Gu Nianzhi's heart was agitated and he was almost trembling with nervousness, but he still didn't dare to lean back.
If she really relied on her, what would Mr. Huo think of her
"Why don't you eat? Your face is so red and you have a fever again?" While talking to Xue Jingjiang, Huo Shaoheng paid attention to Gu Nianzhi's expression. Seeing that her cheeks were rosy, he hurriedly tried his hand on her forehead.
It was indeed a bit hot.
Xue Jingjiang, who was sitting on the other side of Huo Shaoheng, felt his heart skip a beat. He secretly thought that this little aunt should not get sick at this time. It was so easy for the brothers to find a way to get together with Young Master Huo. If she got sick, Young Master Huo would definitely have to leave...
"Is the air conditioner here too hot? Can I ask someone to turn it down?" Xue Jingjiang stood up and asked Gu Nianzhi: "Do you want some hot milk?"
For such a soft and cute girl, milk is her standard drink.
Gu Nianzhi felt that she had been humiliated. She turned her head slightly to one side and moved away from Huo Shaoheng's hand. She suppressed her violent heartbeat and smiled at Xue Jingjiang who looked at her eagerly: "Brother Xue, I'm fine, but I can have some." Warm milk.”
Xue Jingjiang breathed a sigh of relief and gave her a thumbs up, "I like this sister. If you have anything to do in the capital in the future, just come to me, old Xue!"
"What are you looking for, idiot Xue?! What girl looks for you, and doesn't she eventually find her husband?!" The door to the private room was pushed open, and the loud laughter of three men came, followed by three more A dignified and beautiful woman.
Xue Jingjiang looked back and saw three young boys coming. He rushed over to say hello: "There is a little sister here. Don't be dirty. Be careful that Mr. Huo will let you take a shot!"
Huo Shaoheng smiled, stood up from his seat, with a straight military posture, and looked at the three men who entered the door, "A Fei, Tian Qun, Zi Qi, hello, long time no see."
"Hoho! Sure enough, Mr. Huo is here!" Cui Baifei, Bai Tianqun and Hong Ziqi rushed over to shake hands with him, and said with a smile: "Okay, this time I shake hands with the youngest major general in the Chinese Empire. I plan to I haven’t washed my hands for months!”
"Put me down! You know how poor you are!" Xue Jingjiang laughed and walked over. While asking the waiter at the door of the private room to serve the food, he began to introduce: "Master Huo, you haven't been back for so many years, what about our brothers?" Don’t you even know?”
"Well, tell me." Huo Shaoheng looked back at Gu Nianzhi and saw that she was standing up too, so he pulled her to stand next to him.
Xue Jingjiang pointed to the woman wearing a purple woolen coat standing next to Cui Baifei and said, "This is Baifei's wife. We all call her Mrs. Cui." Pointing to the woman wearing a red down jacket standing behind the daytime group, Xue Jingjiang said: "This is Tianqun's fiancée Xue Xinran, who is also my cousin. We just got engaged this year and will officially get married next year." Finally, pointing to the woman in a white cashmere coat standing next to Hong Ziqi, he said, "She is Ziqi's girlfriend. Guo Huining, a top student who graduated from the Law Department of University B, works as the director of the legal department of Hong Corporation, and Zi Qi is a perfect match hahahaha!"
Huo Shaoheng nodded to them, "Nice to meet you."
"Who is this sister? She looks so pretty." Hong Ziqi's girlfriend Guo Huining is a talkative person and a law student. Although her family background is average, she is smart, studious and hard-working. Finally, she got the approval of the head of the Hong family and became the She officially became the girlfriend of Hong Ziqi, a famous second generation ancestor and rich second generation in the city.
She looked at Gu Nianzhi with a smile and felt that this little girl had good looks and was dressed in all big-name brands, but she was not out of place. Unlike some people who wore big-name brands because the clothes matched the person, not the person, and her family background was not the same. vulgar.
Huo Shaoheng held Gu Nianzhi's hand and introduced Gu Nianzhi to them with a slight smile: "The child at home is named Gu, just call her Xiao Gu."
It’s still the same introduction to Xue Jingjiang just now.
But everyone in this private room is a human being.
After listening to Huo Shaoheng's vague introduction, they were sure of at least two things.
First, this little girl has a close relationship with the Huo family, so much so that although her surname is not Huo, Mr. Huo still describes her as "from the family".
Secondly, Mr. Huo values the little girl very much and is very protective. Seeing that he didn't even say the little girl's full name, he only said her surname was Gu. How protective he is...
However, although they all knew these two things in their hearts, no one was full enough to compete with Huo Shaoheng.
Since he introduced Gu Nianzhi's identity in an understatement, they also pretended not to know, and each smiled and sat down at the round rosewood table inlaid with mother-of-pearl and mother-of-pearl.
Everyone was supposed to sit one man and one woman apart, but because Xue Jingjiang did not bring any female dependents and Gu Nianzhi was a young girl whose identity was unknown, everyone deliberately changed their seats.
Huo Shaoheng took the seat, with Gu Nianzhi on his right and Xue Jingjiang on his left. The seat next to Gu Nianzhi was taken by Guo Huining. It was definitely better for two women to sit next to each other than for a strange man to sit next to Gu Nianzhi.
Huo Shaoheng watched everyone sit down like this, he didn't say anything more, nodded to express his satisfaction, and watched the waiters bring the dishes one after another.
"Today, I'm going to pick up Mr. Huo. It just so happens that our Ninth Floor Fengyue has prepared Buddha Jumping Over the Wall for Christmas and New Year. Most people need to make reservations six months in advance, but this time Mr. Huo comes back, I will make an exception and enjoy it myself." Xue Jingjiang pointed to the round table with a smile. The quaint round cup in the middle is steaming, "It has been stewed in the kitchen all day and all night. Let's try it."
"Buddha jumps over the wall requires more than ten kinds of ingredients, including sea cucumber, abalone, shark's fin, scallops, fish lips, turtle skirt, deer tendons, pigeon eggs, duck delicacies, fish maw, fish maw, scallops, pigeons, ribs, razor clams, ham, Pork belly, lamb knuckles, hoof tips, tendons, mushrooms, winter bamboo shoots, etc. are then cooked separately using methods such as frying, stir-frying, cooking, and deep-frying. Finally, these cooked ingredients are spread layer by layer over Shaoxing wine. In a large wine jar, add soup and cooking wine, seal the mouth of the jar with lotus leaves, and stew it on the fire. Our guild hall specially uses white smoke charcoal to simmer slowly, and it takes a day and a night to stew such a thick soup. The delicious and nutritious Buddha jumps over the wall." Xue Jingjiang shook his head and introduced the famous dishes of their guild hall to everyone.
The waiter waited for Xue Jingjiang to finish the introduction before he came over and opened the lotus leaf lid.
A fresh and strong aroma of food suddenly filled the entire private room.
"Come on, come on, let's have a try!" Xue Jingjiang picked up the spoon and asked everyone to start eating.
Although Gu Nianzhi had a full meal in the morning, he couldn't help but have a huge appetite at this time.
She looked at Huo Shaoheng.
Huo Shaoheng said nothing and handed the small soup bowl in front of her to Xue Jingjiang.
Xue Jingjiang hurriedly said: "This first bowl was not very good, so I served it myself first. The delicious part is at the bottom, the so-called essence has all precipitated."
After hearing this, Hong Ziqi smiled and scolded: "Okay, you idiot Xue! Now that you are so attentive to Xiao Gu, tell the truth about everything! In the past years, when I came to your place to eat Buddha and jump over the wall, you said the first bowl was the most expensive! You coaxed me Eat the first bowl every time!—So you’ve been lying to me!”
Xue Jingjiang laughed loudly, "Look at your virtue! Who else would you lie to if I didn't lie to you?! I'm telling you, you only deserve to eat the top piece!"
Bai Tianqun couldn't help laughing and winked at Cui Baifei. They came over with a bottle of 30-year-old Moutai and toasted to Huo Shaoheng together, "Master Huo, I haven't seen you for many years and I miss you so much. This Moutai is my brother." A few reserved just for you!”
When I first bought this Moutai, it was still 20 years old, but in a blink of an eye it became 30 years old.
Huo Shaoheng smiled slightly, raised his glass, "Then I'll do it first."
He drank it all in one gulp, and the mellow aroma of Maotai mixed with the heat spread around him. Gu Nianzhiguang became drunk after smelling the smell.
She pursed her lips and quietly glanced at the bottle of Maotai.
She has grown so old and has never drunk real wine...
Tian Tianqun and Cui Baifei saw that Huo Shaoheng drank first, so they hurriedly drank with him.
After a round of toasting, Xue Jingjiang also put a jar of Buddha Jumping Over the Wall into small bowls in front of everyone.
Gu Nianzhi's bowl is the highlight of the altar.
Huo Shaoheng put a spoon for her and said, "Eat it. You have just recovered from a serious illness and you should take a supplement."
"Ah? Xiao Gu is sick? What's wrong?" Guo Huining heard from the side and asked hurriedly, "No wonder you look so white. Are you weak?"
She knew that these young ladies from wealthy families had always taken tonics as food.
Gu Nianzhi smiled and shook his head, "I caught a cold and had a fever. It was better yesterday, but my appetite is still not good. But today, Brother Xue's Buddha Jumping Over the Wall missed me, and my appetite depends entirely on it."
Gu Nianzhi's voice was soft and soft, and she didn't have the inherent arrogance of the eldest daughter of the aristocratic family. When she spoke, she was able to cover all aspects of the matter and easily block the sharp edges in Guo Huining's words.
With just this sentence, Cui Baifei, Bai Tianqun and Hong Ziqi who were present all looked at her with admiration.
Xue Jingjiang had long been amazed by Gu Nianzhi's appearance, and now he was impressed by her decent answer. He hurriedly said: "That's it, then I want another Buddha to jump over the wall. I must let Xiao Gu recuperate today!"
Gu Nianzhi hurriedly waved his hand: "No, no, no! This bowl is enough for me."
"Brother Xue thinks about you, don't be disobedient." Huo Shaoheng still put an arm on the back of her chair and said calmly.
Gu Nianzhi could no longer refuse, so he had to say to Xue Jingjiang: "Then everyone is in a good mood. Thank you, Brother Xue."
Soon another cup of Buddha jumped over the wall and was delivered.
Gu Nianzhi still ate the bottom bowl.
After eating these two small bowls of Buddha Jumping Over the Wall, Gu Nianzhi couldn't eat anything at all.
Seeing this, Cui Baifei's wife, Mrs. Cui, left the table with a smile: "I'm full and want to sit there." Then she asked Gu Nianzhi, "Xiao Gu, do you want to come with me to have a rest?"
Gu Nianzhi got what he wanted and said hurriedly: "I'm full too, let's broaden our horizons with Sister Cui."
Bai Tianqun's fiancée Xue Xinran and Hong Ziqi's girlfriend Guo Huining also got off the table, and the four women went to chat behind the screen where they sang karaoke.
Huo Shaoheng heard a few stories about what happened to them in the past few years.
Gu Nianzhi leaned on the sofa behind the screen and said with a smile: "I'm really full. Brother Xue's Buddha Jumping Over the Wall is so delicious, I can't stop at all."
"You're lucky, we owe it to you." Sister-in-law Cui said with a smile, "In previous years, we had to draw lots for reservations. Idiot Xue knows how to do business. He is so good at 'hunger marketing' that the entire imperial capital is doing it." There are about ten restaurants where Buddha jumps over the wall, but the one here is particularly popular."
When they were talking about business, it was hard for Gu Nianzhi to interrupt. He listened by himself with a smile on his face without interrupting, looking very quiet.
Little Cui's wife didn't want to neglect Gu Nianzhi, and Cui Baifei brought her here just to accompany Gu Nianzhi, so she thought about it and asked her quietly: "Xiao Gu, how old are you this year?"
"I only turned eighteen in October." Gu Nianzhi picked up the teapot and poured tea for them, "What about you?"
Since age is being asked, everyone is equal and has to say it.
Speaking of which, Guo Huining is actually the oldest, already 28 years old, the same age as Hong Ziqi. Sister Cui is 25 years old and Xue Xinran is 23 years old, but they are both older than Gu Nianzhi.
"Are you still so young? Where do you go to college?" Guo Huining sighed with emotion, "I am ten years older than you."
"You have already graduated with a master's degree in law. You are a talented woman. Don't lament in front of us." Xue Xinran pushed her and asked Gu Nianzhi: "What major are you studying?"
They all thought that Gu Nianzhi was only in her first year of college.
Gu Nianzhi smiled and said, "I graduate from college this year and will go to University B to study for graduate school in the law department in the spring. Senior Sister Guo, please give me your advice in the future."
"Ah? You graduated from college at the age of eighteen?!" Sister-in-law Cui and Xue Xinran were surprised and happy. This is a beautiful girl with equal looks, IQ, and family background! He sat down next to Gu Nianzhi and asked her questions, showing great interest.
Xue Xinran even asked her immediately: "Are you a relative of the Huo family? Do you have a boyfriend? My brother is 22 years old this year and just graduated from the Department of Economics of University B. Can I introduce you to him some other time?"
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This is today’s second update and two updates combined into one with 3,500 words, including the second update for Lord Ren Xiaoyao 2722, leader of the July Spiritual Pet Award.
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O(∩_∩)O~. (To be continued.)