Chapter 965

"Please rest assured that I will act cautiously in the face of the current situation near the port."

Zhou Wenhao said the last sentence, then pressed the phone, took a deep breath, slowly leaned his back against the chair, raised his head and stared at the ceiling for a while. His still young cheek revealed deep fatigue and anxiety.

The knock on the door suddenly sounded. Zhou Wenhao instantly regained his positive face and said in a deep voice, "come in."

Qiao Xue pushed the door and entered: "director Zhou, Li Qing and Lin Qiuqiu have brought them. They are changing clothes downstairs. They are expected to arrive at the restaurant in 20 minutes."

"Well, I'll be there in thirty minutes."

"OK, I'll go down to pick them up now." Qiao Xue turned and was about to leave. Zhou Wenhao suddenly shouted, "wait."

"Hmm?" Qiao Xue turned around and looked at Zhou Wenhao. "What's the matter? You don't look well."

Zhou Wenhao suddenly sneered, raised his hand and rubbed his temple: "the situation near Hong Kong is too complex. It is submissive and considerate. On the one hand, he wants to eliminate the chaos in Hong Kong, on the other hand, he wants to pursue stability. It is difficult to measure it in a medium scale."

"It's hard to have both." Qiao Xue took a step forward and closed the door behind her. She leaned gently against the door and stared at Zhou Wenhao quietly, "what are you worried about?"

Zhou Wenhao hesitated for a moment: "Xiaoxue, do you think... I mean if..."

"To benefit the life and death of the country, don't avoid it because of misfortunes and blessings." Qiao Xue said coldly, "Wenhao, it's a great responsibility for this person."

"I understand." Zhou Wenhao nodded gently.

"Don't worry, I'll accompany you." Qiao Xue said softly. "I'm going to take Li Qing and Lin Qiuqiu to the restaurant now. You can adjust your mood and go over again. Don't show this mood in front of them. The port supervision office must not be afraid of others, not to mention the person you face is Li Qing."

The palm tightened slowly. Zhou Wenhao was silent for a moment and nodded: "HMM."

"I've passed." the voice fell. Qiao Xue opened the door and went out.

Qiao Xue's mind may not be as good as Zhou Wenhao, but it comes from a woman's natural and pure nature, but her heart is far more firm than the latter. Clattering footsteps sounded in the corridor. Qiao Xue took a deep breath and a touch of sadness filled his cheeks.

But the look soon dissipated. She had gone downstairs to the door. Qiao Xue waited quietly outside the door. She seemed to fall into some kind of meditation and let the time pass by.

The delicate cheek slowly showed a smile. Qiao Xue's beautiful eyes gently swept on the wrist watch, raised her jade finger and tapped on the door: "Master Li, Miss Lin, are you ready?"

A few seconds later, the door opened, and Li Qing, dressed in a black evening dress, appeared at the door with a slightly embarrassed smile: "Sheriff Qiao, since it's a private banquet, is the clothes you prepared for us too formal?"

"Compared with what we're going to talk about tonight, it's not at all." Qiao Xue looked at Li Qing up and down and nodded with satisfaction. "Unexpectedly, when we're ready, please invite Miss Lin out. Let's go upstairs."

"OK." Li Qing answered and stretched out her hand to hold Lin Qiuqiu, who was also wearing a formal dress. The two followed Qiao Xue and walked upstairs through the corridor.

Li Qing and Lin Qiuqiu look at each other quietly. They both don't know why.

It was quiet all around. Li Qing glanced at the end of the empty corridor, smiled and said, "are we the only guests tonight?"

"That's right." Qiao Xue nodded, "so you two should know how much director Zhou attaches to you."

"Director Zhou doesn't know whether we pay attention to him or not." Li Qing said with a touch of mockery, "it's clear that he wants us to pay enough attention to him."

Qiao Xue turned her head, glanced at Li Qing, pursed her mouth, and didn't speak.

The whole villa is empty. Li Qing has never seen a fourth figure except his three people all the way. After staying upstairs, he walked out of a spacious restaurant. The candles on the table were burning quietly, and the atmosphere was quite good with ethereal music.

Qiao Xue made a gesture of invitation at the door: "please wait a moment, two. Director Zhou will arrive in ten minutes."

Li Qing and Lin Qiuqiu sit down safely. Qiao Xue rings the bell, and a servant rushes out and begins to place knives, forks and pre dinner fruits. The plates are exquisite, just like handicrafts.

"Our director Zhou is from the north and prefers to eat northern food. But considering the high style of Mr. Li and Miss Lin, we must prefer western food, so we specially invited the chef to give you a dinner."

"OK, then wait." Li Qing leaned back comfortably in his chair, narrowed his eyes and looked at the time, "ten minutes, right?"

Qiao Xue said with a smile: "there should be no problem, but director Zhou has been very busy recently..."

Lin Qiuqiu covered her mouth and smiled.

Qiao Xue's face changed slightly: "Miss Lin, what are you laughing at?"

"It seems that director Zhou has a request from the Li family today." Lin Qiuqiu whispered, "even if he has a request from others, it doesn't need to be so obvious."

Qiao Xue was embarrassed when she heard Lin Qiuqiu's words. But Li Qing suddenly became interested and couldn't help leaning over: "Qiuqiu, how do you know?"

Lin Qiuqiu smiled: "These are all common tricks. Asking guests to wait for ten minutes is nothing more than grinding people's patience. There is a kind of heat in this period. If the time is too short, it will not make a difference. If the time is too long, it will give people a sense of laziness. Director Zhou played such a trick on us today, which is a little childish. If he doesn't ask for help, why should we be afraid of being small to him The heart of seeing. "

This remark made Qiao Xue's pretty face suddenly green and white. She couldn't help laughing: "I've heard that Miss Lin is sophisticated and good at business war, but director Zhou is different from those crafty mall people after all. It's better not to speculate at will."

His eyes were very calm, but Lin Qiuqiu's words were sharp: "as I expected, when director Zhou arrived, he must have been busy with business recently and rarely talked about old-fashioned words. If he answered the phone and fell a cup, it would be more like."

Qiao Xue did not smile, but walked out a few steps and gave a low order to a servant: "go and inform director Zhou and let him come quickly."

After the explanation, Qiao Xue turned into the restaurant, pulled a chair and sat down.

Li Qing tapped the table with his finger and asked, "Sheriff Joe, can I ask you more, what are you going to do with Nick?"

"Although Nick is a foreigner, if the crime of malicious injury is implemented, he will naturally be severely punished in accordance with the law of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region."

Li Qing shrugged: "what's the difference between saying this and not saying it?"

Qiao Xue asked with a smile, "I have adhered to the principle of justice and replied to master Li according to formal procedures, but you are not satisfied. Then master Li might as well say first, how can I answer to make you satisfied?"

Li Qing's face suddenly sank and stared at Qiao Xue closely: "I need police superintendent Qiao to give an accurate answer."

"Then I roughly understand the meaning of Mr. Li." Qiao Xue raised her jade hand and knocked on her smooth forehead, "but I'm sorry, such incidents need to be ruled by the director of the port supervision department. I don't have direct authority. I'd better wait a moment and ask director Zhou."

Li Qing knew that further communication was in vain, so he simply stopped talking. Several people waited three or four minutes before Zhou Wenhao came late.

"Sorry, sorry." Zhou Wenhao waved to several people in the restaurant. "Recently, business is busy and time is too tight. It's rare to have a chat with you two."

Lin Qiuqiu glanced at Qiao Xue without trace. The latter quickly staggered her eyes.

The servant opened the master's seat. Zhou Wenhao looked around the house for a week, and then fell on Li Qing: "I'm really sorry to invite Li's master to come so late."

Li Qing replied meaningfully, "it doesn't hurt to know that director Zhou has done a lot of things recently."

Zhou Wenhao was about to speak again, but Qiao Xue said, "serve first. Director Zhou specially told me to invite the top chef from Lanhai restaurant. You two must taste it."

"Oh?" Li Qing gently picked at the tip of her eyebrows. "The cook in Lanhai restaurant? It's a little interesting."

"Yes." Zhou Wenhao nodded again and again. "It is often said that the western food of Lanhai restaurant in the north of Hong Kong is well-known. It's lucky to have a taste today."

The atmosphere was finally gradually harmonious. Qiao Xue patted her palm and said with a smile, "please introduce the dishes to chef deletti."

Li Qing applauded with a smile on her face. Suddenly, she turned her head, but found that Lin Qiuqiu nearby frowned slightly.

"What's the matter?" Li Qing moved his mouth.

Lin Qiuqiu closed her mouth slightly and shook her head gently, but her look added a bit of embarrassment.

With a few people's sparse applause, a blonde middle-aged Western man walked out slowly and bowed politely.

"Hello, everyone, I'm today's chef, deletti, a first-class chef from Lanhai restaurant..." the man's Mandarin is not very fluent, but his pronunciation is very clear. He just straightened up and glanced around the table, but his face was suddenly stiff.

"Li... Mr. Li, Miss Lin." deletti twitched at the corners of his mouth, then opened his mouth, but he couldn't spit out half a word for a long time.

Li Qing couldn't help wondering, "do you know me?"

Zhou Wenhao clapped his hands and said with a smile, "Master Li is famous in Lingang. I'm afraid it's hard to know him."

"No, you misunderstood." deletti said with some embarrassment, "I used to be a special cook in the Li family residence. Later, I was fired by Miss Lin because of my poor cooking. In Chinese words, I was fired by Miss Lin."

As soon as deletti said this, the atmosphere of the whole room fell into freezing point. Li Qing took a hard blow from the corner of her mouth, which suddenly understood why Lin Qiuqiu looked so embarrassed just now.

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