Ye Ruling saw him holding her belly and laughing uncontrollably, tears rolling out of her eyes.

"What are you imagining again?"

She was out of breath, laughing and trying to explain: "...your employees...seeing you holding it to sign documents...will have funny expressions..."

Seeing that Lin Chutian didn't mean to dislike the pen at all, he held it in his hand and looked at it again and again, and probably thought it was cute.

"What animal is this?"

"Brother, don't you know whether the famous Big Big Wolf is real or fake?"

Ye Ruling clapped her hands and sang a popular saying on the Internet, "When you marry, marry the Big Big Wolf." She sang with twists and turns, but his expression remained "unmoved."

"Okay." She gave up.

Ye Ruling felt a little embarrassed and offered the pen she originally selected: "I bought the most expensive one according to your request, but it is definitely not as good as your Montblanc."

"Who said that?" he retorted.

When she finally arrived at Lin Chutian's favorite destination, Ye Ruling felt hungry. She quickly ordered food. A waiter in uniform with a serious and pious face came up to pour water.

She lowered her voice and said to Lin Chutian: "Oops, with their attitude, if I don't finish the appetizers one by one, they won't serve the main course first, but I'm really, really hungry now."

The appetizer is lemon salmon, the vegetable salad is also very fresh, and the pumpkin soup is also very good. After Ye Ruling quickly finished a few appetizers, she regained her strength and started to observe this newly opened Western restaurant, with thick black log tables and chairs.

Hang bead curtains to create partitions.

From the decoration point of view, there is nothing particularly unique. However, the food is indeed delicious. No wonder Lin Chutian would give up a good steak restaurant that is relatively easy to find in the city, and no wonder he came to such a far away place.

At this time, suddenly the lights in the restaurant went out, and a crowd sang a birthday song. The singing gradually got closer, and Ye Ruling saw the flickering candlelight. A waiter pushed a trolley up, and there was a cake with candles on it.

There were several waiters following behind.

They're coming this way -

"Mr. Lin, I wish you a happy birthday."

Ye Ruling looked shocked, holding a fork and asked in a low voice: "Today is your birthday?"

"What do you think of the special treat?" The store manager and chef here came to their table.

"How do you know today is my birthday?" Lin Chutian smiled immediately when he saw the person coming. He sat a little further inside and invited the person to sit down. It was obvious that the two of them were acquaintances. The store manager said, "Wait a minute, I'll go change my clothes."

"Turn around and go inside.

"Weren't you born on June 15th? It's still early..."

"So you remember. June 15th is our head's birthday, and today is my lunar birthday."

"You didn't say anything. I didn't prepare a gift."

"Didn't you just give me a pen?"

Ye Ruling suddenly felt that the person opposite was a little strange today. Because he kept looking at her and never looked away. Could it be? A thought rushed into her mind. She was shocked. She leaned on the window glass to check her teeth, and

There are no vegetable leaves on top.

Birthday banquets for people like him always have to be a grand event and are used to invite business people. It is also a rare opportunity for many people to come and curry favor with the Lin family. If someone can monopolize Lin Chutian's birthday... No

should……

She was thinking about it, and the more she thought about it, the more profound it became and the corners of her mouth twitched.

Seeing through the twists and turns in her heart, Lin Chutian sighed: "Even I can't remember my birthday. If Eric hadn't reminded me, I wouldn't have been able to remember it."

At this time, Eric changed into casual clothes and sat down next to Lin Chutian. Lin Chutian first introduced Ye Ruling. It turned out that this friend named Eric in English was an overseas Chinese, and his Chinese name was Lin Zhensheng, who was Lin Chutian's student when he was studying abroad.

The friends I knew at that time were already

He is a well-known chef. Lin Chutian, who was studying abroad at that time, tasted his cooking by chance and began to visit Lin frequently until the two of them became adults. And some time ago, Ai Rui

Ke just returned to China and opened this restaurant.

"The lady opposite me—"

Eric waved his hand and blocked Lin Chutian's next introduction.

"Let me take a guess, this beautiful lady is - Ye Ruling! Right?"

Then looking at Ye Ruling's shocked look, he slapped his palm happily: "Haha, I guessed it right."

Ye Ruling wanted to ask more questions out of curiosity, so he spoke first and spoke in a long paragraph: "How about the lemon salmon? - But the fresh salmon that was flown in was specially prepared for you. How is the steak grilled?

How? Before grilling, I threw some lychee shells on the charcoal fire..."

Maybe it was really a recipe that Lin Chutian had heard hundreds of times, so he took an excuse to go out.

"The moment you two came in side by side, I knew you were Ye Ruling."

"Is there something strange about me? Or do I have my name engraved on my face?"

"Ha, of course not."

"How did Lin Chutian tell you about me?"

"Lin Chutian said you were a little brat who followed him with a snot in his mouth and couldn't drive him away no matter how hard he tried!"

Ye Ruling thought, did she actually take the initiative to cling to Lin Chutian? When did it happen? She had no memory at all.

"Just kidding."

"What are you talking about?" Lin Chutian came back.

"I won't disturb your meal, there are other guests waiting for me." Eric stood up, greeted and left.

"Whenever he talks about cooking, he can't help but talk endlessly. It's so boring. Please be considerate."

"No, I think it's quite interesting."

According to the original plan to take care of Chu Tian, ​​he would take her home and say hello to her elders before going home. Have a good sleep and see you tomorrow.

But as the door opened and the guests came in, both of them were stunned.

"You said the food here is the best. If it wasn't, I would be angry." As the door was pushed open, a girl in a white skirt came in. Not only was her skirt white, she also wore small shoes on her feet.

The leather shoes were also white. As she walked in, she looked back frequently, smiling and talking. Because her voice was very sweet, and although there were guests sitting here, they were all quiet, so her appearance was very noticeable.

So the two people present couldn't help but cast their eyes over. The man who came in behind the girl in the white skirt had thick eyebrows, big eyes, and deep facial features. He was a handsome young man.

Ye Ruling and Lin Chutian both knew this man.

Lin Chutian subconsciously glanced at Ye Ruling and saw that her expression stiffened for a second, but returned to normal in an instant.

Yes, this boy who entered the scene late is Yan Chige, Ye Ruling's first love.

Ye Ruling secretly thought that as a foodie, if she always sends someone to her who can make her tasteless while eating delicious food, it must be a cruel punishment from God, and she

Now she was receiving this kind of punishment. No, she couldn't "exclusively enjoy it", so she immediately decided to package up this resentment, unhappiness, and discomfort and send it to the other party intact.

In fact, Lin Chutian had only met Yan Chige a few times in total, but he was deeply impressed by his appearance.

The first time was when he and Ye Zhongru went to "Ben University" to look for Ye Ruling and saw him downstairs in the girls' dormitory.

The second time was the design exhibition in the Rose Garden.

The third time is at this moment.

He does have a very good memory, but to be able to leave such a deep impression on someone he has only met three times cannot but be said to be an exception.

He still remembered that three months after returning from a visit to "this university", Ye Ruling was on summer vacation. Ye Zhongru looked gloomy. After asking, he found out that Ye Ruling had broken up. Isn't it common for young people to break up?

, he didn’t pay much attention until he actually saw Ye Ruling in person.

He was shocked. It turns out that a failed relationship can quickly destroy a person, leaving him with broken bones, sunken eye sockets, and crumbling. His eyes are empty, and he won't say a word for a long time. He eats when he is told to eat, and sleeps when he is told to.

When I go to bed, I still have a little bit of the energy I once had.

"It would be nice if she could cry, she seems to have turned into a wooden person." Ye Zhongru said sadly, "Chutian, I never thought that one day my sister would be bullied. To be honest, I even had the desire to kill someone.

If my father hadn't forbidden me to touch him, I would have gone to that guy's hometown long ago!"

Lin Chutian went to see her. She was sitting on a wicker chair against the wall, facing the small garden in front of the yard. Apart from a few trees and a few pots of flowers, there was no special place. She could sit motionless all day.

.

"Ye Ruling, what are you looking at?" Lin Chutian asked her at that time.

"ah?"

"What are you looking at?"

"..." She seemed to be thinking about the answer to the question, but she seemed not to be thinking about anything.

"what's on your mind?"

"I don't know." Then he was stunned again.

Later, he suggested that Ye Zhongru at least make the house more lively, perhaps to divert her attention. Ye Zhongru did so. He also played a role and found several girls of similar age to chat with her. Among them, only Wen Qingheng could make her eyes regain their focus.

Focus...

Until Ye Ruling took the initiative to speak and got rid of the creepy state.

The culprit of all this was a man named Yan Chige. As a result, the smiling face waving to Ye Ruling flashed across his face all the time, becoming increasingly clear and unforgettable.
To be continued...