"Good afternoon, everyone. I am the owner of Qingquan Cafe. The situation just now is that our cafe failed to deal with it in time, which affected everyone's mood. Therefore, I hereby announce that all the bills on the table today will be halved."
The woman bowed slowly to the many guests as an apology.
Although there were not many customers, everyone smiled and raised their glasses in return.
Lu Sheng also smiled and toasted, and this trivial matter was settled, but when he finished drinking, he was about to get up and leave.
A waiter came over gently and put an invitation letter on his desk.
"Sir, a small coffee tasting will be held here tomorrow. Our boss will send an invitation letter to all the guests who insist on tasting the original flavor of coffee. If you are interested, you can come to attend on time.
At that time, various precious coffee beans collected by the boss will be displayed and tasted. Welcome to taste. "
"Okay." Lu Sheng accepted the invitation, stood up and walked out of the cafe.
After being quiet for so many years, his life was so peaceful that he was not used to it.
Lu Sheng no longer lived in the Dragon Cave, and the place was given over to the organization as a base for a large number of subordinates.
He now bought a villa in Horizontal City not far from Dawn City, and lived in it on weekdays.
There are a lot of beggars in Horizontal City. Recently, it is said that there is a famine, poor harvests, rising food prices, coupled with the economic depression, many civilians are unable to support themselves and become beggars.
On the way back, Lu Sheng saw no less than three or four people, dying of hunger, lying motionless by the side of the road.
There are only some skinny wild dogs and cats waiting around. As soon as they die, these vicious dogs and wild cats will swarm up and have a crazy meal.
Lu Sheng even saw someone holding a blue-faced baby in his arms.
The baby was dying, his face was pale with hunger, and his lips were bloodless.
Aristocratic carriages pulled through the middle of the street from time to time, splashing fine mud spots on these poor beggars.
Everything looks like a messy medieval famine.
Lu Sheng didn't have the extra sympathy to help others, he was able to control his own strength, and not hurt them when fighting, this was already his greatest kindness to mortals.
As usual, he turned a corner and passed a closed bookstore, when Lu Sheng suddenly heard a rush of breaking wind flashing past his head on the right side.
Immediately afterwards, several sounds of piercing through the air followed closely behind, catching up with the tail.
There was the faint cry of a baby in the air.
Lu Sheng paused, sensing that the five people who were chasing and fleeing quickly moved away, he ignored it and continued walking towards home.
Although this kind of pursuit is rare, it is not the first time I have seen it. Horizontal City was already very chaotic.
Walking along the street, he soon came to the iron gate of the villa he bought.
According to the past practice, he should now take out the key, open the iron door and go in, let the housekeeper prepare hot water and food, and then rest.
But now, Lu Sheng stopped slowly.
On the right side of the iron gate of the villa, there is a recessed dark grid on the stone pillar, which was originally used to place lighting oil lamps.
But at this time the oil lamp was gone, replaced by a pair of bright and clear big eyes.
There was no impurity in those eyes, they were blank. Like the brightest stars and gems.
a baby.
A little baby who was stuffed here just now, wrapped tightly in the arms of the hunted just now.
In this environment of being hunted down, as long as the baby utters a cry, it is impossible to survive and hide until now.
But the strange thing is that the baby waited until Lu Sheng came back to the door and found her, and he didn't cry.
Lu Sheng stared blankly at the baby for a while.
"As fat as my son." His eyes suddenly calmed down.
There was silence around, Lu Sheng calmed down for a while, then slowly stretched out his hand, and carried the baby out.
He touched the bottom casually.
"It's a girl. A good girl." He praised, "Since you are destined to be with me, follow me."
The baby stared at him blankly, his eyes were pure and clear, and there was nothing.
When she heard these words, she suddenly hooked her lips together and smiled sweetly.
Fifteen years later...
"My name is Lu Hongye, and I am the daughter of an ordinary small businessman."
"My father was the owner of a shop dealing in antiques and other miscellaneous goods. My mother left us very early, leaving me and my father alone."
"When I was ten years old, my father told me that I was picked up by him, and I was thrown out if I didn't obey.
Like other classmates and friends, my parents always like to use this trick to educate their children. "
"When I was twelve years old, my father took me to move to Shuguang City, which is hundreds of miles away. I continued to run the antique business here. I also persuaded my father many times, asking him to find another one, so as not to delay my own. youth.
But my father was always silent, and then changed the subject. "
"Father loves me very much, but I don't want to become a bondage to him because of this love. So...
I just want to ask, is there any place in the city that repairs glasses? I accidentally crushed my glasses this morning, and I can't find anywhere to fix them. "
“…….”
In the classroom of Class 1 of the fourth year at Dawn City Gerner College.
A group of students stared blankly at Lu Hongye who was telling cold jokes in a serious manner on the podium.
It turned out that the head teacher was asking each new student to introduce himself. After all, it is a newly formed special training class. but now... ..
"Still have no sense of humor." Lu Hongye walked off the podium with a blank expression on his face.
"A boring world, a boring life." She looked at the confused faces in front of the desk, and her heart was at peace.
Obviously when my father told me this joke, I laughed so hard that my stomach hurt, but now these people have no sense of humor.
After a while of silence, the homeroom teacher coughed a few times, went on stage and asked the next student to introduce himself.
Lu Hongye was bored in class, listening to unnutritious content until after school.
As the sun set, the streets and alleys were burned red everywhere.
Lu Hongye kicked Lu Sheng's pebbles, carried her schoolbag with one hand, and ignored the black and white plaid short skirt school uniform she was wearing.
Occasionally, the long golden hair was draped in front, and she tied it behind her impatiently.
Swaying all the way, she finally spent half an hour and completed the journey that was less than ten minutes away.
Came back to the door of a small villa that has been around for some years.
Skillfully took out the key from the chest, opened the door and entered, the housekeeper grandpa was watering the garden with a kettle.
"Hello, Grandpa Hank."
"Hi, miss." The old butler smiled and nodded, continuing his work.
Lu Hongye trotted all the way, entered the living room in three steps and two steps, just in time to see that on the sofa in the living room, the old man was drinking coffee and reading the newspaper that had just arrived. The muscular lines of his body bulged high, like rocks.
"Are you back?" Dad put down the newspaper, frowned and looked at Lu Hongye's baggy skirt and clothes.
"What did I remember telling you?"
Lu Hongye clearly saw a icy cold light flashing in the old man's eyes.
Her heart trembled, and only then did she realize that she had forgotten to tidy up her appearance before entering the door, so she quickly reached out to straighten the corners of the dress to remove wrinkles.
"At school, do you still get along with the students in the new class?" The old man nodded slowly and asked again.
"It's okay, it's okay." Lu Hongye laughed dryly. She has a fairly beautiful face, but she has a pair of sharp and straight eyebrows, giving people a neutral beauty that is sharp and heroic. But now this neutral and beautiful face is wearing a flattering smile.
"Go and freshen up, and finish today's homework first." The old man continued.
"Yes" Lu Hongye replied with a helplessly drawn out voice.
Ever since she hugged a harp on a whim when she was eight years old, a piano practice journey that made her regret for life began.
From the age of eight to the age of fifteen now. She has experienced countless hardships and setbacks in the middle, and many times she wanted to give up, but with her stern and ruthless father, giving up would be like a beating.
After many times, Lu Hongye resigned to her fate. One hour of piano practice every day is unshakable, and she has gradually developed a habit over the years.
Quickly went up to the second floor, opened the door and walked into the bedroom.
Lu Hongye opened the curtains, opened the windows for ventilation, and then closed the door. Walking to the closet, he was about to open the door.
"Help! Help!!" Suddenly a shrill voice came from the closet.
Lu Hongye was taken aback for a moment, and slowly opened the closet a crack.
With a click, a blue shadow flew out of the gap in an instant.
"Help!" The shadow flew around, and suddenly stopped on Lu Hongye's shoulder, gasping for breath.
"It was so dangerous, so dangerous, I almost suffocated!"
Lu Hongye blinked her eyes, staring at the little thing.
"A golden...little lizard?"
"Finally found you, Your Highness Shar!" the little lizard spoke out, with a vicissitudes of life expression on his face.
"Sar? Your Highness?" Lu Hongye was taken aback, "Who are you? Did you recognize the wrong person?"
She has heard that there are such spirit beasts and magical beasts in the world.
"No! She did not admit the wrong person. Respected His Royal Highness Shar, finally, after so many years, I finally found you...."
In the room, at some point, a tall and slender masked woman unexpectedly appeared. The woman knelt on one knee, carrying two crossed short guns on her back, exuding a faint sharp aura.
Lu Hongye blinked her eyes, in a daze, not knowing what happened.
"Your Highness, fourteen years ago, one of your subordinates was hunted down, and you had no choice but to place you in front of this family's house, so that you could escape the catastrophe.
Now that the catastrophe is over and the enemy is unable to take care of it, the subordinates have time to come and find you. "The masked woman said seriously.
A lizard that can speak human language, a masked woman with extraordinary skills, and an epic legend that is full of songs and tears.
Half an hour later, the nervous Lu Hongye learned her true life experience from these two guys.
It turned out that she was the youngest princess of the legendary Golden Dragon Clan. Her father was the Golden Dragon King Tali who was betrayed and assassinated to death.
Her mother died of poisoning during the clan struggle, and now she is the only one left in the blood of the Dragon King clan.
The Golden Dragon Clan is facing an unprecedented threat crisis. Only the blood of the Dragon King can open the royal family inheritance and find the hope of redemption.
So the lizard and the masked woman came here to make way for Hongye to lead the Dragon King clan and revive the Golden Dragon clan.
"..." Lu Hongye finished listening to the story with a dazed expression. He stared blankly at the lizard and the woman.
"Your Highness, hurry up and wait with me to go back! Time is urgent, and it will be too late!" The woman said anxiously.
"You mean, I'm not a mortal by nature? What kind of princess of the Golden Dragon King?" She pointed at herself and said in a daze.
"good!"
"You also said that I was born with an incomparably powerful bloodline of the royal family, with infinite power and amazing mana?" Lu Hongye continued pointing at herself.
"Yes, Your Highness!" Both of them nodded quickly.
"You also said that I have a royal inheritance behind me, and my blood can't..."
"Lu Hongye! Haven't started practicing the piano yet! Do you want to die!!?"
A sudden roar came in from outside the door in an instant.
Lu Hongye's hair stood on end, she almost jumped out of bed in fright, the sound made the whole room tremble.
"I know... I got it! I'm... practicing the piano!!" She stammered and responded loudly.