong."
In the past, I only heard about Li Xiang’s ruthlessness in business wars.
I always feel that the rumors are infinitely exaggerated.
Qi Diaozhe finally realized that those rumors were true in the previous confrontation.
Li Xiang patted his shoulder again and asked:
"Is it a misunderstanding? Master Qi, please think carefully before speaking."
"Misunderstanding, absolutely misunderstanding." Qi Diaozhe understood what Li Xiang meant, and then said with a wry smile, "Mr. Li must have heard wrong just now."
"Huh?" Zhang Ling looked at Qi Diaozhe in shock.
She was sure that Qi Diaozhe was implying that Li Xiang was a bastard.
Why do you think you heard it wrong now?
Li Xiang pretended to be surprised and continued:
"I heard it wrong! Could you please Master Qi to repeat the correct words again?"
"No problem." Qi Diaozhe nodded repeatedly and continued, "Mr. Li, I just said that I didn't appreciate it and abandoned Zhang Ling for more than ten years. This behavior is really a bastard!"
Zhang Ling could not believe what Qi Diaozhe said.
After all, he is a world-famous jade carving master.
There was nothing like a master in his conversation with Li Xiang.
She has begun to suspect that Qi Diaozhe's widely rumored master title is fake.
Li Xiang then smiled and said:
"Not bad, not bad! It seems that our lacquer master is really aware of his past bastard behavior."
"Clearly!" Qi Diaozhe said like a parrot.
Zhang Ling was extremely disheartened by Qi Diaozhe's words and deeds and said:
"Haha, interesting! Is this what you kept saying before? Are you changing to cater to me? Qi Diaozhe, you are so disgusting!"
"No." Qi Diaozhe asked without realizing the question, "Ling'er, don't get excited yet. Can you explain more clearly, what's wrong with me?"
This is a survival habit developed over more than ten years.
Even though he has become a lacquer master envied by everyone.
It is difficult to change this habit that is engraved in our bones.
Even if Zhang Ling pointed it out, he still couldn't realize the problem for a while.
"I've already said it so straightforwardly, why do you have the nerve to ask me what's wrong?" Zhang Ling was completely speechless, but in order to completely tear off Qi Diaozhe's disguise, "Okay, listen."
"I'm listening!" Qi Diaozhe nodded.
Zhang Ling compared the images of masters that often appeared on the screen and said:
"Master Qi, you have just been so humble that you have a desire to live in your bones. I really can't see that you have anything like a master. I seriously doubt that your identity as a master is fake."
There was indeed a fake lacquer carving incident not long ago.
So she had to doubt it.
Qi Diaozhe lowered his head and was silent for a while.
Just for a moment.
Zhang Ling almost concluded that the Qi Diaozhe in front of her was also fake.
Just when Zhang Ling was about to issue an order to expel the guests, Qi Diaozhe suddenly raised his head and said with tears in his eyes:
"Ling'er, do you think I am willing to do this? I don't want to! The educational resources in Country
."
Zhang Ling also knows a little about the situation in Country X.
So when she saw a tear streak on Qi Diaozhe's face, she couldn't help but feel sad.
But she has no plans to forgive Qi Diaozhe just yet.
"In the eyes of the people of Wuchuan, I am a master that they look up to. Just because of my skin color, those bastards who think they are noble can always find various reasons to torture me every day. At least they treat me like a monkey for fun, at worst...
…”
Perhaps Qi Diaozhe finds the next words difficult to say.
So the words came to my lips but I still didn’t say them.
He looked at Zhang Ling with more sympathy on her face.
You must know that a woman’s love for a man often stems from sympathy.
So he brewed his feelings for a while and continued:
"Am I a master? No, in their eyes I am just a tool to gain more profits."
He continued almost roaring:
"Tools, do you understand? No normal person will have the same respect for tools as for people."
As he said that, Qi Diaozhe cried sadly like a harem.
It seems that during these years abroad, Qi Diaozhe had already forgotten that he was an upright man.
Even crying should be uninhibited and unrestrained.
Li Xiang saw that Zhang Ling just wanted to say a few words of comfort to Qi Diaozhe.
He immediately appeared next to Zhang Ling and naturally buried her head deep in his arms.
In his arms, Zhang Ling made babbling sounds like a child with unclear speech.
Qi Diaozhe asked subconsciously:
"Zhang Ling, what are you talking about?"
He thought Zhang Ling was saying some comforting words to him.
He wanted to hear it again more clearly.
As long as Zhang Ling said it, she was showing off in front of Li Xiang.
Li Xiang deliberately opened his mouth to stop Zhang Ling and said:
"Ling'er, you don't have to say it. I know what you want to say? Let me say it for you."
Qi Diaozhe wanted to object.
But I saw Zhang Ling nodding slightly in agreement in Li Xiang's arms.
He could only listen to what Li Xianghui said with some helplessness?
I saw Li Xiang’s eyes full of endless indifference and said:
"Master Qi, what's your intention behind saying so much? Don't think I don't know. It's just to make Zhang Ling forgive you for being missing for more than ten years."
These words obviously got into Qi Diaozhe's heart.
So he looked at Li Xiang blankly without saying a word.
But it seems like I said a lot more!
Because the expression on Qi Diaozhe's face has betrayed him.
Li Xiang patted Zhang Ling's back with one hand and continued:
"Impossible! This is absolutely impossible."
"Why?" Qi Diaozhe asked unwillingly.
Because he saw with his own eyes that Zhang Ling wanted to break free from Li Xiang's restraints.
So I’m also looking forward to hearing Zhang Ling’s reasons with my own ears.
Li Xiang has no intention of giving Qi Diaozhe this opportunity.
He began to doubt the intelligence of Qi Diaozhe in front of him.
I even have a little doubt that this person is not the lacquered carving philosopher I met for the first time.
So Li Xiang couldn't help but sneered and continued to say for Zhang Ling:
"Interesting! You have the nerve to ask why? Okay. I can say it again. Your leaving without saying goodbye has already explained everything. Plus the lack of news for many years fully shows that you are willing to suffer those crimes." p>
"Am I willing to suffer these crimes?" Qi Diaozhe repeated it with a wry smile,
"Yes, that's what you are willing to suffer."
Qi Diaozhe smiled coldly, and then asked himself:
"Am I stupid?"
Li Xiang shook his head and said in denial:
"No, I'm sure you're not stupid. And I'm even more sure you're smart! Because people like you know that studying abroad means success and fame."
Qi Diaozhe's smile became even more bitter.
He said with obvious lack of confidence:
"What if..."
"What if? There is no hypothesis for you, Master Qi." Li Xiang interrupted deliberately, as if he already knew Qi Diaozhe's sophistry.
Only then did Li Xiang feel relieved and let go of Zhang Ling, put a hand on Qi Diaozhe's shoulder and continued:
"Obviously, you, Qi Diaozhe, finally succeeded and returned to your hometown as a master of jade carving. This actually proves your wisdom, Master Qi!"
Smart!
These two words seemed to be said to Zhang Ling on purpose.
So Zhang Ling was a little shocked.
That’s right!
The domestic culture of worshiping foreigners and favoring foreigners makes people who have come back from abroad plated with gold be worshiped as gods by many ignorant Chinese people.
All high-quality resources are intentionally tilted towards these people who have returned to China.
So Qi Diaozhe is smart no matter how you look at it.
Zhang Ling had previously thought about questioning Qi Diaozhe.
Why didn't you try your best to express your strong desire to return to your country to his parents?
Now it seems that if she really asked.
That means she, Zhang Ling, is stupid.
The experiences of suffering abroad described by Qi Diaozhe are all deserved!
Because he knows that as long as he returns to China one day after completing his studies, he will be praised by the Chinese people.