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I couldn't answer that. In fact, we all know very well that it's just talk; if we really wanted to do it, it would be quite difficult.
So I quickly changed the topic and handed her the menu on the table, saying, "What's good about this restaurant? We've been here for so long and not a single waiter has come by to ask us what we want. Are we supposed to wait until we've finished chatting before we can leave?"
Mina smiled slightly and said, "You're just used to being served. Did you notice? There are paper, pens, and menus here. You look at them, write down your order clearly, and then take it to the kitchen. When it's ready, you serve yourself. There are no waiters here except for the owner."
Such restaurants are indeed rare in Haicheng, so it felt quite fresh.
Mina and I leaned over and wrote down everything we thought was delicious. When we went to submit our order, the owner reminded us, "The dishes you've ordered won't be finished by three people. Do you want to take some home?"
Mina turned to me and asked, "Do you want to take some home?"
"What for? Are you planning to have a midnight snack when you get back?" I asked her.
She quickly shook her head, rubbed her stomach, and said, "If I eat more, my stomach will probably be bigger than yours. I should control myself."
Looking at the list of dishes, I felt a bit troubled. Mina and I had similar tastes, so if she thought something was good, I probably wouldn't find it too bad either. Plus, since it was my first time here, I wanted to try everything. But given the current situation, we really couldn't finish it all; wasting food would be shameful.
So Mina asked, "How about we call someone else?"
"Who should we call?" I looked at her and asked. I didn't have any friends to invite, but with Mina's connections, it would be easy for her to call someone for dinner. I just worried she might invite someone I wasn't familiar with; that could make things awkward.
She stood there thinking for a moment without consulting me and directly dialed a number.
Once connected, I realized she was calling Su Qian.
I panicked and pulled her aside, asking, "Why are you calling him?"
Mina was still chatting with him on the phone. Seeing me pull her away, she just waved me off and said into the phone, "Yeah, I'm with Anan. Come over; it's the same place we went last time."
And before I could say anything else, she hung up the phone.
I stared at her and asked, "Haven't you been warning me about Su Qian all day? Saying he's some kind of playboy with ulterior motives, so why are you suddenly inviting him out?"
Mina looked back at me and said, "He is a playboy, that's true, but I never said he had bad intentions. I just said he has other motives regarding you."
I felt like slapping her and pulled her back to her seat, asking, "Is there a difference between having bad intentions and having ulterior motives?"
Mina gave me a look as if to say "Are you stupid?" and then seriously started giving me a lesson on language, focusing on the differences between those two phrases and when to use each.
I was overwhelmed and could already sense something was off with Mina today.
"What's wrong with you? You usually don't talk this much. Why have you suddenly turned into an old lady?" I asked her.
Mina rolled her eyes and continued explaining, "This is what you wanted to ask. If you didn't ask, how would I say it? If you ask and I don't say anything, you'd think I'm not talking enough for a friend."
"Elder Tang, can you tell me if besides seeing Xiao Minxing today, did you see anyone else?" I quickly interrupted her to get to the point.
Mina finally couldn't hold back and started laughing at herself. Once she calmed down, she said, "Honestly, after talking so much just now, I even started to dislike myself. I don't know how Xiao Minxing can stand it."
"What does that have to do with him? And what does it have to do with inviting Su Qian here?"
I felt like I couldn't keep up with Mina's train of thought and couldn't understand how she connected these seemingly unrelated people.
But looking at her confidence, she lightly tapped the table and asked, "Guess who else I saw in Xiao Zong's office today?"
"Who? Just say it already; stop asking me to guess. I can't figure it out."
My patience has never been as good as Mina's, and after being lectured by her earlier, I didn't want to hear any more roundabout talk.
Fortunately, she finally dropped the joking tone and glanced toward the entrance before saying, "Sister-in-law of the Xiao Family, Li Ru."
Now I was genuinely curious and asked her, "What was she doing there? It seems like there's never been any connection between those two brothers. Xiao Minfeng wouldn't bother involving Xiao Minxing in anything."
Mina nodded and said, "Exactly. So when I saw her, I was also surprised. Although I'm not familiar with the Xiao Family's affairs, everyone knows that ever since they split up, they've been living separately and rarely interact."
"Well, since you were able to see her in Xiao Minxing's office, the rumors outside might not all be true. What was she doing?" I skipped the guessing and went straight to the point.
Mina glanced at me and said, "She was crying, and it was quite dramatic, just like I spoke earlier; she went on for a full half hour."
I frowned at her, finding it hard to imagine how Xiao Minxing and Mina, with their personalities, could let Li Ru cry for half an hour without interrupting.
Mina seemed to discover something new for the first time, her eyes slightly excited: "I was originally going to Xiao Minxing's office, but when I reached the door, I heard a woman crying. Out of responsibility for my friend, I stopped to listen."
I couldn't help but tease her, saying, "I never knew that the 'White Bone Spirit' Mina could be so gossipy."
She didn't mind and waved her hand at me, continuing from where she left off: "I also heard what she was crying about; it turned out to be about Xiao Minxing's son misbehaving outside. According to Li Ru, she wanted Xiao Minxing to intervene in their matters."
Upon hearing this, I stood up from my chair in shock and looked at Mina, asking, "Did you hear that wrong?"
She shook her head and replied firmly, "No, not at all. That was exactly what she kept saying. I was surprised it took half an hour."
This wasn't Xiao Minxing's style, nor was it Li Ru's. Although their family had issues, everyone kept things hidden, not even letting their own family know. Just like how Xiao Minxing would rather have Lu Yi Heng take care of her when she was sick than inform her family.
As for Li Ru, the last time we met, he had an arrogant demeanor. Now he suddenly came to Xiao Minxing to cry about his problems? It was truly rare.
Could it be that something else happened in the Xiao family during the time after our divorce?
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