No matter what the answer was, she believed their relationship would gradually improve.
Yes, she had always believed this unwaveringly.
“What would you like to eat?”
“You order for me! It’s my first time here, and I don’t know their signature dishes.” Andorli coquettishly handed him the menu.
“Alright! Two signature surf and turf meals and a bottle of red wine.” Hano Zenji quickly turned and told the waiter.
The food was served quickly, the waiter also brought the wine, and the restaurant lights dimmed, with candles gradually lighting up on each table, bathing the entire restaurant in a romantic candlelight.
“Do you like this atmosphere?” Seeing her look delighted, he asked.
“I really like it. Did you arrange this?” She was pleasantly surprised.
Hano Zenji smiled and said: “This is a special service that only happens after midnight.”
Tonight, his smile was more than in the past few months combined, which also made Andorli feel slightly uneasy.
“You seem very different tonight. I thought you would be in a bad mood,” she asked with her green eyes blinking curiously.
“Why would I be in a bad mood?”
“Because…” Andorli hesitated, “I just saw an English news report saying you lost the bidding for this project. I felt really sad hearing that.”
“I’m not sad, so why should you be sad?” Hano Zenji asked with interest.
“Are you really not sad at all? Didn’t you come to Taiwan for the BOT project?” Her clear, pure eyes were filled with curiosity.
“Who says not winning the bid means you’re a loser?” Hano Zenji smiled and said: “We can create a win-win situation.”
“What do you mean by a win-win situation?”
“We understand the Taiwanese people’s desire to have their own metro line. At the same time, we’ve received insider information that Lei Zhiqing has excellent political and business connections, and even the government would give him face. If he wants to, he can definitely use some methods to know the bottom line of the bidding.”
“Really? Would he really do that?” Andorli’s eyes widened, also becoming curious.
“He hasn’t. He seems to be an upright gentleman.”
“I understand now. The so-called win-win situation is that although he wins the bid on the surface, you can still join the maglev project, right?” Andorli, always clever, understood immediately.
