Chapter 23
The Ascot
Xiao You was waiting in the lobby 5 minutes before 9 for Lei to come and pick her up for their breakfast 'date'. Dressed casually in a simple apple green spaghetti strap top and a pair of Capri jeans, she wondered to herself if she should give a call to Lei to check if he's up as the dinner party last night left for home at close to 2 in the morning. As she was reaching into her bag for her phone, she saw a silver BMW zooming into the driveway of the building with Lei in it.
"Hey there," she greeted him with a big smile on her face. "Morning," Lei replied and asked, "What's with the grin?" Laughingly she said, "5 years ago I would never ever have believed it if someone came up to me and said that I'll be having breakfast with Hua Zhe 'Shao Ye' at 9 in the morning in the future. I mean… you're like world famous for your 15 hour 'naps' Lei." He laughed, "Well…. What can I say? When the princess beckons, what choice do I have?"
Getting comfortable in her seat and pushing her sunglasses down from her head to protect her eyes from the glaring sun, she turned to him, "So where we going to eat? This princess is dying of hunger." Putting his car into gear, Lei drove out of the building, "Well I haven't been back for some time, but I thought that we could make a short trip out of the city to the seaside and have something to eat there? Are you ok with that? Or you'd rather we grab something to eat ASAP?"
"Hmm…. I am hungry, but I'm sure my stomach can hold on for that short trip," she went on, "It'll be nice to see the smaller villages as well. I've been commuting from one big city to another for so long that I'm beginning to get claustrophobic. Some really good fresh air would be just what I need."