After some deliberation, Xia Nuannuan felt that the atmosphere should be better for a first date, so she chose a Western restaurant.
Although it was called a Western restaurant, the cost was actually not high, comparable to a meal of hot pot or barbecue.
In Yuchen City today, there are very few restaurants where you can't eat for around a hundred yuan per person.
After entering the restaurant, they were led by the waiter to a window seat and sat facing each other.
It was already past the mealtime, and there weren't too many customers in the restaurant. Jay Chou's classic pop songs were playing on the radio.
The waitress first brought two cups of water, then handed the menu to Xia Nuannuan.
"Thank you."
Xia Nuannuan thanked her with a sweet smile and looked at Qin Tian sitting opposite her, asking, "Is there anything you want to eat?"
"You just order, I'm fine with anything,"
Qin Tian took a sip of water and replied with a smile.
Xia Nuannuan looked up at him and chuckled, "Who was it that said 'fine with anything' is the most troublesome?"
Qin Tian was taken aback and smiled helplessly, "Alright, alright, then you look at the menu and order me a steak that you think is good."
"Okay!"
Xia Nuannuan nodded with a beaming smile and began to browse the menu to order.
"I'll have this steak, then I want this pasta, um... and this appetizer combo, and I'll have a cup of this black tea!"
"Okay, is there anything else?"
The waitress quickly jotted down the order and asked with a smile.
"Qin Tian, see if you want to add anything, and drinks."
Xia Nuannuan handed him the menu.
Qin Tian took the menu and browsed it casually before adding a pizza and ordering himself an iced latte.
"Alright, that's all for now!"
"Okay, please wait a moment."
The waitress took the menu and quickly turned away.
"This feels pretty good, have you been here before?"
Xia Nuannuan asked with a smile.
"No, this is my first time eating here."
Qin Tian replied with a light smile.
"Me too, hehe..."
Xia Nuannuan's pretty face bloomed with a bright smile.
Every first time she experienced with Qin Tian made her feel happy.
In no time, the waitress brought them their ordered items one by one.
They chatted and laughed casually, completely free from the awkwardness and silences of a first date.
This was not surprising, after all, besides going home after school in the evenings, they had been inseparable for the past period, and were already very familiar with each other.
Just then, Qin Tian, who was facing the restaurant entrance, suddenly saw a familiar figure.
It was Liu Xuan, the Chinese teacher from Class 1 who had proctored their mock exam!
Liu Xuan walked into the restaurant with a man who looked to be around thirty years old.
"What's wrong?"
Xia Nuannuan followed his gaze and turned to look at the two, asking in surprise, "Someone you know?"
Qin Tian nodded and replied in a low voice, "The Chinese teacher from Class 1. She was the one who proctored me during the mock exam."
"Really?"
Xia Nuannuan looked back again, put down her fork, raised her hand to cover her mouth, and said in a hushed voice, "Is that her boyfriend?"
Seeing her eyes gleaming with gossip, Qin Tian couldn't help but smile.
"I don't know, it doesn't seem like it."
Qin Tian shook his head with a smile.
From his perspective, there was a noticeable distance between Liu Xuan and the man, and they didn't seem very familiar.
At this moment, the waitress was leading the two over towards them.
Qin Tian quickly lowered his head.
Liu Xuan didn't see him and sat down with the man at a table diagonally opposite them, with their backs facing their table.
"Why are you so scared?"
Xia Nuannuan asked with amusement.
Qin Tian also raised his left hand to cover his mouth and explained in a low voice, "It looks like a blind date. If she recognized me, it might be awkward, and it wouldn't be good to affect her, so let's keep our voices down."
"Hmm?"
Xia Nuannuan's face became even more excited, and she slowly turned her head to stealthily glance again.
She saw the man gently handing the menu to Liu Xuan with a smile, and saying loudly, "Miss Liu, take a look at what you'd like to eat. Yuchen City is a bit small, and I couldn't find any really good restaurants. I apologize for the inconvenience."
The waitress beside them was the same one who had served Qin Tian and Xia Nuannuan earlier.
Hearing this, the waitress's enthusiastic smile seemed to become a little insincere.
"It really does seem like it!"
Xia Nuannuan turned her head, smiling like a little fox.
"Shhh..."
Qin Tian smiled and raised his right index finger to his lips, making a shushing gesture.
Xia Nuannuan nodded like a pecking chick, giving him a knowing look.
After that, they quietly ate their food, their ears perked up to eavesdrop.
Not to mention Xia Nuannuan, even Qin Tian was full of curiosity.
In his opinion, Liu Xuan was undoubtedly a beauty, with good looks and a good figure. Coupled with being a teacher, which is a profession that can earn bonus points in the blind date market, it was imaginable that she would not lack suitors.
As for the man, he looked decent.
He was dressed appropriately, and his looks were certainly not as good as his, but among single men in their thirties, he should be considered popular.
If there was a drawback, it was that he was slightly short, appearing to be around 1.75 meters tall, and from Qin Tian's earlier observation, he might have been wearing shoe lifts.
And that earlier remark was quite boastful.
At this moment, Liu Xuan had already ordered and handed the menu to the man opposite her.
She only ordered a cup of coffee and a salad.
"Miss Liu, are you only eating this little? Order some more, don't be polite with me!"
The man said with a smile.
"No, thank you. I ate at noon,"
Liu Xuan replied with a faint smile.
"Alright!"
The man nodded, took the menu, flipped through a few pages, and then asked the waitress, "Do you have any better quality steaks here?"
The waitress was stunned for a moment and shook her head with a sheepish smile, "We only have what's on the menu."
"Is that so? Then never mind. At this price, it's probably all imitation meat. I won't eat the steak then."
After speaking, the man continued to flip through the menu.
The waitress's mouth twitched slightly, and her smile became even more stiff.
Liu Xuan felt her face heat up and gave the waitress an apologetic smile.
The waitress returned a kind smile.
Having worked here for a long time, she had seen many couples on blind dates and could feel that this beauty was very polite, but the man opposite her...
Liu Xuan picked up the cup on the table and took a sip of water, suppressing the urge to get up and leave.
Her mind was filled with speechlessness. What were her elders thinking!
They had praised him to the skies, saying he was a graduate of a top university, his salary, his excellent family background.
With such emotional intelligence, no matter how high his academic qualifications or good his family background, it was all for nothing!