Shangguan Aoxue arrived at the teahouse agreed with Zhang Ling in advance.
From the moment you walk in, you can tell that the decoration in the teahouse is old and the air is filled with the smell of moldy old furniture.
At this time, there was an endless stream of customers who were supposed to be drinking tea, but there were obviously more waiters than guests in the teahouse.
Even the waiters were so rude. They sat at a table leisurely eating melon seeds and drinking tea. Even when they saw the guests coming in, they did not get up to greet them and continued to talk about embarrassing things that had happened to the guests.
When a waiter saw her sitting down, he came over reluctantly and stood beside her, asking her what she wanted to drink.
The smell of low-quality perfume assaulted her nostrils. This strong smell had a faint pungent odor. It was obvious that she had sprayed too much perfume, which made her sneeze uncontrollably.
"I said, your teahouse doesn't stipulate that service staff are not allowed to use perfume? This will affect the guests' tea tasting." She pinched her nose and looked at the waiter sideways and said.
"Hypocritical! Didn't you see that we don't have many customers in our teahouse? If you don't want to stay here, then go somewhere else. No one is asking you to stay here." The waiter was obviously even more dissatisfied than she was.
"You..." Shangguan Aoxue was so angry that she stood up. She really thought about walking away at this moment, but considering the agreement with Zhang Ling, she shouted angrily, "You're too much."
That’s rude! Boss, where is your boss? Call your boss out quickly.”
The waiter smiled contemptuously and said: "Boss? Haha, he currently owes us half a year's salary and has not paid us. He has long been hiding somewhere and dare not show up. Auntie, if you can find the boss for us, I will pay more
Thanks, How about you."
"You...who are you calling aunt?" Shangguan Aoxue shouted as if his eyes were about to pop out.
Obviously, she usually failed to cultivate herself well, so she lost her temper in a hurry and lost the demeanor that a lady from a wealthy family should have.
The waiter picked out his ears with his fingers as if nothing had happened, winked at Shangguan Aoxue for being too loud, and said, "Auntie, please, please don't be so loud. My eardrums are almost broken by you."
She tried her best to suppress the anger in her heart, and persuaded herself not to get angry with vulgar people, but to maintain the rest that a noble lady should have.
She tried her best to force herself to smile like a lady.
However, this smile makes outsiders feel as uncomfortable as mourning a concubine.
A few moments.
Shangguan Aoxue finally calmed down, sat back in her seat and said, "Forget it, I don't want to argue with you anymore. Go and give me a pot of the best tea you have here."
The waiter sneered at her, turned around and left without saying another word, as if he was mocking her for daring to make such a big deal out of her.
In short, her overall impression of this teahouse is not very good. It can even be said to be extremely bad.
"Sure enough, every kind of person has their own taste." She said to herself with endless arrogance.
She hadn't met Zhang Ling yet, so she gave Zhang Ling a bad review based on her impression of the teahouse.
Then, my own sense of self-superiority instantly went up a few notches.
She fantasized that when Zhang Ling arrived, she would use lightning speed to express her purpose clearly, so that Zhang Ling's nanny could clearly carry her weight.
She raised her eyes and looked around the teahouse with disgust, trying her best to persuade herself that she could just endure it for a while longer.
The waiter made tea and threw it casually on her table. Still without saying a word, she turned around and walked towards her colleague who was eating melon seeds.
She no longer expected the waiter's attitude to change. She glanced at the tea set on the table with critical eyes. The purple sand she chose was considered to be top quality, but the remaining tea stains showed that she had not cleaned it carefully for many years, causing the tea set to feel like
Garbage picked up from the roadside is average.
She had a flash of desire to ask the waiter to bring a clean tea set. But deep down in her heart, she really didn't want to say another word to such vulgar people.
Shangguan Aoxue reassured herself that she could just endure it for a little while longer.
So, she could only shake her head and sneer, looking at the waiter eating melon seeds at the table, as if silently expressing her dissatisfaction with this place.
In her heart, she was like calling Guanyin Bodhisattva to rescue people in distress, expecting Zhang Ling to come as soon as possible so that she could escape from this sea of suffering that was like purgatory on earth.
Zhang Ling seemed to have really heard her call.
She saw Zhang Ling and Yan Yuan coming in from the door.
As soon as she entered the door, Zhang Ling felt a pair of hostile eyes filled with expectation.
Therefore, she directly locked onto Shangguan Aoxue's position. Although the two had never met, their reaction gave people the feeling of being sisters who had known each other for many years.
Zhang Ling walked straight over, and with just a simple eye contact, she confirmed the other party's identity again. As if she had arrived at her own home, she sat calmly opposite Shangguan Aoxue.
As soon as she glanced at her, she seemed to already know the purpose of the heavily made-up woman in front of her.
She smiled politely and said: "Since you are here and the tea has been served, why not taste the tea here first? Let me tell you, the biggest feature of their place is that they use water from the thousand-year-old ancient well of XX Temple in X Mountain.
Bubble."
As he spoke, he poured three cups of tea, then picked up one cup and tasted it.
When Shangguan Aoxue heard the words "thousand-year-old well", she was obviously moved and picked up the tea cup in front of her, but she had no intention of tasting it. She just felt that such good water was wasted because of the tea set, and she was deeply moved.
regret.
However, Shangguan Aoxue put the tea cup back on the table because she sincerely looked down on Zhang Ling.
He even took out a wet wipe from his bag and wiped the hand holding the tea cup with a bit of arrogance without saying a word.
It seemed that he wanted to use this method to invisibly release some pressure on Zhang Ling.
The main reason is to make Zhang Ling realize that they are not from the same world. The reason why Shangguan Aoxue condescended to come here is that she has given her a huge favor.
Yan Yuan saw Shangguan Aoxue's rude behavior and angrily knocked over the tea cup at hand and said: "Hey, women with two-character surnames, don't think that your surname has one more character than others.
Arrogant capital. You have to figure it out. It was you who invited our Zhang Ling to have tea. What is your attitude?"
Shangguan Aoxue glanced at Yan Yuan arrogantly, but still did not say a word. She frowned slightly, as if she had expressed her meaning again.
That is to say, women, please position yourself correctly. The person I invited is Zhang Ling. The person involved didn’t say anything, and you have no right to scream in front of me.
Zhang Ling has been in the workplace for many years, how could she not understand Shangguan Aoxue's little thoughts?
She stopped Yan Yuan who wanted to drag her away because he couldn't stand Shangguan Aoxue's arrogance.
She picked up the teacup in front of her, put it to her mouth and smelled the tea for a while. She showed a happy smile and took a small sip of the tea. She closed her eyes and savored the taste of the tea as it hit her taste buds in her mouth.
With an elegance that completely overwhelmed Shangguan Aoxue, she opened her eyes and looked at the tea in her hand, and said with a faint smile:
"Well, new tea has been launched. They are still using last year's old tea, but the tea leaves are still well stored and the taste of the tea itself has not been lost much. Fortunately, the taste of the water has not changed. If you taste the well water carefully, it has already changed.
The flavor of the tea leaves is stimulated to the extreme. Great tea!”
Shangguan Aoxue looked at Zhang Ling's expression of enjoyment and admired her from the bottom of her heart. How dare the woman in front of her put that garbage-like tea set to her mouth?
do not care.
Shangguan Aoxue said impatiently: "The main purpose of asking Miss Zhang out today is not for tea."
Zhang Ling saw that Shangguan Aoxue finally couldn't stand it any longer and wanted to express her intention first, but she still showed indifference and said:
"But my main purpose today is to drink tea."
Shangguan Aoxue was startled and rejected this place from the bottom of her heart. She wanted to express her meaning clearly and then left as quickly as possible.
But after hearing Zhang Ling's words, I felt inexplicably angry.
At this moment, Shangguan Aoxue felt that whenever she showed any reluctance, she would have lost to Zhang Ling in terms of momentum, and it would not be easy for Zhang Ling to retreat from the difficulties.
"Oh? But..." Shangguan Aoxue felt a little excited.
Zhang Ling did not give her a chance and continued: "You must know that the most important thing when drinking tea is to pay attention to your state of mind. Miss Shangguan, born in a famous family, must be the most knowledgeable and sensible. I don't think you will ruin the atmosphere of drinking tea."
Obviously, she thought Zhang Ling was a smart person and probably guessed the purpose of her arrival, so she concluded that the following conversation would affect her mood while drinking tea.
It can be seen that talking to smart people will definitely save a lot of trouble.
She could only force herself to suppress her anger and said with a smile: "Of course!"
Shangguan Aoxue believes that his previous layout has produced significant results.
She has even begun to imagine that when Zhang Ling finishes drinking tea, she will be able to give up without any effort. She actively refuses Li Xiang's pursuit of her. Even if Li Xiang knows that he has approached Zhang Ling, he cannot say this to himself.
What.
Because after all, these are Zhang Ling's own decisions. She, Shangguan Aoxue, did not force anyone to make a decision.
Yan Yuan was a restless person and took the initiative to provoke Shangguan Aoxue: "Hey, woman with two surnames, let's not tell you why you came to our Zhang Ling? I just want to know why you came to our Zhang Ling.
, does your boss Li want to know about this?"
"Please call me Shangguan Aoxue!" he emphasized with a bit of arrogance.
"What's wrong with the woman I just want to call you two characters? Look, I've dragged you along." Yan Yuan raised her voice twice and said.
The corners of Shangguan Aoxue's mouth turned up slightly, expressing her disdain to the extreme in an instant.
Seeing that the woman was unmoved, Yan Yuan then threatened: "I said that for women with two surnames, I have heard of the former eldest sister of Wuchuan No. 3 Middle School and the evil King of Hell."
Shangguan Aoxue once studied in a famous aristocratic school, but he also heard the nickname "Evil King of Hell".
It is said that a cousin in her family accidentally offended the "Evil King of Hell" and had two holes pierced in both legs with a steel drill. As a result, he was left lame for life.
"That's you?" Shangguan Aoxue pretended to be calm and asked.
"That's right, I am that evil King of Hell." Yan Yuan said with some pride, "You know now that you are afraid of a woman with two surnames."
"Please, please call me Shangguan Aoxue!" The tone at this time was obviously less arrogant than before, and there was still a faint sense of fear.
Zhang Ling actually hangs out with such a ruffian!
Although Shangguan Aoxue was somewhat afraid of Yan Yuan at this time, her favorability towards Zhang Ling also dropped to the lowest point. This meant that people like Zhang Ling would never meet again in the future.
"A woman with two surnames, I think you just need to be dealt with."
Yan Yuan stood up abruptly. She was so angry at Shangguan Aoxue that she wanted to give this woman who loves to show off some color.
"Yan Yuan, stop making trouble! Sit down quietly for me."
Zhang Ling didn't want this to happen, so she quickly reached out and grabbed Yan Yuan's wrist, and forcefully pulled her back to her seat.
"Zhang Ling, she just needs to be taken care of! Why are you holding me back? Let me give her some color..." Yan Yuan just complained to Zhang Ling.
Zhang Ling poured the tea elegantly with her other hand and said: "How many times have I told you? You are old enough. Just talk. Don't always think about doing things like a child. Have you forgotten what you said to me?"
"No, I didn't forget it. But..." Yan Yuan said.
"No buts!" Zhang Ling didn't let Yan Yuan continue, "You can talk, but if you want to fight, don't blame me for not recognizing you as my friend in the future."
Yan Yuan finally stopped being agitated because of Zhang Ling's simple words.
Shangguan Aoxue was breaking out in a cold sweat a second ago because she had angered Yan Yuan, but now she actually admired Zhang Ling a little bit. How could she make this "Evil King of Hell" listen to her like this?
Yan Yuan said helplessly at this time: "Okay, Shangguan Aoxue, can you tell me now?"
Shangguan Aoxue comforted herself not to suffer the immediate loss and said: "I don't know. Although I am Li Xiang's secretary, except for work matters, Li Xiang has no right to know what I do in private."
"It sounds okay when you say that. But we are all women. Anyone who sees an outstanding man like Li Xiang will be moved. I think you must already know that Li Xiang was at Li Xi's class reunion two days ago.
It was publicly stated that he is our Zhang Ling’s boyfriend.”
Shangguan Aoxue originally thought that Yan Yuan was a brainless woman who would calm down after just saying a few perfunctory words.
Unexpectedly, the other party's words directly hit her main purpose of asking Zhang Ling out.
She was stunned for a while, thinking that Zhang Ling should be responsible for all this.
"That's right! I heard about it."
She just admitted the fact that she had heard. Although she did not directly admit that she was also pursuing Li Xiang, her intentions for Sima Zhao were already known to everyone.
Yan Yuan originally wanted to pursue the victory and declare sovereignty over Li Xiang on behalf of Zhang Ling.
Zhang Ling felt that the time was ripe to talk to Shangguan Aoxue, so she grabbed Yan Yuan's hand and gently pulled it to signal him to stop talking.
Shangguan Aoxue nodded slightly when she saw that Yan Yuan had obviously understood Zhang Ling's intention. She suddenly felt that she had underestimated Yan Yuan.
Yan Yuan quietly dialed Li Xiang's phone number under their noses. She felt that it was most appropriate for Li Xiang to know at this moment.
Zhang Ling turned to look at Shangguan Aoxue and smiled slightly: "Miss Shangguan, although you have not stated your true purpose of meeting me, I can confirm the reason why you asked me."
"That's the best! It also saves me a lot of talking. I don't know if you..."
Zhang Ling took the initiative to wave her hand and stopped her from continuing: "You don't need to say anything, I can give you the answer directly."
Shangguan Aoxue forced herself to try her best to stay calm, and with a somewhat stiff smile, she motioned for Zhang Ling to continue speaking.
Zhang Ling drank the last cup of tea in one gulp, put down the cup in her hand, and said poetically like a poet:
"I'm afraid you don't know that I didn't choose the little flea, but the little flea chose me. My rejection is insignificant to the little flea. It first sucked my blood and made me a part of his life. It's not that I can't live without it.
Drive him, it’s the little flea that can’t live without me.”