The City of London.

Near Imperial College London next to Hyde Park, there is a café called "Mr. Barton", which has been in business for more than 30 years.

The small café is small in size, and the main customers are students on campus.

Until last month, the chain brand Costa came to the side to open and grab business, the old owner's life has been okay, not only can make money through the café, but also rent out his two rooms, but because the old man named Barton has a bad temper, he can't sleep at night with a little movement, and in the more than a year that Fan Liancheng came to work in the old man's shop, he has successfully forced away three tenants.

Today.

As soon as Fan Liancheng got out of class, he came to the store with his schoolbag on his back, rolled up his sleeves and put on an apron with the name of the store printed on it, when he met another student who came to refund the deposit in a huff, speaking fluent English with a French accent, arguing for a long time with the old man who was busy roasting coffee beans, and finally lost.

This did not prevent a young Frenchman named Adrian from coming to find Fan Liancheng and ordering a cup of Mandheling's hand-poured coffee according to the old rules recently.

While Fan Liancheng was rinsing the kettle, Adrian spoke to him, a Chinese alumnus, in a tone of disbelief: "Dylan, if I'm not mistaken, you've been working here for a long time, right? How the hell did you deal with this weird-tempered old man? If it were me, I would have to quit in less than three days!"

"I'm short of money, and he's too lazy to train new employees, so that's probably it. ”

Fan Liancheng smiled happily, when Adrian just decided to rent a house from the old man more than two months ago, he had a premonition that there would be such a day, and he was already surprised by this, after weighing the coffee beans, he thought that it would be difficult to see this regular customer again in the future, and looked up and added: "Mr. Barton is a very ...... Demanding landlord, if you had known me earlier, even if you only invited me to a slice of toast, I would have told you not to rent from him, you are not the first tenant who has not taken back the deposit. ”

Adrian, who looked handsome, rolled his eyes when he heard this, and replied: "You should have told me earlier, this old guy is not harsh, he is simply perverted, and even the toilet flushing at night will make him sleep, and then scold me, even if I can't get the rent back, I have to leave." ”

"Congratulations, remember to find a good landlord next time. ”

"No, no, no, I'm going back to my dorm, I'm graduating soon, and I'm looking for an internship recently. Adrian sent a message as he spoke, and the Nokia N95 that had just been launched recently was probably harming someone's girl.

Fan Liancheng smiled after hearing this.

He is only in his third year, and now it is May, so he doesn't have to worry about finding a formal job or anything for the time being, he was forced by his own son to choose a major in business and management studies, and the advantage is that there are more opportunities to choose a job, and it is not difficult to mix rice.

Without answering, he skillfully brewed a cup of coffee, brought it to Adrian, and just began to clean up the filter paper and clean the coffee pot, when the door opened again.

Looking up, he found that it was a familiar couple, Fan Liancheng couldn't help but take a deep breath and squeeze out a smile: "Here it is again, Jenny, the same old way, black coffee with ice?"

"Yes, give my boyfriend a drink too, go to the ice, thank you. ”

The young girl with the same Asian face, after speaking, pulled her white boyfriend to sit at the round table by the door, her English name is Jenny, and her Chinese name is Li Liu, her appearance and figure cannot be faulted, and her personality is more outgoing.

Speaking carefully, this girl who is in the same school, in the same class, and in the same major as Fan Liancheng, has known him as early as the day of admission.

Both belong to the Chinese, and have the opportunity to meet from time to time, Fan Liancheng also had the courage to ask her to eat and watch movies, but then he didn't follow, and he was the only one who felt embarrassed at this time, probably still liked it a little, but he also knew that they were not suitable for each other.

"Okay, wait a minute. ”

Fan Liancheng didn't want to see the scene of affection, but he still pretended to glance at it casually, so he lowered his head and was busy.

The small gestures were all seen by Adrian, and during the time he stayed at the old man's house, Adrian came over to drink coffee, and he was half a friend or acquaintance with Fan Liancheng.

Adrian stared at Li Liu, leaned over and whispered:

"The lover of your dreams has been beautiful again lately, and it's hard to feel like you're doing it now, right? Who told you to just be busy working and not tidy up after yourself, honestly I think you're a very handsome kind of Asian American, but it's useless for a man to be handsome, that guy wears Audemars Piguet's Royal Oak watch, you can only earn it after working for three or four months, she should be a superficial woman, she doesn't deserve a good man like you, take it easy, man." ”

Although I don't want to be like a jealous woman, I can't get it and think on the dark side.

But Fan Liancheng also knew that Li Liu had always liked life in London, and his longing for settling in London, perhaps the reason for alienating himself was indeed mixed with many foreign things.

Anyway, superficial or not, whether to worship money or not, it has nothing to do with Fan Liancheng, the couple has long lived together, and they said in front of him that they went to the hotel without hiding it at all.

It's a pity that until now, Fan Liancheng hasn't figured out how the simple girl who enrolled and visited the campus together fell so quickly?

Sighing slightly, he said to Adrian: "Probably this is the reality. ”

Adrian thought that this friend who worked hard and earned living expenses was lamenting the extravagant life of the rich, and he couldn't comfort anything, so he just shrugged his shoulders and continued to sit back in his seat, lowering his head and playing with his mobile phone.

In fact, Fan Liancheng didn't think about this at all......

Li Liu was tired of her boyfriend for a while, and before leaving, she deliberately put a pound tip in the white bowl next to the cash register, hesitated for a moment, and asked: "My boyfriend William's family has a company on the other side of Canary Wharf...... I'm going to do an internship over there during the summer vacation, and you still don't go back to China, right, or I'll talk to my boyfriend and give you an internship too? Even if the salary is low, at least it's much better than here, and it can be written on your resume when you recruit. ”

Fan Liancheng came to London when he was eleven years old, and in the blink of an eye he was nineteen years old, and he never returned home during this time.

Li Liu only knew that since he met, Fan Liancheng had never returned to China, and in recent years, even during the holidays, he had stayed in the café to work, thinking that he felt that the round-trip ticket was too expensive, and it was better to earn money to work in the dark.

The UK is the only country in Europe that allows students to work legally, and students with a UK student visa can legally work in the UK for a period of 20 hours per week.

Not all international students are necessarily rich, and there are many parents who want to stay outside or return to China to find a better job.

After coming to the UK for so long, Li Liu's family conditions are just okay, of course, he knows this kind of thing very well.

Canary Wharf, London's famous new financial city, is one of the synonyms of the British pound.

Li Liu thought that Fan Liancheng would happily agree, but what he didn't expect was that he didn't even think about it, so he refused directly, and said with a smile: "Thank you, but don't need it, I'll just find it myself when the time comes, it's not very convenient to travel." ”

“…… When looking for a job, companies will value the internship experience, and you can't write about working here. Li Liu continued to persuade.

Fan Liancheng was unmoved, mainly because he didn't want to find abuse by himself, and he was fed dog food by her during the holidays, and shook his head again: "I really don't need to, I'll wait until next year to find it, and I may continue to study for a master's degree in business school." ”

Her boyfriend stood aside and watched coldly, in fact, he didn't even want to help Li Liu, let alone a friend of his girlfriend.

Seeing that Li Liu still wanted to continue talking, the "second generation of Gui" named William decisively interrupted: "Even if you don't go, not everyone in my company can go in, let's go, leave now!"

After speaking, he didn't look at Fan Liancheng and Li Liu, and walked out directly.

Seeing this, Li Liu knew that most of the time, even if Fan Liancheng agreed, his boyfriend would not be willing to help, and there was a kind of hatred in his eyes, thinking that it was right to be handsome, but he really had no ambition...... squeezed out a smile, dropped a sentence and came back next time I was free, and chased out the door.

Not far away, the roar of sports cars sounded one after another.

First a grey Ferrari F340, then a white Pagani C12S, and finally, a red and black Bugatti Veyron, parked in front of this small café one after another, attracting everyone's attention.

When Li Liu went out, he happened to see a handsome young Asian guy coming out of the Ferrari, and he felt that he looked a little familiar, but he didn't remember who it was.

If you think about it again.

You will find that on the day Fan Liancheng first came to Imperial College London, it was this guy who helped carry the trolley suitcase......