195 Drinking Celebratory Wine Today
On this Friday, Lu Qi didn’t work overtime. And before leaving the company, she specifically went to the bathroom to check her appearance and hairstyle in the mirror.
Light blue jeans and a black shirt, simple and casual. Her hair was still short, giving her exquisite face a slightly androgynous handsomeness.
Lu Qi took out a black choker from her pocket and tied it around her slender neck. Then, looking at herself in the mirror again, her temperament had already undergone some subtle changes. Should it be said that she was more feminine, or that she had a bit more charming feeling?
She nodded with satisfaction and walked downstairs.
Entering the elevator, going downstairs, and arriving at the entrance, Lu Qi saw Wang Heng already standing there waiting for her.
Wang Heng smiled and raised his arm to greet her, his expression unchanged, as if meeting a good buddy.
He said, “Director Tan has already gone over. Shall we leave now?”
“Okay, I’ll drive and you give directions.”
Before Lu Qi finished speaking, she saw Wang Heng shake his head.
He explained, “It’s rush hour now. Driving will definitely get stuck in traffic.”
Lu Qi, who rarely encountered traffic jams, couldn’t help but doubt, “Is it that exaggerated?”
Wang Heng was also a little confused. “Sister Lu, I know you get off work very late and always avoid rush hour. But when you go to work, haven’t you seen how congested the road is?”
Lu Qi thought for a moment and nodded. “I see. Because we have flexible working hours, I usually leave at ten and arrive at eleven when I go to work.”
Wang Heng couldn’t help but sigh, “Is this the privilege of a director? That’s really nice.”
Lu Qi stared at him and smiled. “Do you want to join my department? I can let you be flexible until the afternoon to start work!”
Wang Heng: “Sister Lu, I’m only a freshman now. You’re too impatient…”
Chatting like this, the two entered the subway station.
The subway car was also very crowded, but fortunately, no matter how crowded it was, the travel speed would not be affected. About twenty minutes later, the two arrived at the destination station, drilled through an alley, and arrived at the entrance of the pre-booked yakiniku restaurant.
This was a Sakura Island-style restaurant. It was called yakiniku, but it was actually barbecue, just more exquisitely made. Of course, the price was also more refreshing.
The two entered the shop and sat down in front of Tan Meng.
Wang Heng originally wanted to sit next to Tan Meng, but Lu Qi pulled him quietly and dragged him to sit opposite Tan Meng with her.
Director Tan didn’t notice the subtlety within that second and said, “I’ve already ordered two dishes. Take a look, what else do you want to eat?”
“Okay,” Lu Qi readily picked up the menu and said to the waiter standing by, “One portion of Wagyu beef, two pots of sake.”
Waiter: “Just now this gentleman already ordered snowflake Wagyu…”
Lu Qi: “Oh, then two pots of sake.”
Wang Heng couldn’t help but remind her, “Sake seems quite easy to get drunk on. Is two pots a bit much?”
Lu Qi nodded, looked at the waiter, and asked, “How big are your wine pots here?”
The waiter gestured with his hands.
Lu Qi said decisively, “So small? Then three pots.”
Wang Heng was stunned. “Are you sure?”
Lu Qi pointed to Tan Meng opposite her, then pointed to herself. “Our alcohol tolerance is good. You don’t seem to be the type to fall after three cups, right? It’s okay, order it first.”
Tan Meng also said, “I don’t know how your alcohol tolerance is, but anyway, I’ve never been drunk when I go out to discuss business with people.”
Seeing that both directors were so confident, Wang Heng didn’t stop them.
**
Before long, the dishes were served.
The waiter not only brought the dishes to be grilled but also held long chopsticks, responsible for grilling meat for them. After grilling, he distributed it to each person’s dipping sauce dish.
After grilling the first plate of Wagyu beef and pouring sake for the three, the waiter temporarily retreated to prepare another plate of meat dishes.
The snowflake Wagyu emitting an alluring aroma, one bite, and the mellow taste exploded in the mouth, making Wang Heng unable to help but praise, “Not bad, not bad, this taste is indeed not bad, awesome.”
Tan Meng laughed. “That’s why I said come to this shop! You guys have been in Rongdu for too short a time. Unlike me, who has lived here for several years. For this kind of restaurant that doesn’t show off but attracts repeat customers, you have to ask me!”
Lu Qi raised her glass and smiled. “Come, gourmet, cheers!”
Tan Meng raised his glass, suddenly in the mood, and sang a segment on the spot:
“Drinking celebratory wine today,
Vowing not to rest until ambitions are fulfilled,
Showing skills in the long days to come,
Willing to shed hot blood to write history…”
Wang Heng also raised his glass and smiled. “Director Tan can sing opera too?”
Lu Qi: “You still have unfulfilled ambitions?”
Tan Meng: “It’s just the beginning now. In the future, we have plenty of opportunities, right?”
Wang Heng: “That’s right, cheers!”
“Cheers!”
The three clinked glasses, drank it in one gulp, and then refilled their glasses.
At this time, the waiter brought the ox tongue and vegetable mushroom platter over. Seeing them refill their sake again, he couldn’t help but feel a little helpless. Having worked in this yakiniku restaurant for more than a year, he had seen too many customers who underestimated the aftereffect of sake, drank it like a beverage, and ended up being supported or even carried away.
The waiter reminded in a low voice, “Sir, miss, do you want to take it easy…”
“No need,” Lu Qi waved her hand boldly, “Life must be enjoyed to the fullest when one is successful!”
**
Whether it was Tan Meng or Lu Qi, they both got the principal and profit from this wave of the stock market. Investing four or five hundred thousand and turning it into more than one million in more than a month, this kind of thing was really hard not to be happy about.
With the already happy mood, plus the quiet environment, and good wine and meat, the three chatted even more happily.
From stock market investment, they talked about their respective career plans, and then the topic developed to the game named ‘Honor of Kings’ led by Lu Qi.
“Progress is very smooth,” Lu Qi put down her chopsticks and said holding a wine glass, “We expect to start testing within this year, adjust it, and open beta testing next year.”
Wang Heng recalled what he had seen and heard in the first timeline… it seemed faster than the original progress?
It was originally a game with a very wide audience, and now with the change in development progress ahead of schedule, would this cause more and bigger butterfly effects?
But soon, Wang Heng threw this worry to the back of his mind.
If it really caused a worldline anomaly, the hamster would definitely remind him, no need to worry in advance; on the other hand, after drinking an unknown number of cups of sake, although he was far from being drunk, he was not very suitable for that kind of calm thinking.
Then at this moment, he felt a coolness on his right thigh.
Turning his head, he saw that the wine glass in Lu Qi’s hand had tipped over, and a full glass of sake spilled on herself and Wang Heng’s legs. Especially Lu Qi’s left leg, there was a large wet stain on her light blue jeans.
“Uh, my hand shook a little…” Lu Qi blushed slightly. “It’s okay, I’ll clean it up when I get home after eating.”
Wang Heng sized up the mature woman beside him.
Is she a little drunk? Was the hand shake just now an inadvertent mistake?
