While the two were talking in the car, Jiang Fang took Xu Qiao's seat in the restaurant, asked the waiter to clean up the food scraps, took a new pair of bowls and chopsticks, and pitifully cleaned up the remaining half of the plate on the table beef.
The Cheng family handled the aftermath very efficiently, and the restaurant has returned to order.
Jiang Fang was supposed to leave, but because of Cheng Lang's statement of "take care of her friend", he was stunned.
Although he felt that the two ladies on the opposite side looked very self-reliant and self-reliant, they were not "frightened" little girls at all, and they didn't need his care at all.
Then he will take care of his hungry stomach.
Zhu Li and Yu Jin had already eaten a lot, and of course they would not refuse Jiang Fang's humble request of "give me some leftovers", but they were still stunned when they saw that the person on the other side looked like a starved ghost reincarnated .
"You guys haven't eaten?" Zhu Li and Jiang Fang were a little bit familiar with each other because they had dice together in the bar last year, so they took the initiative to talk to him.
"Do you think Lang always looks like a person who can eat?" Jiang Fang replied while cooking meat, "It's a pity that I can't go back home during the Chinese New Year. I will give up my stomach to accompany a gentleman."
"Oh," Zhu Li nodded, "I can't see that you men are so tired and crooked."
Jiang Fang sighed and shook his head: "I was going back to China yesterday, but I was taken away by Boss Lang for a drink. I thought I would miss the plane, so I told my family, good guy, when my dad heard that I was with Boss Lang, he ordered him to die. , saying that if I don’t serve Boss Lang well and dare to go home for the New Year, my legs will be broken.”
"..." Then your father is really far-sighted and understands human investment.
Jiang Fang looked at the two people on the opposite side choking, took a few mouthfuls, thought of something, and asked Zhu Li: "Then you also mean this at home?"
Zhu Li wanted to say that she and his plastic brotherhood were different, but he didn't bother to say hypocritical words, shrugging his shoulders and said: "Accompany the koi, save character, and hope for a lot of money in the coming year."
Jiang Fang put down his chopsticks, raised his wine glass with an expression of "fortunate to meet you", and said, "We are also people who have fallen in the end of the world."
The corner of Zhu Li's mouth twitched, he picked up the wine glass and touched him casually.
Jiang put down a glass of wine and continued to whirlwind.
Yu Jin glanced at the car downstairs that hadn't moved for a long time, and asked Zhu Li in a low voice, "It looks like they'll get back together?"
Immediately after Cheng Lang and Xu Qiao left, the three of them discussed the situation head-to-head. As for the reason for their breakup, they guessed a version that they agreed on—it was probably Xu Qiao who misunderstood Cheng Lang and the "" "Women" has nothing to do with it, and because the other party is actually a man, it is difficult for Cheng Lang to explain it.
Well now, the truth is out, in the eyes of the three, the problem should be solved.
Before Zhu Li could answer, Jiang Fang first sighed with emotion: "If we don't reconcile, my family won't be able to go back!"
Zhu Li glanced at him: "Who told you Mr. Lang to bully our koi sister, you deserve it."
"Oh no, to be fair..."
Jiang Fang sold Cheng Lang's state for the past two days, and said: "He was going home to have a New Year's Eve dinner tonight, and after thinking about it, he couldn't let Xu Qiao feel at ease. He refused, saying that he didn't want to force her with any money and authority halo on him. I said you should go to her, and then we came here. Guess what, he found out about you The table number, ask the waiter to arrange a seat for him where he can see you but not be seen by you."
Jiang Fang was convinced: "Isn't this sick? I asked him why? He said he just wanted to see Xu Qiao, but he didn't want her to be in a bad mood and lose her appetite to eat because of his presence."
Zhu Li and Yu Jin were also shocked.
Isn't this the legendary licking dog? In my lifetime, I actually saw him alive, and he was still the president of a family who had the "throne" to inherit.
Jiang Fang finally concluded his statement: "In all fairness, I have never seen Mr. Lang like this. A man who doesn't want all face and dignity is really going all out. Don't be too harsh."
Zhu Li gave a "tsk" sound, not because he sympathized with Cheng Lang, but because he felt that both parties had feelings for each other, so it was uncomfortable, so he nodded and said, "Then I hope Mr. Lang can make our little sister Koi satisfied."
"I'm afraid Mr. Lang is too humble to act now," Jiang Fang put down his chopsticks, "Hey, why don't we light a fire for them?"
Zhu Li raised his eyebrows: "I don't do such childish things."
"How childish is this? It's so fucking wonderful when lovers get married in the end?"
Zhu Li was annoyed by Jiang Fang's persuasive persuasion, so he replied perfunctorily to see how they were doing first.
So the three of them stared intently at the Bentley downstairs outside the window, hoping that the car would drive away directly - that would prove that Cheng Lang had coaxed Xu Qiao well.
However, the expected scene did not appear: ten minutes later, Cheng Lang got out of the car, opened the door for Xu Qiao, and sent her back to the restaurant.
Zhu Li helped his forehead. Jiang put down the bowl and chopsticks.
The two of them looked at each other in unison, "This Spring Festival holiday will have to be spent here, right?" Life is loveless.
Three seconds later, Jiang Fang pressed the table and leaned to the opposite side: "Two ladies, can you do me a favor?"
—
Xu Qiao was sent to the main entrance of the restaurant by Cheng Lang.
The waiter stretched out his hand and was about to lead the way for the two, but Cheng Lang gestured to Xu Qiao: "I won't go up, and I won't disturb you for the New Year's Eve dinner."
Xu Qiao looked at him and said "oh".
He said that he would give her time to think about it, and if she really changed her previous aggressive style, she was not used to it.
She touched her nose and walked up the stairs. After a few steps, she looked back and saw Cheng Lang was still there, frowning at her: "Be careful of the steps."
She held the armrest and said silently: "Then what, tonight at your house..."
"Don't worry," Cheng Lang laughed, "I explained it well."
Xu Qiao nodded, as if she wanted to say something, she closed her mouth after thinking about it, and went upstairs.
But there was only Yu Jin left on the dining table.
Xu Qiao was not concerned about Jiang Fang's whereabouts. She asked, "Where's Zhu Li?"
Yu Jin cleared her throat: "She said that going to bed early on New Year's Eve is too unreasonable. Go to the hotel to open a party room, hold the second party later, and call us over when it's ready."
Xu Qiao was still immersed in the stories Cheng Lang just told, and didn't notice that Yu Jin's expression was a little unnatural, so she nodded and ordered an after-dinner fruit.
After dinner, Xu Qiao urged Zhu Li to ask for the address. Zhu Li said that it is a bit troublesome to hold a temporary party at the moment, and she is still communicating with the hotel, asking her and Yu Jin to go back to the hotel first to wait for news.
In fact, because of the episode at dinner, Xu Qiao had no intention of having fun tonight, but considering that Zhu Li came here on purpose after taking a plane for more than ten hours, it would be too uninteresting for her to stay at home with him doing nothing, so she agreed.
After waiting until after ten o'clock in the evening, Zhu Li finally contacted Xu Qiao and sent a message that everything was ready.
Xu Qiao tidied herself up briefly, and when she was about to go out, she received a call from Cheng Lang.
She froze for a while, kept the posture of pulling the door with one hand, and connected the phone.
That end of Cheng Lang asked nonchalantly, "Are you going to Weierstein?"
"How do you know?" Xu Qiao turned on the phone to confirm the location given by Zhu Li.
Cheng Lang sighed with a headache: "Don't go, go to rest early."
"Um?"
"Jiang Fang suddenly asked me to go there too."
"..."
It took Xu Qiao a second to figure out this bloody trick with her toes—Zhu Li and Jiang Fang planned to invite her and Cheng Lang to the hotel respectively, and then both of them would leave.
She said, why does Zhu Li have to prepare for several hours for a small party? This is a fun suite for her and Cheng Lang
She put her hand on the doorknob and said to Yu Jin, "Tell Zhu Li for me that I won't go." Then she turned around and went back to the bedroom with her mobile phone.
Because she didn't hang up, of course Cheng Lang kept the phone connected.
After the bedroom door was closed, there was only a slight electrical sound in the receiver, and after a moment of silence—
"you… "
"you… "
Cheng Lang laughed: "You talk first."
Xu Qiao pondered for a while and asked, "Why did you come here to remind me?"
According to Cheng Lang's previous style, he can pretend that he didn't see through Jiang Fang's tricks, and go to the appointment by mistake.
Anyway, Zhu Li and Jiang Fang were the ones who set up the trap. When Xu Qiao found out that he had been cheated, it was impossible to blame Cheng Lang.
"Because I said, I will only tell you the truth from now on." Cheng Lang smiled.
Xu Qiao didn't know what it was like, it seemed a little sour.
She sat down on the bed, unable to give a response for a long time.
Cheng Lang made a rescue again, and changed the subject: "Wait for zero later?"
"Don't wait." Xu Qiao's mood was really bad, "I want to sleep."
"Happy New Year in advance then." Cheng Lang was still smiling.
"Oh." Xu Qiao responded sullenly, and when Cheng Lang offered to "hang up the phone", he finally replied, "Happy New Year."
—
It's a pity that the first night of this new year is destined to be unhappy.
Xu Qiao had messy dreams all night. She didn't have herself in the dream. It was Cheng Lang and the transvestite patient from beginning to end, as well as the pale and helpless picture of him when he was ill, so that she woke up early the next morning. After coming here, she always felt that the matter was not over yet.
It's not over in her mind.
After careful consideration, she went to Cheng Lang's alma mater again on the first day of the first lunar month.
Naturally, local schools in London are not affected by Chinese festivals and classes are held as usual.
Xu Qiao walked around the school with the idea of trying his luck, asked passers-by about the transvestite patient, and finally ran out of iron shoes and saw him face to face with a Chinese man outside the window of the school cafe drinking coffee.
The two seemed to be having a good time talking. The Chinese man looked at the other side with obvious heartbeat.
This Chinese man was a passerby who had nothing to do with her, but Xu Qiao felt an unknown anger in her heart.
She wondered if it was an empathy.
Through this man, she seemed to have witnessed Cheng Lang's past with her own eyes.
Xu Qiao stood outside the coffee shop and watched the two for a long time, until the Chinese man got up to go to the bathroom, she opened the door and went in, asked the coffee shop clerk for a note, and wrote a reminder in Chinese on it, asking him to hand over To the man in the bathroom, and then walked towards the transvestite patient: "Sir, may I sit across from you?"
The other party was obviously taken aback when she saw her, and subconsciously glanced around. Seeing that the word "Sir" didn't seem to attract anyone's attention, he returned to his indifference, and greeted her with a nonchalant smile: "Hello, what can I do for you?"
Xu Qiao sat down opposite him: "Sir, I don't know your name, and I don't care what kind of mentality you report. After so many years, I am still looking for the target man, but I must remind you—your tragic experience It makes people sympathetic, but it is not a reason for you to harm others and retaliate against society, you are committing a crime."
He smiled: "Take fun as a crime, miss, you are exaggerating the facts. Of course, I did have a past with Mr. Cheng, so I can understand your concern for me."
Xu Qiao rolled her eyes and nodded amusedly.
She was a little too nice for a patient.
She stood up, pressed her hand lightly on the edge of the table, and leaned slightly to look at him: "It's a pity, I don't use this kind of method of sowing dissension in the sixth grade of elementary school. Sir, please correct your position and don't be meaningless." delusions—I am a normal person, how could I mind a psychopath?"
The face of the other party turned pale.
"Also, you may have misunderstood my personality," Xu Qiao brushed off her sleeves, looked at her newly-made nails before coming to London, and said, "I'm not the kind of silly white sweet who has nothing to do. My hands are darker and more ruthless than our Mr. Cheng."
She smiled slightly, and looked at the stunned person opposite: "If you continue to disturb our life, the law can't rule you, I will rule you."