A little after p.m., The Peninsula Kowloon.

"The afternoon tea here still tastes so good, authentic London taste. Anna elegantly picked up the teacup, slowly shook the sugar in it with a spoon, and then slowly tasted the famous Peninsula afternoon tea in Hong Kong.

Hearing Anna's words, Huo Yaowen froze inexplicably, put down the teacup in his hand, and said with some guilt: "If you like it, I will often bring you here in the future." ”

Since Anna came back from the UK a few months ago, Huo Yaowen has not taken her out to play, and has been busy with her own affairs, and she still feels a little guilty.

"Okay. ”

Anna glanced at Huo Yaowen, knowing in her heart that his words had no meaning, she smiled happily, and said with a smile on the corner of her mouth: "But in fact, if you like to drink, I can make it, I used to learn how to make afternoon tea with Mary when I was in England, and the afternoon tea and refreshments she made tasted great." ”

"Okay, then I'll try your afternoon tea tomorrow. Huo Yaowen smiled, he actually likes to drink black tea.

"I didn't expect the Peninsula Hotel to have a doorman, and many big hotels in London have long been replaced with automatic revolving doors. ”

Anna looked at the doormen standing at the gate, they were all dressed in white uniforms and white bowler hats, this style of doorman dress, Anna saw it when she was a child, and there is no such profession in Britain today.

"Maybe that's the style of The Peninsula. Huo Yaowen heard the sound and saw that the doormen were standing straight at the door, and a few people happened to walk in, and they immediately stepped forward and opened the door with their signature smiles enthusiastically.

When he came to Hong Kong to check information and write scripts in his later life, he also came to the Peninsula Hotel for inspection, and it was already 2019, and the profession of doorman, which should have been eliminated a long time ago, was still standing at the door of the Peninsula Hotel.

Speaking of which, if Zhou Yanfa hadn't been a teacher the year before last, I'm afraid he would have come here to be a doorman for a while, and then by chance he met a noble person for guidance and ran a TVB TV station as a trick.

Anna took another sip of black tea, raised her hand to look at the lady's watch on her wrist, it was already half past one, and asked curiously, "Brandt, when will they arrive?"

"It should be soon, the time I set with them is half past one. Huo Yaowen also looked at the time, it should have been almost this point.

As he was talking, several doormen at the gate of the Peninsula Hotel opened the door again, and Brant and Qi Dezun walked out talking and laughing.

"It's coming. ”

Huo Yaowen said a word, got up and tidied up the corners of his somewhat wrinkled clothes, and Anna, who was sitting opposite, glanced back, picked up the teacup, and sat next to his lover.

Brandt took Qi Dezun to look around, and finally found Huo Yaowen sitting by the window, walked over quickly, and said with a smile: "Evan hasn't seen you for a long time." ”

"You may be missing someone. Huo Yaowen smiled and glanced at Anna who got up beside him.

"Oh, Anna, you're here too, I'm sorry I didn't notice you just now. Only then did Brant notice Anna on the side, and immediately covered her forehead, knowing that ignoring the existence of a lady is very rude in the UK.

"It doesn't matter. Anna shook her head, Brant was her cousin, how could she be angry about this little thing.

Seeing that she was not angry, Brant introduced: "Let me introduce to you, this is Mr. Qi Dezun, the chairman of the board of directors of Hutchison & Co. ”

Qi Dezun in front of him was about fifty years old, at this time he was wearing a suit and leather shoes, combing his oily hair, and wearing a pocket watch on his chest.

Huo Yaowen stretched out his hand and smiled in English, "Hello, Mr. Qi." ”

"Hello Mr. Huo. Qi Dezun said in Cantonese.

"I didn't expect Mr. Qi to speak Cantonese so fluently. Huo Yaowen was a little surprised.

Although he is accustomed to being able to speak fluent Cantonese, he is still a little confused when he hears Qi Dezun's Cantonese, which is too standard, if you don't look at the appearance, you still think you are an authentic Chinese.

Qi Dezun laughed and said: "Haha, I have been in Hong Kong for more than 30 years, this is my second hometown, and Cantonese is already my second mother tongue, so it is normal to speak fluently." ”

Seeing that the two parties were talking and laughing, Brant introduced again: "Mr. Qi, this is my cousin and Evan's wife, Anna West. ”

Qi Dezun smiled and said, "I met Sir West at a dinner held at the Governor's Palace the year before last. ”

"I didn't expect Sir Qi to recognize me. Anna smiled politely.

After some polite greetings, everyone sat down one after another, Huo Yaowen called the waiter, and ordered a cup of afternoon tea for Brant and Qi Dezun.

Soon, the waiter brought the tea.

Qi Dezun took a sip and said with a sigh: "Every time I come to the Peninsula Hotel for afternoon tea, I can always reminisce about the picture I had in the UK. ”

"Mr. Qi hasn't been back to England for a long time?" asked Anna as he spoke.

Qi Dezun nodded, his expression was slightly strange, as if he was caught in a memory, he said: "Yes, I haven't been back for a long time, although I occasionally go back for a few days, but I am all dealing with business, and I don't have time to drink afternoon tea at all." I remember there was an afternoon tea shop in the centre of London, which was small but tasted the best in the whole of Britain, and I had my last cup of afternoon tea there on the eve of my army, thinking that when the war was over, I would come back and continue drinking. Unfortunately, the war ended a few years later, and by the time I returned, the shop was closed......"

Anna listened to it with taste, but Huo Yaowen was a little upset.

It's really troublesome to talk about business with an Englishman like Qi Dezun, who has a bit of an identity, Huo Yaowen still prefers to talk about business with the Yankees, at least when they meet, they get straight to the point.

"Are you talking about Coffee Mary?" suddenly interjected.

Qi Dezun's eyes lit up, and he immediately said, "Sir West, have you been to this shop too?"

After saying this, Qi Dezun shook his head and said: "No, I returned to the UK in 47, and I think that when you were not born, that store was closed." ”

"I really haven't been to that shop, but Ms. Mary used to tell me when I was a kid that she used to open a coffee shop when she was younger, and there were many customers every day, but because of the war, her little shop couldn't be opened," said Anna with a smile. ”

"Miss Mary... Is she at your house?" Qi Dezun asked excitedly.

Anna nodded, "Well, she's in the UK though." ”

Huo Yaowen looked at Qi Dezun with a strange expression, this can't be that he once had a relationship with Mary, right?

Recalling Lady Mary's appearance, although she is indeed old now, almost fifty years old, her big light brown eyes and beautiful blonde hair can still tell that she should be a standard Western beauty when she is young.

If that's the case, this plot is really bloody.

"In the UK. ”

As soon as he heard that he was in the UK, Qi Dezun restrained his excitement just now.

In fact, Huo Yaowen guessed correctly, Qi Dezun was just a young man who was just about to join the army, and he did fall in love with Mary, who opened a small coffee shop, especially when the Japanese invaded Hong Kong Island, he and a group of British soldiers were reduced to prisoners, and when he thought he was about to be executed, he regretted from the bottom of his heart why he didn't confess back then.

More than 30 years have passed, and this crush has naturally faded a lot, but people are very eccentric, and they miss what they haven't gained, and they always feel that it is the lost youth.

That's why Qi Dezun showed a strange excitement when he heard Anna talk about Mary's once beautiful girl.

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