Luoxing, Xingzhou Hotel, executive suite, balcony.
Lan Jue quietly leaned against the edge of the balcony and looked into the distance. He is a platinum member of this hotel, and he can enjoy executive suite treatment at the price of an ordinary room in any Xingzhou Hotel with an executive star.
Between the thumb, index finger and middle finger of his right hand, he holds a 6.5-inch, 52-ring cigar from the Laguito factory in Salvador, Cuba. This cigar has a name, called 1966, a rare and precious limited edition. Unlike red wine, which needs space technology to preserve, this cigar has been warmed in the cigar cellar for hundreds of years, and its taste is as strong as Chinan. In fact, its production date is not 1966, but 2012. As for why it is called 1966, no one knows.
This perfectly preserved limited edition 1966 is worth almost one-third of a bottle of Romanee-Conti, the world's wine king.
Lan Jue was never short of money, but he was seldom willing to take out such good things that one would lose one after tasting. But today, at the front end of this 1966, the red light is looming and burning evenly.
Take a deep breath, the smoke does not pass through the throat, but rolls and coils from the tip of the tongue to the root of the tongue in the mouth, and then exhales slowly.
Deep coffee bean flavors and a terrific flavor when burned make the cigar irresistible, with a creamy, leathery mouthfeel filled with delicious milk chocolate sweetness in just the right place. A strong sense of satisfaction instantly filled my heart.
Although tasting a top-quality cigar will prevent him from tasting red wine for at least a week, but immersed in the taste of 1966, Lan Jue still can't extricate himself.
"It smells good, it smells good, but it's better to be happy alone than to be happy with others, third child, don't you plan to share it?" A lazy voice sounded. Suddenly there was another person beside Lan Jue, lying on the railing of the balcony, looking into the distance together with him.
It was a young man who looked to be about the same age as Lan Jue, with red hair that was neither long nor short, casually draped over his shoulders, his pink eyes looked a little strange, and there was a smile on the corner of his mouth, which was a bit naughty. His appearance is not as handsome as Lan Jue, but he is very attractive. Black shirt, black trousers, black leather shoes, all black, as if to blend into the night, only the red hair is like a flame dancing in the night.
"If you want me to call you this way, you can continue to call me third." Lan Jue said quietly without even looking at him.
The smile on the face of the red-haired young man suddenly disappeared, "Why am I a few months older than you! Why am I ranked second. Well, Ah Jue, I will not call you the third."
Lan Jue finally turned around, facing the young man in red who was about the same height as him, "Ah Cheng, I'm sorry."
The red-haired young man waved his hand, "You deliberately leaked your identity to that idiot, and you deliberately stayed on Luoxing to wait for me, why are you saying sorry? If you want to hide your identity, who would guess it is you? Curious, you have retired for three years, at what price can you, a legend in the mercenary world, reappear."
Lan Jue took a sip of the cigar, exhaled the smoke lightly, and said the four words on the paper that made him leave Tianmao, "Hera is not dead!"
The body of the red-haired young man visibly shook, and he subconsciously stood up straight, "Really?"
Lan Jue nodded, "The price of this mission is her whereabouts."
The red-haired young man took a deep breath, raised his hand and patted Lan Jue on the shoulder, "Okay. Brother will help you carry it!"
Lan Jue looked at him and smiled, his eyes were warm, "Is the loss too big?"
The red-haired young man said leisurely: "Tianyu Auction House, my family only has 30% of the shares." While talking, he squeezed 1966 from Lan Jue's hand and put it in his mouth, "It's mine now, what I did wrong After all, you have to pay the price!"
Lan Jue's facial muscles twitched, "I just brought one."
"Nonsense, I know!" The red-haired youth took a deep breath intoxicated.
Lan Jue raised his hand and patted his forehead, "Chu Cheng, you are simply a robber!"
Chu Cheng's eyes widened, "You just robbed my house and called me a robber? Don't you always call yourself a nobleman? How dare you call me a robber?"
Lan Jue did chest expansion exercises, "I'm leaving tomorrow."
Chu Cheng said, "Hera, do you need my help?"
Lan Jue shook his head.
Chu Cheng smiled presumptuously, "That's right, if you can't handle something, I can't handle it either."
"Accompany me tonight?" Lan Jue glanced at him.
"Okay." Chu Cheng took another deep breath of the aroma of 1966, and nodded vigorously.
Lan Jue walked back to the room, and Chu Cheng leaned against the edge of the balcony again, with a smile on his face.
After a while, Lan Jue returned to Chu Cheng with two brandy glasses in one hand and a bottle of brandy in the other. The wine glasses were placed on the balcony railing and he opened the bottle. Immediately, a rich and strong aroma of wine wafted out.
Chu Cheng's eyes lit up, "Ah Jue, thank you for remembering, my brother likes spirits, especially brandy. Although this bottle of Hennessy XO is not the best, it can still be imported."
Lan Jue smiled lightly: "Don't you always feel that being a few months older than me is a disadvantage in the rankings? Why do you still have one brother? Do you think it is Shangyuan now? It is not easy to find XO brandy .X is 'extra' and O is old. Extra old brandies of this kind are rare."
While speaking, he poured about 30 milliliters of liquor into the two brandy glasses.
"Some ice cubes!" Chu Cheng said, holding up his cup.
Lan Jue glanced at him contemptuously, "We nobles drink brandy only slightly heated."
Chu Cheng was surprised and said, "The brandy can still be heated up?"
Lan Jue pointed to the cup in front of him, but didn't speak.
Chu Cheng flicked his left hand, and two small clusters of flames appeared under the two brandy cups. After a while, Lan Jue waved his hand, and the flames went out.
Picking up the stem of the brandy glass, Lan Jue took a light sniff, the alcohol mixed with the rich grape aroma came to her face. Take a sip, the aroma of grapes turns into warmth and flows down your throat. You can't drink red wine after tasting cigars, but it is excellent with brandy.
"It's really good!" Chu Cheng also drank and praised.
Chu Cheng said: "Ah Jue, do you know? When I learned that a man named Zeus robbed the Tianyu Auction House, my first reaction was to be happy. When I really saw you here, I'm even happier. Because, my brother is back."
Lan Jue drank the brandy in the glass in one gulp, "Sorry for making everyone worry."
Chu Cheng said calmly: "I'm fine, but, have you not been in touch with the boss? Are you still blaming him? You should know, there's no way he didn't know about your actions this time."
Lan Jue was shocked, shook his head, "Drink."
"Okay, drink! I'll be with you tonight until I get drunk!"
early morning.
Chu Cheng left, leaving only a note.
"I know you have the ability to open the combination lock, but why bother? Find Hera and tell me the good news. Bring her to drink with me." Below this sentence, there are three lines of password.