I don't have ulterior motives

Sunday evening, Casanova restaurant.The coquettish boss, as the name suggests, chattered endlessly while arranging the plates: "Tonight is a group of young people's reservations. When one of the reservations was made, it was specifically mentioned that Amarone was prepared, which is the best wine in Verona, Italy. "The boss sighed, "I can't help but think of my teenage years. I often met with my companions on the olive tree at night, drinking and betting. The loser would go to the girl's window and ask her for her underwear. , you know, the sea blue one, like the embrace of the sea..."

totally no idea.Young people here simply don't have the teenage years to play that kind of bet.And what is the custom of meeting on the olive tree?

Jin Bei, who had changed into casual clothes, waved his hands impatiently: "Got it. I'm going to get off work. I hope that group of young people will have a good time and won't make any strange bets."

"You really know?"

"No, I mean, I don't know..."

Carrying his schoolbag, Jin Bei walked out of the restaurant with his forehead stroked.Outside is a courtyard with fountains, sculptures, and grass. Walking in the middle, Jin Bei saw a wave of familiar people.

He narrowed his eyes, moved in his heart, and stood sideways behind the sculpture next to him.

There were about ten people who came, some of them were his classmates, and some of them were boys and girls of the same age who he didn't know.Surrounded by everyone in the middle was Xia Ruoxing. Seeing him, Jin Bei was a little upset, but when he saw Shu Linan on Xia Ruoxing's left, the side closest to him, Jin Bei's mood suddenly took a turn.

Next to Xia Ruoxing is a short boy with round glasses holding a cake, which should be Xia Ruoxing's birthday party.So this is the group of young people the boss mentioned?The dessert rum cake in the evening was handled by Jin Bei, he wondered how Shu Linan would feel after eating it.

When a group of people walked past him, he turned his head slightly from under the brim of his hat and winked at Shu Lin'an.

Shu Lin'an glanced this way, with a little surprise in his eyes, and quickly turned back.The others didn't notice him, and walked by talking and laughing.

Jin Bei simply turned around and leaned against the tree, watching them walk into the magnificently decorated gate.When entering the door, Shu Lin'an glanced here intentionally or unintentionally, and Jin Bei blinked at him again.

When the figures disappeared from sight, Jin Bei lowered his head and reflected for a moment, what he was doing.

He took out his mobile phone and sent a text message to Liao Fangyuan: "I saw Xia Ruoxing in Casanova, with a group of about ten classmates. Maybe it was a birthday party. There are no adults." I was asked for help yesterday, but I met today Pay attention to the object.

The other party quickly wrote back: "I have followed Casanova's monitoring. You are also watching."

Jin Bei raised his eyebrows, and sent another text message: "Labor service fee?"

"I invite you to dinner tomorrow."

Jin Bei twitched the corner of his mouth, put away his phone, looked up lazily into the restaurant for a few seconds, and walked towards the gate.

The person on duty was a young girl in her 20s. Jin Bei went over and said in embarrassment: "Sister Chen, I found out that I forgot to bring the key, and the friend who deposited the key was not at home, so I went back at night. It's not interesting outside, can you?" Spend the night in a restaurant?"

"Can I let you stay? Go back and remember." Sister Chen nodded with a smile.

"Thank you, Sister Chen." Jin Bei showed a bright smile, and asked casually, "By the way, are those people who went up just now reserved for tonight? I think they are quite young."

"Yeah. I heard that the birthday person is a rich second generation, very rich, and his friends should be in the same circle. Tsk tsk, people are better than others, really..."

"We will become teachers in the future, maybe we will become famous in one fell swoop, not worse than them." Jin Bei raised his eyebrows and said seriously.

"Dream you." Sister Chen said with a smile.

Jin Bei also laughed, but turned around with a curious expression, "I'll go up and have a look."

Sister Chen shook her head from behind. Young boys, seeing people of the same age living completely different lives, should be unbalanced.But the boy seemed to have a lot of fighting spirit.

The direction of Jin Bei's fighting spirit is completely different from what Sister Chen thought.

The second floor of the restaurant is a private room. Xia Ruoxing and the others occupy the largest one. There are two round tables, sofas and a stage.At this time another round table was moved out, the door of the private room was half open, Jin Bei counted, there were nine people sitting around the table, the appetizers and soup had already been served, but they seemed to be still chatting.

Jin Bei approached the private room, followed the wall to the door of the next private room, and gently opened the door.At this moment, he heard a loud voice from behind: "Jin Bei? What are you doing?"

Shocked, Jin Bei swallowed, and stood up straight unconsciously. He adjusted his expression and turned around. He saw the chef pushing the dining car and looked at him suspiciously.

The chef is a fat middle-aged man with a cute mustache, and Mung Bean's eyes are full of confusion.

"I left something behind, maybe it was left when the food was served in the private room at noon, I'll come back and look for it." Jin Bei said without drafting.

"Oh." The chef nodded, "What is it? Do you want my help? Can you find it for me after the dishes are served?"

"No need, no need, you are busy with your work at night, you have prepared so many things, you can rest for a while after work, I can do it by myself." Jin Bei prayed that the other party would stop asking him what he lost.

"Okay. Then you look for it first. What's missing?"

One's own prayers must have had some sort of reverse effect.

Jin Bei quickly searched in his mind and ruled out things that might be knocked off when serving the dishes, but would not be too big and would not be noticed immediately, and said slowly: "A ring."

"Ring?" The chef exclaimed, his eyes seemed to be torturing him, how could he just throw away such an important thing and his girlfriend would break up with him tomorrow.

"It's not too important. No, I can't say it's not important, it's just a ring that's easy to drop..."

That's right, it's just an inappropriate ring, just as inappropriate as the time you appeared.

The chef nodded solemnly: "Then you should look for it quickly. I'm going to serve the food." He smiled encouragingly again, "I will definitely find it."

It doesn't matter whether you find it or not, the important thing is that you leave quickly.

The chef finally turned around, and Jin Bei heaved a sigh of relief.He entered the private room and closed the door tightly, afraid that the chef would come back after serving the dishes. He pretended to be looking for something, bent over to look left and right, moved to the wall of the next private room, and put his ears on the wall .

There were whispers and polite exclamations over there. It should be that the chef is cutting lamb chops.But the content of the conversation was inaudible.Jin Bei thought about whether he could sneak into their table and pretend to serve dessert or something, and in fact, he was the one who made the dessert.

But he didn't want to appear in front of Xia Ruoxing with this role on this occasion.

The chef pushed the cart out and did not come to this private room again.

After the main course, there were vegetables, desserts and coffee. Before the dishes were served, Jin Bei stayed in the private room next door.Voices, the clashing of knives and forks, and the sound of wine bottles can be heard, but the contents are unknown.Jin Bei pondered, maybe he could ask Xia Ruoxing's friends about the situation of Xia's family. Although it's impossible for friends to know anything important, just in case they do, and Shu Lin'an's voice is so nice, it's also good to chat...

After the dishes were served, the second floor was Xia Ruoxing, his friends, and Jin Bei's world.He went out of the private room door, and the door of the next box was still half open. He walked behind the next door, making sure that no one would see him if he went to the bathroom, and sat down against the wall.

It was a little clearer than before.There were clamors from several people.It seems to have entered the drinking session.This group of people drank the wine they were drinking as beer from a street food stall, which is a standard prelude to telling the truth after drinking.

You can see the situation inside from the crack of the door. There are no elders and a serious atmosphere. Of course, this group of rich second generations don't care about etiquette, and cakes, champagne and red wine are spilled casually.Xia Ruoxing leaned on the back of the chair, smiled while holding the fork, it seemed that she almost stepped on the table.

I don't know how long it took, but Jin Bei got a little bored watching, and the other party seemed to be bored too, no longer making a fuss, but chatting in twos and threes.Jin Bei took out his phone and started sending WeChat messages to Liao Fangyuan.

"A bunch of kids messing around, it doesn't seem to be doing anything."

"Don't assume. The clues are often hidden in casual chat."

"The problem is that I can't hear what the other party is talking about."

"Can't you pretend to be a waiter and stay by?"

"Does the waiter stay by your side while you're eating!"

"Anyway, take a look again, don't be discouraged, at worst, you can learn from Xia Ruoxing's friends."

Jin Bei looked at Liao Fangyuan's suggestion, rolled his eyes, and put away his phone.

He looked up again, Xia Ruoxing and Shu Lin'an were talking about something, Shu Lin'an was sitting idly with his hands on his head, two buttons of his shirt were unbuttoned, looking casual and lazy.Xia Ruoxing danced and danced, quite drunk, after talking for a long time, Shu Linan only answered a few words from time to time.

Jin Bei was a little displeased when he heard it, thinking why this kid told Shu Lin'an everything, and kept babbling nonstop when he said it.He looked at his watch and saw that it was already 09:30, so he cursed inwardly and asked others not to go home.

The group of friends didn't care much, and they all planned to disperse. Before leaving, they politely asked if they needed help to take care of them. Shu Linan said that there was no need for me to take care of them. You should go back quickly. The driver should be waiting, and the others said that we I'll leave first, Young Master Shu, thank you for your hard work, and then leave one after another.

Jin Bei watched helplessly as Xia Ruoxing dragged Shu Linan and chattered endlessly. Shu Linan nodded his head indifferently, and occasionally stretched out his fork to take a bite of the cake.

Don't bother people eating cake.Jin Bei thought angrily, this is the most basic courtesy to a chef!

Jin Bei leaned against the wall and waited until he wondered if they were going to spend the night here, Xia Ruoxing finally calmed down, leaned on the back of the chair and closed his mouth.

Jin Bei looked at his watch, it was already ten o'clock.

Shu Lin'an stood up, put the opponent's arm on his shoulder, and helped Xia Ruoxing out of the private room.

The author has something to say:

Chef: What's missing?

Jin Bei: My heart.

Chef: ...Where did you lose it?

Jin Bei: Next door >v<.