A week later, Xu Qinglang's noodle shop and Zhou Ze's bookstore will both move tomorrow, but Xu Qinglang still opened the noodle shop tonight, saying that he plans to do business here for the last day.
It is hard to leave one's hometown, and this noodle shop has been the life of Xu Qinglang for a long time, and even the last time he spent with his parents.
If it weren't for the little Lolita's intervention, perhaps Xu Qinglang would still be able to "dine" with his parents every night and enjoy the warmth of being together as a family.
Zhou Ze's bookstore has already closed, and all the books in the bookstore have been packed in boxes, waiting for the truck to come and take them away tomorrow.
With Bai Yingying, a laborer as strong as an ox, and Tang Shi, a "controller of things", the efficiency of packing things is indeed very fast. Boss Zhou, whose injury has healed more than half but not completely, only needs to sit in the noodle shop next door and drink tea with a teapot, which is quite like the style of a rich landlord in the old society.
The Taoist priest and the monkey were playing in an empty shopping mall at the back. The monkey and the Taoist priest were very close, and the man and the monkey could play together.
There is no forest here, but the empty commercial center behind is enough for monkeys to roam around.
Drinking tea and watching the sun gradually set outside, Xu Qinglang sat there looking at his phone. He didn't look very sad, and of course he didn't look too happy either.
Fortunately, a customer finally came at this time.
This is the first guest today.
Not surprisingly,
This will also be the last guest of the day.
After the last time when Zhou Ze took a taxi and asked the driver to find him a dirty place, after the driver drove here, the little popularity that was originally here had long since disappeared completely.
People who originally would pass by here on their way to or from get off work also chose to take a detour.
This is also the reason why Zhou Ze decided to move.
The man was wearing a suit, but his hair was disheveled and his suit was a little dirty. He didn't look like an office worker, but more like an unemployed vagrant. However, the suit itself was quite expensive.
"What to eat?" Xu Qinglang stood up and asked.
"Cook a few of our signature dishes and have a bottle of Snow Flower, ice cold."
"good."
Xu Qinglang first got him some beer and went to the kitchen to cook.
The other person was sitting opposite Zhou Ze, across an aisle.
The other party took a look at the noodle shop and said:
"Are you moving?"
"Did you see that?" Zhou Ze was a little surprised.
"You can tell it's just been cleaned. Who would have the energy to clean so carefully to open a store in this godforsaken place? It's obvious they're planning to move out."
The man took out a cigarette, lit it, and then shook the ash directly onto the dining table.
After a while, Xu Qinglang brought the first dish over. The other party looked at the dish, shook his head and said:
"Boss, the food you cook is not as pretty as you are."
"Eat your meal." Xu Qinglang replied indifferently.
This is the temper of a man who owns more than 20 houses and does business.
The man picked up the chopsticks, took a bite, and then spit it out. "This dish is not cooked with care, it's not authentic."
Xu Qinglang had already returned to the kitchen to fry the next dish, so he didn't hear the man mumbling to himself.
"I think his skills are pretty good." Zhou Ze said.
"Not bad?" The man reached out and patted the table lightly. "I just cooked a dish for fun, and you can call it not bad?"
After saying that, the man bit open the beer cap with his teeth, gulped down a big mouthful, and said, "I can tell from the taste. You can tell at a glance that you are not short of money and cook to experience life. This dish doesn't have any sincerity at all."
“It’s hard to find a sincere restaurant.”
"Hey, what's your relationship? I said his cooking wasn't good, why did you suddenly target me?"
The man pointed at Zhou Ze, then pointed at the kitchen, and smiled silently.
"Oh, there's something fishy, there's something fishy."
Zhou Ze was too lazy to pay attention to this guy. The reason he chatted with him before was because this guy looked familiar and he seemed to have seen him somewhere before.
Of course, it should be something from my previous life.
"Disgusting? Do you think I'm disgusting? Disgusting people live a more comfortable life, and I think your life must not be that comfortable. You look very self-disciplined sitting there with a cup of tea, but you are also a nosy person.
As long as people like to meddle in other people's affairs, their lives will be unhappy."
The man took another sip of wine and looked at Zhou Ze with a smile.
"By the way, the bookstore next door should be yours, right? It's also going to close?" The man pointed to the next door. "When I just came over, I saw that everything inside the glass door had been packed up."
"Yes, we are moving."
"Have you sued?" the man asked with narrowed eyes.
"What?"
"Sue the developer here, sue the management here. I heard that accidents happen here one after another, and it is obviously the management's fault.
Another movie theater fire.
Another person committed suicide by jumping off a building.
This is why your business can no longer be run, so sue them and ask them to compensate you for your losses."
"Why are you suing? Business has been bad since before." Xu Qinglang brought out the last dish, put the rice on the table, and said to the man, "Eighty yuan."
"Tsk, you asked me for eighty dollars. I'm telling you a big deal. That movie theater caught fire. You can sue the theater and ask them to compensate you for your losses."
"Someone set the fire, and the arsonist is a pauper and can't afford to pay the compensation." Xu Qinglang retorted.
"Nonsense, is the cinema responsible for the fire
Is there any responsibility on the part of the management here
Sue them, sue them to compensate for your losses. Also, the two people who jumped off the building, I heard that their families seemed to be quite wealthy. Sue them, they jumped off the building here, affecting your normal business operations, make them compensate for the losses!"
"Your theory is quite novel." Zhou Ze was somewhat amused.
Not to mention that he and Xu Qinglang had no intention of asking for any losses from here because of their special identities. Even if they were normal people, it would probably be difficult for them to think of asking for compensation from here.
"What's so new about this? We should abide by the law. Chinese people just don't like to go to court. But I tell you, this lawsuit can be filed and you can get compensation.
Even if you pluck a hair from that cinema company, it would still be thicker than our waist.
I can help you with this lawsuit. I happen to be short of money, so I won't charge you any lawyer fees. We will split the compensation 50-50. Don't worry, it won't be less. If it was less, I wouldn't take it."
"Go away, who has the time to fight this lawsuit with you? Besides, someone has died in their family, and we are going to ask them for damages and compensation. Is this reasonable?"
Xu Qinglang was a little annoyed with this guy.
"Is it useful to be nice? Can being nice make you rich? Even if you are nice, your business still won't be able to continue and you are planning to move away?"
The man took another sip of beer. The bottle of beer was almost empty.
"Why don't you want the money? Are you stupid?"
"Is your surname Du?" Zhou Ze suddenly asked.
The man was stunned, then looked at Zhou Ze, "Oh, you actually recognized me."
"Old Zhou, do you know him?" Xu Qinglang asked Zhou Ze.
Zhou Ze nodded, "Great lawyer."
"He's a famous lawyer?" Xu Qinglang laughed so hard that tears came out of his eyes. "He's obviously a lawyer."
"He really is a great lawyer." Zhou Ze repeated.
Zhou Ze remembered that there had been two medical accidents caused by new drugs in his hospital before. The patients took the case to court, and finally the hospital invited Lawyer Du to win the case perfectly.
He is from Tongcheng, but he used to have his own law firm in Shanghai. He is considered a well-known professional lawyer in the industry with a very high winning rate.
However, his net worth was very high at the time, and except for the wealthy and large companies, ordinary people could not afford his legal fees.
"Since you know me, you should know how good I am at litigation. Come on, ask me to fight this lawsuit. You can also use the money to open a new store. I am also short of money."
Lawyer Du looked at Zhou Ze with an expression that said, "Hurry up and beg me."
"Sorry, we're not interested." Zhou Ze still refused.
"Not interested in RMB? Are you interested in ghost money?"
Lawyer Du held his stomach and laughed.
Then he stood up,
He pointed at Zhou Ze and Xu Qinglang.
"You two idiots don't want the money."
After saying this, he felt in his pocket, took out a hundred-dollar bill and placed it on the table.
"The food is terrible. Don't look for it anymore."
After saying that, he took the remaining half bottle of beer and staggered out of the store.
"This guy must be mentally ill." Xu Qinglang said as he cleaned the table, "Forget it, I'll close the shop and just make coffee and cakes from now on."
"He was quite powerful in the past." Zhou Ze said.
"You admire him so much?"
“I’m not advocating for it. In any industry, if someone can achieve top-notch performance in a region, especially in Shanghai, he or she is indeed a talented person.
Do you know which case he is most famous for?"
"Tell me about it."
"In a case of a minor breaking into a house and killing someone, the prosecutor had a lot of evidence, but because the suspect's family paid a lot of money to hire him as a defense lawyer,
In the end, he really succeeded in winning the case, and the suspect was acquitted.”
"Did that kid kill anyone?" Xu Qinglang asked.
Zhou Ze hesitated for a moment, but still nodded, "Probably killed him."
"Can such a money-hungry person survive in this industry?"
"It will only get better, because the wealthy and big companies need lawyers who can help them win cases and protect their own interests, not lawyers who only talk about conscience."
"I understand this principle." Xu Qinglang stretched lazily, then pointed curiously at the back of the drunken man walking away outside and said:
"Then how did this guy end up in such a mess that he even came to our door and urged us to sue him?"
Zhou Ze took a sip of tea.
Slowly said:
"The minor who was later acquitted committed murder again.
By mistake,
In,
This is the home of lawyer Du.
His wife and daughter on that day,
was killed. "