Chapter 23: First Encounter

The low-wattage light bulbs, the wood-colored tables and chairs, the log decorations at the bottom of the walls, the yellowed posters of the cheongsam beauties around the walls, and the faint chanting and singing of the old singers in the dining room are like the nostalgic atmosphere of an old Shanghai tavern in the 30s. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Located in the heart of Xujiahui's commercial district, this old Shanghai restaurant is doing very well, opening from 9 a.m. to closing at 1 or 2 a.m., with a daily rush of customers, often requiring reservations. Many people have to wait in the lobby to receive the number, and only after the number is reported can they enter the formal hall to order, so as to maintain the quiet environment of the store. Even though it was almost eleven o'clock at night, there were still people waiting relentlessly.

A steaming medium-rare steak was served. Steak is the restaurant's signature dish.

waited for two hours to wait for this meal, compared to the expensive price of the dish, Gu Lian was more distressed about the time he paid.

Picking up the knife and waiting for the heat of the steak to dissipate, Gu Lian's thoughts couldn't help but return to the news he had just seen.

Because of this news, Gu Lian remembered that he was busy with things in Xia Yi, but he hadn't seen Tianjiao for a while, and he didn't even care about his news. Last time, I discussed with Huayue Company about the renewal of Tianjiao's advertising endorsement, but I didn't inquire about anything. She didn't want to waste that time worrying about artists who had nothing to do with her.

Judging from today's news, Tianjiao expressed interest in the role of Zhao Kuo in "Allure"?

Lie. Gu Lian could tell at a glance whether Tianjiao was talking about people or ghosts. The role of Zhao Kuo is equivalent to the status of one male and two men in "Alluring the Country", and two or three first-line students in Huayue want this role, how can it be the turn of Tianjiao, who has just signed with the company, and has an unstable foothold? This is nothing more than the basic hype of Huayue. This round of news should be a foil for the real Zhao Kuo candidate. At that time, Tianjiao should play a role with lines in "Alluring the Country", and it will be time to snicker. After all, it is a large company, and it is still very early for Tianjiao to really gain a foothold. Besides, he has just joined the company, and with that unbelievable character, even if he is protected by Sister Ming for a while,......

Forget it, what does he have to do with me now?

Gu Lian grabbed the knife and slashed it the steak that had cooled a little, and a stream of blood spilled out. When you bite into it, the taste of blood and fresh meat is slightly fishy and smooth, but the taste is very enjoyable.

The first time I came here, Yu Youjia brought her here. It is said that the steak here is more authentic, especially the medium-rare beef is really medium-rare, one more is too old, and one less is too raw.

The dining environment here is also very good, and the tables are very separated from each other. As long as the voice is appropriate, the adjacent table will not be able to hear anything clearly.

Gu Lian verified this with his own experience. The other tables are boyfriends and girlfriends or groups of three or five, and there are a minority like Gu Lian who eat alone. Although there were still so many people waiting to eat in the lobby, Gu Lian was not in a hurry, and carefully tasted the food little by little.

After the staff of the housekeeping company finished cleaning, Chenxing probably returned home. He must have been surprised to find out that his home was unrecognizable in half a day. Gu Lian left a message and asked the people from the housekeeping company to tell Chenxing that he was waiting for him in this restaurant.

After counting the time, it should be about the same.

Gu Lian suddenly remembered that if there was no special instruction to the waiters here to have guests coming, the restaurant would not allow outsiders to enter casually. Gu Lian raised his hand and beckoned a waiter to come to him, "Hello, I'm waiting for a guest, if there is a Mr. Chen who wants to find Gu Lian, please bring him here,......"

The waiter was just about to nod, but a handsome and tall handsome guy came from behind him, "No need, I'm already here." Chenxing wore a simple dark green military-style casual suit, which was particularly high-standing, setting off a gentlemanly elegance after eliminating violence, showing the beauty of contradictory harmony. He sat in front of Gu Lian. "I used to come to this shop a lot."

Gu Lian smelled a smell of alcohol from Chenxing's body that he didn't feel at first but became more and more obvious, but he himself looked quite sober, not like he had been drinking for a long time. Gu Lian glanced at Chenxing attentively, but didn't find anything unusual.

Naturally, the guests who arrived at the hand couldn't let go, and the waiter immediately came over to ask, "I haven't seen you Mr. Chen for a while." Do you want anything from Mr. Tatsu? ”

Chenxing froze, and Gu Lian bet that the seemingly generous and fashionable Chenxing would not have more than 100 yuan in cash in his pocket, although this is really ridiculous for a person who owns a property with a market value of 20 million. But in today's world, there are many more ridiculous things. A writer once said that there should never be a fuss in this world, because there will be more amazing things to come.

After thinking about the important conversation that followed, Gu Lian opened his mouth to relieve Chenxing and said, "This gentleman is my guest. He likes to eat medium-rare steak, duck breast in French red wine, fruit salad, and, give him a glass of lemon juice. What more could you want? Say whatever you want. ”

Chen Xing saw that Gu Lian skillfully reported a few of his favorite Western dishes, and the doubts in his heart had not been explained, and there was another question here. "That's enough, that's all."

The waiter immediately went down to prepare.

"I looked it up online. It's very convenient to have a thousand degrees. Gu Lian saw Chenxing's question and explained considerately. Qiandu.com is the largest search engine website in China.

"Where did Mrs. Shen go?" Chenxing finally asked what he wanted to ask the most.

"Where they should be." Gu Lian said that he thought that they were now living in the apartment that Wei Kexin bought.

"How did you get them to go?" Chenxing asked unhappily. Gu Lian solved a big problem for him, he didn't look like he had the slightest appreciation, but more like he was on the verge of an outburst of anger, and his expression was unprecedentedly serious.

"I'm a woman, what do you think can do, of course, it is to know it with affection and reason, and finally influence them, so that Mrs. Shen understands that blackmail is a bad behavior." Gu Lian chewed half-cooked beef, and said it very scoundrelly.

"I don't think they're blackmail." Chenxing gritted the words and corrected them clearly, although Gu Lian sounded more like gritting his teeth.

"Huh?" Gu Lian felt funny and nodded, "Yes, don't you think so, you are a Martian, but even a Martian can't stand such a dirty and messy environment, so some time ago I thought about hiding in Beijing to attend a birthday party with Miss Mo Wanlin that you don't like?" "With Gu Lian's skill, while investigating Mrs. Shen's details, it is not a problem to check the reason and process of Chenxing's acquaintance with Mo Wanlin by the way. Many people may not know Chenxing, but when it comes to Mo Wanlin, the focus of everyone's attention and topical figures, many things are not secrets.

"What did you tell Mrs. Shen?" Chenxing couldn't hold it back.

Gu Lian stopped competing with beef, raised his bloody knife and fork, and his eyes showed murderous eyes, "What are you afraid of?" ”

Chen Xing saw the blood on the knife and fork, he was a little dazzled, lowered his gaze, and his tone softened a little, "I'm afraid you will hurt them." ”

"Don't worry, how can I hurt them? I just have my own way. I want to get the job done and get you to the crew as soon as possible, and they're here, which is an excuse for you to procrastinate. Then I can only try to find a way to solve them,-" Gu Lian looked at Chenxing's expression and immediately added, "--, so that you don't have any worries and agree to join the crew, hello, I'm hello, everyone." Gu Lian didn't plan to tell Chenxing the specific details of how he forced Mrs. Shen to move out of Chenxing's residence, he just needed to know the result. As for the process, it was her own private matter.

"So you think you've won? Come here to eat steak, enjoy the music, and savor your victory refreshed? "I have to admit that Chenxing's eyes are sometimes very sharp. At a glance, I could see the triumph in Gu Lian's heart. And in the future, Gu Lian will know more about such a star.

When the thinking mode of the Martian switches to the thinking mode of the earthling, the lethality is still a little bit.

"It's your freedom to see me that way, and I don't have to explain it to you." Gu Lian was a little annoyed when someone poked his psychology.

"I was originally worried that if you PK with Mrs. Shen, with your ability, Mrs. Shen will have no power to fight back. It's definitely an unfair contest. You can still be proud of this. But I didn't expect you to move so fast......" Chenxing's appearance was a little distressed.

Gu Lian laughed angrily, "How unfair?" On what basis do you judge? ”

"For example, if you have 100 in the battle game, then Mrs. Shen will only have 10 at most. 100VS10, such a disparity in strength, of course unfair. Chenxing laid out his own evidence.

What game, what battle values have come out, Gu Lian is speechless and funny. "Mrs. Shen's combat power is only 10, and you are still eaten to death by her, so is your combat value negative?"

Chen Xing frowned, "I'm talking about what happened between you and Mrs. Shen, don't get involved with me." ”

Gu Lian put down the knife and fork, and put his hands on his chest, "It seems that you seem to miss the life of being with chickens and ducks and garbage, you can continue to contact Mrs. Shen, you should know the contact information of Wei Kexin's family, the sense of justice is so strong that they are upset, then you can quickly let them come back and continue to accompany you......"

The waiter brought the dishes that Gu Lian ordered for Chenxing to the table.

Chenxing silently raised his knife and fork and began to scratch and pull on the food plate. Disorganized, obviously thinking about something.

"I received a call from Mrs. Shen at home, she was very afraid of you on the phone, and I begged you to keep it secret for her. Said he wouldn't trouble me again in the future. Chenxing said.

"So, you think I must have threatened her with something? What do you think I can threaten her with a girl? I was only able to threaten her if she had a weakness of her own. "Gu Lianxiang still needs to reveal something to Chenxing, otherwise with Chenxing's character of grinding turtle hair, he may not necessarily listen to his own words." You know, I've been in this circle for a few years now, and I'm a bit connected. After investigating, it was found that Wei Kexin's compensation for the traffic accident and Wei Kexin's inheritance to his mother and younger brother were enough for them to have no worries for the rest of their lives. Mrs. Shen was originally a little weak-minded, and she wanted to make more capital for her stupid son to marry a daughter-in-law. I exposed her plans, and she had a ghost in her heart, so she admitted everything. Objectively speaking, her behavior is indeed against the law, isn't it? I just said that, and it was natural for her to be afraid. ”

Chen Xing looked at Gu Lian suspiciously. "That's it?"

Gu Lian smiled and decided to reveal a little more, "Do you think Wei Kexin's property came from, don't you want to know at all?" Perhaps, Mrs. Shen knows a little more than you. For this reason, she is even more weak-hearted. ”

Chenxing stopped talking. Represents the default.

"I regret it." Chenxing cut a slice of beef and said quietly.

Gu Lian didn't understand too much. She waited for Chenxing's follow-up.

"I'm so stupid." Chenxing smiled as if self-deprecatingly, "I've been struggling for so long to ask you for a higher pay, but it turns out that it's completely unnecessary. In fact, now I obviously don't hope that Mrs. Shen and Hanhan will leave as much as I did at the beginning. Why do we have to talk to you about that when you come? ”

Gu Lian blinked, it was a bit difficult to understand the thinking of the Martian visitor. But she generally understood, "Do you think it's not worth it to be ridiculed by me for talking to me about remuneration, and you suffer a big loss?" Or did you suddenly find that you fell in love with Mrs. Shen and the days when she was with you, and you shouldn't ask for a higher salary, not to mention that you don't have any money now, if you are really rich, you won't plan to let her take the initiative to leave? ”

Chenxing raised his eyes and glanced at her, and the black-and-white glance was actually seen by Gu Lian with a little bit of hellish grievance. Gu Lian spent a sum of money in vain that he didn't know if he could be reimbursed, and he didn't feel wronged, what could he be wronged?

After eating for a while, Chen Xing came to the same conclusion, "I can imagine your momentum at that time, you are an experienced urban elite, and Mrs. Shen is just a rural woman who is not very literate and almost illiterate." It's a very unfair contest. In fact, I am thinking about solving the problem, in addition to asking for higher remuneration, I can also sell the house if necessary, and give them 10 million to return the remaining money to my parents. ”

Gu Lian thought that if this person was his brother or relative, he would definitely be so angry that he couldn't help but want to kill this dead brain. She smiled a little deformed, "It seems that you really take good care of your agent and her family." "This person is worthy of being from Mars, not only is his combat effectiveness negative, but his emotional intelligence is also negative, is his IQ ,...... Sometimes it's definitely negative!

"Thank you." Chenxing suddenly said very quickly.

Gu Lian was stunned and didn't hear clearly, "What?" ”

"Even though I don't agree with your approach, you're just doing it for your own work, but you really want to help me solve my problem." Chenxing said slowly.

Gu Lian sneered, "What do you want to say?" ”

Chenxing looked at her, "I've been wondering if my original behavior was too evasive. Mrs. Shen is not so scary. Littering the floor is nothing more than a way of life for her. Looking at it from another angle, their presence gives me another perspective on the world. These days, I am also trying to integrate into them and communicate with them, Han Han gradually stopped bringing garbage from outside, and Mrs. Shen was hostile from the beginning, and now she is willing to accept the breakfast I make. I thought if I had some more time,......"

"Do you want to say that you have enjoyed Mrs. Shen's TV noise and Wei Hanhan's sloppy life, and you are confident that you can influence them?" The beef on Gu Lian's plate was cut so miserably that it became a pitiful punching bag.

"I can't rule out the possibility of that. Make your vision new every moment. Chenxing looked at the steak and gently put it in his mouth. Do you know what the next sentence is? ”

"A wise man is one who is amazed at everything." Gu Lian recited a sentence from Gide's collection of prose poems "The Scroll of Grain for the Earth", and then retorted not without mockery, "But I think that those who regard garbage and ignorance as amazement are fools." ”

Chenxing shook his head, "It seems that we have a very different understanding of Gide. Although they have all read the same book of his. ”

Gu Lian stood up, "That's because some of us are far from growing, who do you think this person is?" ”

"I think it's just that there's some deviation between the values of the two of us." Chenxing took it in stride.

has risen to the height of values, and Gu Lian feels more and more that he is really full of hanging out with him here. The petty bourgeois restaurant with such a beautiful atmosphere is used to quietly reflect on how good she and Yu Youjia get along warmly, and if she asks Chenxing to talk about things, she spoils her good mood in vain.

"Checkout!" Gu Lian shouted to the waiter.

"But I'm not done yet." Chenxing pointed to the meal that he hadn't moved half of.

"Then you can experience this 'surprise' feeling of not having a full stomach." Gu Lian smiled slightly, leaving Chenxing with a dashing back to leave.