"Boom," thunder rumbled.
Gu Yan looked out the window, rain began to fall, splashing against the glass and spreading like watercolor, getting heavier and heavier.
The sound of rain mixed with the serene piano music, creating a unique feeling in Gu Yan's heart.
The two of them didn't continue the previous topic, and Xue Xianglan casually brought up something to chat about.
Gu Yan listened, responding occasionally, when suddenly she glimpsed three people getting out of a car outside the restaurant, one of whom looked incredibly familiar.
Tang Yuxiu said something to a man who seemed to be the driver a few steps away, the man nodded, handed over the car keys, and left on his own.
Then Tang Yuxiu and the other person, a woman who appeared elegant and beautiful from afar, started walking toward the restaurant hand in hand.
Seeing Tang Yuxiu approaching, Gu Yan instinctively turned back and sat upright, trying to find something to hide behind, but found only cups and plates on the table, so she used her hand to cover her side face, not daring to turn her head.
Every time she saw Tang Yuxiu, she would think of the incident during the day. Why is it that she couldn't even have dinner after work without running into this plague god!
Xue Xianglan, seeing her tense expression, couldn't help but ask, "What's wrong with you? Seen a ghost?"
Gu Yan gritted her teeth, "Worse than seeing a ghost!"
"Ah?" Xue Xianglan looked puzzled.
"I'm telling you, I've seen my boss. It's not that I'm superstitious, but it's hard not to believe. As long as I see him, something bad's bound to happen. I need to avoid disaster."
As she spoke, Gu Yan grabbed her bag and slung it over her shoulder, "I'll go to the bathroom for a while, to shake off the bad luck."
Xue Xianglan looked at her speechlessly, "Is it really that exaggerated?"
"Yes!" Gu Yan couldn't be bothered to explain further and hurriedly rushed to the bathroom.
In her haste, she accidentally bumped into a waiter who was clearing the table, causing cups and plates to crash to the floor with a "clang, clang, clang".
Tang Yuxiu had just walked in and heard the jarring noise, frowned slightly, and looked toward the source, unsurprised to see a familiar face.
Gu Yan looked apologetic and kept apologizing, but the waiter's face turned sour, although constrained by the fact that Gu Yan was a guest, and couldn't show too much emotion.
"I'm really sorry, I didn't mean to."
The waiter raised his head and complained, "Miss, this is a proper restaurant, not the outside street, can you not be so reckless."
"Very sorry, very sorry, I'll be more careful."
The waiter saw how simply she was dressed, not looking like she could afford a grand meal here, and his expression turned even darker.
"Miss, these utensils are very expensive. If you break them, you need to compensate." Otherwise, it's her who would have to cover it, but why should she!
Upon hearing compensation, Gu Yan's expression froze, she cautiously asked, "How much is it here?"
"At least a thousand."
A thousand?!
Gu Yan's eyes widened. Right now, she couldn't even come up with a hundred, let alone a thousand, and she still had to figure out how to scrape together two thousand to pay back. Where would she get the money!
"A few cups and plates cost a thousand? That's a scam," Gu Yan muttered under her breath.
Seeing her troubled look, the waiter couldn't help but sneer, "If you can't afford it, don't come to places like this. In case you knock something over, you can't compensate, and you make people laugh."
Gu Yan's face flushed, feeling a bit dissatisfied with the waiter's attitude.
Regardless of whether she had the money or not to eat there, now that she's here, she's a guest. Do all the waiters look at people with such snobbery?