Chen Xiao was so stunned, his eyes couldn't help but stare at Xiao Qing, staring at Xiao Qing like this, which made Xiao Qing a little shy, and turned his head sideways, he wanted to blame Chen Xiao in his heart, but when the words came to his mouth, he couldn't say a word.

There was only one voice in my heart: I'm dressed like this, isn't it just for him?

"Chen Xiao."

Finally, someone came to break the embarrassment, and from a distance, Old Man Xu saw Chen Xiao, laughed heartily, beckoned to Chen Xiao, and made a gesture to let him pass.

Chen Xiao glanced at Xiao Qing, and then the two walked towards it together. Yan Yan also stood up obediently and followed Chen Xiao's side.

"Uncle Xu, life is happy, blessing is like the East China Sea, and longevity is better than Nanshan." Chen Xiao walked in front of Old Man Xu and smiled embarrassedly: "I was rude, I didn't dare to come over first when I saw that you were busy just now." ”

Old man Xu seemed to like Chen Xiao very much, and smiled: "I have seen you a long time ago, and the beauties around you are like clouds, and they have become the focus of tonight." ”

As he spoke, he deliberately looked at the Yan Yan and Xiao Qing beside Chen Xiao with a playful gaze. Xiao Qing's family is a family friend of the Xu family, and when he saw this scene, he also said two words of greeting honestly and respectfully.

Old man Xu finally looked at Ya Ling, but his eyes were full of interest: "Well, this little girl just listened to Yifan...... That guy? ”

In addition to curiosity, there was a hint of other meaning in Old Man Xu's eyes, but he didn't say anything, just turned around and took the wine glass from the waiter's hand, and everyone touched the glass.

Chen Xiao was a little embarrassed: "Uncle Xu." I came here empty-handed today, and I didn't have any gifts for you. ”

Old man Xu smiled heartily: "I'll treat you like my own children, let's not pay attention to these false courtesies, it's good if you can come and have a glass of wine." ”

Chen Xiao was not pretentious, and drank it directly.

Originally, he was now a poor boy. There is no money in his hand, and the Xu family is rich. Old man Xu has a tycoon-level figure who celebrates his birthday, so naturally a lot of people give him all kinds of precious gifts. As for Chen Xiao...... With his current financial resources, even if he bought something with all his money. may not be able to enter the eyes of the Xu family. In that case, it's better not to buy it.

Chen Xiao smiled: "So...... Uncle Xu, this year will be the same as last year. Since I couldn't give you any gifts, I'll go to the kitchen in a moment and make you a shou noodle ...... Hehe, I didn't do well last year, and now I've been practicing for another year. ”

Old man Xu laughed, but the guy next to him suddenly said with an innocent face: "Yes, the noodles made by Chen Xiao are the best." ”

Lu Bancheng next to him also said a few words of greeting, and he was very polite to Chen Xiao in his words.

It's just that Chen Xiao noticed that since he came over. The phoenix next to him is a foursome in suits. But there was silence all the time, and the four of them stood aside. Look at yourself with a strange look.

In particular, Chen Xiao noticed a detail: when the four of them saw Xiao Qing, it was obvious that the faces of the four of them showed surprise and shock at the same time, but others didn't notice it, so they quickly covered it up.

It's just that the four of them secretly glanced at Xiao Qing with curious eyes from time to time, and such a glance was naturally not polite, which made Xiao Qing's face gradually a little difficult to look at, and only regarded the four of them as the horns of the disciples.

Don't...... These four phoenix subordinates have not seen Xiao Qing?

Thinking of this, Chen Xiao deliberately looked at the four people politely: "Uncle Xu, these gentlemen are ......?"

Old man Xu smiled: "It's also a few of my distinguished guests." Old man Xu didn't seem to be willing to say more, and smiled politely at the four of them: "Four, I'll talk to the juniors in the family about some private conversations, so I'll lose my company first." ”

The four of them nodded and didn't say much, but they still couldn't help but glance at Xiao Qing's body.

However, the tallest of the four seemed to be the leader, and after gently pulling his companion, he spoke: "Mr. Xu, please take care of yourself." Let's have a few casual drinks. ”

Old man Xu confessed to Lu Bancheng again, and Lu Bancheng guessed what they had to say, so he smiled and said: "I just happened to go to see where the little girl ran crazy, I haven't seen her for a long time, don't cause any trouble with you." ”

With that, he left.

"Let's go, Chen Xiao, let's go to the kitchen together." Old man Xu looked at Chen Xiao with a smile, his eyes were very kind.

It's a convention between the two.

Last year, when Old Man Xu had his birthday, Chen Xiao's family had already fallen at that time, but Old Man Xu didn't know why, and he liked the poor young man brought back by his son. Chen Xiao has no money to give any expensive gifts - other people give valuable gifts, you are always embarrassed to spend dozens of yuan to buy a bouquet of flowers and come here.

Therefore, since Chen Xiao has no money, he can only think more about it.

Last year, Chen Xiao made a bowl of longevity noodles for the old man Xu - originally his cooking skills could only be regarded as very ordinary, but he didn't expect that the old man Xu was very happy after eating it, and looking at his appearance, it definitely didn't look like he was deliberately pretending, such a business predator, after eating Chen Xiao's noodles, actually flashed a trace of true emotion in his eyes, which made people feel a little surprised.

So the two said that every year after Old Man Xu's birthday, Chen Xiao would come to make him a bowl of longevity noodles. Chen Xiao respects this old man of the Xu family very much in his heart, and naturally he will never refuse such a request.

However, there is one rule: you can make noodles, but you can only make one special for Old Man Xu. Come on, Chen Xiao knows his cooking level, the Xu family naturally has hired chefs, and the food he makes is far better than his own by a hundred times, and he really doesn't dare to take it out for everyone to eat in front of the level he has made-I don't know why Old Man Xu likes it so much, is this Xu tycoon, his taste buds are different from ordinary people?

Second, Old Man Xu has a birthday. The house is full of guests, if Chen Xiao really wants to make noodles for all the guests, then he won't do anything this night and stay in the kitchen to be busy......

Chen Xiao looked at Old Man Xu and smiled slightly: "Uncle Xu, do you want to go now?" ”

"Naturally, it's now, I'm afraid I won't be able to leave if I want to go for a while." Old man Xu sighed.

Next to the ground and Xiao Qing. They were all a little curious, but Old Man Xu glanced at the two girls. smiled slightly, his eyes were full of the old man's sophistication, and he smiled faintly: "Two girls." Would you like to lend Chen Xiao to me for a while? My old man has something to talk to him about individually. You don't have to follow. ”

Even though Xiao Qing was a little reluctant in his heart, he was embarrassed to say anything. And he glanced at Chen Xiao. Seeing that Chen Xiao nodded, he obediently stopped talking.

Old man Xu is an old and mature character, and he saw that there was still a trace of concern in Chen Xiao's eyes, as if he was worried that he was alone, so he smiled, raised his hand and summoned a middle-aged man who was like an assistant under him, pointed at him and said, "Take good care of this girl, don't let people bully her!" If anyone dares to mess around here. Throw people directly onto the road. ”

Xiao Qing couldn't help but smile on the side: "No need to be like this. With me here, no one will bully them. ”

"Yes. I almost forgot about our Xiao Woman. Old man Xu laughed, then put his arm around Chen Xiaodi's shoulders and went all the way to the kitchen in the mansion.

The kitchen of the Xu family's mansion is naturally different, although it is not as good as the kitchen in the back of a luxury hotel, but the area is much larger than the kitchen of ordinary people, but I don't know how many times larger.

Today is the birthday banquet of the old man Xu, there are naturally many hired chefs in the kitchen, after Chen Xiao and the old man Xu came to the kitchen, the person in charge here couldn't help but be stunned, the old man Xu waved his hand, and simply explained two words, after a while, all the people quickly retreated, leaving only the huge kitchen to the old and the young.

"Well, there's everything here, you can do whatever you want." Old man Xu laughed, but took off the suit on his body, then threw it next to the case next to him, twisted the two buttons on the shirt inside, and rolled up his sleeves: "I'll help you chop green onions." ”

In the kitchen of the Xu family, all the ingredients are naturally ready, and the kitchenware is also available. Chen Xiao immediately rolled up his sleeves and got busy.

The old man chopped the green onions, and he cooked the noodles - cooking noodles was an indispensable skill for a man who had lived alone, and Chen Xiao was very skillful in his movements, and soon made a pot of noodles.

Put it in a bowl, sprinkle with a little chopped green onion, and drip two drops of sesame oil for a fragrant aroma. After Chen Xiao sprinkled a little sesame seeds into the noodle bowl again, the old man Xu next to him was already drooling.

is just such a bowl of simple noodles, without delicacies from the mountains and seas, but it made Old Man Xu's eyes change slightly.

The richest man in K City actually pulled out a bag of pickles from the refrigerator like a trick!

Chen Xiao took a look - that's right, it's really an ordinary pickle! A dignified real estate predator, actually like to eat this?

But seeing that the old man Xu looked moved, his fingers trembled and he took out two ivory chopsticks, and then in less than ten minutes, he ate a large bowl of noodles and hula hula like a storm, as if he was not happy, chewed pickles in his mouth, and drank half a bowl of noodle soup.

He was holding ivory chopsticks, carrying a Patek Phili on his wrist, and wearing a DG shirt - but at this moment, Chen Xiao seemed to be mistaken, and the old man in front of him seemed to have become many ordinary old men who ate noodles at roadside noodle stalls at night in K City.

After eating the noodles, Old Man Xu was already sweating profusely, lit a cigarette, and handed one to Chen Xiao, Chen Xiao did not refuse, and generously lit it and smoked it

"It's good, it's cool!" The old man smoked and touched his stomach comfortably: "That's the smell!" ”

As he spoke, he glanced at Chen Xiao: "You must be very strange, you want to ask me, don't you?" ”

"Of course I'm weird." Chen Xiao smiled bitterly: "I asked myself about my cooking skills, I really didn't expect you to ......"

"Cut, what kind of cooking skills are average, your cooking skills are simply terrible." Old man Xu's eyes were joking: "To be honest, the noodles you make don't taste as good as the roadside noodle stalls." ”

Chen Xiao was stunned: "That...... So why ......"

"But I just like to eat...... Alas, just love the taste you make. Old man Xu shook his head. With an indescribable affection in his eyes, he looked around at the luxurious kitchen around him.

After he smoked half of a cigarette, he directly snuffed it out, shook his head and sighed: "I'm old, I can't smoke more cigarettes." Alas, actually...... Chen Xiao, let's just talk casually for a while. Hmph, the guests outside. I'm too lazy to cope today. All year round, I didn't live for myself. Today, Lao Tzu gave birth to rì, and he is going to live a good day for himself. Today. I don't care about the guests outside, the old man! ”

He actually moved a chair and sat down.

Then, he looked into Chen Xiao's eyes: "You." You should know, I'm not from K City, right? ”

“…… Well, I know. Chen Xiao nodded.

"I'm from the north." Old man Xu smiled slightly: "When I was young, I came to K City, but I didn't expect to take root here, for many years, I don't even know how to speak my hometown dialect now, and when I open my mouth, it is the local dialect of K City." ”

"I came to K at the age of fifteen as an apprentice in a factory, at that time. I got to know Yifan's mother. That is, my later wife. Old man Xu sniffled when he said this. It seemed that he couldn't help it, hesitated for a moment, but still lit another cigarette for himself, but this time he only took two puffs and snuffed it out again.

Seeing that Old Man Xu mentioned his wife, Chen Xiao didn't speak anymore, because he knew that Xu Ershao's mother had passed away for many years.

"When I was young, I was miserable. I can't say a word or two. Old man Xu's eyes were shining with a strange light: "Now, it can be regarded as a success, but I live in a magnificent mansion, with fine clothes and fine food, but my heart is not as down-to-earth as it was back then, and I often feel like walking on thin ice!" ”

He looked at Chen Xiao: "Back then, my wife used to cook noodles for me...... It's a pity that she doesn't know how to cook either, and she will only cook the simplest somen noodles when she cooks noodles, and at most add an egg on top, and occasionally add a large chop, which is already very rare, hehe! Speaking of this, he paused and smiled, "Why do I like the noodles you make?" Boy, it's not because you're delicious...... Instead, the noodles you make are almost as bad as my wife's! Hahahaha......"

Chen Xiao didn't speak, although he was teased by Old Man Xu, he didn't laugh. Because Chen Xiao looked at Old Man Xu's eyes, which were faintly moist.

"If you like it, I'll make you noodles every day in the future." Chen Xiao thought for a moment and said slowly.

"Excuse me." Old man Xu was free and easy: "Nostalgic things, it's okay to do it occasionally, and if you are nostalgic every day, it will become hypocritical." In the future, every year when I give birth, you can come and make noodles for me once. ”

"That's fine." Chen Xiao smiled.

Old man Xu waved his hand: "Okay!" Let's not talk about the old things. Now I'm going to get down to business. ”

Chen Xiao couldn't help but feel moved!

"Actually, you've always had some doubts in your heart." Old man Xu smiled slightly: "How can I know those old guys on the unfinished street?" Also, why did those Strangers come to me? Even though I'm rich, I'm just a worldly rich man, so how can I mess with those people? You've always been weird about these, haven't you? ”

Before Chen Xiao could speak, Old Man Xu immediately shook his head: "It's a pity, it's inconvenient for me to tell you these things." ”

Isn't "............" in vain?

Old man Xu laughed, but then he restrained his smile and said, "Chen Xiao, I never thought that you would also embark on this road...... Alas, in fact, wouldn't it be nice for you to simply live, as you did in the previous two years? In the future, when your studies are over, I will naturally not ignore you, and you are also very smart, young and willing to learn, and willing to endure hardships. In the future, I will arrange a good future for you, and you will live like thousands of ordinary people, wouldn't it be the best? Why...... Why bother like this. ”

Chen Xiao thought for a while: "Actually, Uncle Xu, I was originally a person with no ambitions. I never wanted to do anything to get ahead. I'm a very lazy person. When I was working in a fast-food restaurant a few days ago, I used to think about it...... In the future, if you can open a fast food restaurant and be a small boss, it will actually be good to live like this. ”

Old man Xu was stunned for a moment, and his face was a little strange: "Fast food restaurant owner...... Hey! ”

However, he quickly waved his hand and stared at Chen Xiao, looking serious: "Chen Xiao, let me ask you something, are you willing to leave K City?" ”

Leaving K City?

What do you mean?

Old man Xu sighed and said slowly: "Kidd Academy, although it is a famous school, it is piled up with money, and it is flashy. You're not too young, I'm planning to send Xu Yifan to study abroad, if you want, go with him, how about it? When it comes to tuition, you don't have to worry. I know that you are very proud of this child, and you refuse to accept gifts, if you feel that you can't get over it, then I will lend it to you, and after you graduate in the future, you will make money and then slowly repay me, if you still feel embarrassed, when you repay the money, you can calculate it to me with interest, how to leave K City? Going to study abroad?!

"Why?" Chen Xiao looked at Old Man Xu.

There are several meanings in his words: Why do you want to go abroad? Why is it so helpful? Why do I have to leave?

"Don't ask." Old man Xu looked at Chen Xiao: "You believe in you, Uncle Xu, and I won't harm you, right?" ”

This Chen Xiao immediately nodded without hesitation.

"That's fine, since you believe me, think about my words." Old man Xu thought for a while: "Get out of here...... Leave, now these things! ”

Obviously, the "these things" that Old Man Xu said were referring to the Ability Realm!

Although Chen Xiao had doubts in his heart, there was no doubt that he trusted Old Man Xu. After thinking about it, he said slowly: "Uncle Xu, I naturally believe in you, and I also believe that you are doing this for my good." But...... I can't promise you such a big thing right away, but can you let me think about it? ”

"Well, of course you have to think about it, and if you go abroad, you happen to be with Xu Yifan, and you can take care of each other with each other."

After Old Man Xu finished saying this, he looked at Chen Xiao with deep meaning in his eyes: "Oh, by the way, there is one more thing...... Well, Xiao Qing, that girl, seems to be very interesting to you, right? ”

Chen Xiao was stunned for a moment, and subconsciously wanted to deny it, but when the words came to his mouth, he suddenly felt a little unsure!

"The matter of young people, in this regard, should be carefully considered and thought through. Xiao Qing is a good girl, but the situation at home is a little more complicated. Oh, I'm not trying to stick to the mandarin ducks, just to remind you that if you want to ...... with her Then you have to be prepared. Hehe. ”

and Old Man Xu left the kitchen and returned to the open-air venue outside, Old Man Xu didn't say anything more, but left quickly, probably to see Lu Bancheng and them.

Chen Xiao looked around, looking for Xiao Qing and Yan Ling's figures, but at this moment, four men in black suits walked over.

Tall, short, fat and thin, they are the four guys under Phoenix who are "very famous in the world of supernatural abilities".

"Chen Xiao." The tallest one looked into Chen Xiao's eyes: "Do you have time?" Go out with us for a while, something to say to you. ”

Chen Xiao sighed.

What's wrong tonight, why do people keep talking to me?

"It won't be long, an hour at most, and then we'll send you back." The tall man said slowly.

After all, these four guys are Phoenix's subordinates, and Chen Xiao is not sure in his heart, whether the matter is related to Phoenix, so naturally he doesn't want to refuse.

"Okay." He nodded.

The tall man smiled: "Our car is right outside." ”

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