Chapter 71 Hurry Up
Sheng Qianmei said to Liu Wentian cheerfully, "Liu Wentian, come here, did you order the dishes? Tonight you're treating me, so you better come and order."
Liu Wentian instantly felt countless envious and hateful glances fall on him. If looks could kill, he would have been torn into pieces already.
At this moment, all the men in the room wished they could kick Liu Wentian away and take his place. Bringing such a top-grade beauty here to eat hot pot, you jerk!
Do you have no shame? Do you deserve her golden hair? Do you deserve her excessively pretty face? Do you deserve those long legs?
The crowd of men felt like crying without tears, when did hot pot become a way to woo top-grade beauties? Why can't I ever encounter this!!
Liu Wentian ordered quite a bit, but the total only came up to a bit more than twenty yuan, leaving Sheng Qianmei utterly surprised as she obviously had never been to a food market before.
Liu Wentian also ordered a few bottles of Tsingtao beer, then took her to sit down at a wooden table nearby.
"Wait a sec."
Sheng Qianmei took out a tissue and wiped the plastic chair for Liu Wentian, then smiled gently and said, "Now you can sit."
After talking, she cleaned her own plastic chair and table completely. Liu Wentian just smiled and did not stop her.
Sheng Qianmei's behavior did not make her seem pretentious, but rather came across as tender and considerate, elegant and charming.
There wasn't the slightest hint of disdain on her face for this place; on the contrary, her cool and noble aura seemed out of place here.
Honestly, Liu Wentian was surprised. He hadn't expected Sheng Qianmei to actually sit down and eat hot pot with him. Qianmei had always seemed like the type to frequent upscale restaurants and five-star hotels, plus doctors are generally somewhat germophobic.
Liu Wentian had prepared himself that if Sheng Qianmei was dissatisfied with the place, he would take her to a restaurant. Yet, unexpectedly, her acceptance was rather strong.
Sheng Qianmei's thoughtful actions made the other men nearby feel a mix of envy, jealousy, and hatred all over again.
A man in his thirties glanced at Sheng Qianmei, then looked at the greasy woman sitting opposite him, and couldn't help but sigh. That immediately displeased the woman.
The overweight woman, already feeling humiliated by Sheng Qianmei, saw her own husband sigh and in anger, threw the meatball she was about to eat at the man's face.
"What are you sighing for, you jerk? Displeased with your wife, aren't you? Go look in the mirror; do you think a woman of her caliber would ever fancy you? Lucky to have married me, your ancestors must be showing their gratitude from their graves. I'm not eating anymore, and you needn't come back tonight. Get out!"
Upon saying this, the overweight woman stormed off while the man hurried after her.
"Hey, hey, wife, wife, don't go, I wasn't sighing. I was just a bit sleepy, that's all!"
Liu Wentian couldn't help but laugh at the scene, and said to Sheng Qianmei, "No wonder they say beautiful women are troublemakers. Look, you haven't even done anything, just by sitting here, you've caused a whole domestic upheaval."
Sheng Qianmei hadn't expected such a scene to unfold either. Her face turned slightly red, then she squinted at Liu Wentian and said, "It's not like how you're exaggerating. It's just that guy's own problem, what troublemaker of beauty nonsense, that's just nonsense."
"You've got it wrong, it absolutely wasn't just that guy's own problem, just look around at the other men and you'll understand. Haha," Liu Wentian said, pointing around and laughing.
Sheng Qianmei glanced aside, and the men who had been sneaking looks at her straightened up rigidly as though they had been electrocuted when they saw her looking.
Sheng Qianmei scoffed lightly and said, "It seems no man is anything good!"
"Handsome, do you want to add anything special to your spicy hotpot?" the male vendor asked cautiously, evidently feeling the pressure from the Porsche nearby and Sheng Qianmei's beauty.
"Of course, make it the special version, the more the better, and if it's not, then it's not real spicy hotpot!!" Liu Wentian finished speaking and glanced at Sheng Qianmei, "Doctor Sheng, this isn't good if not heavily seasoned. To bring out the Chinese character, it has to be strong—you don't have a problem with that, do you??"
Liu Wentian was mischievously curious to see if this blonde beauty would end up, like ordinary women, with a shiny oily mouth, sucking in air while eating.
"I... I guess there's no problem, let's give it a try."
Sheng Qianmei hesitated and said. Truth be told, she didn't really like eating heavily seasoned food usually, after all, as a woman, eating too much of such food was not good for the skin, but since Liu Wentian had said it was better that way, she felt embarrassed to say she didn't eat that.
"That's settled then," Liu Wentian said with a smile.n/ô/vel/b//jn dot c//om
Soon, a large pot of spicy hotpot was brought over, and the female vendor brought two sets of chopsticks and bowls.
Liu Wentian started eating, but Sheng Qianmei just stared blankly.
She was used to eating alone at Western restaurants, where everyone had their own portion. Seeing Liu Wentian boldly reaching over with his chopsticks, picking up food, and then stuffing it into his mouth, and momentarily, his saliva-coated chopsticks would go back into the pot again...
Most doctors have a thing about cleanliness, and although Sheng Qianmei might not have that severe of a cleanliness fetish, she was particularly conscious about personal hygiene, so she was quite baffled by the situation at hand.
If it had been anyone other than Liu Wentian across from her, given her unusual feelings for Liu Wentian, she would have politely excused herself saying there was something undone and left straight away.
Liu Wentian, however, did not understand Sheng Qianmei's feelings at the moment. Seeing that she wasn't eating, he found it odd and asked, "What's wrong, don't you like it??"
"What??" Caught off, Sheng Qianmei was startled by Liu Wentian's question, trying to speak but unsure what to say. She wondered if saying it was unhygienic would offend him, or if he would think she was looking down on him?
Seeing Sheng Qianmei not moving her chopsticks, and assuming she didn't like the food, Yu Xie put down his chopsticks with a smile and said, "If you don't like the stuff here, no worries, I'll take you to a Western restaurant."
He had initially intended to treat her to a meal as a thank you, and if she really wasn't accustomed to eating such food, he wouldn't insist. After all, everyone has their own lifestyle habits.
"No, no!! I'll eat!!" Sheng Qianmei, worried that Liu Wentian might be upset, quickly waved her hands and then cautiously picked up a piece of seaweed with her chopsticks and stuffed it into her mouth.
"Ah!! It's hot!! It's strong!!"
Sheng Qianmei exclaimed, opening her mouth wide, frantically fanning her palm as she gasped for cool air, causing Liu Wentian to chuckle uncontrollably.
"You're laughing!! You're really a bad guy!!" Sheng Qianmei finally swallowed the seaweed and looked at Liu Wentian with a bit of resentment.
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"Haha, spicy hotpot after all, of course, it's spicy, strong, and hot!! Here, drink some Chinese-style chilled Tsingtao beer, you probably can't get this abroad!!" Liu Wentian picked up a disposable plastic cup and poured a cup of beer for Sheng Qianmei.