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Guan Ruoyu sat nervously in the dining room box, looking at his watch from time to time, or standing up and opening the door to look outside.

No way, the instructor is coming.

It's not Mr. Xu, but his master's supervisor, a big name in the industry, and now he is holding a well-known big topic in the industry.When Guan Ruoyu was studying under him, most of the time it was actually the seniors who were teaching and guiding, and the tutor himself was so busy that he disappeared all day long.But later, Guan Ruoyu was lucky enough to join his experimental group to help out—Guan Ruoyu himself felt that he was only at the level of handyman—and he got in touch with him a lot, got a lot of advice, and was also convinced by this mentor who never sees the end of the dragon. oral.

And the instructor seems to like this Asian who often has flashes of inspiration, and sometimes he will specifically ask him to share his views during seminars.Even when working on certain topics, the instructor will carefully ask Guan Ruoyu what he has seen and heard in the motherland, and then take these different group performances into consideration in the entire project plan.

And recently, this admirable master brought several members of his research team to a meeting in China, which happened to be in the city where Guan Ruoyu was located.He sent an email to Guan Ruoyu about this matter, and Guan Ruoyu immediately excitedly invited him to have dinner and have a little get-together.The instructor is also a good boss who saves face. After arranging the itinerary, he really gave him a free night.

But the instructor also asked, if the other students in the research group have no place to go, can they have dinner together.Guan Ruoyu readily agreed, after all, these students are either of the same level as before, or juniors, so it is right to take care of them.The young man also asked the instructor what he wanted to eat, and then ran to President Zhuang Da and Director Bai for help, and finally ordered the current hot pot restaurant.

The consumption here is a little bit expensive, but the reputation is very good. The emphasis is on the sanitation of the environment and clean ingredients.

Before Guan Ruoyu went out today, Zhuang Mingqi even gave him a card.Guan Ruoyu raised his eyebrows, Zhuang Mingqi said: "Just in case, don't think too much."

I don't know what to do in case, but Mr. President is too stuffed to refuse, so Mr. Guan had no choice but to keep it first and return it to him later.

Zhuang Mingqi still has something to say: "Call me if you have something to do, and I will pick you up after the evening?"

Guan Ruoyu couldn't predict the situation tonight, so he could only say, "Let's see."

Zhuang Mingqi didn't say much, and nodded.

The dinner appointment at night was at 06:30, and Guan Ruoyu was afraid of being stuck in traffic after get off work, so he arrived at a quarter past six.I can’t sit still when I arrive, so I look at the menu first, and I have an idea of ​​what I want to order; then I look at my phone to make sure if the instructor is lost and if I left a message for myself; finally, I turn on the selfie function of the phone to confirm myself The image is fine.

With 3 minutes to 06:30, Guan Ruoyu received a message that the tutor said that he had got off the subway, and he was still 5 minutes away from the entrance of the restaurant.

Guan Ruoyu hurried out to pick him up.

It was lunch time, and there was already a group of people waiting in line on the stools outside the restaurant, and the road was also bustling.Guan Ruoyu stood on the steps of the restaurant and looked around for a while, and finally found the group of foreign faces in the crowd.

It seems that there are four people in total, and the two young children walking in the front are looking at the mobile phone from time to time, seeming to be responsible for identifying the way; the instructor who is almost 60 years old is walking behind, with a more relaxed look Anyway, it is a relaxed state of following the front.The mentor was still talking to another person beside him. At first, that person was mostly blocked by the tall young man in front, so Guan Ruoyu couldn't see it clearly.When he waved to this group of people, the mentor and the person next to him also waved to him... Guan Ruoyu was stunned.

He subconsciously squinted his eyes to confirm that he was right, and then frowned slightly.

——Why did this guy appear here...? !

Before Guan Ruoyu could figure it out, a group of four people had already walked to the door of the restaurant.Guan Ruoyu quickly changed back to a happy smile, stepped forward to shake hands and hugged his instructor: "Hey, Mr. Bruce!"

"Oh, Eli! Look at you!" The rosy-cheeked Bruce hugged him vigorously, his joy was palpable, "You look great, you've had a good year, huh?"

"Live leisurely." Guan Ruoyu smiled, "Let's go in and talk later? I reserved a private room, so we can catch up on the old days in a quieter time."

"Oh, of course, it's up to you, young man." Bruce laughed, "This country is so lively, I've been seeing everyone since I got off the plane. By the way, these people sitting outside the restaurant are ...?"

"They're waiting in line, Bruce, there's always a lot of people chasing hot stuff, isn't it?" Guan Ruoyu replied, then shook hands with the other people.After shaking hands with the two juniors and briefly introducing himself, Guan Ruoyu was about to turn around, but a big hand was already stretched out in front of him.

"Shouldn't you say hello, Eli?" The owner of the big hand looked at Guan Ruoyu.His eyes were blue, with deep-set sockets, and looked a little innocent, and a little melancholy.When he smiles and stares at someone, the other person will mistakenly think that he is his whole world.His voice is also very nice, it is still a crooning cello, especially suitable for reciting poems, any ordinary words spoken by him will become romantic.

However, it is such a person who makes passers-by and girls peek at him frequently, and Guan Ruoyu doesn't get a good face at all.

The young man stretched out his hand, shook the other party casually, and greeted the other party very perfunctorily: "Hello, Mr. Wright."

"Listen to your address, your tone, you really make me sad." Wright blinked, "You used to call me 'Carl', and sometimes you called me 'dear'..."

"That's all in the past." Guan Ruoyu interrupted lightly, "If you want to live in the past, it's up to you."

After finishing speaking, the young man turned around and walked into the restaurant with the great mentor Bruce.

Bruce didn't know whether he paid attention to the interaction between the two students, but just followed Guan Ruoqu inside, and asked enthusiastically, "Oh, Eli, what's in those big bowls?"

"The sauce for hot pot can be prepared by yourself."

"Why is there a large cauldron on some tables and a small cauldron in front of everyone on others?"

"This is based on the preferences of customers can choose..."

***

After entering the box, Guan Ruoyu greeted everyone to sit down.Although these foreigners didn't care much about where to sit, Guan Ruoyu followed the custom of his country and brought Bruce to the position facing the door, and introduced the custom to him while pulling the chair.

"It's really interesting." Bruce listened with relish, "Then do other positions have this kind of attention?"

"Actually, there are, but in modern society, we don't care much about these anymore." Guan Ruoyu replied, "Others can sit as they please."

Said to sit casually, but everyone knew that he was going to chat with Bruce, so one side was set aside for him.The other side was probably Carl Wright's position, but this guy went to the other side of Guan Ruoyu after a stroll.The two children didn't think much, so they sat next to their tutor.

Guan Ruoqu really panicked.

He collected himself, made up his mind to ignore the man on his right, and started looking at the menu with Bruce.

The first thing to check is whether to use a large pot or a small pot.

Guan Ruoyu explained: "Because you want to experience this kind of traditional food. Traditionally, a large pot is used. You can also use a pot with two sides separated. We call it 'Mandarin Duck Pot'. But if you consider that everyone has different tastes The same, and if you are used to it, a small pot is also good. Look at you, if you don’t want everyone’s food to be in one pot, use a small pot.”

Carl voted spontaneously in the back: "I am willing to eat in the same pot as you (you), I don't mind."

"What do you think?" Bruce asked.

Guan Ruoyu: "I think it's still a small pot, so five small pots."

Then choose the soup base.

"Let me translate the soup bases that you can choose from these pots," Guan Ruoyu said, "One is tomato soup base, the other is mushroom soup base, as well as chicken soup, hot and sour soup..."

After Bruce and the two students had finished choosing, Guan Ruoyu finally gave Karl a "charity" look: "What about you?"

Carl opened his mouth and said, "Same as you."

Guan Ruoyu: "...Okay, spicy soup base."

Guan Ruoyu doesn't ask much when ordering food, anyway, five big men, order more that foreigners can accept.Adding a little "experience project" is basically enough.Carl, on the other hand, pointed at the pictures on the menu and asked questions, like a curious baby.He was sincere, but Guan Ruoqu couldn't ignore him, so he had to explain to him one by one.

After the explanation, Carl began to sigh, "We have eaten this before", "You have never ordered this before", "Ah, I remember, you tricked me into eating it"... and other similar words, the familiarity and intimacy between the words are very obvious.

As for Guan Ruoyu, he just wanted to go back in time, and when Bruce asked "Can I bring a few more people", he firmly said "no".

Why did I forget that Carl Wright was still in school for a Ph.D. in psychology, and he was under Bruce's door!

Money is hard to buy. Think early.

In fact, Karl's behavior of harassing Guan Ruoyu was not too much, his tone was not offensive, and in the eyes of others, he might be a good friend.But Guan Ruoyu really has no intention of being good friends now, so he can only express his attitude with extremely simple answers.

After finally deciding on the dishes, Guan Ruoyu could have called the waiter in to order, but Guan Ruoyu got up and left the box with the menu in order to breathe.Carl watched him go out, smiled, got up and said, "I'm going to the toilet."

Bruce said: "Be careful of being arrested by the police for sexual harassment."

"It's okay, Eli is a kind person."

Carl said, and went out the door.

The two students waited silently until the door was closed, and then looked at Bruce impatiently: "Professor, they...?"

"Children, sometimes apologies and regrets are the most useless things." Bruce didn't answer in detail, but just shook his head and smiled.

"Look, the living examples are right in front of you."

[The author has something to say]: Here we come!