Outsider: The Fifth Young Master of the Kang Family

Chapter 12 Dating
Kang Qirui got up early and started to dress himself. Wang Yulian saw her youngest son like this and couldn't help asking, "Xiaorui, where are you going?"

"Look at Ah Wu's look, do you still need to ask, ma'am? He must be going to pick up girls." The second brother Ah Zong joked.

"That's right. It looks like our fifth young master is going to find a young mistress for the Kang family." A-Zu also joined in the funny talk while eating breakfast.

Wang Yulian came out of the kitchen, pulled Kang Qirui aside and asked, "Xiaorui, really? Are you looking for a girlfriend?"

Kang Qirui packed up and replied while putting on his shoes: "You don't have to wait for me to eat today. I will bring it back to you when I'm sure it's done." Then he went out.

As soon as I went out, I saw Zhu Wanling waiting for me. Today, Zhu Wanling was wearing a white dress with a light blush on her face, which made her look particularly elegant and a little cute.

"Let's go, let's go have breakfast first." Kang Qirui walked forward and took Zhu Wanling's hand.

Zhu Wanling blushed, pulled her hand back and asked shyly, "Where are we going to eat?"

Seeing that she was shy, Kang Qirui didn't mind and hailed a taxi, "Master, let's go to Taotao Ju." Kang Qirui remembered that Zhu Wanling's favorite food was Taotao Ju's shrimp dumplings and chicken feet.

After the two got in the car, the taxi driver stepped on the accelerator and the car flew out like an arrow. It took only more than 10 minutes to get to the destination. Kang Qirui looked at the meter and took out a 20 yuan bill to pay the bill. Kang Qirui complained in his heart that taxis were really expensive at that time. Most workers in Guangzhou only earned 1000 yuan, and a taxi was only 20 yuan, which was really unaffordable.

At that time, Tao Tao Ju was definitely one of the best teahouses in Guangzhou. It was founded in the Qing Dynasty and has a history of more than 100 years. The restaurant is 4 stories high and has a red wall, green tiles, carved beams and painted buildings in the style of national architecture. The halls are spacious and bright, with elegant furnishings and antique flavor. The facade of the restaurant is even more magnificent. The pillars in front of the road are still engraved with the elegant couplets collected during the Republic of China by the contemporary calligrapher Qin Gaisheng, and the lifelike reliefs show the grandeur of this "old brand" of Guangzhou cuisine.

As soon as you enter the door and go up to the second floor, you will see a lot of noise. It is time for morning tea and it is very lively.

No matter how poor a country is in this era, there are still rich people. At least those with high salaries can have no problem eating a good meal here.

The two found an empty table and sat down. A waiter brought a pot of tea, two teacups, two sets of bowls and chopsticks, and a menu.

Different from the rules of small restaurants, Taotao Ju encountered problems after the joint venture. It was acquired by the Hong Kong-funded Xingfulou Group two months ago. It was transformed from an old state-owned enterprise to a joint-stock company to raise funds and introduced the Hong Kong model of management. Zhu Wanling quietly told Kang Qirui that the service attitude was much better than before.

Kang Qirui took the menu and ordered shrimp dumplings, siu mai, steamed food, chicken feet, sauce-flavored chicken feet, radish cakes, taro cakes, rice rolls, vegetables, meatballs, and spare ribs.

Zhu Wanling hurriedly stopped them from ordering more: "That's enough, that's enough, how much can the two of us eat?"

Kang Qirui explained with a smile: "I didn't know what you liked to eat, so I ordered everything."

Zhu Wanling was very happy to hear this, but she said, "Don't do it next time. It's such a waste of money."

Kang Qirui stopped talking about this topic and asked, "Let's go to the cinema after eating?" Zhu Wanling nodded slightly.

The two stopped talking and started eating.

Kang Qirui ate a lot and ate quickly, while Zhu Wanling ate slowly but ate less, so they smiled at each other, shared the last piece of radish cake, and swallowed it with the soy sauce from the rice noodle rolls.

Kang Qirui looked at Zhu Wanling who was wiping her face with a handkerchief and asked, "Are you full?" Zhu Wanling pouted her red lips and said in a tender voice, "I am full."

"Hey, let's walk to the cinema to help digest our food."

The two of them went out and walked along Shangxiajiu Street towards the cinema. When they arrived at the cinema, there were just 20 minutes left before the screening of "The Devils", so Kang Qirui hurried to buy movie tickets.

Kang Qirui went to buy soda and snacks again, and handed the soda to Zhu Wanling: "Are you thirsty?"

Zhu Wanling took the cold soda, but her heart was warm. She looked at Kang Qirui, who had good conditions, was young, educated, and caring. She felt that she was not worthy of him because she was too far behind him in age, but today it seemed that Kang Qirui really didn't care about this.

After the two found their seats, Kang Qirui quickly took out a red date from the snack bag he had just bought and handed it to Zhu Wanling's mouth. Zhu Wanling blinked in surprise, opened her mouth slightly and bit the date.

The moisture of the sun-dried dates has been lost, leaving only the sugar in the red dates, making them soft, glutinous, sweet and delicious.

After seeing Zhu Wanling finish eating, Kang Qirui grabbed another handful of walnuts and handed them to her. Zhu Wanling took the walnuts naturally and held them in her hands like a little squirrel. The interaction between the two made the audience around and behind them itchy.

I was just watching a movie, but I didn't expect to be fed a mouthful of dog food.

Kang Qirui took a walnut from Zhu Wanling's hand, and with a slight force of his thumb, he cracked the shell open, and gently peeled it open with both hands, revealing the kernel inside. It was plump and large, exuding the unique fragrance of walnuts. He pinched it with two fingers and handed it to Zhu Wanling's mouth.

With the jujube from before, this one was no longer so shy. He gently lowered his head and took the walnut kernel in Kang Qirui's hand.

"Mm, it's delicious. Why did you think of buying this?"

“I just happened to see it for sale, so I bought some.”

As the background music sounded, the subtitles "The Devils Are Coming" appeared on the screen, followed by the words Huayi Film and Television Entertainment Co., Ltd. and China Film Co-production Corporation.

Kang Qirui leaned over to Zhu Wanling's ear and whispered, "Haven't you seen this movie?" This movie was released in May and it's almost been taken off the screen now, so not many people have watched it.

Kang Qirui's actions made Zhu Wanling feel a little itchy. She wanted to hit him, but was restrained by the walnut in her hand.

Damn it~!

Humph! He must have done it on purpose!
He gently nudged Kang Qirui with his shoulder, intending to stop him from getting too close to him and to push him away with his shoulder, but he never imagined that this was like stuffing mutton into a wolf's mouth.

Kang Qirui felt Zhu Wanling approaching, so he raised his right hand and put his arm around Zhu Wanling's shoulders.

Natural, silky, and without any trace, this is a common technique used in later generations, and of course it was very advanced in this era.

Zhu Wanling didn't expect Kang Qirui to be so bold that he dared to hug her in public, but she didn't react too much. She gently bumped Kang Qirui's ribs with her arm and leaned on Kang Qirui.

The two of them stared at the screen but didn't pay attention to what was in the movie. Kang Qirui smelled Zhu Wanling's body fragrance, and his hand around her shoulder slowly moved down, his nose close to Zhu Wanling's ear, sniffing the fragrance of Zhu Wanling's hair.

Zhu Wanling felt the hot breath from Kang Qirui and felt a little fascinated. Her hands holding the walnut were shaking a little.

Now she understood why Kang Qirui bought these difficult-to-handle snacks. She couldn't bear to throw them away, but if she didn't throw them away, it would be in the way if she held them in her hands. She could only let Kang Qirui hold her.

After watching the movie, they went to have dinner and then went home. After sending Zhu Wanling to Zhu's house, Kang Qirui went back to his own home. As soon as he entered the door, he saw the whole family was there, Kang Ershou and Wang Yulian looked serious.

Kang Qirui couldn't think of what was going on, so he said, "You guys continue, I'm going back to my room."

"Stop, you poor boy, I have something to ask you." Kang Ershou said angrily.

Kang Qirui was confused, not knowing what his father was doing. "What's wrong, father?"

"Today, Mrs. Zhu from next door came over and asked if you and Wanling were dating?"

So that was the matter. Kang Qirui admitted generously, "Yes, I have already said that."

"There's an 8-year age difference between you two." Kang Ershou continued to ask, and the others also looked curious.

"Sister-in-law, did you ever think about age when you married my boss?" Kang Qirui asked Xianglan. Without waiting for Xianglan's answer, he said to Kang Ershou, "Dad, what era is this? What does age matter? You have raised Sister Wanling. I don't need to tell you about her character, right? She is definitely a good wife. You don't want such a good wife just because of her age? What logic does that make?"

Kang Ershou didn't know what to say when he heard this. He really wanted Zhu Wanling to be his daughter-in-law. Because Zhu Wanling was a really nice person, he got up and went back to his room, which was considered as his tacit agreement.

(End of this chapter)