Chapter 196: 195 Drinking Hard To Celebrate Victory Today
On this Friday, Lu Qi didn’t work overtime again. Moreover, before leaving the company, she specially went to the restroom and checked her appearance and hairstyle in the mirror.
Water-blue jeans and a black shirt, simple and casual. Still short hair, making her delicate face appear slightly androgynously handsome.
Lu Qi took a black thin strap choker from her pocket and tied it around her slender neck. Then, looking at herself in the mirror again, her temperament had already undergone a subtle change. Should it be said to be more feminine, or that it had a bit more alluring feeling?
She nodded in satisfaction and walked downstairs.
Entering the elevator, going downstairs, and arriving at the doorway, Lu Qi saw Wang Heng already standing there waiting for her.
Wang Heng smiled and raised his arm in greeting, his expression unchanged, as if meeting a good buddy.
He said, “Director Qin has already gone over. Shall we head out now?”
“Sure, I’ll drive and you give directions.”
Before Lu Qi finished speaking, she saw Wang Heng shake his head.
He explained, “It’s peak period after work now. Driving will definitely get us stuck in traffic.”
Lu Qi, who rarely encountered traffic jams, couldn’t help but doubt: “Is it that exaggerated?”
Wang Heng was also a bit puzzled: “Sister Lu, I know you get off work very late and always avoid peak period. But when going to work, haven’t you seen how jammed the roads are?”
Lu Qi thought about it and nodded: “I get it. Because we have a flexible work system, I usually leave at ten and arrive at eleven.”
Wang Heng couldn’t help but sigh: “Is this the director’s privilege? That’s really nice.”
Lu Qi stared at him and smiled: “Want to onboard to my department? I can let you start work in the afternoon!”
Wang Heng: “Sister Lu, I’m only a first year university student now. You’re too eager…”
The two chatted like this and entered the subway station.
The subway carriage was also very crowded, but fortunately, no matter how packed it was, the travel speed wouldn’t be affected. About twenty minutes later, the two arrived at their destination station, slipped through a small alley, and came to the doorway of the pre-reserved grill meat restaurant.
This was a Sakura Island style cuisine shop. Called grill meat, it was actually just grill meat, but done more exquisitely. Of course, the price was also more eye-opening.
The two entered the shop and sat down in front of Qin Meng.
Wang Heng originally wanted to sit next to Qin Meng, but Lu Qi unobtrusively pulled him, dragging him to sit with her opposite Qin Meng.
Director Qin didn’t notice that subtle moment and said, “I’ve already ordered two dishes. See what else you want to eat?”
“Sure,” Lu Qi happily picked up the menu and said to the waiter standing by, “One portion of wagyu beef, two pots of sake.”
Waiter: “This mister just ordered snowflake wagyu beef…”
Lu Qi: “Oh, then two pots of sake.”
Wang Heng couldn’t help but remind: “Sake seems pretty easy to get drunk on. Isn’t two pots a bit much?”
Lu Qi nodded, looked at the waiter, and asked: “How big are the sake pots here?”
The waiter gestured with both hands.
Lu Qi said straightforwardly: “That small? Then three pots.”
Wang Heng was stunned: “You sure?”
Lu Qi pointed at Qin Meng opposite, then at herself: “Our alcohol tolerance is pretty good. You don’t seem like the type to pass out after three cups either, right? No problem, order them first.”
Qin Meng also said: “I don’t know about your alcohol tolerance, but anyway, when I go out to discuss business with people, I’ve never gotten drunk.”
Seeing these two directors so full of confidence, Wang Heng stopped trying to hold them back.
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Not long after, the food arrived.
The waiter not only brought the meat to be grilled but also held long chopsticks, responsible for grilling the meat for them. After grilling, it was divided into individual condiment dishes.
After grilling the first plate of wagyu beef and pouring sake for the three, the waiter temporarily stepped back to prepare another plate of meat and vegetable dishes.
That snowflake wagyu beef emitting an enticing aroma—one bite, and the rich flavor exploded in the mouth, making Wang Heng exclaim: “Nice, nice. This taste is really good, awesome.”
Qin Meng laughed: “That’s why I said come to this shop! You’ve been in Rongdu too short a time, unlike me, who’s lived here for several years. For cuisine shops like this that don’t seem special but particularly attract repeat customers, you gotta ask me!”
Lu Qi raised her wine cup and smiled: “Come on, foodie, cheers!”
Qin Meng raised his wine cup, suddenly got excited, and sang a verse on the spot:
“Today we drink heartily to celebrate our victory,
Ambitions unfulfilled, we vow not to rest,
The future is long to show our skills,
Gladly spill hot blood to write the annals…”
Wang Heng also raised his wine cup and smiled: “Director Qin can sing opera too?”
Lu Qi: “You still have unfulfilled ambitions?”
Qin Meng: “It’s just the beginning now. Later, we’ll have plenty of opportunities, right?”
Wang Heng: “Exactly, cheers!”
“Cheers!”
The three clinked glasses, drank it down in one gulp, then refilled their wine cups.
At this time, the waiter brought over a platter of beef tongue and vegetable mushroom dishes. Seeing them refill their sake again, he couldn’t help but feel a bit helpless. Having worked at this grill meat restaurant for over a year, he’d seen too many customers who underestimated sake’s potency, treating it like a beverage, only to end up being carried out or helped away.
The waiter quietly reminded: “Mister, miss, maybe drink a bit slower…”
“No need,” Lu Qi waved her hand boldly, “When life’s at its peak, one must revel fully!”
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Whether Qin Meng or Lu Qi, both had received this wave of principal and profit from the stock market. Investing four or five hundred thousand and turning it into over one hundred thousand in more than a month—such a thing really made it hard not to be happy.
Their already joyful mood, plus the serene environment and good wine and meat, made the three chat even more happily.
From stock market investments, they talked about their respective career planning, then the topic developed to the game called ‘Honor of Kings’ that Lu Qi was leading the development of.
“Progress is going smoothly,” Lu Qi put down her chopsticks, held her wine cup, and said, “We expect to start testing within this year. After adjustments, it can open for public beta next year.”
Wang Heng recalled the observations from the next playthrough… Seemed like the progress was faster than originally?
It was already a game with a very broad audience, and now with the development progress advanced, would this cause even more and bigger butterfly effects?
But soon, Wang Heng put this thought aside.
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 who knows how many cups of sake, although far from drunk, it wasn’t too suitable for that kind of calm thinking anymore.
And right then, he felt a chill on his right thigh.
Turning his head to look, he saw Lu Qi’s wine cup had tipped over, a full cup of sake spilled on her own leg and Wang Heng’s. Especially Lu Qi’s left leg, a large wet stain on her water-blue jeans.
“Uh, hand shook…” Lu Qi blushed a bit, “No problem, we’ll clean up when we get home after eating.”
Wang Heng glanced at the older sister type beside him.
Was she a bit drunk? Was that hand shake just an unintentional mistake?
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Work today, the meeting was really… headache-inducing. Good news is tomorrow’s the weekend, time for happily writing an extra chapter…
