The morning sun shone through the huge floor-to-ceiling windows on the pure white dining table. On both sides of the dining table, Mi Cai and I sat opposite each other, eating breakfast and chatting.

Mi Cai put the half-eat red bean cake on my plate and said, "It's so sweet!"

Even before, I didn't mind eating what she had left. I picked up the pastry that was bitten like a crescent moon and said to her with some amusement: "You can eat anything you eat into a work of art. Open your mouth to show me how your teeth grow."

Mi Cai opened her mouth and asked me to look at her teeth.

I sighed again and said, "It's quite neat, how come the shapes that are twisted when bitten out?"

"Can you bite it straight?"

I immediately bit off two corners on the basis of her crescent shape. Suddenly the pastry turned into a rectangle and said to her, "Look, is it straight?"

"Maybe because your teeth are twisted, so what you bite out is straight!"

I was speechless by Mi Cai's powerful logical ability. I ate the remaining red bean cake in one bite and really stopped talking.

...

When I was about to finish breakfast, I asked Mi Cai, "What do you want to eat at noon today? I'll buy it and make it."

Mi Cai shook her head and said, "I'm going to Shanghai soon. This afternoon, the group will have an extraordinary board meeting to attend."

I was a little disappointed and asked again, "Will you come back that night?"

"I can't say it right now. If there is a banquet in the evening, I won't be able to come back."

"Oh, then you drive slowly on the road, let's contact you later in the evening."

"Well, would you be lonely today?"

"Lonely? There is no such thing as loneliness in my life..."

"Can I understand that this is what you call a sty?"

Looking at Mi Cai's serious appearance, I couldn't help laughing, and then said, "It's indeed a manifestation of style, but you'd better stop talking about these two words in the future... It doesn't match your temperament!"

Mi Cai shook her head: "I will learn whatever you say in the future."

"Let's learn something well!"

"I learn all the bad ones...or you'll get rid of those bad ones!"

I smiled and said, "Are you digging a hole and leading me to jump inside?"

"Then do you jump?"

"If you jump selectively, you won't jump deep into the pit, you're afraid of breaking your legs!"

"I will support you if you jump, so don't worry, jump boldly!"

I subconsciously replied: "Who wants you to raise it!"

Mi Cai looked at me, without saying anything for a long time, then put away the plate and walked towards the kitchen. I followed her into the kitchen, stood behind her, hugged her, and put her down on her legs, and said "threateningly": "I tell you, you are not allowed to sulk with me!"

I have done similar actions to Mi Cai, but last time she didn't give me a good look, but this time she looked at me with a lot of laughter and tears and said, "I'm so arrogant to you, are you treating me like that?"

I helped her up again and said with a cheeky smile: "I will punish you a little bit, would you still kiss you?"

Mi Cai dodged me, then raised her hand and looked at the time and said to me, "I won't make trouble with you, I have to go to Shanghai, you can wash the plates or something."

“Isn’t it an afternoon meeting?”

"It's very congested on the road to the New Year. It's noon there, so it's only afternoon for another meal!"

"That's right, then you go, there are many cars on the way, so you must be careful."

Mi Cai nodded, but when she was about to leave, she suddenly kissed my face, which made me feel a little overwhelmed. She had already taken her handbag from the living room and got into her car.

Seeing the car gradually disappearing from sight, I repeatedly asked myself: Is it really good to be a housewife and let you raise me? Is it really good?

After washing the dishes, I left Mi Cai's residence, and then spent the morning alone. While I was worried about how to spend the afternoon, I accidentally received a call from Le Yao. She came back from Lijiang for vacation and asked me to go out for a seat.

I really should have a good chat with her and talk about the bar.

...

At 2 pm, in the "Sea View Coffee" next to Zhuomei Shopping Center, Le Yao and I sat opposite each other, the tea I drank and the coffee she drank.

We first talked about her experiences and insights in Lijiang, and then talked about the topic at the bar.

Le Yao took out a huge envelope from her handbag and said to me: "Zhaoyang, this is the red envelope that I promised to give you a few days ago."

I picked up the envelope and looked at it. It contained about 100,000 yuan in cash. I pulled out 20,000 yuan of it from the envelope and said, "These 20,000 yuan is my salary in the past two months, so I accepted it."

Le Yao insisted on handing the envelope to me again and said, "Please accept it, why don't I feel sorry for it."

"You are the boss, and you have already paid the salary you should pay, so you can't feel sorry for it."

Le Yao was silent for a long time before saying, "This bar has ruined your life in Xuzhou... I'm sorry!"

"If you want to count your life in Xuzhou with me, you really can't calculate it!...Okay, I won't mention this anymore, I'll talk to you about the serious matters."

Le Yao looked at me and nodded.

"I posted a notice on Weibo yesterday that the fifth season of membership management will be launched. Customers expressed their support and it was inevitable that the bar was on track, so I plan to find an experienced bar manager to manage the bar in the near future, so I will no longer participate..."

Before I could finish my words, Le Yao interrupted and said, "I know you have the intention to leave, but why do you have to be so fast?"

I smiled and replied: "For the new life..."

“What kind of new life is it?”

After a little silent, I said to Le Yao: "If I tell you that Mi Cai and I are in love... do you believe it?"

Le Yao showed an unexpected expression on her face, but said, "Why don't you believe it, and say that too."

But I asked Leyao without confidence: "Then do you think about us?"

"I just hope you can be happy and happy. As for which woman you are with, I don't care, so there is nothing to be optimistic about or not."

I felt something was wrong with Le Yao's words, so I changed my sitting position and said, "Why do I think you are mocking me for being fickle?"

"Of course not!"

"Then tell me something serious."

Le Yao shook her head and smiled, and said, "Okay, then let's talk about it seriously... You should be particularly unconfident now, right?"

"You're right."

"Do you feel that you are living too embarrassed and feel that it is a burden and burden to her?"

"Yes, that's the feeling. You said it would be great if I was a big shot. Today she gave me a set of Armani, and tomorrow I will give her a Chanel. The day after tomorrow she would dare to give me Versace, and the day after tomorrow I will give her..."

Le Yao looked at me with a smile and asked, "What are you giving her?"

"Give her a Ferrari right now!"

Le Yao finally burst out laughing and asked, "Are you in love or are you competing?"

"I'm really not competing. I'm hoping that we can maintain a balance between us. Really, I feel that I especially need this balance!"

Le Yao stopped smiling and said seriously: "Zhaoyang, I think the shadow left by Jian Wei on you is really too heavy. In fact, there is no need to do this. You must know: Not all women will use high standards like Jian Wei...at least I don't."

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Chapter completed!