Restarting 16 Years Old, the Champion is Tiger and Tea

Chapter 303 There is a girl in the village named Xiaofang

Lin Cheng pulled up a smile.

"We grew up in the same compound. Zhou Yanqing is three years younger than me. He went to college in Eagle Country, but the junk food there drove him crazy during those years."

"When I came back, I insisted on opening my own restaurant. I vowed to make the best food in the world and make up for the four years of famine."

"Luweiyuan and Shutianyuan in Jingzhou are both his properties."

Wang Manning was amazed.

Those shops are doing very hot business and you often have to wait in line for a seat on weekends.

After chatting about Zhou Yanqing's gossip, the dishes were served one after another. The two of them ate slowly, and the atmosphere was quite dull.

Wang Manning didn't want to ask directly. She knew that if she told him now, it would probably affect her appetite.

The two of them chatted awkwardly about this and that and ate almost everything.

Seeing that Lin Cheng had not spoken, Wang Manning finally could not help but ask: "Boss Lin, you can say what you want to say now."

Lin Cheng seemed to sigh and put down the chopsticks in his hand.

"Manning... Don't blame me for calling you Manning. In this kind of situation, it always feels weird to call you Principal Wang."

Wang Manning lowered her eyes, picked up a piece of beef tenderloin and chewed it slowly without saying a word.

"Manning, you are very smart. You must know that the reason I keep appearing in front of you is not just for work."

"Manning, I...I really like you."

Lin Cheng's face turned a little red, and his ears were even redder.

Wang Manning raised her eyes and looked quietly at the embarrassed man in front of her.

He must be really embarrassed, otherwise his acting would be too good.

It is understandable that people like him, who come from a wealthy family, have a good family background and have had smooth sailing in studying abroad and starting a business.

Apart from that marriage, I'm afraid there is nothing particularly unsatisfactory.

In addition to his image and temperament, there must be a lot of people who are willing to throw themselves at him. He should not be the kind of person who would flatter women.

"I'm sorry, Mr. Lin, I don't have that kind of feeling towards you, and my attitude during this period has been very clear."

Lin Cheng raised his eyes and looked at Wang Manning, as if he wanted to find something in her eyes.

"Just... isn't there a little difference? We have always gotten along very well. We even have a tacit understanding and can talk about many topics with the same thoughts."

Wang Manning was silent for a moment, but still replied clearly.

"I admit that we have similar interests and intelligence, and we get along well. But this is at most the level of friends. For me, there is no love between men and women."

Lin Cheng's pupils shrank.

Wang Manning turned her eyes away and moved her gaze to the collar of Lin Cheng's shirt, where she saw the exposed Adam's apple moving up and down.

"Why aren't you wearing that scarf today?"

During this period, he always wore the scarf whenever he wore a shirt.

She looked back and looked directly into Lin Cheng's eyes. Lin Cheng's eyes finally became flustered.

"Manning, I...that scarf..."

Wang Manning shook her head slightly:

"Mr. Lin, you don't have to explain to me. I don't need to know these things. We are partners and we just happen to get along well. Isn't this great?"

"Although I went through a failed marriage, our problem was not loyalty, but other differences in worldviews."

"So, my requirements for marriage have never changed. Loyalty and purity always come first. On this basis, we also need to have the same values ​​and interests."

"You see, you don't meet my standards. Most importantly, I don't have any romantic feelings for you."

Lin Cheng's eyes dimmed.

This calm and wise woman is smart, humorous and quick-witted. When I chat with her, I feel a joy and relief that I have never felt before.

One day, when we were having a great time chatting, the word "soul mate" suddenly popped into my mind.

It was from that time that this calm and wise woman entered his heart.

But now, her calm wisdom became a sword piercing his heart.

His left hand subconsciously grabbed his collar and he raised his wine glass to clink it with Wang Manning's glass.

"Okay, I get it. Then I'll step back to being a friend. You can't push me away again, you just said enough about being a friend."

Wang Manning picked up the cup, clinked it with his, and sighed in her heart.

Forget it, more friends mean more paths, after all, we still need to cooperate.

Lin Cheng tilted his head back and drank a glass of red wine, then continued to fill it up.

Wang Manning chuckled: "Boss Lin, how come you, a turtle that crawled out of the sea, drink in such an old-fashioned way?"

Lin Cheng also chuckled: "My friend Wang Manning, are you interested in listening to the story of the scarf told by a turtle like me?"

So, Wang Manning understood a real-life version of the story of Cinderella and the Prince.

Cinderella, who came from a rural area in another province, had a poor family but strong perseverance.

With her beautiful appearance and height, she was selected into the school's model team. She often went out to participate in award ceremonies and other activities to earn some extra money.

When she was being harassed by the manager of a related unit, a prince who was passing by came to her rescue and started a sweet first love.

The prince's family strongly disagreed, thinking that the difference between the two families' financial situations was too great and that Cinderella's experience was somewhat complicated.

But worldly obstacles cannot separate steadfast feelings.

So after graduation, the two continued to fight.

Finally, after Cinderella became pregnant before marriage, the prince's family could no longer resist his efforts and allowed the two to get married.

But the prince's mother was the evil queen. During a conflict with Cinderella, Cinderella fell to the ground and had a miscarriage.

Cinderella cried and held the prince, saying that she didn't blame her mother, because she was careless. The evil queen was so angry that she said she didn't push her.

Each of them insisted on his own opinion, and the prince felt a splitting headache and a bleeding heart.

After Cinderella recovered, she secretly began to prepare for studying abroad, and soon flew to the United States.

The prince was heartbroken and followed her the next year.

The queen had a heart attack and almost died. She threatened the prince that if he didn't come back after graduating from his master's degree, she would die in front of him.

After graduation, the prince worked at McKinsey in the United States for another year, waiting for Cinderella to change her mind.

After the queen threatened to commit suicide again, the prince agreed to return home.

At this time, Cinderella was already studying for a doctorate.

She insisted on a divorce, saying that it was impossible for her to return to China and that she needed to use marriage as a shortcut to obtain an American identity.

So the prince signed the divorce agreement and left alone.

As for the scene at the airport, it was almost exactly the same as what Wang Manning had imagined.

It is indeed a tragic love story of life and death.

But why does it seem that this Cinderella is so goal-oriented? On the contrary, this prince, who has been pampered since childhood, seems to be possessed by a love-brain.

Wang Manning curled her lips and said what she was thinking: "I didn't expect that Mr. Lin was still a love-brained person back then."

"Love-brained?" Lin Cheng was a little confused.

Wang Manning then realized that this was a word she and Wen Xin often used when chatting, and it was invented by Wen Xin, so others might not understand it.

"My mind is full of love, and I have lost the ability to objectively analyze and accurately judge many things."

Lin Cheng looked up at her, and his eyes, which had been immersed in sadness just now, became clear and sharp.

"Are you saying that our relationship back then was not what I thought it was? Or that the real Xiaofang was not the Xiaofang in my impression?"

Xiaofang is Cinderella's name.

As soon as she heard the name, Wang Manning wanted to sing for Lin Cheng.

[There is a girl in the village named Xiaofang...

The braids are thick and long...】

Ugh, my brain is spinning again.

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