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Xi Ling was extremely efficient in handling affairs, and the next day he helped Fu Shengyu make an appointment with Vincent. The latter was simple-minded, and readily agreed when he heard that they had dinner together, and generously said that this time he would take them to the legendary restaurant. The middle price is shockingly high, and Gloria can enjoy it once for free.

As for Gloria, a top-notch restaurant that ordinary people would be afraid to hear just by the name, Fu Shengyu and a few classmates pooled money to experience it once before graduation. He also went to the main store several times with Vincent, so among the four people, only Tumao Changqin was the one who really counted as the first time to visit this luxurious restaurant.

Before leaving, Chang Qin was a little nervous. He deliberately dug out the expensive suit at the bottom of the suitcase and put it on. He looked at it again and again in front of the full-length mirror. I went to the barber shop near the company to have a haircut done.

When he was driving to pick up Xi Ling from get off work, the latter almost laughed when he saw his deliberate appearance.

"It's just a meal, and you're not the protagonist tonight, so why are you so nervous." Xi Ling patted the back of the other's hands gripping the steering wheel, comforting.

Chang Qin's nervousness was so obvious that he almost hung a sign on his chest with the words "I'm very nervous". The wind, by the way, lowered the air conditioner in the car a few degrees.

"This isn't the first time I've been to a high-end place. I'm afraid I'll embarrass you if I say the wrong thing or do the wrong thing." Chang Qin replied confidently.

Xi Ling chuckled: "Unexpectedly, Chang Qin, the great designer, also has times when he feels ashamed."

Chang Qin glared at him: "You are not allowed to tell others."

"Hahaha, I promise not to tell." Xi Ling raised his hand and swore, "Don't worry, I will guide you from the sidelines, and it's just a Western meal, and I don't want you to do anything."

Chang Qin suddenly thought of something, frowned and asked, "By the way, why didn't you see Vincent, where else?"

Xi Ling shrugged: "I don't know, I haven't seen him in the afternoon, just now I sent a text message, saying that the box has been booked, let us go in and wait for him, he will show up on time."

"I really don't know which song he sang again, one or two are mysterious." Chang Qin complained.

When they parked the car and walked into the box, they found that Fu Shengyu was already waiting inside.

This branch of Gloria in China was opened two years ago, as early as the Yip Group opened its branch in China, and the design was personally designed by the British designer of the Yip Group.The whole restaurant exudes a strong classical European style, with dark wall panels wrapped in patterns all over the wall, and the aisle porch is partitioned by Collins column partitions with scroll-shaped decorative patterns on all four sides and two rows of leaf decorations. Classic European oil paintings can be seen everywhere. The top surface is deep and complicated, and it is decorated with wood veneer similar to the wall. At first glance, it seems that you can’t see the head. The wall lights are illuminated. Due to the proper location, the aisle is brightly lit, but the light around the tables is dim. Sitting in them, it brings out some mysterious atmosphere. The large green plants are placed around the tables to ensure that the guests at each table privacy. The box that Vincent booked for them was even more elegant, with cumbersome but not messy furnishings. In a trance, it made people feel as if they were in a time machine and traveled to an English castle in the [-]th century.

Out of professional inertia, of course Fu Shengyu couldn't sit on the sofa and wait for them. He had already walked around the small box a few times, savoring the details hidden in the complicated decoration. Admired: "Yip's Group is really generous. This decoration is expensive at first glance."

"That's natural, otherwise how can it be called one of the most expensive restaurants in the world." Chang Qin took off his coat, took Xi Ling's coat and hung it on the hanger beside him.

Only then did Fu Shengyu come back to his senses, and asked doubtfully, "Where's Vincent, didn't he come with you?"

Chang Qin stepped forward with a smile, hugged his shoulders and comforted him: "Don't worry, he will be there on time as he said."

"Oh." Fu Shengyu put away his uneasy expression and settled down.

Looking at him, Chang Qin couldn't help laughing out loud. He wanted to tease the other party with ill intentions, but he couldn't bear it, so he had to suppress the words that had welled up in his throat, and shook his head helplessly.

At this time, someone knocked on the door outside the box, and then the door was opened. Several people rushed to look outside, but were disappointed to find that the person who came was not Vincent.

The waiter in uniform came in, bowed to several people politely, and greeted them: "Several distinguished guests, please take a seat. Mr. Ye said that he will be there soon, and told me to entertain a few of them for him. I will first I will serve cold dishes for you, and you can enjoy the delicious food while waiting for Mr. Ye to come."

"What the hell is this Vincent doing?" Xi Ling whispered.

In a short while, the cold dishes that Vincent arranged for them were all over the table: fruit salad with Thousand Island dressing, transparent and smooth lobster jelly, chicken rolls sprinkled with spices, French foie gras, smoked salmon, Spanish raw ham.

The few people who had been busy all day were so hungry that their chests were pressed against their backs. Looking at the delicate dishes on the table, they couldn't wait for Vincent to appear. They couldn't wait to pick up the tableware and eat quickly, waiting for the cold dishes to be finished. Halfway through, I realized that Vincent hadn't arrived yet.

"What's going on?" Fu Shengyu wiped his mouth with a tablecloth, showing his worried expression again.

"Yeah." Chang Qin couldn't help feeling worried, he said to Xi Ling beside him, "Why don't you give Vincent a call."

Xi Ling was about to take out his mobile phone when the door of the box suddenly rang again. The waiter who greeted them just now walked in, bowed to everyone again, and asked in a decent manner: "I wonder if you are satisfied with our dishes?"

"Satisfied, satisfied." The three replied one after another.

"That's good." The waiter said with a smile, "Now I'll serve you hot dishes."

"Wait a while, Mr. Ye hasn't arrived yet." Fu Shengyu said hastily, and the other two also followed suit.

The waiter continued to smile slightly: "Young Master Ye ordered me to serve you hot dishes." After finishing speaking, he ignored the objections of the three people, waved his hand, and immediately two waiters in the same uniform pushed A simple mobile cooking device walked into the box, and the three of them took a closer look and found that it turned out to be a barbecue grill with pulleys, and the oil on it was still sizzling.

"Why does your restaurant offer the service of face-to-face cooking?" Fu Shengyu asked curiously.

The waiter smiled without saying a word, and after the two waiters put the tools away, the three of them left the box together.

The three people in the remaining box looked at each other in blank dismay.

At this time, the door of the box was opened again, and an extremely familiar figure appeared in front of them. They saw that this person was wearing a white chef uniform and a tall chef hat on his head. He stood still in front of the grill, smiling. Di bowed to the three people in front of him, and said clearly, "Hi, I've kept you waiting."

Who is this chef who came out halfway, if not the late Vincent.

The other three laughed out loud almost at the same time, they stared blankly at Vincent, wondering what he wanted to play.

Vincent seemed to see through the doubts of these people. He pursed his lips and smiled, and skillfully took the knife and shovel that was put aside, and said, "I will cook for you today, and I hope you don't dislike it."

"Of course I don't dislike it. It is a great honor for us to have the honor to taste Mr. Ye's craftsmanship in this life." Fu Shengyu was the first to applaud.

Chang Qin glanced at him, thinking that your flattery was really timely.

Vincent played with the shovel in his hand triumphantly, letting it rotate 360 ​​degrees in the air, took the plate with the other hand, poured the processed fresh steak on the iron surface covered with vegetable oil, and waited for the shovel to fall back to him In his hand, he turned the steak over.

The three of them stared at him with great interest, and all of them couldn't help but grow their mouths when he was doing fancy tricks.Although Xi Ling has experienced Vincent's skills several times, it is indeed the first time to see him playing with props.

"I didn't expect Mr. Ye to fry steak." Chang Qin couldn't help but praise.

Vincent sneaked a glance at him, with an evil smile on the corner of his mouth: "You can just ask Xi Ling about my skills."

Chang Qin hastily turned his head to look at Xi Ling, feeling a sudden ominous premonition in his heart.

"How familiar do you guys want to be?" Vincent looked at everyone and asked.

Fu Shengyu: "Seven points."

Xi Ling: "Eight points."

Chang Qin: "Ten."

Vincent: "..." Brother, are you here to tear down the stage?He glanced at Chang Qin depressedly.

Seeing that the atmosphere was not right, Chang Qin had no choice but to curl his lips and correct him, "Well, I'm the same as Xi Ling."

Soon, the golden and translucent steaks came out of the pan. Vincent put them into exquisite dinner plates and delivered them to everyone in person. Then he stood aside and rubbed his hands, waiting for everyone's evaluation.

"It's delicious! Gloria's T-bone steak really lives up to its reputation." Fu Shengyu cut a small piece of freshly baked steak and put it in his mouth, giving him a thumbs up.

The reason why Gloria is expensive is that the ingredients are very important. The steaks cooked by Vincent for them are all from the world's top raw steak processing plants. They are specially airlifted from the UK and seasoned with Gloria's special spices. The taste is natural extraordinary.

Xi Ling was full of praise even after eating, but Chang Qin frowned more and more.

Why is this smell so familiar?

He secretly glanced at Xi Ling, seeing that the latter was enjoying the delicious food on the plate contentedly, his heart became more and more mixed.

I said, why is your skill in frying steak so outstanding? Is your relationship inherited from Mr. Ye? !Tell me honestly, what did you two secretly do in the kitchen, and what do you mean by showing off your grades in front of me all day long?He roared inwardly so that he was going crazy, and the eyes he looked at Xi Ling were almost on fire.

Feeling the scorching gaze beside him, Xi Ling turned his head to look at Chang Qin in confusion, and met those angry eyes, and couldn't help being startled.

I'll clean you up when I get home.Chang Qin threatened him with mouth movements.

Xi Ling didn't know whether he didn't understand or pretended to understand, so he turned his head nonchalantly and started chatting with Vincent about other things.

Chang Qin suddenly felt sour and wronged, so he could only look away and stare at the only small piece of meat left on the plate.

During the period, Fu Shengyu answered the phone, and then asked Vincent guiltily: "Excuse me, my junior sister said that she is nearby, can I invite her to come in and sit down?"

"Of course." Vincent said generously, "She needs some mature ones, so I'll make them for her."

"You don't need to be busy, she may have already eaten." Fu Shengyu said politely, followed by opening the door and leaving.

Although Fu Shengyu told him that there was no need to prepare food, Vincent still stood up from the dining table very professionally, and went back to the barbecue grill to make big cuts.

Soon, Fu Shengyu led a dignified and elegant lady back to the box, holding a little boy in a small suit in his arms. The boy had bright, round eyes and was very cute. A dark red plaid bow tie.

"Hello." Fu Shengyu's junior sister greeted everyone very generously. With her gestures, the air immediately wafted a light scent of perfume.

"This is my junior sister, who is also the partner of my company, Zhang Xianya and designer Zhang." Fu Shengyu introduced, then looked lovingly at the little guy in his arms, and continued, "This is my junior sister's son, Because it was born in Lunar New Year, so the nickname is Chuyi."

"First day of junior high school, how are you?" Xi Ling was familiar with children, he hurriedly stood up from the chair, and pinched the little boy's chubby cheeks with great joy.

"This is lawyer Xi Lingxi, and that over there is director Chang Qin, who is my new friend I always tell you about, the architect of the 'Chenxi' company." Fu Shengyu continued to introduce.

"Hello, Lawyer Xi, and Director Chang." Zhang Xianya greeted the two of them in a graceful voice.

"And the one who is busy in front of the dining table is the owner of this restaurant, Ye Wenchee, what's wrong with you, Vincent?" Fu Shengyu had just finished introducing his junior sister, when he saw Vincent staring at them in a daze. .

Ever since Fu Shengyu brought people in, Vincent had been busy with his head down, and had no time to pay attention to what was in front of him. When Fu Shengyu suddenly mentioned the other person's name, he suddenly stopped what he was doing, and his eyes were firmly locked on Zhang Xianya. Hearing Fu Shengyu's question Himself, he quickly came back to his senses, moved his lips, and uttered a sentence: "Mr. Zhang..."

When Zhang Xianya heard Vincent calling herself that, she turned her head curiously, and met Vincent's fiery eyes. She carefully examined him for a long time, and said uncertainly, "Vincent?"

"It's me." Vincent replied excitedly. He didn't pay attention to the oil splatter on the grill, and was accidentally splashed on the back of his hand by a hot oil drop. Vincent yelled and jumped back out of inertia.

"What's wrong? Burned?" Fu Shengyu was the first to rush forward to check his injuries.

"It's okay." Vincent shook his hand, ignoring the large area of ​​red skin on the back of his hand.

Seeing this situation, the smart Xi Ling realized in a second that Fu Shengyu, the junior sister, was the teacher Vincent had a crush on in high school.

Indeed, sometimes the world is such a small place.

"Vincent, when did you go back to China?" Zhang Xianya took her son from Fu Shengyu's arms, let the little guy stand beside her, and asked Vincent.

"I've just returned to China, Mr. Zhang, sit down quickly and try my fried steak." Vincent smiled again, calling Zhang Xianya and Xiao Chuyi to sit down.

Fu Shengyu stood between the two of them, looked at each other left and right, and asked curiously, "You two know each other?"

"She is, my art teacher in high school." Vincent replied with some stammers.

"Oh. That's such a coincidence." Fu Shengyu naturally didn't know Vincent's complicated thoughts at this time, so he said to himself, "My junior sister just can't stay idle. I know that she went to high school when she was studying. Teaching assistant for a while."

"Vincent is the one who impressed me the most among the students I have taught." Zhang Xianya continued, "He is very smart, no matter what he teaches..."

Xi Ling took advantage of the conversation between a few people to sneak a few glances at Zhang Xianya. The latter is indeed very beautiful, and has an elegant temperament. It is not surprising that Vincent had a crush on her when he was young. Boys at that age would regard her as such. The women in his dreams are the lovers of his dreams, and he feels that they are the goddesses he has always drawn in his heart. He knows that part of the reason why Vincent is so persistent in wanting to go back to China with him is because he holds the slim hope that he can meet the teacher he admired back then. Fulfilling his promise to protect each other when he grows up.

It's a pity that God's will tricks people, and the old man reunites, but that person marries someone else's wife.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but glance at Chang Qin, traced his soft side face with his eyes, suddenly filled with emotion. Back then, he was also like a moth to a flame, recklessly caught in that seemingly hopeless situation. Secret love, if the two of them reunited at that time, the other party was also holding a half-grown child, and his wife was standing beside him, how would he feel?

Xi Ling thought about it carefully, and realized that he was much luckier than Vincent. He didn't ask Chang Qin to have the same feelings for him, as long as he was still single, he would be satisfied. After getting this person, he completely occupied his heart.

Few people are so lucky to meet the right person at the right time.

Vincent continued to be busy with the work in his hands calmly. Looking at it from Xi Ling's perspective, this person's eyelashes are lowered, his lips are tightly pressed, and the corners of his lips are slightly pressed down. It is obvious that he has a heavy heart in his chest. Vincent has passed away earlier. After going through the childish second stage of middle school, he also learned to endure many times.

Xi Ling sighed lightly, suddenly wishing that this dinner could end as soon as possible.

"I wonder how long Designer Zhang is going to stay in the mainland this time?" Chang Qin took the initiative to talk to Zhang Xianya.

"This time, my husband came here for a meeting, and it happened that Shengyu was here, so I stopped by. Our company now has some business in the mainland, and Shengyu basically runs here. As a partner of the company One, it’s really not unreasonable to let the business here be ignored, so this time I specially took the time to come and see it in person, um, I will stay for about a week.” Zhang Xianya answered gracefully and gracefully, speaking in a soft voice It is pleasant to the ear, making people feel like a spring breeze.

Chang Qin nodded, admiringly said: "Designer Zhang is so young and beautiful, unexpectedly she is also a strong woman."

Zhang Xianya said politely: "Where is the opportunity, I have to learn more from Director Chang. I heard from the oracle that you were the gold medal winner of the Cross-Strait Architectural Design Award last year. I didn't expect Director Chang to be so young and also a good-looking talent. "

"Zhang's design won the award." Chang Qin smiled, "If I have a chance, I must pay homage to your work."

"My junior sister's design is very good. In the past few years, she has been ranked first in the list of young designers in Hong Kong." Fu Shengyu said.

Chang Qin's eyes widened upon hearing this, and his admiration for Zhang Xianya increased a little.

During the chat between several people, Vincent presented two fried steaks, then bent down and pinched the little face of the first grader, and asked with a smile: "Little guy, how old is this year?"

"Four years old." Just like Crescent Moon, he was not afraid of strangers at all in the first day of junior high school. When strangers asked him questions, he would answer them generously.

"Teacher Zhang's son is really obedient." Vincent said with emotion, holding Chu Yi in his arms.

Zhang Xianya looked at her son lovingly with a smile on her face, and said softly, "This is also on a strange occasion, and it's so frustrating when we get home. His father and I can't restrain him even if we work together."

Vincent raised his head and looked at her, seeing the happiness on the other's face, his heart was overwhelmed with mixed feelings.

After the meal, Chang Qin and Xi Ling left first, and Fu Shengyu sent Zhang Xianya and Chuyi back to the hotel, leaving Vincent alone in the restaurant.

"You said that Zhang Xianya was Vincent's first love?" Chang Qin casually asked with his hands behind his head in the car.

On the way back, Xi Ling drove the car instead. He nodded and sighed: "Unexpectedly, this world is really small."

"I think Vincent must have been very sad when he saw Zhang Xianya just now." Chang Qin also lowered his tone.

"Well, I understand this feeling." Xi Ling replied softly.

"What do you know?" Chang Qin looked sideways at him.

This, heart-piercing, tingling feeling.

Like, I saw you and Xiao Lu were together back then.

Not only sad, but also the desolate feeling of your happiness.

Chang Qin stared blankly at Xi Ling's side face, which was open and dark, and saw that the other party hadn't answered, and his heart suddenly became complicated.

As soon as he got home, he pushed Xi Ling down on the sofa and said bitterly, "Lawyer Xi, I'm very jealous tonight!"

Unaware, Xi Ling went in: "What's wrong with you?"

"Tell me, did Vincent teach you how to fry steak?" Chang Qin looked resentful.

Xi Ling nodded generously and admitted: "That's right, what's wrong?"

"You, what do you mean by feeding me the steak that Vincent taught you all day long? Huh?" Chang Qin turned from resentment to grievance.

Xi Ling couldn't help laughing, coughed a few times, and then said: "So this is what you're bothered about, Director Chang, isn't it a little too unreasonable for you to be jealous?"

Chang Qin was inexplicably guilty by the other party's laughter, so he had to try his best to maintain a serious expression without collapsing. Taking advantage of his position at this time, he continued to make trouble unreasonably: "I don't care, you must make it up to me tonight." To untie the opponent's belt.

"What do you want?" Xi Ling pressed his hand vigilantly.

Chang Qin licked his lips, gave a smirk, leaned down and said in a low voice, "What do you think I want?"

As a result, it is natural that stealing chickens will not make money.

On this side, Fu Shengyu sent his junior sister back to the hotel, without saying a word, turned around and went back to the restaurant.

He pushed open the door of the box and found that there was no one there, even the tableware they had just enjoyed was cleared away by the waiter, and the table returned to a clean and new look.

He asked all the waiters in the restaurant, and finally found Vincent in the back garden of the restaurant.

The man had already taken off his chef uniform and changed back to his usual casual clothes, with a shining necklace hanging around his neck. He returned to his rebellious appearance. He was sitting on a double chair by the artificial pool, Playing with the cross earrings that were still on the earlobe just now, his face was thoughtful.

Fu Shengyu breathed a sigh of relief, and went straight to sit next to him.

"You haven't left yet?" Vincent looked surprised when he saw Fu Shengyu.

"Are you okay?" The worry on Fu Shengyu's face was obvious.

Vincent chuckled: "What can I do? I just suddenly remembered something from the past."

"My junior sister, is it really the teacher you had a crush on before?" Fu Shengyu asked tentatively.

Vincent rolled his eyes unexpectedly: "Did she tell you?"

Fu Shengyu shook his head: "She didn't tell me anything, I guessed it, because you said last time that you had a crush on your teacher when you were studying, and he was the same age as me, plus seeing you at night For my junior sister's reaction, I guess seven|eight points."

Vincent sighed, and smiled self-deprecatingly: "She is still the same as before, understanding."

"Vincent, my junior sister is married, and she is very happy now..." Fu Shengyu couldn't help reminding.

"I know." Vincent lowered his head, picked up the cross in his hand and shook it in front of his eyes, "I don't intend to do anything."

Fu Shengyu stared at the other party intently, hesitated for a long time, finally mustered up the courage, stretched out his hand to hold Vincent's hand, held it tightly in his palm, and comforted: "I understand your mood at the moment, really."

Vincent squinted at him, smiled, and handed the cross in Fu Shengyu's hand: "Can I ask you something?"

Fu Shengyu raised his eyebrows.

"I bought this cross with the money I earned from working in a restaurant. It was originally a pendant, but when I gave it to Teacher Zhang, she didn't accept it." Vincent said calmly, "Later, I put it on I changed it to a stud earring and kept wearing it on my left ear. I thought that if I could meet her again one day, I would give this cross to her again and tell her that I have grown up and have the ability to protect her and support her. , if she can accept me, I will stay by her side for the rest of my life and take care of her until she grows old. Unfortunately, someone has already fulfilled this wish for me..."

Vincent paused, and continued: "I think I won't have this chance in this life, so let me fulfill my wish for many years, Mr. Fu, can you help me?" After finishing speaking, he looked at Fu Shengyu expectantly.

Vincent's eyes are very long, his pupils are deep, and the lines at the ends of his eyes are very soft and thin, which makes him look aloof and domineering, but secretly hides a feeling of innocence and harmlessness. The bottomless pupils made his eyes look ambiguous, the garden was dimly lit, half of Vincent's slender face was hidden in the darkness, and his expression was cloudy and expressionless.

Fu Shengyu couldn't figure out the other party's mood at this time, so he had no choice but to take the cross and carefully put it in the inner pocket of his suit, promising that he would hand it over to the other party himself.

"Thank you." Vincent reluctantly hooked the corners of his lips, showed a grateful smile to the other party, then stood up, and walked into the restaurant without looking back.

Fu Shengyu still sat in the same place, staring straight at the slender figure that was fading away. He had doubts brewing in his heart for several days, but he didn't ask a word after all.