"With a friend I met in a bar. Qi An said casually.

But Xu Wanqing's reaction was obviously not as bland as Qi An thought: "Bar, you old antique will go to the bar?" she obviously didn't believe it.

Qi An explained: "It's the one that's called a gothic bar, and it feels pretty good, like a teahouse before." ”

Wait a minute, Gothic Bar? Xu Wanqing showed an incredible look on her face, it was obviously a private museum, and no one introduced it, how did Qi An get in?

"The one on Renmin Road?" Xu Wanqing asked tentatively. It's not that she doesn't trust Qi An, but even if she doesn't have Xu Anguo's connections, as a local business person in Dengzhou, she has heard of the name of the Goth Bar. Although it is nominally a private museum, it is essentially an invitation-only private club, and only friends who are quite familiar with each other invite each other to become members.

After getting along for a year, Xu Wanqing thought that she already had some understanding of Qi An's life, but now she found that those understandings were just the tip of the iceberg. This guy is quite mysterious, she thought.

"It's the one on Renmin Road, but it's a bit hidden, and it's hard to find. Qi An asked her, "You've been there too?"

"I'm really sorry that I don't have the qualifications to go in!" Xu Wanqing complained in her heart, but said in her mouth, "I've just heard of its name, and it's not a big deal." ”

"Anyway, do you want to come with me?" Qi An casually invited.

was a little moved, but as soon as she thought that she had already told Lao Xu that she was going home today, she put the decision in the hands of Qi An, anyway, Lao Xu had no way to take Qi An.

She half-pushed, half-pushed, and replied in a lengthened voice: "Although I want to go to my parents today, if you insist, it's not impossible to accompany you~" After speaking, she secretly looked at Qi An from the corner of her eye.

Unexpectedly, Qi An said: "Since you have something, then next time, goodbye." After speaking, he turned around and left, leaving Xu Wanqing alone leaning on the car door dumbfounded.

Unexpectedly, he was so stunned, he couldn't even hear such an obvious hint, Xu Wanqing stomped her feet hatefully, and whispered a few curses at Qi An's back before driving home.

It's not that Qi An couldn't hear the hint in his words, he just didn't want to take Xu Wanqing with him from the beginning, so he pretended to be stupid. However, Xu Wanqing was a little inexplicably angry when they met just this morning, which puzzled him.

The Gothic Bar was down the street three intersections away, and it was a little bit away at the speed of Zi'an. Although it is said to be a bar, it is completely unrecognizable from the face of the door, and I don't know how Qi An's impression of "this is a bar" came from.

It is relatively independent from other houses or shops, occupying a space of its own. It's not as colorful as other bars, only the word GOTHIC is inlaid in antique-style creamy marble, and it doesn't look like a shop in the soft afternoon sunshine. A soft, slightly dim light shines through the rose windows of the three see-through pointed arched doors, which are composed of layers of receding pointed coupons, giving a looming sense of mystery.

The most interesting thing is the miniature twin bell tower spires on the top of the bar, although the top of the tower is carved with a cross, but it is still sharp and sharp to the sky, and the white doves hovering make the minaret a little softer and more pleasing to the eye. The sound of the pigeon whistle adds a bit of antiquity to this place.

Zian was guided into a break room. After waiting for two minutes, I saw a middle-aged man in a robe and round-framed gold-rimmed glasses push the door in.

"Let Brother Qi wait for a long time, I can't welcome you from afar just now, I'm really sorry. After he came in, he walked quickly to Qi An, who wanted to sit up, with an apologetic and sincere expression, and reached out and pressed it weakly to signal Qi An not to get up.

"Brother Jin didn't need to apologize, I just sat for two minutes. It's just that I don't know what my brother called me for?" Qi An said politely, and asked straight to the point.

"Brother Qi is still a fast-talking person. The middle-aged man surnamed Jin laughed as he said his purpose.

"I heard that Brother Qi is going to open a business recently?" Seeing Qi An nodded, he continued, "I prepared a gift for Brother Qi, come with me to take a look?"

The so-called shallow friendship is not deep, Qi An and him are not familiar to this extent, hearing him say that he has a gift for himself, Qi An subconsciously wanted to refuse.

The middle-aged man surnamed Jin saw Qi An's eyes, and hurriedly said, "Brother Qi, don't be busy refusing first, it's better to see how it continues before you want to refuse." Quan should give his brother a face. ”

Stretching out his hand not to hit the smiling person, when he said this, Qi An couldn't refuse, so he had to agree to take a look.

Seeing Qi An agree, he turned his head and nodded to the assistant standing aside, and saw the assistant leaning his head and whispering something to the throat microphone, and then the door opened.

There were five people walking in, all of whom were male, but with different body shapes. "This is a gift?" Qi An didn't bother to think about it, and asked the middle-aged man surnamed Jin directly.

"Brother Qi, this is the gift I prepared for you. Seeing that Qi An was a little puzzled, he explained, "We are gentlemen's friends, and I haven't told my brother what I do before. ”

"Brother, like Brother Qi, we are all catering. These five people are the best chefs I have carefully selected from under my hands, and now they are all Qi brothers' people. ”

Although the middle-aged man claimed to be a gentleman's friend with Qi An, his investigation of Qi An's behavior could not be called a gentleman. However, Qi An didn't mind too much, he and this middle-aged man were just ordinary friends, and no matter what he did, it didn't have much to do with Qi An. Besides, if Qi An is him, even if it is only for his own safety, he has to investigate the background of everyone around him.

Qi An politely declined him: "Brother Jin has a heart, but what I want to open is just a small business, just open and play." The younger brother is both the boss and the chef himself, and he doesn't need you as a chef. ”

"I got my heart, if Brother Jin has a heart, it will be enough to cheer more in the future, and there is no need to be polite between our friends. Although Qi An's words sounded leaky, they were actually full of life.

The middle-aged man surnamed Jin was vaguely dismissed, but Qi An's reply was not polite, so it was not good to say anything, but the atmosphere was a little awkward for a while.

"By the way, Brother Jin, what kind of place is this? I'm afraid it doesn't look like a place for pastime like a bar and a teahouse that Brother Jin told me before, right?"

Hearing Qi An's question, the middle-aged man surnamed Jin, who didn't know what to say, became interested: "Well, I didn't lie to you what I said before, it doesn't matter if it's a bar here, it's a teahouse, it's not a place for entertainment in the final analysis." ”

He then adds: "But one of the most important functions of this place is as a private museum of the Western Middle Ages." It's funny to say, it's been four or five years since I've been a member here, and I haven't met the real owner of this place. It's always been run by the manager. ”

"Brother took the liberty of asking, since my brother doesn't understand the situation, how did he get in and out freely?" Speaking of this, the middle-aged man surnamed Jin was also a little puzzled, when he saw Qi An for the first time here, he felt that he exuded an aura that was incompatible with here, but he reluctantly made friends with Qi An under the guidance of others.

Qi An was also confused, as if all the security measures here were ineffective for him, and all permissions were open to him, as if someone had expected him to walk in by accident.