After Chen Jingming informed me of the news, he ended the call with me. It seemed that we could not face each other, so I didn't ask where he was making a living now, nor did he ask me what I was busy with in Xuzhou.

I put the phone back on the table, and the fatigue after the busy morning suddenly appeared in my body. I lit a cigarette and leaned on the chair to relieve it. But I still imagined who Mi Cai's mother was. Although we have never met before, she became more and more real in my mind. This reality comes from the fact that we will meet in the near future... But I didn't want to see this from the bottom of my heart. Perhaps it was because Mi Cai's rejection of her that was transmitted to me, or perhaps, I don't have much confidence now.

Soon, it was noon. In the past half day, I recruited a barista who I was more satisfied with. He was a relatively comprehensive barista. He not only knows how to make coffee, but also mixes barbecue to make pastries. This comprehensiveness saved me a lot of trouble. I deserved a high salary for him. Now all I lack is a female waiter with a good image and a good temperament.

While I was thinking about something to eat for lunch, Mi Cai appeared in front of me with two insulation boxes in her hand. She placed the insulation box on the dining table and said to me in a good mood: "Zhaoyang, this is the lunch my aunt gave me, including chicken soup, sweet and sour pork ribs, and green vegetables and tofu. She is really good at matching it. Needless to mention the taste, and the nutrition is also very balanced!"

I smiled and said, "As long as I am careful with someone, even if I didn't know how to match it before, I will learn how to match it now."

"Are you saying that the aunt is very attentive to me?"

"Hmm... tell me quietly that you and Xiao Yun are in the same office. Has she prepared one for Xiao Yun?"

Mi Cai shook her head...

"Yes, my mother's strengths and weaknesses are too clear. Once she recognizes anyone, she will treat her well without paying attention to the reward..."

Mi Cai looked moved, but suddenly said to me: "Then it seems that Xiao Yun will be very disappointed. After all, she used to be your girlfriend, and my aunt also treated her so well without paying attention to the reward, but now she has changed!"

Mi Cai's sudden thinking ability made me very ashamed. After a while, I replied: "You must not make such a comparison. After all, the matter between Li Xiaoyun and me is already very historical... Besides, Xiaoyun will certainly not be disappointed. She also has a family in-laws. Her mother-in-law should not treat her too well!"

Mi Cai nodded: "Oh, it seems that I can enjoy my good deeds to me with peace of mind!"

"Why do I think you have something to say?"

"Does there be something in your words? You have to understand it yourself?" Mi Cai said, opening the insulation box and then said, "Hurry up and have dinner. I only have an hour and a half of rest at noon, and it has been 30 minutes on the way here."

"30 minutes?...Is it going to take such a long taxi?"

"I came by bus 101 and walked another 10 minutes to the terminal."

I couldn't stop it and felt even more guilty. It was because I gave her such grievances in life, although she didn't care so much...

I held her hand, let her sit next to me, and said softly: "If you think driving a q7 is too high-profile, just change to a more ordinary car. I don't want you to be so troublesome!"

Mi Cai shook her head: "It's okay... hurry up and have a meal. Today you have benefited from me. My aunt specifically told me not to deliver food to you. She only cooked the food for one person. Oh! But, I couldn't bear it when I remembered that you didn't even have lunch in this cold winter... "

Although she changed the subject, my mind was still on the matter of her taking the bus, so I felt inexplicably. But when I saw that she really didn't care, I finally smiled and replied: "Come on, my mother is testing whether you are good to me. This insulation box is obviously the appetite of two people... You must understand that I am her biological son, not picked up from the trash can, I am delicate in her mind!"

"Well, it's so delicate...! Auntie cares about you!" Mi Cai said as she took out a bowl that obviously had only one meal in the insulation box, put a small part of it himself, most of it in the compartment of the insulation box, and handed it to me...

I was so sad that this busy afternoon, my self-feeling was really too good, but the fact is: Micai and I must break the appetite of one person and eat it with two people...

......

During the dinner, Micai and I talked about buying home appliances in a new house. After determining what home appliances to buy, we fell into a brief silence...

During this silence, I remembered the phone call Chen Jingming had just called me. I didn’t know whether to tell Mi Cai immediately, and she would not want to hear this news, otherwise she would not deliberately let her mother not contact her. This deliberation also gave me a stronger signal: she and her mother have conflicts, and she opposed us being together, or rather, she opposed Mi Cai’s current ordinary life.

While hesitating, a business car suddenly stopped at the entrance of the coffee shop. The door opened. A photographer took his photography assistant and six women into our coffee shop. Mi Cai and I subconsciously put down the chopsticks in our hands and stood up to greet them.

The photographer was a man with a beret and a mustache. He came to me and asked, "Are you the owner of a coffee shop?"

“Yes…I’m the owner of the coffee shop.”

"Hello, hello...I am Dai Wenshan, a photographer and boss of Xuzhou Long Photography. Director Li (Li Xiaoyun) from Orson Advertising said that you can cooperate with us to film for free, so bring some customers here first to try the effect."

I stretched out my hand to him and said with a smile: "Welcome, welcome...I believe that our color-themed coffee shop will definitely bring you photography inspiration."

Dai Wenshan nodded, immediately opened the lid on the lens, and professionally captured the cleverness of every layout of the coffee shop in the camera lens. Finally, the lens stopped when it turned to Mi Cai. With only a "click", Mi Cai's figure freezes in his lens... Put down the camera and said to Mi Cai with apologies: "I'm sorry, I took a risk to take pictures of you, but the photographer is naturally sensitive to beautiful things, especially when presented in the lens, he can't control himself...!"

Mi Cai smiled and said, "It doesn't matter, I can understand, because I also love photography..."

After Dai Wenshan expressed his gratitude to Mi Cai, he looked at the shot he had just captured and nodded with satisfaction. Then he invited the female customers he brought to see the photo together. Mi Cai is a natural model. Because of her presentation, the group of female customers were more eager to take photos here. However, Dai Wenshan once again keenly captured the scenery outside the coffee shop. While walking outside the coffee shop, he said to the group of women: "Please order something first, give me ten minutes. The sun is just right now. I want to take a picture of the outside of the coffee shop. I didn't expect that our Xuzhou has such a special perspective space where you can see such an empty picture!..."

Dai Wenshan seemed to be a very convincing photographer, so several female customers did not show impatience and ordered orders with me, but I felt helpless and told them sorry: The coffee shop was not officially open at this time, and I couldn’t make coffee myself, but they were unwilling to accommodate and had to make coffee, because there would be no decent cup of coffee as props later, which would not reflect their petty bourgeois mood.

Mi Cai helped me clear the circumstance. She said she could make several kinds of fancy coffees. The women were not picky and said that they could have coffee. Then, they sat down near the window and asked me: I had someone to take photos before. When I told them that they were the first batch, they expressed their honor, which made me think they were very interesting. In fact, sitting here quietly and drinking a cup of coffee is a manifestation of mood... But at this stage, I really need such customers, because their uneasiness is a power of communication. After they sat down, they took photos of the coffee shop and shared them on their WeChat Moments. This sharing means the conversion of customer sources for this coffee shop!

After a while, Mi Cai prepared the first cup of coffee, and Dai Wenshan had already taken the scene outside and helped the first female customer take a photo...

In order not to interfere with the shooting, I took the lunch that I and Micai had not finished at the bar, then stood beside her, watched her adjust the fancy coffee, and asked, "When did you learn how to adjust the coffee? Why don't I know at all?"

Mi Cai smiled and joked to me: "Comprehensive quality is very important. Do you think you can have a status in the martial arts world just by playing a guitar? At best, it's just a small leader of a third-rate sect!"

"So, you are really at the level of the martial arts leader. When will you unify the world, Mi League Leader?"

"Don't talk when I'm cooking coffee, stand up and don't move."

"You are really into the role! Leader Mi...!"

Mi Cai deliberately frowned: "The waves in the world are so big that you can stand up obediently, to protect you. Don't waste the good intentions of the leader!"

I smiled and touched her head. Sometimes she is really a cute woman!...I really want to live with her for the rest of my life!

About an hour later, all the six female customers brought by Dai Wenshan took photos with our coffee shop as the background. They couldn't wait for the photos to process them, so they immediately asked Dai Wenshan for the original film and shared it in their circle of friends again. Before leaving, they also paid for the consumption in our coffee shop, 6 cups of coffee, a total of 200 yuan... This was the first money Mi Cai and I earned after returning to Xuzhou.

Before she could enjoy the sense of accomplishment, Mi Cai exclaimed that she had missed her work time and didn't care about the lunch she hadn't finished. She picked up her handbag and ran out of the coffee shop. She caught up with Dai Wenshan, who had not left, and followed his ride to the city...
Chapter completed!