The male protagonist is a black heart lotus

Chapter 5

“Officer Zhang.”

Seated across from Zhang Meng, Zi Yi spoke with some unease, “With so many dishes ordered, can we finish them all?”

Zhang Meng put her index finger to her lips, shushing him quietly, “Don’t worry, the boss will definitely be paying for these. We just need to open up our stomachs and eat to our heart’s content.”

After Jin Yue had taken the criminal away, Xu Lu Cha, with tears in his eyes, walked up to Zhong Huo, knelt down, and expressed his gratitude for saving his life.

It was clearly Zhang Meng who had saved him, but Xu Lu Cha chose to ignore her. What’s more, Zhong Huo didn’t hesitate to take the credit for herself.

She even said that it was only natural for an official to serve the people and that she was just doing what she was supposed to do.

Zhang Meng didn’t refute her. In modern times, she had experienced her superiors taking credit for their subordinates’ accomplishments many times. As long as the boss was happy, that was all that mattered.

Zhong Huo and Xu Lu Cha seemed to hit it off immediately, and once they started talking, they couldn’t stop. They even made plans to go to the Moonlight Teahouse to drink tea and admire the flowers.

Naturally, Zhang Meng and Zi Yi, as their attendants, went along with them.

Having endured so much undeserved blame from Zhong Huo, Zhang Meng knew that Zhong Huo always cared about saving face. This time, inviting a beauty to drink tea and admire flowers, Zhong Huo would definitely be paying for it herself.

If Zhang Meng didn’t take this opportunity to eat her fill, she wouldn’t feel satisfied.

While Xu Lu Cha and Zhong Huo were chatting and laughing in a private room, Zhang Meng and Zi Yi sat outside and ordered more than a dozen dishes from the menu.

An hour later, Xu Lu Cha and Zhong Huo were still inside talking, while Zhang Meng and Zi Yi had already eaten so much that they could barely stand up.

Initially, Zi Yi was quite restrained, only eating a little before putting down his chopsticks. However, seeing how delicious the food Zhang Meng was eating, he couldn’t help but join her.

Having eaten and drunk their fill, the two inside still hadn’t come out. Zhang Meng, feeling bored, took out two hair ribbons of different colors from her sleeve.

“Zi Yi, let me show you a magic trick.”

Zi Yi was puzzled, “Magic trick?”

Zhang Meng smiled and tied the ends of the two differently colored hair ribbons tightly. She held the red ribbon in her left hand, forming a circle, and the blue ribbon in her right hand, also forming a circle. Holding her hands in front of Zi Yi, she said,

“Watch closely.”

She slowly brought her hands together, rubbing the ribbons against each other a couple of times. Suddenly, with a “snap,” the two ribbons were linked together.

Zi Yi let out a gasp of surprise and took the linked ribbons from Zhang Meng’s hands, examining them closely. He tugged on both ends, “Both ends of the ribbons were clearly tied tightly, how could they possibly be linked together?”

“It’s very simple. I’ll teach you.”

As Zhang Meng was teaching Zi Yi, the two who had been chatting for over an hour in the private room finally came out.

Zi Yi quickly stood up and silently walked behind Xu Lu Cha.

Zhong Huo frowned and glared at Zhang Meng.