The scar man's face changed when he saw Lu Xiaobai, and he thought to himself, why is it? He hurriedly whispered to the long-haired man: "He is Lu Xiaobai, I heard that this person is ruthless, no one dares to offend him in S City, you should be respectful when you speak to him, don't speak too aggressively, so as not to cause big trouble!" ”

The long-haired man's face changed color slightly, and the smug look quickly faded, replaced by a smile, and the hands that were wrapped around his chest were also released and hung down on the sides of his thighs.

Lu Xiaobai walked up to the scar man and stared at him with a smile without saying a word.

The scar man saw Lu Xiaobai's cold gaze on him like two knives, causing him to shrink by half, he quickly took out his cigarette and respectfully dispersed it to him and the people he brought, trying to ease the tense atmosphere.

Lu Xiaobai didn't refuse his cigarettes, he didn't want to spoil such an atmosphere, he didn't want to ruin his fun, he liked others to bow down to him, and felt that this could show the majesty of a man. The scar man lit a cigarette for him. Lu Xiaobai took a sip comfortably and said to him: "Are you jealous when you see that other people's business is good, so you want to bring others down?" ”

The legs of the three troublemakers were shaking, especially the scar man, who was a little out of breath with fear.

"Brother Xiaoxiaobai, I'm sorry, I won't dare next time" The scar man stumbled, and the other two also begged Lu Xiao to let them go.

Lu Xiaobai was a little surprised, and couldn't help asking, "Do you know me?" What is your name? ”

"Know, who doesn't know the famous Lu Xiaobai? My name is Sun Kui. Scar Man said busily.

Lu Xiaobai said proudly: "Since you know me, then you should know my way of doing things, right?" ”

When Sun Kui heard this, his legs trembled even more, and he laughed and said, "Don't actually call me here from Qiu Xiuzhang."

Lu Xiaobai frowned, and asked in amazement: "Is it Qiu Xiuzhang, the owner of Honghua Hotel?" ”

"Yes." Sun Kui nodded and said.

Feng Tianyu glanced at the Honghua Hotel directly opposite through the glass window, and saw that the door of the hotel was deserted, and there was no one entering or leaving.

Honghua Hotel is one of the famous restaurants in S City, and its business used to be very hot, and it was full of seats every day. The reason why its business is so prosperous is mainly because Qiu Xiuzhang has a very capable wife, she is not only diligent and thrifty, but also tries her best to win over customers, so the restaurant is vigorous under her orderly management. Three months ago, Qiu Xiuzhang's family suddenly underwent a tragic change, and his wife and daughter were brutally assassinated in different places on the same day, and the case has not been solved to this day. According to rumors, Qiu Xiuzhang was killed because of a grudge with the local gang, but this is just chasing after the wind and shadows, and it is not believable. After Qiu Xiuzhang's wife and daughter were killed, he took over the management of the hotel, but he was sad, languishing, lacking effective management, and not good at grasping human nature, he reduced the salary of several chefs by 20% without authorization, several chefs were quite dissatisfied, and left one after another, and two of them also jumped to Feng Tianyu's hotel, and the personnel changes directly affected the normal operation of Honghua Hotel.

After the original chef left, Qiu Xiuzhang also recruited other chefs, but most of the customers of Honghua Hotel are nearby residents and businessmen, and the customer's long-term eating habits seem to have "imprinted a mark" on the taste buds, and when the customer can't taste the unique delicacy before, he will no longer go. And some customers came to Feng Tianyu's restaurant to consume, and felt that the taste of the food was very suitable for the spleen and stomach, so word of mouth spread, and more and more people naturally ate it.

The two chefs once said to Feng Tianyu that Qiu Xiuzhang's details are a mystery and unpredictable, before the tragedy in his family, he has rarely shown up, and it is rare to see him a few times a year, his whereabouts are very secretive, and no one knows what he is doing. One chef also said that he had asked Qiu Xiuzhang's wife three years ago, and that his wife only said that her husband was engaged in mineral mining, and that he was reluctant to say anything else. In private, one chef also patted his chest to another chef and said that he was definitely a wanted criminal, otherwise how could he be mysterious. After Qiu Xiuzhang took over the management of the hotel, although he came and went every once in a while, after he handed over all the big and small affairs to the customer service manager, he left, and no one knew where he went.

Such an eccentric person, Feng Tianyu never thought that he would become entangled with him one day.

I saw Lu Xiaobai's expression solemn, and he took a few puffs of cigarette in a row, as if he was thinking about something. After about seven or eight seconds, his mobile phone rang suddenly, he took out his mobile phone and hesitated, but still pressed the answer button.

"Xiaobai, why don't you come to talk to my door? It's not interesting. The tone on the other end of the line was tired and pathetic.

"It's Brother Qiu, I have something important, I'll come back another day." Lu Xiaobai said politely.

The other end of the phone was displeased, and said, "It doesn't matter if you delay for a while, come over quickly!" ”

Lu Xiaobai saw that he couldn't prevaricate, so he had to say, "Okay, okay, I'll go over here." ”

Lu Xiaobai and Qiu Xiuzhang are brothers and sisters, and they seem to be very familiar. So why are they so familiar? It turned out that seven years ago, Lu Xiaobai knew the smuggler Qiu Xiuzhang through the leather sea, Qiu Xiuzhang saw that Lu Xiaobai was brave and strategic, so he asked him to go to the coast to smuggle high-end cars together, and their friendship was formed in that "special" day. After all, smuggling is illegal, and they are also afraid that one day they will be unlucky in the hands of the police, so after making some money, they decided to wash their hands and turn their attention to the development of mineral resources. They separately contracted and mined a certain mine, but their friendship naturally broke down due to a dispute over the border.

Feng Tianyu decided to follow Lu Xiaobai over to meet Qiu Xiuzhang, and he wanted to ask Qiu Xiuzhang face to face why he sent someone to his hotel to make trouble!

At this time, Lin Ruoxi received a phone call, it was from the nanny, saying that Lin Ruoxi's child had accidentally fallen and injured herself, and the child had been sent to the hospital, telling her to hurry over.

Lu Xiaobai, Feng Tianyu and others came to the door of Honghua Hotel. Feng Tianyu looked towards the hotel, only to see that in the center of the hall, there was a middle-aged man sitting on a chair with a straight face, facing the door, Feng Tianyu thought, this person should be Qiu Xiuzhang, he did despicable things and his expression was not panicked at all, and he really admired his determination.

Feng Tianyu walked in and carefully looked at the man in front of him: Qiu Xiuzhang Mo was about fifty years old, short in stature, haggard, and the most eye-catching was his baldness, with sparse hair around the baldness, like a circle of silk net, this circle of wire mesh and baldness were clearly distinguished, and the well water did not interfere with the river water. On the right side of the bald top is an old scar about five centimeters long, which is very conspicuous under the bright crystal glass light, like a strange and sensational centipede. He was wearing a dark woolen trench coat, with large brown buttons buttoned meticulously, and the trench coat wrapped his body tightly, and it was estimated that he was wearing a few underwear inside. At this time, the cold wind in the hall lifted the corners of his windbreaker, and if the wind was stronger, it would probably blow him to the ground. It seems that he has a taste of loneliness, loneliness and boredom.

The huge hotel did not have a single customer at this time, and it seemed extremely deserted. It's only half past twelve, and it's still meal time, and it's strange to see this anomaly.

As soon as Lu Xiaobai entered the door, he greeted with a smile: "Brother Qiu, we haven't seen each other for half a year, are you okay?" ”

Having said that, a clear-eyed person saw that Qiu Xiuzhang's spirit, energy, and spirit were obviously in an unsatisfactory state, and the most prominent thing was that he looked tired, condensing deep melancholy, like dense clouds.

Qiu Xiuzhang said: "Brother Xiaobai, I was looking for you, but I didn't expect to see you here; I am no different from a terminally ill person, except that others are physically ill, while I am mentally ill, and I am afraid that it will not be long before I will go to see Marx. ”

Although they call each other brothers, they hate each other in their hearts.

Lu Xiaobai couldn't help but be stunned when he heard the other party say that he was looking for himself, and then a subtle sneer flashed across the corner of his mouth, and he pretended not to hear it and said: "Brother Qiu doesn't have to be too pessimistic, many things in life are not satisfactory, if you want to start everything, you will see the blue sky and regain the joy of life." ”

Qiu Xiuzhang shook his head and said, "For me, it may be more difficult to regain the joy of life than to ascend to the sky. ”

Feng Tianyu crossed his hands and laid them flat on his flat abdomen, and suddenly spoke indignantly: "Boss Qiu, peer competition, has existed since ancient times, but businessmen pay attention to harmony to make money, for customers, to be harmonious in order to make money, in the same way, for peers, of course, to be harmonious in order to make money!" If they don't like each other, they will only make the resentment between the two parties accumulate more and more, and not only will not help the business, but will suffer losses, which is really a stupid approach! Sun Kui and others went to my hotel to stir up trouble for no reason, causing me a certain direct economic loss and incalculable indirect economic loss, I want to ask Boss Qiu to give me an explanation, why do you do this?! ”

The three people who were provoking in Feng Tianyu Hotel stood at the gate of the Honghua Hotel with their heads down, like three dejected guard dogs, their legs were shaking, I don't know if it was because of the cold or because they were afraid of being scolded by Qiu Xiuzhang.

Qiu Xiuzhang glanced at each of the three of them, but he was not angry, and said, "Who made you make trouble?" What did you do just now to make people come to the door to ask for the guilt? Those who do not know think that I instigated you to do evil things. What are you doing in a daze, why don't you apologize to Boss Feng soon! ”

Sun Kui said: "Boss Feng, I'm sorry, this matter was my idea, Brother Qiu didn't instigate us to do anything, this matter has nothing to do with him." ”

In addition, the two people who provoked the incident also hurriedly said that the matter was their own initiative and had nothing to do with others.

Feng Tianyu secretly thought that Qiu Xiuzhang wanted to push the responsibility off his body with a few understatements, which shows that he is treacherous! And Sun Kui and others took the initiative to take responsibility, which shows that they are loyal to Qiu Xiuzhang! He became even more angry and said, "Boss Qiu, it seems that you want to shirk your responsibility, okay, I'll call the police immediately!" After saying that, I took out the phone and was about to dial.

"Boss Feng, why make a big deal out of it? In this way, I will double the compensation for the economic losses caused by Sun Kui and others to your hotel! Qiu Xiuzhang angrily reprimanded Sun Kui and the others again, "Damn, just make trouble for me!" ”

Qiu Xiuzhang said this, could it be that he really didn't instigate Sun Kui and others to go to Feng Tianyu's hotel to make trouble?

Indeed, this incident was not instigated by Qiu Xiuzhang. Since they were not instructed by Qiu Xiuzhang, why did Sun Kui and the others do that? Are they fed and fed, or is there some other purpose?

It turned out that Sun Kui was once a brother under Qiu Xiuzhang, and Qiu Xiuzhang helped him a lot, so he was very grateful. He was imprisoned for robbery seven years ago, and was only released from prison last year, and Qiu Xiuzhang often visited him in prison. After he was released from prison, he always wanted to repay Qiu Xiuzhang's kindness, but he couldn't find the opportunity. A week ago, Sun Kui came to Qiu Xiuzhang's restaurant and saw that the business was very bleak, so he asked him why he became like this, Qiu Xiuzhang was embarrassed to say that he was not good at management, but pointed to the door by the way, saying that the chef was poached by Xiao Yangtian with a high salary to get into trouble. Sun Kui was secretly happy when he heard this, and said in his heart that he finally had a chance to repay him. Although Sun Kui did a lot of indiscriminate things, he was still more cautious when he wanted to go to Xiaoyangtian to make trouble, so he spent a few days asking who opened Xiaoyangtian and whether he had an underworld background. When he learned that Xiao Yangtian was opened by a person with no background, he was relieved, so he gathered two fox friends to go in and make a fuss.

This book was first published in Reading Books