The rent for Kingston Apartments was not cheap, and Yulia had been relying on her savings after being sidelined recently. Going to that Western restaurant was indeed expensive and beyond her usual spending level, but she decided to bear the pain and spend more to treat her hero to a meal. After all, this was their first date, and she wanted to create a beautiful memory.
Kingsley could read her thoughts at a glance and smiled. "Actually, some things aren't based on their price. Eating at a high-end restaurant doesn't necessarily bring happiness, but there are also many beautiful memories in ordinary restaurants."
Speaking of this, he suddenly had a clever idea and subtly suggested, "How about we go to Leonardo's in the old part of town? I heard that it has been open for over thirty years and has an authentic taste."
He and Yulia had been there together before. When they were younger, Reene always held a book, and Alice always played with knives, while Victoria liked to form alliances with children on the street. However, Amanda didn't like to talk and always remained alone, only showing a sweet smile whenever she was with him.
Yulia and Courtney were both foodies, though; their eyes lit up when they saw something delicious. Although they didn't have much money back then, Courtney could always get some snacks in exchange for the trinkets she made, so she became a little chubby. Yulia, on the other hand, loved to eat but strangely never gained weight. Instead, the more she ate, the better her figure became, like a perfect work of art.
The Spaghetti Bolognese in this Leonardo's was one of Yulia's favorite foods. When she was seven, she had secretly run away from the welfare home with five-year-old Kingsley and somehow ended up at the pasta restaurant. The two poor children had taken out their only two dollars and asked the owner if they could have something to eat.
The owner was a man in his forties, and after seeing how cute they were, he nodded. "Perfect timing. Two dollars for two plates of Spaghetti Bolognese."
Since then, she would bring Kingsley here for pasta when she had money saved up. Sometimes, the owner would even give them free drinks, or he would only charge them one dollar. The reason it wasn't free was simply because she refused to take advantage of others.
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