When Du Ruo arrived at the agreed restaurant on time, Lin Weiyi seemed to have been waiting for a long time, and he said to her while flipping through the menu in his hand: "I don't dare to order if you don't come, the French chef here graduated from Le Cordon Bleu in Paris, and has been working as a chef in a two-Michelin-starred restaurant before, you are a blessing." ”

Du Ruo is a carnivore, she has long taken a fancy to tomahawk steak and lobster, and unceremoniously ordered a meal for two, regardless of whether Lin Weiyi, who is skinny like a Dior Homme male model, can hold such a large amount of food. And when Lin Weiyi went to the bathroom, Du Ruo could finally observe this French restaurant hidden in a protected building, with a fire burning in the old-fashioned fireplace, Zhou Xuan's songs playing on the gramophone, and the renovated interior, the whole person seemed to have traveled to another time and space.

Lin Weiyi ordered a bottle of red wine, Du Ruo didn't have any research on wine, but he also knew that the glass of wine in the waiter's hand was worth a lot. The red wine with the steak and the atmosphere of old Shanghai seem to be specially customized to look back on the past.

Seeing that the atmosphere was a little delicate, Du Ruo took the lead in breaking the silence: "Mr. Lin...... Albert, you said you had something to tell me about my grandmother, I don't know what it was about? ”

Lin Weiyi elegantly cut the steak on the plate with a Western knife and fork, and after cutting it, he exchanged his plate with Du Ruo's, and the natural and noble style made Du Ruo a little at a loss. When Du Ruo was flattered and thanked him, Lin Weiyi opened the conversation unhurriedly: "Although I was often sent by my parents to my grandmother's house for winter and summer vacations when I was a child, I have been studying in New York since then, and I only go to see her during the New Year's holidays, so although I often hear my grandmother talk about your grandmother, I never knew that there would be so many stories hidden behind it." ”

As he spoke, he raised the red wine glass in his hand to Du Ruo: "I have the honor to invite you to dinner, I will toast you first." ”

Du Ruo smiled slyly: "You gave me the job I dreamed of, and even your grandmother's relics were brought to me by you, it stands to reason that I should invite you to dinner, and I want you to respect me, how can I afford it." As she spoke, she raised her wine glass and gently clinked glasses with Lin Weiyi, and the glass made a crisp and pleasant sound, like the most perfect soundtrack.

But Du Ruo couldn't help but tease him: "Albert, it's really rare to see such a polite person as you in this era. ”

Lin Weiyi's expression didn't see any change, he took a sip of wine gently, and sighed: "This wine is really good, Miss Du can drink more if she has a good amount of wine." He smiled slightly, and the corners of his eyebrows and eyes showed a bit of childishness at this age: "Since you think I'm too polite and distant, then I'll call you Abby in the future." Sitting in this position as a general manager is like someone reminding you every day, don't look down, the crown will fall. I sat all day long, forgetting what a normal life should be like, and I would like your help in the future. ”

Du Ruo looked at his high-spirited appearance, and only felt that his entire cheeks were slightly hot. She thought that she was not a teenager who was just starting to fall in love, so she was afraid that it was because she had drunk too much wine and the fire was too hot.

Lin Weiyi saw Du Ruo's thoughtful look and said, "I gave you all the letters and items that my grandmother handed over to me before, but I didn't have time to tell you about the past when my grandmother was dying. Last time you said you had been trying to find out your grandmother's stories and put them together in a book, and I thought the stories I knew might help you. ”

Du Ruo's curiosity was completely aroused by him: "Hmm, is it a story that has not been recorded in the diary?" ”

Lin Weiyi sneered: "Isn't part of the diary missing?" Now it doesn't seem that it was inadvertently lost because of displacement, but it seems that it was damaged by your grandmother's own hands for various reasons. ”

Du Ruo was even more dumbfounded: "Why did grandma do this, could it be that she really wanted to play a puzzle game with me, so that it was both Morse code and safe?" Otherwise, I can't think of a reason why she destroyed her diary with her own hands. Maybe he was in too much of a hurry, Du Ruo couldn't help coughing.

Lin Weiyi asked the deceased waiter to pour a glass of warm water for her and said: "In a special era, the deeper the past is buried, the better, otherwise the people who are deeply involved will be crowned with trumped-up charges." I think the part of your grandmother's diary that was lost may have been the part about underground work later. He saw that Du Ruo even lost the brilliance in his eyes because of disappointment, so he comforted her again: "Actually, you don't have to be too disappointed, maybe these diaries have not been destroyed, but have been properly kept." Naturally, your grandmother wants them to see the light of day again when the time is right, so she has set up all kinds of barriers. If you don't dislike it, I can go with you to find out the whereabouts of these diaries. ”

Du Ruo sighed: "I'm still focusing on my work now, I will face a huge challenge after the new employee training, I hope I won't let you down." But what is the unrecorded story you just said? I accidentally interrupted again. ”

Lin Weiyi straightened his sleeves, and the waiter came over at the right time to take away the empty plate in front of him and Du Ruo, saying that the award-winning dessert of the dessert chef would be served later.

Lin Weiyi saw the bright brilliance of the firelight and candlelight in Du Ruo's eyes, so he said: "Grandma and grandma mentioned to me that day that your grandmother is the most admired among her friends. After the end of the war, my grandmother once took Hong Kong to return to China to visit relatives, and when I saw your grandmother, I couldn't recognize the strong woman in front of me wearing a professional suit and full of aura as a former friend. Later, your grandmother mentioned to her that she had written a diary and wanted to publish it when the situation calmed down. It's just that I didn't expect that soon after the civil war broke out, and the publication of the diary became a distant date. My grandmother talked with your grandmother for a long time that day, until the customs bell on the Bund rang twelve o'clock, and because your grandmother insisted on going home, a man drove to pick her up. ”

Du Ruo's eyes widened: "Who is it?" Gu Zuoyan or Cao Yu'an or my grandfather? ”

Lin Weiyi smiled even more mysteriously: "I also asked this at the time, but my grandmother looked like a secret. She said that she knew she was in love when she looked at your grandmother, even though your grandmother told everyone that they were just colleagues. Since she didn't say it, I went to check the information of those people, only to find that whether it was Gu Zuoyan, Cao Yu'an, or even Shi Yizhi, they were all fake names made up by your grandmother, and there was no information about these people at all. ”

Lin Weiyi saw that Du Ruo was speechless by the huge amount of information, so he asked her very thoughtfully: "How are you, the next news will definitely shock you even more, I don't know if you are mentally prepared?" ”