Chapter 24: Male Lead (Part 2)

He was probably around 1.8 meters tall, dressed in Liberation clothing, which made him look even more upright. His facial features were distinct, especially his eyebrows and eyes, giving him a more heroic look than the man with a square face! Overall, his facial features were very handsome! He had a particularly masculine charm, unlike the effeminate male celebrities that some girls in the 21st century liked.

Zhao Xiulan preferred mature and masculine men like him, so her gaze couldn’t help but linger on him for a while.

It seemed that the man felt Zhao Xiulan’s gaze because he also looked in her direction.

Cough… Zhao Xiulan felt a bit embarrassed and quickly looked away!

Staring at another man like that would probably scare him away, especially since this era was still quite conservative, and relationships between men and women were more innocent.

The man also withdrew his gaze and found an empty seat with the man with the square face, sitting down.

The man with the square face was called Lu Qingguo, while the man that Zhao Xiulan thought was handsome was named Jiang Cheng.

After sitting down, Lu Qingguo greeted Jiang Cheng, “Acheng, I’ll treat you today. Eat more, don’t be polite with me!”

Jiang Cheng waved his hand quickly and said, “No need, Qingguo, I should be treating you today!”

Lu Qingguo frowned a bit unhappily and said, “How can that be? You’ve come all the way to Anxian County, so I’m the host. It should be me treating you! How could you be treating me?”

Jiang Cheng also said solemnly, “Qingguo, don’t be polite with me. I’ve come all the way here to ask for your help. If you let me treat you on the first meal, I’ll feel embarrassed to ask for your help in the future!

“So, let me treat you this time! You can treat me next time. How about that?

“If you don’t agree, then I won’t ask for your help anymore!”

Lu Qingguo had no choice but to nod and say, “Fine, then let’s agree. You treat me this time, and I’ll treat you next time.”

Jiang Cheng also nodded and said, “Okay, you treat me next time!”

The waiter walked over to them and asked, “Comrades, what would you like to eat?”

Presumably, because the waiter thought that Lu Qingguo and Jiang Cheng were better dressed than Zhao Xiulan, he treated them much more politely.

Zhao Xiulan snorted lightly in her heart. Well, isn’t it all about being snobbish?

Jiang Cheng asked, “Do you have any meat here?”

Since he was treating someone, Jiang Cheng wanted to order something delicious.

If there was meat available, they definitely had to have some!

The waiter shook his head and said, “No, whether it’s pork or beef and lamb, we’re out of stock!”

“What else do you have here?” Jiang Cheng and Zhao Xiulan asked, somewhat disappointed.

“We have rice, noodles, and vegetables.”

“Is that all? Nothing else?”

“Comrades, sorry, but our state-owned restaurant has limited ingredients. We haven’t received any good ingredients these past few days, and what little supply we have isn’t enough for the restaurant, so this is all we have!”

Lu Qingguo quickly added, “Acheng, food shortages are everywhere now. State-owned restaurants often lack ingredients. Let’s just eat something, as long as it fills our stomachs. No need to be too picky!”

Jiang Cheng wanted to treat them to something good, but there was nothing else available, so he just ordered whatever was on the menu.

Jiang Cheng ordered two bowls of noodles, asking the waiter to give them more. Two big men would eat more. He also ordered a plate of cabbage stew with noodles, a plate of stir-fried shredded potatoes, and a bowl of egg drop soup with vegetables.

(End of Chapter 24)