Chapter 26 Mr. He’s Photo Album

Clarence was seated at the prime seat by the window on the second floor. The restaurant’s overall style was pastoral, with emerald green bamboo on both sides of the seat and a screen with a landscape painting of beautiful mountains and rivers in ink.

While waiting for Ning Yao to come over, he opened the photo album on his phone and started to browse through the photos he had taken a few days ago.

He had secretly taken photos of her, including the last time he had gone to watch Ning Yao’s swimming competition.

Ning Yao’s appearance on the field was completely different from her usual self. She looked particularly heroic, confident, and bright, and he could not move his eyes away from her.

There was nothing else in his photo album except Ning Yao’s photos. The rest were his chat records with Ning Yao.

He had specially taken a screenshot and saved the conversation between the two of them after they had added each other on WeChat. Since Ning Yao had only treated him as the president of Glory World, she had been very polite to him and their conversation had not been sweet at all.

However, to him, this was still very memorable, because this was the first day they were reunited.

He still remembered that after the two of them added each other as friends, he was particularly nervous and didn’t know what to say. He didn’t have the usual high-spirited air he usually had at the negotiation table at all. He was nervous like a little boy who had never seen the world.

Because he did not know what to say to make her like him, he chose to speak less. This also led to his short and cold replies no matter what Ning Yao said to him.

But who knew that at that time, he was itching to make a video call to her. He had more than ten years of longing and love in his heart that he wanted to tell her.

A faint smile appeared on Clarence’s face as he looked through the chat history. The sunlight from outside the window fell on his side profile through the blinds and curtains, making him look as handsome as the sun god.

When Ning Yao saw Clarence, she could not help holding her breath.

No matter how many times she saw Clarence’s face, she would still be stunned when she saw it again.

“Mr. He.” Ning Yao called out to him and sat down.

Clarence, who was sitting across from her, put away his phone and pushed the menu to her. “Order whatever you want.”

Ning Yao knew that Moonlight Lotus Pond was a newly-opened high-end Chinese restaurant. The price of one dish was enough to buy a table of dishes outside.

If it wasn’t for Clarence, she wouldn’t have been willing to eat at such a place.

She took the menu and ordered a few signature dishes. She didn’t order too much to avoid wasting food.

She recalled Clarence ordering a table full of dishes for her before.

This time, Clarence allowed her to order her own food, so he must have remembered what she said last time. Ning Yao did not expect Clarence to take her words to heart.

The waiter eventually arrived to serve the dishes. Ning Yao took a bite and found that they were indeed delicious.

The taste was different from the restaurants outside, the ingredients used here were obviously the best, and the chef’s processing techniques were very delicate, so the taste was particularly rich.

However, when she looked across from her, Clarence had only taken a few bites before putting down his chopsticks.

“Mr. He, is it not good?” Ning Yao was worried that the dishes she had ordered were not to his taste.

“No, I’m not very hungry, and…” He smiled. “It’s not as good as your cooking.”

Ning Yao’s face turned red. Was he just patronizing her? How could her cooking standard be compared to the chefs here?

After the meal, Ning Yao wiped her mouth and took two sips of tea. She looked up and saw Clarence handing her a contract.

“Don’t worry, just give it to me before work tomorrow.”

Ning Yao took the contract and briefly looked through it. She frowned slightly. This contract was quite troublesome and it would take a long time to sort it out.

But she didn’t say anything. After accepting the contract, she turned to Clarence. “Is there anything else, Mr. He?”

Clarence looked at the time and said, “No, that’s all. I’ll send you back.”

“It’s alright,” said Ning Yao quickly. “My school is not that far…”

“Let’s go, it’s on the way anyway.” Clarence didn’t give her a chance to refuse.

After getting into the car and turning the corner across the street from the school, Clarence told the driver to stop.

After all, the car was too high-profile. If the people from school saw it, they might maliciously speculate the relationship between Ning Yao and Clarence. So, Clarence did not send Ning Yao to the school gate.

Ning Yao was silently grateful for Clarence’s thoughtfulness. After saying goodbye to him, she got out of the car.

She had just reached the school gate when a figure suddenly jumped out from the side and grabbed her wrist with a terrifying strength.

When Ning Yao saw that it was Yang Yuan, she immediately tried to break free. “Yang Yuan, what are you doing?!”