"I'm not a liar. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info "Zhang Taichu lit a cigarette, the cigarette butt burned, and a wisp of smoke diffused in front of Ning Chen's eyes, confused, like palm leaves falling everywhere in October. The smell of smoke was a little choking, it was estimated to be vodka in cigarettes, and Ning Chen waved his hand to disperse.

His actions caused Zhang Taichu to laugh, and Ning Chen was a little surprised, thinking that this man was a psychopath.

"Little friend, you can't do this." Zhang Taichu spit out a smoke ring very lightly, raised the sparkling smoke in his hand towards Ning Chen, and said, "A man who drinks alcohol and a man who doesn't smoke are not men. ”

Ning Chen's eyes suddenly rose with the smoke ring, the smoke ring rose higher and higher, and gradually disappeared, Ning Chen turned his face away, didn't listen to Zhang Taichu's nonsense, and felt that he was admitting defeat in this way, so he took another sip of wine.

"I knew it was for women." Zhang Taichu seemed to mention this stubble again with disdain.

Ning Chen frowned, glared at him and said, "Are you annoyed?" ”

"Beer is just a child's house, go, I'll take you to drink spirits, get drunk, sleep with your head stuffy, and forget all the unhappy things." Zhang Taichu continued to instigate, he was entrusted by his friend, but that person didn't let Ning Chen know that this was his instruction, it was really difficult to do.

Ning Chen finally found time to be lonely with a little literary and artistic petty bourgeoisie, but he was disturbed by Zhang Taichu, he spread his hands and said, "I don't have any money." ”

Zhang Taichuzai carefully looked at Ning Chen from head to toe, stretched his brows and said, "I can see it." ”

He patted his chest and said, "I have money, I like you, and I want to make you a friend." ”

He stood up openly, and his height of 1.85 meters blocked the sun that had begun to tilt westward, like the blind swordsman in Wong Kar-wai's "East Evil and West Poison".

"Go, go, go." Ning Chen got up, he really didn't understand why this man was grinding and chirping on his side, he impatiently picked up the beer that he hadn't finished drinking and shouted.

Zhang Taichu's face was happy, and he pointed to an Audi parked on the side of the road not far away and said, "My car is over there." ”

Twenty minutes later, Zhang Taichu parked the car in a parking space on the side of the road, pointed to a shop not far away that did not have a word on it, it was all symbols, and said: "It's that bar, the boss is very good-looking, and I will introduce you to you when I have a chance brother." ”

Ning Chen waved his hand and said, "No need, go, drink." ”

The first floor of the bar is not gorgeous, but it is very elegant. The brown wooden floor was waxed, and the frosted glass divided into small compartments, Ning Chen looked in, and there were two black leather sofas with glass in the small compartments, a small round table with a diameter of less than one meter, and a pot of orchids on the table accounted for more than half.

Zhang Taichu took out a golden membership card from his wallet, turned his head to Ning Chen and said, "Don't look at the ordinary first floor, the upstairs is very lively, I will introduce a few brothers to you later." ”

Ning Chen followed behind Zhang Taichu without saying a word, and saw him hand the card to the young man in a white shirt, suit, vest and oily hair who was guarding the black wooden staircase, the young man took out his mobile phone, entered the card number to inquire, nodded and made a gesture of please and let Ning Chen and Zhang Taichu in.

The time was 4:24 in the afternoon, Ning Chen went up to the second floor, and his eyes suddenly dimmed, the walls were dark, the windows were closed with black plush curtains, and a small light bulb that was not very bright was trying to light up on the ceiling, which was better than a lot, like seeing the stars on a summer night.

When I entered, the door at the back was closed by the guards, and the air was many times better than the gray Los Angeles city covered by exhaust haze, especially the bright green trees in the four corners, which were fake, but the trees were wrapped around the pipes that transported oxygen.

"Well, yes, it's a high-end place." Zhang Taichu said smugly, listening to his tone as if he had opened it, but he suddenly thought of the person who introduced Ning Chen, and instantly reined in.

"Let's find a place to sit down first, it's a little uncomfortable for the pestle to be watched by a group of people here." Ning Chen said honestly, as soon as they came in, the eyes of the few people on the second floor all gathered, as if they wanted to see him through inside and out.

"Hey, Brother Zhang, here, I haven't seen you for a long time." A young man of twenty-three or four, who was sitting in the southeast corner, stood up, took a glass of wine in his hand, and greeted with a grin.

Zhang Taichu pointed to the young man and asked Ning Chen, "Where are you sitting?" ”

Ning Chen shook his head, chose a no-one position by the window, and walked straight over, but Zhang Taichu's inquiring action just now was startled by the people around him, they knew Zhang Taichu well.

Zhang Taichu said the names of several drinks to the waiter, sat down on the sofa opposite Ning Chen, crossed his hands on the glass table with a diameter of less than sixty centimeters, thought for a while and said, "Why don't you call the proprietress out to get to know you?" ”

Ning Chen pursed his lips, he was silent at first, he opened the curtain a crack, and he could see the cars and cars on the road, people coming and going, and the strong breath of life was like the heat in the steamed bun steamer, but unfortunately Ning Chen was the one who stood and waited for the steamed buns, he could only look at the fluttering heat, sighed deeply, and said, "Do you know Ning Jingteng?" ”

Zhang Taichu chuckled in his heart, and then sighed with emotion that he was worthy of Ning Jingteng's attention, and it was really different, he smiled and said: "That's right, but it was he who asked me to take care of you." ”

"My surname is Ning, who do you think I am?" Ning Chen stared at Zhang Taichu with burning eyes, and suddenly lowered his head again, as if he didn't need to answer.

"Probably a relative."

Ning Chen smiled and said, "When he sees me, I'm going to call the young master." ”

Zhang Taichu forgot to swallow the wine in his mouth for a while, and the wine flowed down his throat, choking him to cough violently.

"Just kidding, is it necessary to be so excited?" Ning Chen looked at Zhang Taichu with interest, patting the table with his left hand, blushing and smoothing his chest with his right hand.

Zhang Taichu said: "Because this kind of thing is impossible from the bottom of my heart, it's funny to say it." ”

Ning Chen shrugged and asked, "Tell me who you are?" ”

Zhang Taichu finally calmed down, pushed a glass of wine in front of Ning Chen, and said with a smile: "Who else can it be, isn't it Zhang Taichu." ”

"A wise man does not speak secrets."

Zhang Taichu sighed and said, "Do you have to check your account to make a drinking friend?" ”

"Without Ning Jingteng, I'm not qualified to be your drinking friend." Ning Chen didn't drink, but dipped his fingers in some wine and scribbled on the table.

"Isn't Los Angeles just a Zhang family? It's just me. ”

Ning Chen fully understood the power structure here when he came to Los Angeles, because he was sure that the people here had no contact with the Ning family, so he came to Los Angeles with peace of mind, but he didn't expect that he couldn't hide after all, this Zhang family is the background of the military region, and he never thought that the Ning family could still reach here.

It's supposed to be the way it should be. Ning Chen suddenly thought with relief.