They ate at a famous grill store which was filled with people.
Felix had booked a table in advance, so they went straight into a private room when they arrived. There was a long table in the room, and the middle of the table caved in. A waitress added some charcoals into it and lit up, then put a grill over it. The room warmed up soon.
Just as the waitress served all the dishes, Wendy's phone rang.
Wendy took a look at it but did not pick it up immediately. Instead, she stood up and said, "I go out to answer a phone call!"
Felix nodded with a smile. The little boy's attention had been attracted by large pieces of beef.
"...Hello?" Wendy answered the phone call after getting out of the room.
Charlie's calm voice sounded, "You haven't come back yet?"
"... What's wrong with you?" Wendy asked.
"Nothing," Charlie answered calmly. After a pause, he added, "Are you with Felix?"
"Yes..."
"Oh."
After a long silence, Wendy frowned and asked, "I'm going to hang up if you don't have anything more to As she finished speaking, Charlie had already hung up.
When Wendy returned to the room, the little boy had stuffed meat and lettuce into his mouth, which looked like a squirrel. He babbled, "Wendy, hurry up and eat...it's delicious!"
Put a piece of pickled meat on the grill. When it turned to slightly brown on the sides, Felix cut it into small pieces with scissors, and it constantly made a sizzling sound.
Wendy felt hungry just by looking at it. She picked up a small piece with chopsticks.
Before she could put the meat into her mouth, her cell phone rang again. She took it out and found it was Charlie again.
Wendy bit her lips and picked it up directly this time. She answered in a low voice, "What's wrong with you?"
"Nothing." Charlie said the same thing as before, then he continued, "Just want to ask when you will arrive home."
"I'm not sure..." Wendy stared at the beef in her plate and swallowed, "I won't talk to you anymore. I'm eating!"
After hanging up, she had already made up her mind. If Charlie called again, she would directly refuse to answer or switch to mute.
But he didn't call again, instead, he sent her text messages.
Charlie: "When will you go back home?" Charlie: "It's 7:30 a.m. already. Are you not coming home?"
Charlie: "It's dark outside and not safe for a girl to be alone."
Her phone would vibrate every ten minutes.
Those text messages were from the same person, and he kept sending.
Wendy looked at these unread text messages. She didn't know when he became so patient!
Felix, who was sitting on the opposite side, saw that she frowned and asked with concern, "Wendy, what's wrong? Junk emails?"
"No..." Wendy shook her head. His text messages should not be junk emails. She paused for a while and said, "A neighbour."
She didn't lie. Charlie was indeed her neighbour now...
When they were talking, another text message came in. It was also from Charlie Hogg, and the content was almost the same.
Wendy was at a loss.
They finished eating and got out of the restaurant. After getting in the car, she grabbed her mobile phone and was in a dilemma, "Felix, I'm a little uncomfortable today. Shall we light the Kongming lantern next time?"
"Are you alright? Did you catch a cold?" Felix asked immediately.
He was not unhappy with that she didn't keep her promise. Instead, he was worried about her health.
Wendy shook her head guiltily and said, I'm okay. I'll go back home and take some pills..."
"Okay, I'll send you back home first. Go to bed early." Felix nodded without hesitation.
Along the way, Felix kept asking her with concern. When they passed by a pharmacy, he even wanted to stop the car and buy some medicine for her.
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