Chapter 22: Hanlin Annex
In the blink of an eye, Mr. Su has been back in Los Angeles for half a month, and tomorrow is Su Xiaoxiao's 22nd birthday.
High-ranking officials and dignitaries throughout Los Angeles, including the top executives of companies that have a cooperative relationship with the Su Group, received invitations from the Su family. In short, almost everyone is looking forward to and speculating about who Miss Su is as a fairy, who can be protected impenetrable in the past 22 years.
And Su Xiaoxiao, the protagonist of the banquet, still lives a leisurely and comfortable life in the past half a month, in addition to reading books and chatting with Jiang Lianyi in a daze every day, there is one more activity, that is, to accompany Mr. Su, to play chess, grow flowers, play golf, and live a lyrical and comfortable life!
Even the night before the banquet, she was still the same as usual, she didn't see any unhappiness or nervousness, and after playing chess with Su Tingxiao, she went back to her room to sleep.
All kinds of performances have surprised and gratified everyone. In the past four years, Su Xiaoxiao has really sharpened her temperament when she is outside alone, no longer as willful and noisy as a child, and knows how to focus on the overall situation.
The next morning, Su Xiaoxiao got up early and walked into the restaurant to find that Qin Yitian was already sitting there, with an empty bowl in front of him and a cup of coffee with only one-third left.
Su Xiaoxiao pulled out the chair opposite and sat down, and said gently: "Brother Qin, morning." ”
"Miss, morning." Qin Yitian looked at her thoughtfully and replied.
After Daisy saw Su Xiaoxiao sit down, she put breakfast in front of her, and then put away the empty bowl.
After Qin Yitian finished drinking the rest of the coffee, he raised his eyes, looked at the woman who was drinking porridge with her head down, and slowly spoke: "The banquet is arranged in the Hanlin Courtyard, after you finish breakfast, I will take you over to prepare first, and the guests will start to enter the venue at four o'clock in the afternoon." You just do it like you used to have a birthday party, and you don't need to do anything special. ”
Qin Yitian paused, and his tone turned to a softer and softer whisper: "Don't worry, with me and Su Ming here, nothing will happen to you." ”
Although the explanation is secret, no one dares to break ground on the head of the Su family, but the mall is like a battlefield, and there are many people who are dissatisfied with the Su family, only Su Ming used to be, and it is difficult for others to hurt him in the slightest if they want to move. Now that people know about Su Xiaoxiao's existence, it is inevitable that there will be people with bad intentions to fight Su Xiaoxiao's idea, and Qin Yitian can't be worried at all.
Su Xiaoxiao still didn't reply, still drinking porridge quietly.
At the end, Qin Yitian remembered one more thing and continued: "I will try to be by your side at night, but after all, there are still many partners of the Su clan who participated, and I was worried that I would be forced to leave, so I called Mu Chenlang to accompany you." ”
Hearing Mu Chenlang's name, Su Xiaoxiao finally reacted, and raised her head with a golden light in her eyes: "Will Mu Chenlang's kid come?" ”
"Hmm. You probably haven't seen him in over five years, he just returned to Los Angeles the other day, and he hasn't had time to tell you yet. Seeing that Su Xiaoxiao finally took care of him, Qin Yitian finally breathed a sigh of relief in his heart.
Mu Chenlang, the brother of Qin Yitian and Su Ming, claims to be Su Xiaoxiao's brother-in-law, but in fact, Su Xiaoxiao has been a sworn enemy since he was a child. Five years ago, I returned to China for further study, and then Su Xiaoxiao went to Qingcheng, so I haven't contacted him again.
Su Xiaoxiao knew that Mu Chenlang was coming, and her mood looked much better. After eating breakfast, he simply freshened up, and then followed Qin Yitian out of the door.
They chose the Continental in the garage, and Su Xiaoxiao originally wanted to drive a Maybach, but because many media knew that most of the Su family's models were Maybachs, it was safer to choose something else.
It takes about an hour to drive from Arashien to Hallym Villain. Su Xiaoxiao sat quietly in the co-pilot all the way to sleep, and when she woke up and opened her eyes, she found that the car had been parked at the back door of the Hanlin Courtyard.
Su Xiaoxiao straightened her slightly messy hair, then pushed open the door and got out of the car, and followed Qin Yitian into the courtyard with small steps.
Hallym Villain is a large clubhouse consisting of three parts:
The front yard is a three-storey villa design, there is a chain of curved stairs from the first floor to the third floor, more than half of the area is hollow ceiling, with European style as the main body, the whole yard is based on off-white, and then matched with golden ceiling lighting, luxurious but not extravagant;
The middle courtyard is composed of several connected one-story buildings, from the outside, most of them are glass as the main body of the wall, with dark floor-to-ceiling curtains, and you can clearly see some high-end sofas placed in each house when you look inside, the design style is mainly black and white, low-key, it is not difficult to see that this courtyard is mainly used for meetings and negotiations.
The backyard is a four-storey villa, the decoration design is mainly Chinese, the carved double door of the original color of mahogany directly highlights the extraordinary status of the owner, the whole house is the top mahogany configuration, the side of the living room is a bookcase with a top, the bookshelf is airtight books, silently revealing the extraordinary temperament and cultivation of the owner.
There is a small stream in the middle of the front, middle and back yards, and a small gravel road bridges several houses, interspersed with several low rockeries in the middle, which looks like a small park as a whole, and there are even many ornamental fish in the stream.
This club is where Su's grandfather lived before his death, and the old man went abroad to Los Angeles when he was young, started from scratch, and broke out step by step, so that the Su family developed from a dilapidated small grass house to a Su Group with a head and face in Los Angeles. The Hanlin Villa is a "pension" place that Su Lao bought for himself after his abdication, and he spent almost the rest of his life here.
After Su Lao died, the front yard and the middle courtyard of the club became the first choice for Su to hold banquets and negotiations. As for the backyard, most of the time it is not allowed to be entered, only when Su Tingxiao returns to Los Angeles, he occasionally comes here to live for a few days to remember Su Lao.
The place where Su Xiaoxiao stood at this time was another entrance to the backyard, which was a place that only the Su family knew.
Qin Yitian walked to the gate before stopping, and looked back at Su Xiaoxiao, who was stepping on the stone steps on the ground, slowly jumping forward step by step, and drew a beautiful arc at the corner of his mouth. When she finally jumped to the door, Qin Yitian spread out his palm and handed her a small key made of gold: "Su Ming asked me to give you the key, he and Uncle Su didn't come over so early." ”
Su Xiaoxiao looked at the small and delicate key, raised her hands, and took it very solemnly. This is something that belongs to grandpa, and Su Xiaoxiao suddenly felt a sense of longing in her heart.
Although her grandfather passed away before she became sensible, Su's father and Su's mother would always tell her how her grandfather doted on her when he was alive, so in Su Xiaoxiao's subconscious, she was still full of love for this grandfather!
She slowly put the key into the hole, then turned it, and only to hear a "click" and the door opened!