After Luo Xiangdong answered the phone, he said hello, and I whispered: "Mr. Luo, I'm here, please come out."
There was a splashing sound from Luo Xiangdong's end, and I knew it was playing cards.
He said: "Come up here, 1203."
My voice became even lower: "Mr. Luo, I came here by taxi. I don't have enough money..."
Luo Xiangdong said: "What?"
There was a lot of noise on his end, and I frowned. I simply let go of my voice and replied calmly: "I said I don't have enough money. Please come down and give me some money."
Luo Xiangdong was silent for a few seconds, and then said: "Wait."
I hung up the phone and sat awkwardly in the back seat of the taxi.
The driver looked at me in the rearview mirror and couldn't help but ask aloud: "Are you here to deliver afternoon tea to the boss?"
I reluctantly raised the stiff corners of my lips and nodded.
The driver smiled and said, "It's really hard to work now. I have to run errands for my boss when I go to work and after work."
I didn't know what to answer, so I just didn't say anything.
Less than two minutes after sitting in the car, the door of the club was opened, and Luo Xiangdong, wearing a blue sweater, came out. He stepped forward with his long legs and quickly walked to the taxi.
He opened the back door, looked at me and said, "How much?"
"fifty three."
The driver said openly: "I'll give you fifty."
Luo Xiangdong took out a hundred dollar bill from his wallet and I handed it to the driver. The driver found me a fifty dollar bill. I handed it to Luo Xiangdong. He didn't take it and just said, "You are living a good life now." How miserable? I can’t even get out fifty yuan.”
I slowly walked out of the car carrying three big bags. As soon as I got out of the car, he reached out and took all the bags, and then said, "What did you buy so much?"
I was angry at the bottom of my heart and replied in a deep voice: "Egg tarts, why don't you let me buy more? I spent all my money on this."
Luo Xiangdong heard something was wrong with my voice, so he couldn't help but glance at me, and then said: "You have such a stinky face, why did you steal the money to buy the egg tarts?"
With my brows furrowed, I casually found an excuse to vent out loud: "I didn't have much money to begin with, and now I've spent all my money, and I'm going to get scolded by others. I'm thinking of something."
Luo Xiangdong suddenly raised the corners of his lips and smiled, although there was a lot of contempt in this smile. He looked at me and said, "Okay, why don't I let you spend a little money? I'll make you feel sad. Don't worry, the money I won tonight I’ll give it all to you as labor fee.”
I held my mouth shut, still unhappy.
He followed Luo Xiangdong into the club and took the elevator upstairs. On the way, he looked at the bag containing the egg tarts and said to me: "Half sweet and half not sweet?"
I only came back to my senses when he asked this question. I had already put this matter in the back of my mind. I paused for a moment, and then replied: "I forgot to ask, there must be some that are not sweet."
Luo Xiangdong glared at me mercilessly and said, "I can't even handle such a small thing."
I looked away, out of sight, out of mind.
The elevator dinged and opened, Luo Xiangdong stepped out first, and I followed him to the door of room 1203. The door was ajar. As soon as Luo Xiangdong opened the door, I saw two behemoths running from the opposite side of the corridor. They were actually two giant Alaskans, one black and one gray.
I have seen these two dogs on Luo Xiangdong’s mobile phone. The black one is kingb and the gray one is queenb. They were both raised by Luo Xiangdong since childhood.
Two giant Alas, which were about half a person tall when standing on four legs, surrounded Luo Xiangdong, raising their heads and wagging their tails, looking pious and cute.
I was instantly fascinated. I swept away all the previous discomfort and reached out to touch them with bright eyes.
"kingb, queenb..." As soon as I called their names, the two big dogs immediately looked at me, sticking out their tongues and wagging their tails in a cute way.
Luo Xiangdong walked directly inside, and the two big dogs quickly turned around and left after him. I couldn't walk when I saw beautiful dogs, so I quickly followed them in.
After passing through the corridor, the space inside suddenly became larger. There was a mahjong machine in the living room, and Zheng Zeyu, Wei Zheng and Qin Yichuan were sitting at the table.
Luo Xiangdong walked over, put the bag on the coffee table, and said, "Come over and eat egg tarts."
I nodded to several people and greeted them with a smile: "Brother Zheng, Mr. Zheng, Mr. Qin."
Wei Zheng smiled and nodded at me and said, "Here we come."
Zheng Zeyu raised his slender eyes, glanced at Wei Zheng, then looked at me and said, "When did he become your brother?"
I replied aloud: "My grandma was hospitalized a while ago, thanks to Brother Zheng's help."
Zheng Zeyu said oh meaningfully, and then said: "It turns out that we met behind my back."
I didn't know how to answer, but Wei Zheng asked me to sit on the sofa and said with a smile: "Ignore him."
Zheng Zeyu followed me and suddenly said: "Xiao Liang, I haven't seen you for so long. Do you miss me?"
I turned around and asked a question, then replied with a slight smile: "There have been a lot of things lately..."
Wei Zheng said: "Do you understand? The implication is that I don't have time to think about you."
Zheng Zeyu saw me smiling back at Wei Zheng, and he said to me: "Xiao Liang, we are all so familiar with each other. You call him Brother Zheng, now you can also call me brother."
As soon as these words came out, I saw Luo Xiangdong raise his eyes and glare at Zheng Zeyu, then lowered his head and took out the egg tart box.
Luo Xiangdong's look made me undecided, and I didn't dare to recognize him casually, so I had to smile awkwardly.
A few of us sat around on the circular sofa. Luo Xiangdong glanced at the egg tart boxes on the table, and then said, "Try them, and see which box is not sweet."
Zheng Zeyu took the first piece, took a bite, and then raised his eyebrows and said: "Xiangdong, this, eat this, it's not sweet here."
When Luo Xiangdong heard this, he glared at Zheng Zeyu with disgust and said, "Go away, if you are not sweet, I will rip off your head."
As expected, Zheng Zeyu smiled and said nonchalantly: "You are now a prostitute, so you won't be fooled."
Wei Zheng said: "You lied to him for so many years. Every time you lied, you always had the same expression. Even a blind man can see it."
Zheng Zeyu raised his eyes slightly and asked seriously: "Is it because my acting skills are not good enough?"
Wei Zheng smiled faintly and was too lazy to answer him.
Everyone took a box of egg tarts, took a bite and said to Luo Xiangdong, "It's sweet."
Luo Xiangdong looked at me and said, "Did you buy something that wasn't sweet?"
I was a little panicked when he saw it, so I quickly replied: "I forgot to ask, but there must be some that are not sweet."
As I said that, I took a box, picked one at random and took a bite. It was sweet.
Luo Xiangdong looked at me without blinking. Seeing that I lowered my eyes slightly and chewed slowly, he said quietly: "Liang Zijin, did you do this on purpose?"
My eyes widened slightly and I looked at him with a look of grievance.
Wei Zheng spoke up to smooth things over: "Eat slowly, there should be some that are not sweet."
Luo Xiangdong pursed his thin lips and took it out on me: "Liang Zijin, taste the rest and see which one is not sweet."
I glanced at the egg tart boxes on the table. In addition to the box for the five of us now, there were about ten boxes. Even if I took out one from each box to taste, I would have to eat at least a dozen bites. The key is to eat more and eat less. With so many people watching, I am just like the little eunuch who replaced Huangdian Poison in ancient times. How embarrassing.
I held my tongue and said nothing, my eyes full of reluctance.
Seeing this, Zheng Zeyu was the first to speak out: "How about you call me brother and I will share two boxes with you?"
I glared at him with very little movement, but he was really able to sneak in every opportunity.
Wei Zheng said something to Luo Xiangdong, and then said to me with a smile: "Xiangdong is teasing you. It's okay. You can eat whatever you want."
I was so grateful to the dead guard Zheng. In this room, apart from those who made things difficult for others, there were also people watching the fun, and there was also Qin Yichuan who said nothing.
But the next minute, I changed my view on Qin Yichuan, because he silently took the egg tarts from several other boxes to try, and then said to Luo Xiangdong: "These two boxes are not sweet."
Luo Xiangdong trusted Qin Yichuan and took one directly from the box to eat.
I looked at Qin Yichuan, wanting to give him a grateful look, but unfortunately he didn't look at me at all.
King B and Queen B both sat next to Luo Xiangdong's legs, one on the left and one on the right like two stone lions. Luo Xiangdong ate half of the unsweetened egg tart, and then fed two to them respectively.
queenb's big tail was placed on my feet, and I could touch its back with my hand. Unfortunately, I was afraid that Luo Xiangdong would talk about me, so I didn't dare to raise my hand to touch it.
Wei Zheng was sitting opposite me. He smiled and said to me: "Zijin, thank you for coming here to buy egg tarts. You have been waiting in line for a long time, right?"
I looked away from the dog, turned to Wei Zheng, and replied with a smile: "It's okay, the queue didn't take long."
Luo Xiangdong, who was sitting on my right, suddenly said, "If I ask you to buy more, you don't have to buy so much. Do you think we are all pigs?"
After that, he teased in a low voice: "I don't even have taxi money left in my pocket. I really don't know what you think."
To be honest, I was used to being teased by Luo Xiangdong, and I didn't think it was anything. I just pursed my lips and said nothing.
Zheng Zeyu spoke out: "Did you see that when you bought him egg tarts, he kindly treated him like a donkey's liver and lungs? This kind of person deserves to be beaten with a black nose and a swollen face, don't you think?"
I glanced at Luo Xiangdong subconsciously, but saw that he didn't even raise his head, and there was nothing strange about him, so I secretly breathed a sigh of relief. But I didn't dare to answer this question, so I had to smile awkwardly and fool around.
After a few people sat down and ate a few pieces of egg tarts, they were about to play cards. I thought I should leave, or...
Just as he was thinking about it, Luo Xiangdong said: "Don't you like dogs? Just sit here and play with dogs. When we finish playing cards in the evening, I will take you back."
I raised my eyes and looked at Luo Xiangdong. He had already stood up and walked to the card table, leaving only his back behind me.
I pouted at his back, said oh, and then sat on the sofa playing with the dog openly.
Actually, I don’t ask for much, just give me something to play with.
There were a lot of egg tarts left on the table, so I picked up a piece and said to the two big dogs in front of me: "Sit down, sit down."
Luo Xiangdong was two meters away. Hearing this, he turned his head and looked over, and said quietly: "Don't treat my dogs like monkeys in the zoo. They won't listen."
I said: "Really?"
I glanced at the two big dogs sitting in front of me, and then looked at Luo Xiangdong.
When Luo Xiangdong saw this, he immediately looked away with a sullen face.
Zheng Zeyu turned around and smiled at me: "If you feed them egg tarts, they will even raise their paws."
Luo Xiangdong said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty still owes me thirty thousand."
Zheng Zeyu said: "Stingy, I will win this round..."