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"Shall I ask the kitchen to order some more food now?"
Su Xiaoqiang was taken aback. Wasn't this just her being wary that my baking wouldn't taste good?
"Ugh!" she said irritably, slapping his arm. Suddenly, she noticed that his arm seemed even stronger than before.
Ah! I really want him to hug me, kiss me, and lift me up high!
But with Liu Miaomiao around, she couldn't act too intimately, lest she provoke the single people.
So all I can do is keep it to myself.
The dishes were served one by one, and the three of them enjoyed the food and chatted. The atmosphere at dinner was very comfortable. A bottle of red wine was opened, and Su Xiaoqiang and Liu Miaomiao both had some.
Liu Miaomiao gets drunk very easily. Before she even finishes a glass of red wine, her face turns bright red, like a ripe red tomato.
Su Xiaoqiang has a high alcohol tolerance; she drank two glasses of red wine without changing her expression. Just as she picked up the bottle to pour more wine, Gu Ran stopped her.
"No more drinking."
"Okay." Su Xiaoqiang obediently put down the wine bottle.
Actually, she has a high alcohol tolerance. She tried it at home and was fine after drinking half a bottle of Moutai.
It was already past eight o'clock when we finished dinner.
"Let's go home. You've been on a plane for over ten hours. You must be tired." Su Xiaoqiang pinched her boyfriend's delicate face with concern.
"it is good."
Upon learning that Gu Ran was leaving, the female manager quickly came over to see him off and gave him a VIP card.
"This is a small gift from our boss to thank Mr. Gu for his help. We welcome Mr. Gu to visit us often."
Gu Ran took the membership card and glanced at it. The black card was inlaid with gold edges and had a certain weight to it. The card was exquisitely made and had a membership card number on it, which was 09.
He casually handed the membership card to Su Xiaoqiang. He didn't come here often, but his girlfriend really liked the desserts.
Su Xiaoqiang was secretly delighted; her boyfriend had made up for all the embarrassment she had lost before.
"I need to use the restroom," Liu Miaomiao said to the female manager, somewhat embarrassed.
"The restroom is near the entrance. I'll take you there." The female manager led the way, also leading Gu Ran and Su Xiaoqiang out the door.
As the group passed through the hall, they discovered that the party was still going on.
When the guests at the party saw Gu Ran and his two companions pass by, they all turned their gazes toward them.
As the saying goes, "Clothes make the man," and in high society, the quickest way to distinguish people from different classes is by their clothes.
Therefore, everyone who comes to this club wears expensive formal wear; whether they have money or not, they have to rent one to be considered high-class.
The fact that these three people, dressed casually in down jackets, jeans, and black jackets, could enter and leave this members-only club was enough to show that they didn't need to rely on external things to demonstrate their status.
But no one at the party dared to approach them.
In such places, striking up a conversation requires timing; otherwise, it's easy to leave a bad impression.
Liu Miaomiao was only slightly tipsy and had no problem going to the restroom alone. Su Xiaoqiang and Gu Ran rarely had a chance to be alone, so she immediately went over and took her boyfriend's hand.
She asked, "Why didn't you tell me you were back so early?"
"Because I miss Liu Miaomiao."
Su Xiaoqiang grabbed his collar, blushing and angry, and said, "Dare to say that again!"
Gu Ran suddenly pulled her into his arms: "I love seeing you when you're jealous, you little jealous girl from East Asia."
Su Xiaoqiang leaned against her boyfriend's strong chest. It was cold outside, but he was only wearing two layers of clothing, and his embrace was still warm and hot.
"You jerk, you're always making me angry," she complained, hugging her boyfriend's waist.
Gu Ran pinched her cute, perky nose, but when he tried to pinch it again, she whimpered and dodged away.
Just then, Liu Miaomiao also came out, so the three of them took the elevator to leave.
The female manager stayed with them the whole time, until the three of them entered the elevator.
"Wait!" Suddenly a man appeared and blocked the elevator door that was about to close.
He looked to be around twenty-five years old and was wearing a black tuxedo suit: "Excuse me, I'm also going downstairs and don't want to wait for the elevator again."
The clubhouse only has one elevator that goes to this floor.
"It's okay," Gu Ran said.
The three of them stepped back a bit, keeping their distance from the man.
The man stood alone to one side and suddenly spoke to Liu Miaomiao, "Thank you for getting me the paper towels earlier, miss."
"No need, you've already thanked me once," Liu Miaomiao said politely.
This statement also implies stopping the other person from continuing to strike up a conversation and bringing the topic to a close.
Just now, this man stopped Liu Miaomiao, claiming that there was no toilet paper in the men's restroom, and asked her to give him two sheets of paper from the women's restroom.
The kind and polite Liu Miaomiao helped him take it.
As expected, the man didn't continue speaking, only occasionally glancing at Liu Miaomiao and sometimes at Gu Ran.
The four of them arrived on the first floor in a somber mood.
Gu Ran didn't drink alcohol, and drove the two of them home.
……
The next day, Friday, at 7 a.m.
Because Liu Miaomiao had class at eight in the morning, she got up very early.
After she finished washing up, she went to the restaurant and found that Gu Ran had already prepared breakfast.
"Good morning, let's have breakfast first." Gu Ran ladled a bowl of congee with preserved egg and lean pork from the clay pot for his sister-in-law.
"Thank you." Liu Miaomiao had originally planned to just grab some bread on the way, but she hadn't expected to be served a warm breakfast.
Thinking about it carefully, this was actually the first time Liu Miaomiao had breakfast at this house.
They rarely cook at home; both are pampered young ladies and neither of them knows how to cook.
However, it had all the necessary kitchen utensils.
Liu Miaomiao took a sip of the porridge and found it tasted good: "Delicious! It has a ginger flavor but I didn't taste any ginger shreds. Great!"
"Xiaoqiang told me yesterday that none of you like eating ginger." Gu Ran came to the living room, put down her yoga mat, and began to meditate.
"Aren't you going to eat?" Liu Miaomiao asked, taking a bite of the fried dough stick.
"I have already eaten."
Liu Miaomiao then realized that only a small portion of the porridge in the clay pot remained, and the traces of porridge glue on top proved that there was originally a large pot of it.
His appetite was indeed enormous.
Last night, after Gu Ran roasted the turkey, they only ate a few bites, and he ate the rest all by himself.
It's important to know that it was a turkey, unlike the yellow-feathered chickens in China. Even though Su Xiaoqiang bought a small turkey, it still weighed twelve pounds.
At this time, Su Xiaoqiang also finished washing up and came out to have breakfast.
Liu Miaomiao has a small appetite. She ate a bowl of porridge and a few bites of fried dough sticks, and then stopped eating. She yawned wearily at the table.
"Didn't sleep well last night?" Su Xiaoqiang asked, eating a steamed bun and noticing her best friend's swollen eyes and dark circles.
"Are you not used to sleeping with me?" she asked.
“No…” Liu Miaomiao rubbed her eyes, “I think I had a very strange dream last night.”
"What kind of dream?" Su Xiaoqiang asked.
"Um...it's nothing." Liu Miaomiao seemed a little embarrassed to speak, her face slightly flushed.
Su Xiaoqiang took a sip of the congee with preserved egg and lean pork, glanced at the time, and said, "It's time, you have to go to school."
"Huh? Aren't you coming with me?" Liu Miaomiao was stunned. They usually went to and from school together. Those who didn't have classes would go to the library or study room, without fail.
"...It's Gu Ran, it's all his fault. He asked me to go shopping with him later." Su Xiaoqiang was also a master of lying.
After saying that, she glanced at her boyfriend and found him sitting cross-legged on the yoga mat, completely oblivious to the outside world.
"Then... I'll drive to school myself." Seeing this, Liu Miaomiao didn't know what to say, but just smiled and said, "I didn't expect you to be someone who would abandon all other people when it comes to the opposite sex."
“I’m not!” Su Xiaoqiang said stubbornly.
"I'm leaving, I can't be bothered to argue with you, you little tsundere!" Liu Miaomiao picked up her schoolbag, slung a small LV backpack over her shoulder, and went out.
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Only Su Xiaoqiang and Gu Ran remained in the house.
She quickly finished the porridge in her bowl, then walked behind Gu Ran and hugged him tightly.
"I missed you so much." She pressed her chest against Gu Ran's back, wrapped her white arms around his neck, and rubbed her nose against his cheek like a kitten.
Feeling the fullness and softness from behind, Gu Ran slowly opened her eyes, feeling both amused and exasperated.
How did this clingy little devil suddenly reveal her true colors?
Because Liu Miaomiao was always acting as a third wheel, Su Xiaoqiang didn't get to kiss or be affectionate with her boyfriend last night.
She was so frustrated.
Gu Ran stood up, picked her up facing him, and then she wrapped her arms around her boyfriend's neck like a koala, with her two long legs wrapped around his waist.
"I miss you so much." She pressed her forehead against Gu Ran's forehead.
Gu Ran put his arm around her soft waist and whispered, "Me too."
Their eyes met, and their faces drew closer and closer.
Su Xiaoqiang pouted slightly and closed her eyes.
But after waiting for a long time, there was still no sign of her boyfriend.
Shouldn't he be the one to initiate the kiss?
"Why won't you kiss me?" Su Xiaoqiang asked resentfully, one hand around his neck and the other pinching his ear.