CH 12

Some employees of Doudou Dim Sum Restaurant are also part-time students and most of them returned to their hometown for summer vacation. Since there was a shortage of manpower, plus several colleges and universities nearby were holding summer activities, the workload of employees increased rather than decreased. They handled similar incidents with ease in the past because they had Li Ting, who could be counted as three people. Today, however, somehow, it was visible that this big shot’s speed couldn’t keep up as usual. Not only that, he was even a bit of a drag.

When Xiao-Mao already finished sweeping the kitchen, Li Ting still hadn’t finished washing a dozen or so plates. 

The deputy store manager came to urge him, but before he could say anything, he heard a “clang”. The big bowl in Li Ting’s hand fell and shattered into pieces.

The waiters on one side looked at the ground and then looked at each other. They all saw “the heck?” written on each other’s faces.

This was the third one today. Did the spirit of this non-human being leave his body?

Did he get dumped?! 

Someone mouthed behind his back.

The deputy store manager also frowned, but when he saw Li Ting turned his face around and those gloomy eyes of his, he swallowed those irritating words and changed it to something else.

“Li-, Li Ting, let others do this. Someone ordered a meal, you go deliver it.”

Li Ting seemed to know that he was in a bad state today and didn’t insist. He just wiped the sweat on his forehead with his sleeve, took off the gloves, and went out.

There were a lot of takeouts in his hands as usual. If this was before, it didn’t mean much for Li Ting, but today… He took out the phone that had a big crack on the screen, looked at the time, estimated the distance on the road and the speed he needed to use with a tired expression.

Then Li Ting still hopped onto his scooter and drove out under the scorching sun.

He used a small road since it was relatively closer, but the road wasn’t smooth, it was very bumpy. It made Li Ting dizzy and his ears rang as he held the handlebar. When he got off the vehicle, his footsteps swayed a little. Today’s takeout wasn’t like Uni A’s Research Institute group orders, instead, they were scattered everywhere. Some were even old-fashioned residential buildings. Li Ting could only bite his teeth and then climb up and down repeatedly. In the end, he climbed so much that he couldn’t tell the difference between the stairs and the flat ground.

After finishing the delivery with difficulty. It actually took half an hour longer than what Li Ting estimated. Adding this with the time he needed to go back, it’s probably impossible to catch his next work. 

Nevertheless, Li Ting still drove towards his original destination…

It entered the last day of the summer camp, and most of the students began to return. Fang Huaining and others could finally let out a breath because of this. Before noon approached, he returned to the institute.

On the sixth floor, he met Wang Fuliang, who was arranging materials. As soon as he saw him, Wang Fuliang said anxiously, “The talk with Professor Braun has been pushed ahead of schedule.”

Fang Huaining was stunned: “When will it start?” 

“In fo-forty minutes.”

Fang Huaining looked at his watch.

“Do you want to call the guy from Doudou Restaurant?” Wang Fuliang asked.

Fang Huaining looked at him: “Do you have his phone number?” 

Wang Fuliang became lifeless.

Fang Huaining sighed, “Call the Dim Sum Restaurant.”

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Fang Huaining looked at the screen and frowned slightly.

“Did he, did he stand us up?” 

Fang Huaining said, “Wait a little longer.”

So this wait lasted 20 minutes. There was a row of numbers in Fang Huaining’s recent calls, but they were all one-way arrows.

They were quite patient, but the members of the Wang Fuliang group were more cautious.

His xuejie came to ask several times, in which Wang Fuliang responded with ‘soon’. Gradually, his xuejie, who still didn’t see anyone, got a little worried. 

In fact, thinking about this, this matter really isn’t reliable. Letting a delivery man translate for their research project? Although the other is a foreign language student, he can’t be better than those of similar majors at University A. Moreover, this kind of serious communication cannot be taken as a joke so casually. If it wasn’t because Fang Huaining also believed in the other, she wouldn’t have even given him this opportunity.

Seeing that the time was still about ten minutes left, the xuejie said, “Well, it seems like the person you guys chose went off track a little. I can only bring out my second option.”

“Ah? What second option?”

The xuejie smiled and glanced at Fang Huaining: “Doesn’t Huaining know? She just happened to be hanging out around here today. I asked her to come over just in case, I didn’t expect her to actually be of help.” 

Then, the xuejie shouted to the lounge on one side, “Yaoqing, we’re going to start.”

The next moment, a beautiful girl came out. It was that same person from Library A.

Yu Yaoqing didn’t have time to talk to Fang Huaining because she already had to prepare for the talk. She only had time to smile at him before hurrying into the room.

Wang Fuliang was also a little upset, he reluctantly shrugged towards Fang Huaining and followed behind them. 

Fang Huaining didn’t move, he remained standing there and looked down at his phone from time to time.

At lunch, someone from Doudou Dim Sum Restaurant came, but it was not the one he expected. For some reason, Fang Huaining suddenly remembered the humble but solid wooden shed he saw in the storm. He felt that the other didn’t seem like such an irresponsible person.

In less than 20 minutes, the door of the communication room was opened. Yu Yaoqing came out and saw that Fang Huaining was still there. A glimmer of joy flashed over her face.

“Wow, it’s my first time doing this kind of work. Fortunately, there were no mistakes.” Yu Yaoqing said with lingering fear. 

Fang Huaining leaned on the side with one hand in his pocket. He did not relax like he does when facing acquaintances, even when hearing such words, he kept his cold expression.

He asked, “Is it over?”

Yu Yaoqing smiled: “They haven’t finished yet, but I’m finished. I’m too nervous to stay inside. How about you? Aren’t you busy today?”

Fang Huaining didn’t answer. 

Yu Yaoqing waited to chat more but saw him look downstairs in a thoughtful state. Yu Yaoqing also looked over and didn’t notice anything special. If anything, there was a boy standing in the plaza in front of the Institute, who was also looking in their direction.

The distance between the seventh and eighth floors wasn’t short, but Fang Huaining seemed to see the expression on the other’s face. It was the expression that he already understood the results.

He looked at Fang Huaining and then at the girl beside him. He didn’t seem to have any intentions of coming up to explain or say hello. He just turned around and walked back to the scooter parked by the door.

In this short amount of time, Fang Huaining hesitated on whether he should go downstairs. However, he also knew that when he gets there, Li Ting would have already left. Plus, what can he even say if he goes down? 

In fact, this kind of cooperation doesn’t really count as anything. He merely asked someone for help, but they were delayed for some reason so they changed to someone else at the last minute. The matter was satisfactorily solved. However, somehow, looking at the figure that left, Fang Huaining only felt that the sunshine shining over him was inexplicably unpleasant to look at…

Having done Professor Song a favor, Ni Weinian felt bad towards Fang Huaining and gave him a few days off. At the same time, Qian Kun came back from his trip and grabbed his roommates to eat together.

Wang Fuliang was still enslaved on the lower floors and couldn’t come. Only Zhao Bang and Fang Huaining went.

Qian Kun wasn’t a CS major, he’s a physical education major. He and Fang Huaining have known each other since childhood. They’re distant relatives and were somehow assigned to the same dorm. He is tall, has upright features, and has a sunny temperament. At least, in terms of appearances, he’s the closest to Fang Huaining. Together, they belong to a different species of the entire science and engineering dorm. 

This time, he went to City U for a competition and even won an award. Now that he came back all relaxed and comfortable after a trip with his girlfriend, he was willing to spend money for his brothers.

“Today’s my treat. Where do y’all want to go eat?” Qian Kun asked.

He thought Fang Huaining would choose a place with light tastes, like a vegetarian western restaurant. While Zhao Bang would choose those lamb skewers or barbeque places, and would not welcome anywhere that doesn’t have meat. However, after the two thought for a bit, Zhao Bang suddenly said, “Let’s go to Doudou Dim Sum restaurant.”

“Ah?” Where? Qian Kun felt inexplicable. 

“Tsk, you forgot? We ordered it last semester. Recently, they seem to have created a lot of new food. Big Tongue Wang is still not tired from eating it every day. I also want to try it.” Big Tongue Wang is Wang Fuliang, the little fresh science-and-engineering man who will post every little thing on his Moments(on WeChat).

Qian Kun couldn’t understand, so he turned to Fang Huaining.

Fang Huaining didn’t speak. Qian Kun understood that this meant he had no objection.

Weird. 

He has eaten there before and didn’t think it was particularly delicious? It’s not surprising that it can impress Zhao Bang and Wang Fuliang, but it can impress Fang Huaining… could it be that there’s some kind of store treasure?

“Fine.”

Qian Kun generously led them there.

They were in high spirits. Unexpectedly, when they arrived, they found that the door was closed and a notice of “closed for a week” was pasted on the Dim Sum Restaurant. 

“The heck? They’re close?” Zhao Bang felt apologetic.

Qian Kun: “The activities from our school and nearby schools are all almost ending. They’re probably taking this opportunity to adjust the business.”

“They just had to take a break now… damn.” Zhao Bang was angry.

Qian Kun looked at him, then glanced at Fang Huaining, who was staring at the sign. He narrowed his eyes and said, “Hey, I feel like something’s off. Tell me honestly, is there someone impressive in there? Could it be a big beauty? Did you bring me to see my sister-in-law? Is it you, Fatty? Or is it… our Ace finally found a lover…” 

Before he finished speaking, he was killed by Fang Huaining’s knife-like gaze.

In fact, Zhao Bang really just wanted to try the dishes of the Dim Sum Restaurant and was unhappy because his expectations failed. However, he remembered something after listening to Qian Kun’s words.

“Hey, actually, there really is an impressive person here.”

“Oh? Gimme a description.” 

Zhao Bang thought for a moment and used a particularly appropriate sentence: “Has strength like you, a brain like Huaining, and a face like Xu Miaomiao.”

“What?”

Qian Kun was surprised, not to mention among men of science and engineering, even in physical education, his strength is quite substantial. Moreover, Xu Miaomiao was a famous beauty of Uni A, just look at Wang Fuliang’s dream about her every day. There was no need to even mention Fang Huaining’s brain.

So… What kind of creature is this? 

“A man-made being?”

He looked at Fang Huaining to seek for an answer, but got a tacit approval.

“Unexpected, right? Unimaginable, right? It’s a pity you couldn’t see them.” Zhao Pang shrugged evilly in Qian Kun’s curious face.

Before his words fell, there was a sudden sound of a motor vehicle on the silent street behind him. 

Fang Huaining turned back, and a familiar face entered his sight in an instant. It was as if it fell from the sky and was approaching him slowly…

The Ace, who is good at managing facial expressions, bit his teeth to keep his mouth from opening.

However, Zhao Bang, who reacted two seconds slower, couldn’t help but let out an “Oh” when he saw the scooter passing by.

In fact, he just shouted casually to express his surprise. He didn’t actually want to delay the other’s business. But he didn’t think that the scooter that had already driven a distance suddenly turned its head back. 

It wasn’t to say hello or to come back, but it lost control and fell to the side, where there just happened to be a slope with several stair steps.

The few big men at the scene were all taken aback!

Fang Huaining, the first to snap out of it, ran over at the soonest time!