098: Night Walk
Paris at night is particularly charming, Ma Jun came to Shu Tao's room and said: "Hurry up, let's take the subway together, I'll take you to a place, otherwise you will have to wait for a long time." β
"Where are you going?" Shu Tao looked puzzled, "Besides, why don't you take the car, the subway in Paris is dirty, messy, and unsafe." β
Ma Jun sighed: "I said Miss, you can't pick up a little bit of ground, you are so high, how can you really experience the life of the people of Paris, I feel that no matter how long you stay in Paris, you can't really understand Paris!" β
"But......" Shutao wanted to refute, but at this time, seeing that Ma Jun was so eager, he was also very enthusiastic, so he said, "Okay, then let's go take the subway." β
"You have to change your clothes, and your shoes. Jeans, travel shoes, short jackets are fine. β
Shu Tao went to get a change of clothes, Ma Jun sat on the sofa in the suite, and he drank a little hot tea on the table.
After a while, Shu Tao changed into a suit, a leather jacket from Saint Laurant, Venessa Bruno leggings, a pair of CHANEL travel shoes, and a ChloΓ© bag.
Ma Jun glanced at her, shook his head with a smile, and thought that Shutao was still wearing a famous brand even if he was lightly dressed. Shutao asked again: "Where are you going to take me?" β
You just come with me.
They took Line 9 to the Marcelsonbart Station exit and exited Subway Exit 5. Along the way, Shu Tao followed Ma Jun like a well-behaved little dog.
Exiting the station, they walked another 50 meters before arriving at their destination in District 92, the Pedra Alta restaurant.
The area where they are located is one of the more affluent residential areas of Paris, and although it does not have the bustle of the city center, the streets are lined with shops.
When I arrived at the door of the restaurant, the scene that greeted me made Shu Tao feel uncomfortable, and there was a long queue of many people at the door. Shutao said: "Why are there so many people? Is this restaurant not for money or how? Oh my God, this scene is even more exaggerated than the LV store of Printemps in Paris, I think they are all Chinese tourists! β
"I told you, come early, you sit on the chair at the door, and I'll line up."
Shutao didn't like to sit alone in a chair in a daze, so he said, "That's it, I'll line up with you." β
Ma Jun listened to what Shutao said, and showed a surprised look: "The sun is coming out in the west today, and Miss Qianjin is willing to wait in line for a seat?" β
Shu Tao blocked Ma Jun with his shoulder, and strode into the queue area.
Ma Jun followed closely, his chest against Shu Tao's back, so that Shu Tao could have a fulcrum to rest on when he was tired.
"You've never been here in Paris for so many years?" Ma Jun asked.
"I've heard people talk about it, but I've never been here, and when I look at the long queue, I lose my appetite in an instant. Reservations are not accepted here? β
"Yes, you can only come here and queue up temporarily."
Shu Tao's eyes looked into the glass window of the restaurant, looking at the plates on the table of the guests, all kinds of seafood are available: oysters, lobsters, all kinds of shrimp, crabs, all kinds of conch, all kinds of shellfish, and so on......
Shutao asked, "Is it okay to eat seafood here?" Will it be food poisoning? β
"Do you still question the safety of food in Europe?"
"I'm afraid that it won't be fresh, you know that I have a three-star Michelin physique, and I'm afraid I won't be able to bear it."
"Hahahaha, Qu Shutao, you are really empty, I'm afraid only you can think of the word Michelin three-star physique."
They waited more than forty minutes for a seat, and they were seated at a table by the window. Shu Tao found that this restaurant was full of customers, and all kinds of people gathered here. The way they order their meals is also very different.
Chinese guests are full of seafood, spread out horizontally; Black people like to eat vegetables and potatoes, and speak louder; The French are accustomed to eating on the floor one meal at a time, picking up the menu and ordering dessert after eating, pretending to be dining in a French Michelin-starred restaurant.
Ma Jun glanced at a French couple next to him and said to Shu Tao: "Look, their eating posture is the same as yours, pretending to be noble." β
"So what?"
"Do you know why France built the Eiffel Tower?"
"I remember Dan Brown saying in The Da Vinci Code that France, a country known for its masculinity, its addiction to women, and its diminutive and insecure leaders like Napoleon and Pepin the Short, chose a thousand-foot-tall male genitalia as the symbol of the nation. Is that the case? β
Ma Jun scoffed at such an answer, he smiled and said, "Haven't you heard the saying 'pretending to be forced to be struck by lightning'?" β
"Heard, what does this have to do with the Eiffel Tower?"
"The French love to pretend to be too forced, so they built such a big lightning rod to protect against lightning splitting!" After saying that, Ma Jun laughed, but Shutao didn't think the joke was funny.
After they finished ordering and waiting for the food to be served, Ma Jun said, "Why don't we open a bottle of red wine?" β
"Yes, but I don't know if the red wine here is okay."
"This wine, it depends on who you drink it with, if Yue Ran's kid prescribes more expensive wine for you, you may not appreciate it."
Ma Jun said this, to the point, it seems that he has completely mastered Shutao's heart.
"Why did you want me to come with you to Switzerland?"
"Not with me, but with us." Ma Jun lit a cigarette.
"You guys? What do you mean by that? β
"Shanzi is going too. She has always had an unfulfilled wish, and on this trip to Europe, she stopped by to do something in a Swiss bank. As for me, I want to take you to see my mother. β
"Your mother is in Switzerland? Why haven't I heard you mention it before? β
"She divorced my dad and went to Switzerland when I was very young, and now life is very comfortable, and I haven't seen her for a long time, so I want to see her, and I told her that I want to take my girlfriend with me."
When Ma Jun said the words "girlfriend", Shutao thought that he was having auditory hallucinations for a while, but his heart tightened and there was a burst of inexplicable joy and throbbing. This is a sign of love. The sensation of electric shock.
Ma Jun continued: "I have already rented a car, tomorrow after lunch we will set off, we cross the border from France to Italy, take the Italian country highway, then enter Austria, and finally enter Switzerland, first to accompany Shanzi and them to Zurich to run errands, and then go to Stockholm to meet my mother, you know, it has always been my dream to travel by car with my beloved woman." β
Shu Taowan smiled: "Who is your beloved woman?" Shanzi? β
"Are you still shy? Knowingly ask! Shutao, I'm sorry, I disappeared for no reason a few days ago, and I worried you, I did something that I didn't know if I was right or wrong. β
"What's the matter?" Shu Tao has been busy smoking famous brands these days, and she hasn't sat down with Ma Jun so well to talk, maybe Ma Jun will appear on her plane with Shanzi this time, and she must have something to say to her.
"I sent my dad to prison, and now the verdict has not come out, maybe he will be sentenced to death."
When Shu Tao heard this, he was a little incredulous, thinking that Ma Jun had so many unsolved mysteries, he felt a little lost in his heart.
"What's going on?"
Ma Jun told Shu Tao the secret hidden in his words, and added: "You see, the art market is not as simple as you think, in fact, I am a mediocre talent, even if my paintings are sold for tens of millions, there is another hidden meaning." β
Ma Jun revealed his truth in front of Shutao for the first time, let go of his previous aura, and exposed it to Shutao's eyes ordinarily.
He continued: "So I don't dare to think about the future, I'm afraid that I won't be able to give you what you want, and I want to turn a blind eye like this, but I can't, on the one hand, I can't tolerate my dad making mistakes like this, and on the other hand, I want to see how much my paintings are worth without my dad." β
"Ma Jun, do you know why you are so fascinated by me?"
"Handsome." Ma Jun began to pretend to be cynical again.
"Speak well!" Shu Tao glared at Ma Jun, "Is it because of your specialness, your cleverness, and of course, your vision?" β
"Oh, I do have the vision to help you find a new generation of painters like Tong Wei, Xu Jia and Shanzi."
Shu Tao rolled her eyes and said, "The vision I am talking about is the vision of a woman." You've taken a fancy to me, so you're not bad. β
"Hey, Qu Shutao, why do I feel that the tone of your speech is becoming more and more like me."
"As the saying goes, marry a chicken with a chicken and marry a dog with a dog, and marry a monkey running all over the mountain."
"Will you marry me, then?"
Ma Jun said this, which caught Shutao a little off guard, she said: "I'm only twenty-two years old now, isn't it a little early to talk about marriage?" β
"Well, when I didn't say it." After Ma Jun finished speaking, he poured red wine for Shutao.
Shu Tao chuckled in his heart, thinking why Ma Jun didn't persevere, like Yue Ran, the old cheeky old face asked again and again if he wanted to marry him. Perhaps, as Shu Tao said, Ma Jun is a rare handicraft that she can't put down, a little hesitation, there is no second chance, she mustered up the courage to ask: "Are you willing to marry me?" β
"I was willing to do it just now, but I don't want to do it now." Ma Jun laughed.
"Why don't you want to!? After only a few seconds, you change your mind, people say that women are fickle, and I think you men are also virtuous. β
"Didn't you say it's too early for you to get married? I respect you. β
"If you respect me, you won't bring me to a restaurant like this!" Shumo pretended to be angry.
"You taste this." Ma Jun handed a piece of oyster to Shu Tao, and took the opportunity to squeeze a little lemon juice on top of Shu Tao.
Shu Tao took a bite of the oysterazole.
"How?" Ma Jun couldn't wait to ask.
The oysters are particularly fresh and juicy, and they feel like Michelin-starred restaurants. Shutao smiled and said, "It's really good, I didn't think it was worth it for us to wait forty minutes." β
"I told you a long time ago that you can't just look at the surface of things, you have to try to know if it's worth it."
"By the way, I see that Zhang Qi bought a diamond ring and a wedding dress for Shanzi yesterday, are they going to get married when they go back?"
"Yes, and it's very fast, it's set for September 10th."
"My sister's wedding was also on the same day."
"That's great, double happiness."
Shutao smiled and said, "It's not that we are getting married, what are the double happiness?" This is a matter of two families, and it is not a double happiness. β
"But will there be any conflict with the guests you invited?"
"yes, why didn't I think of that, then I'm going to go back and talk to my dad about it."
"Don't worry about this, why don't I talk to Shanzi and let her and Zhang Qi's wedding be in the same place as Shulei's arrangement? In this way, there will be no conflicts, and the guests will only have to go to the same place for the feast. β
"I think it's a good idea!"
They ate for nearly an hour before sweeping away the seafood plate in front of them. It was late at night, and the two still took the subway back.
Shu Tao fell asleep on Ma Jun's shoulder, and when they were about to approach the station entrance they arrived, suddenly there was a commotion in the subway, Shu Tao was woken up, and asked Ma Jun sleepily: "What's wrong?" β