Chapter 77: Truly Unappreciative

  The location of the meal was chosen by Luo Xinying, just near the Bureau of Foreign Trade. The two walked and chatted along the way, and soon arrived at the destination.

  The restaurant is moderately sized, with elegant and unique decorations. The waitresses are mostly young girls in uniforms, providing warm and thoughtful service. As it's approaching meal time, the restaurant is bustling with people coming and going, and the large hall is almost fully seated.

  After sitting down at an empty table by the window in the hall, Luo Xinying smiled and said, "This restaurant is a bit expensive, but the chef here has several signature dishes that are sure to make you praise them endlessly. Fortunately, we arrived on time, or some of the dishes would have been sold out."

  After hearing this, Xu Yu suddenly smiled. The reputation of this restaurant was indeed quite big. When he was studying in Linzhou before, he had already heard about it, but he had never really been there. He smiled and let Luo Xinying order the dishes. After the waiter took the menu away, Xu Yu spoke up, "Hehe, I've heard that a few of their dishes are quite famous. I'm lucky to be able to enjoy this treat thanks to you."

  "Look what you said, if it wasn't for you last time..." Luo Xinying also smiled, but just as she was about to speak up and mention the previous incident, a surprised cry came from the road leading to the entrance in front of her, "Xiao Ying? You're here too?"

  As the exclamation, a tall and handsome young man in his thirties, about 1.85 meters tall, walked up with big strides, followed by a beautiful woman who was also very attractive. After scanning Luo Xinying, he fixed his gaze on Xu Yu and asked with a hint of strange smile, "Who is this?"

  "Brother, Yijie, you're also here for dinner?" Seeing the two of them, Luo Xinying was slightly taken aback, then stood up from her original position, smiling at Xu Yu and saying, "Xu Yu, this is my brother Chen Zhihui, he's the deputy director of our TV station. This is my sister-in-law Wang Yi. Brother, this is my friend Xu Yu, who works at the Trade Bureau."

  With the introduction, Xu Yu also stood up and smiled at the two of them, "Hello."

  "Hehe." Chen Zhihui also smiled at Xu Yu, then turned to Luo Xinying and said, "Xiao Ying, there aren't any seats available now. Would you mind if I sat down with your sister-in-law?"

  "Ah?" Along with these words, Luo Xinying slightly paused, looked around and found that there was indeed no empty seat left, then smiled and said, "Sit down."

  "En." Chen Zhihui nodded again and sat down beside Xu Yu, while Wang Yi sat down beside Luo Xinying.

  After sitting down, Chen Zhihui smiled again at Luo Xinying, "You little girl, when did you hide a handsome guy? How come I've never heard you mention it before, that you have an acquaintance in the Bureau of Foreign Trade?"

  "Where did you say you went?" Upon hearing this, Luo Xinying's face turned slightly red, but she quickly smiled and said, "Speaking of which, I'm afraid you won't believe it, but the process of how I got to know Xu Yu is actually quite interesting..."

  Among the laughter, Luo Xinying gradually told the story of how she and Xu Yu got to know each other in those days, but only didn't explicitly mention how they left the Ningcheng Public Security Bureau.

  She said that, and indeed felt that the process was quite wonderful, and it was also quite interesting to recall. Moreover, she and Xu Yu had not yet had a deep conversation, and they didn't have many common topics to talk about.

  After finishing speaking, Luo Xinying continued laughing and said, "It wasn't until after work today that I ran into him outside the Bureau of Foreign Trade, that's when I found out he had come to Linzhou."

  "Haha, it's indeed quite interesting. I didn't expect that our Luo Xiaojie would go on a trip and end up in the Public Security Bureau?" Listening to this strange process, Chen Zhihui was also quite shocked, thinking that he had no idea about this matter. However, as he looked at Xu Yu, his expression gradually became more playful.

  He originally thought that since the other party could recognize Luo Xinying and looked like a good salesman, he might be the son of a high-ranking official, so it wouldn't hurt to get to know him.

  But unexpectedly, the other party was just an ordinary civil servant, and his family background seemed to be very ordinary. Otherwise, in his old home in Ning City, he would have been caught by the police as a thief and wouldn't have been able to get out without Luo Xinying using her connections. Such a person, even if he is a civil servant, and the other party is still in a powerful department like the Bureau of Economic Trade, really can't enter Chen Zhihui's line of sight.

  Indeed, Luo Xinying didn't say it explicitly, but he could also figure it out.

  But the next moment, Chen Zhihui smiled and said to Xu Yu, "Hehe, not bad, Little Xu is right, thank you for helping Xiaoying find her wallet. Ah, Nie Director of the Ministry of Foreign Trade, I know him, if there's anything that needs help in the future, just speak up."

  Although the words were polite, Chen Zhihui's tone was like looking down on Xu Yu, with a hint of indifference and a sense of superiority that made Xu Yu frown slightly.

  "But thank you, I think I'll pass for now."

  One sentence, however, made Chen Zhihui's face change color immediately. This guy, he was actually giving him a boost, but he didn't even recognize the favor? Did he really think that just because he had picked up Luo Xinying's wallet once, he could be on an equal footing with them?

  It's not just Chen Zhihui, even Wang Wei opposite him, also had an expressionless face. You know how many people usually fawn on them, wanting them to say something like that. Unexpectedly, Xu Yu was so tactless?

  As soon as Luo Xinying saw the expressions on Chen Zhihui's face, she immediately felt a little embarrassed. She did know that these two relatives were somewhat sycophantic, but she hadn't expected them to be so blatant in front of her.

  In the awkwardness, Luo Xinying first looked at Xu Yu with an apologetic expression, then smiled and introduced a new topic. However, by this time, Chen Zhihui and the two others were looking at Xu Yu with increasing disdain. Director Zhang would open his mouth, while Director Lin would close it, and their expressions towards Xu Yu became increasingly arrogant.

  That expression of yours, which suggests I'll be sorry if I cross you, is quite obvious.

  The atmosphere of the whole dinner table was gone, let alone Xu Yu, even Luo Xinying lost interest in eating.

  Unfortunately, until the very end, neither of them showed even a hint of regret or panic, which only made Chen Zhihui feel increasingly stifled.

  Just then, Wang Yu, who was sitting opposite him, suddenly lit up in front of his eyes, and then looked excitedly at the door, and even repeatedly said to Chen Zhihui, "Zhihui, isn't that..."

  "Huh?" Chen Zhihui also immediately turned his head, and when he saw an old man who had just stepped into the doorway, he was taken aback, before exclaiming in surprise, "Du Sheng... how did he end up eating here?"

  It wasn't just Chen Zhihui, even Luo Xinying was shocked after seeing the old man's appearance clearly.

  That man was Du Peiming, the third most powerful person in the Anhui Provincial Government and Vice Governor. His influence within the government was second only to Governor Yu and Executive Vice Governor Luo Jichuan.

  Such a government big shot, although also often eating out, but which time is not for an important banquet to go, and those banquets, will not be easily arranged in such a casual place.

  But this time, Vice Governor Du came alone to such a restaurant?

  Today's first update is here, and the next one will be sent soon. Tomorrow I should be heading back, but I might be on the bus all day, so tomorrow's two chapters will be updated a bit later, probably after 6 pm. Both chapters are coming, please collect and recommend~