bayedsolid Chapter 122 Yangchun Noodles
Chapter 122 Yangchun Noodles
After arriving at the figure skating training base, Qiu Xuanyan explained her identity and purpose to the staff. After a while, a man who looked like an official came out and said attentively:
"Mr. Qiu, you are here. Please come in. We have received your company's sponsorship last time. What do you think about the endorsement for the new season?"
Qiu Xuanyan said, "Director Yang, you are too polite. Your figure skating team has won glory for the country, and I am only here to ensure logistics. I will let my secretary talk to you about the new season's endorsement. Right now, I mainly want to come and see the athletes training, and I can also actually visit to see if there are any deficiencies in our sponsorship."
"Okay, okay." Director Yang nodded and said, "Your company has a lot of sponsorship funds, so how can there be any shortage? If you want to see the athletes training, they are practicing on the ice now. I will go with you?"
"No need." Qiu Xuanyan waved her hand and refused. "I can go by myself. Director Yang, you go ahead and do your work."
Director Yang saw that she had come to the figure skating center without saying hello, and guessed something in his heart. He said very tactfully: "Then you can go around and I will ask my secretary to accompany you to the training ground. If you have any questions, just call me."
After arriving at the training ground, Qiu Xuanyan immediately saw the thin figure spinning and dancing on the ice. He was wearing a somewhat worn training suit, a white top with black trousers, simple to the extreme. The incandescent light above his head made his skin look even whiter, even a little unhealthy pale.
Following Qiu Xuanyan's gaze, Wen Song and Zhang Yue also saw Lu Mingqian. Zhang Yue saw that although Lu Mingqian looked handsome, he was too thin. He was much thinner than the male players who were training with him. He joked to Wen Song,
"Isn't this your type? You like skinny girls like this."
"I've grown up." Wen Song glanced at Lu Mingqian and immediately lost interest. He sat in the stands and played with his phone. "I don't like skinny guys anymore. I like guys like our Ah Che who have muscles. He looks skinny when dressed and has muscles when undressed. Our puppy has six pack abs and sexy arm muscle lines. He's not a skinny guy."
"You've grown up, I'm so glad." Zhang Yue nodded and patted Wen Song's head, then glanced at Qiu Xuanyan who was staring at Lu Mingqian and said, "It's a pity that she hasn't yet."
"He is definitely not 180cm tall." Wen Song looked at Lu Mingqian again, shook his head and sighed, "Cheng Che talks nonsense all day long."
"He's 177cm tall," Qiu Xuanyan continued. "You've seen his profile, haven't you? He's 177cm tall and weighs 57kg."
"A man, 177cm, 57kg, his family must be starving." Zhang Yue curled his lips in disdain, "Boss Qiu, you can't look for a boyfriend who is too thin or has a bad health! Ask Song Song, is that right? She has grown up now."
"Actually, being in good health isn't good either..." Wen Song muttered with difficulty, "Too much is as bad as too little."
"Oh, don't be so ungrateful. If you think it's not good, just give it to me."
"No! I mean, he definitely can't be in poor health. He's too thin, even thinner than me. I feel like I can lift him up with one hand." Wen Song also shook his head, "And he's definitely not 177cm tall. The man said he was 177cm tall, but he must be 175cm tall at most."
"Please save your breath. Can the physical examination data of the national team be faked?" Qiu Xuanyan refuted her angrily, "According to what you said, Cheng Che is only 185cm tall. A man who says he is 187cm tall can only be 185cm tall at most."
"That's not the case, Mr. Qiu." This time, Zhang Yue tacitly formed a "united front" with Wen Song.
"When a man is over 180cm tall, he won't lie about his height. He will carve the words 180+ on his face, and he will do it to one decimal place. Cheng Che said he was 187cm tall, so he is definitely 187cm tall. But Lu Mingqian is 177cm tall, so he is probably 175cm tall, because if he was 177cm tall, he would definitely say he was 179cm tall."
"It doesn't matter." Qiu Xuanyan was tired of standing, so she sat down in the stands. "I'm not tall either, why would I want a boyfriend who's that tall? You and Cheng Che, I don't even want to talk about you two, will your kids play basketball in the future?"
"Don't talk nonsense, I can't have children." Wen Song quickly changed the subject, "But if you're looking for a boyfriend, you should still find one who's tall. It'll make you feel safe, and it'll make you look good. Lu Mingqian, you're really too thin! What if you two go out and encounter a gangster? You may not be able to beat them even if you're two against one."
"Then why did you look for Cheng Che?" Qiu Xuanyan also argued with her, "You met three gangsters and fought alone, and Cheng Che was cheering for you."
"I am dying of laughter." Zhang Yue held his stomach and doubled over in his seat with laughter, "That's perfect, you two can't win two against one, Song Song can fight three alone, Cheng Che should be able to fight one-on-one, otherwise he would have grown so tall for nothing."
Wen Song and Zhang Yue sat with Qiu Xuanyan in the training ground for more than two hours, until she fell asleep leaning on Zhang Yue's shoulder. However, Lu Mingqian had not finished the training yet, and did not even take a break in the middle.
Qiu Xuanyan did not disturb him, but sat quietly aside until six o'clock in the evening, when the afternoon training ended and Lu Mingqian was about to leave, Qiu Xuanyan called him.
"Mingqian——"
When Lu Mingqian heard Qiu Xuanyan's voice, his expression suddenly became a little puzzled, but he still walked to the side of the stands and asked Qiu Xuanyan: "Boss Qiu, why are you here?"
Qiu Xuanyan showed him a very charming smile, her almond-shaped eyes curved in a gentle and sweet smile, "I just happened to come to Beijing, so I came to see you. Now that you have finished your training, what are you going to do?"
"Let's go eat." Lu Mingqian whispered, "Boss Qiu, is there something you want to talk to me about?"
"It's nothing serious, I just want to watch you train." Qiu Xuanyan continued with a smile, "I've told you so many times, don't call me President Qiu, just call me Xuanyan. Are you going to the cafeteria to eat? Can my friend and I go and see together?"
Only then did Lu Mingqian notice that there were two people sitting behind Qiu Xuanyan. The one with long hair had fallen asleep on the other's shoulder, and the one with medium hair was also drowsy.
"Oh, okay." Lu Mingqian was a little overwhelmed, but he still nodded and said, "If Mr. Qiu doesn't mind, let's eat together. But they are all home-cooked dishes, I'm afraid you won't like them."
"What are you talking about?" Qiu Xuanyan said quickly, "I also eat home-cooked meals at home."
"Then please wait here for me. I'll go to the locker room to change my clothes and come to see you later." Lu Mingqian said very politely.
"Okay." Qiu Xuanyan also smiled, "Then I'll wait for you here."
After Lu Mingqian left, she immediately woke up Wen Song and Zhang Yue, "Don't sleep! Let's go eat!"
"Eat, what do you want to eat?" Wen Song yawned and asked, "I want to eat barbecue."
"Barbecue, barbecue, all you think about is barbecue." Qiu Xuanyan poked her head, "Look how round your face has become. Let's go eat at the cafeteria at the figure skating center."
"So good? I haven't eaten in the national team's cafeteria yet. I saw a documentary about the Asian Games and it seemed very good. I want to go and try it. Will he treat me?" Zhang Yue asked with interest.
Qiu Xuanyan shook her head and said, "I don't know, but if we can pay for it ourselves, we shouldn't let him treat us. His family is not well off and he is very frugal."
"I know." Wen Song and Zhang Yue said with some dissatisfaction, "We didn't expect him to treat us. Let's just eat something with you first, and then we'll go get barbecue for supper."
After arriving at the cafeteria, they found that they could only pay with the meal cards issued by the national team, and could not use other payment methods. However, there are many types of dishes, in addition to Chinese stir-fried dishes and soups, there are also Western dishes.
Lu Mingqian brought them each a tray and said, "Take whatever you want to eat, and I'll pay for it later."
Qiu Xuanyan felt a little embarrassed and followed Lu Mingqian and said, "Okay, thank you, thank you for your trouble."
Wen Song and Zhang Yue remembered her teachings and did not dare to take whatever they wanted to eat. They just followed Qiu Xuanyan and took whatever she took.
In the end, Lu Mingqian only took a bowl of plain noodles. The cafeteria auntie who cooked the noodles must have been very familiar with him. She said kindly, "Xiao Lu, plain noodles are not nutritious. Auntie will give you some more臊子."
"No need, Auntie." Lu Mingqian smiled politely, "I'll just eat this, I like it."
The cafeteria aunt looked at him with pity, sighed, and added a lot more noodles to his bowl.
When Wen Song and the others saw this, they knew that Lu Mingqian must be in some difficulty, so they put down the tray and said, "We are not hungry, so we won't eat for now."
Lu Mingqian said, "It's okay. Just take whatever you want to eat. Our meal expenses are all paid by the team, so you don't have to pay for it yourself."
"Then I won't be polite." Qiu Xuanyan smiled and ordered three bowls of plain noodles, and gave one bowl to Wen Song and Zhang Yue.
When eating, Lu Mingqian ate very quickly, but there was no noise, and no soup spilled. Although he was not as elegant and noble as Cheng Che, he was still polite.
Although Yangchun noodles are simple, they taste quite delicious. After being used to eating delicacies from land and sea, it is refreshing to have a bowl of them occasionally.
“Don’t you athletes have dietary requirements?”
Qiu Xuanyan thought of what Wen Song had told her, that Cheng Che didn't eat this or that, and that every meal during the competition was specially prepared by a nutritionist, and he didn't even dare to touch high-starch carbohydrate foods like noodles.
"I'm not that particular." Lu Mingqian quickly finished a bowl of noodles, put down his chopsticks and whispered, "It's okay as long as I'm full. I'll digest it quickly after a lot of training."
Qiu Xuanyan didn't say anything else, but seeing that he was really thin and ate too simply, she guessed that he must have some financial difficulties, so she asked, "Does your cafeteria only accept meal cards from the figure skating center?"
"As long as it's issued by the national team, it's fine." Lu Mingqian didn't think there was anything wrong with this and answered patiently, "Athletes from other teams can also come to our place for dinner."
After listening to this, Qiu Xuanyan looked at Wen Song with a smile, which made her shudder and she wondered what tricks Wen Song was up to.
After dinner, Lu Mingqian took a brief rest and then went back to training. Seeing that it was getting late, Qiu Xuanyan also left with Wen Song and Zhang Yue.
Before leaving, she said to Lu Mingqian, "Can I come to see you tomorrow? Otherwise, I'll be so bored in Beijing."
Lu Mingqian didn't say yes, nor did he refuse. He just said to her, "As long as you are happy."