Return To 1998

At about 10 a.m., a black Ford sedan slowly drove into the Chase food court.

Why is the speed so slow?

Of course, it was because there were too many vehicles and pedestrians on the Datong Food Street at this time.

The driver was driving attentively. In the back seat of the car, Cao Fujun was leaning on the back of the seat by himself, the window glass on his right was lowered to the bottom, and his right hand was resting on the window, holding a half cigarette between his fingers.

Cao Fujun's brows seemed to be filled with sadness. He half-squinted his eyes and looked at the pedestrians outside the car window, and he was not very focused.

He is in a bad mood recently.

Although the business of his Hot Pot City is still the same as before, and he still makes a lot of money every day, but... his own younger brother is about to be sentenced, and he is currently in detention, can he, Cao Fujun, be happy?

What's more, although his wife Xing Yufei was not implicated and Cao Fubing didn't drag her into the water, but...

Since that day, in order to protect herself, Cao Fujun told her not to pour dirty water on him and draw a clear line with her, there has been a serious crack in their relationship.

It was nothing.

If she is also detained and faces a sentence, as long as she does not involve him Cao Fujun, it is a wise choice.

But……

She was fine, and things were different.

Their husband and wife relationship had such a big rift, but they still sleep together every day. What does that feel like?

The same bed has different dreams, and the appearance is inseparable.

These days, as long as Cao Fujun is with her, he feels uncomfortable.

He had a dream last night, and even dreamed that he became a Wuhan University. In the dream, Xing Yufei brought a bowl of soup and medicine, and said to him with concern: Dalang, drink the medicine!

In the middle of the night, he woke up from that nightmare, sat up in shock, and he was in a cold sweat, his hands were shaking with fright.

horrible!

terrible.

The person who shares the bed with you every day, once you can't trust it, and even the other party hates you 80% of the time, that kind of feeling is terrible.

Because of that dream, he hadn't slept well in the middle of the night last night. Sitting in the car at this time, he felt a little dizzy.

The spirit is not as good as usual.

He knew that his relationship with Xing Yufei could not go back to the past.

He was already thinking about finding a chance to divorce her?

Or find a small one outside, and try not to go home and sleep in the future.

Beauty! Beauty! Want to eat hot pot? Our store opened on the first day today, take this flyer to spend, you can get a 20% discount! Beauty, take a look!

Just then, a woman's voice came from outside the car window.

As soon as the word hot pot entered Cao Fujun's ears, he immediately focused his attention, and his eyes subconsciously looked in the direction of the sound.

The next second, he saw a young woman with a red ribbon on her body, with a line of golden characters printed on the ribbon—Ximen Yipin Hot Pot Restaurant.

He saw the woman handing out a leaflet to another woman on the street.

Seeing this, Cao Fujun frowned.

His eyes subconsciously looked at other places nearby.

There is no habit of sticking film on the glass of cars these days, so the line of sight is not isolated from the inside and outside of the car.

He casually turned his head to look outside the car windows on both sides, and saw six or seven men and women wearing the same sashes, handing out flyers on the street with smiles on their faces, and saying something.

So many people doing publicity here, attracting customers?

The ancient brothel was not so exaggerated to attract guests, right?

Cao Fujun's expression changed slightly.

This is the entrance of Datong Food Street. Almost every tourist who comes to this street will pass by here. If Ximen Yipin Hotpot Restaurant has sent so many people, they are stuck here to disperse leaflets and do activities. How many customers will they take away?

Cao Fujun frowned.

When the car dealership arrived at the entrance of the Hot Pot City, Cao Fujun got out of the car and subconsciously glanced at the Ximen Yipin Hotpot Restaurant diagonally opposite.

A glimpse into the red carpet that the outdoor staircase runs from above to below.

And the two columns of flower baskets placed at the entrance of the stairs.

At this time, before 10 am, there were already twos and threes of guests, and they were greeted upstairs by the beautiful cheongsam standing in front of the flower basket.

Standing in his position, through the window glass on the second floor, he could see that in the lobby of Ximen Yipin Hotpot Restaurant, there were several customers sitting at the dining tables by the window.

Cao Fujun's face became even more ugly.

Peers are enemies. This is a famous saying throughout the ages. Their two hot pot restaurants are so close, and the business of the opposite shop is good, and the business of his Hot Girl Hot Pot City will inevitably be affected.

This is also the main reason why he wanted to deal with Ximen Yipin Hot Pot Restaurant before.

He stopped for a moment in front of the store, and silently watched the situation of the store diagonally opposite for a while. Cao Fujun turned gloomy and walked into Hot Pot City.

As soon as he entered the door, he noticed that there were only two or three tables of customers in the lobby of his shop.

Although it is not yet 10 o'clock, it is not the peak time for lunch, but usually at this time, there are at least seven or eight tables of customers in the lobby of his store.

But today there were only two or three tables of guests.

Has this been affected?

Cao Fujun had a dark face.

The upstairs was empty, and there was no one table of guests.

This was in his expectation.

In order to create a popular atmosphere in the store, the waiters will consciously arrange the position of the first floor lobby by the window for the customers who come to the store every day, in order to let passers-by passing by on the street outside feel that the business in the store is good and there is a steady stream attract new customers.

But even though he had expected that there was a high probability that there would be no guests on the second floor at this time, Cao Fujun's mood was still a bit worse when he saw that the second floor was empty.

This hot pot restaurant is where he has worked hard for many years and is his cornucopia.

If the business here plummeted, his loss would be immeasurable.

...

At half past 10.

In the office on the second floor of Hot Pot City.

Standing by the window and squinting at Cao Fujun, who is diagonally across from Ximen Yipin Hotpot Restaurant, he still frowns.

Because he saw that the Ximen Yipin hot pot restaurant opened on the first day of the day was full of people. He stood there and watched for a long time, but he didn't even see an empty table in the opposite hall.

Not only was there no empty table in that hall, but he also saw the people in line, who had already lined up from the door on the second floor and along the stairs to the downstairs.

He subconsciously raised his arm and glanced at the time on his watch.

It's just 10 o'clock, so the first day it opened, it was so popular?

Cao Fujun frowned and looked at it for a while, sighed softly, left the window, walked to the door and opened the office door. Outside the door was the second floor of Hot Pot City, and at this time there were finally four or five tables of guests.

But it was much worse than usual.

He gritted his teeth secretly, walked out of the office, closed the door and walked towards the stairs.

When I went downstairs, I saw that there were only seven or eight tables in the hall on the first floor.

...

Opposite Ximen Yipin Hot Pot Restaurant.

Tongdao Xu stood not far downstairs smoking a cigarette. Vice President Yang Fengyun stood beside him with a smile on his lips, and said to Tongdao Xu in a low voice, Mr. Xu, look, although most of these queues are from us. Arranged, but doesn't it look very attractive? Look, two more people have been attracted to line up.