In the end, Sister Hua saved some face for Gu Bei and didn't really drag him back anywhere.
The two of them, together with Lu Mingfei, found a nearby restaurant called "Huizi Hot Pot" and sat there.
As the Chinese New Year approaches, it snows again, and most shops in the city are closed.
However, the owner of Huizi Hotpot did the opposite and opened its doors on the first day after the heavy snowfall.
Although all the employees had gone home for the holidays due to the Chinese New Year, the boss insisted on bringing the whole family together to open the store.
Not to mention, it was the first day of business after the heavy snowfall, and business was extremely good. It was already overcrowded in the morning.
On the one hand, it was because of the cold weather, and on the other hand, it was because I had no companions during this period.
The boss has a bit of business acumen. He knows that with the continuous heavy snow and cold weather these days, everyone must want to eat something hot to warm themselves up, so he opened the store.
Now I can make a lot of money directly.
After all, what could be better than eating hot pot after a heavy snowfall?
Anyway, when Gu Bei was ordering food just now, he saw the boss' mouth and smiled crookedly.
Therefore, opportunities are reserved for those who are prepared.
The boss is quite stylish, and the classic song "Casablanca" is playing on the speaker in the lobby:
"I guess there are a lot of sad people in Casablanca,
You know I've never been there,
So I'm not really sure. "
There is a saying that this kind of melancholic old love song does not go well with a prosperous hot pot restaurant, but when you sit in the hall, listen to the melodious saxophone in your ears, and look at the white snow outside the window through the steaming heat, it also makes you happy. Don't have a taste.
Gu Bei is sure that the owner of this shop is definitely a middle-aged old literary youth, and this style has the flavor of warming wine and making tea.
It would be better if Lu Mingfei around him didn't behave like a wild boar.
Gu Bei took out the hot-boiled meat from the pot and dipped it in the ingredients twice. Before it was put into his mouth, he saw Lu Mingfei, who was showing off the meat in his mouth like a rice pail.
My appetite suddenly disappeared.
"Eat, Boss Gu, why don't you eat?"
"I'm afraid someone poisoned the pot."
"Poisoning? Boss, are you suffering from delusional persecution? Who would poison a copper pot in a hot pot restaurant when they have nothing to do? Why?"
"To poison you, this loser."
"..."
Lu Mingfei paused for a moment, then silently put the duck blood that was brought to his mouth back into his plate.
"Boss, you eat first, I'm not hungry."
Gu Bei: "..."
Alas, what a good kid I was once, how did he become like this now? Who did he learn this from?
Gu Bei complained in his heart, but if Chu Zihang was allowed to stand here, he would definitely point out that Lu Mingfei's current appearance was the same as when Gu Bei first learned to be a Liuku Immortal Thief.
At that time, Chu Zihang also recorded a video for Gu Bei, in which Gu Bei performed a unique skill called "Three Mouths and One Pig".
It is worth mentioning that this video, which lasts only ten seconds, is still saved in Chu Zihang’s mobile phone - not only Chu Zihang, this video has also been stored in the databases of Bai Ze and Norma. To exist as someone's dark history.
Although someone has no memory of this matter at all, it doesn't matter. Someone will remind him of it at the critical moment.
Just like a family that has graduated many years ago, when they see the photos of themselves, they are still so embarrassed that they dig out the three bedrooms and one living room with their toes.
Hua Yishui, who was sitting opposite the two of them, had blue veins popping out on his forehead and might go berserk at any time.
"Say, did you two listen to me carefully?"
Sister Hua's eyes were sharp, as if as long as they couldn't answer, he would kill the two souls in front of him.
"I heard it, I heard it, it's about dealing with the five families."
Gu Bei was careless
Put the meat into your mouth with care.
When Lu Mingfei heard Gu Bei's words, he paused slightly, and then listened as if nothing had happened.
"Anyway, you have always been arranging these things. There is no need to ask for my opinion, right?" Gu Bei looked helpless. "You came to my house to block me for this kind of thing. It's really your fault."
"But you set this goal in the first place!" Hua Yishu's chopsticks were about to poke Gu Bei's eyes. "If you hadn't said that you wanted to overthrow the Five Families, do you think the higher ups would have allowed you to do so with just your magic?" Is it possible to establish access anywhere?”
Gu Bei shrugged: "I know, I've known it from the beginning, and I didn't mean to use this matter as a cover. I originally wanted to get rid of the five families."
"But the fact is that you have been wandering around for a year! Except for the fact that you gave the Chen family a questionable Qi training method a year ago, you have never asked about the progress of this matter."
"That's because I believe in you, Sister Hua." Gu Beiyi said righteously, "I believe that you can inherit my will and do this well, so I choose to leave it all to you."
"What I inherited is the will, not the will! What is the difference between your current state and death!?"
"Then you just think I'm dead?" Gu Bei said, stuffing another ball of duck intestines into his mouth.
tasty.
"Damn it, why did I get on your pirate ship back then!?"
"Hmm..." Gu Bei thought for a moment and said hesitantly, "Because of my...charm?"
"You have such a thing?"
"Mingfei, what do you think?" Gu Bei turned to look at Lu Mingfei, who was immersed in eating. Lu Mingfei was startled by the sudden question, and then rolled his eyes wildly.
"What!? Mingfei, do you actually think of me like this? Don't I have any charisma!?"
Lu Mingfei beat his chest and stamped his feet.
"What, do you also think that following me is a mistake!?"
Lu Mingfei's face turned red.
"Lu Mingfei, you are so angry that you turn red when you mention this matter. It's my fault. Our brothers... Oh, Lu Mingfei, what are you doing? Don't faint, don't faint!"
"Idiot, he choked!"
The eyes of everyone in the hall gathered.
After a moment of panic, Lu Mingfei leaned on the back of the sofa in exhaustion: "Ah, I almost died. I have already seen Yama's love."
"What is this? Cross-border law enforcement? Underworld stealing business from Liangban and Shidian Yama?" Gu Bei poured a glass of water for Lu Mingfei.
Lu Mingfei drank slowly: "It may also be that the girl immigrated and found a job after retirement."
"Has the co-author Yama Ai been changed to a colleague of Black and White Wuchang?"
"Maybe it's the one with a bull's head and a horse's face."
The two of them muttered words that Hua Yishu couldn't understand. Hua Yishu just felt helpless and helplessly held his forehead: "In short, the company's project has progressed to a critical moment. We will work on it during the Chinese New Year." Several big families took action."
"During the Chinese New Year?" Gu Bei suddenly remembered Fingel's reminder that the five major families would also carry out certain activities during the Chinese New Year. .
This timing is a bit too coincidental.
"That's right, during the Chinese New Year, to be precise, it's the night before New Year's Eve." Hua Yishu said, "If possible, I hope you can also be there as a reserve combat force."
"Okay." Gu Bei nodded.
The timing was so coincidental that he instinctively felt something was wrong.
Although his crisis sensing failed once when he came back from Magic City a few days ago, before that, his senses were quite accurate.
I don’t know why, but Gu Bei clearly felt that something happened that time in the Magic City, but in fact nothing happened. Afterwards, Gu Bei went to the inner scene for divination, but he didn’t find out anything.
Gu Bei could only attribute it to himself thinking too much.
But overall, he still trusts his spiritual sense.
Since the spiritual sense doesn’t feel right, it’s still necessary to be there in person, just in case anything happens.
When it happens, he can also take action in time to control the field.
"But there's one thing." Gu Bei stretched out a finger, "It's only for one night."
"The estimated operation time is only one night." Hua Yishu glanced at him, "What, are you busy on New Year's Day?"
"It's okay, it's just Chinese New Year."
Yes, it's just the New Year, but he promised Amelia Su to celebrate the New Year at home this year.
In the past few years, due to various reasons, he did not go home to spend the New Year with a few people. Last year, even Chu Zihang was not at home, Lu Tianming also worked overtime temporarily, and only Aunt Tong accompanied Su in the whole family. Xiaoyan celebrates the New Year.
This year Su Xiaoyan issued a death order and everyone must go home.
Although this family is put together from scratch, the relationship between the few people cannot be said.
And what’s rare is that Eriki and Natsumi are also there.
Therefore, both Chu Zihang and Gu Bei attach great importance to this year.
"Anyway, on New Year's Day, you won't be able to find me no matter what happens." Gu Bei said firmly.
Hua Yishuo said nonchalantly: "It's okay. Anyway, our planned action plan is only for one day."
“What if I can’t finish it in one day?
"Impossible." Hua Yishu shook his head, with unparalleled confidence in his voice, "The people we arranged will be fine even if they form a team to fight the Dragon King."
Gu Bei believed this, because Nandoutong really had experience fighting the Dragon King.
Although the person he is looking for is Xia Mi.
"Also, there is one more thing." Hua Yishu suddenly remembered something and said, "The secret party has been moving very frequently recently. You happen to be in Kassel. Have you heard any news?"
"Action?" Gu Bei was stunned for a moment, "What action?"
"Our people met Kassel's people on the Three Gorges. Although they were disguised as water vein research ships, their flaws were still exposed."
Gu Bei was suddenly interested in the so-called flaw and couldn't help but ask, "What flaw?"
Hua Yishu glanced at him: "Who is a good person who calls his scientific research vessel 'Shocking my mother for a hundred years'?" "
"Cough cough cough..." Lu Mingfei choked.
Gu Bei's face also looked a little strange.
Shocked my mother for a hundred years? What kind of weird ship name is this?
Gu Bei felt that perhaps Kassel should strengthen the popularization of Chinese education.
"Three Gorges... I think I did hear about what they found in the Three Gorges, but for the specifics... I'll ask someone to ask, and I'll let you know when there's news."
"Don't let me go again." Hua Yishu warned.
Gu Bei nodded repeatedly, then stretched out his chopsticks to fish out the pot...
"Huh? Why is there no meat?"
Lu Mingfei: "Sorry, I have to go to the bathroom."
Gu Bei looked at Lu Mingfei's back as he left in a hurry: "...I seem to know where all the meat went."
Hua Yishui: "...Bathroom?"
"Eh-" Gu Bei shuddered, "It's time to eat."
"It's my fault." Hua Yishu spread her hands.
Gu Bei: "...Who did you learn this from?"
"What do you think?"
Gu Bei: "..."
Okay, okay, blame me, right?
Lu Mingfei didn't learn to blame me, Chu Zihang didn't learn to blame me, Caesar turned into a sand sculpture and blamed me, and now you blame me too.
Am I the one taking the blame?
What we are saying is, if you guys don’t learn well, what does it have to do with me?
Gu Beigang wanted to ask a few questions, and then met Hua Yishu's calm gaze.
Well, it does have something to do with me.
Gu Bei stopped and called the boss, who was grinning from ear to ear, and added a few more plates of meat.
"By the way, do you feel that Lu Mingfei is a little different today?" Gu Bei suddenly asked while waiting for the meat.
Hua Yishui ate the cabbage in the pot and lifted it
He raised his eyelids: "What's different?"
"He talks a little less."
"Hasn't he always talked so much?"
Gu Bei: "????"
"Isn't that right? Isn't Lu Mingfei a talker? The kind who talks non-stop all day long. What he says is all kinds of meaningless nonsense..."
Before he finished speaking, he was stopped by Hua Yishuo.
"Go to the headquarters and ask around. Who knows that Lu Mingfei is an aloof man? He can't beat him with three sticks. He is the kind of murderer who is ruthless and doesn't say much."
Gu Bei was stunned for a moment.
And this character...why does it feel so familiar?
Isn’t this special setting created by Chu Zihang?
When did Lu Mingfei become a cold-blooded male god? ?
Just like him, acting coldly?
While the two were talking, Lu Mingfei came back and sat down next to Gu Bei: "Boss, are you ordering meat again?"
Gu Bei didn't say anything, just looked at him.
"Boss, are you looking at ***?"
Hua Yishu smiled and said, "I told him about you being a cold-blooded idol at the headquarters."
Lu Mingfei: "..."
"Boss, you know that when you go out, you give your identity to yourself. This is also to maintain the dignity of being an ace employee who knows everything."
"So you pretend to be senior brother?" Gu Bei curled up his lips, "I didn't realize it, Xiaolu. You're still young, but you still have two faces."
Lu Mingfei smiled and said, "It's all thanks to the help of my colleagues."
"Okay, that's good."
Gu Bei nodded, and then said: "Since the road commissioners are all well-known and important people, they won't mind if I come and sit at home, right?"
Lu Mingfei said openly, "Welcome, very welcome. Xiaoqiang hasn't been back much recently. I'm a little lonely living alone. It would be great if Boss Gu comes to accompany me."
"I'm not talking about this family," Gu Bei shook his head, "Mingfei, I'm talking about the family with elders."
Lu Mingfei's face froze, and then he heard Gu Bei say, "You probably won't mind, I'll go to your house and meet the parents."
"No, no..." Lu Mingfei scratched his hair, "But boss, why do you suddenly want to see your uncle and aunt?"
"Well, there is a person I want to meet."
Gu Bei said, tapping the rim of the copper pot with the chopsticks in his hand: "It's almost ready, let's eat."
