Today is the 25th. The 25th is the fixed payday of the company every month. So Ji Ai'er received her first salary since entering the company and was very excited.
"Let's go to Happy Steakhouse. I'll treat you to steak tonight!" Ji Ai'er said to Lin Lan.
"Young mistress, there's no need!" Lin Lan declined.
"Yes! I've caused you a lot of trouble during this period. Treating you to steak is just a small token of my gratitude." Ji Ai'er insisted. "And this steakhouse is where I used to work. Just consider it as accompanying me to have steak!"
Lin Lan couldn't resist Ji Ai'er and had to drive to the address she said.
Happy Steakhouse was still there. This made Ji Ai'er, who hadn't been to the steakhouse for two years, very happy. Before coming, she was worried that it might have closed.
"Ai Ai!" Hu Kexin saw Ji Ai'er and exclaimed in surprise.
"Little Kexin, long time no see!" Ji Ai'er looked at Hu Kexin and said with a smile. He hadn't changed much, just became a little more mature. "Lin Lan, this is my former colleague Hu Kexin. Little Kexin, this is my friend Lin Lan!" Ji Ai'er introduced Hu Kexin and Lin Lan to each other.
"Hello! Nice to meet you!" Hu Kexin was as enthusiastic as ever.
"Me too!" Lin Lan was rather taciturn.
"How are Uncle Bearded and Yanzi?" After Ji Ai'er and Lin Lan sat down, Ji Ai'er asked.
"Uncle Bearded and his beloved wife immigrated to Canada. Yanzi also went back to her hometown to get married. Now in this steakhouse, I'm the only one you still know. The others are all new. I'm now promoted to the owner of the steakhouse!" Hu Kexin was still as humorous as before.
"I'll come to support often in the future! Lin Lan, what do you want to eat? Just order. Don't be polite!" Ji Ai'er said to Lin Lan. Then she turned to Hu Kexin and said, "I want a chicken chop set meal."
Lin Lan finally ordered a steak set meal as well.
"I worked in this steakhouse for seven or eight years, so I'm full of feelings for it. It makes me feel at home." Ji Ai'er said to Lin Lan with a smile.
"So is that why it's called Happy?" Lin Lan said. This was the first time he saw a steakhouse with such a Chinese name.
"That's right. My former boss said that he wanted everyone who came here to eat steak to feel happy, so it was named Happy Steakhouse! Isn't it a funny reason?" Ji Ai'er asked Lin Lan with a smile.
"No, because everyone's definition of happiness is different!" The happiness he wanted was to form an ordinary family with a girl he liked and live a plain life.
"I don't even know if you're married or not?" Ji Ai'er asked while drinking the soup that was just served, "If not, I can introduce someone to you!"
"I'm not married yet, but I'm engaged!" Lin Lan confessed honestly.
"Being engaged is almost the same as being married. Introduce me to her some other day!" Ji Ai'er said. She originally wanted to introduce Wu Yaqi to Lin Lan. Now there's no chance.
"If there's a chance!" Lin Lan smiled.
For the first time, Lin Lan could regard Ji Ai'er as a friend instead of a young mistress. So he was willing to talk more. Before this, he was rather silent. Occasionally, he only exchanged a few words with Ji Ai'er. The rest of the time, he was concentrating on driving his car or sitting beside Ji Ai'er like a statue.