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Chapter 838 - 835 Just Like Ordinary Friends

Chapter 838: Chapter 835 Just Like Ordinary Friends

Back then, Tong Xiaohua just felt that dad spoiled mom to the extreme; as long as something came from mom’s hands, it was all good.

Now, hearing Yan Bo’s confirming words, Tong Xiaohua seriously looked around, "Do you really think this kind of decor is pretty?"

She herself didn’t quite appreciate it, so she had always thought of it as just a casual creation of mom’s for fun.

"Yes, this kind of decoration and layout, I remember having seen something similar in Capital City, and moreover, that designer is a very famous one there. But I did not pay much attention to the relevant information before and forgot his name," Yan Bo said.

Yan Bo tried hard to recall the name of that master, but in the end, he could not remember anything.

He thought, maybe he was overthinking it.

After all, how could the wife of the eldest son of the Tong Family possibly have anything to do with a famous designer in Capital City?

The servants of the Tong Family successively brought the dishes to the table, which looked quite promising. However, when Yan Bo took a piece of Dongpo pork and put it into his mouth, he understood that not only people’s appearances could deceive, but food’s appearances could as well.

Tong Xiaohua saw Yan Bo stuff the meat into his mouth and then suddenly freeze, and she couldn’t help but laugh out loud.

"How is it, not disappointing you, is it?" she asked playfully.

Yan Bo initially really thought the Dongpo pork was very unpalatable, but when he saw Tong Xiaohua’s mischievous smile, her beautiful eyes turning into crescents filled with amusement like a little fox that got away with a scheme, all his heart and eyes were filled with her, and the meat in his mouth didn’t seem so unpalatable anymore.

"Mmm, not at all!" he lied.

Where was there any disappointment? It was all a surprise!

After the Dongpo pork, since he was mentally prepared, he had no more expectations for the various dishes, and thus, the various dishes that came after, though not tasty, were at least swallowable.

Still, he couldn’t help but wonder, the Tong Family wasn’t poor and they could have afforded a chef, so why keep one whose cooking was so bad without dismissing him?

Perhaps because he kept a straight face while taste-testing all the dishes on the table, after Yan Bo finished a bowl of rice, Tong Xiaohua finally revealed the reason.

"This chef of ours was once my dad’s brothers-in-arms who went through life and death together. Later, he was seriously injured. After recovering, he could no longer be by my dad’s side. He felt that he had become useless and didn’t want to burden my dad, so he went back to the countryside to hide. Later, my dad found him and had him come to cook for us. Before he followed my dad, he was indeed a chef," she explained.

After hearing this explanation, Yan Bo’s impression of Mr. Tong improved even further. However, he was still a little confused.

"If he was a chef before, why then is the taste of his food like this?" he pondered.

Even if he was a chef, his cooking should still taste better than that of a commoner’s.

"Uncle Guan’s taste buds were also completely damaged in that injury, so the dishes he cooks look good, but the taste is sometimes good, sometimes bad," Tong Xiaohua said.

Talking about these things, she seemed to lose her earlier wariness and hostility.

After all, these were topics that really had nothing to do with either of them.

Yan Bo, through this meal, somewhat grasped her current attitude towards him.

As long as the topic did not touch on her own or her family’s privacy, she was generally responsive and didn’t show him a cold face.

After figuring out her mindset, he smartly shifted the conversation to L University, where she currently studied.

"Actually, I don’t know much about L University either, but my scores were just enough to barely get into L University, and besides, it’s close to home," she mentioned.

Yan Bo didn’t quite agree with her view, "L University is a very well-known university domestically, and students who can get into it are mostly top scholars; you’re already doing great compared to other students."

He felt that she seemed to harbor doubts about her own abilities.

"Maybe!" Tong Xiaohua said with a laugh as she shrugged her shoulders, apparently thinking that his honest opinion was just flattery. Then she changed the subject to Yan Bo, "What about you, which school did you graduate from abroad?"

Yan Bo honestly reported the name of the school, and Tong Xiaohua was clearly surprised.

"An international prestigious university! Aren’t you just twenty years old? Have you graduated?"

Yan Bo nodded. "Yes, I only spent three years in primary school."

Looking into his eyes, Tong Xiaohua was full of admiration. "So, you’re a prodigy..."

In the past, she always wished she could remember everything she read and get full marks on exams without reviewing, but later she slowly realized that such people were called prodigies and they were very, very rare in real life!

And now, to her amazement, she was sitting at the same table with one.

Yan Bo had been called a prodigy since he was young, and had grown somewhat numb to it, but when he heard the girl he liked say it, his face showed a trace of shyness and awkwardness.

"Actually, I wouldn’t really call myself a prodigy. My family members all seem to do well in academics. It’s not just me, my brother and sister are pretty much the same."

This time Tong Xiaohua could not contain her excitement and exclaimed with a "wow!", "So it’s hereditary! That’s amazing! Are your family members scientists by any chance?"

Just moments ago, Tong Xiaohua still thought Yan Bo was simply a wealthy businessman’s son. The thought that he might be the son of a scientist made her look up to him even more.

Yan Bo couldn’t help but laugh at her childlike simplistic thoughts. "Of course not, my family is in government, only I am in business."

As soon as Yan Bo mentioned his family was in government, the spark in Tong Xiaohua’s eyes went out.

"I see..."

She spoke with a hint of disappointment and lost interest in asking more about his family’s occupation.

Clearly, she only admired scientists and had no special regard for politicians.

Yan Bo would naturally not say what position his father held in Capital City or what official role his brother had in some city.

Of course, he wasn’t deliberately hiding anything from her. He had just been accustomed to keeping a low profile about his prominent family background since he was young.

And Tong Xiaohua, when later taken by Yan Bo to meet his parents and heard that his father was that important figure who frequently appeared in the news broadcast, was so shocked she almost knelt down then and there!

During the dinner, the two of them chatted away about all sorts of things, trivial though they might have been. For Yan Bo, tonight’s dinner was an excellent turning point.

A good turning point for them to go from strangers to friends.

After dinner, Yan Bo didn’t linger annoyingly. Instead, he had a cup of tea and then took the initiative to say goodbye, because he didn’t want to leave her with the impression that he was clueless about social cues.

Tong Xiaohua walked him to the door. Yan Bo told her not to bother going any further, and that’s where he stopped. He knew she probably had things to do afterward.

"Xiao Hua, thank you for tonight, and please thank Uncle Guan for me."

Tong Xiaohua nodded and waved at him. "Mm, I’ll pass the message to Uncle Guan."

Yan Bo looked at her closely, under the night lamp. She had lost the aloofness and hostility of the daytime, and she looked especially naive and gentle, docile and cute, just like an ordinary eighteen-year-old girl, vulnerable and charming enough to make one’s heart melt!

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