Chapter 7: The Ugly Duckling
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Liu Handong went around to the front of the car, only to see a big man in a suit sitting in the driver's seat, bald sunglasses, a transparent air ear behind the ear, and a cyan shield logo on the collar of the suit.
This pomp, this awesome momentum, in addition to the Qingshi Hi-Tech Security Department, who else can there be.
Liu Handong was excited, he knew that good luck was coming, he hurriedly entered the courtyard, went up to the fourth floor, the door of the current house was open, and he was about to walk in, when the people inside heard the footsteps and came out first.
It was indeed Shu Fan who came back, but Liu Handong almost didn't recognize it.
I haven't seen her in the past two years, Shu Fan has gone from a fourteen-year-old girl to a sixteen-year-old cardamom girl, taller, her skin has turned a healthy wheat color, she wears a pair of glasses on her face, and her mouth has a faint metallic luster.
Liu Handong smiled: "The girl has grown up." β
Shu Fan's eyes turned red, and he smiled, revealing a mouth full of steel wire braces, and then bit his lip tightly to prevent himself from crying.
Because he has changed, his big brother has not changed, his head is short, the clothes on his body are dirty and torn, and stained with blood, he looks like he has just come back from a fight, time has passed, and he has lived abroad for two years in a blink of an eye, the Grand Canyon, Yellowstone, Route 66, Miami Beach, the Empire State Building in New York, and has traveled thousands of rivers and mountains, but he has never forgotten this simple four-story house on Iron Slag Street.
"How did you open the door?" Liu Handong asked.
"I have the key." Shu Fan pulled out a thin necklace made of white gold from his neck, and there was an iron key with a three-ring padlock tied to the chain, which was the key given to them by the charter wife at the beginning, but he didn't expect Shu Fan to keep it to this day.
Facing the girl who had been half a head taller, Liu Handong had a sense of strangeness, he didn't know what to say, Shu Fan didn't speak, he was a little embarrassed for a while, and at this time a person came in outside, wearing a green shirt, a black skirt and black silk, it was She Xiaoqing, the assistant of the Qingshi Hi-Tech President's Office.
"People are here, great, let's go to dinner together, the restaurant has been booked." She Xiaoqing squeezed out a smiling face at Liu Handong as a greeting, and hurriedly went downstairs.
"I don't like her, Aunt Ann's doggy." Shu Fan whispered, "An Xin sent us to spy on us." β
Liu Handong said in his heart that it is right to monitor you, how to call monitoring "us", and said: "I'll change my clothes." β
Shu Fan said: "You change it, I won't peek." β
Liu Handong smiled, this girl is much more cheerful and lively than before, good thing, he changed into a clean shirt and went downstairs with Shu Fan, the little girl had to hold his arm, and she didn't hide twice, so she had to let Shu Fan go downstairs and go out of the courtyard in full view of the neighbors.
She Xiaoqing opened the door of the Audi S8, Shu Fan got in, pointed to the driver's seat and said, "Brother, you come and drive." β
Liu Handong was happy, got into the driver's seat and fastened his seat belt.
She Xiaoqing was a little unhappy and sat in the passenger seat.
Sequoia opened the way in front, and the Audi S8 followed behind, slowly out of Iron Slag Street.
"Where to eat?" Liu Handong asked.
"Maxim Restaurant, the seat has been booked." She Xiaoqing said.
Shu Fan said: "I don't like Western food, I want to eat beef noodles." β
She Xiaoqingqi said: "What beef plate noodles, which restaurant?" β
"It's a construction site in the center of the city, and a shed was built." Shu Fan explained that it was probably the most impressive meal for her, although it was with a group of migrant workers.
She Xiaoqing's face was unbearable: "Xiaofan, you can't treat yourself at the stall at the construction site, it's not hygienic, but also insincere." β
Shu Fan said-for-tat: "I like it, that place has meaning to me, you don't understand." β
"I sue Mr. SΓΉ An." She Xiaoqing picked up her phone.
"Whatever you want, you'll make a small report." Shu Fan didn't care.
She Xiaoqing really called An Xin to report, and after talking about it, she still compromised: "Okay, let's go eat some beef noodles." β
An hour later, two cars arrived at the beef plate noodle stall on the subway construction site in the city, the two years of construction in the river, the subway project is the most huge, built for two years has not been completed, the beef plate noodles are still being sold, there are a few migrant workers sitting under the shed, there are empty bowls in front of them, there is a nine-inch small color TV on the cupboard, playing a variety show without nutrition, everyone is watching it.
Two luxury cars parked next to the stall, four big men came down from the redwoods, Liu Handong saw clearly that in addition to the driver is Chinese, the other three bodyguards turned out to be foreigners, one old and one young two whites, and one is a black man, nearly two meters tall, strong elephant bear.
Shu Fan introduced to him that the older one is Joe, a former White House Secret Service agent who protected Clinton and George W. Bush, and is now retired, and the younger one is Mike, a retired sergeant of the Navy 6 Squad who worked as a patrol officer in Boston, a black man called Tango, a boxer, and once won the Miami boxing heavyweight belt.
These three bodyguards were all hired by Xia Qinghua at a high price to protect her daughter, and Shu Fan's safety in the United States is their responsibility, but American bodyguards may not be easy to use in China, the language is different, and the environment is not the same, just because the contract has not expired, so they followed Shu Fan to China.
As for the one who drove the car, it was Lao Li of the Qingshi Hi-Tech Security Department, a former captain and company commander of the special forces of the Chinese People's Liberation Army.
Liu Handong shook hands with the four bodyguards one by one and greeted them in simple English.
She Xiaoqing walked into the shed and asked the boss to clean up the two tables, be sure to wipe them clean, and then come to six plate noodles, the bowls should be cleaned, the noodles should be cooked, and the tableware should be disinfected.
The guests sat down, but the migrant workers did not leave, but accosted the black tango and asked him if he was an American basketball player, Liu Handong's English has not been rusty for many years, Shu Fan's little girl's English is extremely fluent, acting as a translator to help the two sides communicate, a while of English and a while of Mandarin, and a few words of Omi dialect, I really can't believe that the first time I met her was a language barrier patient.
It doesn't take much effort, the board is on the table, all are clay pots the size of small basins, wide noodles with the thickness of leek leaves, braised eggs and two green vegetables are placed on them, poured with green onions, ginger and garlic, peppercorns, cinnamon, star anise, fennel, cumin, noodle sauce, chili, butter made of marinade, and add an extra twenty yuan of diced beef in each pot, which smells fragrant and looks appetizing.
Lao Li took a box of Coke from the trunk of the Sequoia, the bodyguard and the driver are not allowed to drink, Shu Fan is underage, Liu Handong also has to drive, She Xiaoqing does not drink, everyone eats with Coke, and the food is sweaty, foreigners do not use chopsticks, Lao Li has Western-style tableware in the car, only the old agent Joe can use chopsticks, it is said that he learned it when he accompanied President Clinton to visit China.
When eating noodles, Shu Fan Balabala talked about Liu Handong's glorious deeds, Lao Li smiled silently, Lao Wai showed surprise, She Xiaoqing didn't eat noodles, took a bottle of Coke and turned it in his hand, pouting disdainfully.
After the meal, Tango offered to wrestle with Liu Handong to try his strength, and Liu Handong readily agreed, but seeing that the black man's arms were as thick as buckets, he was afraid that he would not be able to get him.
"Brother, compare with him, don't be afraid of him." Shu Fan fanned the flames, fearing that the world would not be chaotic.
To make room for it, Liu Handong and Tango's right hands clasped together, tested each other, and Lao Li, as the referee, gave an order, and the muscles on the two arms instantly tensed and began to wrestle.
The explosive power of the black man is very strong, Liu Handong felt that a continuous force came, his arm gradually became unbearable, and seeing that his fist was about to be pressed on the table by Tango, Shu Fan suddenly pounced, grabbed Liu Handong's hand with both hands and pulled it back, the little girl's strength was just a drop in the bucket, but it played an unexpected role, Liu Handong regained lost ground by centimeter, and gradually equalized again.
A layer of sweat oozes from Tango's forehead, he doesn't want to let go of water and humble, sell the favor of the employer, but the strength of the other party is indeed not to be underestimated, and the stamina is endless, probably this is the "internal strength" of the Chinese, and his heart is weak, and his strength cannot keep up, and he is knocked down by Liu Handong.
"Ah! Win! Shu Fan jumped up, the wire band in his mouth shining.
Tango shrugged, shook hands with Liu Handong, and stretched out his thumb to praise him.
Liu Handong saw that this black buddy looked casual, but half of his arm was numb, and it was estimated that he would have to rub some safflower oil when he went back.
After eating, it's time to leave, Mike said that this kind of big bowl of noodles is very artistic, please She Xiaoqing and the boss to discuss, buy one back as a handicraft, the boss heard that foreign friends like their own rice bowls, said that they gave it away for free, no money, but wanted to invite basketball stars to take a photo with themselves, so they took what they needed, and they were all happy.
It was still early, Shu Fan said to find a place to sit and sit, She Xiaoqing immediately looked vigilant, for fear that this girl would have another moth and go to some strange place, what made her relieved was that Shu Fan chose an ordinary cafΓ© on the edge of the Huaijiang River this time.
The bodyguards didn't follow in to drink coffee together, only She Xiaoqing accompanied him, Shu Fan talked a lot about things in the United States, and every sentence ended with "It's a pity that you're not there".
"How many days will you come back this time?" Liu Handong asked her.
"Don't go, study at the High School Affiliated to Jiang University." Shu Fan said.
"Oh, Jiangda High School is a key middle school in the province, and it is difficult to get in." Liu Handong said.
She Xiaoqing interjected with a sneer: "We have a word from Mr. An." β
Neither of them paid attention to her, and Shu Fan said, "Brother, how are you and the sister who drives the bus?" β
Liu Handong was stunned, this girl actually remembered Ma Ling, and she could think of falling in love, she was really a little ghost.
"It's good, it's dating, but I don't have the money to buy a house and get married."
"House, my family has an empty house, first lend it to you to live, and then you look at the right location, I asked my father to buy the land for you to build a villa."
Liu Handong was stunned when he heard this, and directly bought land to build a villa, or used it to give favors, what a lot of financial resources.
Before he could finish digesting this sentence, Shu Fan said again: "Brother, you still ride a motorcycle, how inconvenient it is to rain and snow, how about you see that S8, do you like it?" β