Prologue XIX What Happens After Dinner

"Huh, you're finally here, if you don't come again, I'm going to die of embarrassment. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info"

After Reed sat down, Li Yalin raised his hand and patted Reed's shoulder, and sighed with emotion on his vicious face.

Li Yalin's exclamation made Reed, who had finished greeting the boy and Lux, look at him confusedly, and then asked suspiciously, "Yalin, what are you embarrassed about?" Although he asked, Reed didn't see any embarrassment on Li Yalin's face, which made him even more puzzled. Li Yalin did not rush to answer Reed's inquiry, he withdrew the hand resting on Reed's shoulder, and pointed to the boy and Lux who were talking opposite him as he fell. Reed followed Li Yalin's instructions, and when he saw that the boy and Lux were talking normally, he turned his head to look at Li Yalin, his face still showing incomprehensible doubts.

"Reed, when you weren't here, Lux and Chico had a sweet conversation for a while, and I could smell the rich sweetness even as I sat here...... Sitting next to them, I couldn't say a word, and I felt like a light bulb that was in the way of my eyes, and I was so embarrassed......"

Li Yalin explained the reason for this in a soft voice, and if he listened closely, he could hear that the boy's conversation with Lux had become normal, well, it was a conversation around his favorite food.

"Uh......"

Reed, who couldn't empathize, understood why Li Yalin was embarrassed after listening to Li Yalin's metaphor. As an uncle-level person who has been in love and has children, he has a very deep understanding of the word "light bulb", and when he was young, he also had a lot of "light bulbs", which is difficult to express in words.

So after understanding the reason for Li Yalin's embarrassment, Reed comforted Li Yalin softly, and couldn't help but secretly rejoice in his heart: "Fortunately, I still have to stop, otherwise I will be replaced by this light bulb, how embarrassing it will be when the time comes." ”

After talking to Lux for about 10 minutes on the topic of food, we saw the waitress come to our table with a food cart, and after she greeted us in a good manner, she put the dishes and utensils we ordered on the table, and then pushed the food cart away.

After seeing that the winter melon pork ribs kelp soup, fried pork ribs, and sweet and sour pork ribs had been placed on the table, Lux looked at me with bright big eyes, with a strong tenderness in her eyes, and even asked in a very gentle tone: "Qiqi has been hungry for a long time, let's drink the soup first, okay?" "After understanding my feelings for her, Lux's behavior was unconsciously gentle, as it was. Listening to Lux's gentle inquiry, although I didn't understand the reason for Lux's transformation, I wouldn't resist this gentleness, so I nodded and smiled, "Well, let's drink soup first." ”

Hearing my promise, Lux smiled and picked up the porcelain bowl in front of me, then picked up the spoon in the soup of winter melon and pork ribs and kelp to fill the bowl of soup for me, and then put it in front of me, with a tender smile on her delicate face.

"Thank you."

Hearing my thanks, Lux smiled and shook her cute little head, and replied crisply: "You're welcome, Qiqi ......" After speaking, Lux picked up his porcelain bowl and added a bowl of winter melon pork ribs and kelp soup for himself, before he looked at Li Yalin and Reed, and asked with a faint smile: "Do you need someone to help make soup?" Uncle Scar, Uncle Reed. ”

Although Lux's tone is very sincere, it is true, but how dare Li Yalin and Reed really let Lux help them make soup? Besides, someone on Lux's side was still staring at the two of them with extremely dangerous eyes at this time, and the warning in his eyes was passed on to their eyes without missing anything. As another heir of the Klein family, Reed didn't dare not heed this 'goodwill' warning, and Li Yalin, who didn't dare to let Lux help make the soup, naturally accepted this 'goodwill' warning, so the two of them shook their heads and said that they didn't need to trouble Lux, just fight themselves......

"Because you only need to fill your stomach a little, people don't order food, Uncle Scar, Uncle Reed, do you need to eat?"

After Lux sat down, he suddenly remembered that he hadn't ordered food when he ordered food just now, and then saw that Li Yalin and Reed had already made a bowl of soup for themselves, so he asked.

"No, we're not hungry."

Hearing this, Lux nodded, indicating that she understood. As soon as I sat down at Lux, I withdrew the 'friendly' look I had given to Reed and Lee Yalin, and turned my gaze to the winter melon ribs and kelp soup in front of me with a faint smile.

The color of the winter melon pork rib kelp soup is bright, and you can see the white bottom of the bowl at a glance, among which there are dark green strips of kelp, pale green pieces of winter melon, and pale pink pork ribs when ripe. Holding it in front of you, a not-so-strong but extraordinarily attractive fragrance rushes to your face, and just smelling this fragrance makes people appetite great.

After taking a sip of soup, the taste of more than ordinary soup echoed in my mouth, this delicious soup made me can't help but drink two more sips, and then I began to eat the kelp, winter melon, and pork ribs in the bowl.

Lux, who was sitting on the side, saw that I looked like a wolf, and couldn't help but cover her mouth with her white and tender little hands and snickered, and her eyes that laughed like two crescents were full of sweetness. She watched me quietly until I had finished the bowl of soup and asked, "Kiki, or?" The tone was as gentle as it had been.

Hearing Lux's inquiry, I was not in a hurry to answer, but sighed: "This soup is delicious, the kelp in it is very crisp to bite, the winter melon melts in the mouth, and the pork ribs are even softer and more delicious, this is definitely the level of a chef......" I said, after a pause, I smiled again: "Of course, there may be reasons why I am too hungry, but its deliciousness is still undoubted...... So please ask Lux to add another bowl for me. Smiling, I handed the bottomed bowl to Lux, who also smiled and filled it up for me again.

"Do you smell as sweet as honey?"

Looking at someone and Lux who were eating sweetly across the table, Li Yalin, who was not yet married, muttered in a low voice full of sourness.

Reed, who was sitting next to Li Yalin, could naturally hear Li Yalin's muttering, and he was noncommittal, but sighed softly: "Watching Qi and His Royal Highness Lux have such a sweet meal, I can't help but recall the scene when I was in love with my wife, at that time, ah......" Li Yalin turned his head and stared at Reed with a speechless face - Li Yalin obviously forgot one thing, Reed sitting next to him was not a bachelor, so in the face of the sweet scene in front of him, Reed naturally couldn't be sour, On the contrary, he also recalled the scene with affection, and recalled all kinds of things when he was in love with his lover.

Reed's gushing words made Li Yalin a little unbearable, he glanced at the sweet and sour pork ribs on the table with an attractive fragrance, then stretched out his chopsticks and gently knocked on the porcelain bowl containing the sweet and sour pork ribs, and reminded loudly: "I said uncle, it's obviously not the time to talk about the past, right?" Aren't you hungry? There are exquisite dishes made by chef-level chefs in front of him......" Reed couldn't help but be slightly stunned when he heard Li Yalin call him, he didn't expect Li Yalin to be so easy-going, although seriously, with his age, he really deserves the title of uncle.

"Sweet and sour pork ribs? This dish is not very common in the West. ”

Since Li Yalin said so, Reed naturally wouldn't continue to make noise, so he turned his attention to the sweet and sour pork ribs that had not been taken a bite on the table. At this time, he calmed down, sniffed lightly on the tip of his nose, although he was more than a meter apart, but Reed could still smell the tempting aroma of sweet and sour pork ribs, and when Reed, who had a slight appetite, wanted to eat a piece, he looked down at the tableware, but was surprised to find that a pair of white jade wood was placed in front of him.

"But...... Chopsticks are not very common in the West, so it seems that I can't eat. ”

When Reed took office in Scandinavia, he didn't often use the Oriental style of tableware such as chopsticks. It is said that using chopsticks to pick up vegetables will be very sensitive, precise and powerful, but unfortunately, in the Scandinavian kingdom full of European races, chopsticks are obviously unlikely to become the mainstream tableware in the local area, so Reed shrugged helplessly when he saw the chopsticks in front of him, and complained.

Reed's words made Li Yalin look at him confused, and then looked at the pair of white jade chopsticks, and contacted Reed's preface and afterwords, Li Yalin suddenly said: "I see...... You don't know how to use chopsticks, do you? Saying that, Li Yalin also stared at Reed with wonderful eyes, which made him very uncomfortable.

"Uh...... Yalin, why are you staring at me like that? ”

Reed, who was stared at by Li Yalin with 'weird' eyes, got goosebumps all over his body, and in order to interrupt the creepy feeling, Reed asked.

"Hehehe...... Reed, using chopsticks can improve the speed of eating, in my special forces, even Westerners, most of them use chopsticks, do you know how tragic it is after those who use knives and forks to eat? ”

Reed heard Li Yalin's words, and couldn't help but secretly complain: "I don't want to know at all...... Unfortunately, Reed didn't have time to refuse, and Li Yalin had already continued: "The guy who eats with a knife and fork always can't grab the guy who eats with chopsticks, so every time the guy who uses a knife and fork can't eat enough, this time and again, the members of my army have learned to use chopsticks to eat...... So I would like to suggest that you learn to eat with chopsticks as soon as possible......"

It is not difficult to find that Li Yalin's words are indeed out of good intentions, but what makes Reed wonder is that this doesn't seem to have much to do with him, right? After all, not all the people in the Klein family who were in the same position as him used chopsticks to eat, so there was no sense of urgency to study quickly. Despite this, Reed nodded in agreement with Li Yalin's statement, if everything he just said is true, eating with chopsticks is indeed more convenient, flexible and fast than eating with a knife and fork.

"Maybe you don't need to urgently learn how to use it?" Reed, who had already had this doubt, nodded decisively, and when Li Yalin saw this, a mysterious smile appeared on his face, and he said, "So...... You can't taste the exquisite dishes in front of you right away, hahaha...... "Reed, who patiently listened to Li Yalin's words, immediately understood that he had been tricked when he heard Li Yalin's words - although seriously, if you know how to use chopsticks now, you can indeed taste these delicious dishes immediately."

But that doesn't seem to have much to do with the urgency of learning to use chopsticks, right?

"After all, I can't use chopsticks, I can still use knives and forks......"

Reed looked at the smug Li Yalin, and was speechless for a moment - he didn't know that this was just Li Yalin taking revenge on him for the noise he had just made, but the little story in it was also true.

"Whew...... It's been a long time since I've eaten such delicious food. ”

After swallowing the fried ribs in my mouth, I sighed with a comfortable look on my face.

Lux, who was sitting next to me, heard my exclamation, and looked at me with big bright eyes with a hidden smile, and then she turned her head to look at the few dishes left on the table, and chuckled, "It's good that Kiki is satisfied." As she spoke, her gaze crossed the leftovers of cold rice on the table, and fell on Li Yalin and Reed, who were half-eaten opposite, and said, "Uncle Scar, Uncle Reed, have you eaten enough?" ”

"Hmm."

Although he was only half-full, Reed understood what she meant when he saw that Lux didn't continue to order, so Reed said that he was full. It is worth mentioning that when eating with a knife and fork, Reed deeply realized one thing: the difference between eating with a knife and fork or eating with chopsticks is very big, when he used a fork to fork a piece of sweet and sour pork ribs, Li Yalin had already used chopsticks to clip the third piece of sweet and sour pork ribs, which was a full three times the gap made Reed want to learn to use chopsticks.

Of course, this is also the reason why Li Yalin eats relatively quickly, but no matter what, there is still a certain gap between eating with a knife and fork and eating with chopsticks, maybe not as exaggerated as a triple gap, but twice is definitely there.

"I'm full too...... I have to say that the chef of the Klein Hotel is worthy of the title of master, just from the taste brought by these three small dishes, no matter how many times you eat it, the taste is so delicious and attractive...... It would be nice if my wife could have this kind of cooking in the future. ”

Li Yalin picked up the toothpick on the dining table, and while picking his teeth, he also said his feelings, but the words behind him made Reed squint at him.

Reed remembered his wife's level of cooking, and he didn't mention the dishes of the Oriental race, after all, his wife is an authentic European race, and it is unlikely that he will have exquisite dishes in the East, but in terms of Western food, although the dishes made by his wife are not as good as the chef's level, he is also tired of eating...... Well, it turned out that he still couldn't judge his wife's cooking skills—Reed shrugged at the thought.

At this moment, with a crisp sound of "pop ......", we couldn't help but look in the direction where the crisp sound came from, and what caught our eyes was Lux with her hands folded and a sweet smile on her face.

Seeing Lux clasp her hands together, she knew that the crunch was caused by their slapping, and when Lux saw that we were all looking at it, she smiled and said, "Now that everyone is full, then we should go to the checkout." After saying that, Lux also swept us around with inquiring eyes, and seeing that no one objected, Lux turned her head to look at me and said softly: "Qiqi, it's not too early now, let's go buy our birthday gifts after checkout...... Because I need to buy a set of clothes for Kiki, I also need to set aside some time to bathe and change clothes for Kiki. ”

After listening to Lux's arrangement, I thought for a while, and after thinking that there was nothing missing, I nodded in agreement.

After getting my consent, Lux glanced at the number plate on the table and remembered it, and then jumped off the chair, and when I, Li Yalin, and Reed also left the table and came to her, she took my hand again, and said with a happy smile: "Let's go, Kiki......" The pretty face matched with Lux's sweet smile, that moment of demeanor made me stunned like a wood, and followed her to the main table of the restaurant under the pull of Lux.

The main desk of the restaurant is located on the left side of the wall of the entrance (exit), and it is also made of solid wood, and it is also carved with a golden mystical pattern, which makes it look even more precious. Behind this atmospheric and precious wooden table, the front desk waiter with a friendly smile can either take the order list handed by other waiters, or record the dishes required by the guests who come to the service desk in person, or settle the bill for the customer, and so on.

When Lux led us to the main desk, a waiter who happened to be free came up to us, and she asked in a good voice, "What do you need?" As she spoke, she naturally ignored me and Lux, who were covered by the wooden platform, and looked at Reed and Li Yalin, who were wearing black suits.

"We need to check out, and the dining number is 25."

A crisp and pleasant voice came from the front, and the waiter's peculiar childish tone made the waiter stunned, and then when Lux sat down on the high chair in front of the wooden table with my help, she suddenly fell on Lux - what a beautiful little girl - the waiter looked at the little girl sitting on the high chair and admired.

She has long pink hair and small and delicate facial features, and her big eyes that are as clear and bright as sapphires smile like two curved moons, revealing her joyful mood at this time, with the sweet smile on her pretty face, no matter which angle she looks at, she is worthy of the waiter's silent admiration.

"Okay, I'll take care of it for you."

The waiter in admiration, did not forget their own work, after the answer, the waiter began to operate the computer in front of him, after a while, the waiter printed out the list of expenses and handed it to us, smiled and said: "This is your list of expenses, a total of 120 yuan." After reaching out his hands and taking the list of expenses handed by the waiter, Lux glanced at it slightly, then nodded and smiled without objection: "Okay......" After speaking, Lux took out a stack of small dollars from the side pocket of his clothes, counted them, and took out two of them and handed them to the waiter.

"Charge you 200 yuan, make up 80 yuan for you, wait a minute."

The waitress politely stretched out her hands and took the dollars that Lux handed her, and as she spoke, she opened the drawer in front of her, and selected a few dollars from which she had collected enough 80 yuan and handed them back to Lux.

"Thank you for your patronage and welcome to come back next time."

At the waiter's greetings, Lux politely replied, and then left the high chair with my support.

"Let's go, Kiki, let's go and get dressed."

Once she had stood still, Lux straightened out the folds of her dress and said so, and the group of four walked slowly towards the door of the restaurant.

On the way to the restaurant, I remembered the total amount of money Lux had just paid, and couldn't help muttering, "This consumption level is really high, and three dishes will cost 120 yuan." My muttering was naturally heard by Lux, who was holding my hand, and Lux laughed dumbly at my complaint: "Kiki doesn't want to know whose hotel this hotel is, won't this money fall into our pockets in the end?" Besides, the remuneration of master chefs is not low, and the cost of high-quality and fresh ingredients is also quite high, if the price is not mentioned, we will lose money. ”

Well, I'll admit that I don't know much about economics and forget about the fact that I'm now the heir to the Klein family...... But then again, the dishes made by master chefs are delicious, so the price is only three inches higher than usual.

The main desk was not far from the main door of the restaurant, so after a while we walked to the side of the restaurant door, and as I walked around the glass door, I suddenly felt like I had hit something, and the sound of "bang" on the ground made me confirm the fact that I had hit something. When I came back to my senses, I looked in front of me, only to see a little boy in casual clothes with brown hair falling to the ground on his back, perhaps because of the pain, his fair face was distorted at this time, his slightly narrow eyes revealed the color of pain, and the mouth was even more unconscious Xue Xue exhaled in pain.

"Uh...... Bumped into someone? ”

Although the scene in front of me had told me unmistakably that I had bumped into someone, I was still a little baffled. I was in a trance, but that didn't mean I was ignoring my surroundings, and in the years of fighting, I had already managed to know what was going on around me even when I was sleeping, so I was sure that the boy wasn't in the path I was walking, but when Reed suddenly lowered his body and muttered something in my ear, I knew why I had bumped into him.

"Strange, this boy just didn't know why he suddenly changed the direction of travel, and he happened to stop in front of you, that's why you bumped into his ......"

Reed's muttering in my ear was also heard by Lux, but the boy I had knocked down just now was quite obvious in his turning, so it was natural that Lux noticed this as well - I'm afraid that I didn't notice it because I was distracted, right?

Although Lux was angry at the boy who deliberately got knocked over by someone, it was clearly not the time to pay attention to him, and she was more concerned about whether the person she liked was hurt. So she turned her head, looked at someone beside her, who looked calm and didn't seem to have suffered any harm, and asked with concern, "Is Kiki okay?" ”

"Huh? It was fine, I felt like I had hit something, but I didn't feel it at all, and I even wondered if the boy had fallen on purpose. ”

In the face of Lux's concern, I sobered up from my thoughts, looking at the tenderness emanating from her dark blue eyes, my heart couldn't help but soften, and after answering Lux's inquiry in a gentle tone, I looked down at the boy who was still lying on the ground and was crying out in pain. Thinking of what Reed just said, I am very sure that this boy fell on purpose, so at this moment, I just want to complain: Tell you to fall after playing, this fall is miserable, right? Huh-huh......