On Lydia's birthday, Benedict and Tom were not in the country, and Gavin was also busy working overtime on the crew, and directly couriered her with a birthday gift. Li Han and Lydia went to Lance Manor a day in advance, although there were people in the manor, and they didn't need to do it at all, but Lydia was the birthday star, and Li Han was the birthday star's boyfriend, so they still had to be there to see if there was anything inappropriate.

Li Han had never held a similar pie, and on his birthday, he simply hid in his room with his computer and was lazy, just waiting for Pai duì to start showing up with Lydia again. In fact, his surprise was ready, and Anthony took the lawyer to negotiate the price and sneak in to sign it himself, but there were some small details that still needed to be prepared.

For non-pai duì creatures, this kind of banquet that invites many people is very boring, Li Han has always felt that inviting a few close friends to have a meal together and play for a day is a very pleasant birthday. It's just that it's Lydia's birthday, or was it prepared by the Count of Reims, and it's impossible for him to say anything against it. Lydia grew up with such a life, and it was impossible or necessary for him to change her habits. Anyway, it's just one day a year, just bear with it.

The boring feast didn't end until 10 p.m., but Lydia only had to be there an hour or two before the feast began, and the rest of the time the guests would have fun themselves, not to mention the Count of Reims. So after Li Han greeted Count Lance very unceremoniously, he directly pulled Lydia out of the manor.

"Cold, what's wrong?" Lydia asked, puzzled. The temperature at night was a little cooler, and the night breeze blowing from the lake added to the coolness, making her feel a little cold.

Li Han looked up at the sky: "I'll take you to a place." ”

Before she could finish speaking, there was a loud bang in the air, and Lydia first saw two lights flying from the distance, and as they approached, she realized that it was a helicopter.

"Where is this going?" Lydia sat on the helicopter and raised her voice and yelled into Li Han's ear.

Li Han didn't shout as loudly as she did, at the same volume as usual. The voice crept into Lydia's ears as if it were sentient. He said, "Birthday present, Lydia, you forgot?" I haven't given you a gift today. ”

Lydia naturally had some vague speculations, and listened. The eyes lit up immediately. Q: "What is it?" ”

Li Han smiled mysteriously: "You'll know when you get there." ”

The UK has a small footprint. Although the speed of the helicopter was not fast, it only took half an hour to reach its destination. The helicopter did not land directly, but circled in the air several times. Let the two passengers enjoy the night view well.

Below was a castle, brightly lit, with all the courtyard lights on in the huge meadow, lights turned on in every room of the castle, and several staff members in uniform waiting at the door with their heads up. The helicopter slowly landed in an open space not far from the castle gates, separated by a circular medium-sized fountain.

Li Han jumped out of the helicopter neatly, then reached out and hugged Lydia, who was wearing an evening dress and stiletto heels and had difficulty moving, and asked, "Lydia, dear, do you like it?" ”

Lydia looked at the castle in disbelief, then at Li Han, and said, "I thought you were just wrapping it up for a few days." In fact, the day before yesterday, when Li Han was looking for castle information on the computer, she found out, but she just pretended not to know. But his plan at that time was obviously just to rent the castle hotel for a few days, why did he suddenly buy such a large castle?

Li Han smiled: "I just saw that this castle is for sale, this was bought in your name, let's go in and have a look, if there is something we don't like, let people redecorate." As he spoke, he led her towards the castle and glanced down at her shoes with at least 10 centimeters of heels, "If you are tired, tell me, I will have no problem holding you to see the whole castle." ”

Lydia smiled and patted him on the arm: "You underestimate me too much, let alone visiting this castle, it's no problem to go shopping for a day." ”

"Well, well, women are fighters in this regard." Li Han said, "These are the staff of the original hotel, I asked them to work here for a few days first, and then we will talk about the contract after our vacation, and then it depends on what you are prepared to do with this castle." "This kind of big castle, whether you live or run a hotel, is a good choice, and it also needs a lot of staff.

Lydia was stunned for a moment, then took a closer look at the exterior of the castle, and exclaimed, "This is the Oakley Hotel, known as the 'Vampire Castle'?" ”

"Yes," Li Han said proudly, "I just saw it being put up for sale, so I bought it, this is my birthday gift to you, do you like it?" ”

Located in Windsortown, England, not far from Windsor Castle of the British Royal Family, Oakley Hotel is known as the "Vampire Castle" because of films such as "400 Years of Horror" and "The Rocky Horror Show", and is a large castle with 118 rooms, including 11 luxury suites, a nine-hole golf course and major important conference facilities and entertainment facilities. During the London 2012 Olympic Games, the hotel also provided accommodation for some of the British team.

As soon as Li Han saw the introduction, he knew that Lydia would definitely like it, so he called Anthony to come over to discuss the purchase, and finally took it down.

He had only seen the news of castles worth 1.5 billion pounds before, and he thought that all castles were so expensive, and he thought that he wanted to buy them for a thousand years, but he didn't expect that this time he would see countless castles for sale, the expensive ones were only more than 10 million, and the cheap ones only needed one or two million pounds.

So do you want to buy an ancient castle to live in? It's really exciting to see those ancient castles with arrow towers and moats.

"What a gift!" Lydia said excitedly, taking Li Han's hand and walking into the castle quickly, "This is the best gift I have ever received." "Although it is not the most expensive, it is the one that makes her the most happy, likes and feels happy.

The hall on the first floor is decorated with golden splendor and a large crystal lamp that emits a soft glow. Although it is the lobby of the hotel. It looks like an ordinary hall, with several sets of sofas and small tables in front of the floor-to-ceiling windows, a large fireplace connected to the chimney, and in winter, a bright fire rises here, and travelers sit in front of the fireplace to chat and read, just like at home.

The hotel manager personally led the two new owners of the castle up to the second floor, where the luxurious bedroom with living room, study and bathroom, and the master bedroom with a huge dressing room, no smaller than the one in Lydia at Reims Manor.

"Hungry?" Li Han asked. "It's not early. Why don't you have a late-night snack first, then get a good night's sleep, and visit slowly tomorrow? ”

Lydia nodded approvingly, and was busy greeting the guests at the dinner. She didn't eat much, either. I was a little hungry indeed. But in order to stay in shape. Not able to eat much in the evening, she only ordered a tuna salad and a cup of coffee. Li Han spent the night following Lydia or Count Lance to some relatives and friends who had a good relationship with the Lance family, and accepted their interrogation. He was also hungry, he didn't need to think about his weight, and he was directly put on a whole set of snacks, including desserts after meals, and he felt that he was so hungry that he could eat a whole cow.

"Just look at what the kitchen is best at, make a set and send it to you." He said. Are you still looking forward to having Chinese food? Naturally, they eat whatever they are good at, just to see the level of the chef.

As for the fact that the chef has rested, there is no need to think about it, in order to be comfortable in the past few days, Li Han specially gave a large amount of money, and the requirement is to be on call 24 hours a day, accept the call at any time, and get up to make a meal for them even when they sleep.

So many people only serve two people, that is fast and thoughtful. Probably because the chef considered that he couldn't eat too much in the middle of the night, he served French food, which was small and delicate.

The appetizing appetizer is a caviar salad. The eggs are boiled in water and cut in half, and the yolk is removed whole. Finely chop the onion, add the egg yolk and mayonnaise and stir well, then fill the mixture with the egg whites. Shred the lettuce and mix the dish as the base, place the eggs on top, and garnish the caviar with a wooden spoon on the yolk. For the sake of aesthetics, lettuce leaves are also used as a decorative base underneath. It is pleasing to the eye and delicious and appetizing.

Li Han tasted it with a small spoon made of shells, and said to Lydia with great satisfaction: "The taste is very delicious, do you want to have one?" ”

Lydia opened her mouth to taste the caviar he had brought to her mouth, nodded her head in satisfaction, and was embarrassed: "It's almost 12 o'clock." ”

Li Han directly ordered: "Give Lydia a portion too, only appetizers, main dishes and soup, and don't want the rest." He smiled and said to Lydia, who was still struggling, "It's okay to eat once in a while, and you don't eat anything at night." He lowered his voice and laughed, "If you're too fat, we can exercise and go to sleep." ”

Lydia glanced at him with a red face, and changed the menu to the waiter waiting on the side: "Don't want the main course, replace it with vegetables." ”

The waiter agreed to place an order, and at the same time removed the silver plate of appetizers that Li Han had already eaten, and served the soup.

It is a French onion soup served with garlic bread. The bread slices are baked until golden brown on both sides, crispy and refreshing. Li Han liked this bread very much, but he didn't love the soup very much, and he didn't like the taste of onions very much.

The third hot appetizer dish is naturally cheese baked snails, fried with butter onions, sweet shallots, herbs, roast sauce, red wine and other seasonings, with a large shelled snail, beautiful shape, rich fragrance, Li Han took a bite of it, squinted his eyes happily, and was almost reluctant to give Lydia a taste. There are only six, which is not enjoyable at all.

The fourth dish is salmon with white wine cream, the salmon is delicate and tender, fried golden brown on both sides, and is delicious with the sweetness of the cream and the mellow flavor of the white wine.

The main dish is the black mushroom foie gras steak, which is poured over the fried sirloin and foie gras with black mushrooms and wine, which is tender and delicious. Sirloin steak is made from the finest Japanese Kobe snowflake beef, and foie gras is imported from Russia, which is large and fat.

The sixth hot dish is the stewed oxtail in red wine, the oxtail is stewed crispy, plus the freshness of the mushrooms and the aroma of red wine, although Li Han is already seven points full, he still barely maintains the table manners and image.

The seventh cold dish is octopus, which tastes average, and Li Han feels that the chef who makes this dish is either not a specialty dish, or his skills are not good, so he can consider dismissing.

The eighth dessert is handmade ice cream, with a delicate taste and moderate sweetness, and Li Han said that he was very satisfied.

Finish with a vegetable salad, just to sweeten your mouth and add a little crude fiber to help your stomach digest.

After eating the last bite, Li Han took a sip of the hot tea sent by the waiter, and touched his stomach with satisfaction: "The food is so refreshing, I haven't tried to eat a full French meal, and I only order three or four dishes every time." If I eat like this every day, I will definitely gain weight at a rate of ten pounds a month. ”

Lydia had just finished eating her three dishes, and when she heard this, she gave him a blank look: "I'm only going to gain a few pounds tonight, and you know how to tempt me." Not only did she eat two more dishes than planned, but she also tasted one bite of each of Li Han's nine dishes, adding up to at least two more dishes, and she didn't dare to think about her weight. (To be continued......)