That afternoon, Comrade Xu returned to Shuiniao City.
The Ximen Yipin Hot Pot Restaurant in Tianyun City is very popular today, and the restaurant is full during peak hours. According to his observation, the service quality in the store is not bad. He has tasted the pot base from the kitchen, and it tastes the same as the two restaurants in Shuiniao City.
The store tastes pretty much the same.
So, he decided to go back home and return to Mizutori City.
As for this hotpot branch in Tianyun City?
It still needs to be observed for two to three months.
How much popularity will remain after two or three months, how good the reputation will be, and how profitable will be can we truly judge whether the branch has been successful or not.
In the following days, Tongdao Xu went to the library of Shuiniao Normal University to read books every day.
Through Dai Yang's relationship, he obtained a library card for the Navy's Grand Library.
The high school courses he wanted to learn and what he was interested in had been covered in the past few years.
Some courses he had no interest in were just briefly reviewed.
Such as physics, chemistry, mathematics, English, etc.
First, he didn't feel that he would need such professional knowledge in the future.
Secondly...these courses were too difficult to study by oneself, and he didn't have much time to study them.
He is most interested in the four courses of Chinese, history, politics, and geography.
He does not need to take the college entrance examination or take any diploma, so he only learns the knowledge that he is interested in and thinks is useful to him.
He is a pragmatist and is unwilling to spend time learning knowledge that is of little use to him.
School education these days still emphasizes that every student must develop in all aspects and be proficient in everything.
He did not agree with this.
He didn't believe that many people could really be proficient in everything.
Just like the martial arts novels he had read before...
Masters in martial arts novels generally only specialize in one direction, either swordsmanship, knife skills, palm skills, grappling skills, stick skills, spear skills, etc.
There are only a handful of top masters who can truly master everything.
The library of the Naval University has a large collection of books covering everything.
Like an ocean of knowledge.
After only coming here for a few days, Mr. Xu fell in love with it.
There are various books that interest him.
For example, the history of various dynasties, such as business management books, various psychology works, etc.
He still adheres to his previous rule: he only picks and reads books that are useful and interesting to him.
He seems to have completely let go of the company's affairs.
Actually it doesn't.
However, his cousin Tan Shi would choose a time every day to come to him and report to him some matters about the company, and would also bring him some documents that required his signature.
The time he spends on company affairs every day is about a few hours.
He had a lot of time to read.
During this period, Dong Feifei, who had already found a school for internship in Shuitiao City, came to see him once. She came to the library to look for him, but he told her not to come to the library to look for him in the future.
Dong Feifei's face looked a little ugly at that time.
But he soon returned to smiling and was still affectionate to him.
But what she didn't know was that the more she acted like this, the more Comrade Xu wanted to break off the relationship with her.
To put it bluntly, he has no interest in her anymore.
No matter how good-looking a woman is, she will become fatigued after looking at her for a long time. Her advantage of having a thin waist will gradually become less noticeable to him over time.
From the beginning, he never liked her character.
She didn't really like him either. Xu Tongdao had always known this.
The two thousand yuan given to her every month can clearly illustrate the essence of their relationship.
Before, when he wasn't dating Wei Chunlan, because he didn't have a real girlfriend, he spent two thousand yuan a month to support Dong Feifei, which didn't matter to him.
But recently...
The fixed call time or text message time with Wei Chunlan every night has taken up a lot of his time and energy, and occasionally he has to deal with Dong Feifei's phone calls. He is really becoming more and more impatient, and he feels guilty about Wei Chunlan.
Increasing day by day.
So, two weeks after he returned to Shuidiao City, he made an appointment with Dong Feifei to a coffee shop.
I asked for a booth on the second floor, in the corner.
It was evening at this time, and the sun was setting outside.
Tongdao Xu held a book borrowed from the library in his hand and looked at it quietly, taking a sip from the coffee in front of him from time to time.
Finally, when night was about to fall, there were footsteps approaching quickly.
At the same time, Dong Feifei's voice came from behind, "Xiaodao, I'm sorry, I encountered something that delayed me for a while when I got off work. Have you been waiting for a long time? Hehe."
With a scent of fragrance, she wiped the sweat from her forehead with a tissue and sat down opposite him with a smile on her face.
Tongdao Xu looked up at her, smiled lightly, and asked, "What would you like to drink?"
Just then, a waiter trotted over and asked her what she wanted.
Dong Feifei casually ordered a cup of coffee, dismissed the waiter, and couldn't wait to ask with a smile: "By the way, Xiaodao, you said you have something to do with me today, what is it? Tell me quickly! I have never picked you up.
Ever since that phone call, I have been curious."
Tongdao Xu put down the book in his hand, took a sip of coffee, shook his head slightly, "You'd better take a rest first, and I'll talk about it later after drinking some coffee!"
He didn't want to ruin her mood for drinking coffee.
but……
"No! Just say it, say it! Stop trying to tantalize me, please? Just say it!"
She stood up and squeezed next to Xu Tongdao, shook his arm and asked coquettishly.
Tongdao Xu frowned slightly, sighed secretly, raised his chin slightly, and gestured to the seat opposite, "It's so hot, you'd better sit there! Don't worry, I will tell you when you have rested."
"this……"
Seeing him frowning, Dong Feifei was a little discouraged, but then she smiled again, stood up and sat back on the opposite side, "Okay, okay, I'll sit over! I'll sit over, okay? Well, I've already rested, just tell me!"
She was still asking coquettishly.
Comrade Xu was silent for a few seconds, "We'll talk about it when your coffee comes."
…
A few minutes later, the coffee Dong Feifei just ordered was brought.
While Dong Feifei picked up the spoon and stirred the coffee in the cup, she asked with a smile: "Can we talk now? Can you please be more relaxed? I'm so anxious."
Xu Tongdao looked at her calmly, nodded slightly, then opened the leather bag beside him, took out a thick envelope from it, and placed it in front of her.
When Dong Feifei saw it, her eyes lit up and she reached out to take it, but she asked with a smile on her face: "What? Such a thick love letter? Is it for me?"
Tongdao Xu watched her performance calmly.
He used to give her money every month in envelopes like this. Would she mistakenly think that such a thick envelope in front of her contained a love letter?
She still loves money so much.
"Here is 20,000 yuan. Thank you for taking care of me in the past two years. This can be regarded as my compensation for you! You have started an internship now and will graduate from college next year. You are not young anymore. It is your time.
I’ll think about it later, I don’t want to delay you anymore, let’s be ordinary friends again! I hope you can find someone who truly loves you in the future, and I wish you happiness!”