May 12, eight in the evening.
Jiang Yixin sat in a newly opened French restaurant in Lujiazui, looking at the French on the menu while searching Little Red Book.
The restaurant was just too pretentious. The decor was upscale, but the menu was painfully plain, full of baffling Chinese translations without a single picture.
"Brittany lobster bisque" and "Toulouse duck confit with Sarlat black truffles" were understandable enough, but what on earth was this "brioche"?
Judging by the price, it was probably a side dish. After all, compared with the other dishes that easily cost several hundred yuan each, the brioche was only a few dozen.
Nope, not ordering that. It definitely won't fill me up.
Fortunately, the person sitting across from her was neither a new boyfriend nor a blind date.
It was Liu Haoyu-Jiang Yixin's college roommate, best friend, anime-watching buddy, and gaming teammate.
So Jiang Yixin felt no embarrassment about looking things up while complaining. For two young professionals visiting an upscale Western restaurant for the first time, it felt more like an adventure.
Big Liu had recently changed jobs for the first time in his career and received a hefty pay bump. He had specifically picked this internet-famous restaurant to celebrate.
He had originally wanted to be generous and treat her.
After seeing the prices on the menu, Jiang Yixin firmly refused. They had always split the bill at the college cafeteria; there was no reason for that to change after graduation.
Treating each other to restaurants this expensive, in particular, would set a bad precedent. They absolutely couldn't start doing that.
Ever since she had come into money, Jiang Yixin had carefully watched her spending around Big Liu. She couldn't buy anything too expensive in front of him or give him overly expensive gifts, for