Weekend, Minamihara-ku, Tokai City.

Nanyuan District is one of the five districts of Donghai City, located in the south of the central area, and is the district with the strongest cultural atmosphere in the whole Donghai City.

The old houses and streets here are well preserved, and there are many Jiangnan-style gardens and monuments, all of which were left by high-ranking officials, literati and wealthy merchants of previous dynasties.

Therefore, many film and television companies, entertainment companies, and bookstores also like to set up their headquarters in this district to be elegant.

The coffee shop that Lu Fan and Tao Xueran agreed to go to is located in an old street here.

Tao Xueran sent an invitation to Lu Fan in the classroom before, and after thinking about it, he still came.

This time he came to the female ghost café, and he had no reason to refuse.

Today, Tao Xueran did not take a private car, and the two of them took the subway to their destination.

She once said on the subway that Pei Yu, the personal butler, insisted on driving her and Lu Fan over, but she refused.

Lu Fan smacked his lips at that time, Miss Xindao, is this going to experience the life of ordinary people?

The two walked out of the subway station for a while, and then they arrived in front of this small shop called "Love Café".

Lu Fan looked up, and the decoration of this store was bright and bright in the surrounding old-fashioned buildings, with a maverick youthful atmosphere.

Looking closely at the façade, he felt that this shop was a little familiar, as if he had seen it somewhere.

After recalling it for a while, I finally remembered it-

This "Love Café" has appeared in a youth idol TV series before.

Because his sister Futaba has to sit on the sofa every night to watch that TV series, so over time he also has a deep impression of this coffee shop in the TV series.

The two pushed open the antique wooden door and entered the store, and found that many of the seats inside were already occupied by some couples.

When many of the boys among those guests saw Tao Xueran, their eyes immediately couldn't leave, as if they had seen a real Allure beauty for the first time since they were born for so long.

Tao Xueran is wearing a plain off-the-shoulder dress today, with smooth fragrant shoulders and exposed white legs, a pair of small white leather shoes on her feet, a long black straight hairstyle, and a white hairpin, which looks full of innocence, and it is no wonder that many passers-by and boys are stunned.

When their female companion saw this scene, her face instantly pursed and became a bun face.

The good-tempered female companion covered her face and coquettishly there, and the bad-tempered one directly greeted her boyfriend with a big-eared scraper.

Lu Fan and Tao Xueran found a corner by the window and sat down in the eyes of all kinds of envy and jealousy from everyone.

He sighed, he was almost used to this kind of thing, when he took the subway just now, from entering the station to leaving the station, the eyes of passers-by almost never stopped.

Tao Xueran picked up the menu and said, "Let's experience the service and the taste of coffee in this shop first, and then talk to the boss." ”

"Oh, good." Lu Fan nodded thoughtlessly and agreed, anyway, the whole process will be arranged by Xue Ran today.

He looked at the walls around the storefront and spotted a large poster.

This poster is the character poster of the recently hit youth idol drama.

The poster shows a young man and woman drinking coffee at this coffee shop.

In the lower right corner, there is also the signature of Ou Yiqing, a famous movie star in Donghai City, who plays the female role.

What surprised Lu Fan even more was that the name of the film and television producer was also printed on the poster: Qingsong Film and Television Company.

Huh? This...... Could it be ......

Tao Xueran also followed his gaze and said casually: "Oh, this drama was filmed by a film and television company invested by Qingsong Group, I have met Ou Yiqing a few times, she also went to my house to play, she is a big beauty." ”

Lu Fan sighed, and said in his heart, the evil capitalist Bai Fumei social circle.

"Thanks to the people from Qingsong Film and Television Company in the middle, it is possible for us to hire the barista here today." Tao Xueran sniffed the aroma of coffee.

"Thank you, Xue Ran, for being so concerned about the matter of the female ghost café." Lu Fan sighed.

Tao Xueran smiled and shook her head:

"Obviously, I should thank you, if you weren't willing to come forward, I'm afraid the Qingsong faction has been suppressed by the dragon faction and can't hold its head up anymore.

Moreover, I also frightened you and Xu Yuanyuan in the Green Pine Mall before, and I couldn't help it......"

"Oh, that's nothing." Lu Fan waved his hand, "I'm also embarrassed to get the security guard of your mall on the big chandelier." ”

"Poof." Tao Xueran covered her mouth and smiled, "You don't know how strange my father's face is when he hears about this." ”

Then she sighed: "There are some negligent second ancestors in our family who have brought their conduct to the shopping mall they run.

As a result, the upper beam is not right and the lower beam is crooked, and a small security team wants to do whatever they want, and I have quarreled with my father several times for this kind of thing. ”

Lu Fan also deeply understood at this time why the relationship between Tao Xueran and Tao Qingsong was so discordant.

For a girl of her age, it is still too early to adapt to all kinds of intrigue and ruthless management tricks.

At this time, a mature and steady woman's voice came from a distance: "I really envy you, it looks like Qingqing and mine, what a match!" ”

"Sister Liu, you're making fun of me again." Tao Xueran saw the person coming, and immediately snorted angrily, but her face turned red unconsciously.

After the two girls said hello, Tao Xueran turned to Lu Fan and said, "Let me introduce you, this is the chief barista in the store, Sister Liu." Because of the cooperation between several film and television companies, we are now good friends. ”

"Hello Sister Liu." Lu Fan nodded, observing the other party by the way.

The woman looked about twenty-seven or eighteen, with a delicate face, wearing a tight black shirt and trousers, and a green barista apron around her chest.

"Brother really knows how to be polite, how long have you been dating Xue Ran?" Sister Liu winked at Lu Fan.

"Sister Liu!" Tao Xueran interrupted the other party, with a helpless look mixed with shyness.

"Okay, okay, I won't tease you, our Miss Xueran is still so easy to be shy. But don't blame my sister, I remind you that the boy with such a thin skin and a careful favorite was abducted by other girls. ”

After a bit of banter, everyone started talking about business.

After Tao Xueran explained her intentions, Sister Liu taught her some coffee shop management skills, as well as the history of coffee, grinding technology, etc., as well as some common knowledge of baristas.

Lu Fan listened to these words as if he were listening to a book from heaven.

He thinks that coffee should be enjoyed by the current charge, petty bourgeoisie, and literary and artistic youth, and he, a former middle and second otaku, really can't taste the charm.

However, Tao Xueran listened very carefully, and from time to time recorded some experiences in the small notebook he carried with him.

He held his chin and listened to the girls chatting about coffee while looking out the window at the street scene.

Unlike the fast-paced life in other districts of Donghai City, the old streets of Nanyuan District are very sparsely populated, and everyone walks slowly on the road, and it seems that life is very leisurely and comfortable.

An old man who was walking with a cat swayed into Lu Fan's field of vision.

The old man and another grandmother, who was also holding a cat, met each other, and the two of them started talking on the spot, and it seemed that they should be familiar neighbors.

The owners were chatting, and the two cats were not idle, their little heads were together, and they seemed to be chatting too.

Then chatting and chatting, the cat that the old man was holding forcibly climbed onto the back of the other cat and began to do piston movement......

"Poof-" Seeing this scene, Lu Fan squirted out the coffee in his mouth.

The two old men chatted for a while before they realized that the egg hurt, and the old man took a lot of effort to drag his cat away, and the cat was still very unhappy, and rolled desperately on the ground.

Then the old man kept bowing and apologizing, and the old woman waved her hand in embarrassment, as if to say that it was okay.

After observing the street scene for a while, Lu Fan couldn't help but yawn-

Today's Tokai City seems to be very peaceful.

Just as he was thinking this, a sharp and piercing voice suddenly came from the ceiling directly above the café:

"Buzz buzz buzz!"

As soon as Lu Fan heard this timbre, he guessed what was coming out - a high-power electric drill for decoration.

This cacophony of noise made the customers in the store look up one after another.

The conversation between Sister Liu and Tao Xueran was also interrupted by the sound of an electric drill.

"I'm so sorry, ladies and gentlemen. The upstairs is being renovated these days, so there is the sound of electric drills.

Obviously they have been asked to decorate at night, I didn't expect it to be like this, in short, please forgive me, we will go upstairs to complain. ”

Sister Liu smiled bitterly and bowed to the guests to apologize, and then handed out coffee vouchers from table to table, which was considered an apology.

Lu Fan sighed while watching Sister Liu bend down and bow, it seems that it is not easy to do any business.

Fortunately, the noise disappeared after a short while, and the guests received the coffee vouchers, calmed down, and didn't take it seriously, and continued to do what they should do.

After a few more minutes, just as Lu Fan was about to turn his head to look at the cat on the street again, there was another noise overhead-

"Buzz buzz buzz! Buzzing! Buzz! ”

Well, this time it's longer than the previous noise, and it has its own rhythm and rhyme.

The sound of the electric drill made everyone in the store feel like their heads were being packed in a closed container, constantly being squeezed and deformed......

The guests put down their coffee cups and muttered discontentedly.

Then, a man in a cloak suddenly stood up from his seat.

The man was about forty years old, with a stubble face, dull eyes, and a very sloppy and depressed look.

His appearance aroused Lu Fan's vigilance.

The reason naturally came from the cloak, the middle-aged man looked relatively thin, but he wore such a wide and heavy cloak, as if there was something hidden under it.

And this cloak looks very familiar in terms of color and material - the same style that Absolute Zero and Mrs. Chainsaw wore before.

Lu Fan's expression froze, he glanced at Tao Xueran, and whispered: "There is something wrong with this middle-aged guest, I think he is in the same group as the person who attacked the pedestrian street of Qingsong Mall before." ”

Tao Xueran also looked serious after hearing this: "Are you sure?" ”

Lu Fan nodded, no matter how bad his memory is, he will not be wrong after experiencing so many battles with Tielong Technology.

Tao Xueran took out her mobile phone to send a text message while looking at the building outside the window.

"When Dad was discussing things with Uncle Pei in the office, I overheard something.

Recently, the Qunlong Group and Prince Khalifa from the Middle East have been very close, and in order to let the prince buy the things of Tielong Technology, they seem to be conducting some equipment experiments in Donghai City.

If that's the case, the people of Tielong Technology should be watching all this nearby. ”

"No, no, instead of caring about this, let's remind everyone to evacuate first, right?"

As soon as Lu Fan finished speaking, he saw the man in the cloak stand up and muttered in a deep voice: "Lao Tzu...... Father...... Lao Tzu ......"

The guests looked at him in bewilderment.

His voice suddenly increased, and he shouted hysterically:

"Lao Tzu hates electric drills the most!"