The office lobby was empty, and there were no people. Zhan Weiyang stared earnestly in the direction of the elevator. Every time he saw an elevator going down to the first floor, he would open his eyes and look expectantly.
After waiting for about three minutes, he saw Pei Qing appear from the opened elevator door in a hurry and walked towards him quickly.
Pei Qing walked in front of Zhan Weiyang, bent down slightly, stretched out his hands to hold his arms, and asked, “Why are you here?”
Zhan Weiyang raised the plastic bag in his right hand a little higher and said, “I brought you dinner.”
Pei Qing looked down, smiled at Zhan Weiyang and said, “Such a good boy?”
Zhan Weiyang nodded and asked him, “Are you hungry?”
Pei Qing said, “I’m hungry. You came at the right time.”
Zhan Weiyang felt very happy immediately.
Pei Qing took his hand and led him to the elevator, saying, “Will you come with me?”
Zhan Weiyang said, “Yes, yes!”
There were only two of them in the elevator. Zhan Weiyang moved his feet and moved closer to Pei Qing. He carefully moved his hand holding the dumplings away, fearing that it would touch Pei Qing.
Pei Qing naturally felt it and reached out to pat Zhan Weiyang on the back.
In the company where he was interning, there was no one else in the office; only a light was on above Pei Qing’s desk.
Pei Qing pushed a chair over and asked Zhan Weiyang to sit down first. Then, he sat next to him.
Zhan Weiyang looked at the computer in front of Pei Qing, which was full of tables and data, so he asked Pei Qing, “Will you work overtime until late?”
Pei Qing said, “No, I will be done soon.”
Actually, he was just an intern, and he was not required to complete these tasks today, but he didn’t want to stop his work after sorting out half of them, so he simply stayed to work overtime.
Zhan Weiyang put the plastic bag on the desk and asked quietly and expectantly, “Going to eat?”
Pei Qing said: “Yes.”
He reached out to untie the plastic bag, took out the lunch box and chopsticks inside, and asked, “What did you bring?”
Zhan Weiyang said, “Dumplings.”
Pei Qing opened a meal box and saw that it was filled with dumplings. There were about ten or twenty dumplings. There were four such boxes in total. He looked down and asked Zhan Weiyang, “Did you buy so many?”
Zhan Weiyang counted on his fingers and told him, “I bought corn and pork, tomato and beef, leek and egg, and cabbage and pork. I think they all taste great, and I want to share them with you.”
Pei Qing had no choice but to tidy up the items on the table. He opened all four lunch boxes and placed them neatly side by side. He then took out the vinegar packets and poured them into the lids of the boxes. Handing a pair of chopsticks to Zhan Weiyang, he asked, “Have you eaten?”
Zhan Weiyang took the chopsticks and lied, “Not yet.”
Pei Qing took another pair of chopsticks. He looked at the row of dumplings and asked Zhan Weiyang, “What filling do you want to eat?”
Zhan Weiyang said, “Corn and pork.”
The light was not very good, and Pei Qing could not easily tell which one was corn and pork. He picked one at random, picked it up, and put it to Zhan Weiyang’s lips, saying, “Smell it first. Is it corn and pork?”
Zhan Weiyang smelled it obediently, frowned and shook his head, “I can’t smell it.”
Pei Qing said, “Then take a bite and try it.”
Zhan Weiyang took a bite, chewed while looking at the remaining half of the dumpling, and said regretfully, “Oh, it’s cabbage and pork.”
Pei Qing said, “Cabbage and pork? Then I’ll eat it.” After that, he ate the remaining half of the dumpling himself and then asked Zhan Weiyang, “Which one do you want to eat next?”
Zhan Weiyang was overjoyed. He felt like Pei Qing was playing a fun game with him. He carefully examined the dumplings in the boxes, then secretly picked the one that seemed the least like the others, pointing at it, “This one.”
Pei Qing smiled, picked it up, and fed it to him, “Then try it?”
Zhan Weiyang then took a bite and said, “It’s tomato and beef.”
Pei Qing looked at him and said, “What should I do? It’s not corn and pork, so you can’t eat it.”
Zhan Weiyang smiled at him and said, “It’s okay, you eat it first.”
Pei Qing said, “I’ll eat it then?”
Zhan Weiyang said, “Wait a minute.” He made sure to use his chopsticks to hold the remaining half of the dumpling over, to feed Pei Qing.
Pei Qing cooperated and opened his mouth. Zhan Weiyang kept looking at him with bright eyes and waited until he finished eating the dumplings before asking, “Is it delicious?”
Pei Qing nodded, “It’s delicious.”
Zhan Weiyang quickly said, “I think it’s delicious too.”
The two of them ate a few dumplings and suddenly heard someone knocking on the office door. Zhan Weiyang and Pei Qing turned their heads at the same time and saw a beautiful woman with long hair standing at the door wearing a long-sleeved sweater and a short black skirt.
Zhan Weiyang had also seen that woman once before—it was Qin Yishan who had dinner with Pei Qing last time.
Qin Yishan was stunned for a moment when he saw Zhan Weiyang but then smiled, “Younger cousin? Why are you here?”
Zhan Weiyang did not answer but just glanced at Pei Qing nervously.
Pei Qing stood up, smiled at Qin Yishan, and said, “He knew I was working overtime, so he brought me dinner.”
“So nice?” Qin Yishan smiled, walked towards them, and walked to the front of Pei Qing’s desk.
She looked down and saw the dumplings on the desk, and said, “So rich?” After that, she looked at Pei Qing and said, “I know you’re working overtime, and I wanted to invite you to dinner together.”
Pei Qing remained standing as he said to Qin Yishan, “Do you want to join us? I’ll order some takeout.”
As soon as he finished speaking, Zhan Weiyang couldn’t help but droop his mouth slightly, and his two round eyes blinked back and forth between the two of them.
Qin Yishan didn’t notice Zhan Weiyang’s expression, and she just smiled at Pei Qing, “Forget it, how could I impose.”
Pei Qing said, “Well, it’s a little shabby indeed. How about another day? I’ll treat you to a nice meal.”
Actually, Qin Yishan was a little surprised. She thought that with Pei Qing’s personality, she should invite him twice more. Of course, she didn’t mind eating takeout dumplings with Pei Qing. She just politely refused. If Pei Qing continued to invite her, she would have ordered some more takeout for everyone to eat together, but she didn’t expect Pei Qing to just say forget it.
She didn’t show these thoughts on her face. She just smiled and said, “Then you guys eat slowly. I’ll leave first.” Pei Qing accompany her to the door of the office.
Qin Yishan stopped and asked Pei Qing, “So when is your other day going to be?”
Pei Qing replied, “When are you free?”
Qin Yishan said, “Why not tomorrow?”
Zhan Weiyang waited for Pei Qing’s answer with some trepidation, and then he heard Pei Qing say, “Okay.” His tone was relaxed and natural.
Qin Yishan smiled and lowered her head. Her long curly hair slid down from her shoulders and covered half of her face. When she turned to leave, she suddenly raised her hand and helped Pei Qing to tidy up the collar of her coat before saying, “I’m leaving.” Then she leaned over and waved to Zhan Weiyang, saying, “Little younger cousin, Sister is leaving.”
Zhan Weiyang’s tone was not very energetic, but he said politely, “Goodbye.” When Qin Yishan really left, Pei Qing came back and sat down next to the desk. Seeing Zhan Weiyang’s depressed look, he asked, “What’s wrong?”
Zhan Weiyang didn’t say anything.
Pei Qing approached the remaining two boxes of dumplings, smelled the smell, picked up the corn and pork ones, picked them up and fed them to Zhan Weiyang, “Corn and pork.”
Zhan Weiyang lowered his head to look at the dumplings for a while, opened his mouth and ate them.
Pei Qing waited patiently for him to finish eating and picked up the second one for him. This time, when he fed it to his mouth, he heard him say, “I don’t want to eat anymore.”
“Why?” Pei Qing looked at his expression.
Zhan Weiyang looked a little sad and said, “I’ve had dinner.”
Pei Qing put the dumplings back into the lunch box and asked him, “Didn’t you say you didn’t eat yet?”
Zhan Weiyang lowered his head and blinked, “I lied to you.”
Pei Qing asked again, “You really won’t eat any?”
Zhan Weiyang said, “No.”
Pei Qing said to him, “Then shall I eat the rest?”
Zhan Weiyang nodded.
Pei Qing reached out and touched his head and started eating the remaining dumplings.
Zhan Weiyang looked up at him without saying a word, sitting quietly and motionless for a long time. It wasn’t until Pei Qing couldn’t finish the remaining dumplings and packed them into the box to take home that Zhan Weiyang mustered the energy to ask, “Are you going to have dinner with that sister tomorrow?”
Pei Qing looked at him and said, “Yes.”
Zhan Weiyang asked again, “Then you won’t come back for dinner?”
Pei Qing said, “Not necessarily; maybe I’ll just have lunch with that sister.” Zhan Weiyang bit his lip, encouraged himself in his heart for a while, raised his head and asked, “Are you going to date her?”
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