章節 16: Help Me Buy This Shop
編輯: Dragon Boat Translation
If she had known earlier, she would have paid the down payment and bought a bigger house. This house felt different when it was big. Although she couldn't afford a house as big as the one in Chen Shu's house, she should at least have a decent living room and bedroom instead of her pigeon nest.
However, she was only dreaming. If she really had to take on a loan of a few million yuan, she did not have the guts.
Before she knew it, it was time for dinner, and Qian Duoduo couldn't help but start to worry. She borrowed Chen Shu's house, and she was always embarrassed to let Chen Shu cook for her, but then again, it was not certain whether Chen Shu could cook or not. As for her, she had never learned to cook since she was a child, and the only thing she knew how to cook was instant noodles.
She had no choice but to learn. She downloaded a cooking app and walked into the kitchen with her phone. When she saw the clean and new kitchen without any cooking utensils, she couldn't hold it in anymore.
Not to mention cooking utensils, there wasn't even a kettle here. The fridge was also empty. There wasn't even a grain of rice. The protective film on the outside of the fridge hadn't even been torn off.
'Forget it, I'll just order takeout.' Since she was staying here, it was only right for her to invite Chen Shu for a meal. At the thought of this, she walked to the bedroom next door. The room she was in was right next to hers. She stood at the door and knocked lightly. After getting permission, she pushed the door open and walked in.
At this moment, Chen Shu was sitting in front of the computer, typing away on the keyboard. He had a pair of gold-rimmed glasses, and the lenses reflected the light from the computer.
The afterglow of the setting sun shone on his body through the floor-to-ceiling window, as if it had plated him with a layer of light. Qian Duoduo couldn't help but be stunned. Why didn't she see it before? When he was serious, he actually seemed like a cultured scum.
"Chen Shu, are you busy?" she asked softly, afraid that she would disturb him.
Chen Shu closed his laptop, took off his glasses, and placed them on the computer table. He stood up and replied, "I just finished some work. Is there something you need from me?"
"It's not a big deal. It's just dinner time. I wanted to order takeout, so I came to ask what you like to eat."
Chen Shu couldn't help but frown. Ordering takeout? He never ate anything bought outside. It was not nutritious, and most of it did not even meet the most basic hygiene standards. He didn't have high requirements for food, but at least he had to ensure that it was clean and nutritious. The takeout perfectly avoided his two requirements.
Chen Shu would rather starve than eat takeout. "I don't eat takeout."
"Why?" Qian Duoduo was puzzled. "What's wrong with takeout?"
Chen Shu was thinking about how to explain this to her. With his current persona, it would be a little unreasonable for him to tell her that he found the takeout dirty. After all, he was now a mortgage slave with millions of dollars in debt.
What right did a pauper have to complain that takeout was dirty?
But before he could say anything, Qian Duoduo automatically found a very reasonable reason for him. "I know. You can't bear to spend too much money, right?"
Chen Shu nodded seriously.
"Then I'll take you out to eat. I bought two special buffet coupons in the live broadcast room. It's a Western buffet."
Western food was fine. He usually ate Western food outside. Although it was not as good as the chef's cooking, it was still much better than take-out.
However, after the two of them drove to the buffet restaurant, Chen Shu stood at the door for a long time. He frowned. The customers in the shop were bustling, noisy, and chaotic. There were also waiters pushing carts to clean up the mess left behind by the last wave of customers.
The dining table was filled with all kinds of food scraps, as well as tissues that had been used to wipe something that had been rolled up. There were also red wine glasses and beer bottles.
This was what Qian Duoduo had said, a Western buffet restaurant? The environment was too bad.
"Mr. Chen, why aren't you going in?"
"This place… is there a private room?"
"Yes, but we didn't make an appointment in advance. It's lunchtime now, so there definitely aren't any free private rooms. Let's just..." Qian Duoduo pouted. "Don't even think about the private room."
"Do you like Western food?"
Qian Duoduo shook her head and nodded. "I don't really like it. I just bought it when I saw the discount in the live-stream room. If we don't eat it now, I don't know who else I can bring. It's going to expire soon. It's a bit of a waste."
Chen Shu nodded, indicating that he understood. "I'll go out and make a call first. Wait a moment."
After saying that, he turned around and left. After walking for a distance, he took out his phone and called Secretary Wang. Looking at the buffet restaurant across the road, he said casually, "There's a buffet restaurant on Huai Bei Road called Elbass. Contact their person-in-charge now and make sure to buy this shop for me within 20 minutes."
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