"Then is it a story of Cinderella for me to marry Vinton and becoming your sister-in-law?" Eva grinned.
Pretending to be angry, Essie squinted at her and said, "Don't belittle yourself, okay? You are a superstar worth millions of dollars, and you are a match of my brother. How can you be a Cinderella?"
Eva chuckled, "A star marries a rich man. What an old-fashioned drama."
"Yes, although it's old-fashioned, it will last for a long time," Essie said with a smile.
As the two of them were talking, they saw two people coming in at the door of the restaurant. They were Janice and a strange American man.
"Janice!" Eva shouted at once.
Seeing them, Janice was a little surprised. Dragon City was really small. She would meet acquaintances when she went out for dinner. They were acquaintances she didn't want to run into.
She didn't want to have dinner out with Nicholas, but Nicholas insisted. She didn't want to piss him off, so she had to agree reluctantly.
"Eva, Essie, you are also here. What a coincidence!" Janice tried her best to keep calm and smiled gently.
"Is this handsome man with blonde hair and blue eyes your friend in America?" Essie looked Nicholas up and down.
Nicholas smiled charmingly. "Hello, two beautiful ladies. My name is Nicholas," he introduced himself.
"He is the professor from Harvard who has cured my disease. He came to China this time to carry out medical research and cooperation with the Ministry of health," Janice said with understatement.
"Wow, you are the super powerful medical genius. I should worship you," Eva said with a smile.
Nicholas didn't speak much Chinese, so they all spoke in English.
"Since we all know each other, why don't we sit down and eat together?" Nicholas said straightforwardly.
"Okay." Essie asked the waiter to add more tables and chairs.
In fact, Janice didn't want to have dinner with them. She was afraid that Nicholas might spill the beans and tell them their relationship, but she couldn't find an excuse to refuse, so she had to sit down reluctantly.
Nicholas looked at Eva carefully and exclaimed, "You are a big star, aren't you? I saw you on TV."
"Yes, Eva is one of the most popular female stars in our country," Janice said with a smile.
Nicholas took out a pen and asked Eva to sign on his T-shirt. Eva smiled, stood up and signed her name on his T-shirt.
"Thank you, beautiful lady." Nicholas laughed heartily.
"Oh, my God! Janice said that you are a Geneticist. I can't believe that you are such a young, handsome and humorous!" Essie said with a smile.
"What should a Geneticist look like?" Nicholas asked with a smile.
"In my heart, that should be a man in his fifties, with gray hair and glasses who were doing research in the lab every day," Essie said with a smile.
"It seems that I have broken your fantasy." Nicholas shrugged his shoulders and said, "There is a Chinese saying that birds of a feather flock together. It's true. Janice is a beauty, and so are her friends."
Janice looked at Essie with a smile, "She is the mother of four children. Can't you see that?"
"Oh my God!" Nicholas showed an extremely surprised expression. "Ms. Yi, you have such a good figure, completely like a young girl. It's impossible to tell that you are a mother."
"Women should take good care of themselves so that their love can be guaranteed." Essie smiled.
"That makes sense." Nicholas nodded, "Ms. Yi must be a very smart woman."
The waiter brought the menu. Nicholas ordered his own food and then ordered for Janice. She used to be his patient. He knew better than anyone what she should eat to help her health.
"Mr. Nicholas, what you ordered for Janice are all fish. She is more suitable for eating fish, isn't she?" Eva asked casually.
"The fish is nutritious and has no extra fat. It's good for Janice's digestion system," Nicholas said.
Taking a sip of the red wine, Essie smiled and said, "Janice, have you introduced Mr. Nicholas to Jim?"
"Not yet." With a smile on her face, Janice tried to hide her embarrassment. "Nicholas just arrived yesterday. I haven't introduced him to Jim yet."
Nicholas's silvery green eyes flashed with an imperceptible cold light. "Are you talking about Jim Jing?"
"Yes, he is Janice's boyfriend. I guess she has told you before, hasn't she?" Eva asked.
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