Half price for couples

Chen Shuo was nervous inside, but he couldn't produce any evidence.

He had already said earlier that no matter what Su Xiyan ate, he was not picky.

He could only let Su Xiyan take the lead and come to the catering floor of the shopping mall.

The entire floor was filled with all kinds of restaurants.

Each store had its own characteristics.

There were also enthusiastic waiters soliciting customers at the door.

It was almost twelve o'clock, the peak dining period. Many stores were already full of people.

Chen Shuo had always disliked wasting time on eating. No matter how good a store was, as long as it required long queues, he would not eat there.

He could hardly understand those customers who lined up for hours just to eat a meal.

Two young ladies in restaurant uniforms grabbed Su Xiyan and Chen Shuo and started touting the store's special couple set meals in turns:

"Handsome guy and beauty, our store now has special discount couple set meals for couples. Do you want to try it?"

"It's very cost-effective!"

"You just need to take a loving photo together and post it on the love wall at our store entrance to enjoy the half-price couple set meal, and we'll also give you a specially prepared fresh juice!"

"It's super worthwhile and meaningful too. Handsome guy and beauty, do you want to try it?"

Chen Shuo was about to directly refuse: "Couple set meal? We're not..."

"Taking photos, right? Any pose requirements?" Su Xiyan interrupted Chen Shuo's words and secretly pinched him hard on his back.

Chen Shuo grimaced in pain, wanting to refute but met Su Xiyan's slightly threatening gaze.

Oh well, a gentleman does not fight with a lady.

"There are no specific pose requirements. As long as the photo shows that you two are a couple, that's fine." The enthusiastic waiter pointed to a wall full of photos at the store entrance: "You can refer to the poses in these photos."

Seeing the photos on the love wall, Su Xiyan's face flushed slightly.

As expected of a "love wall", every photo exuded the sour stink of love.

Kissing, hugging, lifting high... All kinds of difficult poses were there.

Chen Shuo looked at the dazed Su Xiyan, a gloating smile appeared on his face, and he moved to Su Xiyan's ear and whispered: "Haha, dumbfounded?"

What Chen Shuo didn't expect was that Su Xiyan retorted: "You pick a pose for the photo!"

Chen Shuo: "??? Are you serious?"

Su Xiyan: "It's just a photo. We can enjoy the store's half-price couple set meal discount just by taking it. Why not?"

"Money is not easy to earn. Save it when you can."

Chen Shuo ridiculed: "You weren't so frugal when buying clothes."

Su Xiyan and Chen Shuo's lowered voices seemed to the two waiters like a pair of lovers whispering little secrets to each other.

The quick-witted young lady lifted her phone camera and captured the picture of the two huddled together chatting, freezing the beautiful moment.

"Alright! Such a lovely and loving moment." The waiter girl admired the photo in her camera. The handsome guy and beauty were truly pleasing to the eye.

She had accidentally taken a good photo without intending to. This surprised Chen Shuo a little.

The couples in the restaurant's couple area were all lovey-dovey sitting together.

Only Su Xiyan and Chen Shuo sat face-to-face, both playing on their phones, without any interaction at all.

Soon, the waiter served the dishes.

The dishes in the half-price couple set meal were quite good!

While eating, the waiter girl brought the just printed photo: "Sorry for the interruption. This is your couple photo, I printed two identical copies, one is posted on the display wall at the entrance, and the other is for you two to keep as a memento!"

"Welcome back often! I also wish you two lifelong love and happiness."

After putting down the photos with both hands, the waiter girl praised: "Your photo on our photo wall will definitely be the most pleasing pair!"

Su Xiyan was in a very good mood and even thanked the waiter.

In the photo, Chen Shuo and Su Xiyan's heads were huddled together, lowering their voices, as if sharing some intimate couple secrets.

It had to be said, the waiter girl's photographic skill was quite good.

She managed to capture the mood of a loving couple in what was actually Chen Shuo and Su Xiyan bickering privately.

Chen Shuo asked Su Xiyan: "Do you want this photo?"

Su Xiyan pretended to be indifferent: "The purpose of taking the photo was to enjoy the store's half-price couple set meal discount."

"Now that we've enjoyed the discount meal, whether to keep the photo or not doesn't matter anymore."

Chen Shuo rolled his eyes: "You're quite skilled at going back on your word after taking advantage of someone."

When they were almost done with the food, the waiter brought over a big glass of freshly squeezed juice: "This is the juice our shop gives to every couple."

It was a huge juice glass with two straws in it.

Chen Shuo: "Do you want it?"

Su Xiyan looked at the two straws and nodded: "Okay."

Just as she was about to reach for the straw, Chen Shuo took away the entire glass of juice.

Chen Shuo poured half of the juice into a clean glass, then handed the remaining half to Su Xiyan.

Su Xiyan's expression was complicated: Chen Shuo's mind was indeed very clever, but he used it in the wrong place!

Chen Shuo drank a big gulp of juice and saw that Su Xiyan wasn't drinking. He was very puzzled: "Didn't you just say you wanted it? How come you're not drinking now?"

Su Xiyan squeezed out a few words through gritted teeth: "None of your business!"

Chen Shuo waved his hand: "I'm too lazy to bother with you! If you don't want to drink it, then I don't have to go through the trouble of dividing it."

Su Xiyan pushed her half glass of juice in front of Chen Shuo: "You drink it! Drink your fill!"

Chen Shuo: "??? Did I offend you somehow? Angry again?"

Su Xiyan didn't answer, just glared at Chen Shuo and got up to walk towards the door.

"I'm going out for some air."

Chen Shuo didn't even lift his head: "Go ahead!"

Could Su Xiyan be about to have her period? Why was she so easily angered?

Chen Shuo still hadn't figured out why Su Xiyan had suddenly gotten angry even after he finished eating.

When Chen Shuo was about to leave, he realized the couple photo was gone.

Su Xiyan was sitting in the waiting area at the store entrance, head lowered while playing on her phone.

Chen Shuo asked her: "By the way, what happened to that photo we took? It's disappeared."

Su Xiyan impatiently retorted: "Why would I want something you don't even want?"

Chen Shuo: "I was just asking if you had it. Why the huge temper?"

"Do you still want to buy stuff? If not, let's hurry home!"

Chen Shuo felt that going shopping with a girl was more tiring than training at the fencing club.

Su Xiyan was still fuming. Her previously good shopping mood had been ruined by the insensitive Chen Shuo. She walked ahead angrily.

"Let's go back!"

At the elevator, there was a little girl selling flowers with a bunch of roses in her hands. Seeing Su Xiyan and Chen Shuo, her eyes lit up and she immediately trotted over.