She couldn't drink the soup.
But Mika ate the steak with relish.
This made Kenji mutter to himself, what about the diet? Why isn't she dieting anymore?
Kenji muttered in his heart, but he was smart enough not to say it out loud.
However, he didn't know why, but he always felt that this meal was strange.
He could tell that Mika was a little absent-minded. She was eating faster than before, and she didn't seem to want to communicate with him much, just chiming in with a few words here and there.
This made Kenji realize that there was a problem.
"Mika, what's wrong?"
Kenji asked gently, "You seem to have something on your mind today... Is it convenient for you to tell me about it?"
I do have something on my mind, but it's not convenient for me to tell you.
Mika muttered to herself. She also wanted to have a clean break with Kenji, and then let him do whatever he wanted.
However, Lin Yi didn't let her break up so simply, saying that there were other arrangements to make him completely give up, so that he wouldn't pester her in the future.
"It's nothing... I'm just a little tired from work today."
Mika smiled and blamed everything on work.
"Is that so..."
Kenji didn't doubt it, because he was also a corporate slave and knew how much pressure there was at work.
Not only was there a lot of work to deal with, but he also had to deal with relationships between colleagues.
Occasionally, superiors would make mistakes but wouldn't want to take responsibility themselves, shifting the blame onto him.
He had also experienced being tormented by work to the point of exhaustion, lacking even the slightest interest in chatting.
Therefore, Kenji understood Mika's mood and didn't continue asking; unpleasant things should definitely not be brought up again.
"Then… how about we go to a bar for a drink?"
Kenji said with a smile, "Having a couple of drinks might just lift our spirits."
Japanese people love to drink, and drinking is one of their important ways to relieve stress.
Whether male or female, they always have a couple of drinks after work.
"Drink? Is that necessary?"
Mika wasn't very interested, and since she wanted to distance herself from Kenji, she naturally didn't want to go drinking with him again.
This made Kenji's expression freeze for a moment, as he seemed to not have anticipated this answer.
After all, the other person was his fiancée… not just a newly acquainted friend.
Suddenly, Mika's phone vibrated; it was a text message from her sister. She opened it and saw: [Promise him.]
Mika immediately knew that this was sent by Lin Yi.
Mika didn't know what Lin Yi was thinking, but she knew it was best to listen to him.
"I drank too much last night and threw up on the way back. I had a terrible headache when I woke up this morning…"
Mika said naturally, "But if you want to go, I can accompany you…"
Kenji suddenly understood; he then remembered that Mika had just finished a company dinner last night and had quite a bit to drink.
"I was careless… If you don't want to go to a bar, we can go somewhere else," Kenji said.
"Let's go to the bar," Mika said definitively.
Upon hearing this, Kenji felt a warm current in his heart and was very touched.
Mika insisted on going to the bar so as not to disappoint him! Where could he find such a considerate wife!
"Then… let's go."
Leaving the restaurant, they headed towards the bar.
Kenji wanted to hold Mika's hand; after all, they were engaged, so holding hands seemed natural, didn't it?
However, when Kenji tried to hold her hand, Mika dodged it.
Kenji was stunned for a moment.
Mika explained, "This afternoon, my sister and I went to see a fortune teller. The fortune teller said that my luck isn't very good today, and I might bring trouble to those close to me, so it's best not to have physical contact with the opposite sex…"
Women are really troublesome.
"So that's how it is… I didn't expect you to believe in fortune telling, Mika."
Kenji said with some surprise.
"I've only recently become obsessed with fortune telling…"
… … … … …
Inside the extended Lincoln.
Lin Yi looked at the small television, a hint of a smile appearing on his lips. He took out his phone, dialed a number, and said, "Within thirty minutes, find me some strong, burly men with fierce faces…"
After giving the instructions, Lin Yi said to Quan Dai, "You just stay here and watch the show…"
… … … … …
Inside the bar.
Kenji and Mika were chatting about this and that, such as the live detective show featuring Kogoro Mouri that had appeared on television some time ago.
They were chatting happily when suddenly a group of tall men with tattoos on their arms and faces that said "I'm not to be trifled with" walked in.
The leading man looked around after entering the bar, and finally locked onto Kenji and Mika. He picked up his phone, looked at it, confirmed the target, and then signaled to the others.
Subsequently, these men began to spread out, choosing to sit to the left and right of Kenji and Mika, and began drinking as if nothing was happening.
They drank a few glasses to give themselves the smell of alcohol, and then began to take action.
First, two short-haired men stood up and swaggered over to Kenji and Mika.
One of them said with a grin, "Hey beauty, how about coming over and having a few drinks with us?"
Mika had already received the text message in advance, so she wasn't too scared. She just subconsciously glanced at Kenji to see how he would handle it.
Kenji thought this was a cry for help from his fiancée, so he naturally stepped forward immediately: "I'm sorry, gentlemen… she's my fiancée."
"So what if she's your fiancée?" The man said unhappily, "I didn't want to snatch your fiancée! I just want her to come over and have a few drinks with us! She doesn't even have to pay for the drinks!"
"That's right, that's right!" Another man said, "Besides, you're not even married yet, are you? You're being so controlling before marriage, what will it be like after marriage? Maybe you'll even forbid her from contacting other people!"
Kenji was stunned for a moment. He didn't expect to encounter two sharp-tongued men, and their faces and tattooed arms put psychological pressure on him.
But with his fiancée by his side, how could he back down?
He could only bite the bullet and say, "My fiancée doesn't like interacting with strangers…"
"Really? Did she say she doesn't like people?"
One of the men pushed Kenji away and walked up to Mika, grinning: "Beauty, do you hate drinking with us?"
Mika didn't have much acting skill, she just pursed her lips and didn't say anything.
In Kenji's eyes, his fiancée was trembling with fear. He got a little angry and said, "Hey, don't get too close to Mika!!"
As he said that, he wanted to rush up, but he was stopped by another man.
That man was very clever. He didn't hit him, just pinned him to the sofa, preventing him from moving, and said with a grin, "Everyone comes here to drink and make friends, what are you getting angry about?"
Kenji wanted to struggle free, but with his strength, how could he possibly break free from the man?
"Come on, have a drink with me!"
The gangster sitting next to Meilai picked up a glass and tried to get Meilai to drink.
Meilai didn't know what the script was, nor whether she should drink the wine, so she looked around uncertainly.
In Xian Er's eyes, this looked like his fiancée was seeking help from others.
This made him very uncomfortable!
Many guests saw this and wanted to help, but were stopped by other gangsters who came in. Seeing how burly they were, those who wanted to stand up for her immediately chickened out.
Just then, a handsome guy who happened to be passing by saw this and walked over directly, uttering a cliché line:
"Let go of that girl!"
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