Female Novel
Chapter 1675
Cindy pressed her lips together and hesitated for a moment before she took larger strides to catch upwith Ian. “Hey. What do you want to eat for dinner?” she asked.
Ian turned sideways and gazed at her for a moment. She wore a pleasant smile on her face, and itseemed like she felt sorry for leaving him out earlier. Any frustration that Ian felt seemed to disappear inan instant. “What do you want to eat? We can have whatever you want.”
It was rare for Ian to be so nice to Cindy, and she felt rather shy just to have him treating her in such amanner. “What do you like eating?” she asked as she turned to look at Peter.
“Anything’s fine. I’m not picky,” Peter answered. Cindy nodded as she came to a decision. “Let’s eatnear this area, then. We can look for restaurants around here.”
After that, the three of them walked side-by-side as they headed out of the residential area to find arestaurant near them. It was rather packed during that hour of the day, so Ian lowered his cap andpulled his collar up to cover his face. Cindy knew that things would get messy if someone recognizedIan, so she asked the waiter for a private room.
The waiter turned to check if there were any rooms available. Coincidentally, one of the tables had justpaid for their meal, so the private room was freed up just in time for the three of them. Once they gotinto the room, Cindy took the initiative to sit beside Ian. When Peter took the seat opposite them, Ianfelt a strong sense of relief.
Once the menu came, Cindy handed it over to Peter. “You can pick whatever you want to eat. I’mbuying you a meal to thank you for the racket. It feels great to play with it.”
Ian felt even more at ease after hearing Cindy’s words. Cindy had always been one to repay her debts,so she was offering to buy Peter a meal after accepting his gift. They won’t owe each other anythingafter that, Ian thought. He was pleased with the way Cindy had handled this matter, so he participatedin their conversation with a friendly tone of voice. “I saw the sign boards outside—this store’s signaturedish is their fish. Why don’t we order one of those? You enjoy sports, so you should eat somethingthat’s high in protein.”
Peter’s expression remained neutral as he looked through the menu before handing it back to Cindy. “Idon’t mind anything. You can pick the dishes,” he offered. In the end, Cindy had no choice but to makethe decision. “Let’s order their signature dish, then,” she said in accordance with Ian’s suggestion.
After picking a few other dishes, she handed the menu to Ian. “You can pick one or two more dishes.I’m not sure what else to order, so you guys can decide.”
Ian took the menu and picked another two dishes and a drink. Once the waiter took their order, Ianstarted a conversation about his game with Peter earlier. “Have you received professional training inthe past? You’re really skilled in controlling your angles and strength.”
Peter smiled in response. “I didn’t receive professional training. Most of the time, I just watch videosand learn techniques from there.”
“While I was warming up, I heard someone say that people from your club participate in competitionssometimes,” Cindy uttered.
“Yeah,” Peter replied with a nod. “Some of the members participate in regional competitions. There area lot of us in the club, and there are different people who are trained in different skills, so they
participate in all sorts of competitions,” he explained. “Would you be interested in joining our club? Wedo other sports too. If you don’t fancy badminton, you can always try something else.” novelbin
Cindy instantly waved her hands to reject his offer. “Forget it! You played a few games with me earlier,and you know how bad I am with sports. I’m a slow learner, so I’d only be torturing myself if I everjoined your club.”
It was Peter’s natural instinct to reassure her concerns. “You’re not that bad! There are tons of othernew members who were worse than you when they first came in. They eventually improved after awhile. I think you did really well today. I feel like you played better than you did the last time.”
Cindy continued to wave him off. “Forget it. I might start work soon, so I won’t have much spare timeafter that.”
Ian nodded in response to this. “Her work is really demanding, so she might not be able to take anytime off at all. I don’t think it’d be nice if she signed up for the club and didn’t show up after that.”