At six o'clock in the evening, the sky was completely dark, but the lights in the whole Xia family villa were bright, and even the backyard outside was brightly lit, from the window on the second floor to the willow tree on the shore of the lake, there were two colored lanterns entangled in one place, the lanterns were bright and out, this one was extinguished, colorful, and colorful, so that the children present were excited, playing and chasing laughter on the grass in the backyard.

On both sides of the fence in the courtyard on both sides, there are long white maple dining tables that lead all the way down to the water's edge. At first, there were only a few melons and fruits on the table, but the unique aroma of food was already wafting through the air, and Xia Xiaoben's sixteenth birthday celebration was announced after the first flowers rushed into the sky.

Holding the long cutter, Xia Zehan cut the first cut for the special three-tiered tall cake. Xia Zehan, who is over half a hundred years old, is still strong and strong, his hair is neatly groomed, even a few gray hairs faintly flashing on his sideburns will not make him look old, but will add a vicissitudes of temperament.

Invite Yuelou was only established the year before last, and Xia Zehan's three fathers and sons jointly operated, and the business has not improved. It was also that year, the first VCD player Wan Yan brand DVD player swept the country, Wan Yan launched the market at first glance, it detonated the country's family buying boom, and at the same time, major cottage companies also sprung up, soon Wan Yan fell, the original was defeated by plagiarism, and other major cottage companies quickly occupied the market, and since then they have gained a firm foothold. Xia Zehan also saw the business opportunities, and he wanted to get a piece of the pie, but the conditions were not ripe in all aspects. Later, by chance, with the guidance of a friend, he mortgaged the restaurant to the bank for a loan. A contract processing plant was opened. He doesn't make DVD players, he specializes in making accessories for DVD players. Remote control and microphone and so on, two years later. His factory has grown from a dozen people to more than 100 people at the beginning, and now many brands of TVs are processing TV accessories on his behalf.

In the first half of this year, the profit of Xia's factory has exceeded 1.5 million, and the factory has been rotating in the second half of the year, and it is estimated that the profit will be more. Xia Wenxiong's family has shares, of course, Xia Zehan himself has the largest shares, in terms of management, he seems to attach more importance to his second son Xia Wubang, the factory can have today's achievements, Xia Wubang is indispensable. He put Xia Wubang in an important position in foreign business. However, Xia Wenxiong was placed in the personnel and logistics positions in the factory, and at the same time, he was also in charge of the Invitation Moon Tower. Because the business needs to often entertain other company leaders, it is better to spend money in your own home than to earn money for others, and the business of Yueyue Lou has gradually become better, for the results of the first business, Xia Zehan was reluctant to throw it away, so he would not throw it away.

Xia Wenxiong has always thought that his father is partial. If he was asked to do those things, he would be able to do as well as Wu Bang. He was full of admiration and fear for Xia Zehan's feelings, in front of his father. He seemed a little pretentious. Xia Wenxiong even thought about going it alone, but he felt that it was a bit unreasonable to compete with his father for a job.

He needed a chance. A chance to prove yourself. He believed that his bet this time must be not wrong, and as long as he did it, his father would be impressed with him.

Xia Zehan finished cutting the first layer of cake. Divide them in plates and distribute them to everyone present. The second layer of cake was cut by Xia Wenxiong. The third layer was cut by the little birthday star Xia Xiaoben himself. The cake is too big. According to the inability to eat, only a small half of the third layer was cut. Leave the majority on the cake table.

In particular, when three waiters in white uniforms came out with trays and served the first round of crispy and sweet apple pie, almost all of them put down the unfinished cake on the plate and stretched out their noses to smell the aroma.

"This is the first snack - apple pie," Tie Keng, who is both a food server and a commentator, looked in the direction of Xia Xiaoben and said, "I wish our little birthday star a safe, healthy and happy life!" ”

"Brother Xie Lu, Brother Xie Keng!" Seeing the surprised and curious eyes of his classmates, Xia Xiaoben felt full of face, stepped forward happily, picked up the plate with apple pie, put it to his nose and sniffed it, and then exclaimed: "This apple pie is so fragrant!" ”

He raised his head, and his eyes fell on Xia Zehan who was talking to him with his mobile phone in the distance, a smile appeared on his face, and he walked in the direction of Xia Zehan with a plate.

"Grandpa, have you ever eaten this apple pie? You can be safe and healthy after eating. Xia Xiaoben's face was fat, his eyes narrowed into a slit when he smiled, and he respectfully held the white jade plate in both hands, and handed him a fried golden and crispy apple pie.

"Alas, my grandson is so good!" Xia Zehan hung up the phone, turned his head and saw this warm and touching scene, couldn't help but comfort Lao Huai, happily took the plate in his hand, forked the apple pie with the fork in the plate, and carefully put it in his mouth to bite in Xia Xiaoben's expectant gaze.

The entrance is crisp, with a fresh crispy fragrance, the shape is like a spring roll, but it is larger than the spring roll, there is a sweet fragrance of apple in the chewing, the original inside is wrapped with a layer of apple grains, and then take a bite, in addition to the apple flesh, there seems to be a slippery and glutinous jelly block, rich fruity aroma and elegant sweetness, with a layered taste, he has never liked sweets He also greedily ate two more bites.

And everyone present has already picked up their own portion and began to taste the sweet and delicious food.

Xia Wenxiong also chewed the apple pie on the plate carefully, no wonder she wrote about apples when she made the list yesterday, it turned out to be used for this purpose. What kind of head does this little girl have, how can she have so many bizarre ideas, and they are all effective!

He observed the old man's reaction while tasting it, and when Xia Xiaoben presented Xia Zehan with food, Xia Wenxiong nodded secretly in his heart: "Stinky boy, I didn't hurt you in vain!" Knowing that the Tao is critical, I want to add points to your Lao Tzu! ”

The first snack has just been eaten, and the second food has come up again.

"Golden fried chicken wings." Tie Keng sang the name of the dish again, "I wish Xiaoben Dapeng to spread his wings and go straight to the clouds!" ”

This fried chicken wing, Ducky is no stranger, and it is also one of the foods he looks forward to the most. However, the apple pie that had just appeared on the scene also surprised him.

Even the adults, including the children present, were amazed.

The second snack ends. Everyone was waiting for the next dish.

Next came the Peking Chicken Wrap, and then the tempura. Potato croquettes, sweet potatoes baked with creamy eggs, spicy chicken nuggets, fried chicken thighs with pepper, orange sandwiches......

At the end of the day is a dish of pasta, all at the birthday feast. There must be a longevity noodle. However, except for a few adults who have a slightly better appetite, most of the children can't eat it, and they taste a few bites of the last pasta, although they also feel novel and delicious, but their stomachs are already round.

The food was the best and most amazing they had ever tasted in their lives, and many years later they would recall that the best things they had ever eaten in the world were all tasted on this beautiful night on the shores of the Green Lake. After that, even if I ate something else delicious, it couldn't compare to what I ate tonight.

"Mr. Xia, where did you find such a powerful cook?" Someone began to ask Xia Wenxiong, "It's better than the things in KFC, and there are more tricks than them, I'm very interested in him, can you recommend me?" ”

"I'm sorry, I'll miss it first!" Xia Wenxiong couldn't refuse directly, so he had to leave first. It just so happened that Xia Zehan also ended the conversation with the person next to him and walked over to him. The father and son collided in the air, and they both smiled knowingly.

Seeing his father smiling, the big stone hanging in Xia Wenxiong's heart also put it down.

It can be seen that Xia Zehan is very satisfied with tonight's arrangement.

Then he is more sure to let the other party invest. He simply got out of the factory and concentrated on taking care of the catering department.

The children were well fed and drunk, and some wanted to go home early. Xia Wubang and Xia Zehan's driver drove them back separately. For the rest of the people who lived close or wanted to play longer, Xia Xiaoben took them into the house. Turning on the sound equipment in the living room, he began to play the tunes he had been practicing on his guitar for days. The tune is not very skillful. But the classmates still felt that he was very powerful, and he gave a lot of applause to his face, and Xia Xiaoben was indescribably happy in his heart.

Xia Wenxiong originally wanted to take the opportunity to talk to his father about investment, but the latter seemed to be taboo about something, and waved his hand before he could speak, "Let's go inside, it's a little cold to stay outside for a long time." People are old and can't stand the cold! ”

Xia Wenxiong had no choice but to beckon his father and other colleagues to follow him into the house.

After Xia Xiaoben finished playing the guitar, he saw his grandfather come in, and hurriedly threw away the guitar and pulled his grandfather over, making sure to let him sing a song.

Xia Zehan's business is related to audio equipment, and he usually sings karaoke with other colleagues, so he didn't shirk at the moment, smiled and instructed his grandson to give him a certain tune, he cleared his throat and prepared to sing.

Xia Wenxiong stood next to him and listened for a while, coldly guarding against being pulled by someone on his sleeve. When he turned his head to look, he was facing Li Caixia's complaining gaze. The latter snorted at him, pointed in the direction of the kitchen, and gestured to her neck with his hand, meaning that her necklace had been stolen.

Xia Wenxiong suddenly remembered that he had been busy in the kitchen in the future, and he didn't want her to be exposed in front of everyone for the time being, I don't know if she had eaten, she must be tired of making so many things in such a short time, right?

As soon as he thought about it, he ignored Li Caixia and turned around and went in the direction of the kitchen.

Li Caixia snorted from her nose and hurriedly followed.

The kitchen was in shambles, the smell of oil smoke had not yet dissipated, and the waiter who had been busy delivering food was eating pasta around the counter. Future is talking to him in a low voice while watching Tie Keng eat.

Tie Keng chewed the noodles carefully, and listened to the future with a smile, looking at her with a pair of faint and shining eyes, looking satisfied.

Xia Wenxiong coughed.

Everyone in the kitchen turned their heads.

"Zhang Future, come over here!" Xia Wenxiong called her, his face a little strange.

Tie Keng's face was inexplicable, and the future whispered: "I'll go over first, you eat first!" ”

In this way, the future and Sister He were taken upstairs together, just now because of the lack of manpower, Sister He has also been helping, not to mention that she does not dare to run away casually, once she absconds in fear of crime, it is equivalent to not confessing to herself. Besides, she did find that the diamond necklace on the dressing table was missing, so she moved her mind to steal the gemstone necklace. Anyway, there is no doubt that Zhang Future must have stolen the necklace. What's more, Zhang Future's method of drinking to identify the real murderer is not very worried. She thinks she's drinking a decent amount of alcohol. No matter how much it is better than Zhang Future, right? Zhang Future wanted her to carry all the charges down, but there was no door!

"I want to ask again. Who thinks his wife's necklace looks good and plans to borrow it and wear it and then return it? In the study, Xia Wenxiong stroked the small wine bottle he was holding in his hand, and said in a gentle and euphemistic tone as much as possible. I just had two hours to get the necklace back, and as long as I find the lost item, I won't pursue it again. But, unfortunately, my wife has just confirmed that the necklace is still missing. I advise you not to take chances. If we find out, we will not only recover the stolen goods, but also send them to the police station! ”

Xia Wenxiong accentuated his tone, and his gaze at the two of them was as cold as ice. As soon as Sister He touched his eyes, she couldn't help but feel a pang in her heart, quickly retracted her gaze, and glanced at Zhang Future next to her from the corner of her eye. The latter was as upright as a pine, with a frank and upright appearance, Sister He was secretly suspicious in her heart, obviously the other party also had theft. Why is she so calm? What a terrible deep scheming to be able to control your emotions at such a young age!

She's not afraid, so what's so scary about me? Sister He thought so in her heart, and she was a little weak-hearted, and suddenly had confidence again.

Xia Wenxiong's gaze swept over the two of them. Seeing that the two of them were silent, he also knew that no one would take the initiative to turn himself in in this case, so he twisted the caps of the two small wine bottles. Putting the wine bottle on the desk, he turned to stare at the two of them: "This is a 65-degree two-pot head." A bottle of 2 taels, people who don't drink well. Drink one or two will make you dizzy and want to vomit and can't stand, this whole bottle is enough to make you unable to distinguish between the southeast and the northwest, and you will lose your ability to think normally, and you will really vomit the truth after drinking. Well, who will prove their innocence first? ”

Without hesitation, Future stepped forward, grabbed the bottle on the table on his left hand, pointed the bottle to his mouth, and drank it all.

There was a burning sensation in his throat. The young body had not yet been baptized by alcohol, and was still a little uncomfortable with the taste of the spirits, so she choked violently a few times, and her face turned crimson.

She was a little dizzy in her head, but she was familiar with the feeling of drunkenness, and she quickly got under control. Although the body reaction is more obvious, the consciousness remains highly awake.

"Mr. Xia, I didn't steal!" She stumbled on her feet and slammed into the edge of the table, and she quickly reached out to hold on to the table to keep her balance.

Her cheeks were like fire, her eyes were shining, and she smiled and spoke to him with a hint of sexy charm, Xia Wenxiong's heart was inexplicably shocked, and the pure beauty was so seductive when she showed her amorousness!

"Get out of the way, I'll ask her!" Li Caixia saw that she looked like a spring in the future, and suddenly regretted adopting her method. Maybe she deliberately used alcohol to pretend to be crazy to seduce her husband.

What a shame! It's so cheap at a young age!

She pushed Xia Wenxiong away and instructed him to supervise Sister He: "I'll try her, you will try Sister He!" Take Sister He to the guest room over there! ”

Xia Wenxiong glanced at the future, Li Caixia deliberately blocked his divine line in the center, and he had to take Sister He out of the study and go to the guest room first.

"I'll ask you!" She reached out and pushed Miri, who stumbled and almost collapsed, but luckily she grabbed the edge of the table in time. For my sake, I'll put up with you first.

"You stole the necklace, didn't you?" Li Caixia pressed the tape recorder prepared in advance, so as not to admit the murderer after waking up. He pulled another chair over and sat down for a long time. "You deliberately ran into our room to steal?"

"I didn't...... Stealing, not me...... Steal! Future replied to her with a drunken and slurred state.

"Where did you put the stolen things? As long as you say it and I find something, I won't pursue you! ”

"Mrs. Xia, I really didn't steal anything from you. I've never seen any necklaces at all. It was Sister He who took me to your room, I just thought your room was beautiful, I visited it, and I left after not staying long. ”

"Didn't you say my necklace wasn't pretty? If you haven't seen it, why do you say that? ”

"I said it on purpose! That's why you said that because you wronged me! ”

"I have wronged you or not, and I will soon find out. Let me ask you again, how did you meet my family Lao Xia? ”

Well, that's the point of her interrogation!

"I want to set up a company, I want to find someone to invest in ......"

"You want to set up a company?" Li Caixia smiled exaggeratedly, "It's up to you?" Then you deliberately came to seduce our family Lao Xia and wanted him to inject you with money? ”

"Mrs. Xia, you misunderstood, I don't have any appearance, and I don't know how to seduce people, and I already have a boyfriend, and my company has already found start-up capital, because I have done it in KFC before, I heard that Ling Lang is going to hold a birthday party, and today is Mr. Xia wants to hold a chic birthday banquet for Ling Lang, so he specially hired me to be the head chef, and he said that he would pay me."

"How much is he going to pay you?"

"You can ask Mr. Xia about this in person." Future's voice was soft and weak, her eyes were ambiguous, Li Caixia secretly scolded "slut", glad that Xia Wenxiong was not there.

"How old are you and you have a boyfriend?"

"The stupid bird flies first, my own conditions are not good, and when I see a good boy, I take the initiative to pursue Luo!"

"Your boyfriend is also in G City? Did he know that you were eye-to-eye with a man outside? ”

"Mrs. Xia, you are wronging me again!" Future smiled bitterly and looked pitiful. "My boyfriend is also here, he is an employee of the Yueyue Building. He knew Xia Zong earlier than me. ”

"Really? Who is he? I'll go and call him up, and you don't seem to be able to stand. Li Caixia said "kindly".

"Mrs. Xie Lu, Mrs. Xie Xia. His name is Tie Keng, and you can find out if you ask the staff. I don't know if he's still down there, and I just forgot to tell him to wait for myself.

Li Caixia got up and left the room, and in the future took the opportunity to reach out and grab her throat, and spit out the wine she had just drunk and what she had eaten before, although she was confident enough to control the scene, but drinking on an empty stomach was easy to damage her stomach, and she finally lived again, and she couldn't spoil her body at will.

Before she could finish vomiting, the door had been pushed open, and Xia Wenxiong rushed in excitedly: "Okay, Sister He has already admitted that she stole the necklace......" Seeing that Future was vomiting in front of the trash can, he only thought that Future was a reaction after drinking, and hurriedly stepped forward, standing next to her, wanting to reach out to help, and seemed to feel a little inappropriate: "Are you uncomfortable?" Would you like to pour you a glass of water? ”

"No need, thank you!" She wiped the corners of her mouth with the back of her hand, grabbed the leg of her desk with one hand, and staggered to her feet. Xia Wenxiong looked at her as if she was struggling, and tentatively stretched out his hand, trying to hold her.

But at this moment, a scathing female voice said in a weird manner: "Miss Zhang, your boyfriend is here!" ”

But it was Li Caixia who walked in with Tie Keng. (To be continued......)

PS: Masterpiece recommendation: "The Chef is Coming"

Author: Rong Ziruo

Introduction: Food and beautiful men, both hands must be grasped, both hands must be hard.

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