100,000/Hour Professional Stand-in Chapter 17.1: It’s Too Late to Apologize (1)

A restaurant Song Shiyu chose to eat a second time was bound to be decent.

Even with Ji Fanyin strictly ordering according to Ji Xinxin’s food preference, she still had an enjoyable meal. She decided to visit this restaurant alone when she had time in the future.

Over the course of the meal, she skillfully responded to Song Shiyu’s remarks too.

When Song Shiyu mentioned that he had returned home not too long ago, she went along with the flow and asked how his parents were faring, just like any girlfriend in a relationship would.

When Song Shiyu said that the temperature was going to plummet over the next few days, she caringly reminded him to dress thicker and bring an umbrella around with him so that he wouldn’t fall ill.

So on and so forth.

She wisely chose not to poke at any potential landmines either.

For one, as long as Song Shiyu refused to talk about the woman he was being matchmaked with earlier, she wouldn’t raise the topic on her own accord either.

There was no point making the client uncomfortable during the service.

The waiter soon served their final dish, Sea Cucumber Rich Soup With Rice. While Ji Fanyin was pouring the rich soup into a smaller bowl for him, Song Shiyu asked, “Aren’t you going to ask me about what you saw here earlier?”

Ji Fanyin raised her head to look at Song Shiyu. She spent a second pondering about his intent behind this question.

Is he hoping for ‘Ji Xinxin’ to be jealous, or is he aiming for something else?

She mixed the rich soup with rice and pushed it toward Song Shiyu before answering his question with a smile, “I’ll listen to your explanation whenever you’re ready.”

She chose to kick the ball back to Song Shiyu.

Song Shiyu was silent for a moment before speaking up, “… It was something my mother did on her own accord. I was unaware of it. I’ve already properly turned her down.”

Ji Fanyin immediately got it upon hearing those words.

Her gaze dropped slightly. She started mixing her own bowl of rice with the rich soup as she replied softly, “While I knew that you wouldn

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