After entering the general article of a certain Jiangba

Two years later, City C.

Since returning to China, Sheng Que has seldom had such a leisurely time.He has always been the proud son of heaven, with his eyes above the top, and he also has perseverance and determination.

This time, he came to City C despite his busy schedule, because of the company he founded.

Among the younger generation in the family, he is the most outstanding. He has crushed others since he was a child and grew up.

He is very high-spirited, and he does not want to take a position in his own group like his uncle or brothers and sisters.

Sheng Que wants to conquer the world by himself.

He has ambition and ability, and all the elders in the family do not support him.

The Shengjia Bank made its fortune in traditional Chinese medicine, and later expanded its business to the entire pharmaceutical industry. It is a well-deserved leader.

Sheng Que is optimistic about the emerging artificial intelligence technology, and start-up companies focus on smart home.

He came to City C to visit an industry leader in artificial intelligence.This old gentleman has been living abroad in his early years and only returned to China in recent years.He also refused to go to the busiest city B, city S, and stayed in city C.

Sheng Que didn't dare to bother his old man, so he had to come to City C by himself.

On this day, he met the old gentleman, and his grandson, who is also an alumnus of Sheng Que's master's degree, was walking on the streets of C city together.

Liu Qinghui smiled and said to Sheng Que: "After returning to China, it's rare to see you once or twice. Now that you've come to City C, I'll be your host."

Sheng Que doesn't have a big appetite, and he doesn't have much interest in things like having fun.

But he didn't dispel Liu Qinghui's excitement, "Okay."

Liu Qinghui smiled, and said, "I'll take you to a place to eat today, I guarantee that neither City B nor City S has anything like this."

He opened the door and signaled Sheng Que to get in the car.

Half an hour later, the car stopped at the door of a building on the outskirts of City C.

Sheng Que looked at the antique building in front of him, and the word "Flower City" was written on the plaque above his head.

Inside the gate, there seems to be some trails in a winding way.

There was a waiter leading the way at the door, and there was a strong smell of pot bottoms in the air.

He was also a little hungry after being stimulated for a while.

"This is where you want to bring me, a hot pot restaurant?"

He asked Liu Qinghui.

Liu Qinghui smiled and said, "Go in first and you'll know, Ah Ping, I'm sure this taste will make you unforgettable."

City C has always been a famous hot pot capital in the whole country, and Sheng Que was not surprised that Liu Qinghui invited himself to eat hot pot.

The waiter led them through the corridor and said, "Gentlemen, are you dining in the private room or outside?"

Liu Qinghui said: "Outside, I made an order in advance, please serve the food."

The waiter led them to the reserved seats, refilled the tea for them, and then left.

Liu Qinghui smiled and said to Sheng Que: "Ah Que, don't dislike the outside, it's hard to book a place to eat outside of their house?"

"Oh?"

Sheng Que looked at this pavilion-like structure, the whole Flower City looked like an old prince's house, not an ordinary dining place.

It is summer now, and the breeze blows up the water vapor in the pond, blowing towards the face, it is really cool.

That's it, but the layout is a bit novel.

After a while, the sky was completely dark.

Suddenly, the lights around the waterside pavilion outside were all dimmed.

"The performance is about to begin!" Liu Qinghui said.

As soon as he finished speaking, a small boat floated slowly in the artificial river around the waterside pavilion.

On that boat sat a girl wearing a veil and half holding a pipa.

Before everyone could see the girl's face clearly, "噗! 噗!" the voice of the pipa sounded.

Then there was a weeping pipa sound.

At the end of the song, Liu Qinghui asked Sheng Que, "How is it?"

"Skills are mediocre, but sentience is better."

"Haha! Ah Fei has always had a very high vision. It is already very good to get such an evaluation from you."

There were some other performances one after another, most of them were in this style, either ancient style dance, or flute, long flute, there are many types.

This kind of performance is actually not uncommon, but in a hot pot restaurant, the decoration of this restaurant is very innovative.

"The owner of this hot pot restaurant has a very active mind." Sheng Que said.

"Haha! Ah, if you think so, you are wrong. The reason why we love to come to Huacheng is that the playing and singing are second. The real reason is to have a taste."

smell?Sheng Que thought to himself, don't all hot pots taste the same?

Liu Qinghui also saw what he meant, shook his head repeatedly and smiled, "You'll know it after you've eaten it."

As soon as the words fell, the waiter who was in charge of serving the soup came over pushing the dining car.

Before the dining car reached the two of them, there was a strong fragrance emanating from it.

When the waiter puts the bottom of the pot on the pot and lifts the closed lid, a burst of numb and chili aroma immediately disperses, stimulating people's taste buds violently.Looking at the boiling red soup in the pot, it really whets the appetite.

Liu Qinghui's eyes almost narrowed from laughter, "Ah Pie, it's a good thing you can eat spicy food, otherwise you'd really miss out on a big delicacy."

Sheng Que didn't speak anymore.

The waiter came over to ask the two of them, and then began to serve them vegetables.

During the meeting, the two of them didn't say anything else, they just buried their heads in hard work.

In the middle, Liu Qinghui went to the bathroom, and when he came back, he obviously had an excited expression on his face.

"Guess who I just saw?"

"I met the boss of Huacheng." Liu Qinghui pointed to the hot pot on the table.

"You know each other?" Sheng Que asked.

Liu Qinghui waved his hands and said, "It's not acquaintance, at most he knows that I'm a regular customer."

"But I specifically mention him because, like you, he is young and has become his own master."

"Oh?"

Sheng Que looked at the surrounding environment again, and Xin Dao was indeed the work of a young man.

"Packaging is important, but food and beverages, the focus is still on the dishes."

Liu Qinghui said: "That's what I mean. This hot pot base is made by others."

Sheng Que was really surprised now, and said, "Is this boss a chef?"

"I don't know about that." Liu Qinghui rubbed his chin.

"However, Ah Fei, don't underestimate Huacheng. Although it is only a hot pot restaurant, there are only three or four chain restaurants in C City. But their business is never deserted. Anyway, I think this small restaurant Boss, it's really amazing."

He looked at Sheng Que's expressionless face, and said again: "But, that's the only way to go. The taste of Huacheng, outside of City C, may not be popular in other places. Especially in your B city, S city is so good. Some places that can’t eat spicy food are probably closed when they open.”

Sheng Que picked up the coat that was leaning against the back of the chair, dusted it off, and thought that he couldn't wear it anymore.

"Eat and eat, go back!"

As soon as he took two steps forward, a few girls ran out from the middle of the road.

One of them was very courageous, and said to Sheng Que, "Sir, can I add a social account?"

Liu Qinghui laughed when he saw it, and said, "Ah Ping, you really attract girls everywhere!"

Sheng Que only said coldly, "I don't add strangers to my social account."

After all, he took his long legs and strode out of Huacheng.

Chen Xiyi came to check out the branch on Yayuan Road today, and happened to finish talking with the store manager, and saw some commotion in the corridor on the right.

He asked, "Why is there so much noise over there?"

The waiter who witnessed what happened next to him explained the situation, and then said, "It's just those little girls who wanted to add your social account for the first time."

Chen Xi also didn't expect this to happen, and felt a little headache for a while.

Those little girls are still underage, their parents are also frequent visitors to Huacheng, Chen Xi has also met them, and they are all quite decent.

It's just that the little girls are playing around, so it's fine to ask him, it's not good to annoy other customers.

"Contact the two gentlemen who had dinner earlier, and say that we are sorry for what happened just now. As compensation, next time they come to Huacheng for free. In addition, if they don't mind, we can mail two hot pots Give them the bottom line."

The store manager pointed to someone and told him to do it.

"But Boss Xiao Chen, can't it be like this all the time?"

There was a young waitress next to her, "Pfft!" laughed out loud, "Shop Manager, do you think the little girl is really thick-skinned! Isn't it because our boss is so good-looking that she took the initiative. I'll see this customer today. Oh, that's really handsome. How do you say the popular word now, high nose and deep eyes, chiseled, handsome mixed race guy."

"Ahem!" The store manager coughed a few times.

Chen Xi also smiled, and said: "Next time I see the parents of those children, I'd better talk about it, but I have to think about it before I say it."

Sheng Que went back to the hotel at night, and when he got out of the shower, he received a call from Liu Qinghui.

"Ah, I'm all in your favor, and they will give us a free order next time."

The secretary booked Sheng Que's air ticket for tomorrow morning, and he said, "Enjoy yourself!"

"Hey, don't. The two copies of the hot pot bottom ingredients were sent by X in the same city. I have already received them. Send them to you now?"

Sheng Que had a headache and said, "Keep it for yourself!"

***

Sheng Que's grandmother's home is in S City, and she always goes back and forth to S City many times every year.

He and Chen Jianzhao are college classmates, they are both good-looking and talented among the rare rich children, they can be called good friends.

This time he returned from city C to city B, and the first person he made an appointment to meet was Chen Jianzhao.

Unlike Sheng Que, after graduating from school, Chen Jianzhao joined the group according to the arrangement of his family. He first experienced two years at the grassroots level, and now he has taken a temporary position on the board of directors as the general manager of a department in charge.

Seeing that his friend still looked proud and noble, Chen Jianzhao rarely smiled and said, "Don't everyone say that starting a business is hard? Why is Mr. Sheng better than before?"

"It can't compare to General Manager Chen. He is exhausted and looks tired."

"Hey!" Chen Jianzhao sighed.

"We haven't seen each other for a long time. I didn't want to talk to you about this. After all, it's not very honorable."

Sheng Que knew more or less about his family, so he asked, "Which brother is it?"

There was some disdain for Chen Xiyi in his tone, but it's normal for a man like him to look down on muddy soles like Uehara's.

Chen Jianzhao nodded, and said: "Two years ago, Chen Xiyi called me and said that he felt that the current life was boring and wanted to leave S city with his mother. At that time, my dad had just cut off his money, and he thought he was a change He asked me if I wanted it, and ignored him."

"Who ever thought that they really left. In fact, he was very smart and well-behaved when he was a child. I didn't know his identity at that time, and I even hugged him. Speaking of which, what's wrong with him in these relationships? ?”

Sheng Que drank a little wine, and the bright and dark light shone on his face, making him look even more handsome.

"It's true that he can't choose his family background, but the fate of a person is in his own hands. Although I have never met your brother, since the day I knew him, he has spent money like water and reckless, playing games in life. Besides. I didn’t hear any other advantages. His life until today is all his own choice.”

This is really indifferent, but it is also true.

In fact, Chen Jianzhao didn't have any relationship with Chen Xiyi. To be honest, with their embarrassing relationship, it was very rare for him to maintain this attitude towards Chen Xiyi, an illegitimate child.

"Actually, he just left." Chen Jianzhao said.

"Ah, have you ever wondered why I can hardly feel any hatred towards Chen Xiyi." He drank all the wine at the bottom of the glass, "Because he doesn't have any of the things I have, and he desperately pursues Chen Xiyi." can never be obtained.”

"Then why are you bored?" Sheng Que asked

"Because of my mother." Chen Jianzhao rubbed his forehead, "Recently she and my father had a quarrel again for some reason, and for some reason, it involved Chen Xiyi and their mother and son. My father angrily said that Chen Xiyi was also his son , to get him back."

"Oh! I left him for two years and ignored him, but now I had a quarrel and I remembered it again."

Sheng Que asked, "Where is the man, did you find him?"

"It said it was in City C, so my dad wanted to find it in person."

"C City?"