The Downtrodden Villain In A Redemption Romance Novel Chapter 103

Chapter 103 Hotpot

Xu Wen lightly stamped his feet under the office building, trying to dispel the chill around him.

The cold wind penetrated his collar with a chill, causing him to shrink his shoulders unconsciously.

“Xu Zhu, shall we set off then?”

Xu Wen nodded and looked behind him. Lu Qingrang hadn’t come out yet.

Lin Wei greeted him with a group of colleagues in the department. It was Friday night and the project was basically ready. Unexpectedly, it was still early to get off work.

People from the company are taking advantage of tomorrow’s day off to have a department dinner.

He said he was going to eat barbecue, but Xu Wen didn’t want to eat it. A few days ago, he saw a good-looking hot pot restaurant nearby. He also forwarded it to Lu Qingrang, saying that he would come early to eat after get off work one day.

He didn’t want to disappoint everyone, so just when he was about to nod, Lu Qingrang took a step ahead of him and spoke gently:

“Everyone has been working hard during this period, so let’s just relax during this meal. The company will reimburse us. Those who want to eat together can eat as usual, and those who want to change the taste can feel free to do so.”

He paused, glanced at everyone, and smiled:

“We will not participate, so that everyone will not be able to let go and think about reporting work at the dinner table.”

“Xu Wen!”

Xu Wen came to his senses after hearing the sound, and looked up to see Lu Qingrang walking towards him quickly with long legs.

The tall figure walked quickly through the lobby and stood in front of him, just blocking the cold wind coming from the door.

“Why are you so slow?” Xu Wen muttered quietly, with a bit of urgency in his tone.

Lu Qingrang naturally put her arms around his shoulders, and couldn’t help laughing when she thought of how this man rushed downstairs in the office just now. Although he was asked to wait and leave together, Xu Wen insisted on running downstairs first, muttering “I’m late and I have to queue up.”

“I’ve made a reservation.” Lu Qingrang ignored his complaints and said warmly, “Let’s go to that hot pot restaurant.”

Xu Wen’s eyes lit up, and his little emotion suddenly disappeared.

He obediently followed Lu Qingrang out, saying “hmm” softly, and his whole body was filled with excitement.

As soon as he arrived at the hot pot restaurant, Xu Wen couldn’t sit still. He turned his head around and stared longingly at the bottom of the pot served at each table.

When a waiter passed by their table without stopping, the expectant light in his eyes dimmed a bit, and the corners of his mouth curled up unconsciously.

Lu Qingrang looked at him with a smile on his lips.

It wasn’t until the bottom of the pot on their table was finally served that Xu Wen’s eyes completely lit up.

The red oil was gurgling in the pot, and the hot steam was steaming up, spreading a mist between the two of them.

Lu Qingrang watched Xu Wen staring straight at the bottom of the pot, and his heart suddenly softened, filled with sadness.

Such ordinary daily life is what they have experienced in exchange for too much ups and downs.

In the hot air, Lu Qingrang’s eyes lingered on Xu Wen’s smiling face for a moment, his eyes a little wandering.

Xu Wen took in his subtle reaction, but pretended not to notice it. He just moved his hands quickly, pointed at the fat cow rolling in the pot with his chopsticks, and said in a brisk voice, “Is it ready? Can you eat it?”

Finally, when it was cooked, he picked it up first, blew it carefully, and put it into Lu Qingrang’s bowl. Then he took some of it and put it in the bowl: “Have a try!”

This series of movements was smooth and smooth, just right to interrupt someone who was falling into sentimentality.

Lu Qingrang raised his eyes and met Xu Wen’s bright eyes.Those eyes reflected the steaming heat of the hot pot, and also reflected his figure.

He softened unconsciously and responded softly: “Okay.”

Seeing Lu Qingrang start eating, Xu Wen lowered his head with satisfaction. His cheeks were soon stuffed with food and he narrowed his eyes with satisfaction.

“It’s so enjoyable!!”

When he finally raised his head with satisfaction, his lazy eyes fell back on Lu Qingrang, but he was suddenly stunned.

“!?”

Lu Qingrang was seen taking small bites of the bowl of vegetables he had just picked up. There were fine beads of sweat on his forehead and the tip of his nose, and he wiped it with a tissue from time to time.The water bottle on the table was already half empty, and he was obviously drinking water constantly.

The moment he raised his head, Lu Qingrang lowered his head guiltily and pretended to concentrate on eating the few dishes left in the bowl.

This guy…

Seeing Lu Qingrang’s forced look, Xu Wen narrowed his eyes, and maliciously picked up another spoonful of freshly blanched beef, put it into a clean small bowl, and pushed it in front of him, with a pretentious tone:

“Come on! This pot has just been hot, it’s so delicious!”

He clearly saw that Lu Qingrang’s shoulders were obviously stiff.

The furry head hung lower, and he responded obediently with an obviously mute voice:

“Okay.”

Xu Wen deliberately asked: “Is it delicious?”

Lu Qingrang quietly wiped the sweat on his face with a tissue and nodded.

Seeing his obedient and pitiful appearance, Xu Wen felt angry and funny.

He deliberately put his chopsticks on the table, making a crisp sound.

This time the voice of the question was lowered: “Are you sure it tastes good?”

Lu Qingrang finally raised his head, but his eyelashes trembled in panic, his eyes wandered left and right, but he didn’t dare to look at Xu Wen.

“Look at me.”

Those beautiful eyes finally stopped dodging and looked into Xu Wen’s eyes with a bit of confusion.

“Tsk,” Xu Wen felt soft at his look, but his tone was still fierce, “Tell the truth.”

Lu Qingrang pursed her slightly swollen lips and whispered, “I see you are enjoying your meal, and I don’t want to spoil your fun…”

“Huh?” Xu Wen was unmoved.

Lu Qingrang’s voice became even lower, “I just want to get used to the taste you like. I’ll get used to it after eating it…”

The feigned anger in Xu Wen’s heart was instantly exposed by these words and dissipated without a trace.

Alas, I sighed helplessly in my heart, this guy is always like this.

“Stupid or not,” his tone softened completely, with distress and helplessness, “I’m very happy that you want to go to me, but I hope you can care more about yourself.”

He pointed to the few plates of non-spicy dishes on the table: “There are other dishes here too, look at how spicy they are.”

“Did you hear that?”

Lu Qingrang blinked his eyes and responded obediently: “I know.”

After receiving the guarantee, Xu Wen finally relented.

It would be good for this guy to listen a little bit, so he stood up and sat next to Lu Qingrang, and took out a tissue to wipe away the sweat that was still flowing out of his face.

Unexpectedly, Lu Qingrang closed his eyes suddenly when a tissue wiped his eyes inadvertently, and tears burst out instantly.

“!!!”

Xu Wen was stunned and subconsciously looked at the tissue in his hand. There was a touch of red oil on it!

“Xu Wen…” Lu Qingrang’s voice was crying, his eyes were tightly closed, and his long eyelashes were trembling, “My eyes hurt… I can’t control it…”

Only then did Xu Wen come to his senses, hurriedly threw back the tissue that had caused trouble, hurriedly opened a pack of wet wipes, and wiped his eyes for him.

He scolded: “Look at how squeamish you are, you are such a crybaby.” But his arms had already wrapped around him sincerely, letting him bury his hot cheeks in his neck.