Chapter 31: A Chance Encounter in the Street
"Yes! The outside world is really exciting, Chu Ning, I think we shouldn't always lock ourselves in the classroom, so we will lose a lot of beautiful opportunities to contact with the outside world, and it will also leave a lot of regrets in our lives. Xiang Meichen also sighed.
"I think the outside world is very exciting, but sometimes thinking about it also contains a lot of helplessness." Chu Ning said a little dazed.
"Why do you become a little sad when you mention this?" Xiang Meichen looked at Chu Ning Dao curiously.
"Sometimes I think about it, from our birth to our background, leaving our hometown, away from our parents, to working, getting married, and even having children in the future, everything seems to be a natural success, but we always feel that every step we take, every person who is deeply involved in it, must have all kinds of helplessness."
"Chu Ning, why do you want to go so far! What about those who are still far from us? Now at most, it's just the background you said is leaving home, away from your parents, although there are often worries, but sometimes worrying is not necessarily a good thing. ”
"Probably! However, the strong concern can sometimes hurt the spleen and stomach. Chu Ning suddenly lowered his eyes.
"Chu Ning, I find that you are particularly prone to sentimentality sometimes, isn't it true that everyone who studies classical music is like this? Actually, I just want to say that we should have more contact with the outside world, otherwise we will only know how to read dead books all day long, and we will always be like a frog at the bottom of a well. ”
"But now that we are away from home and away from our relatives, we can be regarded as contact with the outside world!"
"That's different, you see we lock ourselves in school all day, sometimes we don't come out a few times a month, even if we come out, we just buy some daily necessities in the supermarket at the school gate, it's just isolated from the world!"
"But I don't think so, you see, our school is so big, there are teachers, there are school staff, there are so many classmates, we have to contact so many people every day, I think we have been very integrated with the world?"
"Oh my God, I'm almost defeated by your closed mind, okay, let's not talk about this anymore, let's find a place to solve my stomach first."
"Chu Ning, let's meet again!" When the two were holding each other, a black Bentley passed by, then stopped not far in front of them, and then slowly fell to their side, the window glass was rolled down at the same time, Fang Weinan looked at the two shadows, and a strange light flashed in his eyes inadvertently.
"Mr. Fang, such a coincidence!" Due to the rudeness of the first meeting, Chu Ning was a little restrained, and she looked at Fang Weinan Dao stubbornly. This time, she restrained her mind and didn't dare to think nonsense.
"Mr. Fang? Could it be that you are Virgin's brother? I'm Virgin's classmate and roommate Xiang Meichen. Xiang Meichen greeted Fang Weinan easily.
"Hello Xiang! I've heard Virgin mention you. If it's convenient, I'll give you a ride? ”
"Don't bother Mr. Fang, we're just going to have dinner." Chu Ning replied with some uneasiness.
"Oh! It just so happens that I'm getting ready to go to dinner, so why don't we go together! I had a treat, which was kind of an apology for the first meeting. Fang Weinan said with rare patience.
"Mr. Fang, thank you in advance!" Xiang Meichen said excitedly.
"Meichen, it's not good! Are we not familiar with him? Chu Ning said into Xiang Meichen's ear. She always felt a little awkward eating with someone she didn't know.
"It's okay! Aren't you classmates with Virgin? It's not too much for my classmate's brother to invite you to a meal, right? Fang Weinan seemed to see the reason for Chu Ning's hesitation, and the smile on the corner of his mouth gradually expanded.
"Yes! Mr. Fang said so, since he is so sincere, are you embarrassed to refuse? Xiang Meichen also said.
"Okay then--, well!" Chu Ning looked at Xiang Meichen's face with excitement, and couldn't bear to brush her mind, so she had to nod.
Fang Weinan drove the car to a private dining room with a sign that read 'Hua's Private Restaurant', and the environment around the restaurant and inside the restaurant was very quiet and elegant. Chu Ning and Xiang Meichen were attracted by the scenery here as soon as they got out of the car, and they chose a relatively secluded corner and sat down.
"Mr. Fang, good evening to the two classmates, what would you like to eat?" As soon as he sat down, the eye-catching waiter handed over the menu in time and asked politely.
"Bring us three cups of jasmine tea first! Unsweetened! Fang Weinan instructed the waiter, and then without asking the opinions of the two girls, he skillfully instructed the waiter on the menu.
Maybe the children of rich families are so conceited! Never asks for other people's opinions, Chu Ning thought.
The dish was finally ordered, and the waiter respectfully took the menu and left.
"Mr. Fang, you must be here often, right? I think the waiters here all respect you. After the waiter left, Xiang Meichen asked.
"I only occasionally accompany my friends to sit down, but the cuisine here is more elegant, and the food is planted by the owner himself, so it is safe to eat, so there are a lot of customers who come here."
"Wow! It turns out that you are so exquisite when you eat! Xiang Meichen sighed.
"Is it all open for Chinese food? When I came in, I saw that there seemed to be several floors here. Chu Ning asked curiously.
"He only has a soft spot for Chinese food, but it's still a great place to relax, with guest rooms and a KTV room on it."
"Then this shopkeeper must have spent a lot of energy." Chu Ning looked at the surrounding environment again, and said sincerely.
"Indeed, he has been in business for many years to have his current scale, if there is a chance in the future, I will take you and Virgin to visit here!" Fang Weinan nodded and said again.
"Wow! Wow! Chu Ning, we will definitely talk to Virgin tomorrow, and we will come here whenever we have the opportunity. Xiang Meichen took Chu Ning's hand and said excitedly.
"Nan Shao, what kind of wind blew you here?" Chu Ning was about to speak, when he saw a burly, tall middle-aged man walking over.
"Uncle Hua! Long time no see! Fang Weinan replied lightly.
"Yes! You have rarely come to Uncle Hua recently, and of course you rarely see each other. ”
After the middle-aged man finished speaking, he looked at Chu Ning and Xiang Meichen, and when he saw the school uniforms and school emblems on them, he bowed slightly, and said with a smile:
"The two classmates are from the same school as Miss Virgin, so they must know her too, right?"
"Uncle Hua, hello! Not only are we classmates with Virgin, we also share a dormitory! I happened to go out for dinner today and met Mr. Fang on the way. Xiang Meichen replied happily.
"That's great, I'll come to Uncle Hua for dinner in the future, it's better to bring Miss Virgin, I haven't seen her for a long time." When Uncle Hua mentioned Fang Weizhen, he immediately became excited like a child.
"Okay, thank you, Uncle Hua." Xiang Meichen was also infected by Uncle Hua's cheerful atmosphere.
"Then whatever you want to eat, just ask, wait for Uncle Hua to prepare a few new dishes in the kitchen for you to taste." After Uncle Hua finished speaking, he said to Fang Weinan:
"Nan Shao, have you been busy lately?"
"Recently, I have a project in hand, so I rarely come out." Fang Weinan casually lit a cigarette, took a puff, and after seeing Chu Ning and Ji Meichen sitting opposite, he extinguished the cigarette a little apologetically.
"I see! By the way, is there a waiter coming? Uncle Hua was about to get angry at a waiter not far away.
"The food has been ordered, and they are very attentive." Fang Weinan owed a debt and said to Uncle Hua.
Unexpectedly, Fang Weinan, who has always been indifferent and almost arrogant, would come forward to help a waiter who had nothing to do with him to relieve the siege, Chu Ning seemed to see another side of this rich kid.
"Then you wait a while, I'll go to the kitchen and tell me to hurry up and serve the food."
Before Uncle Hua left, he pointed to a corner on the second floor, Fang Weinan looked in the direction that Uncle Hua was pointing, then nodded quietly, and then turned back to Chu Ning and Xiang Meichen and said casually:
"It must be strange to look at your expressions, Uncle Hua is the owner of this restaurant, named Hua Zhong, who used to be one of my father's drivers and bodyguards, once retired due to an accident injury, and later opened this good-scale restaurant with the funding of my father."
"Oh! I'm still wondering how much he respects you. Xiang Meichen said with relief.
"This is just the light of my old man, 'Haotian Pavilion' can be said to be a cuisine specially formulated for my father's taste, and the only criterion for Uncle Hua to hire a chef is that it must meet my father's taste." Fang Weinan laughed self-deprecatingly.
"I didn't expect this Hua boss to be so affectionate." Chu Ning couldn't help but have some respect for Hua Zhonglai.
"All along, the people around the old man have been more loyal to him."
While talking, the waiter has already begun to serve the food, and the three of them are chatting while eating, and the atmosphere seems to be very harmonious.
At this time, a group of people walked down the stairs on the second floor, led by a man in his fifties, in good spirits, who looked very majestic from his expression, followed by four bodyguard-like retinues, all in black suits, white shirts, and dark red ties.
Not long after this person walked down the stairs, Hua Zhong ran over from the direction of the kitchen and respectfully said to the man who came down the stairs:
"Fang Dong, have you eaten well? Do you need a break in the lounge? ”
"Hmm! No, it looks like you're doing a good business today, so go greet the other guests! I still have something to go first. The man who was called Fang Dong by Hua Zhonggong said.
"Then you're welcome next time!" Hua Zhong said.
"Hmm!" Fang Dong waved his hand, and was about to walk forward, seeing Hua Zhong's face a little hesitant.
"Ah Zhong, are you okay?"
"Fang Dong--" Hua Zhong looked at Fang Weinan's direction, and Fang Dong said: "Nan Shao is also dining with friends in the restaurant now, and he is under the pillar in the West District, do you need to go and say hello?" ”
"Really? Let me see. Fang Dong looked in the direction Hua Zhong was pointing and saw his son Fang Weinan's back facing him for dinner, and directly opposite him sat two young girls who looked like students, who looked like they were about twenty years old at most.