My Hitman System

Chapter 72: Lunch Date



"Hey, isn't this a bit too much? We could have just gone to a normal restaurant," The woman asked when they left the vehicle.

She had thought that they would just go to an ambient restaurant and have their meal. However, to her surprise, Jin had brought her to a five-star hotel.

She was also a bit disgruntled about this since she was currently in her lab coat and felt her appearance wasn't appropriate for the place.

"Well, the food here tastes good so therefore I chose this one," Jin replied.

"Are you sure you're not stretching your wallet over this? If you're doing this just to impress me then let me tell you that it has not left much of an impression…rather I feel annoyed that I'm not in an appropriate attire…" The woman was frank with her words.

"I just wanted to make sure we enjoyed our first meal together. If there's any other place you have in your mind then we can go there," Jin said with a sincere expression. All the acting classes he had with Dylan were paying off now.

His intention for bringing her to this place was clearly to impress her. Though she might feel disgruntled at the moment, Jin believed that it wouldn't be like that for long.

His logic behind this was, "Who doesn't like to eat at a five-star restaurant?" He surely enjoyed it.

"...Fine, since we are already here, let's eat here," The woman replied. Part of the reason was Jin's sincere words and the other part was her tight schedule, she needed to return to work in 45 minutes.

Jin soon walked in along with her and before long they were sitting at their table while looking at the menu.

'So expensive!' The woman thought as she looked at the items on the menu.

"Are you sure I can order anything?" She once again asked.

"Yes, go ahead," Jin replied with a smile.

The woman was still a bit hesitant and ended up ordering items that weren't too expensive and at the same time not too cheap as well. She didn't want to bruise the guy's ego.

Seeing the clothes the man was currently wearing and had been wearing so far she knew that he wasn't as rich as he was currently portraying to be. They had all been regular clothes that were sold in the regular clothes store. She knew it because she had bought similar clothes for her father as well.

If Jin knew what was going on in her mind then he would have facepalmed himself for not taking such things into account.

When the woman had placed her order and the server asked Jin for his order he replied, "I'll have the same order as hers,"

"Thank God I didn't order something more expensive…he might have said the same to that as well," She didn't want to put a hole in the man's wallet who was trying so hard to impress her.

Inwardly she also felt flattered after seeing how much effort Jin was putting into this first meal.

"So before anything else, let's introduce ourselves to each other since we haven't done that properly yet," Jin said as he put forward his hand.

The woman welcomed this gesture as by now she had forgotten the man's name but was too embarrassed to ask him about it.

"Jin Blaker, Nice to meet you,"

She noted it down in her mind after hearing it and shook his hand in return.

"Diana Woods,"

The two soon took back their hands and started conversing with each other to kill time.

"So, since you work at Zenith I think it would be right to say that you like researching and experimenting?" Jin asked.

"Like it? I love it! Every second I devote to my work feels so satisfying that I'm unable to just explain it in words," The topic was very close to her heart so she let out her thoughts immediately.

"Is that so? What is it that you're researching?" Jin's words hit the right spot. With exhilaration clear on her face she explained everything to Jin.

"What I'm currently researching is a small area of the brain on the anterior side, it's called the anterior mid-cingulate cortex. Earlier we used to think that this region didn't play any role however we were completely wrong….."

Jin couldn't help but listen to everything Diana was saying with rapt attention after seeing how excited she was.

"...so that's why it won't be wrong to say that the region may even signify a person's will to live!"

Diana finally finished her explanation. It was only now she realized how embarrassing her actions were.

She had been rambling about such boring stuff from a normal person's point of view.

'He must think that I'm a weirdo…ugh I'm so embarrassed…'

Daina thought as she looked at Jin and apologized, "Sorry about that, I must have bored you with that monologue,"

"No you didn't, I enjoyed every bit of it," Jin replied.

"You understood it?" She asked with anticipation.

"Nope, most things went above my head," Jin shrugged his shoulders.

Diana was disappointed with his answer and asked, "Then how could you enjoy it if you didn't understand anything?"

"I never meant the content. I enjoyed watching you. It was a side of you I didn't know about and watching it felt like a delight since it portrayed how devoted you're to your work and how much you enjoy it," Jin explained.

Hearing Jin's honeyed words Diana was embarrassed as this was the first time someone had appreciated this side of her.

Luckily before she could respond to Jin's words their food had arrived and the topic ended there and then.

"Let's dig in then," Jin said after the server had placed everything on the table. With that, the two of them began their eating.

"Is it to your liking?" Jin asked after Diana had taken a bite.

"It's delicious," Diana replied honestly as she took another bite.

"I'm glad," Jin replied and took a bite as well.

"So what do you do for a living?" Diana's curiosity finally couldn't hold herself back and she finally asked him this question. While the man knew many things about her, he was like a total mystery to her.

"I'm an actor under training," Jin replied.

"Actor? Woah isn't it very difficult to become an actor here? Thousands of applicants arrive daily in Neon City with that dream in their hearts but only a select few get to live them." Daina felt bad when thought about the plight of all those people.

"That's true, if you're not lucky then it truly is difficult," Jin acknowledged.

Daina asked Jin more questions about his field. Jin answered them well, all thanks to Dylan's help he was now very familiar with the industry after a month.

"That sounds interesting as well, so is there a show or movie you've acted in? She asked.

"I'll be getting a series this month. What about it, would you like to see it when it's ready?" Jin asked.

"Sure! Let me know when it's ready," Diana replied even though she felt that Jin had lied about it to impress her. It wasn't a cakewalk to get a role in the acting business.

The two talked about a few other miscellaneous stuff and the plate was finally clean.

With a cab, Jin brought her back to Zenith.

Even after her incessant saying that she could go back by herself. Jin stood his ground and replied with a "Since I got you here, it's my responsibility to bring you back," and she soon quieted down.

"Thanks for the meal," Diana said as she got out of the cab.

"The pleasure was all mine, take care then," Jin left for his hotel after seeing Diana off.


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