At half past eleven o'clock at noon the next day, Zhou Ming once again came to the garden restaurant located at the foot of the parliament hill, which was the place he and Christo agreed on again, as for the time, it was originally at twelve o'clock, but Zhou Ming has always had the habit of arriving early. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info This is a kind of politeness, because identity is earned by strength, and deliberately being late to show identity is undoubtedly a means that only the most inferior people would do it.

However, when Zhou Ming arrived at the garden restaurant, he found that Christo was already waiting here, and Zhou Ming was invited into the box by the waiter who had been waiting for him.

It was still yesterday's box, and when he pushed the door open and came in, Christo immediately stood up and gave Zhou Ming a warm hug: "Mr. Zhou Ming's arrival is very welcome!"

I have to say that Christo is worthy of being the patriarch of the Addams family, no matter how much he hates Zhou Ming in his heart, but at least this surface work is still very good;

Christo put on a posture, and of course Zhou Ming did not show weakness: "Hello Mr. Christo, it is the most honorable thing to receive your invitation, but I am too sorry and ignorant, and I still want you to wait for me." ”

Christo hurriedly said: "Mr. Zhou Ming, you don't need to apologize and don't mind, after all, I took the initiative to invite you, and I am also in the family of Brighton, so whether it is the owner or the inviter here, I should come here to greet you first." ”

In this way, Zhou Ming and Christo exchanged polite greetings, and then they sat in their seats, and Christo said to Zhou Ming: "I know that it is difficult to eat the most authentic Chinese cuisine here, but it is an exception here in the Garden Restaurant, because there are famous chefs from all over the world, including a famous Chinese chef, who is said to have cooked for your leader, I think there should be no mistake." ”

"I see? Looks like I'm going to have to look forward to the taste of my hometown. Zhou Ming said, "I am really touched by Mr. Christo's arrangement!"

Then there was some politeness, when the dishes were served, Christo simply introduced to Zhou Ming: "This is Dongpo meat, it is said to be named after a poet in ancient China, and this squirrel mandarin fish, which is also my favorite dish, he looks like a squirrel, but it is actually mandarin fish, I heard that it is your emperor who gave the name to this dish." ”

Christo introduced the dishes to Zhou Ming one by one, this picture is very weird, after all, Zhou Ming is a Chinese, where is the need for an American to introduce Chinese cuisine?

But since Christo wants to introduce, Zhou Ming will go with him, and he will only be responsible for eating, but I have to say that Christo still did some homework, at least that's what he said.

When the dishes were introduced, Christo saw that Zhou Ming was just eating the dishes by himself, and he didn't mean to enter the topic first, so he had no choice but to say first: "Mr. Zhou Ming, in fact, I took the initiative to ask you out today, because I want to discuss with you about the Kendini family and the news about the shares of Brighton Bank." ”

Since Christo had already taken the initiative to speak, Zhou Ming didn't go around the bend with him and said directly: "Actually, don't hide it from Mr. Christo, I have already guessed what you want to say." ”

Christo wasn't surprised by this, after all, there was only one thing in their midst, and if they couldn't even guess it, there would be ghosts.

"Since Mr. Zhou Ming has guessed, then I will say it directly, I don't want this matter to continue, if I want to persuade Mr. Zhou Ming to give up continuing to help the Kendini family, what kind of conditions will Mr. Zhou Ming offer?" asked Christo.

Zhou Ming shook his head at this and said: "I can promise Mr. Christo not to continue to entangle more shares in Brighton Bank, but it is impossible for me to give up helping the Kendini family, because I have already formed an alliance with them." ”

Christo thought about this for a moment and then said: "Then let me tell Mr. Zhou Ming a story, right? It is said that there are two tigers in the forest, and suddenly one day a monkey went to one of the tigers, saying that he was bullied by another tiger, and asked this tiger to go to the territory of the other tiger to avenge him, Mr. Zhou Ming, do you think this tiger and the other tiger fought to the death, just for a cunning monkey, is it worth it?"

Zhou Ming smiled: "I don't think Mr. Christo's analogy is appropriate, it's true that the Addams family is a tiger in the steel forest of Brighton, but I'm just a newcomer wolf, I can't survive here on my own, so I have to form an alliance with other wolves to fight against the danger brought by the Addams family." ”

"In our Chinese culture, there is an old saying called "lips are dead and teeth are cold", which means that if there are no lips, then the teeth will be cold. Zhou Ming continued, "Now I'm the same, once I lose the Kendini family, then I'm afraid I won't be able to stay in Brighton any longer, right?"

"So Mr. Zhou Ming has already made up his mind to help the Kendini family defeat the Addams family to the end, right?" asked Christo.

Zhou Ming shook his head at this and said: "I won't do this, in fact, I don't think I can do this, after all, your Addams family is a super family with a long history, and you have been fused with Brighton in three hundred years, so I can't really defeat you, or I don't want to make trouble for myself." ”

Christo frowned: "Mr. Zhou Ming, what do you mean by that?"

Zhou Ming didn't answer directly, but said, "I know that the reason why Mr. Christo took the initiative to ask me out, I'm afraid you are also under great pressure, right?"

Zhou Ming's rhetorical question shocked Christo, he didn't expect Zhou Ming to guess this: this is the case, if Christo himself, he would definitely not endure such humiliation, he would rather fight with Zhou Ming to the end, he didn't believe that the Kendini family would have the determination to give up everything, but the phone calls he received yesterday and the day before yesterday made him unable to let go of his pride and take the initiative to talk to Zhou Ming.

Maybe he is the patriarch of the Addams family, but this Addams family is not so simple!

"So this kind of thinking makes Mr. Zhou Ming, you think you can be unscrupulous?" asked Christo.

"On the contrary, the idea of this makes me very panicked, because it involves a height that I cannot see, so I essentially agree with you, Mr. Christo, that this is the end of the matter, Mr. Christo, you should stop targeting the Kendini family, and I will help to calm down the news about the shares of Brighton Bank. Zhou Ming said.

Christo's eyes lit up: "You mean you have a way to eliminate the impact of that negative news in a short period of time?"

Zhou Ming shrugged his shoulders: "Maybe you can give it a try, anyway, don't the media like to chase that kind of very exciting news?"

Christo looked at Zhou Ming with a complicated look in his eyes several times and then asked, "And one last question, do you think we can trust each other?"

Zhou Ming shook his head directly: "I think it is difficult for us to achieve mutual trust, but this does not prevent us from reaching an unanimous decision today, because we both understand what the consequences of this trust breakdown are, so we will try our best to avoid this kind of thing from happening, right?"

For Zhou Ming's words, Christo was silent, he believed that if Zhou Ming deceived himself this time, someone would not let him have a good time, after all, what Adams is currently showing in front of his eyes is just the tip of the iceberg of the huge consortium family, Christo is very confident in this!

However, then the question is, where does Zhou Ming's confidence come from? How can he guarantee that after he deceived him, he still has a way to make himself pay the price of deception? Could it be that he still has a back hand, or is he hiding other more exaggerated means? Just like the shares of the Kendini family this time, but where is there such a serious hidden danger?

All kinds of questions came and went in Christo's heart, and they wanted to collapse him, but fortunately, Zhou Ming rescued him at this time.

"But if I want to talk about conditions, I have one condition, and I hope that Mr. Christo will agree. Zhou Ming said suddenly.

Zhou Ming's sudden words made Christo secretly relieved, after all, those imaginations just now were really too brain-consuming, and this was the normal situation that he was familiar with!

With this in mind, Christo made a gesture to let Zhou Ming say that it was okay, and Zhou Ming said: "My condition is Her Royal Highness Caitlin, I know that she is now under house arrest by Mr. Christo, so please hand her over to me." ”

Christo immediately shook his head and said: "This is impossible, although I don't believe in her anymore, but her wisdom is still worthy of respect, just like two armies fighting, as a commander, I can't hand over our most lethal weapon to the enemy, that is, I am killing myself." ”

Zhou Ming nodded thoughtfully: "That's true, if I don't simply let someone to the other side, then what if we are in free love? You can't lock my girlfriend and future wife and not let us meet, right? You know that this is impossible for any husband to tolerate, if this condition is not met, I'm afraid our agreement will not be established." ”

Seeing that Christo was unmoved, Zhou Ming had no choice but to continue: "Besides, she is still a noble princess, even if the Harusburg family is no longer as glorious as a hundred years ago, the F in their names is still there, which cannot be defiled." ”

It was only then that Christo gasped, but he still insisted, "I have no intention of tarnishing the glory of the Harusburg family, but I am not a fool, and I can't give Caitlin to you based on a joke alone." I've investigated, you've only met Her Highness Caitlyn twice, and the last time you met was four years ago, and if that's wife and husband, that's the biggest joke, right?"

In the face of Christo's questioning, Zhou Ming smiled: "I understand, it seems that Mr. Christo doesn't know that it was love at first sight." ”

"Mr. Zhou Ming is trying to say that you and His Royal Highness Caitlyn fell in love at first sight?" Christo said with a playful smile on his face, "I think Mr. Zhou Ming should think of some feasible conditions instead of gambling with such nonsensical jokes, or if Mr. Zhou Ming hasn't thought about it yet, I can also give Mr. Zhou Ming a period of time to think about it......"

Zhou Ming interrupted Christo and said, "I want to remind Mr. Christo that I mean it. ”

Christo frowned and was about to say something, but Zhou Ming said first: "I know that Mr. Christo doesn't believe it, then you might as well go back and ask Her Royal Highness Caitlin, I think a noble princess of Harusburg, she will never joke about herself and the reputation of the family, right?"