A game within a game
No matter what the old man said about his 100th birthday, the old man kept emphasizing that everything should be simple, and said that he was an old man, who would come to such a boring banquet. Mengli had no choice but to follow the old man's wishes and book a box at the Crescent Hotel.
"I haven't seen the Huo family girl and the boy of the Xie family for a long time, except for your friends, please invite them too!" Old Man Meng looked at Mengli's busy figure, his eyes were deep, and he remembered what happened to Mengli when he was a child.
Now that so many years have passed, the girl is now slim, and her old bones are about to turn into a handful of loess, it's a pity! I'm afraid I won't be able to stay with the girl for long...... A trace of sadness overflowed the cloudy eyes.
"Oh, got it!" Mengli, who was counting the congratulatory gifts, hurriedly took the time to reply, but never looked back.
Years later, she thought, if she had looked back then, she probably wouldn't have been so remorseful.
Crescent Hotel, private room.
"Grandpa Meng, I wish you happiness like the East China Sea, and longevity is better than Nanshan~" Huo Xiuxiu is still generous and sensible.
"The Huo family girl is beautiful again, unlike the stinky girl in my family, who is becoming more and more uncute." Old Man Meng sat on the main seat, smiling kindly, and symbolically pursed his lips when he talked about Mengli.
"Grandpa, I just walked away for a while, and you said me again?" The door of the box was opened, and Mengli walked in with a resentful face.
"Is there one? You heard it wrong! Old Man Meng pretended to be at a loss, and then asked, "When will your friends arrive?" β
"They called just now, they should be almost there," Mengli replied seriously, then knocked on her head, as if remembering something, and looked at Xiuxiu, "Xiuxiu, where is Lord Hua'er?" Why didn't I see him? β
"Answering the phone outside!" Xie Yuchen pushed the door in and said hello to the old man Dream on the main seat.
"Then why didn't I see it?" After staying in the submarine tomb for a long time, Mengli's brain seems to be in the water.
"I'm in the lobby, you're outside the box, can you see it?" Xie Yuchen expressed dislike for Mengli.
"Yes, yes?" Mengli scratched her head in embarrassment.
"It's getting stupid!" Xie Yuchen said in disgust.
Old Man Meng and Xiuxiu snickered on the side, which made Mengli even more embarrassed.
"Knock knock," a knock on the door eased Mengli's embarrassment.
The door of the box was opened, Wu Xie walked in, and when he saw the old man on the main seat, he instantly became submissive. The fat man also changed his hippie smile from the past today, and he was very serious. The little brother is still like that, cold and indifferent.
"Grandpa, they are my friends, naΓ―ve, fat, and little brother." As he spoke, Mengli walked up to Wu Xie and patted him on the shoulder, signaling him not to be restrained.
"Eh, Grandpa Meng is good! I am Wu Xie, the Wu of Koutian Wu. Wu Xie was very shy, but he deliberately emphasized his surname, as if he was afraid that the old man would think that his name was "innocent".
Old Man Meng looked at Wu Xie and nodded: "Wu family boy!" The name 'Innocence' is quite suitable for you. β
"Hello old man, I'm Wang Yueban, you can just call me fat." The fat man scratched his head stiffly, the old man of the dream family was once a surprising figure on the road, and he must be serious and respectful.
"Good!" Old Man Meng nodded with a smile, and then turned his gaze to the young man who had been silent since he entered the box.
That kind of indifferent temperament made the old man nod appreciatively, but the aura around him and the deep and waveless eyes made the old man frown. Such an aura...... Reminds him of someone.
Seeing that the atmosphere was not right, the fat man hurriedly spoke: "Don't be surprised, old man, my friend doesn't like to talk, and he doesn't deal with people much, so he just stuffs the bottle!" β
"Hmmm! Sit it all! The old man said in a deep voice, removing the thoughts from his eyes.
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A few young people, of course, except for the little brother, coaxed the old man very happily.
"Wu family boy, do you have someone you like?" The old man asked suddenly.
Mengli "groaned" in her heart, the old man was going to do something again.
Xiuxiu and Hua Erye glanced at each other, and they both saw the helplessness in each other's eyes.
"Also...... Not yet," although he didn't know why the old man suddenly asked this, Wu Xie still responded politely.
"What do you think of my girl?" The old man happily began to dig a pit for Wu Xie.
"Grandpa," Mengli frowned slightly, wanting to answer for Wu Xie, "Wu Xie ...... him"
"I didn't ask you!" The old man said angrily.
Mengli pursed her lips and didn't speak, the old man was a little grumpy today.
The fat man suddenly realized, and said in his heart, naΓ―ve comrade, don't dig the corner of the little brother! Then he glanced at the little brother next to him, scared! The face doesn't change color, it's amazing! Thinking about it again, the little brother has nothing to do with Mengli, it seems that he has been thinking crookedly.
"Wu family boy, you say!"
"Dream glass? She's so good! Awesome! Wu Xie innocently praised and jumped into the pit like this.
"Look at your ......"
"Grandpa, I'm still young, can we stop talking about this matter for now?" Mengli is embarrassed and helpless, she is only twenty-two this year, and she has already been urged to marry......
Who would have thought that the old man was angry, and the sound of the crutch hitting the floor hit people's hearts: "What do you know?!" Ahemβ"
"Grandpa......"
"Shut up! Ahem......"
"Grandpa Meng," Xiuxiu, who was sitting next to the old man, patted him on the back worriedly and calmed him down, "You dissipate your anger first, don't be angry and hurt your body." β
Mengli pursed her lips and was silent, looking at the old man worriedly, I don't know why, since she came back from Xisha, she felt that the old man was a little weird, and she always felt that the old man's body was not as good as before.
Before she could think about it, Xie Yuchen whispered to her, "Mengli, you send Wu Xie and them back first!" It's okay to take them around Beijing, and here is me and Xiuxiu. β
Mengli glanced at the old man who was still angry, was silent for a while, and nodded: "Help me persuade grandpa, and- thank you!" β
"Well, go ahead!"
After Mengli left, Xiuxiu's voice was a little sobbed: "Grandpa Meng, you are not in good health, and Liuli has long been independent, don't worry too much about her, if you ......" She didn't dare to continue.
"That girl has no heart and no lungs, I don't want to check for her anymore, she will be abducted sooner or later! Ahem......"
"Grandpa Meng, there are still us over there in Mengli, don't worry too much. The most important thing now is your body," Xie Yuchen comforted.
After being silent for a long time, the old man finally sighed silently.
Outside the Crescent Hotel.
"Girl, are you alright?" Seeing that Mengli's expression was a little wrong, the fat man asked worriedly.
"It's okay......"
"Less in charge!" Nan Feng hurried over.
"Hmmm! Next, he will take you around Beijing, and if you have anything to buy, it will be recorded in my account, which can be regarded as my landlord's friendship as a host," Mengli turned to the fat man and said, "I still have something to do, so I can't accompany you." β
"Don't worry, girl! How can I say that I am also from Beijing, even if I don't have this brother, I can take them all over Beijing! β
Mengli's gaze swept over the little brother and Wu Xie, and finally landed on the fat man.
The little brother is running around, there is a courtyard house in Beijing, which is half a Beijinger, Wu Xie is from Hangzhou, she really forgot, the fat man is an authentic Beijinger.
Retracting her gaze, Mengli nodded: "That's good, I'll go first." β
Mengli's back gradually drifted away, and the fat man was about to pry the little brother to follow, but found that the little brother was gone: "Hey! Where did the little brother go? β
Wu Xie pursed his mouth and said, "It's gone." β
The fat man was busy looking, and the little brother was walking in the direction that Mengli left, yes! Another worry in vain!
Then the fat man hugged Nan Feng's shoulders with a pair of brothers: "Brother, my fat man loves to make friends the most, let's make friends!" What's your name? β
Looking at the fat man's self-cooked appearance, Wu Xie was a little speechless.
"Nanfeng." Nan Feng replied nonchalantly.
The fat man's expression froze a little, he opened his mouth, and then asked with a hippie smile: "Why did you let you take us to Beijing when you are not in charge?" There's a lot of sarcasm in it.
"Do you know who I am?" Nan Feng glanced at him and asked without a clue.
"Nan Fengbei!" The fat man replied unconcernedly.
"The east and west, the north and the south, the maple of the maple." Nan Feng said lightly.
"......" The fat man's expression froze instantly, and then he jumped out of the distance in fright, pointing at Nan Feng dumbfounded, "I-rely on it!" β
"What's wrong?" Wu Xie was not only confused when he heard it, but he was also startled by the fat man.
"Do you know who he is?" The fat man pulled Wu Xie's arm, looking excited.
"Nan Feng!" Wu Xie was the same as the fat man's answer just now, obviously he hadn't figured out the situation yet.
"He's a dreamer heavyweight! How can a girl be overkill?! The fat man exclaimed, and then looked at Nan Feng with a gossipy face, "Did you offend you for being in charge?" β
The corners of Nan Feng's mouth twitched, and he said helplessly: "I want to know too." Then the topic changed, "Beijing, where to go?" β
Wu Xie: "Antique Street." β
Fat Man: "Glass Pavilion." β
"Where exactly?" Nan Feng looked at the two of them.
"Of course it's Liuli Pavilion," the fat man said first, and covered Wu Xie's mouth to block his next words, "Naive, if you don't go to the Mengjia Antique Shop, it will be a big loss!" β
Wu Xie was a little hesitant, but he was also curious why the fat man was looking forward to the Dream Family Antique Shop.
As if seeing Wu Xie's doubts, the fat man said in surprise: "Isn't it, naΓ―ve? Haven't you heard a saying in the world of antiques? β
"W-What?" Wu Xie scratched his head in embarrassment.
"When you come to Beijing City, you don't have to participate in the auction of the Crescent Moon Hotel, but you have to go to the Liuli Pavilion of the Dream Family, otherwise you will come to Beijing in vain!" Saying this, the fat man put his hand on Wu Xie's shoulder, "Let's go, a fat man will take you to a long time today." β
Nan Feng, who was ignored on the side: "......"
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Later, Nan Feng learned why the young master asked him to take Wu Xie and them to Beijing......