Xu Hongdou thought Wang Yue's mournful expression was hilarious. She knew he was only pretending, but she still couldn't help laughing.
After laughing for a while, she worried Wang Yue might feel awkward, so she quickly smiled and asked, "Did you come to ask me to join you for lunch?"
Seeing Xu Hongdou change the subject on her own, Wang Yue wasn't foolish enough to keep pressing the matter. He smiled and said, "Yeah. Is there anywhere you'd like to go? After lunch, we can go out and have some fun."
Xu Hongdou put away the book in her hands and tilted her head as she thought it over. Then she asked, a little uncertainly, "How about we go to Xiaochun's café for a coffee? After that, we can figure out where to go this afternoon. But do you know where the café is?"
Wang Yue didn't mind either way. Since Xu Hongdou had an idea of her own, he nodded casually and said, "Sure! We passed it yesterday. It's right beside Xie Heshun's woodcarving shop. You should remember it, right?"
Xu Hongdou furrowed her brow. She had been a little tired from walking around yesterday, but she had a vague impression of the shops beside the woodcarving shop.
She remembered that beside the woodcarving shop was a place called Youfeng Bistro. Thinking the names sounded similar, she asked in confusion, "Wasn't that a restaurant? How is it a café? Wait, Youfeng Bistro and Youfeng Courtyard both have 'Youfeng' in their names."
Seeing that Xu Hongdou had figured it out, Wang Yue reminded her with a smile, "You didn't think they were just two places owned by relatives in the village with the same name, did you? Anything with 'Youfeng' in the name belongs to Xie Zhiyao. Xie Xiaochun is