Chapter 61: The Old Foreign Devil and His Daughter (Seeking Follow-up)
Central, a French restaurant.
Two European-style four-wheeled carriages stopped in front of the restaurant, and Hua XII and his half-race disciple Williamson came out of the restaurant to greet the guests.
Four white bodyguards got off the first carriage and protected the carriage behind.
Out of the second carriage was a tall, middle-aged white man in a gown.
The white man smiled and nodded when he saw Williamson, turned around and stretched out his right hand, and a beautiful Chinese girl in the carriage stepped down from the carriage with his hand.
At this time, Williamson stepped forward and bowed slightly: "Good evening, Uncle May, Miss Legina." ”
This middle-aged white man is the guest that Hua XII wants to invite today, 'Francis Henry May', the Hong Kong Island Police Division of this world, which is also the head of the Hong Kong Island Police Force, Mei SIR.
Before Hua Twelve entered the mission world, he had learned about the information of the world he was in around 1900, and there was also this Mei SIR in reality, this person was amazing, and later became the governor of Hong Kong, and he was also the only Hong Kong governor on Hong Kong Island who had been the head of the police force, and he was a real golden thigh.
Francis Henry May smiled: "Hey, Serena William, I haven't seen you for a few years, you've grown so big!" ”
The Chinese girl also gave Williamson a noble salute: "Hello, Williamson! ”
Williamson opened his body sideways, revealing Hua Twelve behind him, and introduced the two of them:
"Uncle Mei, this is my master Shen Chongyang, and the person who invited you to the banquet today!"
Then Williamson said to Hua Twelve: "Master, I don't need to introduce this one more, the beautiful young lady next to me is Uncle May's daughter, Regina!" ”
"Hello Mr. May!"
Hua Twelve stepped forward, he did not bow to the foreigner, but used the handshake that has become popular now.
Seeing this, the two white bodyguards immediately stepped forward to block it, and Francis Henry May only glanced at Hua Twelve, and did not mean to shake hands with him at all, but said lightly:
"My daughter played tennis with her friend for half a day today, I believe she is hungry now, let's go in and talk about something!"
"Daddy!"
Legina was a little embarrassed when her father told the two young men that she was hungry, and with a shy expression on her face, she shook Francis Henry May's arm in disagreement.
This Lizhen Nahua Twelve looks familiar, it seems to be the daughter of the high-ranking official in the 'Plan A sequel', and now that she is right, it should be Mei SIL's daughter.
People didn't shake hands with him, Hua Twelve was not embarrassed at all, and stretched out his hand and made a gesture of please:
"Mr. May, Miss Regina, please come inside!"
He had a smile on his face, but scolded in his heart: "This old foreign devil! ”
Francis Henry May let his daughter hold him and walked straight into the restaurant, unlike this arrogant and rude foreign devil, his daughter nodded apologetically to Hua Twelve before entering the restaurant.
Instead of following up the restaurant, four white bodyguards stayed outside to guard the carriage.
When the father and daughter walked into the dining room, Hua Twelve whispered to Williamson:
"How can this foreign devil have a Chinese daughter?"
Williamson listened with a black line:
"Master, I'm a mixed-race child, did you consider my feelings when you call a foreign devil?"
Hua Twelve sneered: "We are our own people, can the master say you, I said Lao Mei!" ”
Williamson shook his head with a wry smile and explained:
"Lizhena is in the same situation, we are all mixed-race, but she looks like her mother, she has no white features, and she grew up on Hong Kong Island, you can see her as Chinese!"
Hua Twelve nodded and entered the dining room with Williamson.
Williamson had already ordered the food, and when everyone was seated, the restaurant manager began to direct the waiters to serve the food, the aperitif was French sparkling wine, that is, champagne, the appetizer was French fried foie gras, and the main course was chicken stew in red wine.
One by one the delicacies are served on the table, so that the guests and hosts are very appetizing.
Francis Henry May and Williamson talked and laughed, but they didn't pay much attention to Hua Twelve, who paid for the treat.
Interestingly, Hua Twelve ignored him and tasted the delicious ingredients of this era by himself.
Li Zhenna was only a little apologetic for her father's arrogance at first, so she kept an eye on Hua Twelve, but she found that the other party didn't seem to care about her father's rudeness, nor did she care about her somewhat embarrassing situation.
It's not the kind that doesn't care because it's flattering, but the kind that doesn't care at all.
And after Hua Twelve became rich in the last world, others invited him to eat Western food, which is not a skill, so the memory is intact and preserved, so the etiquette of eating French food is very standardized, and it seems that he was born with an aristocratic temperament.
If she didn't look at her looks, she would have suspected that this was a noble son of a European royal family.
This made her, who had heard about the other party's background from her father in advance, feel very interesting and strange.
So she decided to do Hua Twelve a small favor, and immediately approached her father and whispered, "Daddy, I think out of politeness, you should ask Mr. Shen about the purpose of inviting you to dinner, right?" ”
After Francis Henry May ate, he wiped the corners of his mouth with a napkin, and then said to Hua Twelve:
"Shen Chongyang, right, since it was Serena Williamson who brought you to me, I'll give him a face and tell your purpose!"
Hua Twelve also put down the tableware, and after wiping his mouth with a napkin, he said with a smile:
"MEI SIR, I BELIEVE YOU MUST HAVE INVESTIGATED MY BACKGROUND BEFORE, I STILL TALK ABOUT YOUR SUBORDINATES, IS IT A CHINESE PATROL OFFICER IN THE CENTRAL DISTRICT, OR A THREE-IN-A-ROW CHAMPION OF THE POLICE COMPETITION, I HEARD THAT THE POLICE ACADEMY INTENDS TO CARRY OUT A COMBAT COURSE, I THINK ABOUT THE COMBAT COURSE, I SHOULD BE ABLE TO BE COMPETENT FOR THE DUTIES OF AN INSTRUCTOR."
There was a smile on Francis Henry May's lips, but not a smile, but a contemptuous mockery that felt funny.
"Shen Chongyang, I know you!"
"I also know that you recently opened a martial arts gym and made a lot of trouble, and the Flower Planter Times of your Chinese newspaper commented that you were grandstanding!"
"As your commander, I hope you can abide by the discipline of the police force and don't do so much even in your spare time!"
"As for the instructor of the Police Academy, Assistant Qi of the Police Department has recommended Officer Hong Tianci, who has returned from training at Scotland Yard, to serve as the instructor, I believe that the boxing he learned in our empire is much more useful than your grandstanding skills!"
As I said before, the assistant in the Hong Kong Island Police Force means supervision, and there are three Chinese assistants in the current police force, two of the land police are Qi and Smith, and one of the marine police is Ma Rulong's top boss and Shi is the assistant.
The reason why Hua Twelve coveted the position of martial arts instructor in the police academy was because the instructor's rank was probationary assistant, and it was not surprising that the promotion assistant was a certainty, as long as he could become a combat instructor in the police academy, it would definitely be a shortcut to his career in the police force.
Hearing Francis Henry May's refusal, Hua Twelve was not surprised, but what made him frown a little was that the other party's attitude towards him did not seem to be friendly.
The corners of his mouth lifted slightly, revealing a hint of a smile:
"MEI SIR, DON'T BE BUSY REFUSING FIRST, WHAT KIND OF BOXING YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT, I THINK IT IS DEFINITELY NOT COMPARABLE TO OUR CHINESE MARTIAL ARTS, AND I BELIEVE THAT IN THIS WORLD, EVERYTHING HAS ITS PRICE, INCLUDING THIS INSTRUCTOR POSITION, ARE YOU RIGHT?"
Just kidding, the foreign devils in this era are almost robbing the money, not to mention the police force, that is, many positions in the municipal department are clearly marked with prices these years, and Williamson found Francis Henry May, the head of the police force, just to spend some money in one step and save the trouble of promotion layer by layer.
Sure enough, Francis Henry May saw that he knew the rules, and an imperceptible smile appeared on his originally arrogant face.
Unexpectedly, Regina, who was originally a little interested in Hua Twelve, showed a disgusted expression at this time, and said to Francis Henry May on the side:
"Daddy, I'm a little tired, let's go now!"
Francis Henry May shrugged at Williamson: "I'm sorry, I'm going to send my daughter back, as for this matter, I'm sorry I've promised my assistant Qi, so let's stop here!" ”
As he spoke, he got up and nodded to Hua Twelve and Williamson, and pulled his daughter out of the door.
Williamson got up to see off the guests, Hua Twelve sat in place and did not mean to send off the guests, but continued to eat, this meal is worth a lot of money, it is all his hard-earned money, don't eat for nothing, as for the instructor's matter, he doesn't want to think about it anymore, looking at the attitude of the old foreign devil, it is obvious that others have also spent money, and it is good to think of other ways to go back.
Williamson sent Francis Henry May and his daughter out of the door, and when the two got into the carriage, he turned back and apologized to Hua XII:
"I'm sorry, Master, I didn't expect Uncle Mei to bring Legina here, she doesn't like this kind of benefit transaction the most!"
Hua Twelve shook his head indifferently: "It's okay, this way is not passable, there is another way, come and eat!" ”
As he spoke, he snapped his fingers at the waiter and ordered two lobsters and one for each apprentice.
Bah, Bah, Bah.....
There was a dense gunfire outside the restaurant, Hua XII and Williamson turned their heads to look, through the glass of the restaurant, just saw two carriages outside that had just turned around, because of the gunshot, several horses had been killed and turned to the ground, and even the carriages were taken down.
Francis Henry May, two of May's four bodyguards had collapsed in pools of blood.
The two remaining bodyguards, while firing guns, desperately pulled Francis Henry May out of the carriage and re-entered the restaurant.
Francis Henry May shouted, "Lijana, my Lijana is still outside!" ”