Professional Stand-in, With an Hourly Salary of 100,000

17 - It's Too Late to Apologize

A restaurant Song Shiyu chose to eat a second time was bound to be decent.

Even with Ji Fanyin strictly going along with Ji Xinxin's food preference, she still had an enjoyable meal. She decided to visit this restaurant alone when she had time in the future.

Over the course of the meal, she skillfully responded to Song Shiyu's remarks too.

When Song Shiyu mentioned that he had returned home not too long ago, she went along with the flow and asked how his parents were faring, just like any girlfriend in a relationship would.

When Song Shiyu said that the temperature was going to plummet over the next few days, she caringly reminded him to dress thicker and bring an umbrella around with him so that he wouldn't fall ill.

So on and so forth.

She wisely chose not to poke at any potential landmines either.

For one, as long as Song Shiyu refused to talk about the woman he was being matchmaked with earlier, she wouldn't raise the topic on her own accord too.

There was no point making the client uncomfortable during the service.

The waiter soon served their final dish, Sea Cucumber Rice. While Ji Fanyin was pouring the rich soup into a smaller bowl for him, Song Shiyu asked, "Aren't you going to ask me about what you saw here earlier?"(It's a dish containing of a thick flavorful soup stock made out of sea cucumber, sea cucumber, and specially processed rice.)

Ji Fanyin raised her head to look at Song Shiyu. She spent a second to ponder about his intent behind this question.

Is he hoping for 'Ji Xinxin' to be jealous, or is he aiming for something else?

She mixed the rich soup with rice and pushed it toward Song Shiyu before answering his question with a smile, "I'll listen to your explanation whenever you're ready."

She chose to kick the ball back to Song Shiyu.

Song Shiyu was silent for a moment before speaking up, "... It was something my mother did on her own accord. I was unaware of it. I've already properly turned her down."

Ji Fanyin immediately got it upon hearing those words.

Her gaze drooped slightly. She started mixing her own bowl of rice with the rich soup as she replied softly, "While I knew that you wouldn't fall for another woman... I was still very worried before your explanation."

"I'm sorry. I should have explained it to you earlier," said Song Shiyu.

"It isn't your fault." Ji Fanyin raised her head and revealed a relieved smile. "Your willingness to explain it to me shows that my trust in you isn't unfounded."

On the other side of the table, Song Shiyu finally broke into a smile, "Thank you for your trust."

You're welcome, though I trust your wallet a lot more, Ji Fanyin thought sardonically. Yeap, this Sea Cucumber Rice is delicious too.

Sogn Shiyu footed the bill when they left the restaurant.

Ji Fanyin glanced at the receipt and saw that the two meals actually cost 4000 dollars.

As expected of a restaurant chosen by the rich. But still, it isn't as expensive as the meal sponsored by Bai Zhou... Hm?

Her train of thought reminded her of something important.

I don't think that he has paid me back for those ingredients yet, right? That's more than ten thousand dollars!. I can't just shrug it off.

I shan't allow him to make any reservations until he pays for it.