I walked around to the back of the car. Open the trunk and take a look. Oops! Good guy. The trunk as wide as the v8 was actually filled with red roses that were exactly the size of a bowl in my hand.
Over the years, I have seen people give one as a gift, and I have seen people give a handful as a gift. I’ve seen people give away hundreds of flowers. But a trunk... Forgive me that I have never seen the world, but this is the first time I see it.
Those women who say they don't like romance and don't like roses have probably never seen what a trunk of roses looks like. I'm not a particularly romantic person, but right now. I was so happy that I held my hands on the trunk door, fearing that I would faint from the fun.
Luo Xiangdong lowered the window and turned to call me: "Hey. You'll have to wait and see. It's all yours and you can't throw it away."
I closed the trunk door. He turned around and walked around to the front of the car and got into the passenger seat. Luo Xiangdong saw that the corners of my mouth couldn't stop rising, and he looked at me with a smile in his eyes and said, "Are you happy? Didn't you say I picked it?"
I looked sideways at him and said, "Why spend so much money? It's just a token purchase of a hundred or so. I won't have room to put it at home after all this time." It was a pity to throw it away. I started to worry about money again.
Luo Xiangdong started the car and said, "You are always talking about what you say and what you mean."
Women are indeed duplicitous animals, or contradictory. On the one hand, we long for the people we love to surprise and pamper us endlessly. But if you are really interested, you will feel sorry for the other person's money. Even though Luo Xiangdong has no idea about money, I do. The roses in that trunk cost tens of thousands at least.
After getting in the car, Luo Xiangdong went straight forward. I asked him: "Where to go now?"
He didn't answer but asked: "What do you want to eat?"
I said: "Eat steamed buns and drink porridge."
Luo Xiangdong said: "Going to Ningji?"
"OK."
Ning Ji is a Cantonese style breakfast, a long-established morning tea shop in the night city. The boss is from Liaozhou, so the food here has a wide range of varieties and the taste is very authentic. It's just that it's a short drive from where I work, and I don't usually have time to come here for breakfast, so I don't come here often.
It’s half past eight in the morning, when many people come over for breakfast. As soon as Luo Xiangdong and I walked in, we were greeted by the fragrant glutinous rice of various snacks and the aroma of the meat being cooked in the porridge.
Luo Xiangdong held my hand and I pointed to a seat by the window. The two were walking towards that end when they heard a voice behind them shouting: "Xiangdong?"
Luo Xiangdong and I turned around at the same time and saw four middle-aged men in straight clothes sitting at a table behind us. They are dressed in formal attire and are not ordinary company employees. You can tell at a glance that they are high-ranking people and people with status.
The man who called Luo Xiangdong's name looked a bit older, at least forty-five. When he saw Luo Xiangdong, his eyes were both surprised and overjoyed.
Luo Xiangdong also paused for two seconds, then walked over and said with a smile: "Brother Shizhang, why are you here?"
The man was older than my dad, but Luo Xiangdong called him brother, which made me a little surprised for a while.
Several men all stood up, and the older man among them said with a smile: "I happened to come over to Night City for some business. I didn't expect to meet you here so early. I thought I was wrong just now."
Luo Xiangdong still held my hand, and he introduced naturally: "Brother Shizhang, this is my girlfriend, Liang Zijin."
After that, he turned to me and said, "My dearest brother has watched me grow up."
Luo Xiangdong rarely introduced someone in such a formal way, so I quickly straightened my back, nodded respectfully and shouted: "Brother Shizhang, hello, my name is Liang Zijin."
The man shook my hand, smiled and said, "Hello, Rong Shizhang."
Rong Shizhang...Rong Shizhang? It sounded familiar, but for a moment I couldn't think of where I'd heard it.
Luo Xiangdong chatted face to face with Rong Shizhang. It turned out that Rong Shizhang was not in Night City, and this time he decided to come over to discuss some official matters.
Rong Shizhang said to Luo Xiangdong: "I can stay in Night City for a few days this time. Whenever you are free, I will go back with you to see Uncle Luo."
Luo Xiangdong smiled and replied: "Brother Shizhang, my dad is at home. You can come over at any time. I have to go to Binhai with her later. It's too late for the ten o'clock flight."
Rong Shizhang glanced at me, the smile in his eyes was a little brighter, and he said, "It's no wonder that Uncle Luo said he can't stand you. This isn't the weekend either. Why are you running to the seaside? You don't have to go to work?"
I felt surprised again, because I had just learned about this.
Luo Xiangdong smiled and said: "My dad wants to tie me to the company, but I'm not the kind of person who just wants to stay. Love and work don't have to be delayed. I'm still working hard now."
Most of Rong Shizhang's smile showed the tolerance and understanding of an older man. After chatting for a few words, he said to Luo Xiangdong and me: "Okay, let's go eat quickly. Don't delay the plane."
Luo Xiangdong said: "Brother Shizhang, when you go back to see my dad, don't forget to keep it a secret for me."
Rong Shizhang said: "I have kept secrets from you all these years, but you have never given me the hush money once."
Luo Xiangdong said: "When we get married, your red envelope will be saved."
There was a clear look of surprise in Rong Shizhang's eyes. Although it was quick, I still caught it. I guess he must have met many of Luo Xiangdong's girlfriends, but he didn't expect that Luo Xiangdong would want to marry me.
I thought he would definitely ask a few questions, but he just smiled and said, "Okay, let's go eat, and we'll talk later."
Luo Xiangdong took my hand and walked forward, and I kept thinking about the name Rong Shizhang in my heart. Finally, a flash of inspiration made me think of it.
Isn’t Rong Shizhang the current vice chairman and executive president of Senming Group? Senming Group is a Chinese company, but because it has been focusing on foreign investment and development in recent years, and its senior managers are low-key and unwilling to show up, I have only occasionally seen it on web news.
The strength of the Senming Group should not be underestimated. Although the industrial chain in China is not comparable to that of the Luo family, in Canada, New Zealand and some European countries, the Luo family's position in the country is overwhelming.
This is the first time I have seen such a big boss in real life. Of course, I have ignored Luo Xiangdong at this moment.
After sitting down, Luo Xiangdong flipped through the order book and asked me what I wanted to eat. But I had no intention of eating or drinking, and just asked him in a gossipy voice: "Hey, you and Sen Ming's vice-director are brothers, are you so cool?"
Luo Xiangdong stared at the order book, opened his thin lips, and replied to me: "My dad has a good relationship with his dad."
"Tsk, tsk, as expected, beautiful women's friends are all beautiful women, and awesome people are surrounded by even more awesome people."
Luo Xiangdong couldn't help but glance at me, with a blurred expression of ridicule and amusement, and said, "You've been with me all day long, and I haven't seen you being more curious."
I said, "Are you tired of watching this?"
Luo Xiangdong glanced at me, and then called the clerk to order. I wanted to eat steamed buns, so Luo Xiangdong ordered crab meat dumplings, Qin Gong shrimp dumplings, shark fin siomai, and authentic barbecued pork buns. Anyway, it’s all pasta and snacks.
I stopped him and said, "That's enough. I can't afford so much waste."
Luo Xiangdong ordered me pork liver and lean meat porridge again, and I said, "I don't want to eat pork liver this morning."
Luo Xiangdong only said lightly: "Pork liver replenishes blood, you are in short supply recently."
The male clerk standing next to me glanced at me, just as I was looking at him guiltily. As a result, our eyes met, which made it even more awkward.
After finally waiting for the clerk to go down with the order book, I frowned, lowered my voice, looked at Luo Xiangdong opposite and said, "Can you keep a low profile?"
"What's wrong?"
"I didn't bleed much last night, so don't make a fuss and ask me to replenish blood..." My face turned red.
As a result, Luo Xiangdong stared at me expressionlessly for a few seconds, and then said: "What did you say? I said your aunt just left and she needs blood replenishment. Do you think I said you..."
My eyes widened and I immediately said: "Don't say it!"
The blood surged, and I really wanted to kill myself. I misunderstood my feelings, and I still cared about the little blood shed for the first time.
Luo Xiangdong's face was full of ridicule, and he teased me about this for a long time.
When we were halfway through eating, Rong Shizhang and his group came over to say hello to Luo Xiangdong before leaving.
Luo Xiangdong and I both stood up, and Rong Shizhang smiled and said to me, "It's okay, you eat what you have."
After saying a few words, I nodded and said goodbye to Rong Shizhang, then sat down to eat with Luo Xiangdong again.
"By the way, you said you would go to Binhai later. Is it true?"
Luo Xiangdong was drinking porridge with a spoon. Hearing this, he shouted back to me: "Why are you lying to me?"
I raised my eyebrows and said, "Are you really going?"
Luo Xiangdong raised his eyes and looked at me and said, "It's too cold in Night City. It's not fun anywhere. I'll take you to the beach to bask in the sun. You can also rest for a few days."
I said: "This is too sudden."
Luo Xiangdong said: "Can't it be called a surprise if it doesn't happen suddenly?"
The corners of my hopeless lips raised, and I couldn't help but feel happy.
After breakfast, Luo Xiangdong and I got in the car. Kingb and Queenb were lying on their backs in the back seat. I said, "Should we take them to the pet shop first?"
Luo Xiangdong said: "Take them with you, otherwise they will go crazy again after five days."
I think Luo Xiangdong is really caring. If it were me, I wouldn't be willing to go out and play by myself and leave them behind.
When we arrived at the airport, we went through the pet check-in procedures with Luo Xiangdong. My mother called me on the way. She usually doesn't call me at this time. I thought something was wrong, so I said hello to Luo Xiangdong and walked to a quiet place to pick up the phone.
"Hey, Mom."
My mother said: "Zijin, are you working?"
I responded deliberately vaguely, and then said: "What's wrong?"
My mother said mysteriously: "Zijin, guess who I met on the road today?"
I said: "Where can I guess?"
My mother said: "I saw Zhang Danqing!"
When I first heard Zhang Danqing's name, the first thing I thought of was Zhang Danqing, so my heart skipped a beat and I wondered how my mother could recognize Zhang Danqing.