CH 55.1

Xu Cinian took a deep breath, reheat the oil pot, bowed his head and began to cut vegetables seriously.

Luo Xiaomao was directly anxious when he saw this look, and went up to pull his arm, “Cinian what are you doing, hurry up and think of a way!” Xu Jianguo wished you had died sooner, and now he knows that you are still alive and well? Oops, how do you look like a piece of wood, but to say a word!”

Xu Cinian put down the kitchen knife in his hand, put the neatly cut bamboo shoot slices into the water and blanched it, smiled and shook his head, “What’s there to say?” He was nothing more than a blood stranger to me, what was there to be afraid of?”

“But what did he do to you back then, have you forgotten?” Now that you have blatantly dug into the corner of the Xu Group, doesn’t he hate you even more?”

The more Luo Xiaomao thought about it, the more anxious he became, he copied his hand and turned around in the same place, patted his head, and said, “Otherwise, he has not yet entered the door, we took the opportunity to quickly close the hotel, just say that the boss has an emergency to suspend business today, so he can’t always be cheeky and go inside, right?”

Thinking of this idea, Luo Xiaomao’s eyes lit up, rolled up his sleeves and prepared to let the waiter at the door close the door, only to be pulled by Xu Cinian at once, crying and laughing, “You don’t have to make a bad idea, Xu Jianguo has come to the door, if I close the door at this time, won’t I be afraid of him?” Besides, when I open a restaurant, I naturally have to open the door to welcome guests, for a Xu Jianguo to lock the door, can the business still be done?”

“So what the hell do you think?” He must not be well-intentioned this time, so you are ready to tie your hands here?”

Xu Cinian raised the corners of his mouth expressionlessly, poured the fried bamboo shoots into the hot red oil spicy, and “stabbed” a sound, just like his determination at the moment.

“He’s not the leader of the country, and I have to open the door to meet him when he comes?” After all, he is an ordinary old man, we should do business as we want, soldiers will come to cover the water, I have nothing to be afraid of.”

Luo Xiaomao looked at him calmly and relaxedly, and it was not good to say anything for a while, so he looked at Xu Cinian worriedly, turned and walked out of the kitchen.

Xu Cinian stared at the back of his departure, put down the frying pan in his hand, and after thinking about it, dialed Uncle Zhong’s phone number.

At this time, outside the gate of the Zhao family’s private restaurant, Xu Jianguo came down from the black car, was blown by the biting cold wind and could not control the cough, Zhang Bo hurriedly supported him, “Lord, your body is already like this, why do you have to run this trip yourself?” If there is something to do, just send someone to do it, let’s go home, okay?”

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Xu Jianguo waved his hand, looking up at the simple and vigorous sign in front of him, as well as the red lantern and lion stone at the door, and for a moment there was a feeling of being in a trance.

He remembers that when he was young, the Xu family had not yet started, and when the old man set up a food stall on the side of the road every day, he often told himself that if he had money in the future, he must open an antique small restaurant in the city center, the door face should not be too big, but it must be hung with red lanterns and stone lions, so that it is the most authentic Chinese restaurant.

This wish was said from when he was young, and later he has been talking to Xu Cinian for many years, but in the end he has not been able to realize his wish.

But now this restaurant in front of him, as if it was destined to be in the dark, was built in full accordance with the wishes of the old man before he was born, which made Xu Jianguo suddenly remember the past and want to go in to find out.

“Help me in and get someone to find a good seat… Cough…… Cough cough… I’m not going to leave when I come here today.”

“But the doctor said you’d better stay in bed now.”

“Zhang Bo, your nonsense is really getting more and more, why don’t you decide this Xu family?”

Xu Jianguo glanced at him coldly, and Zhang Bo immediately silenced him and did not dare to speak again, put away his black umbrella and helped him into the restaurant.

“Welcome, snack or dinner?” Dressed in a horse’s coat at the door, a waiter dressed as a shop boy greeted him with a smile.

Xu Jianguo glanced at him and slowly walked inside, as if he didn’t listen to the waiter’s words at all.

The waiter was a little confused for a moment, but looking at the pomp and circumstance of the old man in front of him, he also guessed that he was a big person, and his face was not annoyed, but he still smiled and giggled, “How many gentlemen?” If mr. likes to be lively, sit in the lobby, where there will be kung fu tea performances and some old opera singing sections, which you should like.”

Xu Jianguo stopped and looked at him dismissively, “I have eaten so many restaurants, but this is the first time I have seen you so fond of the waiter who likes to come up with ideas, is it you coming to dinner or I come to eat, where do I want to sit or do I want you to specify?”

The waiter froze, then smiled and nodded, “Sorry sir, I’m talking too much, I’ll show you wherever you like.”

“No, find me a private room.”

“That… Our private room has been booked today, do you see if it is…”

Xu Jianguo sneered, looked at the whole restaurant, stared at the advertising picture of “Zhao Family Banquet” posted on the wall, and said, “Your restaurant is really small, not even enough for a private room.”

The waiter has never seen such a difficult person’s master, which is like coming to dinner, it is clear that he is looking for stubble, right? Just when he wanted to return to his mouth, Xu Cinian’s voice came from the microphone at the neckline, “Xiao Wang, do as he says, vacate a private room for him.”

The waiter did not know why, but he still took Xu Jianguo to the private room against the wall according to the owner’s will.

Xu Jianguo sneered enough, and did not say anything more, and after sitting down, he did not even look at the menu, and directly said, “I heard that cough… Your ‘Zhao Family Banquet’ here is very famous, more delicious than Xu’s restaurant?”

The waiter did not know his identity, with a smiley face nodded, “Who is better than whom to eat this is not accurate, after all, Xu has not been able to do it, there is no comparison we are not good at bragging, but our cook’s craftsmanship is absolutely not said, do you want to order a ‘Zhao Family Feast’ to try first?”

Xu Jianguo’s face immediately became very ugly, and after pouring a few sips of tea, he asked with a gloomy face, “It is better not to say too early, just order this Zhao family banquet you said first.” By the way, is your boss from Yamashiro?”

The waiter didn’t understand what the old man was asking for, and shook his head as he wrote the list, “No, our boss is a local.”

“Not from Yamashiro?”

Xu Jianguo frowned, is this shop not related to Zhao Lan at all? But what happened when Zhao Jiayan suddenly appeared in S City?

He was confused, and asked a few more questions, the waiter did not know all three questions, he did not have the interest to continue to ask, closed his eyes and leaned back on the chair to wait for the dish, but his heart inexplicably began to go up and down.

Zhang Bo next to him helped him fill the tea at this time, and waited for the waiter to leave before he whispered, “Master, just now the little young master called to say that he has arrived in South Korea and will undergo plastic surgery in a few days, so don’t worry about him.”

Xu Jianguo was originally in a bad mood, and now when he heard the news of Xu Xinnian, his brow wrinkled even tighter, he laughed and said, “He will be sentimental, I gave him money to let him go to a foreign country for plastic surgery, I don’t want him to lose the face of the Xu family, when the time comes to talk about business, see his half-dead look, scared to death, where is the time to cooperate with the Xu family?”

Zhang Bo didn’t have much to say, and hesitated for a moment before slowly speaking, “Master… Are you really going to leave the Xu family to the little young master to take care of again? The way he is now, he has caused so much trouble to the company, are you really at ease?”

Xu Jianguo revealed a scheming smile and coughed for a while before saying, “Give the Xu family to him?” Oh, you think I’ll still believe in that beast? His current scandal is so fierce, if Xu Jianguo does not make some expressions, it is equivalent to exposing his backbone to others, but it is to give him food to eat, I can’t afford to lose the face of the Xu family for this.”

“What’s more, the company has pressed several five-star hotel projects in its hands, all of which are rotten projects, smashed in the hands are doomed to lose money, I now directly assign these projects to Xu Xinnian, which is equivalent to throwing a big burden.” He now independently set up a company with a bunch of accounts owed by the Xu family, which means that he has nothing to do with the Xu family. At that time, if he loses everything, it will be his own doing, and then I can use this excuse to completely drive him out of the Xu family’s gate.”

Zhang Bo was shocked by Xu Jianguo’s calculations, cunning, his back was cold, and it took half a day to hold out a sentence, “But… What if the little young master made money from this newly established new company?”

Xu Jianguo sneered, took a sip of tea, “That’s better, everyone is happy.” He can help the Xu family get out of the crisis, I naturally still have to recognize his son, but if he can’t do this, the reporter will no longer be able to talk nonsense, after all, I am a father, open a new company for my son, and give him money for plastic surgery, what does his own indispute have to do with me Xu Jianguo?”

Zhang Bo suddenly realized at this time, and suddenly he was a little afraid of Xu Jianguo in front of him.

He always thought that Xu Jianguo was willing to take Xu Xinnian home that day, because he still remembered a flesh and blood family affection, but he did not expect that Xu Jianguo wanted to kill two birds with one stone, and wanted to hold his own face, and then threw the mess of the Xu family to Xu Xinnian, and then no matter what the result was, he could enjoy it, it was cold-blooded and ruthless to the extreme.

There was no more talk between the master and the servant, and at this time, the “Zhao Family Banquet” was also ready to be brought in.

“Sir, the dishes you ordered are bamboo shoot simmered duck, hibiscus pig’s trotter pot, pickled pepper silver carp head, three-flavor folded ear root, sour and spicy fern root pink oil meat copy, eat it slowly.”

The waiter put six dishes on the table, introduced them one by one, and after each dish named, Xu Jianguo’s face turned white, and when the waiter finished introducing and leaving, his hands were trembling.

This…… It was really exactly the same as what Zhao Lan did back then! Even the way of plating and the habit of decorating bamboo leaves were exactly the same, if he hadn’t known that his wife was dead, he really thought he had returned to more than ten years ago, when he first ate the Zhao family banquet.

As soon as he got excited, he kept coughing, and his face covered with age spots immediately turned bruised, and he reached out to cover his chest, and his frightened fingertips were trembling, completely missing the old scheming appearance he had just had.

“What’s wrong with you, sir?” Where are you uncomfortable? Zhang Bo was frightened by his hesitant look, and subconsciously wanted to help him out of here.

Xu Jianguo held down his hand, coughed while shaking his head to show that he was okay, picked up the chopsticks with both hands, clipped a folded fern root into his mouth, his face became more ugly, the panicked dish also took a bite, the dish also ate a breath, the pepper was poured into the throat, the irritation of his cough was almost suffocating, and the chopsticks on his hand still did not stop.

Zhang Bo was frightened by his appearance, and quickly took the water to stop him, “Master, these are too hot for you to eat anymore!”

“Zhao Lan… Zhao Lan, it must be her! This taste is only what she would make… There is also the folded fern root, which is a specialty of her family, which is not available in the north… It must be her!”

Xu Jianguo kept repeating these two sentences, and Zhang Bo was frightened.

Everyone broke out in a cold sweat, Zhao Lan was the name of the dead lady, people have been dead for so many years, how could they suddenly appear here? When he came to the Xu family, Xu was already rich, he did not follow through the entrepreneurial period, naturally did not recognize the six dishes in front of him, and felt that Xu Jianguo was evil in his heart.

The movement of the two quickly attracted Luo Xiaomao, and when he saw Xu Jianguo’s painful appearance of coughing violently, he almost couldn’t stop laughing.

Holding back his laughter, he pretended to be concerned and walked over and asked, “Sir, are you okay?” Do you want us to call an ambulance for you?”

Xu Jianguo breathed a sigh of relief, and the person also calmed down a lot, leaning on the chair with a weak opening, “I ask you… Cough…… Cough cough… Are you bosses… Surname Zhao?”

“Oh, you can ask me for fun, what does our boss’s last name have to do with whether to call an ambulance or not?”

Luo Xiaomao deliberately distorted his meaning, and Xu Jianguo’s face was even more ugly, but when he thought that the Zhao family was likely to have descendants, he couldn’t help but look forward to it and be worried.

If the secret recipe of the Zhao family really survived, then he said that he would dig up a cook for Xu Shi to go back, thinking of this, he made a look at Zhang Bo, took out a wad of money and put it in front of Luo Xiaomao, “Give this to your boss… Cough…… Say I have something to ask him.”

Luo Xiaomao was originally impulsive, and at this moment he couldn’t help but laugh, “This gentleman, what do you think of us here?” We don’t open a women’s branch, do you throw a handful of money and order whoever you want? Don’t think that two stinky bucks are great!”

These words were like a slap in Xu Jianguo’s face, which immediately angered him, and waved at Zhang Bo to let the bodyguard at the door come in.

Luo Xiaomao had already looked at him unfavorably, and since he had torn his face at this moment, he was even more unscrupulous, “Why, do you want to hit someone?” If you think the food is not delicious, we will refund you, but what does it mean to let your bodyguards come in and play tricks when you have money? Is it difficult to believe that the restaurants in this world are all opened by your family, you can meet whoever you want, and you can beat people casually if you can’t see them!? You are also an old person, cough into such a non-tuberculosis bar, then really sorry, I have to ask the epidemic prevention bureau people to come, save the infection of our guests, in the end and then cheekily say that our hotel is not clean, net to recruit you such a person!”

Xu Jianguo is a person who desperately wants face, but Luo Xiaomao never knows what the face is, and a few words choked Xu Jianguo almost couldn’t get angry, and gave Zhang Bo a look to slap Luo Xiaomao.

At this time, a familiar voice suddenly came from the door, “Xiao Mao, apologize to the guests.”

People who heard this sentence all turned back, Luo Xiaomao saw Xu Cinian standing directly at the door, his anxious face changed, how can you run to Xu Jianguo stupidly! Did your head get squeezed by the door!?

Xu Cinian took the chef’s special mask, took off the hat on his head and walked in, after giving Luo Xiaomao a comforting look, he turned back to Xu Jianguo and smiled, “I’m sorry sir, I’m the owner of this shop, the small shop has just opened, the waiter has not been trained well, let you be frightened, I will accompany you for him, we have something to say.”

His attitude was not humble, and his eyes were very calm, as if he did not know Xu Jianguo at all, and regarded him as the most ordinary guest, and there was no ripple on his face.

Luo Xiaomao was simply angry with Xu Cinian, and he gave him a hard look and let him go quickly, but Xu Cinian still stood where he was as if he hadn’t seen it at all, his hands were still half-cut sleeves, looking very relaxed.

Xu Jianguo stared at the tall thin young man who came in, only to feel that from the size to the feeling are very familiar, when facing the pair of narrow eyes, his heart suddenly jumped, the body was twisted backwards, fortunately, the hands hurriedly grabbed the edge of the table, but still pushed the tableware on the table to the ground, instantly shattered.

Xu Cinian glanced down at the ground, and seemed to be a little embarrassed, “Sir, a plate of ten yuan, plus a spoon and a teacup for a total of thirty yuan, but today we have a mistake first, today we gave you free, so is that okay?”

Xu Jianguo stared at him deadly, the more he looked at it, the more he felt his heart beating, and the heart that had been ill several times could not bear to jump wildly, his throat trembled, and a name had reached his mouth, “Xu Cinian…”

“You… Cough cough… Cough……Are you Cinian?!”

He couldn’t believe his eyes, stumbled up and tried to grab his arm, but was politely pushed away by Xu Cinian, “Sir, you recognized the wrong person.”

“You… Is he still alive? I thought…” This stimulus made Xu Jianguo a little confused, and he couldn’t help but mutter to himself.

Xu Cinian looked at him, there was no expression on his face, but in his heart he was laughing at himself: What do you think of me? Think I’ve died in prison a long time ago, turned into a pile of white bones, and never have to lose the Xu family’s face again?

The Xu Jianguo in front of him was much older than when he had seen more than two years ago, and if it weren’t for the fact that they had been together for more than twenty years, he couldn’t even believe that this man with gray hair and old age spots on his face was his father.

In his impression, Xu Jianguo is always personable, an elegant gentleman, always surrounded by countless warblers and swallows, lingering in the happy scene all day, as if he will spend his whole life drinking like this. But now, this cold and ruthless man has not seen the old man for so many years, and has become a patient who is breathless when he speaks, is this the fate of harming his wife and children?

“Sir, our time is precious, there is no need to waste time like this, if you are not satisfied with the solution I just proposed, you can just ask for your request, as long as we can do it, we will be satisfied, after all, we are snubbing guests first.”

Zhang Bo, who had long been familiar with Xu Cinian, knew that he had guessed correctly when he looked at Xu Jianguo’s eyes, and his scalp was numb with excitement, “Big Young Master, don’t you remember us?” This is Master, all these years… Where have you been? Why don’t you go home if you’re still alive?”

Xu Cinian did not have any resentment towards this housekeeper, but knew that he was a soft-hearted person, but when he heard these words he said, his heart still couldn’t stop sneering.

Go home? What a relaxing sentence, where does he still have a home?