In My Desperate Time

I take him to a small restaurant that I used to visit when I was in high school. Frances Louis also brought me here last time, and after eating here once, I really miss the delicious food of this place.

It is a rare chance today, so of course I have to come here to eat.

“Hi, Jane, did you change a new foreign boyfriend?”

As soon as the boss sees me, he greets me cheerfully.

“Change?”

The corners of my mouth twitch a little.

Do I look like a flirtatious woman who would change boyfriends frequently? The boss is really good at making up stories.

“No, the last one isn’t my boyfriend. This one isn't either, he is just a friend.”

I smiled awkwardly at the boss and sit with Donny.

On Donny's face, there is no discomfort and he seem to be adapting well to the environment here.

“I can't really understand the menu.” After flipping through the menu, Donny hands it to me and says, “You're a regular customer here, so please recommend some food.”

very good choice. Many people would order that. I never ate double-cooked pork over rice in high school, because I have to keep in shape, but every

it as you

boss what we want and

super-sized portions of food

sees the hot pork over rice. He

so delicious.” His eyes light up and he exclaims as

like I have brought him to the right

and the plate is so clean that it looks like it has been licked,

also eat a lot, devouring

checkout, Donny insists to pay the bill. I look at him helplessly and say, “I promised to repay you, no matter how poor I am, I can

Donny stops arguing with me, and lets me pay

is a gentleman, so that’s why he feels so uncomfortable to let a lady treat him a meal. But I would always feel like I owe him too much if I

person who hates to be indebted

suddenly whispers to me, “I suddenly feel that the man you

the news, after all, he's a big shot.” I don’t take it

scratches his head and seems to

takes me to the mall inside

a long time. Before I got married, I would come here once every two or three months after I got paid and bought one or two pieces of clothes to treat myself. But ever since I got married,