Gourmet: From a Stall in Northern Europe-Chapter 181 - 140: Giving the Foreigners a Little Shock

"How much longer until we get there? Dreya's already eating!!"

On the highway, Anna sat restlessly in the passenger seat, biting her nails, her eyes glued to her phone screen.

On the screen was a photo of Dreya with the food truck, with a bowl of rice noodles at the window and Lin Chen looking up toward this side, caught in the picture.

Apart from the group photo, there were also high-definition food photos in the background.

Just by looking, she felt her mouth constantly watering.

"Almost there, almost there. I'm already driving at 160 km/h, should be there in about half an hour. Can't go any faster, there are too many speed check zones, and going faster is dangerous."

"Huh? 160 is kind of exaggerated, don't you think? Slow down, I'm still young, don't want to die."

Anna's face turned pale, urgently waving at him.

Impatient as she was, it wasn't that urgent!

It's only 7 AM now, who gets up so early for breakfast unless you're in a tourist city, not a working city.

"Hey, does this count as a date for us?"

Joel flashed what he thought was a charming smile, his pearly white teeth gleaming.

"Date my ass! You're just the driver I hired~"

"That's fine, too, being your personal driver and bodyguard, letting you experience what it's like to be a celebrity in advance, pretty good."

"Cut it out with the sweet talk, I'm not that easy to fool!"

Despite her complaints, Anna couldn't suppress her smile, which Joel noticed.

His experiences studying abroad in Great Xia had given him plenty of theoretical know-how, and trying it out for the first time had turned out to be surprisingly effective.

In just over a week, she'd come to him for help when in trouble, and just a bit of sweet talk made her happy — this could work!

Foreign girls are so much easier to woo~

Slowly easing the speed down, he kept his eyes on the road ahead and subtly reached over with his right hand to tap Anna's hand twice.

The woman shuddered as if electrocuted, quickly pulling her hand away and slapping his hand hard a few times.

Joel grinned and wasn't annoyed, instead opening his hand to catch her little attacking hand.

The atmosphere in the car instantly took on a romantic air, the temperature rising with it.

Anna struggled a bit but failed to break free, feeling a warm current spread from her arm through her whole body. She quickly turned down the air conditioning, fanning herself vigorously with her right hand.

Neither of them spoke.

Sensing she had given up the struggle, Joel made another move, intertwining his fingers with hers firmly.

Anna trembled all over, her voice quivering as she said, "You, you, you, let go, or I'll accuse you of harassment!"

"Hehe, go ahead and shout, even if you scream till your throat breaks, no one will come to save you. Give up, darling, you can't escape~"

A simple "darling," and Anna's face flushed a deep red. She turned to look out the window, falling inexplicably silent.

In the deathly silence, the sound of intense heartbeats was distinctly audible.

Is that all it took?

Even Joel hadn't expected it to be this easy; wasn't it just calling her "darling"? Hadn't anyone ever called her that before?

Back in Great Xia, this was an ordinary term, one that helps build relationships during flirty periods if used occasionally.

But for her, it was already a done deal?

"You... you've never been in a relationship before, have you?"

"Bullshit!"

Anna flared up like a cat whose tail had been stepped on: "I've had plenty of people chasing after me, okay? And tons of brands wanted to work with me, too, if it weren't for my smarts..."

"Oh~"

Struggling to resist the urge to smack him, given they were still on the highway with her life on the line, Anna took a few deep breaths to calm herself.

Amid her wandering thoughts, the beach came into view.

With a glimpse of the luxurious hotel nearby and the vast ocean, she felt she could almost smell the aroma in the air and started glancing around eagerly.

"Quick, look around, there must be a restaurant nearby, right next to the hotel!"

"On the other side, I've already checked the map in advance, almost there, two minutes."

For the anticipation of the Great Xia Food Truck, Joel was more than 200% excited.

With Chinese food to eat, who would want Western food?

"Eh?"

Anna suddenly pointed in a direction: "Look, over there on the beach, it looks like Dreya! And next to her is..."

Hearing Dreya's name, Joel's face changed dramatically, his neck shrank, his butt clenched, and he slammed the pedal down.

"Oh~~"

Anna, suddenly remembering something, turned to him with a teasing smile: "If you don't want to run into Anthony, I'd advise you to behave~"

"No, no, I'm sorry sis, please spare me!!"

"That's more like it, you... hey! The food truck, the food truck is over there! You passed it, dumbass!! Pay attention to the road!"

It wasn't until they looped around to the restaurant parking lot that they realized a queue had already formed in front of the food truck as usual.

Not waiting for the car to fully stop, Anna shook off Joel's hand, opened the car door, and dashed out.

Upon closer inspection, the queue wasn't as long as she'd imagined, only nine people, and she was the tenth.

"Wow, do you guys get up this early even when traveling?"

The people waiting ahead saw the young beauty rush over, and as she actively chatted them up, they all responded enthusiastically.

"Not really, just got up to go to the bathroom, and then caught Dreya in a bikini having breakfast here, how can anyone resist that!"

"Exactly, I also didn't expect a model and actress to be right downstairs, had to come down to take a look."

Out of the nine, seven were there for the celebrity, with the remaining two placing their order with Lin Chen.

Thinking of the post she'd just seen in the car earlier, Anna suddenly understood.