Liu Si Si's gaze shifted to look behind Yun Meiyi. And immediately a man in a dark maroon three-piece suit came into her sight. "He is here." She said softly to give heads up to Meiyi before sending a pretty, welcoming smile to the man. "Why do you look surprised Xu Wei? Didn't I already say that I would come? Furthermore, who would miss the chance to dine in this restaurant?"
She said and the man smiled with exuberance before walking to the table to say, "Of course. At least there was a way to tempt you to come out with me for dinner. And now that today, I have you here, I am not going to miss this chance to make you agree to go out with me as well. You know I have even asked the chefs to make a special meal for us today."
He said and Liu Si Si just looked down at the table to hide the smile that was not helping but appearing over her lips. Coughing out, she didn't make it awkward but said, "About that, I think I have made it clear to you already. Until your eyes remain on me for the entire evening, I will agree to go out with you. Are you confident that you can pass that test?"
She said, and Xu Wei was more than confident. "Could there be any difficulty in that?" Taking off his outer coat first, he hung it perfectly on the chair before pulling it out to take the seat and adding, "You are the most beautiful woman I have ever seen in my life. I could watch you for days. There is no way I am looking anywhere else when you are in front of me." he said, almost not noticing the presence of Yun Meiyi around.
While he was coming here, he had already made up his mind to focus just on Liu Si Si and not anyone or anything else. As long as he keeps his eyes on the woman, by the end of the evening she would be his. And once she was his there would be nothing he would want more.
After all, he believed that he loved her from the deepest of his heart. Or else why would he be chasing after her all these years?
But more than his confidence, Liu Si Si was confident in Yun Meiyi. She believed as long as any man would look at Yun Meiyi, all other women would become wallflowers, including her. Not because she was less beautiful but because Yun Meiyi has charms that no one had. A magnetism that would leave a person both satisfied and curious.
"We will see that later." Nodding to him, Liu Si Si agreed. Before turning to look at Yun Meiyi to say, "By the way, Xu Wei, meet my best friend, Yun Meiyi. I didn't want to leave her alone at home, so I pulled her along. Hope, you won't mind her presence here today."
She said as she gestured to him to look to the side towards Yun Meiyi. Xu Wei smiled as he turned to look at Yun Meiyi for the first time. "Hello! It's nice to meet you, Ms. Yun." He greeted before quietly averting his gaze towards Liu Si Si, not ready to lose the challenge. But then something from the precious glimpse caused the thoughts that made him turn to look back at her.
"Good evening, Mr. Xu. Thanks for inviting us here. But the invitation was enough for us to receive, the dinner would be on us." She said, not keeping the thoughts in her mind. She believed that favors were better to be given rather than taken. And since the man has already favored Liu Si Si by arranging a table in the restaurant, she would treat him to the dinner and pay it back for better.
Xu Wei looked at her and his time felt to stop for a moment. But when he heard Liu Si Si coughing slowly on the side, he recovered to shake his head and say, "How could that be? You two ladies have come here to have dinner with me, it would only be better if I pay."
Yun Meiyi smiled as her lips beautifully curled, garnering back his gaze towards her. "Mr. Xu, splitting the bill and booking charges would be the only best option, since that would also keep me relieved. This is our first meeting and I don't like seeing people taking on my responsibilities." She said and her words came firm, making it hard to coax her against her wishes.
Xu Wei looked at her and then with a complicated expression turned to look at Liu Si Si, who shrugged her shoulders to say, "I can't say anything to her. She has her principles and rules which she always abides by."
In the end, Xu Wei had to agree. "Fine, then the dinner and the bill would be under your care. You can pay it later." He said as he gestured to the waitress to come to take the orders.
Although the dishes of the meal were decided earlier, the man still wanted to let the ladies choose among others as well.
Soon after the waitress took the order, the table was full of dishes. The challenge between Liu Si Si and Xu Wei looked long forgotten as not just the man was taking a few glances at Yun Meiyi every now and then. But he also looked a bit guilty on his own.
But Liu Si Si was happy. The day was ending the way she wanted it to end. Xu Wei was not a bad guy but receiving his request every now and then was still a bit annoying; to which she wanted to put a full stop. And fortunately, after today, she was sure that it would end for good,
Soon the dinner came to an end, as taking the last sips of her wine, Liu Si Si pushed her chair to stand up to say, "Please excuse me. I need to use the washroom." She said and then turned to walk away, leaving the two back at the table.
Xu Wei felt his heart beat growing fast. All this while with Liu Si Si, it was still comfortable. But now, with her gone, it was only growing hard to hold his thoughts back in. He had never felt this way. He still remembered the strongest feeling he had ever felt was for Liu Si Si and it had been like that for years. But now, just with the simple appearance of Yun Meiyi, all his confidence in his aged long feelings felt weakening.
Not able to take it for long, he asked, "Ms. Yun, will you mind me asking you about your boyfriend? Do you have one?"
Yun Meiyi's brows arched up at his question while at a distance, hidden from their sight, someone looked even more curious to hear the woman reply to those words.