RIN

Chapter 163

Inside Ji Restaurant, laughter evoked from the crowd. The soft melody of cheerful music resounded around, the mood feeling livelier.

The night hostess waltzed between tables with boundless energy, smiling as she went. She greeted new customers and ushered them to their seats before filling their cups, and retrieving dishes along the way.

At that moment, the pretty server made her way to a table near the end of the restaurant.

Sitting in a corner, a youth poured themselves a cup of tea before passing it to the boy sitting beside him. On his head was a [1]conical hat pulled a little too far down. Combined with his head tilted toward the table, it had the effect of hiding his eyes altogether.

When she approached them with two servings of soup, she set the steaming bowls on the table and smiled.

"Here you are, sorry for the wait. It's a little busy tonight."

She looked at the boy sitting beside the youth and smiled. His spiky hair was fairly tossed backward and uneven strands stuck against his smooth, sweaty forehead. From the beginning, his eyes were lowered to his feet.

The youth nodded. "It's all right. Thank you."

Smoothing her skirt, she tucked a few loose strands of her hair behind her ear and smiled. "Do you two need anything else?"

The youth with the conical hat looked at the server and from behind his hat, she could see a pair of rosy lips curve into a smile. It was a pleasant smile.

"No, that is all." They shook their head.

The server nodded. From his curt, polite responses, she had a favorable impression of the youth. Just as she was about to leave, she saw the youth's movements. He was taking off his hat. She watched in a curious trance as the youth lowered the hat from his head.

When it was completely removed, her breath was caught. Never in all of her life, had she seen such eyes. Emerald flecks floated like the roaring sea, glowing with a brilliant light. He dressed tidily without drawing much attention to himself, his hair short and neat. His snowy white skin glowed underneath the lights and his fingernails were neat.

Feeling a bit like a fool for staring, the server cleared her throat and lowered her head, quickly scurrying away with flushed cheeks. As she walked away, Aiguo's features twisted into a scowl.

"Stop frowning and eat your food. You need to replenish your strength." Rin said while raising a spoonful of soup to her lips.

"Ah...right." Aiguo lowered his gaze and stared at the bowl of soup.

In silence, he lifts the spoon to his mouth and swallowed. He couldn't taste anything. It had been like this for a while now.

Despite this, he continued to drink it down. Although Rin's eyes were lowered, she had been watching Aiguo from the corner of her vision. She sighed to herself before continuing to eat.

Suddenly, a commotion occurred from across the room.

"Sir, please let me go. This is incredibly inappropriate!" The previous pretty server tried to pull her hand away from a man's grip. Even though she sounded polite, her eyes were filled with disgust.

It was clear from his rosy cheeks and bleary eyes; the man was drunk. In response to her plea, he laughed and swayed a little.

"You have a nice face, girl. Carrying all those trays, I bet you have strong hands and arms." He smirked. "Why don't you stay the night with me and use those hands on something more fun?"

The customers who watched the scene unfold frowned in disgust at the man's actions to the innocent server.

At the same time, Rin and Aiguo, who were eating their meals, watched the scene unfold. Rin was calmly sipping her tea as if she couldn't see the scene before her. In contrast to her calm narration of the events, Aiguo was trembling in anger.