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Chapter 92 How could you do this!

As soon as Lin Shuyao stepped into the Western restaurant, she saw two foreigners by the window. One of them was wearing a plaid suit and a top hat, with a suitcase at his feet.

The two people were talking about something.

This seems to fit the target person Cheng Zheng mentioned.

Lin Shuyao's gaze swept around the restaurant naturally, as if looking for a seat, before finally settling on a window seat. She slowly walked over in her high heels and sat down.

Her slender waist swayed with every twist.

She walked very gracefully.

As she passed the Soviet man, she pricked up her ears and heard him speaking in Russian, saying something about going back to his country.

She sat down at the table next to the other person, and the waiter came over and asked her in Russian what she wanted to order. Lin Shuyao was about to answer in Russian as well, but then she suddenly realized that she looked Chinese, so why was the other person asking her in Russian?

She deliberately widened her eyes slightly, looking at the other person as if she didn't understand. Seeing her confused expression, the waiter smiled and then switched to Mandarin.

Lin Shuyao ordered an afternoon tea set, including two cups of coffee, dessert, and an ice cream.

After the waiter took the order and left, Lin Shuyao sat there looking around, pretending to be waiting for someone, but in reality, all her attention was on the conversation at the next table.

Sure enough, I keenly picked up the word "engine" from that string of trilled "r" sounds.

The Soviet man with the suitcase was returning home. Before leaving, he met up with another Soviet friend to say goodbye, and they talked about the technical assistance work he had done in China.

Lin Shuyao listened and organized the other party's meaning, waiting for Cheng Zheng to come in and report to her.

The waiter quickly brought her the afternoon tea set she had ordered.

"Ma'am, would you like your ice cream cone, or would you like it placed on your dessert plate?"

"You also have ice cream cones?"

"some."

Lin Shuyao was already surprised to see ice cream, but she didn't expect there to be a cone as well. It seemed no different from later generations.

"I'd like a cone, but wait a bit, no rush."

She can't eat it now.

"Okay." Not long after the waiter left, Cheng Zheng came in from the restaurant entrance.

He was wearing a shirt and trousers, with his coat loosely draped over his arm and a bouquet of flowers in his other hand.

The women in the restaurant were all looking at him.

He's just so handsome, even more so than foreigners with striking features.

With broad shoulders, a narrow waist, and long legs, the outline of taut muscles can be faintly seen as he walks. His shirt is also stretched full and well-shaped, just right, but not in the kind of bulging chest and arm muscles, but rather lean and strong.

He also has a face with excellent bone structure and skin. His hair is very short, exposing his forehead. His dark eyes are long and sharp, his nose is high and straight, and his jaw is tight. He looks particularly cold and stern, but also very charismatic. He exudes a strong sense of hormones and is handsome.

In any case, if this were in later generations, he would definitely be a domineering CEO.

Of course, in this era, he would be considered a typical "tall, rich, and handsome" man.

Lin Shuyao's eyes lit up when she saw him come in, and she immediately waved her little hand at him, her red lips curving upwards.

Cheng Zheng, with his coat draped over his arm, strode steadily toward her, first looking at her tentatively: "Comrade Shen?"

Lin Shuyao immediately understood and entered acting mode, standing up and extending her hand: "Hello, Comrade Cheng."

Cheng Zheng shook hands with her, a slight smile playing on his lips, and then handed her the flowers in his hand: "I bought them on a whim."

What do you mean "just happened to buy"? I clearly went to the flower shop specifically to buy them right after parking the car. And they were bright red roses.

"Thank you." Lin Shuyao took the flowers, sat down with the bouquet in her arms, and even lowered her head to smell them. The rich fragrance of roses made her eyes brighten. She looked up at him and smiled sweetly, her dimples deepening. "I really like them."

"You're welcome." Cheng Zheng's gaze fell on her delicate, blushing face, which was as beautiful as a flower. He finally understood what it meant for a person to be more beautiful than a flower.

His Adam's apple bobbed slightly.

Lin Shuyao felt a little shy under his deep gaze. She put the flowers aside, picked up a coffee spoon, and slowly stirred the coffee in her mug. "I ordered an afternoon tea set. This is your coffee, and there's also a honey cream waffle. Try it."

"Okay." Cheng Zheng picked up his coffee and slowly took a sip.

"The ice cream hasn't been served yet," Lin Shuyao continued.

Cheng Zheng kept looking at her, a hint of barely perceptible doting in his cold eyes: "Eat less cold food, it's not good for a woman's health."

Lin Shuyao smiled and said, "You sound like you really understand women."

It sounds like something a jerk who's dated a lot of people would say.

Cheng Zheng paused for a moment before realizing the subtext of her words, and explained seriously, "My mother said so."

Lin Shuyao teased him on purpose: "That sounds like a mama's boy."

"What is a mama's boy?" Cheng Zheng asked nervously, instinctively feeling that the term was not a good thing.

Lin Shuyao explained to him: "It means a man who listens to his mother in everything."

Cheng Zheng's expression froze for a moment, then he immediately said, "I'm not that kind of man."

Lin Shu-yao: "Do we have to take a test to find out?"

Cheng Zheng asked seriously, "How do we test it?"

Lin Shuyao smiled and said, "I'll ask you a few questions and you'll know."

The two Soviets at the next table were also quite wary. After Cheng Zheng sat down, they stopped talking about work and started chatting about unimportant topics.

To avoid arousing suspicion, Lin Shuyao chatted naturally with Cheng Zheng.

"Then ask." Cheng Zheng straightened his back, looking very serious.

Seeing his serious expression, Lin Shuyao decided to tease him. She coughed twice and stopped stirring. "First question: If your mother and your wife both fell into the river at the same time, who would you save?"

This is a century-old problem in the world of mother-in-law and daughter-in-law relationships.

Cheng Zheng was indeed stumped and did not answer immediately, falling into silence.

Lin Shuyao wasn't in a hurry. She just looked at him with her eyes crinkling, waiting for his answer.

After thinking for a while, Cheng Zheng said, "I have the ability to save both of them."

Lin Shu-yao: "You can only choose one to save first. That's how the question was designed."

Cheng Zheng frowned, seemingly struggling to make a decision. After hesitating for two seconds, he said, "Save my wife first."

Lin Shuyao exclaimed in surprise, "You unfilial son!"

Cheng Zheng's face froze after hearing what she said.

Lin Shuyao covered her mouth and laughed for a while, "Okay, just kidding. If your mom and your wife both fell into the river, you could just bring your dad along when you rescue them, and each of you could save one."

Cheng Zheng: "You just said it was a choice between two options."

Lin Shuyao blinked: "Did I? I meant you can only save one at a time, but I didn't say you can't get help."

Cheng Zheng: "...Next question."

Lin Shu-yao: "Listen to this question: If your mother and wife are arguing, whose side would you take?"

Her questions were as sharp as needles, leaving Cheng Zheng speechless.

Based on the standard answer to the previous question, he thought for a moment and then asked, "What did you argue about?"

Lin Shu-yao: "Women argue for no reason. It could be a look, or a word said wrong. Don't worry about the reason, just tell me whose side you're on."

Cheng Zheng frowned deeply; he had never tackled such a difficult problem in his previous twenty-odd years.

Standing up for one's wife is unfilial.

He would never side with his own mother; he would absolutely never wrong his wife.

Lin Shuyao secretly chuckled as she watched him frown and look troubled; it was so rare to see him so conflicted.

"So, haven't you made up your mind yet?"

Cheng Zheng considered carefully and said, "I will first find out the reason for the argument and then mediate between the two sides."

Lin Shu-yao: "If neither side accepts mediation, you have to choose one to support."

Cheng Zheng: "...Then I'll side with my wife."

Lin Shuyao was a little skeptical: "Really?"

"Really. I won't let my wife suffer any injustice."

Cheng Zheng stared straight at her with his dark eyes.

Lin Shuyao's cheeks inexplicably felt hot under his gaze. She wasn't his wife, so why was he staring at her like that?

"The third question..." she changed the subject, and as soon as she finished speaking, the two Soviets sitting next to her got up and left.

Lin Shuyao didn't ask any further questions, but instead returned to the main topic: "They've left. I just heard them say that the Soviet Union has tightened its aid to China. Some of them received orders from their superiors to return to the Soviet Union, and they can't share all their technical knowledge with us; they have to keep some core data to themselves."

"Has the factory encountered any bottlenecks in engine development recently?"

Cheng Zheng nodded, his expression turning serious: "The experimental results have been incorrect several times, even though the experiments were conducted according to the data provided by the Soviet experts."

"That must have been intentional on their part," Lin Shuyao recalled the history of this period. Within two years, the Soviet Union was going to withdraw its experts on a large scale. Moreover, before leaving, those experts would receive instructions to burn all the technical assistance materials they provided, leaving us with nothing. Only then would China be truly isolated and helpless.

Although the experts haven't left yet, it's necessary to remind Cheng Zheng, "Technical assistance is tightening now. What if it stops completely one day? I think we should prepare for the worst and back up our data and information as soon as possible."

Cheng Zheng had been secretly carrying out this matter for a long time, but he was surprised that Lin Shuyao could think of this. She was really smart and perceptive.

His gaze deepened as he looked at her.

"I understand. I'll arrange for someone to copy the data when I get back."

Lin Shu-yao said, "I can also help. I cooked for Ivanov before, and I got along well with his translator and assistant. I'll try to find out some information and get more technical data."

"Okay. Today's mission is successfully completed. You can have ice cream now."

"Yes," Lin Shuyao relaxed, raising her hand to signal the waiter.

A moment later, the waiter brought over a cone of ice cream. The cone was wrapped in a layer of oil paper. Lin Shuyao took it and licked it in small bites.

Her rosy lips were stained with a ring of white liquid. She stuck out her pink tongue and licked her lips clean, then opened her lips and took a big sip of cream. Her watery almond eyes blinked, making her look both innocent and alluring.

Cheng Zheng seemed to have made a connection to something, and his gaze towards her suddenly deepened, his Adam's apple bobbing slightly.

"You're not allowed to eat ice cream anymore." He suddenly said this after she finished eating and wiped her mouth clean.

Lin Shuyao asked, confused, "Why?"

"You're not allowed to eat in front of others." But you can eat in front of him. His tone was very domineering.

Lin Shuyao's almond-shaped eyes widened: "You're not my boyfriend, so it's none of your business."

Cheng Zheng asked, "Does being your boyfriend mean he can control you?"

"That won't work either." Lin Shuyao denied it without even thinking. "My boyfriend can only listen to me, he can't control me."

Cheng Zheng nodded in agreement: "Okay, I'll listen to you."

Lin Shuyao's cheeks flushed. What did he mean by that?

It's like she's talking about her boyfriend.

But she won't ask, absolutely not, not even if you beat me to death.

He had already exhausted all her enthusiasm and initiative.

Lin Shuyao pursed her red lips, blinked her almond-shaped eyes gently, and looked at him without saying a word.

"You haven't told me the results of the test you just gave me."

Cheng Zheng suddenly remembered.

"Oh right," Lin Shuyao said seriously, "Based on preliminary testing, you're not theoretically a mama's boy."

"Theory?" Cheng Zheng raised an eyebrow. "Does that mean we still have to see how it goes in practice?"

"Of course, some men talk a good game, but you only know what they're really like after you've been with them." Lin Shuyao said seriously, as if she had a whole set of theories.

Cheng Zheng found her appearance incredibly cute, and the corners of his lips unconsciously turned up.

At the same time, Zhou Liya, who was walking into the restaurant, immediately saw Cheng Zheng sitting by the floor-to-ceiling window.

She stared wide-eyed in astonishment, a sight she had never witnessed before.

Are you sure you're not mistaken? Cheng Zheng is smiling?

That man who always had a cold face and was like an iceberg when he saw her, actually smiled?

And her smile is so beautiful, it's so captivating.

Zhou Liya originally came in to buy a cake, but when she saw Cheng Zheng, she couldn't move and immediately walked towards him.

Cheng Zheng was facing the doorway, and he noticed Zhou Liya walking towards him.

His expression immediately turned cold and stern as he said to Lin Shuyao, "Do me a favor."

"What kind of help?"

"Help me get rid of someone."

Before he finished speaking, Zhou Liya was already standing beside him: "Comrade Cheng Zheng. What a coincidence, you're here for afternoon tea too. And this is...?"

Zhou Liya finally saw Lin Shuyao's face clearly, and her expression immediately froze.

Lin Shuyao had her back to her earlier, so she hadn't seen her face. Now that they were closer, Lin Shuyao's face was clearly visible.

This is a face that would impress any woman; Zhou Liya couldn't find any fault with it.

"We're on a blind date." Cheng Zheng's concise statement revealed his relationship with Lin Shuyao in just one sentence.

Looking at the roses on the table, and then noticing the pearl earrings on Lin Shuyao's earlobes, Zhou Liya felt a pang of jealousy, which then turned into anger. When he went on a blind date with her, he didn't show any appreciation. She had thought he was just a stingy man and comforted herself that as long as he handed over his salary after marriage, it didn't matter if he was a little stingy during the blind date. But it turned out that this was not the case at all!

They were both in the dating stage, yet he was so generous to this woman!

Buying flowers and going to a Western restaurant!

The price of one meal here is enough to eat three meals at that restaurant last time!

And those pearl earrings, they cost over twenty yuan. Turns out they were for this woman last time! She had been looking forward to it for so long, thinking that maybe he would buy her jewelry after a few more dates!

That's not what happened at all!

"Comrade Cheng Zheng, you were clearly still looking at me, but then you turned around and had dinner with another woman. How could you do this! I never thought you were this kind of person!"

Zhou Liya's face was drawn long, her eyebrows furrowed into an inverted V shape, and she angrily questioned!