Chapter 25

As soon as they entered the restaurant, a special waiter came to lead them to the seat they had reserved, and took out two menus and handed them to them with a smile. She stood respectfully by the side.

Jiang Jingzhu glanced at the waiter, covered her face with the menu, and quietly asked Huo Xiao, “Honey, do you know the owner of this restaurant? Otherwise, how could Qin Special Assistant reserve such a hard-to-book seat with just one phone call, and it’s such a good seat.”

This location is on a small platform in the center of the restaurant, which is the best place to view the view. Below is the piano stage. Just listening to the sound of the piano, it seems as if it is playing a solo for them.

How could she have booked such a good seat at the last minute? She definitely wouldn’t believe it if it didn’t require some connections.

Seeing her so curious, Huo Xiao didn’t keep her in suspense. “This is a chain store opened by a friend’s sister. She prepared this seat specifically for her close friends. This restaurant is also very famous in Beijing. If you like, you can go together next time.”

Hearing him say that, Jiang Jingzhu looked as if she had expected it. “Okay then, let’s go to a restaurant in Jing City for our next date.”

“Um.”

In response to the date she mentioned, Huo Xiao just raised his eyebrows and agreed.

After the order was placed, the waiter left. While waiting for the food, Jiang Jingzhu was bored, so she started chatting with the man. He really didn’t talk much, but even when chatting with her, she was the one who was talking, and he picked up some questions to answer her.

Although the answer was just a few simple words, it showed that he was really listening to her and not just being perfunctory. That was his personality, so she still had to take the initiative in many things.

One of them was chattering about something, while the other was listening with his head down and answering something from time to time, which made the atmosphere between them very harmonious.

Si Yuwei, who had been hiding aside and watching them for a while, filmed their interactions and sent them to her brother and Zhao Mingyuan, couldn’t help but smile like an auntie.

She happened to be here to inspect the store these two days. She was right next to him when Special Assistant Qin called to make the reservation. When she heard that it was Huo Xiao who wanted to book a couple’s seat, she immediately picked up the phone and asked Special Assistant Qin what was going on.

Knowing that Brother Xiao was going to bring his sister-in-law to eat here, she immediately gave the best seat to Special Assistant Qin. And she was waiting for them here.

This was the first time in her life that she saw Brother Xiao being so gentle to the girls around him. Although his icy face was still expressionless, as someone who grew up with him, she could still tell that Brother Xiao was not averse to this kind of relationship and might even enjoy it.

After all, she had seen with her own eyes how he treated Li Mingzhu harshly. Although she and Li Mingzhu had never gotten along since childhood, she couldn’t help but sympathize with her. But why did she like someone else, but a work machine without any emotions?

Fortunately, she knew that she didn’t like him, otherwise, even if her brother and Xiao had a good relationship, she couldn’t get close to him. In that case, there might really be no female creature around him. Even his cousin didn’t dare to jump in front of him and had been avoiding him since she was a child.

Since she was a child, she has always liked to follow her brother, and that’s how she got to know Huo Xiao and Zhao Mingyuan.

Except for the heir of the Li family, the heirs of the other three families of the four top wealthy families in Beijing are all good friends, and their previous generations are also family friends. Huo Xiao is the oldest among them, so Si Boyan and Zhao Mingyuan both call him Brother Xiao, and she follows her brother and keeps calling him Brother Xiao.

Because she is the only girl among the three families, she has always been the group’s favorite since she was a child.

Both the elders and brothers doted on her. When she was a child, Brother Xiao treated her very well, even better than Huo Rong, and Huo Rong often gave her the cold shoulder for this. However, after her uncle and aunt passed away unexpectedly, she saw him less and less often.

She often heard her father and brother say that Xiao Ge was too stubborn. The Huo family was in a bad situation. They wanted to help him, but he refused. They thought the Huo family would decline, but within a few years, Huo’s company was getting better and better. Her father and brother complained that Xiao Ge was a business genius, so why was he not his son?

In response to his complaints, her brother just rolled his eyes and told him to think about it in his dreams at night, as dreams could hold all kinds of things. In the end, he was beaten by his father and the matter was finally put to rest.

Of course, he also thought that since he couldn’t be a son, he could be a son-in-law, which scared her so much that she wanted to run away from home.

What a joke! Brother Xiao can be a brother, but it is impossible for him to be a husband. Besides, she already has someone she likes, so how could she agree?

Thinking back, she thought that the young woman in front of her should be the newlywed wife that Xiaoge got married with some time ago. I heard that she was still a college student, so they didn’t hold a wedding, and planned to hold it after she graduated.

She never thought that she would be able to see Brother Xiao, an old cow, eating young grass in her lifetime! She also heard that Grandma Huo liked her very much and did not look down on her because of her poor family background. Instead, she praised her highly outside, telling everyone that this granddaughter-in-law was recognized by her Huo family and not someone who could be bullied by anyone.

Perhaps the two people on the other end of the phone were busy and did not reply to her message.

She was originally planning to take some more videos, but when she suddenly met Brother Xiao’s cold gaze, she immediately put down her phone guiltily.

Brother Xiao is still so vigilant, all those safety classes were not in vain.

As the heirs of top wealthy families, they had been arranged to take safety classes since childhood, which included not only safety protection and close combat, but also alertness training. As the only girl, she naturally learned some self-defense skills as well.

Brother Xiao has always been the best performer among the few. If he was not the heir to a wealthy family, the coach at that time would have wanted to recruit him to the army. He also said that if Brother Xiao went to the army, he would definitely become the king of special forces.

Although he did not become a military king, he became the uncrowned king of the business world many years later.

Since they met, they naturally had to say hello, so Si Yuwei put on a standard smile and walked towards their seats.

Jiang Jingzhu naturally noticed that Huo Xiao was looking away, so she followed his gaze and saw a beautiful woman with a bright face walking towards them with a smile.

“know?”

Seeing that he had withdrawn his gaze, Jiang Jingzhu asked.

“Yes, the younger sister of a close family friend.”

Hearing him say this, Jiang Jingzhu nodded. So they were childhood sweethearts! I just don’t know if this childhood sweetheart has other thoughts about him.

But she didn’t ask anything and just waited for the other party to come over.

After a while, Si Yuwei arrived in front of them. She greeted Huo Xiao first, “Hello, Xiao, are you on a business trip to H City? I didn’t expect to meet you here.” Then she looked at Jiang Jingzhu and asked with a smile, “I guess this is my sister-in-law!”