Everyone had lunch together at the State-Run Restaurant that afternoon.
With one troublesome matter resolved, and Song Wang and Zheng Chunzhi, the soon-to-be newlyweds, there with them, everyone was in high spirits.
In the end, Song Ning paid the bill.
As for why... Song Ning simply had the most money.
And she wasn't just a little richer than the rest.
No one even felt the urge to fight her for the bill.
After lunch, Song Wang and Zheng Chunzhi went back to the Distillery.
When Song Ning and her two companions returned to the Siheyuan Courtyard, however, someone was already inside.
Normally, Zheng Chang'an and the Meilan Sisters would all be working at the hospital at this hour.
The hospital cafeteria wasn't in the main building, so the construction didn't affect it.
With staff recruited for support services as well, the kitchen was now operating normally.
They wouldn't come home at noon.
When they went inside, they found Tang Wei and Jiang Chengshi clumsily cooking noodles in the kitchen.
The moment he saw Song Ning come in, Jiang Chengshi tossed down the spatula with an aggrieved look.
"I finally got half a day off today and thought I'd come here to scrounge some lunch, only to find the door locked! Luckily, Comrade Tang came looking for you too, and he knew you hid your key above the doorframe! Otherwise, we wouldn't even have gotten in..."
With that, he slumped into a chair. "Hurry up! Grandpa's still hungry!"
Amused, Song Ning went to wash her hands at the sink.
"All right! It really has been ages since I cooked for you! Today, I'll make you a deluxe bowl of noodles!"
Watching from the side, Tang Wei was filled with envy.
Jiang Chengshi even dared to call himself Grandpa in front of